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Hi Footy fans...
The long awaited return of SANFL football to the hallowed turf of Adelaide Oval ends in a few days, with the traditional Anzac Day clash between the grand finalists of 2013 returning to the newly redeveloped ground. Its also the first time that an SANFL match will share a stadium over a weekend during the home and away ground, something not done since the days of curtain raisers to AFL games. Playing second fiddle to the AFL has never sat well with many SA footy-heads, so you can imagine the seething that went on late last season when the AFL finally infiltrated the competition with reserves teams being fielded by the Adelaide and Port Adelaide clubs... something that may have just gathered even more steam this week. Which is a shame because you'd think I should be talking about the rising roars from down south, but its hard to ignore the bronx cheers from most sectors of the SANFL fan-base.
Welcome to the Round 3 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
Thursday night footy began the Easter holiday long weekend, the first of two games on the night takes us across to Richmond where the lights of City Mazda Stadium went on for the clash between the Bloods and the Roosters. On their way to the Grand Final last season, the Roosters had to go through the 2012 runner-up in Westies in their 14th encounter from the previous five years. They took that game in a canter, downing the Bloods by 56 points. The split from those past 14 games sees North on nine wins to Westies' five. The night would herald a dour struggle between these two injury-hit mobs, the Bloods having a horrid time in attack as they sprayed several shots wide for a score of 2.7 to North's 1.2 to take an 11-point lead at quarter-time. The inaccuracy bug proved contagious to the Roosters in the second quarter. Instead of catching up to the Bloods with their frequent forays into attack, they scored just 1.5 to 2.2. At the half-time break, the Bloods were ahead by 14 points. Both sides still fumbled their way around the ball all night, the skill errors were all too frequent not to mention their shooting for goal being poor. The scoreboard wasn't going to tick over too much more going into the third quarter, the Bloods outscoring the Roosters by just one point -- 2.4 to 2.3 -- to go 15 points up at the final change. But in that last quarter, the visitors went bonzo, producing a quarter of footy that would not just win them the game but would outscore the home side's entire first half and their own first three quarters. They kicked 5.6 to one goal to run out 15-point winners. Matthew Campbell was voted best for North, while West named Chris Schmidt as their best.
Across the other side of town in the inner-eastern suburbs, the lights of Coopers Stadium shone brightly for the Redlegs match against the Double Blues. The Redlegs have had the better of the Blues for three seasons, the Pride of The Parade taking a six-pack of wins with their last coming from Round 16 last year when they visited Unley for a 46-point win from a low-scoring and highly inaccurate display. The last time the Blues took victory at Norwood was back in Round 16 of 2010, which was incidentally another low-scoring contest as Sturt took an 11-point win. The Redlegs opened their season in fine fashion, but then fell to the Bulldogs while the Blues had yet to taste defeat. The 'Legs would have a horrid start to the match, kicking five behinds while the Blues managed 3.4 to take a 17-point lead at quarter-time. The Blues would start spraying shots wide themselves in the second term to score 2.5, the Redlegs finally finding the big sticks to score 2.3. At the long break, Sturt would be up by 19 points. The match had similarities with the other contest across the other side of town, but there was a clearly in-control team at this match and it was the Double Blues. Their pressure and intensity scrambled the Redlegs, the visitors keeping them at arm's length though the gap was cut down by a single point come three quarter-time after the home side kicked 2.4 to 2.3. Sturt weren't letting this one go, the final term was a shootout as both sides kicked 3.2, the Blues leaving Norwood with a three-goal win to keep their unbeaten run intact. Zane Kirkwood was named best for the Blues, the 'Legs voted in Kieran McGuinness as their standout.
