- May 8, 2001
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- CDFC (SANFL), Port Melb (VFL)
Hi Footy fans...
For the first time in over 100 years, an institution of South Australian football faces the chop. The SA Football Budget is in danger of being brought to a halt. For a few years now, the Budget has declined in sales and a changeover to a digital format was mooted. That move was put into effect in time for the Adelaide Oval matches, but a low number of purchases of the on-line version has resulted in the Budget being put into mothballs for Season 2020 at least until the Finals Series. This past weekend, a one-off Season Guide with complete Men's and Women's player lists was published in its place and with Budget publishers Boylen+ citing decreased demand, has placed the future of the magazine in serious doubt. It's hard to imagine going to the football and not hearing the vendors spruiking the Budget, here's hoping there is a return for the major round or at least the Grand Final. And if that wasn't enough, despite the best behaviour and adherence to anti-COVID-19 policy by SA footy-heads at the Oval, it wasn't enough to warrant a lifting of restrictions at suburban grounds with only 1,000 people max allowed into the four games. Will those restrictions be amended for bigger numbers next weekend? Stay tuned folks.
Welcome to the Round 3 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
We begin with a Saturday mid-day kick-off, the first game of the round taking us to the outer north and into the X-Convenience Oval in Elizabeth where the Bulldogs faced the Panthers. The Dogs couldn't take a trick against the Panthers last year, going down in the season opener at Noarlunga by almost 10 goals and then got pantsed early at the Ponderosa in Round 16. The Dogs fought back from being seven goals down at half-time, taking advantage of South's third term inaccuracy. But they couldn't maintain the rage, going down by five goals in the end. South almost pulled off their own heist against the Tigers last week, but whether it was an umpiring blunder or not, the Panthers fell five points short. The Dogs fought hard to draw with West, although they could have easily nicked all the points. The fight that they put up last week seemed to have been left behind at the Oval, but South's accuracy would set a gap of just nine points at the first change, having scored 2.4 to 1.1. The second term was far better by the Bulldogs, they squared up the scores at 25 points each by the long break after kicking three goals without a miss to South's 1.3. But Centrals' second half would leave their faithful ripping their hair out. The Dogs were kept to a miserly single behind, South adding an inaccurate 2.4 to lead by 15 points going into the final change. The Panthers' inaccuracy was not a problem in the last quarter, yet again saving their best football for late as they stormed off to a 44-point victory after slamming through 6.1 to 1.2 to finish off the day. Joe Haines was named as best for the Panthers, while Centrals named the returning James Boyd as their one true bright light.
Later that day was a renewal of old time rivalries over at the ACH Group Stadium in Glenelg as the Tigers hosted the Roosters. North were unable to put one over the Tigers last season, despite coming extremely close late in the year. After copping a 43-point loss in Round 9 at Brighton Road, the Roosters and the Tigers had a filthy day at Prospect in Round 16. Between the two of them, they kicked three goals from 20 scores for the first half and by full time it was eight goals from 38. It was a lucky escape from embarrassment for Glenelg, the game ending in a 39-all draw. Both sides have unbeaten starts to the season, although it was a case of great escapes last week as they evaded defeat by less than a single straight kick in their respective matches. It was the Tigers that were fired up initially, scoring the first couple of majors before North found the big sticks. The Roosters could have been at least on even terms at quarter-time, but some inaccuracy saw them down by four points at the first change after scoring 3.3 to 4.1. North had more control in the second term, the inaccuracy was still there but come half-time the lead was theirs. They scored 4.4 to Glenelg's 2.2 to lead by 10 points going into the rooms at the long break. When play resumed, North still had some accuracy problems but Glenelg were still unable to make much impact of their own trying to break through the red & white defence. The visitors added a further 2.4 to 1.1, going into the final term with a 19-point lead. The expected Glenelg comeback did come, North forced to withstand attack after attack as a desperate Tigers rallied. Time just ran out for the home side, they scored 4.1 to 1.3 as the Roosters held on for a three-point win, ending Glenelg's run of home wins at 750 days. Jarrad Allmond was voted best afield for the Roosters, the Tigers would name Matt Snook as their best.
