Australian Football

Match Report

The second match for the day takes us up north to the My Money House Oval in Elizabeth, where the Bulldogs hosted the Magpies. These two mobs each took a win from their two games last season, with the Magpies taking the Round 7 match by 39 points at Alberton, then the Doggies at Elizabeth by 16 points in Round 13. While the 'Pies have been rather woeful this season, many at the Ponderosa don't quite know where to put the Dogs. Good starts followed by horror finishes has put them near the bottom end of the ladder right next to Port. 

The Dogs started quite well with a 4.3 to 1.2 opening term to lead by 19 points at quarter-time. But there was still an air of pessimism among the Centrals faithful and rightly so, the Magpies were back to within a kick by half-time as they scored 3.1 to the Dogs' single goal to be down by six points. The Dogs were lucky to have that lead at all, that goal coming from a free kick in time-on. The Magpies produced one of their best quarters of football for the year since Round 1, kicking six goals without a miss. A pair of late goals to the Dogs allowed them to give their fans some hope of a comeback, they scored 3.1 to be down by just 11 points at the final change. But the Dogs wasted several prime opportunities in their forward area in that final term, the Magpies holding them off long enough to record a three-goal win after adding on 2.2 to 1.1. 

Karl Amon was voted Port's best afield, the Dogs named Travis Schiller as their best.