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Round: 3 Venue: Prospect Oval Date: Sat, 13-04-2013 2:10 pm Crowd: 3,301 | |||||
North Adelaide | 3.6.24 | 7.9.51 | 11.15.81 | 17.16.118 | |
Sturt | 3.4.22 | 9.5.59 | 11.5.71 | 14.8.92 | |
NORTH by 2 | STURT by 8 | NORTH by 10 | NORTH by 26 |
On Saturday afternoon the Roosters faced the Double Blues at the Prospect Oval. The Blues have had a good record against the Roosters as of late, from the last 11 encounters they have taken seven wins including their last match at Menzies Crescent where they took the Roosters to the cleaners with a 63-point win in Round 13 of the 2012 season. The Blues finally shook off their horrid pre-season with a victory against Port last week, but North's big win at Elizabeth got their engines running hot as well.
The game started with an evenly fought opening term, the behinds making the difference come quarter-time as North led by two points with their 3.6 to Sturt's 3.4. The Blues got into a better rhythm in the second quarter as they took over the lead with their 6.1 to the Roosters' 4.3. At the half-time break, Sturt were in possession of an eight-point lead. After the break, the inaccuracy bug again reared its head in the Roosters' camp. But they still managed to re-take control of proceedings, while Sturt managed just two goals the Roosters added 4.6 to their score to take a 10-point lead going into the final change. Unfortunately for the Blues, key personnel injuries and AFL call-ups finally caught up with them as the Roosters booted a further 6.1 to 3.3 to take a 26-point win.
Lewis Johnston kicked seven goals, but it was Nathan Gordon that took out best on ground honours for North while John Greenslade was named best for Sturt.