Australian Football

Match Report

The first three games for the weekend took place on the Saturday afternoon, the opening game takes us to the Coopers Stadium in Norwood where the Redlegs faced the Crows. The last time these two sides met was back in Round 5, the Redlegs had a hell of a time in front of goal but managed to outrun the Crows to the margin of 21 points, kicking 14 goals from 37 scoring shots. The Redlegs spoiled the Magpies' party last week with their win at Alberton, while Adelaide's disastrous season continued at the hands of Sturt by 12 goals. Inexplicably, the horrid time in front of goal back 10 weeks ago was about to repeat itself. 

The Crows would actually lead at quarter-time thanks to the Redlegs' poor shooting, they scored 4.3 to 2.9 to hold a one-goal lead at the first change. Norwood's accuracy improved in the second term though, taking a 21-point lead by the long break after kicking 5.3 to Adelaide's single major. The bug caught on once again in the third quarter, only this time the Redlegs actually outscored the Crows to remain in the lead at three quarter-time. The home side managed 2.5 to 2.2 to stretch it out to four goals by the final change. Adelaide were consigned to near-spectator status in the final term, they scored a mere four behinds while the Redlegs continued to spray at their goals for a return of 4.7. Their final tally almost mirrored their Round 5 score, Norwood taking a 51-point win. 

Mitch Grigg was named Norwood's best, the Crows voted Sam Gibson as their standout.