North Melbourne has fallen to a 20-point loss at the hands of St Kilda.

The Roos were headed all day, but finished strongly, booting 5 goals to one in the final term.

Aaron Hall (33 touches and 776 metres gained) and Jack Ziebell (23 possessions and two goals) tried hard all day, while Jy Simpkin (26 disposals) and Tarryn Thomas (17 possessions, 2 goals) were influential. 

Bailey Scott held Brad Hill to just 3 disposals in a tagging role. 

The Saints took control through their first half dominance in the clearances, and in particular stoppage clearances which they led 18 to 9 at half-time.

St Kilda managed 18 scoring shots from 25 forward 50 entries in the first half, but were again wasteful in front of goal, kicking 7.11 to enter the main break 31 points up.

North came to life at the start of the third quarter, with Nick Larkey kicking his second goal in the opening minute of the term following a 50 metre penalty.

Suddenly the Roos started hitting targets and got reward on the scoreboard when Cameron Zurhaar kicked his second to cut the margin back to 19 points.

But just when North looked to be working its way back into the contest, St Kilda took control.

ST KILDA 3.6 7.11 11.14 12.16 (88)
NORTH MELBOURNE 1.0 3.4 5.7 10.8 (68)

GOALS
St Kilda: Wood 3, Billings 2, Membrey 2, Higgins, Ross, Crouch, Byrnes, Geary
North Melbourne: Zurhaar 2, Larkey 2, Ziebell 2, Thomas 2, Garner, Taylor

BEST
St Kilda: Dunstan, Crouch, Steele, Wood, Billings 
North Melbourne: Hall, Simpkin, Ziebell, Cunnington, Thomas

INJURIES
St Kilda: Nil
North Melbourne: McKay (hamstring)

SUBSTITUTES
St Kilda: Jack Lonie (unused)     
North Melbourne: Charlie Lazzaro (unused)