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Hi Footy fans...
A long standing tradition of the SANFL made its triumphant return to the Adelaide Oval this past weekend, with Anzac Day football drawing in a bumper turnout in the competition's first match back at the ground since 2011. In fact, the weekend's aggregate turnout was huge, with almost 28000 people fronting up at SANFL venues across the city. Should we not be happy about that? Of course we should be. But if it takes a "feature act" at one game to draw in some masses, then it may be short lived. This, and the continuing concerns about the "have's" and the "have not's" -- you know who I mean -- could or may already have worked to the future detriment of our competition. Yes, football is thriving in South Australia... but where is the thriving actually being measured? Is our league losing the shine it worked so hard to maintain?
Welcome to the Round 4 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
First up in this week's wrap, we skip across the Torrens into the 21st century version of Adelaide Oval where the Anzac Day Battle was underway between the Redlegs and the Roosters. Of course, the Anzac Day match is the encounter between the previous year's grand finalists, the Redlegs taking down the Roosters in the last ever premiership game at AAMI Stadium by 40 points. During the minor rounds, the two games yielded wins for either side and amazingly, the two never met in any other finals match in Season 2013 after the Roosters came from fifth to play the decider. A touch over 10,000 people turned up for this, the contest kicking off with the Roosters getting a early jump on their grand final assailants by scoring 3.2 to 1.2 in the opening term to lead by two goals at the break. The Redlegs would respond in the following quarter, restricting North to just 1.1 but inaccuracy would only give them a 10-point lead by the long break after they kicked 4.5 in a bit of role-reversal from the first term. The third quarter ended up resembling an arm-wrestling match in regards to the scoreboard, the Redlegs against spraying shots around to score 2.5. The Roosters' 3.1 allowed them to cut Norwood's lead down to eight points going into the final term. Unfortunately for the 'Legs, they would be consigned to a third straight defeat after the Roosters blew them away with a 7.3 to 2.4 final quarter to win by 21 points. Jay Shannon would bag dual honours for the Roosters, taking best afield votes and the Bob Quinn Medal, while the Redlegs named Sam Baulderstone as their best afield.
Next up we're heading bay-side where Anzac Day football continued under the Friday Night Lights of Gliderol Stadium where the Tigers were the next to face the new Crows outfit. The Tigers have had very little luck thus far in season 2014, a home loss to Sturt, a horror shellacking from the Magpies and then last week's fadeout to South. The Crows, however, finally broke through for their first win in the SANFL at the expense of the Bulldogs. Not that many Crows fans have been fronting up for the first three weeks, so it was a surprise to many SA footy-heads to see so many of them at Glenelg. But with a cult figure lining up for his comeback match -- and a win under their belt finally -- over 9,000 people filed in. Both sides struggled for goals in the opening term, inaccuracy running rife in both camps as the Crows took a five-point lead at the first break after kicking 3.4 to 2.5. But in a stunning turn of form, the Tigers got game and would ram home 8.4 to the Crows 3.2, the locals finally getting a glimpse of real ticker in a side devoid of it thus far into 2014. The Tigers were reeled back in when play resumed, the Crows kicking five goals without a miss to the Tigers' 1.5, probably prompting some murmurs in the Snout's Louts mob. Things like "dammit here we go again"... but they needn't have worried, as the Tigers again found their claws. Although inaccurate, they did more than enough to keep the Crows at bay. Glenelg sunk through 6.7 to Adelaide's 2.2 in the final term to take their first win of the season, by 37 points. Sam Lonergan was voted best for the Tigers, while Charlie Cameron was named best for the Crows.
