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The final hurdle is in sight and while we now know our minor premiers will and the participants in the Qualifying Final, there is still a final furlong in play for the second Elimination Final spot. The Tigers have one last chance to seal their place in September action, but there is every possibility that by dinner time this coming Saturday, they could be having humble pie! The Bulldogs have quite the task ahead of them when they head to the Eagles' nest, then there's the Panthers and the Crows who face each other in the final home and away round for the 2017 season. Do the Tigers have the gumption in them to tackle the Bloods? Which out of the Crows and the Panthers will blink first? Or will the Doggies repeat their sneak entrance of 2015? Tune in next week...!
Welcome to the Round 17 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
There were three matches taking up the traditional Saturday afternoon time-slot, the first takes us up to the northern suburbs where the Bulldogs hosted the Bloods at the My Money House Oval in Elizabeth. It was at the Bloods' expense that the Doggies took their second victory for the season at the time, back in Round 8 they escaped Richmond with a seven-point win. Down by 15 points at the long break, they kept West to just five behinds and kicked 4.3 in the second half. A tense final term yielded no goals, but the Dogs held on for the win. The Bloods were up for it early on, the Dogs goal-kicking issues that have been around all year saw them down by three points at quarter-time with the board reading 2.4 to 3.1. Their scoring improved greatly in the second term though, the inaccuracy bug jumping camps as the Bloods scored 1.5 to the Dogs' 6.2, the home side taking a four-goal lead into half-time. Other than their constant periods of inaccuracy on goal, the Bulldogs have also had a habit of having full quarter fadeouts that allow their opponents to draw their leads back over a quarter, in most cases this year it has resulted in losses. Again their shooting on goal would let them down in the third quarter, the Bloods scoring 3.2 to the Dogs' 1.5 as their advantage shrunk to 15 points come three quarter-time. But with their season hanging by the thinnest of threads, the Dogs sprung to action in the final term to keep their September hopes alive. While their accuracy still left much to be desired, they kicked 6.5 to the Bloods' two behinds as the Dogs romped to a nine-goal victory. Darcy Fort was named best for Centrals, the Bloods named Shannon Green as their best.
The second match for the day was beachside at the bay, the Tigers hosting the Roosters at Gliderol Stadium in Glenelg. It was back in Round 9 that these old rivals last met, the Tigers taking a 29-point win at Prospect. After being up by almost four goals at half-time, the Roosters took the game up to the Tigers in the third term to lead by five points at the final change. But their goals stopped right there, managing just one behind in the last quarter while the Tigers kicked 5.5. North's hopes of avoiding the wooden spoon were given a setback last week by the Dogs, while the Tigers copped a back-hander from the Blues at Unley. The Tigers got off to a shocking start to this afternoon's proceedings, the Roosters getting the jump on the home side early to lead by 40 points at the first change after ramming through 7.1 to three behinds. The Roosters engine room sputtered in the second quarter though, they kicked four behinds while the Tigers began their climb up with their 4.3 as the gap was drawn back to 17 points by the long break. North managed to once again find the big sticks in the third quarter, maintaining their distance from the Tigers and adding an extra point to their half-time lead with their score of 4.2 to 4.1. The Tigers kept on coming in the final term, but more missed opportunities would bring them closer to September oblivion. The Roosters finished the day 16-point winners, scoring 4.2 to 4.4 to close the afternoon, also lifting them from last spot on the ladder. Maris Olekalns was voted North's best afield, while the Tigers named Lachlan Earl as their best on ground.
The last of the Saturday arvo games finds us heading back to town and into the inner south, the Double Blues taking on the Panthers at the Peter Motley Oval in Unley. The Panthers were in rare form before they hosted Sturt at Noarlunga, they had lost just one game to date. The Blues brought the Panthers back to earth with a resounding thud, inflicting a 52-point hiding on the blue & whites. They lost seven of the next eight games, tumbling out of the top five before getting back on the winners list, albeit in shocking fashion against the Eagles last week. But any ideas South had about doing the same to the Blues on their patch were put to bed quickly, Sturt opening the afternoon's proceedings with a 4.2 to 1.1 first term to lead by 19 points at quarter-time. That gap would be almost doubled by the long break, the Blues scoring a further 5.2 to South's 2.2 to take the home side's lead to 37 points at half-time. The visitors attempts at repairing the damage in the third quarter didn't reap the maximum effect, although they were able to defend quite well to deny Sturt several goal opportunities they weren't making much of their own. They scored 4.4 to 3.3, reducing the deficit to five goals by three quarter-time. That would end up being the final margin as both sides kicked 3.3 in the final term, the Blues confirming their spot in the Qualifying final with one more match to go. James Battersby was named best for the Blues, the Panthers voted in Joel Cross as their best.
