Australian Football

Match Report

The next day was the traditional Anzac Day Grand Final re-match, this time around it was the Roosters taking on the Redlegs at the Prospect Oval. During last year's home and away season the points were shared, in fact it was around the same time last year they clashed at Prospect when the Roosters took a 44-point win in Round 4. The Redlegs would win the following game in Round 18 by 15 points, but when it came to the finals it was all red and white. The Roosters went on to become the second team in league history to win the flag from fifth, ironically at the expense of the 'Legs. 

The Roosters have been misfiring as of late and the Redlegs were ready and waiting for their chance at revenge. Both sides had their fair share of shots on goal, but it was the Redlegs that made the most of theirs with a 5.4 to 2.5 opening term to lead by 17 points at quarter-time. The Roosters' second term on goal saw them waste several opportunities, the gap creeping out to 27 points by the long break after they kicked 1.5 to Norwood's 3.3. To add insult to injury, those three Redleg goals came late in the term after North were back to within two straight kicks! The third term would prove to be the game breaker for the visitors, they added a further 6.3 to North's 3.2 to set up a 44-point lead going into the final term. While the job was practically done half-way through the final term, the Roosters' ability to chop the gap back to an eventual 14-point deficit would have given Norwood coach Jarrod Cotton pause for thought, North scoring 6.3 to 2.1 in that last quarter. 

Matthew Panos was named best for the Redlegs and also received the Bob Quinn Medal, while the Roosters named Jarrad Allmond as their best on ground.