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Hi Footy fans...
The clear weather is over and in comes Mother Nature, huffing and puffing her way across town. The result was a weekend of upsets and more than a few bald heads from folks tearing their hair out. Along with that came yet another drop in attendances, one game didn't even break the 1,000 mark. There has also been a little discontent among the fans. In just four weeks time, the SANFL is due to take on the Sandgropers in this year's interstate match. Unfortunately for SANFL fans, the league has opted to make this the curtain raiser to the Power-hosted Showdown against the Crows. To add insult to injury, the league's response to the hardcore SANFL fan-base has been less than inspiring. At a time where crowd numbers are dwindling, is the league board just totally out of touch with its intended audience? Concerning times ahead.
Welcome to the Round 3 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
The first match for the weekend takes us to the northern suburbs, the Bulldogs facing the Bloods at the My Money House Oval in Elizabeth. The Dogs took out both games from last year, starting with their seven-point great escape in Round 8 at Richmond followed by their more convincing nine-goal win in Round 17 at home. Both clubs came into this match on the backs of losses, but while the Dogs showed fight against the Eagles at Woodville, the Bloods were smashed to the margin of 23 goals by the Roosters. The impetus was on the Bloods to respond, but had a case of the goal-kicking yips in the opening term. They kicked 2.3 to the Bulldogs' 4.1 to be down by 10 points at quarter-time. Centrals appeared to gain relative control of the game by half-time, they scored 4.2 to 2.2 in the second term to lead by 22 points at the break. But from here, the Bulldog faithful were about to get a rude shock. The Bloods went on the attack, an un-pretty attack maybe but an attack nonetheless. They scored 3.8 to take a four-point lead into the final change. The Dogs tried to peg back the Bloods, but three skewed shots to the visitors' 1.2 ensured one of the upsets of the year as West went on to win by nine points to open their 2018 account. The Bloods named captain Tom Keough as their best afield, the Dogs named Justin Hoskin as their best.
The next match on the card finds us heading over to the Alberton Oval for the Battle of the Birds, the Magpies taking on the Eagles. On their last visit to Alberton, the Eagles were victorious by 27 points in Round 11. That came after a 21-point win only five rounds before hand at Oval Avenue. But then came the finals, where the Magpies put the first nail in the Eagles' disastrous finals campaign in the 2nd Semi with a 33-point win. Both teams were up to this point undefeated, something had to give... at least that's what most would think. The windy conditions would play havoc on the entire match, only Port had any early luck on the scoreboard as they managed to kick 2.1 to the Eagles' single behind to lead by two goals at quarter-time. No further goals would be added for over an entire half of football, the Eagles chipping the lead down to nine points by half-time after they kicked four points to the Magpies' one. They kept on coming in the third quarter, another five behinds to the home side's one brought the gap back to five points by three quarter-time. This match was definitely one that both sides won't forget in a hurry, the final scorecard was one that probably hasn't been seen since the early days of the game. More goals finally came, but there would be no winner. Port scored 2.1 to the Eagles 2.5 to lock the scores at 28 points each. Port captain Steve Summerton was named best on ground, the Eagles named Nick Hayes as their standout on a very average arvo.
Now its down to the far southern end of the Adelaide metro area, to the Hickinbotham Oval in Noarlunga where the Panthers hosted the Crows. The points were shared from their two games last season, the Crows dodging a bullet in Round 2 to win by a goal, the Panthers getting one back in Round 18 by four points. Neither side came out victors last week, the Panthers going down at The Parade by 47 points while the Crows' woes were exacerbated by Sturt at Unley where they took a 49-point wing clipping. Despite the customary southern swirl making life hard at times, there was no difficulty for either side to find goals. The Crows would lead by five points at quarter-time, they kicked 3.1 to South's 2.2 to open the game. The Panthers hit back in the second term, keeping the Crows to just two behinds whilst scoring 2.1 to nick the lead by the long break, a single kick in it at half-time. Some inaccuracy crept into the Panthers' game when play resumed, but they would still maintain control of the proceedings. South managed to add 2.3 and kept the Crows to just one goal to extend their lead to 15 points come three quarter-time. Despite taking the first seven points of the final term and fighting to keep the ball out of the opposite 50 for almost 19 minutes, South would break through for three straight goals in about as many minutes. Adelaide scored the last goal, but would go down by 20 points in the end in front of an abysmal crowd of under 900. The Panthers named Abaina Davis as their best, while the Crows named Andrew Otten as their best.
