Heat on Norwood
Posted Mar 7, 2008 - 5:35 AM
The heat will be on a new-look Norwood to gel early when they front South Adelaide at Norwood Oval on Friday night.
A swag of new recruits, including Sydney Swans trio Simon Phillips, Sam Rowe and Matthew Davis along with former Kanagroo David Trotter, will be out to make a good first impression for the Redlegs.
It will also mark the return of coaching legend John Cahill to the coaches box for the Panthers.
In other trial games, Central District and Sturt will face-off at Elizabeth, Glenelg take on Port Adelaide at Alberton and West Adelaide will meet Woodville-West Torrens at Richmond.
The SANFL will impose its heat policy during these games with play to be stopped 15 minutes into each quarter for a two-minute drinks break. The policy is adopted when the temperature rises above 32C.
Meanwhile, Glenelg has suffered an untimely blow to their season with key recruit Western Bulldog Damien McCormack out for the season after undergoing shoulder surgery.
The midfielder damaged his shoulder ligaments in an internal trial last Friday night.
Stephen O’Loughlin
