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Hi Footy fans...
Seven rounds gone, seven more to go. With the shortened season making it more hectic for some sides right now in their bid to front up for finals football, its now go time. The Eagles are leading the field in the race for the coveted minor premiership and that one-win ticket to the Grand Final. But the Roosters might have something to say about that, on the rebound from their disastrous premiership defence of 2019 and running equally as hot. The Eagles probably are the ones with more to prove, on the back of more than a few top-placed finishes and disappointing Septembers of season's past. They seem to have a habit of producing the goods in the home and away season, but dropping their bundle when it counts. The Panthers and the Redlegs are not far off the pace themselves, but surprisingly it's the Tigers who have fallen backwards in their premiership defence and need to string some together if they have any hope of going back-to-back like their double delight in the mid-1980's. There's a couple of potential blockbusters coming this weekend, probably ones that could separate the men from the boys... keep watching, my fellow SA footy-heads.
Welcome to the Round 7 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
There were three Saturday afternoon games on the schedule this past weekend, the first takes us to the Maughan Thiem Kia Oval in Woodville for the Western Derby between the Eagles and the Bloods. Despite their abysmal 2019 season, the Bloods were able to at least put one over the Eagles. In Round 4 last year, it was not a Good Friday for the Eagles as they went down by 37 points at Richmond. They kicked 4.10 in the first half, then gave up seven goals in the third term. But then came Round 10 at the Eagles' nest, when vengeance came calling. The Eagles hammered the Bloods to the margin of 10 goals, overcoming a slow start to bag seven goals to one in the first half, then eight to five in the second. Weaknesses in the Bloods defence were laid bare last week by Norwood in their 67-point loss, while the Eagles put away the Bulldogs by five goals. Early on it looked as though the Bloods were more up for it than they were against the Redlegs, only two straight kicks adrift at the first change. The Eagles scored 2.2 to 1.1, leading by seven points at quarter-time. But the Eagles, despite having a horrid time finding the tall ones in the second term, would double their advantage by the long break. They scored a further 2.7 to the Bloods' two goals to lead by 14 points at half-time. The Bloods didn't have a dominant forward to kick to, they had more than a fair share of opportunities but ineffectiveness going into attack and over-possession would bring their day to an early end. Westies would kick just three behinds in the third quarter, the Eagles adding 3.2 to their score as the deficit was now out to 31 points. The home side would romp away to their sixth consecutive win, finishing off with a 4.1 to 1.2 final term to win by eight goals. Jack Hayes notched up 24 disposals and took eight grabs to take best on ground votes for the Eagles, while Kaine Stevens again got best afield honours for West.
The next match takes us up to the outer northern suburbs, the Bulldogs taking on the Tigers at the X-Convenience Oval in Elizabeth. The Bulldogs coughed up a combined losing tally of almost 20 goals across their two games last year. The nightmare began with a 49-point belting at Elizabeth in Round 7, then five weeks later in Round 11 the Tigers improved on that with a 69-point demolition at Brighton Road. An overall loss of 118 points... absolutely harrowing viewing for Centrals supporters. Its been no less harrowing lately for Dogs fans thus far with no wins to their name, their latest outing resulting in a five-goal loss to the Eagles while the Tigers downed Sturt at home last week. Although breaking through against the Blues, the Tigers seemed to be more vulnerable now than this time last year. Despite some early inaccuracy, the Tigers' opening term of 3.4 to the Dogs' 1.1 allowed them to take a 15-point lead at quarter-time. The Dogs have been known to get a bit plucky at times and in the second term, outscored the Bays 3.2 to 2.2 to draw the gap back to nine points going into the changerooms at the half-time break. Consistency has not been their friend at the Ponderosa though and soon enough the Tigers found their goal-kicking boots when play resumed. Although inaccuracy continued to rear its head in the third quarter, it was the Tigers' backs that kept the Bulldogs from making impact. Centrals were restricted to 1.2 while the Tigers scored a further 5.4 to lead by 35 points going into the final change. The Dogs didn't completely throw in the towel despite the wide gap, but victory was still going to be unattainable. The Dogs kicked six goals without a miss, the Tigers scored 5.4 to take out a 33-point win. Matt Snook was named Glenelg's best with 29 disposals and six tackles, the Dogs named Travis Schiller as their best with 39 disposals and five tackles.