Good Friday football has really taken hold in the southern suburbs, the Channel 7 cameras set up camp at the Hickinbotham Oval in Noarlunga for the Clash of the Cats between the Panthers and the Tigers. These two clubs have equal share of the spoils from the last 14 games, but the most recent clash saw the Panthers take a 23-point win at Noarlunga, as well as the game before that one at Glenelg. New Souths coach Brad Gotch is a man on a mission. He is looking to make the Panthers a lightning rod for southern juniors, to grow the numbers of South faithful and to bring back true respect to the blue & whites. The Panthers have not dropped a game yet and would be damned if they were going to start now, so off they went with a 5.1 to 2.3 first quarter to lead by 16 points at the first break. The Bays second term saw them up the pressure and make more entries into their attacking zone, but little rewards were reaped as they kicked 2.7 to South's 2.2. At the half-time break, the Panthers lead was brought back to 11 points. When play resumed, the Panthers picked up from where they left off in the opening term, although inaccuracy would creep into their attack as they kicked 6.6 to the Tigers' 3.1. At three quarter-time, the Panthers' advantage was stretched out to 34 points. This Souths unit is a far cry from previous years, a sense of real unity was visible and their pressure on the opposition brought them the just rewards. They finished off with a 4.5 to three goal final term to take a 45-point win. Keegan Brooksby was named as the Panthers best, the Tigers camp voted in Aaron Joseph as their best.
The single Saturday afternoon match for the round takes us up to the northern suburbs of Elizabeth, the Bulldogs playing host to the Crows at Playford Alive Oval. There is a little bit of bad blood between these two teams, the Bulldogs were one of two clubs to vote against the inclusion of AFL reserves teams in the state league, then there was the banner that made its way around the SANFL grounds and had a moment of infamy at the Dog-pound which left league officials red-faced. After disposing of the Redlegs a week ago, the Dogs fans were salivating at the prospect of dealing out punishment to a team that had yet to take points. But a few key ins to the Crows, as well as a couple of key outs to the Dogs would alter that mindset. The Dogs and the Crows fought out the first term rather evenly, although the Crows should have taken a bigger lead after they kicked 2.5 to 2.1. At quarter-time the Crows were ahead by four points. A couple of early second term goals seemed to steady the Bulldogs' ship, but then the home crowd would stand stunned as the Crows rammed home seven unanswered goals. That 7.3 to 2.2 second quarter would see the Crows ahead by 35 points at the long break. Despite the obvious difference in personnel commitment -- the dominantly full timers of Adelaide compared to the part-timers at Centrals -- the Dogs did not come out to play and weren't even a shadow of that team that defeated the reigning premiers. The deficit would only get larger come three quarter-time, the Crows adding a further 5.5 while the Dogs managed to score 3.1 as the gap widened to 51 points at the final break. The worst nightmares of many SA footy-heads was starting to manifest itself, the Crows leaving the Ponderosa with a 52-point win to open their account in the SANFL after finishing the match with a 2.4 to 2.3 final term. Riley Knight would be named best for the Crows, while the Dogs voted in Josh Glenn as their best afield.
The final match for the weekend sees us head down Port Road to the Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval for the Battle of the Birds between the Eagles and the Magpies. From Round 4 of the 2009 up to the last match in Round 13 last year, the Eagles have dominated all but one match from the previous 12 encounters. That one loss was on opening weekend in 2012 at Thebarton, the beginning of the Eagles' premiership hangover. But the other games either side were all Eagles victories, that last game resulting in an 11-point win at Alberton. The Eagles were undefeated up to this point, but the ominous signs of a Magpies re-emergence were very clear last week and were about to become even clearer. A first quarter blitz would shell-shock the home fans, the Magpies booting 6.6 to a single goal to take a 36-point lead at quarter-time. The Eagles would reduce the gap by half-time, kicking 3.1 to 2.2 in the second term to bring the deficit back to 31 points by the break. Despite the Eagles lifting their efforts and their intensity, the Magpies didn't stay grounded for long when play resumed. The third term would become a shootout in the goal column, both sides bagging four goals. Inaccuracy prevented the Magpies really breaking the game apart, an additional six behinds to the Eagles' one miss would see the deficit return to the six-goal gap seen at quarter-time. The Magpies would run away with it in the end, the Eagles going to sleep and only managing one behind while the visitors added 3.5 to leave Woodville with a 58-point win. The question now is, can everyone else adapt to the seemingly more 'Power-ful' line-up the Magpies can access? Eagles coach Mick Godden thinks so, even though 16 full-timers fronted up for Port. The Magpies named Kane Mitchell as their best on ground, while the Eagles named Luke Jarrad as their best.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 3 OF THE SANFL...