Saturday afternoon football will first take us to the northern suburbs along with the Seven Sports crew to the Playford Alive Oval in Elizabeth where the Bulldogs faced the Panthers. For 16 matches straight, the Bulldogs have dominated the Panthers. Even more staggering, in 15 years of games between these two at the Dog-pound, the Bulldogs have not dropped a match to Souths. That was then, this is now. A hungry Panther outfit has emerged and all of a sudden, a game that would seem like a dead rubber to many would take on a whole new meaning. While Souths are up top, the Dogs are lower on the ladder. The Bulldogs were jumped early, the Panthers taking three goals before they could get one. Although the Dogs did catch up to them, their 3.5 to South's four goals would see them down by a point at quarter-time in a wasteful opening stanza. Centrals found their goal-kicking boots in the second quarter, keeping the Panthers to just 1.2 while they scored 5.2 for themselves to take a 23-point lead at the half-time break. But South weren't letting the chance to end this long standing hoodoo slip. While the Panthers lifted their efforts, the Bulldogs made mince meat of theirs. A couple of comical errors in front of goal cost them maximum scoreboard impact as they managed just 1.2 when they should have had at least two more goals on top of that. The Panthers were inaccurate, but their 3.6 drew the gap back to seven points at three quarter-time. That poor third quarter would haunt the Bulldogs eventually, the Panthers 4.4 -- two of them in the dying stages -- to the home side's 2.1 would see the visitors triumph by eight points. Keegan Brooksby was named best for South, while Centrals would name Luke Habel as their standout.
The other Saturday afternoon game takes us down to the port, as the Magpies and the Bloods met up at the Alberton Oval. The Bloods took out both matches of 2013 and have dropped just three games against the Magpies out of the last 12. The Magpies' last victory was in the final round of 2012, sending the Bloods into the finals on the back of a loss. The Bloods have had nothing but hard luck so far in season 2014, on the other hand the Magpies have been dealing out punishment after their opening round loss. Of course, when the Magpies are mentioned nowadays there are grumbles and mumbles in regards to their full-time manpower compared to a pure SANFL mob... cue the retorts. But anyways, the Magpies got off to a flyer, kicking 6.1 to Westies' 2.4 in the opening quarter to lead by 21 points at the first change. The Bloods managed to keep the 'Pies down in the second term, kicking 4.2 to 2.2 to draw the gap back to nine points by the long break, but it would all matter very little when play resumed as a near unresponsive Bloods would find themselves on the wrong end of a savage third term Magpies effort. Westies would take just three behinds in an single quarter showing, the Magpies would slam home 7.1 to extend the gap to 43 points at three quarter-time. But Port were not finished there, they sealed the deal with a 6.4 to 5.1 last quarter, condemning the Bloods to a fourth loss in a row and bottom spot on the league ladder. Tom Logan was named best for the Magpies, while the Bloods named Riley Milne as their best afield.
In the final match for the Round 4 weekend, the action ends in the leafy suburb of Unley, the Double Blues facing the Eagles at Envestra Park. The 2013 season saw these two clubs meet on three occasions, while the Eagles bagged the Round 1 game the other two went the way of the Blues. That last victory ironically was at Unley, with the two Sturt wins coming at Woodville. The Blues were on a high, because like South were coming into this round, had not been beaten in 2014 as yet. But then the Eagles haven't had two imposing forwards on the field at the same time until today... and a real battle was at hand. The first term was a goal-fest for both sides, kicking six goals each to start the game. Two behinds to one would see the Eagles take a quarter-time lead of one point. An inaccurate second term by the Blues would allow the Eagles to create a buffer come half-time, Sturt scored 1.5 to the Eagles' 5.2 to have the visitors ahead by 22 points at the long break. Inaccuracy would continue to plague the Blues when play resumed and the Eagles had even stretched the gap to six goals during the third term. Despite the missed shots, they managed to put more goals through than the Eagles, kicking 5.6 to 4.3 and drawing the deficit back to 13 points at three quarter-time. The final term was a nail-biter, the Blues continuing to chip away at the Eagles' lead. But a tough last minute shot on goal proved the difference, the Eagles 2.4 to Sturt's 3.5 would see the visitors home by a goal in a game that would at the moment would be considered the Match of the Year thus far. Michael Wundke would be named best for the Eagles, while the Blues named Ben Kane as their best on ground.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 4 OF THE SANFL...
