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North Adelaide vs West Adelaide

Scoreboard | Match report

Round: 9   Venue: Prospect Oval   Date: Sun, 02-06-2013 2:10 pm   Crowd: 2,781  
North Adelaide 1.3.94.4.288.8.5614.10.94  
West Adelaide 3.1.197.4.4611.5.7113.7.85  
  WEST by 10WEST by 18WEST by 15NORTH by 9  
Weather
min temp  10.8°C      max temp  16.5°C
rainfall  38.8mm    humidity  58%    air pressure  1025.1mb
wind speed 13km/h      wind direction  SSE

Match Report

In the final match for Round 9, its time for some Sunday afternoon footy at Prospect Oval as the Roosters prepared to face the Bloods. From the last dozen meetings between these clubs, the Roosters have seven wins to the Bloods' six. But the Roosters have yet to exact some measure of revenge for their Preliminary Final loss to Westies last year, that opportunity denied by the narrowest of margins at Richmond earlier this season. The last match at Menzies Crescent saw the Roosters down the Bloods by 20 points, one of only a few blemishes on the 2012 minor round scorecard at Westies.

The Bloods had the better of the opening half, they began proceedings with a 3.1 to 1.3 first quarter to lead by 10 points at the first change. That gap would be extended to 18 points come half-time, the Bloods adding a further 4.3 to 3.1 in the second term. The second half began with a third quarter arm-wrestle, the Roosters starting to show their premiership contenders credentials little-by-little, only inaccuracy in that term would stop them kicking ahead completely. North doubled their first-half efforts in one quarter, kicking 4.4 to the Bloods' 4.1. At three quarter-time, the visitors were ahead by 15 points. For almost three quarters of footy the Roosters weren't looking like a real threat, but that belief was blown away as the home side went bonzo in the final quarter. They kept the Bloods to 2.2 while bagging 6.2 for themselves as they sprinted their way to a nine-point win.

Nathan Gordon's five goals, including the sealer, earned him best afield votes for North while the Bloods named Joel Tippett as their best on ground.

Source

Match report by RA Boyle

Footnotes

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