Thursday April 17
North Adelaide 9.16 (70)
West Adelaide 7.13 (55)
2,251 @ City Mazda Stadium, Richmond
Sturt 10.14 (74)
Norwood 7.14 (56)
4,856 @ Coopers Stadium, Norwood
Friday April 18
South Adelaide 17.14 (116)
Glenelg 10.11 (71)
3,984 @ Hickinbotham Oval, Noarlunga
Saturday April 19
Adelaide 16.16 (112)
Central District 9.7 (61)
3,337 @ Playford Alive Oval, Elizabeth
Sunday April 20
Port Adelaide 15.19 (109)
Woodville-West Torrens 8.3 (51)
4,247 @ Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval, Woodville
INJURIES
South -- Redigolo (knee), Boyd (shoulder)
REPORTS
None known at time of post
LEAGUE LADDER
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South -- 6pts (3-0-0), 61.9%
Sturt -- 6pts (3-0-0), 61.9%
Port -- 4pts (2-1-0), 68.4%
North -- 4pts (2-1-0), 52.6%
W-WT -- 4pts (2-1-0), 48%
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Adelaide -- 2pts (1-2-0), 47.1%
Central -- 2pts (1-2-0), 45.3%
Norwood -- 2pts (1-2-0), 44.8%
West -- 0pts (0-3-0), 41%
Glenelg -- 0pts (0-3-0), 27.7%
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Next weekend in Round 4... Anzac Day weekend.
Friday April 25
ANZAC DAY BATTLE
Norwood vs. North Adelaide; Adelaide Oval @ 3:20pm
Glenelg vs. Adelaide; Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg @ 7:10pm
Saturday April 26 @ 2:10pm
Port Adelaide vs. West Adelaide; Alberton Oval
Central District vs. South Adelaide; Playford Alive Oval, Elizabeth
Sunday April 27 @ 2:10pm
Sturt vs. Woodville-West Torrens; Envestra Park, Unley
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
The long awaited return of SANFL football to the hallowed turf of Adelaide Oval ends in a few days, with the traditional Anzac Day clash between the grand finalists of 2013 returning to the newly redeveloped ground. Its also the first time that an SANFL match will share a stadium over a weekend during the home and away ground, something not done since the days of curtain raisers to AFL games. Playing second fiddle to the AFL has never sat well with many SA footy-heads, so you can imagine the seething that went on late last season when the AFL finally infiltrated the competition with reserves teams being fielded by the Adelaide and Port Adelaide clubs... something that may have just gathered even more steam this week. Which is a shame because you'd think I should be talking about the rising roars from down south, but its hard to ignore the bronx cheers from most sectors of the SANFL fan-base.
Welcome to the Round 3 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
Thursday night footy began the Easter holiday long weekend, the first of two games on the night takes us across to Richmond where the lights of City Mazda Stadium went on for the clash between the Bloods and the Roosters. On their way to the Grand Final last season, the Roosters had to go through the 2012 runner-up in Westies in their 14th encounter from the previous five years. They took that game in a canter, downing the Bloods by 56 points. The split from those past 14 games sees North on nine wins to Westies' five. The night would herald a dour struggle between these two injury-hit mobs, the Bloods having a horrid time in attack as they sprayed several shots wide for a score of 2.7 to North's 1.2 to take an 11-point lead at quarter-time. The inaccuracy bug proved contagious to the Roosters in the second quarter. Instead of catching up to the Bloods with their frequent forays into attack, they scored just 1.5 to 2.2. At the half-time break, the Bloods were ahead by 14 points. Both sides still fumbled their way around the ball all night, the skill errors were all too frequent not to mention their shooting for goal being poor. The scoreboard wasn't going to tick over too much more going into the third quarter, the Bloods outscoring the Roosters by just one point -- 2.4 to 2.3 -- to go 15 points up at the final change. But in that last quarter, the visitors went bonzo, producing a quarter of footy that would not just win them the game but would outscore the home side's entire first half and their own first three quarters. They kicked 5.6 to one goal to run out 15-point winners. Matthew Campbell was voted best for North, while West named Chris Schmidt as their best.
