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It was 50 years ago that the first ever SANFL Grand Final was played at Football Park in West Lakes. It would signal the beginning of a prosperous new era for South Australian football, not one that was under the tender mercies of the administrators of Cricket at the Adelaide Oval as it was at the time. After a bitter divorce from the SACA, the SANFL's journey to the new and eventually thriving western suburbs locale was at first derided and ridiculed by SA cricket's figurehead in Sir Donald Bradman. It was an opinion that was soon ridiculed itself, with the crowds that once assembled at the city now heading to the former wasteland now home of SA football and growing community. While the Bulldogs would be credited with the first victory on the new ground, it was the Double Blues that took out the first premiership with their 15-point victory over Glenelg in front of over 58,000 SA footy-heads. Bradman would obviously never admit it, but with those numbers no longer filing into his beloved oval on a regular basis, he and his association's continued rorting of football was a business decision he would ultimately regret and probably the one sin he would be remembered for at least by the SA sporting public. Of course it is only without his influence that the two parties since mended relations and re-united at the iconic ground, with far wiser heads helping steer the ship to an even more prosperous future.
Welcome to the Round 15 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
We begin the weekend's action with the first of three Saturday afternoon matches, with the Redlegs taking on the Bulldogs at Coopers Stadium in Norwood. The last time these sides met, it was around the time when the first cracks started to show in the Bulldogs. Norwood downed the Dogs by 50 points, mainly on the back of a huge third quarter where they rammed through 11 unanswered goals in front of a stunned Elizabeth crowd. The Bulldogs haven't been able to take a top-three scalp this season, despite making decent challenges to the likes of Glenelg and Sturt. Last week's win against West was cold comfort to Centrals fans, having almost coughed up the points after being four kicks up at the final change and winning by just one goal. The Redlegs on the other hand, dealt out a 63-point hiding to the Crows at the same time, a side that had beaten the Dogs handsomely one week prior. The sodden and muddy turf played right into the hands of the Redlegs, who despite putting a swag of shots wide kept the Dogs to a miserly single major in the opening quarter. The intent was on show as Norwood kicked 4.7 to lead by 25 points at the first change. The centre hitouts were especially unkind to the Dogs, Norwood winning the ruck comprehensively and by the half-time break, the Redlegs had already broke the game open, adding a further 4.2 to 1.2 to take their lead out to 43 points going into the rooms at half-time. Centrals showed a little more fight in the third quarter, no doubt receiving a bake in the rooms during the long break. They outscored the 'Legs but inaccuracy on the sticks cruelled any chance of a miraculous second half fightback. The visitors kicked 3.4 to 2.2, cutting the gap back to 35 points come three quarter-time. Centrals only got one goal closer from there at around nine minutes into the final term, but would eventually fall to a seven-goal defeat and yet another brutal reality check after a 2.3 to 1.2 last quarter return. Harry Boyd was Norwood's monster in the middle and best afield, with 48 hitouts, 30 disposals and 17 clearances. Wilson Barry was Central's shining light with 16 disposals, nine tackles and five marks.
