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St Kilda superstar Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera has produced two of the greatest moments the game has ever seen to lead his side to the single biggest three-quarter time comeback in VFL/AFL history. Inside the space of about 60 seconds of game time, Wanganeen-Milera took a screamer and kicked the final two goals of the game to give the Saints the lead after the final siren. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera wins the game for St Kilda. At just 22 years of age, Wanganeen-Milera has already established himself as a Saints legend with his effort at Marvel Stadium on Sunday, in a sequence of play to which words cannot do justice. The St Kilda freakshow, already with 32 disposals and two goals to his name, was released into the forward 50 in the dying stages of the game as his side trailed by six points. Wanganeen-Milera climbed on the back of Melbourne's Bayley Fritsch to take an screamer about 30 metres out from goal before going back to slot the goal and level the scores with eight seconds left on the clock. 'Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera! What a mark! Name your price!' Alister Nicholson said of the South Australian, who is yet to decide on his future beyond this year, with Adelaide clubs circling. 'He is utterly unbelievable.' Then, in confusing, unprecedented, and utterly extraordinary scenes, Melbourne were penalised at the next centre bounce for a 6-6-6 infringement when they only had three insdie the centre square, their second of the day, which incurs a free kick. When the free kick was paid by the central umpire, players from both sides started bolting towards St Kilda's forward 50, but had to be brought back before Saints ruck Rowan Marshall could be given the ball. 'Wait, wait! You've got to have four in the middle, we've got to wait, we've got to set it up,' the umpire could be heard saying while players all bolted in the same direction before realising they weren't yet allowed to move. 'We must set up the positions!' To give a free kick for a 6-6-6 infringement, the ground must reset to the correct formation, which created chaos and confusion on the ground with players running everywhere, despite the clock being locked at eight seconds. When Marshall was eventually handed the ball, he looked straight for Wanganeen-Milera, who had burst forward into the Saints' 50. Just as the script writers would have it, Wanganeen-Milera took the courageous mark going back with the flight of the ball and gave himself a shot after the siren to win the game. And of course he kicked it, writing the Saints into the record books as having achieved the greatest three-quarter time comeback in the history of the game — 46 points.
Perth Now
11 hours ago
- Perth Now
Saints storm home in crazy finish against Demons
St Kilda have pulled off the greatest three-quarter-time comeback in VFL/AFL history, storming home from 46 points down to stun Melbourne in a crazy finish at Marvel Stadium. Off-contract star Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera was the hero, slotting two goals in a frantic climax to pinch a miracle six-point victory. The Saints slotted nine unanswered goals in the final term to win 15.6 (96) to Melbourne's 13.12 (90). It pips the previous the best last quarter revival, when the Brisbane Bears came from 45 points down at the final break to beat Hawthorn in 1995. Wanganeen-Milera calmly slotted his third goal after flying for a soaring mark with less than 20 seconds remaining. THE MARK AND THE KICK THAT LEVELLED THE SCORES!!!#AFLSaintDees AFL (@AFL) July 27, 2025 That levelled the scores, before a 6-6-6 penalty in the middle was paid against the Demons, to the confusion of all players. Saints ruck Rowan Marshall was able to perfectly pick out Wanganeen-Milera running inside 50 to take a mark just before the siren sounded. Any score would have given the Saints victory, but Wanganeen-Milera went back and kicked his fourth, to a raucous reaction from the crowd. St Kilda are desperate to keep Wanganeen-Milera as he entertains large offers from both South Australian clubs. This performance, one of the best individual efforts of the season, will only lift his value even further. Melbourne forward Bayley Fritsch broke the game open with three first-quarter goals, giving his side a 25-point buffer. The Demons, inspired by tackling machine Jack Viney (16 tackles) extended their lead during every quarter to cruise into three-quarter-time seemingly on their way to a seventh-straight win. Instead, their capitulation ended a six-game losing run for the Saints, with their last victory also against Melbourne in June when they pipped the inaccurate Demons in Alice Springs. Melbourne superstar Kysaiah Pickett received heavy attention from St Kilda tagger Marcus Windhager. Pickett didn't dominate as he often has this season, but still had big moments, including a heavy tackle on Windhager that left the Saint sore and sorry. St Kilda received a boost when they swung high-flying young gun Alix Tauru from defence to the forward line late in the second term. The move immediately worked as Tauru took a contested mark, before going back to slot the first goal of what shapes as a promising career. St Kilda youngster Lance Collard hurt his foot in the first quarter, tried to play on, but was then subbed out in the second term for Hugh Boxshall and ended the match on crutches. Melbourne defender Jake Bowey could be in some trouble with the match review officer after a potential dangerous tackle on St Kilda forward Jack Higgins just before halftime.
