Australian Football

Match Report

Lets kick things off with some Friday Night Lights as we start with a jaunt to Coopers Stadium in Norwood for the clash between the Redlegs and the Bulldogs. Early last season Norwood came out of the Ponderosa with a four-goal win in Round 5, but later in the year it was the Dogs that would make mince meat out of the 'Legs. In Round 16, the Doggies romped to an 82-point hammering at The Parade, then followed it up by dumping them from premiership contention in the Elimination Final by eight goals. The Redlegs have suddenly shaken off the cobwebs as of late, winning the last three games while the Dogs' form has led to two avoidable losses.

This was the first night match for the Dogs at Norwood for years... and it was going to be a night they certainly wouldn't forget. The Redlegs opened with an 8.2 to 2.3 first term, running off to a 35-point lead at quarter-time. The Norwood engine was stalled somewhat in the second term with their score of 2.3, but Centrals' poor return of 1.5 would not bring them back to within striking range by half-time. The 'Legs went into the rooms with a 39-point lead. The 'Legs got back into their groove when play resumed and it was going to get worse for the Dogs as the home side ran rampant. Norwood bagged a further 7.2 to the Dogs' 3.2 as the margin blew out to 63 points by three quarter-time. Many questions would be asked of the visitors by their travelling faithful at night's end, the Redlegs kept piling it on to post a massive 16 goal win, they rammed through 6.4 to 1.1 to finish the evening.

Worse still for the Dogs, it was former team-mate Josh Glenn who did most of the damage on the scoreboard, he was named best afield for Norwood. Justin Hoskin was named best for the Dogs on a night of few highlights.