Next up in the wrap we go from the inner east to the inner west for the SANFL's western suburbs derby, the Bloods facing the Eagles at the Hisense Stadium in Richmond. The Eagles made the opening round of the year one to forget for Bloods fans, a final term fadeout ending in a 64-point hammering at Woodville. The Bloods had recovered a five-kick deficit and drew it back to within just two going into the second half. But after kicking two goals in the third term, the Westies engine sputtered to a stop as the Eagles kicked 11 -- seven of them in the final quarter -- to romp away with the win. The Eagles have had a similar story to the Bulldogs, but have been more Jekyll and Hyde with wins against the top three earlier in the year, but losses in return games. One example was last week, losing to the Blues by eight points at Unley after defeating them by the same margin at home. The Bloods were denied by the siren at Elizabeth, their comeback falling six points short. The field conditions at Milner Road were similar to those at The Parade with several muddy spots set to play a part in the day's proceedings and the Eagles, even though they put a few shots wide of the big sticks, looked to be all over the Bloods with a 2.3 to 1.2 opening term. But then the Bloods, still probably stinging from their loss last week, exploded in the second term. After conceding the first major, they kicked four unanswered goals to take the lead ahead of the long break. With behinds counted, it was a nine-point lead to Westies at half-time. The Eagles' third term was an absolute fizzer as the Bloods continued to press and build upon their advantage. The visitors were kept to just two behinds as West's unanswered goal run stretched to seven after kicking 3.1 to go into the final change with a 26-point lead. Amazingly the Eagles had no real reply to the Bloods' assault, with just two more goals in them while the Bloods added another four. Suddenly, finals didn't seem too far out of reach for the red & black as they ran out 39-point winners. Kobe Ryan continues to firm for the Neil Kerley Medal as Westies' best on ground, with 36 disposals -- 24 of them kicks -- as well as six marks and winning four free kicks. The Eagles named Joe Sinor as their best with 24 disposals, seven tackles and six marks.
We now head from Milner Road in the west to Menzies Crescent in the north for the third Saturday game between the Roosters and the Crows. Although the Roosters were had a stop-start kind of day out against Adelaide in their last outing back in Round 5, they still came out with the chocolates after winning by 16 points. They had outstanding first and third quarters with six and four goals respectively, but were almost let down by their second and final quarters where the Crows kept the Roosters' goals to a minimum. In fact, the Roosters' eventual winning margin was half of what they led by at three quarter-time. Last week the Roosters made a top-five spot more realistic with their eight-point win against the Panthers, while the Crows were smacked around at The Parade after spending the previous fortnight defeating other top-five sides such as Centrals and the reigning premiers in Glenelg. Ground level conditions somewhat mirrored that of the other grounds though only a little less severe, the Roosters were unable to find the big sticks while Adelaide were able to kick three goals to lead by as much at quarter-time. The Roosters then took the Crows well off-guard in the second quarter, but a rush of behinds allowed the visitors to not fall behind by an extravagant gap. North kicked 5.7 to the Crows' two goals, a mere seven-point gap to the red & whites at the half-time break. That lift in intensity was to be short-lived however as the Crows got back to work in the second half, the Roosters could only watch as that second term effort went to waste as Adelaide scored 4.5 to 1.1 and take a 15-point lead going into the final change. The Eagles would be able to keep hold of their fifth spot for now, the Roosters managing just one further goal and three minor scores in the final term as the Crows finished the job with an additional 5.2 to run out 38-point winners. The Crows now sit four points adrift of finals contention alongside the Bloods, the Roosters still only two points and percentage from the five. Kieran Strachan was Adelaide's best especially in the middle with a big share in the hitouts along with 15 disposals, five each in the tackles and clearances columns and winning three free kicks. For the Roosters, it was Cambpell Combe with 29 disposals, 16 tackles and eight clearances.
Now its time for some Sunday afternoon footy and we're going to the inner southern suburbs where we enter the Thomas Farms Oval in Unley for the clash between the Double Blues and the Tigers. The Blues got a measure of revenge for their Grand Final loss in their last meeting back in Round 4, winning by 38 points at Brighton Road. In front of over 6000, it was the third quarter from the Blues that proved the difference. Though Sturt were heavily inaccurate, a tally of 5.7 to 2.1 showed the difference of intensity in attack. From last week's outings the Blues were the only ones to come out on top, toppling the Eagles at Woodville, while the goal-shooting problems continued for the Tigers at Alberton last week in their 14-point loss to Port. With the bulk of the 1974 premiership team in attendance, the Blues began with a bang as they bagged 6.1 while the Tigers were unable to make too much impact with a comparably paltry return of 1.3 to be down by 28 points at quarter-time. The Tigers were able to strike back in the second quarter to bring the deficit back to just one straight kick ahead of the break while Sturt were having their own accuracy problems. Glenelg scored 6.3 to 2.4 as the Blues' lead was brought back down to five points come half-time. That period would end up being just a flash in the pan however, once play resumed the Blues got back on task and by the final change, the Tigers' premiership defence truly looked like it was on shaky ground despite their third-placed ranking. Glenelg did continue to hang tough until prior to added time with both teams kicking a goal each, the deficit still hovering within that one-kick range until the Blues bagged three goals in six minutes to take their lead out to 24 points by the three quarter-time siren. The visitors had more than a few chances in the final term to bridge the gap, but a raft of behinds during the five minutes leading up to time-on would snuff out their fightback. Glenelg kicked 2.5 to 2.1, not enough to deny the home side victory, in the end it was Sturt by 20 points. Daniel Fahey-Sparks was named best for Sturt, with 34 hitouts in ruck, 19 disposals along with five clearances and marks. Matt Allen was named Glenelg's standout with 22 disposals, eight marks and seven tackles.
