St Kilda Saints

Lawyer backs club's decision

JON PIERIK A former external lawyer for the AFL Players Association says a decision for Stephen Milne to take leave of absence makes ''commercial and common sense''.

St Kilda looked at Milne playing next year

JAKE NIALL St Kilda had discussed the possibility of Stephen Milne playing on in 2014 with both the player and his management prior to him being charged with rape.

CAROLINE WILSON The decision to withdraw Stephen Milne's right to play football has driven a wedge between St Kilda, its senior players and the AFL Players Association, but the fact remains it was the right thing to do.

Milne granted leave for 'indefinite period'

Caroline Wilson and Stathi Paxinos 4:10pm Stephen Milne wants to play but St Kilda has decided to pull him out of the game against Melbourne for welfare reasons, after the 33-year-old was charged with four counts of rape.

How will the ball bounce this time?

GREG BAUM It should have gone straight. If it had, it would have led to honour and glory and an inviolable place in St Kilda legend and the history of the game. But it didn't. And in a crude way, it summed up Stephen Milne.

Milne hopes to face Demons

EMMA QUAYLE St Kilda forward Stephen Milne is hoping to play against Melbourne on Saturday, despite being charged with rape, although it is believed the AFL will have some say in the eventual decision.

Nine years later an investigation drops a bombshell

DAN OAKES Six years after he was first accused of rape, St Kilda's Stephen Milne must have thought the matter had been dealt with and that he could move on with his life.

Milne faces four charges of rape

CAROLINE WILSON Stephen Milne charged with four counts of rape dating back to an incident involving a 19-year-old girl in 2004.

Saints' loss is hard to swallow

PETER HANLON Scott Watters praised his players' effort, admitted defeat in a game St Kilda had led for all but a few minutes was hard to swallow.

Saints desperately close

GREG BAUM If St Kilda is rebuilding, this might be remembered as the first peg in the ground, once it soothes away the hurt. For West Coast, it was so nearly the moment the last peg tethering its 2013 season hopes was uprooted.

Rookie debut a family triumph

EMMA QUAYLE A setback at home has added strength to the fibre of a Saints rookie.

Nick Riewoldt: the fire still burns

GREG BAUM At 18, Nick Riewoldt was the shining light in a struggling St Kilda team. At 30, he still is.

AFL

Cloke back for Magpies, but Krakouer out

Collingwood will regain star forward Travis Cloke for Monday's Queen's Birthday clash with Melbourne, but has dropped Andrew Krakouer.

AFL

My worst quarter ever: Armitage

St Kilda midfielder David Armitage has described Sunday night's horror start against North Melbourne as the worst quarter of football he's been involved in.

Nothing to rue this week

MICHAEL GLEESON Brent Harvey celebrates his 350th game with a four-goal haul in North Melbourne's 68-point win over St Kilda.

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North hits back with a vengeance

MATT MURNANE Win helps Kangaroos ease some of the pain of diabolical loss to Adelaide.

Roos still in contention: Wells

Sam Lienert North Melbourne star says team better off having to rebound from narrow defeats.

AFL

Saints hope to continue North's misery

After getting their own taste of a tight defeat, St Kilda will be out to heap more misery on North Melburne when they meet at Etihad Stadium on Sunday.