The other two games took place on the Sunday afternoon in the north western suburbs, starting with the Eagles taking on the Crows at the Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval in Woodville. These sides last met in the first week of the Round 5 split fixture, the Eagles taking a commanding 45-point win. But things haven't been as easy for the Eagles over the last couple of weeks, a second loss to Norwood three weeks ago followed by their horror outing against South last week suddenly putting their minor premiership and week one finals bye in jeopardy. The Crows haven't been overly crash hot themselves, dropping to eighth on the ladder after going down to Glenelg but bounced back against North. Both sides found it hard going in the first term, both sides scoring just 1.3 each. The Eagles first half fight came to a halt in the second quarter, they were kept scoreless as the Crows put away 5.5 to go into the change rooms at half-time with a 35-point lead. It would prove to be a momentary brain-fade on the part of the Eagles, who began to claw their way back in the second half. They kept the Crows to just 1.1 whilst kicking 3.2 for themselves, bringing the gap down to 22 points by three quarter-time. The final quarter effort by the Eagles was nothing short of stunning, the home side kicked a bag of 6.3 and restricted Adelaide to just one goal to record an 11-point win and put the minor premiership well and truly in their hands. Jared Petrenko would take best afield honours for the Eagles, the Crows named Paul Seedsman as their best on ground.
The last match for the weekend was a little further up Port Road, the Magpies hosting their traditional rivals in the Redlegs at the Alberton Oval. Back during the Easter weekend of Round 2, the Magpies stole the points in a thriller under the lights of The Parade. Down by two goals at the final change, the Magpies inaccuracy almost brought them unstuck but with the last score of the night, Port nicked a three-point win. The Redlegs have confounded more than a few SA footy-heads as of late, defeating the Eagles and the Crows in consecutive weeks before being hammered by the Bulldogs on their home patch. The Magpies on the other hand have not had that much trouble and were on track to a double chance finals berth. Port began the afternoon with a 4.2 to 2.1 first term, taking a 13-point lead into the first change. The signs began pointing to another capitulation from there, the Magpies adding a further 5.3 to 3.1 in the second quarter to take their advantage to 27 points going into the half-time break. With a fair few players putting their hands up for Power selection, the Magpies had plenty of firepower to employ. The destruction came in earnest in the third term, the Redlegs kept to just one behind while the Magpies booted through 6.3 to take their lead to 65 points going into the final change. With their third spot sown up, there was little more that Port needed to do. They added a further four goals to Norwood's three, the final margin out to 71 points. Jackson Trengove was named best for the Magpies, the Redlegs named Ben Jefferies as their best.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 17 OF THE SANFL...
Saturday August 19
Central District 15.16 (106)
West Adelaide 7.10 (52)
1,716 @ My Money House Oval, Elizabeth
North Adelaide 15.9 (99)
Glenelg 12.11 (83)
2,680 @ Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg
Sturt 15.10 (100)
South Adelaide 10.10 (70)
2,315 @ Peter Motley Oval, Unley
Sunday August 20
Woodville-West Torrens 10.8 (68)
Adelaide 8.9 (57)
4,677 @ Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval, Woodville
Port Adelaide 19.8 (122)
Norwood 8.3 (51)
Alberton Oval -- crowd number unknown
INJURIES
W-WT -- Stewart (hand)
Norwood -- Johnston (quad)
REPORTS
W-WT -- Poole (striking)
Norwood -- Dawe (rough conduct)
LEAGUE LADDER
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W-WT -- 28pts (14-3-0), 55.6%
Port -- 24pts (12-5-0), 59.8%
Sturt -- 24pts (12-5-0), 55.1%
Norwood -- 20pts (10-7-0), 51%
Glenelg -- 16pts (8-9-0), 47.3%
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Central -- 14pts (7-10-0), 50.4%
South -- 14pts (7-10-0), 48.2%
Adelaide -- 14pts (7-10-0), 47%
North -- 8pts (4-13-0), 44.3%
West -- 8pts (4-13-0), 41.3%
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Next weekend in Round 18...