In the final game for the weekend, we head out along Port Road towards the outer north-west and into the Alberton Oval where the Magpies hosted the Panthers. The Magpies had a day to forget when they last faced the southerners, whipped by more than 12 goals back in Round 7 at Noarlunga. The bulk of the damage came in the first half, the Panthers booting 11 goals to the Magpies' three, after that it was only inaccuracy from the blue & whites that probably stopped the gap from stretching to more than the eventual 73-point demolition. The Panthers haven't been able to recapture some of that form in their other games this year, they came pretty close last week against North but fell short by eight points at Menzies Crescent. Port have only been marginally better, but their victory last week against the misfiring Tigers would have them as favourites. Nobody told the Panthers that though, who shocked the local crowd with their opening quarter run of six goals to the Magpies' one. With an equal share of missed chances, South led by five goals at quarter-time. The Panthers took that gap out to as much as seven goals during the second term, but a couple of goals to the home side deep into injury time would bring the gap back to 24 points going into the half-time break. The inaccuracy bug paid a visit to the blue & white camp when play resumed and the Magpies did eventually take advantage, bringing them back to three straight kicks early into third term added time after South kicked five minor scores to Port's 2.2. However three straight goals over three minutes to the visitors put them back out to a 34-point lead by the final change. That gap would remain relatively intact with both sides kicking two goals each over the ensuing 20 minutes of the final term, before the Magpies mounted one last ditch attack during time-on. But that attack would fall short, their score of 3.2 not enough to deny the Panthers victory by 15 points and also putting Port back at the foot of the league ladder. Oliver Davis was a valuable all-rounder and was duly named best on ground for South, with 23 disposals, seven marks, six clearances and five tackles. Dante Visentini was Port's best afield with 41 hitouts from the middle, 18 disposals and seven tackles.
FINAL SCORES FROM ROUND 15 OF THE SANFL...
Saturday July 20
Norwood 12.14 (86)
Central District 6.8 (44)
1,612 @ Coopers Stadium, Norwood
West Adelaide 12.6 (78)
Woodville-West Torrens 5.9 (39)
1,016 @ Hisense Stadium, Richmond
Adelaide 14.9 (93)
North Adelaide 7.13 (55)
1,291 @ Prospect Oval
Sunday July 21
Sturt 14.8 (92)
Glenelg 10.12 (72)
2,838 @ Thomas Farms Oval, Unley
South Adelaide 14.11 (95)
Port Adelaide 12.8 (80)
970 @ Alberton Oval
INJURIES
Norwood -- Lok (concussion)
Central -- Posthuma (back)
North -- Lockyer (toe)
Sturt -- McCourt (concussion)
Port -- McEntee (concussion)
REPORTS
Central -- McLennan (rough conduct)
Adelaide -- Jones (rough conduct)
North -- McKenzie (rough conduct)
LEAGUE LADDER
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Norwood -- 24pts (12-2-0), 60.9%
Sturt -- 22pts (11-3-0), 59%
Glenelg -- 18pts (9-5-0), 52.9%
Central -- 18pts (9-5-0), 51.9%
W-WT -- 14pts (7-7-0), 54.3%
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North -- 12pts (6-8-0), 48.2%
West -- 10pts (5-9-0), 45.9%
