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How good are the Tigers? Last weekend, their victory against the Roosters saw them equal a record established back in 1981. That achievement was 10 consecutive wins starting from the opening round of the season. Unfortunately for that year, the Tigers didn't go on to win the flag as they went down to the Magpies in that year's Grand Final. This year, they've certainly had their challengers but they've stood tall above all. The reigning premiers are up there too, as are the Panthers. Both have been downed by the Tigers, but then there are some losses to teams below them that would suggest that their ability to challenge the might of Glenelg is questionable. Of course, nothing is assured and there is still seven rounds of football to go and something can always give. That being said, there is also another factor at play. At this time, South Australia has thrown up its shields to the rest of the country. The coronavirus pandemic has reached a different level in the eastern states and as we all know, things happen. Our government has already put new measures in place to secure our borders and our safety, so unless there is a serious breach, our game will continue.
Welcome to the Round 12 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
First up in this weeks wrap is the first of four Saturday afternoon matches, this one was programmed almost an hour earlier that the traditional timeslot as the Roosters took on the Magpies at Prospect Oval. It was a matter weeks ago that these teams last met, the Magpies downing the Roosters at Alberton in Round 7. A third quarter of inaccuracy from North was probably what hobbled them, they would lead by four points at the final change instead of a possible four to six goals. The 'Pies overran them in the final term, kicking six goals to four and won by eight points. Only three weeks later, Port crashed to their worst loss this season to the Eagles, followed by an embarrassing outing against Sturt last week -- a combined total loss of over 17 goals in a fortnight. North had last week off after their loss to the Tigers on the public holiday Monday in Round 10. Port were in horrid condition coming into this one, their injury ward would see just 10 AFL-listed players take the field. Early on it didn't seem as though the Magpies were in dire straits, although their scoring prowess was definitely off as they scored 3.4 to North's 4.1 to be down by just three points at quarter-time. But then it was the Roosters' show. The Magpies were kept to just 1.1 in the second quarter, the Roosters ramming through 6.4 to take their advantage out to six goals by the half-time break. North were in no mood to show the Magpies any mercy today and some of the stats were startling. They had almost double Port's marks, over 80 more kicks and they dominated clearances. When play resumed, North kept the visitors to just one behind in the third term and added 5.4 to their own tally, taking their lead out to 69 points by the final change. The reward for the home side would be a percentage boost and usurping Port's spot on the ladder, North adding a further 3.3 to 2.2 to win by 76 points, a third straight loss to the Magpies. Harrison Wigg was a machine for the Roosters, notching up 30 disposals, two goals and three tackles to win best afield honours for North. For the Magpies, Riley Bonner was their standout with 34 disposals.
Around the corner from the action at Prospect was game number two for the Saturday afternoon over at Coopers Stadium in Norwood, where the Redlegs hosted the Bulldogs. Their last encounter was one that Dogs fans wont forget in a hurry, a controversial running-too-far call by one of the umpires in the final term putting an axe through a Centrals comeback at the Ponderosa in Round 6. The Redlegs won by 32 points in a match also remembered for other reasons, like being put on television at 3pm and the floodlights not being switched on as the darkness descended. Before their weekend off, the Redlegs managed to hold off the Panthers at Noarlunga for a nine-point victory, while the Dogs took their third win of the year at the expense of the Bloods at home. The Dogs seemingly walked into an ambush, they were held to just one behind while the Redlegs scored 5.2, which included a goal within the first minute. With this, the 'Legs ran out to a 31-point lead by quarter-time. The second quarter went out to over 32 minutes as the Dogs attempted to repair the damage done from the opening term, managing to reduce the gap to 25 points going into the half-time break after outscoring the 'Legs 4.2 to 3.2. The third term saw the Bulldogs lift their intensity, but it was their goal-kicking that was allowing the Redlegs to keep their lead at the final change. Centrals kept the Redlegs to just two behinds, but their swag of wasted chances -- scoring 1.4 -- allowed Norwood to stay in the lead. The gap was cut to 17 points by three quarter-time. The visitors just couldn't keep it up in the final term, still spraying shots on goal for a return of five behinds. The Redlegs weren't exactly setting records themselves, but their 2.6 was enough to ensure victory by five goals. Declan Hamilton was named Norwood's best, with 20 disposals, five clearances and seven tackles. Travis Schiller was Centrals' best on ground, with 24 disposals, eight clearances and eight tackles.