The last match for the Saturday afternoon took place at the Gliderol Stadium in Glenelg, the Tigers taking on the Redlegs under twilight conditions. The Redlegs took out both games last year, starting with a 31-point win in Round 6 at home, followed by 41-point win from their last visit to Tiger-land in Round 12. The Bays were unlucky last weekend, falling short by three points in a tense battle against Port while the Redlegs got their first win at the expense of South. Inaccuracy by both sides early on saw the Redlegs up by a point at quarter-time after a first term scoreline of 3.4 to 3.3. Glenelg took over in the second term, but more skewed shots by the Tigers stopped them building up a sizeable gap going into the rooms at the long break. They scored 3.5 to 1.2 to lead by 16 points at half-time. More efficient ball movement in the third term by the Tigers saw them kick 6.2 and keep the Redlegs to six behinds. At three quarter-time the home sides were up by eight goals. The visitors would throw a big scare into the Tigers faithful in the final term, a run of 6.2 to two goals saw the gap drawn back to 22 points only seconds into time-on. But the Tigers' wouldn't be denied, they kept the ball well away from the Norwood goals for the ensuing minutes and added 1.3 to win by 31 points. Josh Scott was voted Glenelg's best, the Redlegs named Lewis Johnston as their best on ground.
The last match for the weekend took place on the Sunday afternoon at the Peter Motley Oval in Unley where the Double Blues hosted the Roosters. Much like the previous game, these sides met in Rounds 6 and 12 with the Blues coming out on top on both occasions by 21 and 36 points respectively. The Blues and the Roosters came out on top last week, but it was North's response to their opening round loss that would have had many SA footy-heads talking. Early inaccuracy by the Blues allowed the Roosters to take a three-point lead into the first change, North scoring three goals to Sturt's 2.3. The Blues did hit back in the second term, but allowed the Roosters to stay within a couple of kicks of the lead. Sturt scored 3.3 to North's 1.1, the Blues up by 11 points at half-time. This was about to become an all out battle, with the Roosters truly finding their fighting form against the all-conquering reigning premiers. The Roosters took back the lead in the third quarter, outscoring the Blues 4.3 to 2.2 to be ahead by two points at the last change. There would be no more goals from here, the possibility of another draw looming large. But this was to be one of North's rare finest hours, two behinds to one in an arm-wrestle final quarter saw the Roosters home by three points. WA import Aidan Tropiano was named best for North, the Blues named James Battersby as their best on ground.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 3 OF THE SANFL...
Saturday April 16
West Adelaide 8.15 (63)
Central District 8.6 (54)
1,348 @ My Money House Oval, Elizabeth
Port Adelaide 4.4 (28)
Woodville-West Torrens 2.16 (28)
1,589 @ Alberton Oval
South Adelaide 9.6 (60)
Adelaide 6.4 (40)
857 @ Hickinbotham Oval, Noarlunga
Glenelg 15.14 (104)
Norwood 10.13 (73)
1,798 @ Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg
Sunday April 17
North Adelaide 8.6 (54)
Sturt 7.9 (51)
2,972 @ Peter Motley Oval, Unley
INJURIES
West -- Fielke (shoulder)
South -- Raitt (corked thigh)
Norwood -- Dawe (groin), Edmead (hamstring)
REPORTS
None known at time of post.
LEAGUE LADDER
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Port -- 5pts (2-0-1), 62.3%
W-WT -- 5pts (2-0-1), 58.8%
North -- 4pts (2-1-0), 58.6%
Sturt -- 4pts (2-1-0), 57%
South -- 4pts (2-1-0), 51.2%
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Central -- 2pts (1-2-0), 52.8%
Norwood -- 2pts (1-2-0), 50.4%
Glenelg -- 2pts (1-2-0), 49%
West -- 2pts (1-2-0), 31.7%
Adelaide -- 0pts (0-3-0), 31.7%
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2018 STATE TEAM -- Initial training squad
The state selectors have named an initial group of 49 players to begin training ahead of the 2018 State League Representative match against the Western Australian Football League at Adelaide Oval on Saturday May 12. Thus far there's quite the Unley influence with 10 Double Blues on the list, as well as new coach Martin Mattner who takes over from Graham Cornes. Joining Mattner on the coaching panel will be Norwood coach Jarrod Cotton, retired Crow Scott Thompson and Bloods' 2015 premiership coach Mark Mickan. Former Bulldogs' brothers of destruction Chris and James Gowans will be doing the running duties. First training run will be at Alberton Oval this Tuesday, with three more sessions scheduled before the finalised team comes together for a run on Adelaide Oval on Thursday May 10.