Adelaide -- 10pts (5-9-0), 45.8%
South -- 6pts (3-11-0), 43.3%
Port -- 6pts (3-11-0), 40.5%
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CROWEATER GIRLS INFLICT DEMO JOB IN U-18 SERIES OPENER
South Australia has sent a loud warning to those looking to take their crown, smashing the Allies in the opening contest of the AFL-W U-18 National Championship at Thebarton Oval this past Thursday. It all began with the Croweaters holding the Allies to a mere two behinds whilst bagging 5.4 of their own to lead by 32 points at the first change, then to 40 points come half-time. From there the visitors didn't get much of a look in despite not being extremely far behind in the stats sheets. After the long break, the South Australians kicked a further seven goals to the Allies' one, finishing up with a massive 13-goal win to begin their championship defence. They do however, face some stiff opposition from Victoria Metro, who have already played two games and also hammered the Allies in their opening game of the series and then defeated Vic Country by 33 points. Sturt's India Rasheed was voted as SA's best afield with 28 disposals, seven tackles and five clearances. She also kicked three goals alongside fellow triple-majors in Klaudia O'Neill and Georgia McKee. Their next assignment will be the aforementioned Metro at the home of St. Kilda in Melbourne on Sunday August 11.
South Australia 15.10 (100) def. Allies 3.4 (22)
Next weekend in Round 16...
Saturday July 27 @ 2:10pm
Glenelg vs. Norwood; Stratarama Stadium, Glenelg
Central District vs. North Adelaide; X-Convenience Oval, Elizabeth
Sturt vs. Port Adelaide; Thomas Farms Oval, Unley
South Adelaide vs. West Adelaide; Flinders University Stadium, Noarlunga
Sunday July 28 @ 2:10pm
Woodville-West Torrens vs. Adelaide; Maughan Thiem Kia Oval, Woodville
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
It was 50 years ago that the first ever SANFL Grand Final was played at Football Park in West Lakes. It would signal the beginning of a prosperous new era for South Australian football, not one that was under the tender mercies of the administrators of Cricket at the Adelaide Oval as it was at the time. After a bitter divorce from the SACA, the SANFL's journey to the new and eventually thriving western suburbs locale was at first derided and ridiculed by SA cricket's figurehead in Sir Donald Bradman. It was an opinion that was soon ridiculed itself, with the crowds that once assembled at the city now heading to the former wasteland now home of SA football and growing community. While the Bulldogs would be credited with the first victory on the new ground, it was the Double Blues that took out the first premiership with their 15-point victory over Glenelg in front of over 58,000 SA footy-heads. Bradman would obviously never admit it, but with those numbers no longer filing into his beloved oval on a regular basis, he and his association's continued rorting of football was a business decision he would ultimately regret and probably the one sin he would be remembered for at least by the SA sporting public. Of course it is only without his influence that the two parties since mended relations and re-united at the iconic ground, with far wiser heads helping steer the ship to an even more prosperous future.
