Australian Football

Match Report

We head north to the Prospect Oval, where the Roosters prepared to face the Double Blues. No doubt a bitter taste was left in the mouths of the Blues faithful after last weekend. Whilst still probably talking about their defeat of the Bulldogs during their bye, their following match against the Panthers at Unley brought them a 39-point loss... what a turnaround. A wounded North Adelaide looked like some easy prey, even at Menzies Crescent.

The Double Blues opened proceedings by scoring 5.4 to North's 2.1, at quarter-time the visitors were up by 21 points. The Roosters would hit back in the following term, bringing them back to a two-point deficit after keeping the Blues to 1.2 whilst scoring 4.3 for themselves. But they seemed to use up their competitiveness at around that point... the Blues would then go on the attack and they did it with brutality. When play resumed, only inaccuracy on goal prevented the Blues inflicting a more humiliating punishment as they kicked 6.6 to a lousy two behinds. At three quarter-time, Sturt were holding a seven-goal lead. But they weren't finished there as the Blues continued their assault, adding a further 6.1 to North's 2.4. The Blues ran away to a 63-point win, bringing them to within striking distance of the top five.

Sturt would name Aidan Riley as their best on ground, while the Roosters named Daniel Stewart as their best. The Roosters now face two weeks on the sidelines, sitting out Rounds 14 & 15.