Across the other side of town in the inner-eastern suburbs, the lights of Coopers Stadium shone brightly for the Redlegs match against the Double Blues. The Redlegs have had the better of the Blues for three seasons, the Pride of The Parade taking a six-pack of wins with their last coming from Round 16 last year when they visited Unley for a 46-point win from a low-scoring and highly inaccurate display. The last time the Blues took victory at Norwood was back in Round 16 of 2010, which was incidentally another low-scoring contest as Sturt took an 11-point win. The Redlegs opened their season in fine fashion, but then fell to the Bulldogs while the Blues had yet to taste defeat. The 'Legs would have a horrid start to the match, kicking five behinds while the Blues managed 3.4 to take a 17-point lead at quarter-time. The Blues would start spraying shots wide themselves in the second term to score 2.5, the Redlegs finally finding the big sticks to score 2.3. At the long break, Sturt would be up by 19 points. The match had similarities with the other contest across the other side of town, but there was a clearly in-control team at this match and it was the Double Blues. Their pressure and intensity scrambled the Redlegs, the visitors keeping them at arm's length though the gap was cut down by a single point come three quarter-time after the home side kicked 2.4 to 2.3. Sturt weren't letting this one go, the final term was a shootout as both sides kicked 3.2, the Blues leaving Norwood with a three-goal win to keep their unbeaten run intact. Zane Kirkwood was named best for the Blues, the 'Legs voted in Kieran McGuinness as their standout.
Good Friday football has really taken hold in the southern suburbs, the Channel 7 cameras set up camp at the Hickinbotham Oval in Noarlunga for the Clash of the Cats between the Panthers and the Tigers. These two clubs have equal share of the spoils from the last 14 games, but the most recent clash saw the Panthers take a 23-point win at Noarlunga, as well as the game before that one at Glenelg. New Souths coach Brad Gotch is a man on a mission. He is looking to make the Panthers a lightning rod for southern juniors, to grow the numbers of South faithful and to bring back true respect to the blue & whites. The Panthers have not dropped a game yet and would be damned if they were going to start now, so off they went with a 5.1 to 2.3 first quarter to lead by 16 points at the first break. The Bays second term saw them up the pressure and make more entries into their attacking zone, but little rewards were reaped as they kicked 2.7 to South's 2.2. At the half-time break, the Panthers lead was brought back to 11 points. When play resumed, the Panthers picked up from where they left off in the opening term, although inaccuracy would creep into their attack as they kicked 6.6 to the Tigers' 3.1. At three quarter-time, the Panthers' advantage was stretched out to 34 points. This Souths unit is a far cry from previous years, a sense of real unity was visible and their pressure on the opposition brought them the just rewards. They finished off with a 4.5 to three goal final term to take a 45-point win. Keegan Brooksby was named as the Panthers best, the Tigers camp voted in Aaron Joseph as their best.
The single Saturday afternoon match for the round takes us up to the northern suburbs of Elizabeth, the Bulldogs playing host to the Crows at Playford Alive Oval. There is a little bit of bad blood between these two teams, the Bulldogs were one of two clubs to vote against the inclusion of AFL reserves teams in the state league, then there was the banner that made its way around the SANFL grounds and had a moment of infamy at the Dog-pound which left league officials red-faced. After disposing of the Redlegs a week ago, the Dogs fans were salivating at the prospect of dealing out punishment to a team that had yet to take points. But a few key ins to the Crows, as well as a couple of key outs to the Dogs would alter that mindset. The Dogs and the Crows fought out the first term rather evenly, although the Crows should have taken a bigger lead after they kicked 2.5 to 2.1. At quarter-time the Crows were ahead by four points. A couple of early second term goals seemed to steady the Bulldogs' ship, but then the home crowd would stand stunned as the Crows rammed home seven unanswered goals. That 7.3 to 2.2 second quarter would see the Crows ahead by 35 points at the long break. Despite the obvious difference in personnel commitment -- the dominantly full timers of Adelaide compared to the part-timers at Centrals -- the Dogs did not come out to play and weren't even a shadow of that team that defeated the reigning premiers. The deficit would only get larger come three quarter-time, the Crows adding a further 5.5 while the Dogs managed to score 3.1 as the gap widened to 51 points at the final break. The worst nightmares of many SA footy-heads was starting to manifest itself, the Crows leaving the Ponderosa with a 52-point win to open their account in the SANFL after finishing the match with a 2.4 to 2.3 final term. Riley Knight would be named best for the Crows, while the Dogs voted in Josh Glenn as their best afield.
