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South Adelaide vs Woodville West Torrens

Scoreboard | Match report

Round: 19   Venue: Noarlunga Oval   Date: Sat, 20-08-2022 2:05 pm   Crowd: 1,182  
South Adelaide 2.5.173.8.266.16.529.18.72  
Woodville West Torrens 1.4.103.4.225.6.367.9.51  
  SOUTH by 7SOUTH by 4SOUTH by 16SOUTH by 21  

Match Report

The next match takes us down south to the Flinders University Stadium in Noarlunga where the Panthers hosted the Eagles. Their last encounter was back in Round 9 at Woodville, which ended up being one of the lowest scoring matches of the season if not the lowest combined scorecard. Only seven goals and 13 behinds were tallied with the Eagles winning by one point, the board reading 4.4 to 3.9. The weather that day was just abysmal, the Oval Avenue field turned into something resembling a cow paddock by day's end. Both sides were victorious in their respective outings last week, with the Panthers toppling the Magpies by nine points at home while the Eagles' win against Sturt gave them a flicker of hope for a shock finals berth. The Eagles were also hoping in the process to have premiership ruckman Jarrad Redden for another week at least, he is set to hang up the boots at season's end. Both sides were guilty of horrid goal-kicking in the opening term, from the 18 combined scoring shots only three found the big sticks. The Panthers would go into the quarter-time huddle with a seven-point lead with the board reading 2.5 to 1.4. The Eagles book-ended the second quarter with their two goals, the Panthers continuing to waste some chances to really put the nails in. They kicked 1.3 as their lead was brought back down to four points by the half-time break. At this point, only a massive victory for the Eagles would put them into an Elimination Final. Given the percentage difference and their performance this day, their premiership defence was already over. Perhaps this was dawning on the Eagles if it hadn't already, the Panthers spending a good deal of the third term peppering their goals while Eagles' attacking forays were few and far between in comparison despite South's accuracy issues. The home side would go into the final change with a 16-point lead, adding a further 3.8 to the Eagles' 2.2. There was a bit of tit-for-tat seven-point plays in the final term for almost 20 minutes, both teams kicking 2.2 each up to here to maintain the 16-point gap. But the Panthers had the final say on the day, the Eagles' final shot of 2022 was a point while South's was a goal as the blue & whites finished the year with a 21-point win. The Panthers would name Hayden Sampson as their best, notching up 34 disposals, seven marks and six clearances. The Eagles' standout was Kobe Mutch with 18 disposals, eight tackles and six marks.

Source

Match Report by RA Boyle

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.