The third match for the weekend takes us to the southern end of the city and into the Unley Oval where the Double Blues and the Panthers met in the SANFL's own south-side derby. Their last encounter ended in a 39-point win to the Panthers back in Round 4, a game that the Blues all but surrendered with a poor second half. South almost dug their own hole early, their accuracy on goal in the first half allowing Sturt to stay within a kick. They had 4.11 on the board at half-time, but then put a choke hold on the Blues' forwards to bag seven goals to one to romp away with the victory. The Blues have been copping it a bit lately, with players either calling time on their careers or being picked up in the mid-season draft. They lost four games on the trot before a morale-boosting victory against the Magpies last week at Alberton. The Panthers only narrowly escaped West in Round 9 before going down to Norwood at Noarlunga prior to last week's bye. On an already sodden Unley ground and amid windy conditions, this was not going to be a football match, but an all-out slog. South had the bulk of the possession in the opening term, but not the accuracy. In between South's attacks where they scored their 2.4, Sturt had to be patient in their approach and kicked three goals without a miss. At quarter-time, Sturt was ahead by two points. The Blues were able to tie some more together in the second term, while the Panthers struggled to do so as they managed five behinds to Sturt's 3.3 to take their lead to three goals at the long break. By the final change, South managed to bring that back to 13 points, outscoring the home side 2.1 to 1.2 to set up a nail-biting final term. The visitors kept coming, but their inaccuracy streak would keep them from victory in the end, Sturt's defenders holding firm against the onslaught. Well, that and a tackle in Sturt's forward area that allowed them to bag the game sealer. South scored 1.4 to 1.2, the Blues winning by 11 points. Abe Davis was named Sturt's best afield with his 19 disposals, six marks and four clearances. Bryce Gibbs was South's best, with 24 disposals and eight tackles.
The last Saturday match takes us to the western side of town now, into the Hisense Stadium in Richmond where the Bloods took on the Crows. It was back in Round 2 that these sides last met, with the Crows kicking the match winner early in time-on to nick the win by just one goal. A single missed opportunity by West only 80 seconds earlier may have just done it for them, but of course we'll never truly know what could have been. Since that time the Bloods would win just two games, though last week they fell to the previously equally luckless Bulldogs who they beat in Round 5. The Crows sat out Round 11, coming into this game with a 10-point win over the Blues at Oxford Terrace the previous weekend. The script read almost similarly to the battle at The Parade at the same time, with the Crows bursting out of the blocks and dominating the opening term and holding the Bloods scoreless. Adelaide scored 5.3 to lead by 33 points at quarter-time. Unlike the Dogs though, West didn't return serve in the second term, managing only 1.2 to the Crows' 2.2 in the second quarter, Adelaide's advantage stretched by a goal to 39 points going into the rooms at half-time. The Crows' tall timber were the ones doing the damage, the combined efforts of the talls in the ruck and up forward making life difficult. The Bloods started to work around that in the third term, but despite holding the Crows to 3.2, their own return of 5.1 only cut the gap down a fraction of what they would have liked. At three quarter-time, Adelaide's lead was still five straight kicks away at 28 points. And that was as close as it would ever be, the Crows putting an early end to any Westies' comeback in front of a very low gathering of fans. Less than a thousand had turned up as Adelaide scored 4.2 in the first 11 minutes to widen the gap to nine goals, the Bloods would cut that back to six goals by game's end after scoring 3.1 to one behind over the remaning time left. Billy Frampton kicked three goals and took 12 marks to be named Adelaide's best, the Bloods named Elliot Dunkin as their best with 35 disposals and eight marks.