The final match for the weekend sees us head down Port Road to the Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval for the Battle of the Birds between the Eagles and the Magpies. From Round 4 of the 2009 up to the last match in Round 13 last year, the Eagles have dominated all but one match from the previous 12 encounters. That one loss was on opening weekend in 2012 at Thebarton, the beginning of the Eagles' premiership hangover. But the other games either side were all Eagles victories, that last game resulting in an 11-point win at Alberton. The Eagles were undefeated up to this point, but the ominous signs of a Magpies re-emergence were very clear last week and were about to become even clearer. A first quarter blitz would shell-shock the home fans, the Magpies booting 6.6 to a single goal to take a 36-point lead at quarter-time. The Eagles would reduce the gap by half-time, kicking 3.1 to 2.2 in the second term to bring the deficit back to 31 points by the break. Despite the Eagles lifting their efforts and their intensity, the Magpies didn't stay grounded for long when play resumed. The third term would become a shootout in the goal column, both sides bagging four goals. Inaccuracy prevented the Magpies really breaking the game apart, an additional six behinds to the Eagles' one miss would see the deficit return to the six-goal gap seen at quarter-time. The Magpies would run away with it in the end, the Eagles going to sleep and only managing one behind while the visitors added 3.5 to leave Woodville with a 58-point win. The question now is, can everyone else adapt to the seemingly more 'Power-ful' line-up the Magpies can access? Eagles coach Mick Godden thinks so, even though 16 full-timers fronted up for Port. The Magpies named Kane Mitchell as their best on ground, while the Eagles named Luke Jarrad as their best.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 3 OF THE SANFL...
Thursday April 17
North Adelaide 9.16 (70)
West Adelaide 7.13 (55)
2,251 @ City Mazda Stadium, Richmond
Sturt 10.14 (74)
Norwood 7.14 (56)
4,856 @ Coopers Stadium, Norwood
Friday April 18
South Adelaide 17.14 (116)
Glenelg 10.11 (71)
3,984 @ Hickinbotham Oval, Noarlunga
Saturday April 19
Adelaide 16.16 (112)
Central District 9.7 (61)
3,337 @ Playford Alive Oval, Elizabeth
Sunday April 20
Port Adelaide 15.19 (109)
Woodville-West Torrens 8.3 (51)
4,247 @ Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval, Woodville
INJURIES
South -- Redigolo (knee), Boyd (shoulder)
REPORTS
None known at time of post
LEAGUE LADDER
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South -- 6pts (3-0-0), 61.9%
Sturt -- 6pts (3-0-0), 61.9%
Port -- 4pts (2-1-0), 68.4%
North -- 4pts (2-1-0), 52.6%
W-WT -- 4pts (2-1-0), 48%
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Adelaide -- 2pts (1-2-0), 47.1%
Central -- 2pts (1-2-0), 45.3%
Norwood -- 2pts (1-2-0), 44.8%
West -- 0pts (0-3-0), 41%
Glenelg -- 0pts (0-3-0), 27.7%
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Next weekend in Round 4... Anzac Day weekend.
Friday April 25
ANZAC DAY BATTLE
Norwood vs. North Adelaide; Adelaide Oval @ 3:20pm
Glenelg vs. Adelaide; Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg @ 7:10pm
Saturday April 26 @ 2:10pm
Port Adelaide vs. West Adelaide; Alberton Oval
Central District vs. South Adelaide; Playford Alive Oval, Elizabeth
Sunday April 27 @ 2:10pm
Sturt vs. Woodville-West Torrens; Envestra Park, Unley
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
