Blog log from R2 of 2024: St Kilda vs Collingwood

First goal to Elliott followed by Higgins to level it up, then Lipinski and McInnes to build an early lead. (Q1 17:21)
A lull as Wood is assessed for concussion, stretcher on the field. (Q1 18:51)
Cox is pinged for a hold on King as they wait for a long Membrey ball to a pack 25m out on a slight angle. King kicks straight. (Q1 28:00)
Windhager feeds Henry to run to CHF after the next bounce and miss. (Q1 29:05)
Hill wheels at half forward corralled by Maynard, and finds Henry 45m out in the corridor who also kicks straight and true to level the scores. (Q1 31:31)
Moore intercepts in the back pocket but his handball is poor, Hill mops up and snaps another one from 15m! (Q1 33:44)
Owens bounces off a Nick Daicos challenge in the centre and bombs to King who kicks to the square for Higgins who draws a contact free on Frampton for the goal. Saints on FIYAH! (Q1 36:40)
Ross bombs to a pack at the hotspot, Higgins feeds Membrey who snaps another one. Alarm bells for the premiers, staring at 0-3! (Q2 3:35)
Again it was Moore who won’t like the film on that goal, leaving Membrey and failing to spoil. (Q2 4:18)
Schultz has had a terrible start to 2024 but he gets a gift here intercepting a short Bonner kick to 25m on a slight angle. He kicks the goal. (Q2 7:38)
Magpies get a loose man on the rebound, McInnes goes to the pocket for Elliott 25m out who screws it too early off the left for a point. (Q2 11:15)
King gets a soft holding free on the wing on Howe and goes long to the pocket for Sharman 30m out, who misses. (Q2 14:14)
De Goey breaks a Wanganeen-Milera tackle and goes long from half forward, Hill roves and gives outside to Mihocek who misses from 10m out on a tight angle. (Q2 15:33)
McInnes gathers a bouncing Cox snap 20m out and rides a challenge from behind by Hill to snap a big goal nearing Q2 red time. (Q2 18:01)
Cordy’s dump kick from deep in defence lands in the arms of Lipinski 40m out on the flank. Lipinski restores Collingwood’s lead with his second goal. (Q2 19:50)
Josh Daicos looks up in possession in the pocket and sees Cameron on Battle at the hotspot, kick is to advantage for DC to mark and goal. (Q2 23:16)
Cameron roves and snaps on the turn from a pack 25m out on a slight angle but it’s well wide right. (Q2 24:50)
King anticipates a kick from members wing that falls short by Battle to mark in front of Frampton 45m out on a slight angle. His kick is a peach, goal number two. (Q3 1:16)
Membrey beats Quaynor to mark a Henry kick down the flank to 45m, his set shot is a bit wobbly but straight enough to wrest the lead back for St Kilda. (Q3 3:44)
Sidebottom doesn’t know he’s free to intercept a long Membrey ball from HFF to hotspot, his punch rolls straight to Higgins who strolls into the open goal! (Q3 6:46)
Frampton handballs into Moore’s head on outer wing to turn it over under pressure, Wilson clears Moore and Howe with a long kick to King 30m out on the flank, three goals for him! (Q3 12:38)
Quick clearance from the HFF by Lipinski flies over the pack near the hotspot and sits up nicely for Elliott who snaps the goal from 25m. (Q3 17:22)
Owens from the middle, Henry roves and feeds Membrey but Maynard’s leaping spoil attempt puts him off the snap from 35m, just a point. (Q3 18:52)
Sharman marks a long Bonner ball over Howe after nudging him in the side, crowd hoots at the replay but that was legal. Sharman shoots from 30m but misses. (Q3 22:01)
Sidebottom coathangers Owens as they go for a loose ball at half forward, free kick is a pass to Wilson 35m out on the flank. The kick is high and pretty but fades wide left. (Q3 24:28)
De Goey puts Windhager off a snap 45m out but the crumb falls for Owens who snaps around the corner… wide left as well. (Q3 25:21)
Howe misses a handball across half back and there are Saints everywhere, Henry avoids a Moore challenge to kick to the top of the square for Sharman to juggle the mark and goal. (Q3 26:27)
Markov touches through a low Bradley Hill snap from the hotspot for a point just before 3QT. (Q3 29:00)
Steele kicks from the first centre bounce of Q4, ball comes out to Henry 40m out on the flank, he shoots under pressure and the ball swerves from left to right and in! Huge goal! (Q4 0:40)
Owen roves a King contest on the HFF and gives to the pocket for Henry who tries his luck from 30m… narrow. (Q4 3:15)
Phillipou kicks across his body from 50m on a slight angle towards Henry and Quaynor one-out, as the jostle the ball wobbles over them and bounces through for another one! (Q4 4:15)
McCreery takes a link mark in the centre and goes quick and long over Stocker to Elliott leading back to the flank 25m out. Crowd hoots, Billy slots goal number three. (Q4 8:00)
Three tall Saints go up to spoil a Mihocek kick to the pocket towards Cox but the crumb falls to the front for Bobby Hill to rove and stroll into the open goal. (Q4 12:22)
Schultz dives to smother Bonner on the mark on outer wing and the Pies are off to the races, Bobby Hill bounces into the open goal for two in a row! (Q4 14:08)
Elliott roves and snaps wide off the left from 30m on a slight angle. (Q4 15:37)
Owens worries Moore off a crumb on the HFF, ball roved by Higgins who is right on the boundary for a high ball to the square… which swerves over the line for a humongous goal! (Q4 20:45)
Nick Daicos kicks OOTF from a stoppage on the HBF, Steele takes the kick 45m out and drains the clock… then sits it up, eventually Phillipou snaps wide from 15m. (Q4 23:31)
Collingwood are out of ideas, and haven’t had many ideas at all this year so far. (Q4 27:05)
Owens forces Quaynor to turn the ball over inside forward 50, Quaynor pushes Higgins in the back to give away the free 30m out, but Higgins misses as usual. (Q4 28:08)
McInnes clunks a long ball up the guts by Schultz to 20m in front of Sinclair and quickly kicks the goal, but with 1:55 to go and three kicks in it, it’s too late. (Q4 29:31)