Welcome to the Round 15 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
We begin the weekend's action with the first of three Saturday afternoon matches, with the Redlegs taking on the Bulldogs at Coopers Stadium in Norwood. The last time these sides met, it was around the time when the first cracks started to show in the Bulldogs. Norwood downed the Dogs by 50 points, mainly on the back of a huge third quarter where they rammed through 11 unanswered goals in front of a stunned Elizabeth crowd. The Bulldogs haven't been able to take a top-three scalp this season, despite making decent challenges to the likes of Glenelg and Sturt. Last week's win against West was cold comfort to Centrals fans, having almost coughed up the points after being four kicks up at the final change and winning by just one goal. The Redlegs on the other hand, dealt out a 63-point hiding to the Crows at the same time, a side that had beaten the Dogs handsomely one week prior. The sodden and muddy turf played right into the hands of the Redlegs, who despite putting a swag of shots wide kept the Dogs to a miserly single major in the opening quarter. The intent was on show as Norwood kicked 4.7 to lead by 25 points at the first change. The centre hitouts were especially unkind to the Dogs, Norwood winning the ruck comprehensively and by the half-time break, the Redlegs had already broke the game open, adding a further 4.2 to 1.2 to take their lead out to 43 points going into the rooms at half-time. Centrals showed a little more fight in the third quarter, no doubt receiving a bake in the rooms during the long break. They outscored the 'Legs but inaccuracy on the sticks cruelled any chance of a miraculous second half fightback. The visitors kicked 3.4 to 2.2, cutting the gap back to 35 points come three quarter-time. Centrals only got one goal closer from there at around nine minutes into the final term, but would eventually fall to a seven-goal defeat and yet another brutal reality check after a 2.3 to 1.2 last quarter return. Harry Boyd was Norwood's monster in the middle and best afield, with 48 hitouts, 30 disposals and 17 clearances. Wilson Barry was Central's shining light with 16 disposals, nine tackles and five marks.
Next up in the wrap we go from the inner east to the inner west for the SANFL's western suburbs derby, the Bloods facing the Eagles at the Hisense Stadium in Richmond. The Eagles made the opening round of the year one to forget for Bloods fans, a final term fadeout ending in a 64-point hammering at Woodville. The Bloods had recovered a five-kick deficit and drew it back to within just two going into the second half. But after kicking two goals in the third term, the Westies engine sputtered to a stop as the Eagles kicked 11 -- seven of them in the final quarter -- to romp away with the win. The Eagles have had a similar story to the Bulldogs, but have been more Jekyll and Hyde with wins against the top three earlier in the year, but losses in return games. One example was last week, losing to the Blues by eight points at Unley after defeating them by the same margin at home. The Bloods were denied by the siren at Elizabeth, their comeback falling six points short. The field conditions at Milner Road were similar to those at The Parade with several muddy spots set to play a part in the day's proceedings and the Eagles, even though they put a few shots wide of the big sticks, looked to be all over the Bloods with a 2.3 to 1.2 opening term. But then the Bloods, still probably stinging from their loss last week, exploded in the second term. After conceding the first major, they kicked four unanswered goals to take the lead ahead of the long break. With behinds counted, it was a nine-point lead to Westies at half-time. The Eagles' third term was an absolute fizzer as the Bloods continued to press and build upon their advantage. The visitors were kept to just two behinds as West's unanswered goal run stretched to seven after kicking 3.1 to go into the final change with a 26-point lead. Amazingly the Eagles had no real reply to the Bloods' assault, with just two more goals in them while the Bloods added another four. Suddenly, finals didn't seem too far out of reach for the red & black as they ran out 39-point winners. Kobe Ryan continues to firm for the Neil Kerley Medal as Westies' best on ground, with 36 disposals -- 24 of them kicks -- as well as six marks and winning four free kicks. The Eagles named Joe Sinor as their best with 24 disposals, seven tackles and six marks.
We now head from Milner Road in the west to Menzies Crescent in the north for the third Saturday game between the Roosters and the Crows. Although the Roosters were had a stop-start kind of day out against Adelaide in their last outing back in Round 5, they still came out with the chocolates after winning by 16 points. They had outstanding first and third quarters with six and four goals respectively, but were almost let down by their second and final quarters where the Crows kept the Roosters' goals to a minimum. In fact, the Roosters' eventual winning margin was half of what they led by at three quarter-time. Last week the Roosters made a top-five spot more realistic with their eight-point win against the Panthers, while the Crows were smacked around at The Parade after spending the previous fortnight defeating other top-five sides such as Centrals and the reigning premiers in Glenelg. Ground level conditions somewhat mirrored that of the other grounds though only a little less severe, the Roosters were unable to find the big sticks while Adelaide were able to kick three goals to lead by as much at quarter-time. The Roosters then took the Crows well off-guard in the second quarter, but a rush of behinds allowed the visitors to not fall behind by an extravagant gap. North kicked 5.7 to the Crows' two goals, a mere seven-point gap to the red & whites at the half-time break. That lift in intensity was to be short-lived however as the Crows got back to work in the second half, the Roosters could only watch as that second term effort went to waste as Adelaide scored 4.5 to 1.1 and take a 15-point lead going into the final change. The Eagles would be able to keep hold of their fifth spot for now, the Roosters managing just one further goal and three minor scores in the final term as the Crows finished the job with an additional 5.2 to run out 38-point winners. The Crows now sit four points adrift of finals contention alongside the Bloods, the Roosters still only two points and percentage from the five. Kieran Strachan was Adelaide's best especially in the middle with a big share in the hitouts along with 15 disposals, five each in the tackles and clearances columns and winning three free kicks. For the Roosters, it was Cambpell Combe with 29 disposals, 16 tackles and eight clearances.
