Australian Football

Match Report

Match number two for the round takes us bay-side to the Gliderol Stadium in Glenelg, the Tigers facing off against the Bulldogs. The last time they met, the Dogs hammered the Tigers into submission at Elizabeth to the margin of 97 points. However, Tiger-land hasn't been a happy hunting ground as of late for the Dogs. One win out of five visits, their last victory was back in Round 3 of 2015. 

The Dogs put their foot to the throats of the Tigers in the early goings, but didn't capitalise on their opportunities in the first term. They would lead by 11 points at quarter-time with the scoreboard reading 2.2 to 0.3. They hit a vein of form for the second quarter though, the Tigers continued to miss goal opportunities and scored four behinds while the Dogs kicked 6.3 to lead by 46 points at half-time. A theme of the Dogs' year so far has been half-half football. They won halves of football but still managed to lose against the Eagles and Westies. Those drops in concentration and pressure can cost games. The Tigers finally found the big sticks in the third quarter, even cutting the gap back to 26 points early in time-on with their 3.3 to a single behind. A late goal to the Dogs put the three quarter-time margin back out to 32 points. The final term was ridden with more inaccuracy on goal, the Dogs would leave 33-point winners despite their second-half fadeout after kicking 1.5 to 1.4. 

The Dogs named SA training squad member Travis Schiller as their best, Josh Scott was named best afield for the Tigers.