Essendon’s season of struggle continued as St Kilda, particularly Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, gave them a school-holidays lesson, winning by 67 points at Marvel Stadium on Sunday. With the crowd of 34,713 bolstered by families due to the winter school holidays, Wanganeen-Milera dominated the hapless, coachless Dons, shedding two taggers and showing yet again the gulf between the current best Essendon players and the AFL’s elite. Wanganeen-Milera finished one possession shy Leigh Montagna’s St Kilda club record of 47 in 2013. But he wasn’t the only Saint
to feast on the Bombers. Bradley Hill and Max Hall got their piece of the action as their side kicked 10 goals in a row in the second term while building a lead of the same margin. Together, Wanganeen-Milera (24), Hill (24) and Hall (21) had more disposals at half-time than the whole Bombers team had in the first term (66). And all three Saints went on to finish with career-high disposal tallies.
Wanganeen-Milera, St Kilda, Essendon, Marvel Stadium, 67-point win, coachless Dons, Bradley Hill, Max Hall, Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera disposals, Leigh Montagna record
67 points?? that’s brutal.
Wait it says coachless Dons… so like they just didn’t have a coach and still played?? Seems kinda unfair to Essendon. Also the crowd being families makes it sound like a vacation day more than a real game.
Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera is basically the whole story lol. I don’t even get the “golf between current best” line, but if one guy is dropping taggers left and right then yeah, that’s why they got smoked. Still wild the Bombers only had 66 disposals in the first term like how do you even do that.
Coachless Dons… so it’s like the coach got fired? or injured? I’m not saying that automatically means they lose by 67, but that’s definitely what happened in my head. Also 10 goals in a row second term, c’mon that’s like the game broke. I used to watch casually but these stats make it sound way more lopsided than it probably feels on TV.