Another clock fiasco mars Saints win

Up to fifteen seconds were lost because of an time keeping bungle as St.Kilda held out Richmond 17.8 (110) to 16.11 (107) in a night of high drama at Telstra Dome.

Jack Riewoldt and Kelvin Moore both bombed chances to win the game for Richmond at the death, while Nick Riewoldt picked up a serious knee injury, however it was the missing seconds that were the talking point after the match.

Moore hit the post, with the clock appearing to run down as St.Kilda prepared to bring the ball back in play. Richmond’s Riewoldt took a mark from outside the 50 on the stroke of the siren, with his Hail Mary shot falling short and left.

“It was certainly over ten seconds of lost play,” fumed Tigers coach Terry Wallace.

“We would love to be able to have that ten seconds to be able to make the right decisions at the end of the game.”

“We have no doubt about the Moore shot on goal, the resultant kick out came out, that the clock continued to run down. It was sitting right in front of me in the box, continued to run down and didn’t get reset.”

Nick Riewoldt left the game in the third term with suspected medial ligament damage.

Also dampening the Saints win was a report on Justin Koschitzke for striking Troy Simmonds.

St.Kilda scorers

Stephen Milne 7.3

Charlie Garnder 2.0

Robert Harvey 2.0

Nick Riewoldt 1.1

Adam Schneider 1.0

David Armitage 1.0

Shane Birss 1.0

Fraser Gehrig 1.0

Nick Dal Santo 1.0