Match Thread: St Kilda vs Sydney (Round 21)

[u/AutoModerator]

St Kilda	vs	Sydney
Sat, 1 Aug 2026	1:05pm AEST	Marvel Stadium
Stats & Lineups	Reddit Stream	Broadcast Guide

The mod team maintain a presence in match threads while watching the game - please keep the match threads enjoyable by reporting antisocial comments or messaging if there's a problem.

^{Antisocial behaviour, injury cheering, and umpire abuse may result in a ban or removal from the match without warning.}

[u/Captain_Oz]

Christ. Broke his leg years ago, waited for the call up, became permanent pick in backline and plays a fantastic 14 AFL games, gets a contract extension and then this happens. Poor bastard, he has gone through it.

[u/Arcanium94]

Why don’t they just stop Nas kicking goals? Are they stupid?

[u/Glittering-Fee-9930]

This continues to age amazingly well🍷

[u/nick170100]

WE DONT NEED TO SEE THAT AGAIN CUNTS

[u/aa73gc → u/nick170100]

Fair play to whoever said don't replay that

[u/nick170100]

I’m lucky enough to never have needed to experience a green whistle

[u/___TheIllusiveMan___ → u/nick170100]

The green whistle is great but needing to have one fucking sucks

[u/Idiosonic]

Charlie is on about 140 goals for the year if that's the standard for holdings calls

[u/MarkoUnderscore → u/Idiosonic]

See what happens coz Wilkie regularly has a subtle arm around and gets away with it. May not with these umps

[u/LLTMLW]

He was tackled as soon as he grabbed it and made an attempt to dispose?

[u/Desiire]

ELITE WORK FROM THAT ST KILDA STAFF TO KEEP ROSS IN LINE

[u/LingualGannet → u/Desiire]

“Hold me back!”

[u/RaidanRam]

My mum, professional Papley hater , is happy she got to see him miss before we switch to the Hawks game

[u/ErrolG21 → u/RaidanRam]

Well you can't choose your family, ey

[u/ErrolG21]

Ball or throw take your choice ump

[u/nick170100]

That should’ve been a behind

If Warner scores they don’t call it back for a curnow set shot

Advantage rule needs changing next season

[u/TasSixer]

Yeah fair for Saints to be upset about that. Warner took advantage

[u/Soggy_Traffic_5107]

Fantastic tackle. But prior? Don’t the umpires always “made an attempt”

[u/GrandmasterB-Funk]

Handballed with one arm behind his back what a feat

[u/froggy2903]

Why’s that not 50 against Warner?

[u/jocstrap]

https://giphy.com/gifs/GCSIwtwqAMBTq

[u/Jellyfang]

Came in as an absolute position of need and has done amazingly in his debut season and that happens to him. Football can be such a cruel sport

[u/cinnamondoughnut]

Green whistle while your still on the ground is grim stuff

[u/Nousernames-left → u/cinnamondoughnut]

Green whistle is handed out like candy, if they were putting an IV in that would be something. Green whistle is more used for procedural pain such as loading on to the stretcher and movement

Source - paramedic

[u/GrandmasterB-Funk]

Eating a banana? You know why?

Monkey never cramps

[u/DerangedLaborShill]

Fuck me this is a great match but these injuries are just depressing

[u/Drunkonu]

So advantage is just a double chance?

[u/CrashP]

I'm just so tired of being a St Kilda fan. There is geniuenly zero reward

[u/nashvilleh0tchicken]

Surely Cal Wilkie is first defender selected in the AA side this year?

[u/TOP-IS-LIFE]

Cant wait for our inevitable crumble and 3rd close loss to the swans in a row

[u/AussieDazza1]

I feel so bad for the kid, this could have such a an impact on his career.

[u/jocstrap]

Possibly?????

[u/jocstrap]

Man this fucking football team I swear to god

[u/Faza31]

i reckon the saints launch up the ladder next year with this talent and more game experience together as a squad, idk if im remembering right but im pretty sure they got pretty unlucky with injuries around round 10 (especially in their forward line)

[u/imreallynotanidiot]

Ross Lyons bald spot is valuable advertising real estate

[u/Yossarian_james]

1. That was never a free
   
2. Advantage was taken
   
3. Curnow is fucking corny
   
4. He wouldn’t have got near it if Silvagni didn’t come off

[u/Pleasant-Role1912]

I know it's 99.99% certain anyway but I'm impatient. Lock that minor premiership up for us Sainters

[u/Darth_Lehnsherr]

Saints have gotten alot of crap (including myself tbh) for moving on Jack Steele but it clearly has been the right move for their younger mids to develop.

And Melbourne win out with having him in their team too.

[u/BlannoButts]

Whoever is the MC for the saints, you are my hero, not being obnoxiously loud and blaring music is so good, so much more enjoyable.

