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North Adelaide vs South Adelaide

Scoreboard | Match report

Round: 7   Venue: Prospect Oval   Date: Sat, 19-05-2018 2:10 pm   Crowd: 1,879  
North Adelaide 4.3.275.5.358.6.548.10.58  
South Adelaide 2.2.147.2.4410.5.6515.5.95  
  NORTH by 13SOUTH by 9SOUTH by 11SOUTH by 37  
Weather
min temp  12.2°C      max temp  17.6°C
rainfall  22.2mm    humidity  71%    air pressure  1026.4mb
wind speed 17km/h      wind direction  SW

Match Report

The last of the Saturday games takes us to the inner north of town, to the Prospect Oval where the Roosters locked horns with the Panthers in the SANFL's own "Civil War" match. It seemed that in 2017, between these two sides the number 44 was the cosmic number. That was the winning margin in their two encounters last year, South winning in Round 5 and North victorious in Round 11. Both clubs took the points two weeks ago, with the Panthers outlasting the Bulldogs and the Roosters downing the Crows. 

North had the better of the opening quarter, scoring 4.3 to 2.2 to be ahead by 13 points at the first change. But in an extraordinary reversal of recent form, managed just 1.2 in the second term while the Panthers banged five goals without a miss to snatch the lead. At the long break, South were up by nine points. An arm-wrestle contest ensued in the third quarter, the Panthers adding a couple of points to their advantage by the final change. The visitors' 3.3 to North's 3.1 saw South lead by 11 points at three quarter-time. Any hope of a last ditch comeback by the Roosters was swiftly put down into the turf, they kicked just four behinds while the Panthers rammed down a further five unanswered goals to leave Prospect with a 37-point win and their first back-to-back victory for 2018. 

Nick Liddle was named best for the Panthers, the Roosters named Cameron Craig as their standout.

Source

Match Report by RA Boyle

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.