July 5, 2026 — 6:24pm
Essendon’s season of struggle continued as St Kilda, particularly Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, gave them a school-holidays lesson, winning by 67 points at Marvel Stadium on Sunday.
With the crowd of 34,713 bolstered by families due to the winter school holidays, Wanganeen-Milera dominated the hapless, coachless Dons, shedding two taggers and showing yet again the gulf between the current best Essendon players and the AFL’s elite.
Wanganeen-Milera finished one possession shy Leigh Montagna’s St Kilda club record of 47 in 2013. But he wasn’t the only Saint to feast on the Bombers. Bradley Hill and Max Hall got their piece of the action as their side kicked 10 goals in a row in the second term while building a lead of the same margin.
Together, Wanganeen-Milera (24), Hill (24) and Hall (21) had more disposals at half-time than the whole Bombers team had in the first term (66). And all three Saints went on to finish with career-high disposal tallies.
