Australian Football

Match Report

The second Saturday arvo game marked the first Seven television game of the year with the Roosters hosting the Redlegs at Prospect Oval. Last year the Roosters just couldn't put one over the Redlegs no matter how hard they tried. They went down by 20 points at The Parade in Round 1, then by 16 points on their home deck in Round 13. While the Roosters were able to topple the reigning premiers at Unley, but the Redlegs dropped points to the Tigers at the bay. After bringing the house down against Sturt, the Roosters no doubt had a big boost of confidence which was sorely needed after going down to the Dogs in the season opener. 

It only took 20 seconds for the Roosters to take the first goal of the game, in fact that's as many points as they were ahead by at quarter-time after scoring 6.2 to Norwood's three goals. A tense second quarter ensued, the Redlegs peppered their goals for a return of 2.6 to the Roosters' 2.1, cutting the deficit back to 15 points by half-time. When play resumed, the Roosters were about to leave their closest SANFL neighbours in their wake. A swag of contributors pushed North into a commanding 45-point lead by by the final change, the home side scoring 9.2 to the 'Legs 4.2 in the third term. The final term was pretty much a formality, the only quarter of football where the visitors outscored the Roosters but only by a point. They kicked 4.3 to 4.2 as North ran out 44-point victors. 

Robert Young bagged six goals and took best afield votes for North, the Redlegs named Mitch Grigg as their best.