The final game for the weekend would take place on the Sunday afternoon with a top-of-the-table clash at the Maughan Thiem Kia Oval in Woodville between the Eagles and the Tigers. Their last stoush was back in Round 2 at Glenelg, were not even a inaccuracy-laden first half from the Tigers stopped them taking the points. The Eagles had better accuracy, but not enough of the attack. The Tigers improved upon their shooting for goal in the second half, scoring 11 goals to six to take a 29-point win. Before their byes last weekend, the Eagles hammered the Magpies in a 68-point revenge trip at Alberton, while the Tigers downed old rivals North by 23. Still undefeated at this point, the Tigers could go one better than their 1981 record and go 11 games straight from the season opener. The Oval Avenue turf was marked by a fair few muddy sections thanks to downpours earlier, so it wasn't going to be fast football but more tactical. The Tigers dominated much of the opening term's forward forays, but some attacks fell short of max rewards as they scored 3.2. The Eagles had a late chance to level things up at the first change but went wide, their 2.3 saw them down by five points at quarter-time. The Eagles were able to quieten the Tigers in the second term, something few have been able to do in a single term this year. Held to a mere two behinds, the Eagles forged into the lead by the long break with their 2.4 to lead by nine points at half-time. The dirty scrap resumed in the third term as the Tigers fought their way back to within a kick of the lead ahead of the final change. Despite spurning a few chances for majors, a last minute goal to Glenelg brought the gap back to a point come three quarter-time after kicking 3.3 to the home side's 2.1. A tense battle ensued in the first 12 minutes as the two sides traded scores on the board, the Tigers hit the front at eight minutes before the Eagles levelled. But after the 16th, the game belonged to the visitors. Altogether the Bays scored 5.2 to two goals, leaving the Eagles' nest with a 19-point victory and therefore setting a new club record of consecutive wins from Round 1 onwards. In the best on ground honours, for Glenelg it was Luke Partington with 27 disposals and five tackles, while in the Eagles camp it went to Riley Knight with 24 disposals and eight tackles.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 12 OF THE SANFL...
Saturday June 26
North Adelaide 18.12 (120)
Port Adelaide 6.8 (44)
1,516 @ Prospect Oval
Norwood 10.12 (72)
Central District 5.12 (42)
1,977 @ Coopers Stadium, Norwood
Sturt 8.7 (55)
South Adelaide 5.14 (44)
1,960 @ Unley Oval
Adelaide 14.10 (94)
West Adelaide 9.4 (58)
930 @ Hisense Stadium, Richmond
Sunday June 27
Glenelg 11.9 (75)
Woodville-West Torrens 8.8 (56)
Maughan Thiem Kia Oval, Woodville -- crowd number unknown
INJURIES
Sturt -- Edwards (cut head)
South -- Skinner (blurred vision)
REPORTS
Port -- Miller (rough conduct)
Sturt -- Lewis, Page, Davis, Patullo, Penfold, Burrows (melee)
South -- Overall, Haren, McCreery, Griffiths (melee)
Next weekend in Round 13... we've had the Sir Doug Nicholls Round, now its our turn with our own Indigenous Round.
Friday July 2 @ 7:40pm
Norwood vs. Sturt; Coopers Stadium, Norwood
Saturday July 3
West Adelaide vs. North Adelaide; Hisense Stadium, Richmond @ 1:10pm
Glenelg vs. Adelaide; ACH Group Stadium, Glenelg @ 1:10pm
South Adelaide vs. Woodville-West Torrens; Flinders University Stadium, Noarlunga @ 1:35pm
Central District vs. Port Adelaide; X-Convenience Oval, Elizabeth @ 2:10pm
Each club I believe is going to be sporting a special jumper for the occasion, check with your club for more info.