Saturday August 26
Woodville-West Torrens vs. Central District; Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval, Woodville @ 2:10pm
North Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide; Prospect Oval @ 2:10pm
Norwood vs. Sturt; Coopers Stadium, Norwood @ 2:10pm
South Adelaide vs. Adelaide; Hickinbotham Oval, Noarlunga @ 2:10pm
West Adelaide vs. Glenelg; City Mazda Stadium, Richmond @ 2:40pm
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
The final hurdle is in sight and while we now know our minor premiers will and the participants in the Qualifying Final, there is still a final furlong in play for the second Elimination Final spot. The Tigers have one last chance to seal their place in September action, but there is every possibility that by dinner time this coming Saturday, they could be having humble pie! The Bulldogs have quite the task ahead of them when they head to the Eagles' nest, then there's the Panthers and the Crows who face each other in the final home and away round for the 2017 season. Do the Tigers have the gumption in them to tackle the Bloods? Which out of the Crows and the Panthers will blink first? Or will the Doggies repeat their sneak entrance of 2015? Tune in next week...!
Welcome to the Round 17 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
There were three matches taking up the traditional Saturday afternoon time-slot, the first takes us up to the northern suburbs where the Bulldogs hosted the Bloods at the My Money House Oval in Elizabeth. It was at the Bloods' expense that the Doggies took their second victory for the season at the time, back in Round 8 they escaped Richmond with a seven-point win. Down by 15 points at the long break, they kept West to just five behinds and kicked 4.3 in the second half. A tense final term yielded no goals, but the Dogs held on for the win. The Bloods were up for it early on, the Dogs goal-kicking issues that have been around all year saw them down by three points at quarter-time with the board reading 2.4 to 3.1. Their scoring improved greatly in the second term though, the inaccuracy bug jumping camps as the Bloods scored 1.5 to the Dogs' 6.2, the home side taking a four-goal lead into half-time. Other than their constant periods of inaccuracy on goal, the Bulldogs have also had a habit of having full quarter fadeouts that allow their opponents to draw their leads back over a quarter, in most cases this year it has resulted in losses. Again their shooting on goal would let them down in the third quarter, the Bloods scoring 3.2 to the Dogs' 1.5 as their advantage shrunk to 15 points come three quarter-time. But with their season hanging by the thinnest of threads, the Dogs sprung to action in the final term to keep their September hopes alive. While their accuracy still left much to be desired, they kicked 6.5 to the Bloods' two behinds as the Dogs romped to a nine-goal victory. Darcy Fort was named best for Centrals, the Bloods named Shannon Green as their best.
The second match for the day was beachside at the bay, the Tigers hosting the Roosters at Gliderol Stadium in Glenelg. It was back in Round 9 that these old rivals last met, the Tigers taking a 29-point win at Prospect. After being up by almost four goals at half-time, the Roosters took the game up to the Tigers in the third term to lead by five points at the final change. But their goals stopped right there, managing just one behind in the last quarter while the Tigers kicked 5.5. North's hopes of avoiding the wooden spoon were given a setback last week by the Dogs, while the Tigers copped a back-hander from the Blues at Unley. The Tigers got off to a shocking start to this afternoon's proceedings, the Roosters getting the jump on the home side early to lead by 40 points at the first change after ramming through 7.1 to three behinds. The Roosters engine room sputtered in the second quarter though, they kicked four behinds while the Tigers began their climb up with their 4.3 as the gap was drawn back to 17 points by the long break. North managed to once again find the big sticks in the third quarter, maintaining their distance from the Tigers and adding an extra point to their half-time lead with their score of 4.2 to 4.1. The Tigers kept on coming in the final term, but more missed opportunities would bring them closer to September oblivion. The Roosters finished the day 16-point winners, scoring 4.2 to 4.4 to close the afternoon, also lifting them from last spot on the ladder. Maris Olekalns was voted North's best afield, while the Tigers named Lachlan Earl as their best on ground.
The last of the Saturday arvo games finds us heading back to town and into the inner south, the Double Blues taking on the Panthers at the Peter Motley Oval in Unley. The Panthers were in rare form before they hosted Sturt at Noarlunga, they had lost just one game to date. The Blues brought the Panthers back to earth with a resounding thud, inflicting a 52-point hiding on the blue & whites. They lost seven of the next eight games, tumbling out of the top five before getting back on the winners list, albeit in shocking fashion against the Eagles last week. But any ideas South had about doing the same to the Blues on their patch were put to bed quickly, Sturt opening the afternoon's proceedings with a 4.2 to 1.1 first term to lead by 19 points at quarter-time. That gap would be almost doubled by the long break, the Blues scoring a further 5.2 to South's 2.2 to take the home side's lead to 37 points at half-time. The visitors attempts at repairing the damage in the third quarter didn't reap the maximum effect, although they were able to defend quite well to deny Sturt several goal opportunities they weren't making much of their own. They scored 4.4 to 3.3, reducing the deficit to five goals by three quarter-time. That would end up being the final margin as both sides kicked 3.3 in the final term, the Blues confirming their spot in the Qualifying final with one more match to go. James Battersby was named best for the Blues, the Panthers voted in Joel Cross as their best.