CENTRAL DISTRICT
Travis Schiller
Kyle Presbury
Darcy Fort
Luke Barmby
Justin Hoskin
GLENELG
Jonty Scharenberg
Marlon Motlop
Terry Milera
Josh Scott
NORTH ADELAIDE
Lewis Hender
Keenan Ramsey
Jarred Allmond
Max Thring
Alex Barns
NORWOOD
Michael Talia
Matt Panos
Mitch Grigg
Alex Georgiou
Cam Shenton
Lewis Johnston
Luke Surman
Sam Baulderstone
PORT ADELAIDE
Steven Summerton
SOUTH ADELAIDE
Keegan Brooksby
Matt Rose
Nick Liddle
Sam Overall
STURT
Zane Kirkwood
Fraser Evans
Jack Stephens
James Battersby
Guy Page
Aidan Riley
Sam Colquhoun
Mark Evans
Josh Hone
Jack Osborn
WEST ADELAIDE
Tom Keough
Jake Wilson
Kaine Stevens
Jonathon Beech
WOODVILLE-WEST TORRENS
Luke Thompson
Paul Stewart
Matt Goldsworthy
James Boyd
Chris Hall
Nick Hayes
Jack Hayes
Jake Johansen
Next weekend in Round 4...
Saturday April 21
Central District vs. Adelaide; My Money House Oval, Elizabeth @ 2:10pm
North Adelaide vs. Norwood; Prospect Oval @ 2:40pm
Sunday April 22 @ 2:10pm
Woodville-West Torrens vs. Glenelg; Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval, Woodville
Tuesday April 24 @ 7:10pm
West Adelaide vs. South Adelaide; City Mazda Stadium, Richmond
Wednesday April 25 @ 1:10pm
Sturt vs. Port Adelaide; Peter Motley Oval, Unley
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
The clear weather is over and in comes Mother Nature, huffing and puffing her way across town. The result was a weekend of upsets and more than a few bald heads from folks tearing their hair out. Along with that came yet another drop in attendances, one game didn't even break the 1,000 mark. There has also been a little discontent among the fans. In just four weeks time, the SANFL is due to take on the Sandgropers in this year's interstate match. Unfortunately for SANFL fans, the league has opted to make this the curtain raiser to the Power-hosted Showdown against the Crows. To add insult to injury, the league's response to the hardcore SANFL fan-base has been less than inspiring. At a time where crowd numbers are dwindling, is the league board just totally out of touch with its intended audience? Concerning times ahead.
Welcome to the Round 3 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
The first match for the weekend takes us to the northern suburbs, the Bulldogs facing the Bloods at the My Money House Oval in Elizabeth. The Dogs took out both games from last year, starting with their seven-point great escape in Round 8 at Richmond followed by their more convincing nine-goal win in Round 17 at home. Both clubs came into this match on the backs of losses, but while the Dogs showed fight against the Eagles at Woodville, the Bloods were smashed to the margin of 23 goals by the Roosters. The impetus was on the Bloods to respond, but had a case of the goal-kicking yips in the opening term. They kicked 2.3 to the Bulldogs' 4.1 to be down by 10 points at quarter-time. Centrals appeared to gain relative control of the game by half-time, they scored 4.2 to 2.2 in the second term to lead by 22 points at the break. But from here, the Bulldog faithful were about to get a rude shock. The Bloods went on the attack, an un-pretty attack maybe but an attack nonetheless. They scored 3.8 to take a four-point lead into the final change. The Dogs tried to peg back the Bloods, but three skewed shots to the visitors' 1.2 ensured one of the upsets of the year as West went on to win by nine points to open their 2018 account. The Bloods named captain Tom Keough as their best afield, the Dogs named Justin Hoskin as their best.
