Home ground advantage seemed to lift Central District in the final moments of their clash with Woodville-West Torrens to take the points on Saturday night. With the margin staying inside two goals throughout the evening, it took until the final ten minutes of the match for Central District to break away from their rivals and seal a 17-point triumph. Searching…
Sturt has emphatically brushed aside a weak West Adelaide by 99 points at Unley Oval on Saturday to get back on the winning list after two surprise losses. The Bloods challenged the home side early, putting pressure on the Sturt midfield with committed tackling, but sloppy work in attack meant their efforts were left fruitless. The Double Blues made their…
Glenelg knocked off another 2007 finalist’s scalp, downing an inconsistent North Adelaide by 26 points at Glenelg Oval on Saturday. With Woodville-West Torrens, Central District and Sturt all added to their hit list over recent weeks, the Tigers went about adding North to that list right from the start with a commanding eight goals to two in the opening quarter.…
Norwood withstood a spirited Port Adelaide Magpies fightback to claim just their second win of the year with a 22-point victory at Norwood Oval on Friday night. A desperate Norwood opened the game with vigour and gained more use of the ball and more inside 50s, but failed to take advantage of the amount of play they had and only…
In a hard-fought battle at Glenelg Oval, the Tigers gave Central District a dose of their own medicine to claim a three-point victory. Glenelg tackled hard and locked up play in their forward 50 in much the same way the Bulldogs are renowned for. However, the Tigers failed to take full grasp of their opportunities and could have closed the…
One week on, one week off seems to be the go for Port Adelaide Magpie full forward Daniel Hargraves as he proved the match-winner again with seven goals in his sides’ 24-point victory over West Adelaide at Richmond Oval on Saturday. Before the bye last week, Hargraves missed a chance to seal a win for the Magpies while previous to…
Woodville-West Torrens overcame a sluggish start to stun Sturt by 35 points and invoke the Double Blues’ second loss of the season. Falling 32-points down by the time-on period of the first quarter and inspired by skipper Mark McKenzie, the Eagles transformed their deficit into a 13-point lead at half-time. After starting at half-back, McKenzie moved into the centre square…
Before the South Adelaide-North Adelaide clash on Saturday, the Panthers sat second on the SANFL ladder and the Roosters sixth, but the final result suggests it should have been the other way around. North Adelaide exposed their opponent’s deficiencies in a clinical display of power running football to smash South Adelaide by 99 points. The Roosters’ work-rate, skills and discipline…
West Adelaide were unable to top off their 50th anniversary celebrations at Richmond Oval to fall away to Woodville-West Torrens by 42 points on Saturday. Paying tribute to their first match at their current home ground, the Bloods looked the goods in the first quarter but failed to go on with it after the first break, slumping to their trademark…
Glenelg made a significant statement with an impressive 14-point victory over previously unbeaten Sturt at Unley on Saturday. After dropping their first-round clash against South Adelaide, the Tigers have responded with three successive wins to climb to third on the premiership ladder. Sturt, so dominant in the first four rounds, were out-worked in a highly competitive battle by a determined…
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