Gath' Around it! The Saints are heading to South Australia for Gather Round, with a determined Collingwood standing in the way of a fifth consecutive win.

Round 5 | Gather Round

St Kilda v Collingwood
Sunday 16 April
4:20pm ACST (4:50pm AEST), Adelaide Oval
Broadcast live on Fox Footy, Kayo and the AFL Live Official App

Gates open 11:30am

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A festival of footy is headed to South Australia... All the clubs. All the players. All the matches. All the entertainment. Gath Around it!

Take your place and experience the 2023 Toyota AFL Gather Round Footy Festival with one of our exclusive premium packages via the AFL Event Office.

Adelaide Oval, the jewel in the city's crown, is a fitting centre stage for the greatest footy party ever thrown. Just a short walk over the Riverbank Footbridge from the CBD, the storied stadium, that holds upwards of 50,000 fans, is a perfect blend of heritage and modern comfort that will host six games during Gather Round.

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South Australian Sainters will be able to catch the red, white and black on Saturday morning for two Gather Round Meet & Greets.

Glenelg Football Club and the Pepsi Max Footy Festival at Elder Park will host the Saints between 10:00am-12:00pm, with entry to both occasions free of charge.

Elder Park will be at the centre of the Gather Round festivities, complete with McDonald's kick-to-kick areas, the Spectacular Swing, Pepsi Max zipline, big-screen viewing areas, food and beverage areas and multiple club stations.

Public Transport

Make getting to and from the game easy with Adelaide Metro’s Footy Express. Leave the car at home and travel for FREE on all Footy Express buses, trains and trams with your game day ticket.

Visit the Adelaide Metro website for more information on your AFL Gather Round match.

Parking

Casual parking will be available payable by card on entry (subject to availability) in the following locations from 10:30am:

• University Lane (limited casual parking) – access via Pennington Terrace
• Torrens Parade Ground – (disability permit and limited casual parking) – access via Victoria Drive
• Oval #2 (limited casual parking) – access via Montefiore Road, southbound
• North Car Park (permit parking and limited disability and casual parking) – access via Pennington Terrace
• East Car Park (permit parking only) – access via King William Road, northbound

Disability drop off and pick up zones (disability permit holders only) for event days are located on:

• War Memorial Drive, out the front of Next Gen Health Clubs and Tennis SA, adjacent to Pinky Flat. This drop off zone must be accessed from the western side via Montefiore Road or Morphett Street Bridge
• King William Road, adjacent to the East Gate for north-bound traffic
• Pennington Terrace (northern end of Adelaide Oval)

Permits for this can be obtained by contacting Services SA.

Road closures

• War Memorial Drive: 9:30am – 8:30pm
• King William Road: 6:30pm – 8:30pm (full closure for AO Express)
• Pennington Terrace: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
• North Terrace: 6:45pm – 8:30pm Victoria Street to King William Road

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Looking for somewhere to go prior to the game? Our SA Saints Supporter Group are hosting a pre-game gathering for all Saints supporters to come together before the first bounce. 

Location: Lindsay Head Terrace Bar, Riverbank Stand, Adelaide Oval
Time: 2:00pm – 4.20pm

St Kilda great and proud Noongar man Nicky Winmar will be a special guest at Sunday's game in acknowledgement of the 30-year anniversary of his defining stand against racism at Victoria Park.

Saints and Magpies fans are encouraged to be in their seats before the opening bounce for the pre-game tribute, with more to be revealed on game-day.

Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval will play host to a double-header this Sunday, with Sandringham and the Southern Saints to play in their respective matches before a live viewing of St Kilda's Gather Round contest against Collingwood at Moorabbin Social.

The bayside footy bonanza will begin at 9:45am when the Southern Saints meet Geelong in the hopes of beginning its season with a 3-1 record, before Sandringham locks horns with Frankston at 1:45pm as they eye another win at home.

St Kilda's game against Collingwood will begin at 4:50pm AEST (4:20pm ACST), which will be screened live at Moorabbin Social.

There will be plenty of fun for the whole family as part of the VFLW and VFL matches, including inflatables, face painting, an ice cream van, food outlets and more!

Triple-header by the Bay 

Southern Saints v Geelong
VFLW Round 3
9:45am, Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval

Sandringham v Frankston
VFL Round 3
1:45pm, Wilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval

St Kilda v Collingwood
AFL Round 5
4:50pm, Moorabbin Social, RSEA Park
Broadcast live at the venue

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St Kilda will return to Melbourne on top of the ladder, but Ross Lyon’s perfect return to Moorabbin is finally over. But only just.

