The Western Bulldogs kicked the first seven goals of the match to thrash St Kilda and keep their finals hopes alive. | By Peter Ryan agerealfooty
The Western Bulldogs remain in the hunt for a finals spot after embarrassing an insipid St Kilda at Marvel Stadium on Friday night with Marcus Bontempelli bouncing back to his best.
Bontempelli signalled his intent from the first bounce to play his best game for the season in a return to vintage form finishing the match with 34 disposals and two goals while Bailey Smith showed his importance having missed the previous four matches with suspension. Instead of threatening the undersized Bulldogs’ defence by getting the ball into Max King, Rowan Marshall and Tim Membrey, St Kilda chipped the ball around their backline to create slow play after slow play and they could not force turnovers to create scoring opportunities.
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