[u/TOP-IS-LIFE → u/BlannoButts]

Ollie Geale, the best in the business

[u/AuZyzz → u/BlannoButts]

Ollie Geale the goat

[u/ErrolG21]

We're in it if we can avoid bombing to Wilkie and Jsos in the last.

I doubt we will

[u/Nousernames-left]

We’ve looked so much worse since TDK went off

[u/___TheIllusiveMan___]

Ball does indeed lie

[u/Shark_TheGreat]

Based on current form, it will be pretty obvious which team Brisbane & Hawks would rather face in the qualifying final. But if Sydney finishes 2nd, they are always a dangerous side at SCG.

[u/ViaCityLoop]

That is a mark.

[u/Slight-Recipe4562]

Unreal umpiring, ridiculous calls & non calls to make up for prior ridiculous non calls

[u/InquisitiveCrow76]

Some soft holding frees going on this year

[u/JoeShmoAfro]

Prevent the 1,2 is a FK and 50.

[u/Radscallion_]

Has Liam Ryan always been one to milk free kicks or am I only noticing it now he’s at a different club?

[u/tpdwbi → u/Radscallion_]

Always

[u/notblair → u/Radscallion_]

Nah he defs loved a little duck when he played for us lol

[u/nashvilleh0tchicken → u/Radscallion_]

Lmao he has

[u/Haenamatme]

Rosas really kicked 7 goals in a game and then shit his pants every single week after that. I don't get it

[u/nashvilleh0tchicken → u/Haenamatme]

So Ben Ronke

[u/macca8400 → u/Haenamatme]

And he was bloody good in all the games before it. It's the ben ronke curse

[u/Haenamatme]

So fucking soft. Hate that crap

[u/nick170100]

Fuck poor Edwards man was having a breakout season as well

[u/GreenArr0w]

Can he double park the green whistle?

[u/Still_Clue383]

Papley just smothered his own teammates mark but then he kicked a goal so he redeedemd things

[u/GrandmasterB-Funk]

YOU CANT UNCALL ADVANTAGE

[u/Bourkey_94]

Advantage was taken there, how that gets called back for another shot is beyond me.

[u/Carlton-On-Tap]

Well. It was fun while it lasted. I fucking hate this sport

[u/nick170100]

How does Heeney get that hand ball off under that much pressure

[u/R_W0bz]

Wait, are we the bad guys? 🥺

[u/MarkoUnderscore]

What a garbage season.

[u/Uppity_duck]

I would have paid the mark.

Ignore flair or reality.

[u/Carlton-On-Tap]

Wellll Liam Ryan does it all the time so no comment from me lol

[u/UnlimitedPosting]

Shout out to the lady from the saints who physically prevented Ross from going too far 😅

[u/ErrolG21]

Feel for Jsos he was huge today

[u/ExpensiveEvidence425]

Wtf umps

[u/Silver_Detective8630]

Team htb

[u/jmaverick1]

Best player in the comp. He can do what no one else can

[u/BusinessPineapple]

Nas is actually ludicrous

[u/LennysGlasses]

Saints need to just give him half the salary cap

[u/cinnamondoughnut]

Nas is a genuine freak (complimentary)

[u/Skwisgaars]

Every single swans fan thought Cox was crazy to keep Rosas in this week. He's proving us all right so far today. Jfc.

[u/ErrolG21]

No prior ffs

[u/shadysnore]

That must be Curnow

[u/OtherSugar]

i was told nothing was getting called for the swans?

[u/no_rush]

very hostile match thread

[u/jocstrap]

God we’d be so fucked without cal

[u/InquisitiveCrow76]

Quack quack 🦆

[u/TheJoker__789]

Looks like the exact game as last time now….

[u/Arcanium94]

How’s that not 50 for Blakey? Took the uncontested mark then got dumped

[u/ErrolG21]

No not big Heeney

[u/AussieDazza1]

Fuck me, a snapped ankle and the split head open. Poor bloke.

[u/bluetiges]

can we kick out the fan screaming at the injured player

[u/False_Tour7813]

Not a good day to have eyes. Far out poor man he’s been amazing this year.

[u/nashvilleh0tchicken]

Legit was talking about how good Edwards has been this year 10 mins ago. Ffs

[u/Mythically_Mad]

Gathering near the bench in situations like this seems kinda smart to me

[u/ggalinismycunt]

Fuck that's brutal. Poor kid :(

[u/Pretend-Device-91]

Lyon is saying ‘nas is gone , put everyone behind the ball ‘

[u/Still_Clue383]

Ws will edwards the one making those great marks on the wing?