Friday April 25
ANZAC DAY BATTLE
North Adelaide 14.7 (91)
Norwood 9.16 (70)
10,014 @ Adelaide Oval
Glenelg 17.21 (123)
Adelaide 13.8 (86)
9,299 @ Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg
Saturday April 26
South Adelaide 12.12 (84)
Central District 11.10 (76)
1,990 @ Playford Alive Oval, Elizabeth
Port Adelaide 21.8 (134)
West Adelaide 11.10 (76)
2,585 @ Alberton Oval
Sunday April 27
Woodville-West Torrens 17.11 (113)
Sturt 15.17 (107)
3,898 @ Envestra Park, Unley
INJURIES
North -- DeLeonardis (ankle), Kangur (ribs)
Glenelg -- McGinty (leg)
Adelaide -- Callinan (hamstring)
Port -- Colquhoun (knee)
Sturt -- Harms (hamstring)
REPORTS
North -- Williams (rough conduct)
LEAGUE LADDER
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South -- 8pts (4-0-0), 59.8%
Port -- 6pts (3-1-0), 67.1%
Sturt -- 6pts (3-1-0), 57.3%
North -- 6pts (3-1-0), 53.5%
W-WT -- 6pts (3-1-0), 49.2%
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Central -- 2pts (1-3-0), 46%
Adelaide -- 2pts (1-3-0), 45.5%
Norwood -- 2pts (1-3-0), 44.4%
Glenelg -- 2pts (1-3-0), 36.4%
West -- 0pts (0-4-0), 39.4%
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BLOODS OUT TO DEFEND NATIONAL CROWN
West Adelaide goes into the Foxtel Cup without a win in the SANFL competition, so can new Tasmanian State League outfit Western Storm deal out an upset when they set foot on SA soil? Find out Tuesday night. Entry is free.
FOXTEL CUP -- First Round
Tuesday April 29 @ 8:05pm
West Adelaide vs. Western Storm; Adelaide Oval
Next weekend in Round 5...
Friday May 2 @ 7:20pm
Glenelg vs. Norwood; Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg
Saturday May 3 @ 2:10pm
North Adelaide vs. Sturt; Prospect Oval
Sunday May 4 @ 2:10pm
West Adelaide vs. Central District; City Mazda Stadium, Richmond
South Adelaide vs. Woodville-West Torrens; Hickinbotham Oval, Noarlunga
Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide; Clare Oval
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
A long standing tradition of the SANFL made its triumphant return to the Adelaide Oval this past weekend, with Anzac Day football drawing in a bumper turnout in the competition's first match back at the ground since 2011. In fact, the weekend's aggregate turnout was huge, with almost 28000 people fronting up at SANFL venues across the city. Should we not be happy about that? Of course we should be. But if it takes a "feature act" at one game to draw in some masses, then it may be short lived. This, and the continuing concerns about the "have's" and the "have not's" -- you know who I mean -- could or may already have worked to the future detriment of our competition. Yes, football is thriving in South Australia... but where is the thriving actually being measured? Is our league losing the shine it worked so hard to maintain?
Welcome to the Round 4 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
First up in this week's wrap, we skip across the Torrens into the 21st century version of Adelaide Oval where the Anzac Day Battle was underway between the Redlegs and the Roosters. Of course, the Anzac Day match is the encounter between the previous year's grand finalists, the Redlegs taking down the Roosters in the last ever premiership game at AAMI Stadium by 40 points. During the minor rounds, the two games yielded wins for either side and amazingly, the two never met in any other finals match in Season 2013 after the Roosters came from fifth to play the decider. A touch over 10,000 people turned up for this, the contest kicking off with the Roosters getting a early jump on their grand final assailants by scoring 3.2 to 1.2 in the opening term to lead by two goals at the break. The Redlegs would respond in the following quarter, restricting North to just 1.1 but inaccuracy would only give them a 10-point lead by the long break after they kicked 4.5 in a bit of role-reversal from the first term. The third quarter ended up resembling an arm-wrestling match in regards to the scoreboard, the Redlegs against spraying shots around to score 2.5. The Roosters' 3.1 allowed them to cut Norwood's lead down to eight points going into the final term. Unfortunately for the 'Legs, they would be consigned to a third straight defeat after the Roosters blew them away with a 7.3 to 2.4 final quarter to win by 21 points. Jay Shannon would bag dual honours for the Roosters, taking best afield votes and the Bob Quinn Medal, while the Redlegs named Sam Baulderstone as their best afield.