The last of the Saturday games takes us back towards the city and into the Prospect Oval for the encounter between the Roosters and the Double Blues. The Roosters were unable to wrestle any points away from the Blues from their two games last season. Not even a wayward afternoon on goal at Oxford Terrace stopped the Blues from taking a 34-point win in Round 6, then after falling behind in the first half at Prospect in Round 10 the Blues kept the Roosters away from the big sticks in the second half to win by 20 points. In that half the Blues outscored North 5.6 to five behinds, those five wasted shots came in the final term after a totally silent third term. The Blues came into this game on a loss, going down by three goals to the premiers. The Roosters were tested right to the finish by the Panthers, escaping their clutches by eight points at Prospect. The Roosters had many a chance on goal in the first quarter, but a return of three behinds made for a horrid watch. The Blues weren't able to capitalise though, scoring just one behind as North led by two points at quarter-time. Both sides managed to find the big sticks in the second term, but only scored one goal each as the slog continued. North butchered several chances, kicking six behinds to the Blues' two as the gap crept out to a single straight shot by the long break. The cold conditions probably weren't helping anyone's cause, but with little to no rain there wasn't to scream about. However in the third term, there was much more to cheer about for the Rooster faithful. Their accuracy had very much improved, albeit only for the third term where they bagged 7.2 to Sturt's pair of goals. At three quarter-time, North were ahead by 38 points. The inaccuracy rot returned in the final quarter, but their previous terms' efforts were more than enough to secure victory. They added just three behinds, the visitors' 3.4 nowhere near enough to avoid a 19-point defeat. Cameron Craig picked up best on ground votes for North with his 29 disposals and seven tackles, the Blues named James Battersby as their best with 32 disposals.
The final game for the weekend took place on the Sunday afternoon at the Coopers Stadium in Norwood, where the Redlegs took on the Panthers. The Redlegs ran off with all the points from their two outings last year, the Panthers perhaps unlucky to not have nicked the Round 9 game at Noarlunga. They came back from a three-kick deficit at three quarter-time, but fell short by just two points in one of the real highlight games of 2019. They were much further off the pace come Round 14, the Redlegs inflicting a 45-point hiding at The Parade. The Redlegs were on a high after smashing the Bloods at Richmond last week, while the Panthers hit a speed bump at Menzies Crescent against the Roosters where they lost by eight points. Early on the Redlegs were looking the better side, but a couple of chances went begging in the opening term as they scored 3.3 to South's 1.2 to lead by 13 points at quarter-time. The home crowd was quietened in the second quarter, the 'Legs suddenly switching off as the Panthers overturned the quarter-time deficit to lead by two goals at the half-time break after scoring 4.3 to two behinds. This was shaping up as an early finals preview, perhaps even that of the cut-throat eliminator if the season continues as it is presently. The Panthers stretched their lead to 21 points seven minutes into the third term, but should have been much further in front if not for their early inaccuracy. They scored 1.4 but then could only watch as the Redlegs scored 4.2 to takeover the lead at the final change, ahead by five points at three quarter-time. The final term was everything a football purist could have wanted, the lead changing hands a couple of times. But the final six-point salvo was fired by the Redlegs and it proved to be the difference maker, taking a four-point win after scoring 3.3 to South's 3.4 in a frantic finish. Matthew Nunn was a machine for the 'Legs, racking up 27 disposals and laying 10 tackles to bag best afield votes for Norwood. South named Joseph Haines as their best on ground, notching up 25 disposals and six marks.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 7 OF THE SANFL...
Saturday August 8
Woodville-West Torrens 11.12 (78)
West Adelaide 4.6 (30)
1,119 @ Maughan Thiem Kia Oval, Woodville
Glenelg 15.14 (104)
Central District 11.5 (71)
991 @ X-Convenience Oval, Elizabeth
North Adelaide 8.14 (62)
Sturt 6.7 (43)
1,825 @ Prospect Oval
Sunday August 9
Norwood 10.10 (70)
South Adelaide 9.12 (66)
1,847 @ Coopers Stadium, Norwood
INJURIES
Central -- Lange (ankle)
Norwood -- Hamilton (ankle), Johnston (quad)
South -- Highmore (ankle)
REPORTS
None known at time of post.
LEAGUE LADDER
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W-WT -- 12pts (6-1-0), 61.7%
North -- 12pts (6-1-0), 54%
South -- 8pts (4-3-0), 54%
Norwood -- 8pts (4-3-0), 51.6%
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Glenelg -- 8pts (4-3-0), 50.9%
Sturt -- 4pts (2-5-0), 44.2%
West -- 3pts (1-5-1), 42.3%
Central -- 1pt (0-6-1), 41.6%
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Next weekend in Round 8... night footy returns!