Now its time for some Sunday afternoon footy and we're going to the inner southern suburbs where we enter the Thomas Farms Oval in Unley for the clash between the Double Blues and the Tigers. The Blues got a measure of revenge for their Grand Final loss in their last meeting back in Round 4, winning by 38 points at Brighton Road. In front of over 6000, it was the third quarter from the Blues that proved the difference. Though Sturt were heavily inaccurate, a tally of 5.7 to 2.1 showed the difference of intensity in attack. From last week's outings the Blues were the only ones to come out on top, toppling the Eagles at Woodville, while the goal-shooting problems continued for the Tigers at Alberton last week in their 14-point loss to Port. With the bulk of the 1974 premiership team in attendance, the Blues began with a bang as they bagged 6.1 while the Tigers were unable to make too much impact with a comparably paltry return of 1.3 to be down by 28 points at quarter-time. The Tigers were able to strike back in the second quarter to bring the deficit back to just one straight kick ahead of the break while Sturt were having their own accuracy problems. Glenelg scored 6.3 to 2.4 as the Blues' lead was brought back down to five points come half-time. That period would end up being just a flash in the pan however, once play resumed the Blues got back on task and by the final change, the Tigers' premiership defence truly looked like it was on shaky ground despite their third-placed ranking. Glenelg did continue to hang tough until prior to added time with both teams kicking a goal each, the deficit still hovering within that one-kick range until the Blues bagged three goals in six minutes to take their lead out to 24 points by the three quarter-time siren. The visitors had more than a few chances in the final term to bridge the gap, but a raft of behinds during the five minutes leading up to time-on would snuff out their fightback. Glenelg kicked 2.5 to 2.1, not enough to deny the home side victory, in the end it was Sturt by 20 points. Daniel Fahey-Sparks was named best for Sturt, with 34 hitouts in ruck, 19 disposals along with five clearances and marks. Matt Allen was named Glenelg's standout with 22 disposals, eight marks and seven tackles.
In the final game for the weekend, we head out along Port Road towards the outer north-west and into the Alberton Oval where the Magpies hosted the Panthers. The Magpies had a day to forget when they last faced the southerners, whipped by more than 12 goals back in Round 7 at Noarlunga. The bulk of the damage came in the first half, the Panthers booting 11 goals to the Magpies' three, after that it was only inaccuracy from the blue & whites that probably stopped the gap from stretching to more than the eventual 73-point demolition. The Panthers haven't been able to recapture some of that form in their other games this year, they came pretty close last week against North but fell short by eight points at Menzies Crescent. Port have only been marginally better, but their victory last week against the misfiring Tigers would have them as favourites. Nobody told the Panthers that though, who shocked the local crowd with their opening quarter run of six goals to the Magpies' one. With an equal share of missed chances, South led by five goals at quarter-time. The Panthers took that gap out to as much as seven goals during the second term, but a couple of goals to the home side deep into injury time would bring the gap back to 24 points going into the half-time break. The inaccuracy bug paid a visit to the blue & white camp when play resumed and the Magpies did eventually take advantage, bringing them back to three straight kicks early into third term added time after South kicked five minor scores to Port's 2.2. However three straight goals over three minutes to the visitors put them back out to a 34-point lead by the final change. That gap would remain relatively intact with both sides kicking two goals each over the ensuing 20 minutes of the final term, before the Magpies mounted one last ditch attack during time-on. But that attack would fall short, their score of 3.2 not enough to deny the Panthers victory by 15 points and also putting Port back at the foot of the league ladder. Oliver Davis was a valuable all-rounder and was duly named best on ground for South, with 23 disposals, seven marks, six clearances and five tackles. Dante Visentini was Port's best afield with 41 hitouts from the middle, 18 disposals and seven tackles.
