5th minute. In the 9th minute, Geelong conceded an unlucky free kick, when Corey handpassed the ball onto team-mate Taylor's legs and it ricocheted out of bounds on the full near St Kilda's behind post; Montagna passed the free kick short to Gardiner, who kicked his third goal from 15m. Geelong narrowly averted another goal in the tenth minute, tackling Ball in the goal square and clearing for no score. By this time, St Kilda had extended the margin to 23 points. End-to-end play continued, but over the next ten minutes only Geelong made the most of its opportunities. In the 13th minute, a phase of broken play ended with 40m goal to Geelong's Max Rooke. St Kilda won the next centre clearance, but Schneider failed to score from a 35m snap shot. A sustained period of St Kilda attack ended when Geelong marked at centre half-back and won a 50-metre penalty; this was handpassed to Chapman, whose 70m long bomb bounced on the kick-off line and eluded three defenders through for a goal in the 17th minute. The next centre bounce ended with Mooney, who kicked a 50m set shot goal to narrow the margin to five points. St Kilda steadied next, Milne converting a 40m set shot in the 21st minute, and Nick Dal Santo missing a 25m snap shot after the ensuing centre clearance to extend the margin to 12 points. Geelong rebounded coast-to-coast from the kick-in, finishing with a 20m set shot goal by Darren Milburn in the 22nd minute. Two minutes later, Geelong's Shannon Byrnes kicked a goal from 35m minutes to level the scores with 4:51 of game time remaining. The final five minutes saw end-to-end play, with fatigue setting in and looser marking of opponents. Milne just dropped a mark right in front of goal with 3:10 remaining, and Geelong cleared. In a controversial moment with 2:35 remaining, Corey was illegally tackled by St Kilda's Raphael Clarke on the half-forward flank; but, the free kick which was paid was effectively nullified by a dubious advantage call by umpire Ray Chamberlain, as the ball had spilled forward to what turned out to be a neutral ground contest from which St Kilda cleared the ball. With 1:05 remaining, Ball kicked long to St Kilda's full forward, and Gardiner took flew in from the side to take a strong pack mark; Gardiner's elbow struck Taylor's head