Next up we head over to the Maughan Thiem Kia Oval in Woodville for the first of two Sunday arvo games, the Eagles taking on the Redlegs. Despite the Redlegs contesting the finals last year, the Eagles were one itch that they just couldn't scratch. Embarrassingly, the seventh-placed outfit made a mockery of the 'Legs in 2019, starting with an 11-point victory at Woodville in Round 7 and then inflicting a nine-goal hiding at The Parade in Round 11. The Eagles rebounded from their opening round loss against South, belting the Double Blues by 51 points, while the Redlegs continued their luckless start to the year with second successive defeat by less than a kick against North. Their luck wasn't going to get any better. Against a quite buoyant Eagles outfit at the Oval Avenue nest, the Redlegs found themselves under siege as the Eagles kicked to a 21-point lead by quarter-time after conceding 3.4 and kicking one lousy behind for themselves. Norwood kicked the first goal of the second term, but that was the only score they would get for the rest of the half. The Eagles caught the inaccuracy bug during this quarter, but would extend their lead to 27 points come half-time after adding 1.5 to their score. The Eagles opened the second half with a burst of four successive goals in eight minutes, taking their lead out to 50 points early in the third term. To Norwood's credit, that deficit was cut back down by the final change, the Eagles altogether scoring 5.1 to the visitors' 3.4 to take a 35-point lead by three quarter-time. The 'Legs just fell over in the final term to notch their third loss in a row, scoring just two behinds as the Eagles kicked 5.2 to run out 65-point winners. Matt Goldsworthy kicked two goals and gathered 21 disposals to take best afield honours for the Eagles, while the Redlegs named Richard Douglas as their standout on a forgettable afternoon.
The final game for the weekend takes us over to the inner south of Adelaide, where the Double Blues met the Bloods at the Peter Motley Oval in Unley. The Blues were forced to fight for it in the earlier game of 2019, leaving Richmond in Round 7 with a 19-point win after having a hard time in goals. They scored nine goals from 27 scores that day. But those troubles in goal were not an issue later that year at Oxford Terrace in Round 14, smashing the Bloods by 62 points. The Bloods let the Bulldogs right back into the contest last week, going from five goals up at quarter-time to a tie-game. But the Blues' capitulation to the Eagles was more shocking, leading by four points at half-time to being reduced to spectator status and going down by 51 points. The Blues had a late first quarter burst to take a 17-point lead into the quarter-time huddle, scoring 4.1 to the Bloods' 1.2 which included a three-goal burst in time-on. The Bloods could have tied the scores by the long break, but a pair of rushed behinds allowed the Blues to stay in the lead. Westies outscored the Blues 3.3 to 1.2 to cut the gap down to four points come half-time. The Bloods continued to chip away at the Blues when play resumed, but a trio of missed opportunities in the middle of the third term and a pair of late Sturt goals put the home side back in front at three quarter-time. The Blues managed 3.1 to 2.3 to lead by eight points at the final change. The visitors kept coming in the last quarter, even tying the scores at eight minutes after scoring 2.2 to Sturt's one goal. But the home side would finish strongly, keeping West to one goal whilst scoring 2.2 for themselves to win by eight points. James Battersby was named Sturt's best on ground, while Brett Turner was named Westies' best.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 3 OF THE SANFL...
