Australian Football

Match Report

The third game of the Saturday afternoon footy extravaganza takes us up the A-15 from one jungle cat's home to another, the ACH Group Stadium in Glenelg where the Tigers hosted the Crows. Back in the 2019 season, the Crows would get nothing but pain when coming up against that year's eventual premiers. In Round 2, the Tigers kicked 18 goals to nine in their 53-point hiding. Later in Round 15, the Crows were a bit more determined but even keeping the Bays goal-less in the final term didn't quite do it as they went down by two points. They clashed one more time in the Preliminary Final, Glenelg ruling the second half to win by 28 points on their way to the flag the following week. Last weekend, Glenelg dominated the second half against South to win by 40, the Crows on the other hand couldn't take advantage of Norwood's wayward shooting in their eight-goal loss. This was going to be a mismatch of epic proportions. If what we would end up seeing at Brighton Road this day is any indication, Adelaide's senior list probably doesn't have too much to worry about. 

The Tigers were ruthless from the start, scoring 4.2 to 1.2 in the opening term to take a three-goal lead into the first change. That gap would be more than doubled by the long break as the Bays put through a further 5.3 to 2.2 in the second term. At half-time, Glenelg were holding onto a 37-point advantage. The only things the Crows were doing right were the centre hit-outs, almost double that of the Tigers. That and a better tackle count. The Tigers were just far more efficient and more deadly. The Tigers kept pounding away at the Crows in the third term, taking their lead out to 61 points by three quarter-time after bagging a further 5.4 to 1.4. But the Tigers were still not finished, they showed no signs of giving mercy to the visitors as they scored a further 6.6 to 2.1 in the final term to romp away to an 89-point win. 

Matt Allen was Glenelg's best on ground, finishing with 33 disposals, eight marks and six tackles. For the Crows, it was ruckman Kieran Strachan who had a big hand in the hit-out count mentioned earlier, no pun intended of course.