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Round: 17 Venue: Richmond Oval Date: Sat, 04-08-2018 1:10 pm Crowd: 1,100 | |||||
West Adelaide | 1.5.11 | 5.7.37 | 10.13.73 | 12.15.87 | |
Port Adelaide Magpies | 0.0.0 | 4.3.27 | 4.4.28 | 9.7.61 | |
WEST by 11 | WEST by 10 | WEST by 45 | WEST by 26 |
Weather |
9.7°C 17.9°C |
1.2mm 47% 1006.9mb |
22km/h NNW |
It was another split round over two weeks, so we start with the first of two games from a week ago which took place at the City Mazda Stadium in Richmond where the Bloods faced the Magpies on the Saturday afternoon. These two sides last clashed in Round 7, the Bloods taking a 32-point win at Alberton. Their second term effort did the adequate damage, Westies only needing to match the 'Pies score-for-score to win from there. That early season form went begging in the second half of the year, but the Magpies have had a horror year of their own. Both sides lost their respective Round 16 games, so with both out of contention for finals it was just about pride now.
The Bloods' first quarter was all-conquering in a sense, to the fact that they kept the Magpies scoreless but it was their own shooting that left some scratching their heads. West would hold an 11-point lead at quarter-time after scoring 1.5 to nil. The big sticks were far easier to find for both sides in the second quarter shootout, the Magpies chipping a point off the Bloods' lead with their 4.3 to 4.2. Westies by 10 points at the long break. When play resumed, the Bloods went on a scoring blitz but again their accuracy was off. No one in their camp would complain too much though. Port managed just one point near the end of the term, the Bloods had kicked 5.6 to lead by 45 points at three quarter-time. 11 minutes into the final term, the Bloods were out to a 58-point lead after adding 2.2 to the Magpies' single behind. The Bloods would end up winning the match, but by less than half of that gap by game's end. The Magpies would score an additional 5.2, cutting the final deficit back to 26 points.
Jono Beech was named best for the Bloods, the Magpies named Will Snelling as their best afield.