Saturday July 11
South Adelaide 11.12 (78)
Central District 5.4 (34)
1,000 @ X-Convenience Oval, Elizabeth
North Adelaide 10.14 (74)
Glenelg 11.5 (71)
750 @ ACH Group Stadium, Glenelg
Sunday July 12
Woodville-West Torrens 14.12 (96)
Norwood 4.7 (31)
950 @ Maughan Thiem Kia Oval, Woodville
Sturt 11.6 (72)
West Adelaide 9.10 (64)
750 @ Peter Motley Oval, Unley
INJURIES
Central -- Llewellyn (leg)
Norwood -- Surman (hamstring), Talia (hamstring)
REPORTS
North -- Ramsey (dangerous tackle)
LEAGUE LADDER
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North -- 6pts (3-0-0), 53.9%
W-WT -- 4pts (2-1-0), 63.4%
South -- 4pts (2-1-0), 55.1%
Glenelg -- 4pts (2-1-0), 50.5%
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Sturt -- 4pts (2-1-0), 46.1%
West -- 1pt (0-2-1), 46.1%
Central -- 1pt (0-2-1), 42%
Norwood -- 0pts (0-3-0), 41.3%
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VALE LEE VIRGIN
The SANFL is deeply saddened by the passing of Lee Virgin, President of the North Adelaide Football Club. SANFL Chief Executive Officer Jake Parkinson said Lee, a long-standing Board member, Vice President and President of NAFC, had made an invaluable contribution to his beloved Roosters over the years. "Lee showed great leadership and a tremendous loyalty to the North Adelaide Football Club, the club he followed since his childhood, culminating in their most recent Premiership success in 2018 under his presidency," Mr Parkinson said. "Lee will be fondly remembered and missed by many people in football as a dedicated and highly respected club man. His love for footy and willingness to get involved also was evident over the years at a grassroots level through his association with the PHOS-Camden Football Club."
On behalf of SANFL and the South Australian Football Commission, we acknowledge Lee’s contribution to our game and extend our deepest sympathy to Lee’s wife, Robyn, and the Virgin family at this very sad time.
Taken from the SANFL Website.
Next weekend in Round 4...
Saturday July 18
North Adelaide vs. Woodville-West Torrens; Prospect Oval @ 1:10pm
West Adelaide vs. Glenelg; Hisense Stadium, Richmond @ 2:05pm
Norwood vs. Central District; Coopers Stadium, Norwood @ 2:10pm
South Adelaide vs. Sturt; Flinders Uni Stadium, Noarlunga @ 2:10pm
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
For the first time in over 100 years, an institution of South Australian football faces the chop. The SA Football Budget is in danger of being brought to a halt. For a few years now, the Budget has declined in sales and a changeover to a digital format was mooted. That move was put into effect in time for the Adelaide Oval matches, but a low number of purchases of the on-line version has resulted in the Budget being put into mothballs for Season 2020 at least until the Finals Series. This past weekend, a one-off Season Guide with complete Men's and Women's player lists was published in its place and with Budget publishers Boylen+ citing decreased demand, has placed the future of the magazine in serious doubt. It's hard to imagine going to the football and not hearing the vendors spruiking the Budget, here's hoping there is a return for the major round or at least the Grand Final. And if that wasn't enough, despite the best behaviour and adherence to anti-COVID-19 policy by SA footy-heads at the Oval, it wasn't enough to warrant a lifting of restrictions at suburban grounds with only 1,000 people max allowed into the four games. Will those restrictions be amended for bigger numbers next weekend? Stay tuned folks.
Welcome to the Round 3 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
We begin with a Saturday mid-day kick-off, the first game of the round taking us to the outer north and into the X-Convenience Oval in Elizabeth where the Bulldogs faced the Panthers. The Dogs couldn't take a trick against the Panthers last year, going down in the season opener at Noarlunga by almost 10 goals and then got pantsed early at the Ponderosa in Round 16. The Dogs fought back from being seven goals down at half-time, taking advantage of South's third term inaccuracy. But they couldn't maintain the rage, going down by five goals in the end. South almost pulled off their own heist against the Tigers last week, but whether it was an umpiring blunder or not, the Panthers fell five points short. The Dogs fought hard to draw with West, although they could have easily nicked all the points. The fight that they put up last week seemed to have been left behind at the Oval, but South's accuracy would set a gap of just nine points at the first change, having scored 2.4 to 1.1. The second term was far better by the Bulldogs, they squared up the scores at 25 points each by the long break after kicking three goals without a miss to South's 1.3. But Centrals' second half would leave their faithful ripping their hair out. The Dogs were kept to a miserly single behind, South adding an inaccurate 2.4 to lead by 15 points going into the final change. The Panthers' inaccuracy was not a problem in the last quarter, yet again saving their best football for late as they stormed off to a 44-point victory after slamming through 6.1 to 1.2 to finish off the day. Joe Haines was named as best for the Panthers, while Centrals named the returning James Boyd as their one true bright light.