Collingwood was the master of the single digit wins in 2022 and had to do it again, despite looking home for most of the last quarter before the Saints kicked three goals in time-on to give the Magpies a fright in the dying seconds. 

Jack Higgins, Ryan Byrnes and Brad Crouch kicked three goals in three minutes, but ultimately they ran out of time, with the Magpies overcoming an ongoing ruck dilemma exacerbated by the loss of Dan McStay early in the second quarter and the late withdrawal of superstar midfielder Jordan De Goey, to record a 10.10 (70) to 9.10 (64) win at Adelaide Oval.

The Saints have been the most surprising side of 2023 – and threatened to produce another upset for much of Sunday – arriving in South Australia as the only undefeated team, but as well as they tried, they couldn’t stop Collingwood.

The inaugural Gather Round produced a handful of high-scoring affairs at Adelaide Oval, Norwood and Mt Barker, but this was never going to be one of those occasions. Not with Lyon calling the shots from the coaches’ box. 

It took until the final quarter for Collingwood to finally penetrate St Kilda’s well organised back six, kicking the first four of the final-quarter goals before the siren went inside St Kilda’s forward-50 with the Saints holding all the momentum.  

The story before the first bounce was the return of Jack Ginnivan for the first time in 2023, but after the final siren it was another Collingwood small forward – off-season signing Bobby Hill – who was the story after kicking a game-high three goals to move to 10 for the season, as he continues to loom as a shrewd piece of recruitment. 

It was far from pretty, but Craig McRae won’t be fussed by what it looked like. 

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After dropping Easter Thursday to Brisbane at the Gabba, the Magpies had to wait 10 days for a chance to respond. And they did in the end, despite the best efforts of St Kilda’s brilliant back six that conceded only 10 goals from 64 inside-50s.

Nick Daicos was everywhere, continuing his sizzling start to 2023, amassing his fifth straight 30+ disposal, this time finishing with a career-high 42 disposals, eight inside 50s and a whopping 846 metres gained in a performance that is sure to attract more Brownlow Medal votes for the second-year sensation.

Collingwood captain Darcy Moore produced a vintage performance in defence, while Brayden Maynard was also influential down back, covering the loss of Jeremy Howe and the move of Billy Frampton into the ruck. 

With AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan and South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas holding a press conference outside the ground during the opening quarter following the announcement that Gather Round will return to this state for the next three years, Brad Crouch kicked the first goal of the game within a minute before Tom Mitchell responded a minute later, but it wasn’t a sign of scores to come. 

Both sides kicked two goals in the first, four in the first half and had only six each by the final change, before the game broke open to ensure the showpiece round finished with a showpiece finish. 

St Kilda may have lost but they lost no admirers, playing without three of its most important players again – Jack Steele, Max King and Tim Membrey – but continuing to find more from less. 

Collingwood will have to wait a long time between games again – they don’t face Essendon until Anzac Day on Tuesday week – and will be hoping it gives McStay enough time to recover from a finger tendon injury, given the issues they have in the ruck right now.

All-Australian blazer bound?

We all know Callum Wilkie’s story by now, but it keeps getting better. Plucked from the SANFL at 22, yet to miss a game since. Last year he was included in the 44-man All-Australian squad, but this year he looks destined for his first blazer if he maintains this form. St Kilda’s acting skipper thrived back on home soil. The North Adelaide product amassed 11 marks and 10 intercepts from 24 disposals to help maintain St Kilda’s stunning points-against record. Only Essendon (74 points) has registered more than 70 points against the Saints.

COLLINGWOOD     2.2   4.4    6.10    10.10 (70)
ST KILDA               2.2   4.3     6.4      9.10 (64)
 
GOALS 
Collingwood: Hill 3, Mihocek 2, McCreedy, Mitchell, Ginnivan, Johnson, Elliott
St Kilda: Caminiti 2, Higgins 2, Crouch 2, Phillipou, Clark, Byrnes

BEST
Collingwood: N.Daicos, Moore, Hill, J.Daicos, Maynard, Mitchell
St Kilda: Wilkie, Crouch, Battle, Sinclair, Marshall, Wood, Ross

INJURIES
Collingwood: Dan McStay (TBC)
St Kilda: TBC

LATE CHANGES
Collingwood: Jordan De Goey, replaced in the selected side by Will Hoskin-Elliot

SUBSTITUTES
Collingwood: Tom Wilson (replaced Dan McStay in the second quarter)
St Kilda: Jack Bytel (replaced Zaine Cordy in the fourth quarter)