Next up we're heading bay-side where Anzac Day football continued under the Friday Night Lights of Gliderol Stadium where the Tigers were the next to face the new Crows outfit. The Tigers have had very little luck thus far in season 2014, a home loss to Sturt, a horror shellacking from the Magpies and then last week's fadeout to South. The Crows, however, finally broke through for their first win in the SANFL at the expense of the Bulldogs. Not that many Crows fans have been fronting up for the first three weeks, so it was a surprise to many SA footy-heads to see so many of them at Glenelg. But with a cult figure lining up for his comeback match -- and a win under their belt finally -- over 9,000 people filed in. Both sides struggled for goals in the opening term, inaccuracy running rife in both camps as the Crows took a five-point lead at the first break after kicking 3.4 to 2.5. But in a stunning turn of form, the Tigers got game and would ram home 8.4 to the Crows 3.2, the locals finally getting a glimpse of real ticker in a side devoid of it thus far into 2014. The Tigers were reeled back in when play resumed, the Crows kicking five goals without a miss to the Tigers' 1.5, probably prompting some murmurs in the Snout's Louts mob. Things like "dammit here we go again"... but they needn't have worried, as the Tigers again found their claws. Although inaccurate, they did more than enough to keep the Crows at bay. Glenelg sunk through 6.7 to Adelaide's 2.2 in the final term to take their first win of the season, by 37 points. Sam Lonergan was voted best for the Tigers, while Charlie Cameron was named best for the Crows.
Saturday afternoon football will first take us to the northern suburbs along with the Seven Sports crew to the Playford Alive Oval in Elizabeth where the Bulldogs faced the Panthers. For 16 matches straight, the Bulldogs have dominated the Panthers. Even more staggering, in 15 years of games between these two at the Dog-pound, the Bulldogs have not dropped a match to Souths. That was then, this is now. A hungry Panther outfit has emerged and all of a sudden, a game that would seem like a dead rubber to many would take on a whole new meaning. While Souths are up top, the Dogs are lower on the ladder. The Bulldogs were jumped early, the Panthers taking three goals before they could get one. Although the Dogs did catch up to them, their 3.5 to South's four goals would see them down by a point at quarter-time in a wasteful opening stanza. Centrals found their goal-kicking boots in the second quarter, keeping the Panthers to just 1.2 while they scored 5.2 for themselves to take a 23-point lead at the half-time break. But South weren't letting the chance to end this long standing hoodoo slip. While the Panthers lifted their efforts, the Bulldogs made mince meat of theirs. A couple of comical errors in front of goal cost them maximum scoreboard impact as they managed just 1.2 when they should have had at least two more goals on top of that. The Panthers were inaccurate, but their 3.6 drew the gap back to seven points at three quarter-time. That poor third quarter would haunt the Bulldogs eventually, the Panthers 4.4 -- two of them in the dying stages -- to the home side's 2.1 would see the visitors triumph by eight points. Keegan Brooksby was named best for South, while Centrals would name Luke Habel as their standout.
The other Saturday afternoon game takes us down to the port, as the Magpies and the Bloods met up at the Alberton Oval. The Bloods took out both matches of 2013 and have dropped just three games against the Magpies out of the last 12. The Magpies' last victory was in the final round of 2012, sending the Bloods into the finals on the back of a loss. The Bloods have had nothing but hard luck so far in season 2014, on the other hand the Magpies have been dealing out punishment after their opening round loss. Of course, when the Magpies are mentioned nowadays there are grumbles and mumbles in regards to their full-time manpower compared to a pure SANFL mob... cue the retorts. But anyways, the Magpies got off to a flyer, kicking 6.1 to Westies' 2.4 in the opening quarter to lead by 21 points at the first change. The Bloods managed to keep the 'Pies down in the second term, kicking 4.2 to 2.2 to draw the gap back to nine points by the long break, but it would all matter very little when play resumed as a near unresponsive Bloods would find themselves on the wrong end of a savage third term Magpies effort. Westies would take just three behinds in an single quarter showing, the Magpies would slam home 7.1 to extend the gap to 43 points at three quarter-time. But Port were not finished there, they sealed the deal with a 6.4 to 5.1 last quarter, condemning the Bloods to a fourth loss in a row and bottom spot on the league ladder. Tom Logan was named best for the Magpies, while the Bloods named Riley Milne as their best afield.
