Australian Football

Match Report

The last match for the weekend took place on the Sunday afternoon at the Peter Motley Oval in Unley where the Double Blues hosted the Roosters. Much like the previous game, these sides met in Rounds 6 and 12 with the Blues coming out on top on both occasions by 21 and 36 points respectively. The Blues and the Roosters came out on top last week, but it was North's response to their opening round loss that would have had many SA footy-heads talking. 

Early inaccuracy by the Blues allowed the Roosters to take a three-point lead into the first change, North scoring three goals to Sturt's 2.3. The Blues did hit back in the second term, but allowed the Roosters to stay within a couple of kicks of the lead. Sturt scored 3.3 to North's 1.1, the Blues up by 11 points at half-time. This was about to become an all out battle, with the Roosters truly finding their fighting form against the all-conquering reigning premiers. The Roosters took back the lead in the third quarter, outscoring the Blues 4.3 to 2.2 to be ahead by two points at the last change. There would be no more goals from here, the possibility of another draw looming large. But this was to be one of North's rare finest hours, two behinds to one in an arm-wrestle final quarter saw the Roosters home by three points. 

WA import Aidan Tropiano was named best for North, the Blues named James Battersby as their best on ground.