Later that day was a renewal of old time rivalries over at the ACH Group Stadium in Glenelg as the Tigers hosted the Roosters. North were unable to put one over the Tigers last season, despite coming extremely close late in the year. After copping a 43-point loss in Round 9 at Brighton Road, the Roosters and the Tigers had a filthy day at Prospect in Round 16. Between the two of them, they kicked three goals from 20 scores for the first half and by full time it was eight goals from 38. It was a lucky escape from embarrassment for Glenelg, the game ending in a 39-all draw. Both sides have unbeaten starts to the season, although it was a case of great escapes last week as they evaded defeat by less than a single straight kick in their respective matches. It was the Tigers that were fired up initially, scoring the first couple of majors before North found the big sticks. The Roosters could have been at least on even terms at quarter-time, but some inaccuracy saw them down by four points at the first change after scoring 3.3 to 4.1. North had more control in the second term, the inaccuracy was still there but come half-time the lead was theirs. They scored 4.4 to Glenelg's 2.2 to lead by 10 points going into the rooms at the long break. When play resumed, North still had some accuracy problems but Glenelg were still unable to make much impact of their own trying to break through the red & white defence. The visitors added a further 2.4 to 1.1, going into the final term with a 19-point lead. The expected Glenelg comeback did come, North forced to withstand attack after attack as a desperate Tigers rallied. Time just ran out for the home side, they scored 4.1 to 1.3 as the Roosters held on for a three-point win, ending Glenelg's run of home wins at 750 days. Jarrad Allmond was voted best afield for the Roosters, the Tigers would name Matt Snook as their best.
Next up we head over to the Maughan Thiem Kia Oval in Woodville for the first of two Sunday arvo games, the Eagles taking on the Redlegs. Despite the Redlegs contesting the finals last year, the Eagles were one itch that they just couldn't scratch. Embarrassingly, the seventh-placed outfit made a mockery of the 'Legs in 2019, starting with an 11-point victory at Woodville in Round 7 and then inflicting a nine-goal hiding at The Parade in Round 11. The Eagles rebounded from their opening round loss against South, belting the Double Blues by 51 points, while the Redlegs continued their luckless start to the year with second successive defeat by less than a kick against North. Their luck wasn't going to get any better. Against a quite buoyant Eagles outfit at the Oval Avenue nest, the Redlegs found themselves under siege as the Eagles kicked to a 21-point lead by quarter-time after conceding 3.4 and kicking one lousy behind for themselves. Norwood kicked the first goal of the second term, but that was the only score they would get for the rest of the half. The Eagles caught the inaccuracy bug during this quarter, but would extend their lead to 27 points come half-time after adding 1.5 to their score. The Eagles opened the second half with a burst of four successive goals in eight minutes, taking their lead out to 50 points early in the third term. To Norwood's credit, that deficit was cut back down by the final change, the Eagles altogether scoring 5.1 to the visitors' 3.4 to take a 35-point lead by three quarter-time. The 'Legs just fell over in the final term to notch their third loss in a row, scoring just two behinds as the Eagles kicked 5.2 to run out 65-point winners. Matt Goldsworthy kicked two goals and gathered 21 disposals to take best afield honours for the Eagles, while the Redlegs named Richard Douglas as their standout on a forgettable afternoon.