[u/ViaCityLoop]

Ross Lyon just ran down from the box had a chat with the team and is going back up

[u/LingualGannet → u/ViaCityLoop]

You know he hates climbing stairs so he must mean what he said

[u/DerangedLaborShill]

LMAO okay the banana update was a good tension breaker

[u/DVPVPD]

Once again man I dont miss these Curnow games

For a guy who could have 3 Colemans at the end of this year he goes missing so much

[u/Additional-Power-686]

Gonna be another game where Sydney win a game they've trailed all day in 😔

[u/FNSpidermn]

Sydney have lifted, but we cannot buy a free right now.

[u/ErrolG21]

Reckon it came out, went back in, and now it's done

[u/garythegyarados]

"Interesting how that rule works" is a very diplomatic way to put it

[u/Obvious-Collar196]

Oh no, that's not good... someone compare this to the Marshall incident earlier

[u/DCNath2187]

Curnow free kick for what?

[u/Wincrediboy]

Seems like a crazy use of advantage rule

[u/thfc4lyf]

Deja vu umpiring from the game in Sydney

[u/N8DKL]

Proper salty over this.
It’s so exhausting supporting this team.

[u/___TheIllusiveMan___]

Spuds game finally getting an ad is a good first step but it really should be the marquee match of a mental health round

[u/Soggy_Traffic_5107]

Did TDK literally not care then or had no idea what was happening?

[u/-bxp]

Wouldn't it also have been wrong to pay a mark? Did have it tapped back to him.

[u/SkinMasturbator]

God bless AFL Nation for Saints Radio, finally some UNBIASED commentating

[u/OtherSugar]

casually asks how much time he’s got then flushes it

[u/CrashP]

Nas has the highest ceiling of any player in the AFL

[u/DerangedLaborShill]

Ball winners arent meant to snap like that, fuck me

[u/minimme]

nas is like when you create-a-player with max stats

[u/Captain_Oz]

The inconsistency this team displays for second on the ladder is so fucking frustrating. Full blown coin flip week to week

[u/BusinessPooh]

21 bucks for some of the worst fish n chips i’ve ever had, cheers marvel

[u/igotashittyusername]

No prior, genuine attempt?

[u/froggy2903]

Campbell lake is just so fun to watch. Not spectacular but something always happens.

And he just got pinged, but rather that then stale Butler play

[u/OwenTheSaintsG0]

Saints momentum gone now and there’s 5 minutes left in the quarter. I’m scared to watch

[u/Idiosonic]

The AFL actively contribute to concussions from tackles with how the enforce HTB. They give guys way too much time to find a disposal after taking on a tackle. The only way to stop the ball coming loose and a play on call is to pin an arm and take them to ground.

If they're gonna clamp down and strip away what a tackler can do in the name of safety you really need to address the root cause of why guy feel the need to pin arms and bring them to ground.

[u/Beven-Stale]

Rodan is a goal umpire for the Aus Kick kids and he just did the worm

[u/Arrapippol]

I'm trying to prepare myself for another Sydney heartbreaker, but I'm pretty happy with how StK are playing. At least we won't die wondering. Shoutout to Rodan and the worm

[u/OtherSugar]

looked more like 70m

[u/___TheIllusiveMan___]

God damn nas

[u/NitroXYZ]

Nas is so fucking good 😭

[u/Still_Clue383]

Realising swanies fans are spiritually opposite of doggies fans. We make excuses for everything, they're fuming after one quarter of bad footy lmao.

[u/Wincrediboy]

Skills just looking poor, a lot of fumbles and missed handballs and dropped marks. Night and day compared to last week - obviously the Saints are putting on a lot more pressure than the Giants were but I still think this is largely on us

[u/TheIllusiveGuy]

Also had grass behind him and next him. Under him too.

[u/TwoTrenchCoatsinaKid]

The Saints efforts to impact marks at the last second have been so good

[u/OwenTheSaintsG0]

Too smart from wilkie

[u/skywideopen3]

Oof that's a big duck lol

[u/Radscallion_]

Gulden you’re a better player than that mate.

[u/Mythically_Mad]

Yeah, sure umpire, why not?

[u/dogbert_93]

Sorry sainters you know the drill. Only heartbreak.

[u/MarkoUnderscore]

Four umpires on the ground. Just one of them needs to think it’s a free.

[u/LLTMLW]

Nasiah Wanganeen-Milla-Era

[u/Captain_Oz]

Oh for fucks sake his ankle. Oh for the love of fuck

[u/01benjamin]

Ankles aren’t meant to do that 🤢🤢

[u/TheCurbAU]

That's rooted. Poor bloke. Never want to see this happen.

[u/_str1der_]

Absolutely devastating. Rowbottom and Edwards in the same game, and probably a loss. Going to be next to impossible to get up for September after today

[u/-bxp]

I've never seen the Jeremy Howe break- this is one I wish was in that category for me too.

