- May 8, 2001
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Hi Footy fans...
The Norwood Football Club commemorates 140 years of existence this season. Formed in 1878, they entered the competition as it was back then with a bang, winning six premierships in succession up to 1883. The list of champions is long, names like Alfred "Topsy" Waldron who captained the club to nine flags in their early years. The first ever Magarey Medallist in Alby Green. They also gave rise to Jack Oatey and Bob Hammond who in later years would become legendary coaches within the SANFL. Men such as Michael Aish, Garry McIntosh, Neil Craig, John Wynne, Michael Taylor, Keith Thomas. The second most decorated club in the land behind Port Adelaide with 30 premierships, three national titles and right now, are hitting their stride which has some SA footy-heads thinking that they may be the ones to challenge for the title and unseat the Double Blues. In a milestone year, how fitting would that be?
Welcome to the Round 8 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
Lets kick things off with some Friday Night Lights as we start with a jaunt to Coopers Stadium in Norwood for the clash between the Redlegs and the Bulldogs. Early last season Norwood came out of the Ponderosa with a four-goal win in Round 5, but later in the year it was the Dogs that would make mince meat out of the 'Legs. In Round 16, the Doggies romped to an 82-point hammering at The Parade, then followed it up by dumping them from premiership contention in the Elimination Final by eight goals. The Redlegs have suddenly shaken off the cobwebs as of late, winning the last three games while the Dogs' form has led to two avoidable losses. This was the first night match for the Dogs at Norwood for years... and it was going to be a night they certainly wouldn't forget. The Redlegs opened with an 8.2 to 2.3 first term, running off to a 35-point lead at quarter-time. The Norwood engine was stalled somewhat in the second term with their score of 2.3, but Centrals' poor return of 1.5 would not bring them back to within striking range by half-time. The 'Legs went into the rooms with a 39-point lead. The 'Legs got back into their groove when play resumed and it was going to get worse for the Dogs as the home side ran rampant. Norwood bagged a further 7.2 to the Dogs' 3.2 as the margin blew out to 63 points by three quarter-time. Many questions would be asked of the visitors by their travelling faithful at night's end, the Redlegs kept piling it on to post a massive 16 goal win, they rammed through 6.4 to 1.1 to finish the evening. Worse still for the Dogs, it was former team-mate Josh Glenn who did most of the damage on the scoreboard, he was named best afield for Norwood. Justin Hoskin was named best for the Dogs on a night of few highlights.
The rest of the round's action took place on the traditional Saturday afternoon time-slot, the first takes us to the Alberton Oval where the Magpies hosted the Roosters. The Magpies took out both matches from 2017, with a 63-point hammering at Alberton on Anzac Day weekend, then a 40-point hiding at Prospect in the final round of the season. So far this season the Magpies haven't exactly been setting the league alight, falling to three straight losses, including a home loss to West last week. North were on a roll up until Round 7, the Panthers putting a stop to their run at Menzies Crescent. The Roosters were back on the horse soon enough, they opened the contest with a 5.1 to 1.2 first term, taking a 23-point lead into the first change. There was to be no second quarter resurgence from the Magpies, the Roosters punishing a lazy opposition with a further 6.2 to two behinds as the gap went out to almost 10 goals by half-time. If anyone in the Magpies was out to win a spot in the Power, there will probably be no worries by anybody about losing their spot in the seniors. North were more willing for the contest, they were harder at the ball and the 'Pies just weren't willing to get their hands dirty. The goals were harder to come by for the visitors in the third quarter, but the deficit still grew. The Roosters added 2.4 to the home side's 1.3 to take their lead out to 11 goals by the final change. In the end the Roosters would leave the nest with a 79-point victory, finishing the 'Pies off with a 4.2 to 2.1 final quarter. Alex Barns won the match off his own boots, kicking eight goals and scoring best afield honours for North, the Magpies named Lindsay Thomas as their best.
Game three for the weekend takes us down to the Hickinbotham Oval at Noarlunga, where the Panthers took on the Eagles. Last season these clubs shared the points over their two games, the first was a low-scoring affair at Woodville where the Eagles prevailed by a point in Round 9, the Panthers getting their own back in Round 16 with their 83-point belting at home. The Panthers were coming in favourites after downing the Roosters away last week while the Eagles were missing a few feathers thanks to the Redlegs. The Panthers' inaccuracy in the opening stanza allowed them to lead by only two points at the first change, they scored 2.5 to the Eagles' 2.3. The Eagles stalled in the second quarter and scored only one point while the Panthers added 2.1 to lead by 14 points by the long break, suggesting that the home side had steadied first. However that wasteful opening quarter would come back to haunt the Panthers, who would be restricted to just one behind in the third term as the Eagles stormed back into the contest. They scored 6.3 to lead by four goals come three quarter-time. South attempted their own resurgence in the final quarter, but despite the Eagles having their own accuracy problems it still wouldn't surrender the game. Their 1.4 against the Panthers' 3.1 enough to secure the win, the visitors flying out 14-point winners. The Eagles named Paul Stewart as their best on ground, while the Panthers named Nick Liddle as their standout.