The final game for the weekend takes us over to the inner south of Adelaide, where the Double Blues met the Bloods at the Peter Motley Oval in Unley. The Blues were forced to fight for it in the earlier game of 2019, leaving Richmond in Round 7 with a 19-point win after having a hard time in goals. They scored nine goals from 27 scores that day. But those troubles in goal were not an issue later that year at Oxford Terrace in Round 14, smashing the Bloods by 62 points. The Bloods let the Bulldogs right back into the contest last week, going from five goals up at quarter-time to a tie-game. But the Blues' capitulation to the Eagles was more shocking, leading by four points at half-time to being reduced to spectator status and going down by 51 points. The Blues had a late first quarter burst to take a 17-point lead into the quarter-time huddle, scoring 4.1 to the Bloods' 1.2 which included a three-goal burst in time-on. The Bloods could have tied the scores by the long break, but a pair of rushed behinds allowed the Blues to stay in the lead. Westies outscored the Blues 3.3 to 1.2 to cut the gap down to four points come half-time. The Bloods continued to chip away at the Blues when play resumed, but a trio of missed opportunities in the middle of the third term and a pair of late Sturt goals put the home side back in front at three quarter-time. The Blues managed 3.1 to 2.3 to lead by eight points at the final change. The visitors kept coming in the last quarter, even tying the scores at eight minutes after scoring 2.2 to Sturt's one goal. But the home side would finish strongly, keeping West to one goal whilst scoring 2.2 for themselves to win by eight points. James Battersby was named Sturt's best on ground, while Brett Turner was named Westies' best.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 3 OF THE SANFL...
Saturday July 11
South Adelaide 11.12 (78)
Central District 5.4 (34)
1,000 @ X-Convenience Oval, Elizabeth
North Adelaide 10.14 (74)
Glenelg 11.5 (71)
750 @ ACH Group Stadium, Glenelg
Sunday July 12
Woodville-West Torrens 14.12 (96)
Norwood 4.7 (31)
950 @ Maughan Thiem Kia Oval, Woodville
Sturt 11.6 (72)
West Adelaide 9.10 (64)
750 @ Peter Motley Oval, Unley
INJURIES
Central -- Llewellyn (leg)
Norwood -- Surman (hamstring), Talia (hamstring)
REPORTS
North -- Ramsey (dangerous tackle)
LEAGUE LADDER
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North -- 6pts (3-0-0), 53.9%
W-WT -- 4pts (2-1-0), 63.4%
South -- 4pts (2-1-0), 55.1%
Glenelg -- 4pts (2-1-0), 50.5%
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Sturt -- 4pts (2-1-0), 46.1%
West -- 1pt (0-2-1), 46.1%
Central -- 1pt (0-2-1), 42%
Norwood -- 0pts (0-3-0), 41.3%
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VALE LEE VIRGIN
The SANFL is deeply saddened by the passing of Lee Virgin, President of the North Adelaide Football Club. SANFL Chief Executive Officer Jake Parkinson said Lee, a long-standing Board member, Vice President and President of NAFC, had made an invaluable contribution to his beloved Roosters over the years. "Lee showed great leadership and a tremendous loyalty to the North Adelaide Football Club, the club he followed since his childhood, culminating in their most recent Premiership success in 2018 under his presidency," Mr Parkinson said. "Lee will be fondly remembered and missed by many people in football as a dedicated and highly respected club man. His love for footy and willingness to get involved also was evident over the years at a grassroots level through his association with the PHOS-Camden Football Club."
On behalf of SANFL and the South Australian Football Commission, we acknowledge Lee’s contribution to our game and extend our deepest sympathy to Lee’s wife, Robyn, and the Virgin family at this very sad time.
Taken from the SANFL Website.
Next weekend in Round 4...
Saturday July 18
North Adelaide vs. Woodville-West Torrens; Prospect Oval @ 1:10pm
West Adelaide vs. Glenelg; Hisense Stadium, Richmond @ 2:05pm
Norwood vs. Central District; Coopers Stadium, Norwood @ 2:10pm
South Adelaide vs. Sturt; Flinders Uni Stadium, Noarlunga @ 2:10pm
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
