Match day information:
Sydney Swans vs St Kilda
Date: Saturday March 28
Time: 7.10pm
Location: Docklands Stadium
Tickets available from Ticketmaster.com.au.
Broadcast information:
This match will be broadcast on Network Ten from 7.30pm (AEST).
Team - Sydney Swans:
Bolton, C., Roberts-Thomson, Mattner
Shaw, Grundy, Jack
McVeigh, Kirk, Crouch
O’Keefe, R., Richards, Ablett
Bevan, Hall, Moore
Jolly, Goodes, Bolton
Interchange: Bird, Buchanan, Malceski, White
Emergency: Barlow, O’Dwyer, Pyke
Team - St Kilda:
Ray, Blake, Dawson
Geary, Fisher, Goddard
Gram, Ball, Dal Santo
Milne, Riewoldt, Schneider
McQualter, Koschitzke, Gilbert
Gardiner, Jones, Montagna
Interchange: Baker, Clarke, Gwilt, King
Emergency: Begley, McEvoy, Eddy
Reserves - Round One
Swans Reserves vs. Belconnen
Date: Sunday March 29
Time: 2pm
Location: Ainslie Oval
CLUB SWANS:
If you're in Sydney and want to watch the match with your fellow Swans fans, why not head to CLUB SWANS, the social home of the Sydney Swans in Kings Cross to watch all the action live on the level three big screens, with coverage starting at 6.30pm, and kick-off at 7.10pm.
Melbourne junior clinic:
Sydney Swans players will attend a Melbourne Junior Clinic on Sunday 29 March at Aanenson Oval (Murphy Reserve, Williamstown Road) in Port Melbourne from 9am to 10am. All welcome.
Head to head:
The Sydney Swans have won 125 of their 201 meetings against St Kilda for a winning percentage of 62.94%.
Last three years:
Round 11, 2006 Sydney 7-8-50 defeated by St Kilda 7-10-52 @ SCG
Round 7, 2007 Sydney 11-5-71 defeated by St Kilda 15-7-97 @ Telstra Dome
Round 19, 2007 Sydney 12-10-82 defeated St Kilda 9-11-65 @ ANZ Stadium
Round 1, 2008 Sydney 6-13-49 defeated by St Kilda 6-15-51 @ Telstra Dome
Round 12, 2008 Sydney 14-18-102 defeated St Kilda 9-13-67 @ SCG
Last time they met:
The Sydney Swans came into last year’s round 12 match against St Kilda on a four-game winning streak. With the Swans making a surge for a place in the top four and with a winning formula intact, the Club was determined to put in a strong performance. A four goal lead in the second quarter was enough for the Swans to hold on for a 35-point victory.
It was the first game back for forward Barry Hall after serving a seven-match suspension. It took Hall just 60 seconds to get involved in the game as he marked on the lead to finish the match with 13 kicks, 11 marks and two goals.
Hall’s presence was certainly welcomed by the other Swans forwards, as Ryan O’Keefe, Adam Goodes and Michael O’Loughlin combined to boot eight goals between them.
Ryan O’Keefe starred for the Swans with 14 possessions, 6 marks and three goals.
Brownlow Medal votes: 3 – Ryan O’Keefe, 2 – Craig Bolton, 1 – Adam Goodes
Fast footy facts:
Saturday night’s game will be the first match dual Brownlow Medalist Adam Goodes plays as co-captain.
Coach Paul Roos and former Swans assistant coach Ross Lyon are both tied on two wins apiece since Lyon took over the main coaching role at the Saints.
The Swans have not beaten the Saints at Docklands Stadium since 2000, the year the venue first opened.
The two sides have drawn three times in their long history with one of those results at Docklands in round five, 2002.
The greatest winning margin the Swans have ever recorded was 171 points which was against St Kilda in Round 12, 1919.
When the Swans won the premiership in 2005, they defeated St Kilda by 31 points in the preliminary final.