Friday August 14 @ 7:20pm
West Adelaide vs. North Adelaide; Hisense Stadium, Richmond
Saturday August 15
South Adelaide vs. Woodville-West Torrens; Flinders University Stadium, Noarlunga @ 2:05pm
Sturt vs. Central District; Peter Motley Oval, Unley @ 2:10pm
Norwood vs. Glenelg; Coopers Stadium, Norwood @ 7:20pm
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
Seven rounds gone, seven more to go. With the shortened season making it more hectic for some sides right now in their bid to front up for finals football, its now go time. The Eagles are leading the field in the race for the coveted minor premiership and that one-win ticket to the Grand Final. But the Roosters might have something to say about that, on the rebound from their disastrous premiership defence of 2019 and running equally as hot. The Eagles probably are the ones with more to prove, on the back of more than a few top-placed finishes and disappointing Septembers of season's past. They seem to have a habit of producing the goods in the home and away season, but dropping their bundle when it counts. The Panthers and the Redlegs are not far off the pace themselves, but surprisingly it's the Tigers who have fallen backwards in their premiership defence and need to string some together if they have any hope of going back-to-back like their double delight in the mid-1980's. There's a couple of potential blockbusters coming this weekend, probably ones that could separate the men from the boys... keep watching, my fellow SA footy-heads.
Welcome to the Round 7 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
There were three Saturday afternoon games on the schedule this past weekend, the first takes us to the Maughan Thiem Kia Oval in Woodville for the Western Derby between the Eagles and the Bloods. Despite their abysmal 2019 season, the Bloods were able to at least put one over the Eagles. In Round 4 last year, it was not a Good Friday for the Eagles as they went down by 37 points at Richmond. They kicked 4.10 in the first half, then gave up seven goals in the third term. But then came Round 10 at the Eagles' nest, when vengeance came calling. The Eagles hammered the Bloods to the margin of 10 goals, overcoming a slow start to bag seven goals to one in the first half, then eight to five in the second. Weaknesses in the Bloods defence were laid bare last week by Norwood in their 67-point loss, while the Eagles put away the Bulldogs by five goals. Early on it looked as though the Bloods were more up for it than they were against the Redlegs, only two straight kicks adrift at the first change. The Eagles scored 2.2 to 1.1, leading by seven points at quarter-time. But the Eagles, despite having a horrid time finding the tall ones in the second term, would double their advantage by the long break. They scored a further 2.7 to the Bloods' two goals to lead by 14 points at half-time. The Bloods didn't have a dominant forward to kick to, they had more than a fair share of opportunities but ineffectiveness going into attack and over-possession would bring their day to an early end. Westies would kick just three behinds in the third quarter, the Eagles adding 3.2 to their score as the deficit was now out to 31 points. The home side would romp away to their sixth consecutive win, finishing off with a 4.1 to 1.2 final term to win by eight goals. Jack Hayes notched up 24 disposals and took eight grabs to take best on ground votes for the Eagles, while Kaine Stevens again got best afield honours for West.
The next match takes us up to the outer northern suburbs, the Bulldogs taking on the Tigers at the X-Convenience Oval in Elizabeth. The Bulldogs coughed up a combined losing tally of almost 20 goals across their two games last year. The nightmare began with a 49-point belting at Elizabeth in Round 7, then five weeks later in Round 11 the Tigers improved on that with a 69-point demolition at Brighton Road. An overall loss of 118 points... absolutely harrowing viewing for Centrals supporters. Its been no less harrowing lately for Dogs fans thus far with no wins to their name, their latest outing resulting in a five-goal loss to the Eagles while the Tigers downed Sturt at home last week. Although breaking through against the Blues, the Tigers seemed to be more vulnerable now than this time last year. Despite some early inaccuracy, the Tigers' opening term of 3.4 to the Dogs' 1.1 allowed them to take a 15-point lead at quarter-time. The Dogs have been known to get a bit plucky at times and in the second term, outscored the Bays 3.2 to 2.2 to draw the gap back to nine points going into the changerooms at the half-time break. Consistency has not been their friend at the Ponderosa though and soon enough the Tigers found their goal-kicking boots when play resumed. Although inaccuracy continued to rear its head in the third quarter, it was the Tigers' backs that kept the Bulldogs from making impact. Centrals were restricted to 1.2 while the Tigers scored a further 5.4 to lead by 35 points going into the final change. The Dogs didn't completely throw in the towel despite the wide gap, but victory was still going to be unattainable. The Dogs kicked six goals without a miss, the Tigers scored 5.4 to take out a 33-point win. Matt Snook was named Glenelg's best with 29 disposals and six tackles, the Dogs named Travis Schiller as their best with 39 disposals and five tackles.