We now come back city-side and into the inner south of town, where the Double Blues took on the Tigers at the Peter Motley Oval in Unley. The Tigers took advantage of the Blues' early-2017 funk, winning by 61 points in Round 2. But come the tail end of the season, the Blues were a far different outfit and helped bring the Tigers' year unstuck with their 49-point win at Unley. Both teams came in on the backs of victories in Round 7, the Blues winning at Elizabeth and the Tigers dousing the Crows at home. Early on it looked as if the Tigers caught the Blues off-guard on their patch, keeping them to just two behinds whilst kicking 3.2 for themselves to lead by three goals at quarter-time. But the Blues awoke from their trance in the second quarter and reversed the roles, keeping the Tigers to just one behind and bagging 7.4 to lead by 27 points at the half-time break. When play resumed the Blues kept up the miserly defence and extended their advantage, kicking 3.1 to four behinds to take their lead to seven goals by three quarter-time. The final term ended up being a shootout with both sides kicking five goals each, only the additional behinds altering the margin in the end. Sturt's four to Glenelg's two saw the home side off to a 44-point victory. The Blues named James Battersby as their best, the Tigers voting in captain Chris Curran as their best afield.
The final game for the weekend was just across town on the western fringe of the city, the Bloods hosting the Crows at the City Mazda Stadium in Richmond. These sides shared the points from their matches last season, with the Crows winning by six goals in Round 7 and the Bloods by 21 points in Round 13. The Crows were still looking for their first win for the season, they went down to the Tigers last week while the Bloods were giving their AFL rivals a bath at Alberton. Like their senior counterparts, the Crows seconds were fielding a depleted side due to injury and of course, AFL call-ups. The Crows drew first blood, but by the quarter-time break it was the Bloods that held the advantage. Westies kicked 4.3 to the Crows' 2.2 to lead by 13 points. The Bloods looked to break away in the second term, some inaccuracy stopping the Bloods inflicting real damage. They scored 5.4 to 2.1, at half-time the home side led by 34 points. The Crows' first 11 minutes of the third term saw them draw the gap back to within three straight kicks, but were leaky in defence for the remaining time as the Bloods wrested back control. Adelaide's 4.3 to Westies' 3.3 brought the gap back to 28 points at three quarter-time. The Bloods turned it on in the final term to shut down any notion of a Crows comeback, going on a 8.2 to 1.3 blitz to take a 69-point win. Chris Burgess was named best on ground for West, the Crows named Matt Signorello as their best.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 8 OF THE SANFL...
Friday May 25
Norwood 23.11 (149)
Central District 7.11 (53)
2,964 @ Coopers Stadium, Norwood
Saturday May 26
North Adelaide 17.9 (111)
Port Adelaide 4.8 (32)
2,378 @ Alberton Oval
Woodville-West Torrens 9.10 (64)
South Adelaide 7.8 (50)
1,311 @ Hickinbotham Oval, Noarlunga
Sturt 15.11 (101)
Glenelg 8.9 (57)
3,213 @ Peter Motley Oval, Unley
West Adelaide 20.12 (132)
Adelaide 9.9 (63)
1,573 @ City Mazda Stadium, Richmond
INJURIES
South -- Whittlesea (shoulder)
West -- McPherson (head knock)
REPORTS
None known at time of post.
LEAGUE LADDER
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North -- 12pts (6-2-0), 57.6%
W-WT -- 11pts (5-2-1), 54.5%
Sturt -- 10pts (5-2-0), 56.2%
Norwood -- 10pts (5-3-0), 55.2%
South -- 8pts (4-3-0), 52%
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West -- 8pts (4-3-0), 46.2%
Central -- 6pts (3-5-0), 49.5%
Glenelg -- 6pts (3-5-0), 46.5%
Port -- 5pts (2-4-1), 47%
Adelaide -- 0pts (0-8-0), 36.2%
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Next weekend in Round 9...