The other two games took place on the Sunday afternoon in the north western suburbs, starting with the Eagles taking on the Crows at the Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval in Woodville. These sides last met in the first week of the Round 5 split fixture, the Eagles taking a commanding 45-point win. But things haven't been as easy for the Eagles over the last couple of weeks, a second loss to Norwood three weeks ago followed by their horror outing against South last week suddenly putting their minor premiership and week one finals bye in jeopardy. The Crows haven't been overly crash hot themselves, dropping to eighth on the ladder after going down to Glenelg but bounced back against North. Both sides found it hard going in the first term, both sides scoring just 1.3 each. The Eagles first half fight came to a halt in the second quarter, they were kept scoreless as the Crows put away 5.5 to go into the change rooms at half-time with a 35-point lead. It would prove to be a momentary brain-fade on the part of the Eagles, who began to claw their way back in the second half. They kept the Crows to just 1.1 whilst kicking 3.2 for themselves, bringing the gap down to 22 points by three quarter-time. The final quarter effort by the Eagles was nothing short of stunning, the home side kicked a bag of 6.3 and restricted Adelaide to just one goal to record an 11-point win and put the minor premiership well and truly in their hands. Jared Petrenko would take best afield honours for the Eagles, the Crows named Paul Seedsman as their best on ground.
The last match for the weekend was a little further up Port Road, the Magpies hosting their traditional rivals in the Redlegs at the Alberton Oval. Back during the Easter weekend of Round 2, the Magpies stole the points in a thriller under the lights of The Parade. Down by two goals at the final change, the Magpies inaccuracy almost brought them unstuck but with the last score of the night, Port nicked a three-point win. The Redlegs have confounded more than a few SA footy-heads as of late, defeating the Eagles and the Crows in consecutive weeks before being hammered by the Bulldogs on their home patch. The Magpies on the other hand have not had that much trouble and were on track to a double chance finals berth. Port began the afternoon with a 4.2 to 2.1 first term, taking a 13-point lead into the first change. The signs began pointing to another capitulation from there, the Magpies adding a further 5.3 to 3.1 in the second quarter to take their advantage to 27 points going into the half-time break. With a fair few players putting their hands up for Power selection, the Magpies had plenty of firepower to employ. The destruction came in earnest in the third term, the Redlegs kept to just one behind while the Magpies booted through 6.3 to take their lead to 65 points going into the final change. With their third spot sown up, there was little more that Port needed to do. They added a further four goals to Norwood's three, the final margin out to 71 points. Jackson Trengove was named best for the Magpies, the Redlegs named Ben Jefferies as their best.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 17 OF THE SANFL...
Saturday August 19
Central District 15.16 (106)
West Adelaide 7.10 (52)
1,716 @ My Money House Oval, Elizabeth
North Adelaide 15.9 (99)
Glenelg 12.11 (83)
2,680 @ Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg
Sturt 15.10 (100)
South Adelaide 10.10 (70)
2,315 @ Peter Motley Oval, Unley
Sunday August 20
Woodville-West Torrens 10.8 (68)
Adelaide 8.9 (57)
4,677 @ Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval, Woodville
Port Adelaide 19.8 (122)
Norwood 8.3 (51)
Alberton Oval -- crowd number unknown
INJURIES
W-WT -- Stewart (hand)
Norwood -- Johnston (quad)
REPORTS
W-WT -- Poole (striking)
Norwood -- Dawe (rough conduct)
LEAGUE LADDER
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W-WT -- 28pts (14-3-0), 55.6%
Port -- 24pts (12-5-0), 59.8%
Sturt -- 24pts (12-5-0), 55.1%
Norwood -- 20pts (10-7-0), 51%
Glenelg -- 16pts (8-9-0), 47.3%
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Central -- 14pts (7-10-0), 50.4%
South -- 14pts (7-10-0), 48.2%
Adelaide -- 14pts (7-10-0), 47%
North -- 8pts (4-13-0), 44.3%
West -- 8pts (4-13-0), 41.3%
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Next weekend in Round 18...
Saturday August 26
Woodville-West Torrens vs. Central District; Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval, Woodville @ 2:10pm
North Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide; Prospect Oval @ 2:10pm
Norwood vs. Sturt; Coopers Stadium, Norwood @ 2:10pm
South Adelaide vs. Adelaide; Hickinbotham Oval, Noarlunga @ 2:10pm
West Adelaide vs. Glenelg; City Mazda Stadium, Richmond @ 2:40pm
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