The last of the Saturday games takes us back towards the city and into the Prospect Oval for the encounter between the Roosters and the Double Blues. The Roosters were unable to wrestle any points away from the Blues from their two games last season. Not even a wayward afternoon on goal at Oxford Terrace stopped the Blues from taking a 34-point win in Round 6, then after falling behind in the first half at Prospect in Round 10 the Blues kept the Roosters away from the big sticks in the second half to win by 20 points. In that half the Blues outscored North 5.6 to five behinds, those five wasted shots came in the final term after a totally silent third term. The Blues came into this game on a loss, going down by three goals to the premiers. The Roosters were tested right to the finish by the Panthers, escaping their clutches by eight points at Prospect. The Roosters had many a chance on goal in the first quarter, but a return of three behinds made for a horrid watch. The Blues weren't able to capitalise though, scoring just one behind as North led by two points at quarter-time. Both sides managed to find the big sticks in the second term, but only scored one goal each as the slog continued. North butchered several chances, kicking six behinds to the Blues' two as the gap crept out to a single straight shot by the long break. The cold conditions probably weren't helping anyone's cause, but with little to no rain there wasn't to scream about. However in the third term, there was much more to cheer about for the Rooster faithful. Their accuracy had very much improved, albeit only for the third term where they bagged 7.2 to Sturt's pair of goals. At three quarter-time, North were ahead by 38 points. The inaccuracy rot returned in the final quarter, but their previous terms' efforts were more than enough to secure victory. They added just three behinds, the visitors' 3.4 nowhere near enough to avoid a 19-point defeat. Cameron Craig picked up best on ground votes for North with his 29 disposals and seven tackles, the Blues named James Battersby as their best with 32 disposals.
The final game for the weekend took place on the Sunday afternoon at the Coopers Stadium in Norwood, where the Redlegs took on the Panthers. The Redlegs ran off with all the points from their two outings last year, the Panthers perhaps unlucky to not have nicked the Round 9 game at Noarlunga. They came back from a three-kick deficit at three quarter-time, but fell short by just two points in one of the real highlight games of 2019. They were much further off the pace come Round 14, the Redlegs inflicting a 45-point hiding at The Parade. The Redlegs were on a high after smashing the Bloods at Richmond last week, while the Panthers hit a speed bump at Menzies Crescent against the Roosters where they lost by eight points. Early on the Redlegs were looking the better side, but a couple of chances went begging in the opening term as they scored 3.3 to South's 1.2 to lead by 13 points at quarter-time. The home crowd was quietened in the second quarter, the 'Legs suddenly switching off as the Panthers overturned the quarter-time deficit to lead by two goals at the half-time break after scoring 4.3 to two behinds. This was shaping up as an early finals preview, perhaps even that of the cut-throat eliminator if the season continues as it is presently. The Panthers stretched their lead to 21 points seven minutes into the third term, but should have been much further in front if not for their early inaccuracy. They scored 1.4 but then could only watch as the Redlegs scored 4.2 to takeover the lead at the final change, ahead by five points at three quarter-time. The final term was everything a football purist could have wanted, the lead changing hands a couple of times. But the final six-point salvo was fired by the Redlegs and it proved to be the difference maker, taking a four-point win after scoring 3.3 to South's 3.4 in a frantic finish. Matthew Nunn was a machine for the 'Legs, racking up 27 disposals and laying 10 tackles to bag best afield votes for Norwood. South named Joseph Haines as their best on ground, notching up 25 disposals and six marks.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 7 OF THE SANFL...
Saturday August 8
Woodville-West Torrens 11.12 (78)
West Adelaide 4.6 (30)
1,119 @ Maughan Thiem Kia Oval, Woodville
Glenelg 15.14 (104)
Central District 11.5 (71)
991 @ X-Convenience Oval, Elizabeth
North Adelaide 8.14 (62)
Sturt 6.7 (43)
1,825 @ Prospect Oval
Sunday August 9
Norwood 10.10 (70)
South Adelaide 9.12 (66)
1,847 @ Coopers Stadium, Norwood
INJURIES
Central -- Lange (ankle)
Norwood -- Hamilton (ankle), Johnston (quad)
South -- Highmore (ankle)
REPORTS
None known at time of post.
LEAGUE LADDER
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W-WT -- 12pts (6-1-0), 61.7%
North -- 12pts (6-1-0), 54%
South -- 8pts (4-3-0), 54%
Norwood -- 8pts (4-3-0), 51.6%
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Glenelg -- 8pts (4-3-0), 50.9%
Sturt -- 4pts (2-5-0), 44.2%
West -- 3pts (1-5-1), 42.3%
Central -- 1pt (0-6-1), 41.6%
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Next weekend in Round 8... night footy returns!
Friday August 14 @ 7:20pm
West Adelaide vs. North Adelaide; Hisense Stadium, Richmond
Saturday August 15
South Adelaide vs. Woodville-West Torrens; Flinders University Stadium, Noarlunga @ 2:05pm
Sturt vs. Central District; Peter Motley Oval, Unley @ 2:10pm
Norwood vs. Glenelg; Coopers Stadium, Norwood @ 7:20pm
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
