Australian Football

Match Report

The next day had the only other game for the first weekend, Sunday afternoon footy takes us to the ACH Group Stadium in Glenelg where the Tigers hosted the Bulldogs. Just like the Eagles and the Redlegs, these clubs also last met in Round 10 so another fast return match here. The Tigers were simply dominant at Elizabeth, smashing the Dogs by 49 points. When this game was coming up I'm sure there were some in Bulldogs circles thinking about 1975, when the Bays ripped the Dogs to pieces and set a scoring record that still stands in senior football. The Tigers' undefeated run of eight games was brought to an end in Round 10 with a four-point loss to South, while the Dogs were handed a 55-point hiding by the Crows. 

The Dogs have teased their fans with some patches of form, the scores would be locked at 3.2 a piece at quarter-time after the Dogs overcame a slow start. It would turn out to be nothing more than a tease from here as the Tigers set about dismantling the Bulldogs piece by piece. Centrals' second term was ridden with inaccuracy, kicking six behinds as the Tigers scored 5.1 to take a 25-point lead into the rooms at the long break. The punishment would resume in earnest when play resumed and although it wouldn't reach the proportions of THAT game, it was going to hurt all the same. The gap would jump out to 55 points by three quarter-time, the Tigers bagging a further 7.2 to the Dogs' 2.2. The Dogs haven't slumped this badly since 1991, a seventh-straight defeat. Glenelg finished with a 4.4 to 2.2 last quarter to post a 69-point win in which was the possibly the final straw for the embattled Dogs coach. 

Marlon Motlop was named best for the Tigers, the Dogs named Jarrod Schiller as their standout on a dismal afternoon.