Peter Ryan: St Kilda have been absolutely destroyed at centre clearance tonight by the Bulldogs. Their midfield is their Achilles heel and it has been shown up with Tim English, who was widely criticised this week, kicking a goal on the siren to extend the lead to 49 points, the game’s highest margin. The Bulldogs have kicked 12.4 (76), already bigger than three of the Saints five full-time scores this season. It is the highest half-time score the Saints have conceded since Ross Lyon returned to coach the club at the start of last season.
AFL LIVE updates: Weightman on fire as Bulldogs pound St Kilda
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9.09pm
GOAL: Doggies again!Aaron Naughton gets his fifth goal. I repeat, that’s FIVE for Naughton.
Doggies are simply soaring tonight.
Western Bulldogs 14.4 (88) lead St Kilda 4.3 (27)
9.04pm
GOAL. BulldogsHarvey Gallagher snags one .… needing just 70 seconds after the main break.
Make no mistake, they’ll be no St Kilda comeback.
9.03pm
A cracking photoRowan Marshall and Tim English.Credit: AFL Photos / Getty Images
9.00pm
The third term has begunUp and going in the second half.
8.55pm
A cruel question for some8.51pm
Half-time stats8.47pm
Half-time snapshotPeter Ryan: St Kilda have been absolutely destroyed at centre clearance tonight by the Bulldogs. Their midfield is their Achilles heel and it has been shown up with Tim English, who was widely criticised this week, kicking a goal on the siren to extend the lead to 49 points, the game’s highest margin. The Bulldogs have kicked 12.4 (76), already bigger than three of the Saints five full-time scores this season. It is the highest half-time score the Saints have conceded since Ross Lyon returned to coach the club at the start of last season.
8.43pm
HT: Goal after the sirenTim English this time!
It’s the Bulldogs’ night for sure ....
Western Bulldogs 12.4 (76) lead St Kilda 4.3 (27)
8.41pm
GOAL: West gets in on the act ....Rhylee West snags one for the Bulldogs.
A quick-fire reply.
8.40pm
Story of the quarterPeter Ryan: Mistakes from the Bulldogs gifted the Saints two goals in 15 minutes. Dropped marks to Lachie Bramble and James O’Donnell allowed St Kilda to kick majors, including Hugo Garcia his first. Assistant coach Brendon Goddard said he referred to Hugo as Sergio (as in the Spanish golfer) when they first met and the youngster had no idea what he was talking about.
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