In the final match for the Round 4 weekend, the action ends in the leafy suburb of Unley, the Double Blues facing the Eagles at Envestra Park. The 2013 season saw these two clubs meet on three occasions, while the Eagles bagged the Round 1 game the other two went the way of the Blues. That last victory ironically was at Unley, with the two Sturt wins coming at Woodville. The Blues were on a high, because like South were coming into this round, had not been beaten in 2014 as yet. But then the Eagles haven't had two imposing forwards on the field at the same time until today... and a real battle was at hand. The first term was a goal-fest for both sides, kicking six goals each to start the game. Two behinds to one would see the Eagles take a quarter-time lead of one point. An inaccurate second term by the Blues would allow the Eagles to create a buffer come half-time, Sturt scored 1.5 to the Eagles' 5.2 to have the visitors ahead by 22 points at the long break. Inaccuracy would continue to plague the Blues when play resumed and the Eagles had even stretched the gap to six goals during the third term. Despite the missed shots, they managed to put more goals through than the Eagles, kicking 5.6 to 4.3 and drawing the deficit back to 13 points at three quarter-time. The final term was a nail-biter, the Blues continuing to chip away at the Eagles' lead. But a tough last minute shot on goal proved the difference, the Eagles 2.4 to Sturt's 3.5 would see the visitors home by a goal in a game that would at the moment would be considered the Match of the Year thus far. Michael Wundke would be named best for the Eagles, while the Blues named Ben Kane as their best on ground.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 4 OF THE SANFL...
Friday April 25
ANZAC DAY BATTLE
North Adelaide 14.7 (91)
Norwood 9.16 (70)
10,014 @ Adelaide Oval
Glenelg 17.21 (123)
Adelaide 13.8 (86)
9,299 @ Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg
Saturday April 26
South Adelaide 12.12 (84)
Central District 11.10 (76)
1,990 @ Playford Alive Oval, Elizabeth
Port Adelaide 21.8 (134)
West Adelaide 11.10 (76)
2,585 @ Alberton Oval
Sunday April 27
Woodville-West Torrens 17.11 (113)
Sturt 15.17 (107)
3,898 @ Envestra Park, Unley
INJURIES
North -- DeLeonardis (ankle), Kangur (ribs)
Glenelg -- McGinty (leg)
Adelaide -- Callinan (hamstring)
Port -- Colquhoun (knee)
Sturt -- Harms (hamstring)
REPORTS
North -- Williams (rough conduct)
LEAGUE LADDER
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South -- 8pts (4-0-0), 59.8%
Port -- 6pts (3-1-0), 67.1%
Sturt -- 6pts (3-1-0), 57.3%
North -- 6pts (3-1-0), 53.5%
W-WT -- 6pts (3-1-0), 49.2%
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Central -- 2pts (1-3-0), 46%
Adelaide -- 2pts (1-3-0), 45.5%
Norwood -- 2pts (1-3-0), 44.4%
Glenelg -- 2pts (1-3-0), 36.4%
West -- 0pts (0-4-0), 39.4%
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BLOODS OUT TO DEFEND NATIONAL CROWN
West Adelaide goes into the Foxtel Cup without a win in the SANFL competition, so can new Tasmanian State League outfit Western Storm deal out an upset when they set foot on SA soil? Find out Tuesday night. Entry is free.
FOXTEL CUP -- First Round
Tuesday April 29 @ 8:05pm
West Adelaide vs. Western Storm; Adelaide Oval
Next weekend in Round 5...
Friday May 2 @ 7:20pm
Glenelg vs. Norwood; Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg
Saturday May 3 @ 2:10pm
North Adelaide vs. Sturt; Prospect Oval
Sunday May 4 @ 2:10pm
West Adelaide vs. Central District; City Mazda Stadium, Richmond
South Adelaide vs. Woodville-West Torrens; Hickinbotham Oval, Noarlunga
Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide; Clare Oval
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
