Australian Football

Match Report

The rest of the weekend's matches took place on Sunday afternoon, the first of which takes us to the Prospect Oval where the Roosters hosted the Bloods. There was a division of the points for these clubs last season, with the Roosters winning by 22 points in Round 4 and the Bloods by 20 points in Round 10, those being the very few highlights of their respective 2017 efforts. Both sides lost their matches last week, the Roosters were belted at Elizabeth while the Bloods showed some fight in a losing effort against the Eagles at Richmond. But with the unfortunate loss of one of North's longest serving trainers, a flickering light became a maelstrom of flames and Westies were about to get torched. The Roosters' first quarter was an all-out blitz, they put the foot to the throats of the Bloods from the outset, scoring 8.4 to three behinds to establish a 49-point lead by the first change. Inaccuracy in the second term slowed the Roosters' run to a leisurely jog, but their advantage wasn't going to shrink anytime soon. A further 4.5 to 1.2 saw the gap stretch out to 70 points by half-time. The Bloods were a rabble of skill errors and very few moments of brilliance. They would be kept goal-less again in the third term, adding a feeble three behinds to North's 6.3 as the gap ballooned to 106 points. The Roosters saved the best until last, ramming through a further 7.2 to 1.6 in the final term to take a percentage-boosting 23-goal win. 

Keegan Ramsey's six goals bagged him best on ground honours for North, the Bloods named captain Thomas Keough as their best. The aftermath? An immediate recall to Richmond for a heated lecture from new West coach Gavin Colville.