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Powerful ... Tom Hawkins marks on the lead in Geelong's massive win. Source: JOE CASTRO / AAP
ST KILDA'S season slipped from bad to horrendous on Saturday night with a string of key injuries and a 101-point hiding at the hands of Geelong.
Captain Nick Riewoldt will have scans today to determine the extent of a foot injury that badly hobbled the champ.
| 3.2 (20) | Q1 | 2.4 (16) |
| 6.5 (41) | Q2 | 2.6 (18) |
| 9.8 (62) | Q3 | 5.9 (39) |
| 11.9 (75) | Q4 | 7.11 (53) |
| Nathan Fyfe 4 | Tom Lynch 2 |
| Chris Mayne 2 | Ricky Henderson 1 |
| Michael Walters 2 | Jarryd Lyons 1 |
| Matthew De Boer 1 | Shaun McKernan 1 |
| Zac Clarke 1 | Scott Thompson 1 |
| Stephen Hill 1 | Bernie Vince 1 |
And there are again concerns about champion Lenny Hayes' future with another soft-tissue injury also ending his night prematurely.
| P | W | D | L | % | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawthorn | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 142.44 | 60 |
| 2 | Geelong | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 136.85 | 56 |
| 3 | Essendon | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 124.45 | 52 |
| 4 | Sydney | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 142.26 | 50 |
| 5 | Fremantle | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 122.80 | 50 |
| 6 | Richmond | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 118.05 | 44 |
| 7 | Collingwood | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 110.68 | 44 |
| 8 | Carlton | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 112.99 | 36 |
| 9 | Port Adelaide | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 108.66 | 36 |
| 10 | North Melbourne | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 122.81 | 28 |
| 11 | West Coast | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 104.30 | 28 |
| 12 | Adelaide | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 100.86 | 28 |
| 13 | Brisbane | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 82.40 | 28 |
| 14 | Gold Coast | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 88.13 | 24 |
| 15 | Bulldogs | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 76.90 | 16 |
| 16 | St Kilda | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 79.18 | 12 |
| 17 | Melbourne | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 52.62 | 8 |
| 18 | Greater Western Sydney | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 51.34 | 0 |
They both sat out most of the last quarter with Hayes' hamstring to also be scanned on Sunday.
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Backman James Gwilt suffered bone bruising to his troublesome left knee that has cost him more than 20 games in the past three seasons.
He left the ground after a seemingly innocuous knock in the first term, but returned only to hobble off again early in the second before being subbed out.
St Kilda coach Scott Watters tried to downplay the seriousness of the injuries, but doubts any of the trio will be available when the Saints travel to the Gabba to face Brisbane
"(Riewoldt) stayed out there for a period of time, we tried to hide him in the goalsquare, which is almost impossible these days with the risk factor involved in that (so) it was time to put him to sleep tonight," Watters said.
Should Gwilt miss any time, St Kilda's already undersized backline will be further stretched with the club already having made it a priority to attract at least one key defender next off-season and Sam Fisher (toe) already gone for the year and Sam Gilbert also sidelined.
Watters wasn't using the injuries as an excuse for the Simonds Stadium flogging.
"For a quarter and a bit we probably hung in there, aided by a bit of a breeze (in the first quarter)," he said.
"They were too good."
Geelong also suffered a serious injury with big Cat Dawson Simpson suffering medial ligament damage to his left knee after landing awkwardly at the opening ruck contest of the second quarter.
Simpson, 24, was taken from the ground on the mobile stretcher and immediately subbed out after clutching his left knee in agony.
But the Cats breathed a small sigh of relief when his initial diagnosis cleared him of ACL damage with scans in coming days to determine the full extent of the damage.
"The medical staff is confident it's not an ACL, which I guess is the good news," coach Chris Scott said.
"The bad news is, there appears to be something significant there.
"They (the medical staff) are still hopeful that 'Daws' can play a part in the rest of the season."
Geelong is still searching for its top ruck combination with Mark Blicavs, Nathan Vardy and Trent West still in the mix, while former Roo Hamish McIntosh is racing time after a series of injuries in his first year at Geelong.
Vardy was impressive, racking up 19 hitouts, 16 possessions and one goal after Simpson left the game.
Scott said he was "really proud" of Vardy's game.
"He's had a tough run. We've got a lot of optimism around the sort of footy he can play longer term, but recently he's been dogged by injury a little bit and hasn't had a full run at it.
"When Dawson went down we were a little bit hesitant to throw too much Vards' way, given his limited preparation.
"And I probably think he's a bit more of a forward than he is a ruckman. But he showed us tonight that he can shoulder that No.1 ruckman load for at least three quarters, so it's a real positive."
Geelong bounced back well after a shock loss to Adelaide last week, with an improved defensive effort pleasing Scott.
"Particularly after the first 10 minutes, but after quarter time, they only kicked a goal and I think they had 26 inside-50s for the game which is a really strong performance.
"We were disappointed with the way we played in patches last week and we thought tonight was a more consistent effort."
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