Honouring '66, brave new Saints make a point
April 9, 2016 4:20 PM
INJURY-RAVAGED St Kilda has dug deep to score a famous 29-point victory over Collingwood at the MCG.
The Saints finished Saturday's game with one fit player on the bench after Nick Riewoldt and Paddy McCartin were concussed in the second quarter and Dylan Roberton suffered a knee injury in the third term.
But despite that numerical disadvantage, they somehow found a way to break through for their first win of the season, 18.11 (119) to 14.6 (90), in front of 50,903 fans.
On the day St Kilda celebrated the 50th anniversary of the club's sole premiership in 1966, the Saints showed enormous courage to set up the win with a six-goals-to-one third quarter after leading by just two points at half-time.
Saints honour their heroes
Alan Richardson's side managed only one goal in the last quarter of each of their first two games of the season but they finished strongly to hold off a belated challenge from the Pies.
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