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Round: 4 Venue: Richmond Oval Date: Tue, 24-04-2018 7:10 pm Crowd: 2,103 | |||||
West Adelaide | 5.3.33 | 9.3.57 | 9.7.61 | 12.12.84 | |
South Adelaide | 1.3.9 | 4.6.30 | 9.8.62 | 12.10.82 | |
WEST by 24 | WEST by 27 | SOUTH by 1 | WEST by 2 |
Weather |
19.5°C 21.9°C |
2.0mm 77% 1018.5mb |
6km/h S |
Perhaps an odd choice of time slot for a regular season match, but on Tuesday night the lights were on at the City Mazda Stadium where the Bloods hosted the Panthers. During last season's horrors, the Bloods were able to nick points from the Panthers. After going down in Round 1 at Richmond by just three points, the Bloods' trek to Noarlunga yielded some rare rewards for 2017 with their four-goal victory. The Bloods were riding on a high after raiding Elizabeth for a nine-point win while the Panthers downed the Crows by 20 points.
Early on the Bloods looked about the same second-half outfit that nicked the win against the Dogs, kicking 5.3 to South's 1.3 to lead by four goals at quarter-time. More inaccuracy by the Panthers in the second term allowed the Bloods to keep their advantage, which crept to 27 points by the long break after West scored a further four goals to 3.3. Perhaps a little too much confidence was creeping into Westies' game, the Panthers roared back into contention in the third quarter. They kept the Bloods to four behinds and would lead by a point at three quarter-time after kicking 5.2 for themselves. A grandstand finish was on the cards, the Bloods almost let it slip in the end but despite their own inaccuracy issues, scored 3.5 to 3.2 to claim a two-point victory in front of one of their best home crowds in recent memory.
Kaine Stevens was named best for the Bloods, the Panthers named Joseph Haines as their best afield.