Blog log from R23 of 2023: St Kilda vs Geelong

Higgins is held but Owens and Gresham take advantage, with Owens bursting through to poke through the first goal of the game! (Q1 3:03)
Wood launches through traffic and takes a shot at goal, but O’Connor gets a hand on it (Q1 4:58)
Duncan drops a mark from Tuohy and the Saints capitalise with Bews getting wrapped up by King. King slots the set shot and teh Saints have 2! (Q1 6:52)
Ratugolea and Stewart have the ball on the goal line and Stewart walks it over when Butler steps up. Plenty of time to dispose, that was deliberate (Q1 10:33)
Miers takes a shot after cleaning up a loose ball, but misses (Q1 11:31)
The Saints counter quickly along the wing with the ball ending up in Butler’s hands, who kicks a high snap and goals! (Q1 12:46)
Close and Guthrie link up at half forward with Guthrie blazing through and slotting a goal from 40 out in front! (Q1 15:37)
A free kick in the middle of the ground leads to a towering King mark 25m out from goal. A simple conversion and King has two! (Q1 17:16)
Membrey drags a set shot to the left from 40m out (Q1 20:41)
Guthrie roams forward again to mark a Hawkins kick, but this time his kick drifts wide (Q1 26:33)
Stengle kicks goalward and the ball takes a vicious bounce, screwing its way through! (Q1 28:11)
Higgins marks a Wanganeen-Milera kick, but misses his set shot from the pocket (Q2 6:49)
Duncan marks 40m out from goal dead in front, he kicks true and brings the margin back to 7! (Q2 8:49)
Steele finds Sharman with a high entry inside 50. Cooper marks 25m out and converts! (Q2 9:44)
Miers capitalises on a St Kilda error and finds Stengle in the pocket. He goes for the snap, but bends it too far (Q2 13:04)
Hawkins leads up to mark strongly against Wilkie, and the sticky mitts kick truly! (Q2 15:08)
King is in plenty of space at CHF and takes an easy mark 45m out. He pushes his kick well to the left for a behind though (Q2 17:24)
It’s King again inside 50 who marks in the pocket this time. A trickier angle but he kicks true for number 3! (Q2 20:10)
Higgins gets a shove in the back by Kolodjashnij and wins a free kick as a result. He runs in to 35m out, but misses (Q2 23:32)
Hill has a set shot chance, but he too misses the kick (Q2 25:09)
A free kick then a reversal sees Gresham kick to the pocket and Marshall takes a mark in the dying seconds. Lucky for Geelong, he shanks it for a behind (Q2 27:05)
Wood drifts in to a contest from the opposite direction, hanging onto a tough mark, but his set shot belies the effort for a point (Q3 1:54)
Gresham has a set shot chance but he puts his kick wide and short for a point (Q3 6:08)
Gresham has another chance at goal, but as he gathers on the run kicks it into the post (Q3 6:30)
A free kick is paid for a blatant shove, Geelong take advantage and Holmes finishes with a classy snap! (Q3 8:09)
Sinclair and King link up at half forward to find Higgins 25m out in front of goal. Higgins goals in his 100th game! (Q3 9:31)
Phillipou roves a King contest as he spins out of trouble, snapping quickly and slotting a brilliant goal for the Saints! (Q3 15:32)
Miers hits up a Hawkins lead, but the Big Hawk cannot convert from 40m out, as he hangs his kick right (Q3 16:26)
Hawkins takes a powerful 1 armed mark in the pocket and this time kicks the goal! (Q3 18:51)
Sharman takes a great ground level mark 20m out dead in front and steadies the ship with a goal! (Q3 21:30)
Sinclair hits King lace out on the lead, but King’s set shot goes wayward (Q3 22:52)
Butler marks a short Wilkie pass 40m out from goal, but cannot capitalise on the chance, for a behind (Q3 27:31)
Higgins takes a mark in the dying seconds of the quarter 35m out in front of goal, but he too burns the chance for another point (3 Qtr Time)
Phillipou roves a Marshall contest in the pocket and sets up Owens to flick a handball to Higgins who goals! (Q4 4:42)
Max King burns another set shot chance. (Q4 6:29)
Cameron places a kick inside to Bowes, who puts his set shot wide from 40m out (Q4 10:23)
The ball bobbles around in the square for Geelong and Tuohy is able to sneak a toe poke through for a goal, confirmed upon review! (Q4 12:09)
Bowes dumps a really high ball to half forward, it goes to ground but Atkins is there to charge through, gather and goal from 40m out! (Q4 19:54)
Marshall takes a big pack mark 40m out on the flank. The ruckman lopes into the kick and sends it high through the big sticks as the crowd raises the roof! (Q4 26:00)
A shocking Guthrie kick is picked off by Butler who puts the cherry on top with another late goal! (Q4 28:45)