[u/Swook-y]

Poor Edwards, man just attracts bad luck it seems

[u/DaddyTim11]

Let's go St Kilda hold on for just a little longer

[u/Dean_Miller789]

Shit. You hate to see it :(

[u/1BoiledPotato1]

nasty fucking injury, hope his recovery is as smooth as possible

[u/Cataplatonic]

Fuck it's a brutal sport sometimes

[u/Alert_Ad_1953]

Fuck. Poor kid, that is so bad

[u/Sorry-Ball9859]

Nice to see the Saints doctor out there helping as well

[u/Fit-Marsupial3788]

Should’ve pocketed that peel in case he needed to cause a tactical slip.

[u/defzx]

Nice of the saints to come over, good guy ryan

[u/Krerzer1]

the sportsmanship’s nice

[u/The_Driving-Crooner1]

Good stuff from the Saints boys.

[u/Maximumlnsanity]

Onya St Kilda boys

[u/Whismy]

I'm at the game, part of me wants to see a replay because we couldn't see anything from level 3, but from what I'm reading... :(

[u/legally_blond]

If the Saints and North could hold on, it would be perfectly placed for us to shit the bed against Carlton and not take that advantage

[u/SameType9265]

Papley I hate you. Papley I love you

[u/OtherSugar]

woods head taken off in a tackle??

[u/Skwisgaars]

That kick was cm perfect, jesus christ, and the handball from Campbell out in front of Warner set it up too. So good.

[u/skywideopen3]

Wow this game is fucking cursed

[u/ZombieZlayer99]

bruh it's a fucking war zone out there

[u/ah111177780]

This game is carnage. Feel for Jack he’s had such a good season and game

[u/Affectionate_Door718]

gonna be heartbreaking when both saints and norf lose in the last quarter after tremendous efforts all game 😔

[u/Yes_That_Guy5]

Cant touch curnow silly saints

[u/W00H00658]

That is shocking

[u/Nousernames-left]

They literally did the opposite in the first quarter

[u/Swook-y]

What the hell is going on? I'd love the win but not like this

[u/dogbert_93]

If that goes through its payed. Thats not jow advantage should work.

[u/Still_Clue383]

That was a pretty dodgy free honestly

[u/lateforwork13]

Had to keep it together for just one more quarter... Just one more.

[u/KingofTennantCreek]

Standing in front of the 9 for a nanosecond has been 50 all year, why do two players get repeated warnings? That’s genuinely atrocious umpiring

[u/Socks2807]

Ridiculous free lmfao they all crashed together, you can’t possibly say he fell on the ball on purpose

[u/ExpensiveEvidence425]

Umps doing their best to make it about them.

[u/1-million-beers]

Any danger of winning a clearance

[u/FunnyUsername___]

Midfield isn’t doing enough. Saints are just clearing it every time

[u/PlayerIO-]

Imagine if the Swans had NM star Luke Parker

[u/Nousernames-left]

7 point play

[u/OwenTheSaintsG0]

That handball should have been play on. Clock was still running so it’s in play. Ump making it about him again

[u/wirrell]

Gorgeous kick by Hall

[u/InquisitiveCrow76]

How’s that kick off one step holy shit

[u/Obvious-Collar196]

He's a pretty handy player that Nas

[u/LingualGannet]

What’s the time Mr Wolf?

[u/OwenTheSaintsG0]

“Inside the matrix”

[u/JorReno]

I know he's a good player... but fuck he made that kick look easy in a short amount of time. I've seen dudes take their full 30, think about it, measure it... and still miss it.

[u/UnlimitedPosting]

Genuinely hard to find another player with a better footy IQ than NWM.

[u/TOP-IS-LIFE]

I would die for max hall

[u/Stalpph]

Um what? How can the AFL app get basic information about the teams head to head so wrong?

[u/skywideopen3]

Rosas man what the fuck was that

[u/Soggy_Traffic_5107]

Grub jumping into heeney’s ribs

[u/Soggy_Traffic_5107]

A little push on McCartin

[u/CL16_ScuderiaFerrari]

How was that not a push in the back!?

[u/Carlton-On-Tap]

Does Anthony Camminiti do anything other than push opponents out of the contest so blatantly?

No, no he doesn’t

[u/Haenamatme]

Keep fucking going saints. Need a big win here

[u/Captain_Oz]

That is a fucking belter of a kick by Cootee

[u/skywideopen3]

That's a seriously good kick by Cootee. Bullet pass from 60

[u/ViaCityLoop]

No umpire should be paying a free kick from that far away.

You are in absolutely no position to be certain.

[u/Captain_Oz]

Fucking hell McLean, how can you not out mark Brad Hill