Perth Now
13 hours ago
- Perth Now
‘No solution' to ‘toxic' Aussie beach crisis
An 'unprecedented' natural disaster that has killed thousands of marine creatures, sparked orders to stay out of the water, and gutted parts of the local tourism sector has scientists alarmed, with no sign of an end in sight. The Algae bloom parked up just off the coast of South Australia has persistently held its position inside the St Vincent Gulf since it was first officially reported in March, after visitors of the Waitpinga Beach on South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula began reporting illness. The toxic bloom has killed hundreds of sea creatures, caused illness in humans and sparked orders for swimmers to stay out of affected vary on how many creatures have been killed by the bloom, but it is understood there have been recorded deaths among more than 200 different species of sea life. Even more alarmingly, there doesn't seem to be any respite in sight. Snapshot of Chlorophyll-A concentrations around the South Australian coastline on July 23. Source: Integrated Marine Observing System Credit: Supplied Dr Nina Wootton, a Marine Scientist from the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Adelaide, said tracking the outbreak of the Algae bloom was difficult, but it could have something to do with the Murray River flooding in 2022/23. 'Obviously there's a lot of run-off that goes into the Murray, and then this has potentially pushed some of these algae species out into the marine environment, and it's sort of just been sitting there dormant. And then when we see perfect conditions arise, it can then bloom,' she told NewsWire. 'Somehow this species has gotten there, and then we have a range of different environmental factors that have caused this perfect storm of events,' she said. 'When things are hot and still, (the algae) grow, and this species has just boomed because there's been nothing there to break it up naturally.' Fatalities have been recorded among more than 200 marine species as the toxic algae bloom shows no signs of disappearing any time soon. Supplied Credit: News Corp Australia Although millions of dollars have been committed to clean up and research, Dr Wootton said the cure was ultimately in the hands of mother nature. 'The thing that's so hard is there's not really a solution to get rid of this bloom,' Dr Wootton said. 'The main way we're going to be able to do it is hopefully cross our fingers and toes that we have good weather conditions and we have some strong winter storms over the next couple of months that will break it up and eventually blow it off the coast. That's all we can really hope for now … to get rid of it naturally at least,' she said. 'It could be up to 18 months. Some scientists are predicting that we're going to continue to see deaths of animals for up to 18 months if we don't have these winter storms breaking it up.' University of Adelaide Microbial Ecologist Dr Christopher Keneally said even though 'you can't really see them,' algae blooms can have serious impacts on wildlife, and can even affect humans. The toxic algae bloom is impacting the waters around the Southern Fleurieu Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula and Kangaroo Island, with locals reporting painful symptoms, including sore eyes, shortness of breath and skin irritations. Credit: Supplied Dead sea life has been spotted washed up at West Beach, despite hopes cold weather would put a stop to the toxic algae bloom. SharkWatch SA Facebook Credit: News Corp Australia 'Algae blooms have a massive impact on fish … they concentrate toxins – especially into shellfish – and cause a lot of damage,' he said. 'It's not as much of a problem for mammals like dolphins and human beings … but people in southern Australia have been noticing that there's a bit of eye irritation and throat and lung irritation that happens when they go out into the water when there's an algae bloom happening.' Dr Keneally stressed while we don't hear about it often, events like this are 'similar to a bushfire or other environmental catastrophes'. 'It can be quite scary when something like this happens, especially when you don't know what to expect … getting people used to the idea of it potentially happening in their own coastal waters is important when it comes to awareness.' 'The rapid mobilisation of Australia's research is going to be really important to forecasting these things and looking at mitigation in the future … we need to take action, or otherwise these things are going to become the new normal.' Dead sea life from algal blooms at Foul Bay, Yorke Peninsula. Stefan Andrews courtesy Great Southern Reef Foundation Credit: Supplied Shadow Water, Fisheries and Forestry and Emergency Management Minister Ross Cadell spoke to ABC Radio earlier this week about the emotional and economic impacts of algal blooms on local communities. 'You walk along the Ardrossan wharf and see garfish and King George whiting on the ground dying,' he said. 'You talk to the businesses and the Port Vincent gift shop is down (in sales) 15 per cent. 'The Stansbury caravan park, in the 48 hours before I got there, (had) 10-12 cancellations of November holidays because people are fearful of going in the water.' SA Premier Peter Malinauskas announced the Commonwealth government had provided a $14 million care package to South Australia which 'covers industry support, science and research, communications, community support and clean-up'. 'I want to thank the Commonwealth for their contribution … towards this effort,' he said 'We stand ready to deliver additional support if and when it is needed.'