The next match on the card finds us heading over to the Alberton Oval for the Battle of the Birds, the Magpies taking on the Eagles. On their last visit to Alberton, the Eagles were victorious by 27 points in Round 11. That came after a 21-point win only five rounds before hand at Oval Avenue. But then came the finals, where the Magpies put the first nail in the Eagles' disastrous finals campaign in the 2nd Semi with a 33-point win. Both teams were up to this point undefeated, something had to give... at least that's what most would think. The windy conditions would play havoc on the entire match, only Port had any early luck on the scoreboard as they managed to kick 2.1 to the Eagles' single behind to lead by two goals at quarter-time. No further goals would be added for over an entire half of football, the Eagles chipping the lead down to nine points by half-time after they kicked four points to the Magpies' one. They kept on coming in the third quarter, another five behinds to the home side's one brought the gap back to five points by three quarter-time. This match was definitely one that both sides won't forget in a hurry, the final scorecard was one that probably hasn't been seen since the early days of the game. More goals finally came, but there would be no winner. Port scored 2.1 to the Eagles 2.5 to lock the scores at 28 points each. Port captain Steve Summerton was named best on ground, the Eagles named Nick Hayes as their standout on a very average arvo.
Now its down to the far southern end of the Adelaide metro area, to the Hickinbotham Oval in Noarlunga where the Panthers hosted the Crows. The points were shared from their two games last season, the Crows dodging a bullet in Round 2 to win by a goal, the Panthers getting one back in Round 18 by four points. Neither side came out victors last week, the Panthers going down at The Parade by 47 points while the Crows' woes were exacerbated by Sturt at Unley where they took a 49-point wing clipping. Despite the customary southern swirl making life hard at times, there was no difficulty for either side to find goals. The Crows would lead by five points at quarter-time, they kicked 3.1 to South's 2.2 to open the game. The Panthers hit back in the second term, keeping the Crows to just two behinds whilst scoring 2.1 to nick the lead by the long break, a single kick in it at half-time. Some inaccuracy crept into the Panthers' game when play resumed, but they would still maintain control of the proceedings. South managed to add 2.3 and kept the Crows to just one goal to extend their lead to 15 points come three quarter-time. Despite taking the first seven points of the final term and fighting to keep the ball out of the opposite 50 for almost 19 minutes, South would break through for three straight goals in about as many minutes. Adelaide scored the last goal, but would go down by 20 points in the end in front of an abysmal crowd of under 900. The Panthers named Abaina Davis as their best, while the Crows named Andrew Otten as their best.
The last match for the Saturday afternoon took place at the Gliderol Stadium in Glenelg, the Tigers taking on the Redlegs under twilight conditions. The Redlegs took out both games last year, starting with a 31-point win in Round 6 at home, followed by 41-point win from their last visit to Tiger-land in Round 12. The Bays were unlucky last weekend, falling short by three points in a tense battle against Port while the Redlegs got their first win at the expense of South. Inaccuracy by both sides early on saw the Redlegs up by a point at quarter-time after a first term scoreline of 3.4 to 3.3. Glenelg took over in the second term, but more skewed shots by the Tigers stopped them building up a sizeable gap going into the rooms at the long break. They scored 3.5 to 1.2 to lead by 16 points at half-time. More efficient ball movement in the third term by the Tigers saw them kick 6.2 and keep the Redlegs to six behinds. At three quarter-time the home sides were up by eight goals. The visitors would throw a big scare into the Tigers faithful in the final term, a run of 6.2 to two goals saw the gap drawn back to 22 points only seconds into time-on. But the Tigers' wouldn't be denied, they kept the ball well away from the Norwood goals for the ensuing minutes and added 1.3 to win by 31 points. Josh Scott was voted Glenelg's best, the Redlegs named Lewis Johnston as their best on ground.
The last match for the weekend took place on the Sunday afternoon at the Peter Motley Oval in Unley where the Double Blues hosted the Roosters. Much like the previous game, these sides met in Rounds 6 and 12 with the Blues coming out on top on both occasions by 21 and 36 points respectively. The Blues and the Roosters came out on top last week, but it was North's response to their opening round loss that would have had many SA footy-heads talking. Early inaccuracy by the Blues allowed the Roosters to take a three-point lead into the first change, North scoring three goals to Sturt's 2.3. The Blues did hit back in the second term, but allowed the Roosters to stay within a couple of kicks of the lead. Sturt scored 3.3 to North's 1.1, the Blues up by 11 points at half-time. This was about to become an all out battle, with the Roosters truly finding their fighting form against the all-conquering reigning premiers. The Roosters took back the lead in the third quarter, outscoring the Blues 4.3 to 2.2 to be ahead by two points at the last change. There would be no more goals from here, the possibility of another draw looming large. But this was to be one of North's rare finest hours, two behinds to one in an arm-wrestle final quarter saw the Roosters home by three points. WA import Aidan Tropiano was named best for North, the Blues named James Battersby as their best on ground.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 3 OF THE SANFL...
