16/05/2008 11:15 PM
Paul Gough at Telstra Dome
a more complete player now to run Burns close for best afield honours while also kicking a sensational goal to give the Pies the momentum immediately after half-time.
And it was Didak who got the all-important goal of the opening term, after eluding Sean Dempster, to give the Pies' a 17-point lead and as the goals dried up in the final term that break ultimately proved enough to raise question marks yet again as to the Saints' progress under coach Ross Lyon.
ST KILDA: 6.3, 9.5, 12.6, 14.10 (94)
COLLINGWOOD: 5.1, 10.3, 14.5, 16.7 (103)
GOALS: St Kilda: Milne 2, Armitage 2, Dal Santo 2, Birss 2, Gram, Gehrig, Montagna, Goddard, Koschitzke, Harvey
Collingwood: Didak 3, Medhurst 2, Burns 2, Davis, O'Brien, Pendlebury, Thomas, Wellingham, Rocca, Lockyer, Johnson, Bryan
BEST: St Kilda: S Fisher, Ball, Hayes, Blake, Montagna, Dal Santo, Hudghton, Collingwood: Burns, Davis, O'Brien, Didak, Pendlebury, Brown, Swan, Bryan
INJURIES: St Kilda: Nil
Collingwood: Nil
UMPIRES: Rosebury, Stevic, McInerney
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Nil
CROWD: 48,417 at Telstra Dome
Sportal AFL Player of the Year votes:
3: Scott Burns (Collingwood)
2: Leon Davis (Collingwood)
1: Sam Fisher (St Kilda)