FINAL SCORES FROM ROUND 15 OF THE SANFL...
Saturday July 20
Norwood 12.14 (86)
Central District 6.8 (44)
1,612 @ Coopers Stadium, Norwood
West Adelaide 12.6 (78)
Woodville-West Torrens 5.9 (39)
1,016 @ Hisense Stadium, Richmond
Adelaide 14.9 (93)
North Adelaide 7.13 (55)
1,291 @ Prospect Oval
Sunday July 21
Sturt 14.8 (92)
Glenelg 10.12 (72)
2,838 @ Thomas Farms Oval, Unley
South Adelaide 14.11 (95)
Port Adelaide 12.8 (80)
970 @ Alberton Oval
INJURIES
Norwood -- Lok (concussion)
Central -- Posthuma (back)
North -- Lockyer (toe)
Sturt -- McCourt (concussion)
Port -- McEntee (concussion)
REPORTS
Central -- McLennan (rough conduct)
Adelaide -- Jones (rough conduct)
North -- McKenzie (rough conduct)
LEAGUE LADDER
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Norwood -- 24pts (12-2-0), 60.9%
Sturt -- 22pts (11-3-0), 59%
Glenelg -- 18pts (9-5-0), 52.9%
Central -- 18pts (9-5-0), 51.9%
W-WT -- 14pts (7-7-0), 54.3%
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North -- 12pts (6-8-0), 48.2%
West -- 10pts (5-9-0), 45.9%
Adelaide -- 10pts (5-9-0), 45.8%
South -- 6pts (3-11-0), 43.3%
Port -- 6pts (3-11-0), 40.5%
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CROWEATER GIRLS INFLICT DEMO JOB IN U-18 SERIES OPENER
South Australia has sent a loud warning to those looking to take their crown, smashing the Allies in the opening contest of the AFL-W U-18 National Championship at Thebarton Oval this past Thursday. It all began with the Croweaters holding the Allies to a mere two behinds whilst bagging 5.4 of their own to lead by 32 points at the first change, then to 40 points come half-time. From there the visitors didn't get much of a look in despite not being extremely far behind in the stats sheets. After the long break, the South Australians kicked a further seven goals to the Allies' one, finishing up with a massive 13-goal win to begin their championship defence. They do however, face some stiff opposition from Victoria Metro, who have already played two games and also hammered the Allies in their opening game of the series and then defeated Vic Country by 33 points. Sturt's India Rasheed was voted as SA's best afield with 28 disposals, seven tackles and five clearances. She also kicked three goals alongside fellow triple-majors in Klaudia O'Neill and Georgia McKee. Their next assignment will be the aforementioned Metro at the home of St. Kilda in Melbourne on Sunday August 11.
South Australia 15.10 (100) def. Allies 3.4 (22)
Next weekend in Round 16...
Saturday July 27 @ 2:10pm
Glenelg vs. Norwood; Stratarama Stadium, Glenelg
Central District vs. North Adelaide; X-Convenience Oval, Elizabeth
Sturt vs. Port Adelaide; Thomas Farms Oval, Unley
South Adelaide vs. West Adelaide; Flinders University Stadium, Noarlunga
Sunday July 28 @ 2:10pm
Woodville-West Torrens vs. Adelaide; Maughan Thiem Kia Oval, Woodville
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