Saturday June 2 @ 2:10pm
West Adelaide vs. Sturt; City Mazda Stadium, Richmond
Sunday June 3 @ 1:10pm
South Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide; Hickinbotham Oval, Noarlunga
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
The Norwood Football Club commemorates 140 years of existence this season. Formed in 1878, they entered the competition as it was back then with a bang, winning six premierships in succession up to 1883. The list of champions is long, names like Alfred "Topsy" Waldron who captained the club to nine flags in their early years. The first ever Magarey Medallist in Alby Green. They also gave rise to Jack Oatey and Bob Hammond who in later years would become legendary coaches within the SANFL. Men such as Michael Aish, Garry McIntosh, Neil Craig, John Wynne, Michael Taylor, Keith Thomas. The second most decorated club in the land behind Port Adelaide with 30 premierships, three national titles and right now, are hitting their stride which has some SA footy-heads thinking that they may be the ones to challenge for the title and unseat the Double Blues. In a milestone year, how fitting would that be?
Welcome to the Round 8 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
Lets kick things off with some Friday Night Lights as we start with a jaunt to Coopers Stadium in Norwood for the clash between the Redlegs and the Bulldogs. Early last season Norwood came out of the Ponderosa with a four-goal win in Round 5, but later in the year it was the Dogs that would make mince meat out of the 'Legs. In Round 16, the Doggies romped to an 82-point hammering at The Parade, then followed it up by dumping them from premiership contention in the Elimination Final by eight goals. The Redlegs have suddenly shaken off the cobwebs as of late, winning the last three games while the Dogs' form has led to two avoidable losses. This was the first night match for the Dogs at Norwood for years... and it was going to be a night they certainly wouldn't forget. The Redlegs opened with an 8.2 to 2.3 first term, running off to a 35-point lead at quarter-time. The Norwood engine was stalled somewhat in the second term with their score of 2.3, but Centrals' poor return of 1.5 would not bring them back to within striking range by half-time. The 'Legs went into the rooms with a 39-point lead. The 'Legs got back into their groove when play resumed and it was going to get worse for the Dogs as the home side ran rampant. Norwood bagged a further 7.2 to the Dogs' 3.2 as the margin blew out to 63 points by three quarter-time. Many questions would be asked of the visitors by their travelling faithful at night's end, the Redlegs kept piling it on to post a massive 16 goal win, they rammed through 6.4 to 1.1 to finish the evening. Worse still for the Dogs, it was former team-mate Josh Glenn who did most of the damage on the scoreboard, he was named best afield for Norwood. Justin Hoskin was named best for the Dogs on a night of few highlights.
The rest of the round's action took place on the traditional Saturday afternoon time-slot, the first takes us to the Alberton Oval where the Magpies hosted the Roosters. The Magpies took out both matches from 2017, with a 63-point hammering at Alberton on Anzac Day weekend, then a 40-point hiding at Prospect in the final round of the season. So far this season the Magpies haven't exactly been setting the league alight, falling to three straight losses, including a home loss to West last week. North were on a roll up until Round 7, the Panthers putting a stop to their run at Menzies Crescent. The Roosters were back on the horse soon enough, they opened the contest with a 5.1 to 1.2 first term, taking a 23-point lead into the first change. There was to be no second quarter resurgence from the Magpies, the Roosters punishing a lazy opposition with a further 6.2 to two behinds as the gap went out to almost 10 goals by half-time. If anyone in the Magpies was out to win a spot in the Power, there will probably be no worries by anybody about losing their spot in the seniors. North were more willing for the contest, they were harder at the ball and the 'Pies just weren't willing to get their hands dirty. The goals were harder to come by for the visitors in the third quarter, but the deficit still grew. The Roosters added 2.4 to the home side's 1.3 to take their lead out to 11 goals by the final change. In the end the Roosters would leave the nest with a 79-point victory, finishing the 'Pies off with a 4.2 to 2.1 final quarter. Alex Barns won the match off his own boots, kicking eight goals and scoring best afield honours for North, the Magpies named Lindsay Thomas as their best.
Game three for the weekend takes us down to the Hickinbotham Oval at Noarlunga, where the Panthers took on the Eagles. Last season these clubs shared the points over their two games, the first was a low-scoring affair at Woodville where the Eagles prevailed by a point in Round 9, the Panthers getting their own back in Round 16 with their 83-point belting at home. The Panthers were coming in favourites after downing the Roosters away last week while the Eagles were missing a few feathers thanks to the Redlegs. The Panthers' inaccuracy in the opening stanza allowed them to lead by only two points at the first change, they scored 2.5 to the Eagles' 2.3. The Eagles stalled in the second quarter and scored only one point while the Panthers added 2.1 to lead by 14 points by the long break, suggesting that the home side had steadied first. However that wasteful opening quarter would come back to haunt the Panthers, who would be restricted to just one behind in the third term as the Eagles stormed back into the contest. They scored 6.3 to lead by four goals come three quarter-time. South attempted their own resurgence in the final quarter, but despite the Eagles having their own accuracy problems it still wouldn't surrender the game. Their 1.4 against the Panthers' 3.1 enough to secure the win, the visitors flying out 14-point winners. The Eagles named Paul Stewart as their best on ground, while the Panthers named Nick Liddle as their standout.
