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Round: 4 Venue: Woodville Oval Date: Sun, 22-04-2018 2:10 pm Crowd: 1,972 | |||||
Woodville West Torrens | 3.3.21 | 7.5.47 | 11.9.75 | 18.12.120 | |
Glenelg | 1.3.9 | 3.7.25 | 5.11.41 | 8.11.59 | |
W-WT by 12 | W-WT by 22 | W-WT by 34 | W-WT by 61 |
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There was just one match programmed for the Sunday afternoon, the action continuing at the Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval in Woodville where the Eagles faced the Tigers. The Eagles took all the points from the two games in 2017, there was a 20-point win at Tiger-land in Round 10 and from their last stoush at Oval Avenue they inflicted a 70-point hiding. The Eagles were forced to share the points last week at Alberton after a 28-point tie with Port, while the Bays took a 31-point win against Norwood. But anyone in the Tigers' camp hoping to take advantage of a seemingly depleted Eagles side were going to be disappointed.
Both sides had a pretty inaccurate start in front of goal, the Eagles taking a two-goal lead at quarter-time after scoring 3.3 to the Tigers' 1.3. Glenelg actually got into the lead part way through the second term, but it wouldn't last long as the Eagles re-asserted themselves. The Tigers' inaccuracy continued, they scored 2.4 while the Eagles took 4.2 to lead by 22 points at the long break. The Tigers' did have moments of brilliance, but the Eagles had too many for the Bays to answer for. The gap would continue to build, the home side stretching it out to 34 points on the back of a 4.4 to 2.4 third quarter.
The Eagles finished the job in devastating fashion, slamming on 7.3 to Glenelg's three goals to win by 61 points.