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Round: 14 Venue: Unley Oval Date: Sun, 21-07-2019 2:10 pm Crowd: 2,735 | |||||
Sturt | 3.3.21 | 10.8.68 | 12.10.82 | 17.10.112 | |
West Adelaide | 3.2.20 | 3.2.20 | 6.2.38 | 8.2.50 | |
STURT by 1 | STURT by 48 | STURT by 44 | STURT by 62 |
For the final match of the weekend, we head over to the inner southern suburbs and into the Peter Motley Oval in Unley where the Double Blues played the Bloods. Not even a rough time in front of goal could stop the Blues back in Round 7 at Richmond, they kicked nine goals from 27 scores and won by 19 points. West were ahead by 11 points at quarter-time but with the Blues having the bulk of the ball control they couldn't bridge the gap. The Blues were given an almighty scare by the Dogs last week but found their way to victory, as did the Bloods in their low-scoring afternoon against the Roosters.
The game began with an evenly fought opening term, the Blues taking a one-point lead into the quarter-time huddle after scoring 3.3 to the Bloods' 3.2. Soon enough though, the Blues would stamp their absolute authority on the game. The Bloods were shutout of the second term, kept scoreless as Sturt booted 7.3 to run out to a 46-point lead by half-time. With the Magpies' eventual loss, third spot was about to be usurped by the Blues. The third term was the only period that West would outscore the home side, but not by much. Westies scored three goals without a miss to the Blues' 2.4, the deficit reduced to 44 points by three quarter-time. Sturt finished off strongly to close the game, scoring five goals to the Bloods' two to run out 62-point winners.
Josh Hone kicked six, but it was James Battersby that was named Sturt's best on ground, the Bloods would name Tom Keough as their best.