We now come back city-side and into the inner south of town, where the Double Blues took on the Tigers at the Peter Motley Oval in Unley. The Tigers took advantage of the Blues' early-2017 funk, winning by 61 points in Round 2. But come the tail end of the season, the Blues were a far different outfit and helped bring the Tigers' year unstuck with their 49-point win at Unley. Both teams came in on the backs of victories in Round 7, the Blues winning at Elizabeth and the Tigers dousing the Crows at home. Early on it looked as if the Tigers caught the Blues off-guard on their patch, keeping them to just two behinds whilst kicking 3.2 for themselves to lead by three goals at quarter-time. But the Blues awoke from their trance in the second quarter and reversed the roles, keeping the Tigers to just one behind and bagging 7.4 to lead by 27 points at the half-time break. When play resumed the Blues kept up the miserly defence and extended their advantage, kicking 3.1 to four behinds to take their lead to seven goals by three quarter-time. The final term ended up being a shootout with both sides kicking five goals each, only the additional behinds altering the margin in the end. Sturt's four to Glenelg's two saw the home side off to a 44-point victory. The Blues named James Battersby as their best, the Tigers voting in captain Chris Curran as their best afield.
The final game for the weekend was just across town on the western fringe of the city, the Bloods hosting the Crows at the City Mazda Stadium in Richmond. These sides shared the points from their matches last season, with the Crows winning by six goals in Round 7 and the Bloods by 21 points in Round 13. The Crows were still looking for their first win for the season, they went down to the Tigers last week while the Bloods were giving their AFL rivals a bath at Alberton. Like their senior counterparts, the Crows seconds were fielding a depleted side due to injury and of course, AFL call-ups. The Crows drew first blood, but by the quarter-time break it was the Bloods that held the advantage. Westies kicked 4.3 to the Crows' 2.2 to lead by 13 points. The Bloods looked to break away in the second term, some inaccuracy stopping the Bloods inflicting real damage. They scored 5.4 to 2.1, at half-time the home side led by 34 points. The Crows' first 11 minutes of the third term saw them draw the gap back to within three straight kicks, but were leaky in defence for the remaining time as the Bloods wrested back control. Adelaide's 4.3 to Westies' 3.3 brought the gap back to 28 points at three quarter-time. The Bloods turned it on in the final term to shut down any notion of a Crows comeback, going on a 8.2 to 1.3 blitz to take a 69-point win. Chris Burgess was named best on ground for West, the Crows named Matt Signorello as their best.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 8 OF THE SANFL...
Friday May 25
Norwood 23.11 (149)
Central District 7.11 (53)
2,964 @ Coopers Stadium, Norwood
Saturday May 26
North Adelaide 17.9 (111)
Port Adelaide 4.8 (32)
2,378 @ Alberton Oval
Woodville-West Torrens 9.10 (64)
South Adelaide 7.8 (50)
1,311 @ Hickinbotham Oval, Noarlunga
Sturt 15.11 (101)
Glenelg 8.9 (57)
3,213 @ Peter Motley Oval, Unley
West Adelaide 20.12 (132)
Adelaide 9.9 (63)
1,573 @ City Mazda Stadium, Richmond
INJURIES
South -- Whittlesea (shoulder)
West -- McPherson (head knock)
REPORTS
None known at time of post.
LEAGUE LADDER
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North -- 12pts (6-2-0), 57.6%
W-WT -- 11pts (5-2-1), 54.5%
Sturt -- 10pts (5-2-0), 56.2%
Norwood -- 10pts (5-3-0), 55.2%
South -- 8pts (4-3-0), 52%
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West -- 8pts (4-3-0), 46.2%
Central -- 6pts (3-5-0), 49.5%
Glenelg -- 6pts (3-5-0), 46.5%
Port -- 5pts (2-4-1), 47%
Adelaide -- 0pts (0-8-0), 36.2%
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Next weekend in Round 9...
Saturday June 2 @ 2:10pm
West Adelaide vs. Sturt; City Mazda Stadium, Richmond
Sunday June 3 @ 1:10pm
South Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide; Hickinbotham Oval, Noarlunga
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