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
How good are the Tigers? Last weekend, their victory against the Roosters saw them equal a record established back in 1981. That achievement was 10 consecutive wins starting from the opening round of the season. Unfortunately for that year, the Tigers didn't go on to win the flag as they went down to the Magpies in that year's Grand Final. This year, they've certainly had their challengers but they've stood tall above all. The reigning premiers are up there too, as are the Panthers. Both have been downed by the Tigers, but then there are some losses to teams below them that would suggest that their ability to challenge the might of Glenelg is questionable. Of course, nothing is assured and there is still seven rounds of football to go and something can always give. That being said, there is also another factor at play. At this time, South Australia has thrown up its shields to the rest of the country. The coronavirus pandemic has reached a different level in the eastern states and as we all know, things happen. Our government has already put new measures in place to secure our borders and our safety, so unless there is a serious breach, our game will continue.
Welcome to the Round 12 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
First up in this weeks wrap is the first of four Saturday afternoon matches, this one was programmed almost an hour earlier that the traditional timeslot as the Roosters took on the Magpies at Prospect Oval. It was a matter weeks ago that these teams last met, the Magpies downing the Roosters at Alberton in Round 7. A third quarter of inaccuracy from North was probably what hobbled them, they would lead by four points at the final change instead of a possible four to six goals. The 'Pies overran them in the final term, kicking six goals to four and won by eight points. Only three weeks later, Port crashed to their worst loss this season to the Eagles, followed by an embarrassing outing against Sturt last week -- a combined total loss of over 17 goals in a fortnight. North had last week off after their loss to the Tigers on the public holiday Monday in Round 10. Port were in horrid condition coming into this one, their injury ward would see just 10 AFL-listed players take the field. Early on it didn't seem as though the Magpies were in dire straits, although their scoring prowess was definitely off as they scored 3.4 to North's 4.1 to be down by just three points at quarter-time. But then it was the Roosters' show. The Magpies were kept to just 1.1 in the second quarter, the Roosters ramming through 6.4 to take their advantage out to six goals by the half-time break. North were in no mood to show the Magpies any mercy today and some of the stats were startling. They had almost double Port's marks, over 80 more kicks and they dominated clearances. When play resumed, North kept the visitors to just one behind in the third term and added 5.4 to their own tally, taking their lead out to 69 points by the final change. The reward for the home side would be a percentage boost and usurping Port's spot on the ladder, North adding a further 3.3 to 2.2 to win by 76 points, a third straight loss to the Magpies. Harrison Wigg was a machine for the Roosters, notching up 30 disposals, two goals and three tackles to win best afield honours for North. For the Magpies, Riley Bonner was their standout with 34 disposals.
Around the corner from the action at Prospect was game number two for the Saturday afternoon over at Coopers Stadium in Norwood, where the Redlegs hosted the Bulldogs. Their last encounter was one that Dogs fans wont forget in a hurry, a controversial running-too-far call by one of the umpires in the final term putting an axe through a Centrals comeback at the Ponderosa in Round 6. The Redlegs won by 32 points in a match also remembered for other reasons, like being put on television at 3pm and the floodlights not being switched on as the darkness descended. Before their weekend off, the Redlegs managed to hold off the Panthers at Noarlunga for a nine-point victory, while the Dogs took their third win of the year at the expense of the Bloods at home. The Dogs seemingly walked into an ambush, they were held to just one behind while the Redlegs scored 5.2, which included a goal within the first minute. With this, the 'Legs ran out to a 31-point lead by quarter-time. The second quarter went out to over 32 minutes as the Dogs attempted to repair the damage done from the opening term, managing to reduce the gap to 25 points going into the half-time break after outscoring the 'Legs 4.2 to 3.2. The third term saw the Bulldogs lift their intensity, but it was their goal-kicking that was allowing the Redlegs to keep their lead at the final change. Centrals kept the Redlegs to just two behinds, but their swag of wasted chances -- scoring 1.4 -- allowed Norwood to stay in the lead. The gap was cut to 17 points by three quarter-time. The visitors just couldn't keep it up in the final term, still spraying shots on goal for a return of five behinds. The Redlegs weren't exactly setting records themselves, but their 2.6 was enough to ensure victory by five goals. Declan Hamilton was named Norwood's best, with 20 disposals, five clearances and seven tackles. Travis Schiller was Centrals' best on ground, with 24 disposals, eight clearances and eight tackles.
