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Round: 12 Venue: Norwood Oval Date: Sun, 07-07-2019 2:10 pm Crowd: 2,502 | |||||
Norwood | 4.3.27 | 4.7.31 | 6.12.48 | 6.15.51 | |
Adelaide Reserves | 3.4.22 | 5.6.36 | 9.8.62 | 13.10.88 | |
NORW by 5 | ADEL by 5 | ADEL by 14 | ADEL by 37 |
The last match for the week takes us to the inner eastern suburbs, where the Redlegs clashed with the Crows at the Coopers Stadium in Norwood. After being up by 23 points at half-time back in their last hit-out in Round 6, the Crows kept the Redlegs to just nine behinds to the entire second half to win by three goals. It was nothing short of a humiliation for the 'Legs, who would then drop points to the Eagles two weeks later. Norwood would then win the next three, but the Eagles would strike again in Round 11.
Adelaide have shown no signs of slowing up unless their senior side needs back up, the Blues becoming their latest victim last week. Both sides had some goal-kicking yips to start the afternoon's proceedings, the Redlegs scoring 4.3 to 3.4 in the first term to lead by five points at the first change. Things would start to go pear shaped for the home side in the second term though, the Crows restricting them to four behinds and kicked 2.2 for themselves to lead by five points at half-time. Norwood's inaccuracy continued to cause problems for them in the third term, the Crows extending their lead to 14 points with their score of 4.2 to 2.5. The Redlegs couldn't find the big sticks in the final term, scoring a lowly three behinds while the Crows jogged off to a 37-point win after they scored 4.2.
Patrick Wilson kicked a pair of goals and was named best for Adelaide, the Redlegs voted in Matt Panos as their best.