We were very impressive early and continued the hard-at-it style from recent weeks. Once we skipped 4 goals clear in the 3rd quarter our pressure fell away. I think maybe the girls thought they were over the line. Hawks came strongly and suddenly we were only 8 points up, into the wind with plenty o...

Not sure how Jack Higgins finished 8th ahead of Mason Wood. I actually thought Butler had a slightly better season than Higgins. I agree with both your points. Wood had a better season than Higgins and, although Jack had a couple of stellar games ( which probably got him into the top 10), overall D...

Fred Swift 1967. Neville Crowe was suspended and missed Richmonds's premiership. Which was desperately unfair. That gutless thug John Nicholls feigned that Crowe had hit him in the semi final, the umpire got sucked in and reported him; and at the tribunal Nicholls did not fess up to his acting and ...

I suspect however he will be enjoying himself immensely right now in the post-match celebrations. Dare I say it, this is when Frampton Comes Alive.

The team kept up the excellent form from the last quarter last week. Really starting to play well as a team. Our tackling is ferocious. Our captain Hannah Priest led the way. Patrikios another fabulous game on the wing. Wardlaw now really finding her feet , with three goals and strong ruckwork. Sain...

Wonderful win. For the majority of the match the skills were very poor. The effort from all the girls was fantastic, but they could not string possessions together. However they hung in and managed to scramble a goal late in the third to draw within 20 points. Then in the last quarter, with the wind...

Cowboy is a true legend of the club. As others have posted , he had some amazing performances up forward, but he was even more effective when moved to defence. In the early 70s, when Lou/Bobby/Jack read out the Saints team “ from the backline- Judson, Murray , Neale”, you knew the opposing forwards ...

[quote=D.B.Cooper post_id=2029487 time=<a href="tel:1693824292">1693824292</a> user_id=23694] 1970 Brownlow medalist Also a good first class cricketer played for Melbourne & Victoria. Sir Donald Bradman saw a future for him & tried to entice him to South Australia. However he deci...

Greetings from a laundromat in Copenhagen! Surely there can’t have been a realistic expectation we would win this one - so hopefully the floodgates don’t open and we don’t get injuries. I am following the game only via the score updated on AFL website and the wonderfully insightful ( and some incite...

Greetings from Europe where I am visiting my daughter for the next few weeks- back for week 2 of finals. I managed to watch a replay - a fantastic team effort. 5. Jack Sinclair - again superb. 4. Rowan Marshall- dominant big man 2. Brad Hill - great linking game, working through an injury. 2.Jack St...

I am travelling overseas for a few weeks to visit my daughter. I won’t be back until after week 1 of the finals. I will not be in a position to watch the games, so invite others to open the voting threads. Best wishes for the next few weeks, and hopefully the Saints are still in the finals when I re...

A real team effort. Everyone did their job. 5. Max King. Straight kicking . Dominated when the game was up for grabs. 4. Rowan Marshall. Dominant early . Kick-started us. 2. Jack Sinclair. Gun 1. Jade Gresham. Hit the scoreboard early. Best game for ages . 1. Brad Crouch . I thought he was very impo...

I too am surprised re Clark and hope he is the sub.

Three forwards on the bench . I expect Owens will be in the midfield, with Higgins starting up forward.

SaintPav wrote: ↑Fri 11 Aug 2023 5:01pm How do we still have a second round pick after giving up pick 31 in that trade?

The second rounder acquired for Gresham .

The bench is fascinating. Butler would be the only one on that list who is guaranteed a start .

Simply not good enough. Blokes who played well in first half fell away badly. 5. Cal Wilkie 4. Josh Battle These blokes did their job superbly all day . 3. Mason Wood. Got a heck of it . Gut running all day . Good hands. However turned it over so much . 2. Rowan Marshall . Competed hard. The fourth ...

I thought Stewart Loewe was going to be a dud. The under 19s played a curtain raiser at the G to a Friday night game against North in the mid 80s. We had two key forwards- Stewie and a bloke whose name I think was Chris Hams. I thought Hams was going to make it and Stewie was not. I saw Craig Devon...

I thought Stewart Loewe was going to be a dud. The under 19s played a curtain raiser at the G to a Friday night game against North in the mid 80s. We had two key forwards- Stewie and a bloke whose name I think was Chris Hams. I thought Hams was going to make it and Stewie was not. I saw Craig Devonp...

Sainter Dad - are you ok to tabulate the votes as usual ? If not, I could get the abacus out and give it a crack

Breust obviously got 3 votes from RTB.

5. Crouch
4. NWM
3. Breust
2. Steele or Butler( either worthy - Mitchell gave the other one his 2 votes )
1. Sharman

I add my sincere thanks . It felt weird not being able to share the win yesterday with the Saintsational gang.

George27 where are you? Crouch Butler NWM Steele Marshall Here I am . Have just got out of a meeting , and seen the good news that we are back online. My votes very similar to yours. 5. Crouch. Superb game. 4. NWM. Now a real general down back. 3. Butler . Classic small forward game. 4 goals plus g...

Opening the thread as usual. However I have been at a suit-and-tie function with the family, where I could only watch snippets, then rode them home on the car radio in the last quarter. Hardly puts me in a position to vote !

So I invite others to put in their votes.

Cheers

After so many disappointments and false dawns over the years, as Saints fans we just knew this pathetic performance was coming . We hoped not.. maybe they would invoke the spirit of that wonderful Saint Alan Morrow… but no. Pathetic early, and never gave a yelp. 5. Callum Wilkie . This bloke is so r...

TheGreatZacsby wrote: ↑Sat 15 Jul 2023 5:08pm

Ghost Like wrote: ↑Sat 15 Jul 2023 5:06pm Finding 5 players to give a vote to will be close to impossible.

1. Sharman
2. NWM
3. Steele
4. Wilkie
5. ????

On the money I reckon at this stage.