The third match for the weekend takes us to the southern end of the city and into the Unley Oval where the Double Blues and the Panthers met in the SANFL's own south-side derby. Their last encounter ended in a 39-point win to the Panthers back in Round 4, a game that the Blues all but surrendered with a poor second half. South almost dug their own hole early, their accuracy on goal in the first half allowing Sturt to stay within a kick. They had 4.11 on the board at half-time, but then put a choke hold on the Blues' forwards to bag seven goals to one to romp away with the victory. The Blues have been copping it a bit lately, with players either calling time on their careers or being picked up in the mid-season draft. They lost four games on the trot before a morale-boosting victory against the Magpies last week at Alberton. The Panthers only narrowly escaped West in Round 9 before going down to Norwood at Noarlunga prior to last week's bye. On an already sodden Unley ground and amid windy conditions, this was not going to be a football match, but an all-out slog. South had the bulk of the possession in the opening term, but not the accuracy. In between South's attacks where they scored their 2.4, Sturt had to be patient in their approach and kicked three goals without a miss. At quarter-time, Sturt was ahead by two points. The Blues were able to tie some more together in the second term, while the Panthers struggled to do so as they managed five behinds to Sturt's 3.3 to take their lead to three goals at the long break. By the final change, South managed to bring that back to 13 points, outscoring the home side 2.1 to 1.2 to set up a nail-biting final term. The visitors kept coming, but their inaccuracy streak would keep them from victory in the end, Sturt's defenders holding firm against the onslaught. Well, that and a tackle in Sturt's forward area that allowed them to bag the game sealer. South scored 1.4 to 1.2, the Blues winning by 11 points. Abe Davis was named Sturt's best afield with his 19 disposals, six marks and four clearances. Bryce Gibbs was South's best, with 24 disposals and eight tackles.
The last Saturday match takes us to the western side of town now, into the Hisense Stadium in Richmond where the Bloods took on the Crows. It was back in Round 2 that these sides last met, with the Crows kicking the match winner early in time-on to nick the win by just one goal. A single missed opportunity by West only 80 seconds earlier may have just done it for them, but of course we'll never truly know what could have been. Since that time the Bloods would win just two games, though last week they fell to the previously equally luckless Bulldogs who they beat in Round 5. The Crows sat out Round 11, coming into this game with a 10-point win over the Blues at Oxford Terrace the previous weekend. The script read almost similarly to the battle at The Parade at the same time, with the Crows bursting out of the blocks and dominating the opening term and holding the Bloods scoreless. Adelaide scored 5.3 to lead by 33 points at quarter-time. Unlike the Dogs though, West didn't return serve in the second term, managing only 1.2 to the Crows' 2.2 in the second quarter, Adelaide's advantage stretched by a goal to 39 points going into the rooms at half-time. The Crows' tall timber were the ones doing the damage, the combined efforts of the talls in the ruck and up forward making life difficult. The Bloods started to work around that in the third term, but despite holding the Crows to 3.2, their own return of 5.1 only cut the gap down a fraction of what they would have liked. At three quarter-time, Adelaide's lead was still five straight kicks away at 28 points. And that was as close as it would ever be, the Crows putting an early end to any Westies' comeback in front of a very low gathering of fans. Less than a thousand had turned up as Adelaide scored 4.2 in the first 11 minutes to widen the gap to nine goals, the Bloods would cut that back to six goals by game's end after scoring 3.1 to one behind over the remaning time left. Billy Frampton kicked three goals and took 12 marks to be named Adelaide's best, the Bloods named Elliot Dunkin as their best with 35 disposals and eight marks.