Saturday April 16
West Adelaide 8.15 (63)
Central District 8.6 (54)
1,348 @ My Money House Oval, Elizabeth
Port Adelaide 4.4 (28)
Woodville-West Torrens 2.16 (28)
1,589 @ Alberton Oval
South Adelaide 9.6 (60)
Adelaide 6.4 (40)
857 @ Hickinbotham Oval, Noarlunga
Glenelg 15.14 (104)
Norwood 10.13 (73)
1,798 @ Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg
Sunday April 17
North Adelaide 8.6 (54)
Sturt 7.9 (51)
2,972 @ Peter Motley Oval, Unley
INJURIES
West -- Fielke (shoulder)
South -- Raitt (corked thigh)
Norwood -- Dawe (groin), Edmead (hamstring)
REPORTS
None known at time of post.
LEAGUE LADDER
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Port -- 5pts (2-0-1), 62.3%
W-WT -- 5pts (2-0-1), 58.8%
North -- 4pts (2-1-0), 58.6%
Sturt -- 4pts (2-1-0), 57%
South -- 4pts (2-1-0), 51.2%
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Central -- 2pts (1-2-0), 52.8%
Norwood -- 2pts (1-2-0), 50.4%
Glenelg -- 2pts (1-2-0), 49%
West -- 2pts (1-2-0), 31.7%
Adelaide -- 0pts (0-3-0), 31.7%
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2018 STATE TEAM -- Initial training squad
The state selectors have named an initial group of 49 players to begin training ahead of the 2018 State League Representative match against the Western Australian Football League at Adelaide Oval on Saturday May 12. Thus far there's quite the Unley influence with 10 Double Blues on the list, as well as new coach Martin Mattner who takes over from Graham Cornes. Joining Mattner on the coaching panel will be Norwood coach Jarrod Cotton, retired Crow Scott Thompson and Bloods' 2015 premiership coach Mark Mickan. Former Bulldogs' brothers of destruction Chris and James Gowans will be doing the running duties. First training run will be at Alberton Oval this Tuesday, with three more sessions scheduled before the finalised team comes together for a run on Adelaide Oval on Thursday May 10.
CENTRAL DISTRICT
Travis Schiller
Kyle Presbury
Darcy Fort
Luke Barmby
Justin Hoskin
GLENELG
Jonty Scharenberg
Marlon Motlop
Terry Milera
Josh Scott
NORTH ADELAIDE
Lewis Hender
Keenan Ramsey
Jarred Allmond
Max Thring
Alex Barns
NORWOOD
Michael Talia
Matt Panos
Mitch Grigg
Alex Georgiou
Cam Shenton
Lewis Johnston
Luke Surman
Sam Baulderstone
PORT ADELAIDE
Steven Summerton
SOUTH ADELAIDE
Keegan Brooksby
Matt Rose
Nick Liddle
Sam Overall
STURT
Zane Kirkwood
Fraser Evans
Jack Stephens
James Battersby
Guy Page
Aidan Riley
Sam Colquhoun
Mark Evans
Josh Hone
Jack Osborn
WEST ADELAIDE
Tom Keough
Jake Wilson
Kaine Stevens
Jonathon Beech
WOODVILLE-WEST TORRENS
Luke Thompson
Paul Stewart
Matt Goldsworthy
James Boyd
Chris Hall
Nick Hayes
Jack Hayes
Jake Johansen
Next weekend in Round 4...
Saturday April 21
Central District vs. Adelaide; My Money House Oval, Elizabeth @ 2:10pm
North Adelaide vs. Norwood; Prospect Oval @ 2:40pm
Sunday April 22 @ 2:10pm
Woodville-West Torrens vs. Glenelg; Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval, Woodville
Tuesday April 24 @ 7:10pm
West Adelaide vs. South Adelaide; City Mazda Stadium, Richmond
Wednesday April 25 @ 1:10pm
Sturt vs. Port Adelaide; Peter Motley Oval, Unley
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
