both won through to the 2009 AFL Grand Final, setting up a rematch. In a close and high-tackling wet-weather encounter, considered just as classic as the round 14 match, the clubs were tied with as little as four minutes remaining – before an individual piece of brilliance between Geelong defender Matthew Scarlett and midfielder Gary Ablett, Jr. known as the Toepoke set up Paul Chapman's the go-ahead goal. Geelong 12.8 (80) defeated St Kilda 9.14 (68) by twelve points, winning its eighth premiership. Sometimes now known as the Battle of the Unbeaten, the round 14 game retains a legacy as one of the AFL's greatest home-and-away matches. Commentator Brian Taylor, reflecting in 2019, said "football reached its peak as a spectacle" in the match. Michael Gardiner's individual performance and game-winning mark and goal remained the most famous moment of his fifteen-year AFL career. As of 2022, the attendance of 54,444 remains the highest for a match at Etihad Stadium, and several players who played there frequently remarked that it was the loudest atmosphere they had encountered at the ground. Teams See also 2009 AFL season 2009 AFL Grand Final 2009 Geelong Football Club season 2009 St Kilda Football Club season Footnotes 1. The 2020 AFL season, which did see several averages lower than 64 points-per-game, is excluded owing to its matches being played at 80% length due to the COVID-19 pandemic. References Australian Football League games 2009 Australian Football League season St Kilda Football Club Geelong Football Club