The final game for the weekend would take place on the Sunday afternoon with a top-of-the-table clash at the Maughan Thiem Kia Oval in Woodville between the Eagles and the Tigers. Their last stoush was back in Round 2 at Glenelg, were not even a inaccuracy-laden first half from the Tigers stopped them taking the points. The Eagles had better accuracy, but not enough of the attack. The Tigers improved upon their shooting for goal in the second half, scoring 11 goals to six to take a 29-point win. Before their byes last weekend, the Eagles hammered the Magpies in a 68-point revenge trip at Alberton, while the Tigers downed old rivals North by 23. Still undefeated at this point, the Tigers could go one better than their 1981 record and go 11 games straight from the season opener. The Oval Avenue turf was marked by a fair few muddy sections thanks to downpours earlier, so it wasn't going to be fast football but more tactical. The Tigers dominated much of the opening term's forward forays, but some attacks fell short of max rewards as they scored 3.2. The Eagles had a late chance to level things up at the first change but went wide, their 2.3 saw them down by five points at quarter-time. The Eagles were able to quieten the Tigers in the second term, something few have been able to do in a single term this year. Held to a mere two behinds, the Eagles forged into the lead by the long break with their 2.4 to lead by nine points at half-time. The dirty scrap resumed in the third term as the Tigers fought their way back to within a kick of the lead ahead of the final change. Despite spurning a few chances for majors, a last minute goal to Glenelg brought the gap back to a point come three quarter-time after kicking 3.3 to the home side's 2.1. A tense battle ensued in the first 12 minutes as the two sides traded scores on the board, the Tigers hit the front at eight minutes before the Eagles levelled. But after the 16th, the game belonged to the visitors. Altogether the Bays scored 5.2 to two goals, leaving the Eagles' nest with a 19-point victory and therefore setting a new club record of consecutive wins from Round 1 onwards. In the best on ground honours, for Glenelg it was Luke Partington with 27 disposals and five tackles, while in the Eagles camp it went to Riley Knight with 24 disposals and eight tackles.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 12 OF THE SANFL...
Saturday June 26
North Adelaide 18.12 (120)
Port Adelaide 6.8 (44)
1,516 @ Prospect Oval
Norwood 10.12 (72)
Central District 5.12 (42)
1,977 @ Coopers Stadium, Norwood
Sturt 8.7 (55)
South Adelaide 5.14 (44)
1,960 @ Unley Oval
Adelaide 14.10 (94)
West Adelaide 9.4 (58)
930 @ Hisense Stadium, Richmond
Sunday June 27
Glenelg 11.9 (75)
Woodville-West Torrens 8.8 (56)
Maughan Thiem Kia Oval, Woodville -- crowd number unknown
INJURIES
Sturt -- Edwards (cut head)
South -- Skinner (blurred vision)
REPORTS
Port -- Miller (rough conduct)
Sturt -- Lewis, Page, Davis, Patullo, Penfold, Burrows (melee)
South -- Overall, Haren, McCreery, Griffiths (melee)
Next weekend in Round 13... we've had the Sir Doug Nicholls Round, now its our turn with our own Indigenous Round.
Friday July 2 @ 7:40pm
Norwood vs. Sturt; Coopers Stadium, Norwood
Saturday July 3
West Adelaide vs. North Adelaide; Hisense Stadium, Richmond @ 1:10pm
Glenelg vs. Adelaide; ACH Group Stadium, Glenelg @ 1:10pm
South Adelaide vs. Woodville-West Torrens; Flinders University Stadium, Noarlunga @ 1:35pm
Central District vs. Port Adelaide; X-Convenience Oval, Elizabeth @ 2:10pm
Each club I believe is going to be sporting a special jumper for the occasion, check with your club for more info.
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
