Australian Football

Match Report

The first casualty has been eliminated from premiership contention this past weekend and of all teams it was the reigning premier Sturt. 

AAMI Stadium was the destination for Eagles and Double Blues supporters last weekend for the 1st Semi-Final Elimination match. The Eagles took immediate control through Lindsay in the ruck and buried the Blues early with an 8.5 to 2.3 first half. The Blues emerged from their slumber in the third quarter with a 5.1 to 2.6 scoreline to come within 25 points of the opposition. But that was as close as they got... the Eagles wouldn't have any of it, despite an ordinary last quarter of which they scored seven behinds to Sturt's 1.1. Any attack made by the Blues was quickly rebuffed by the Eagles. In the end the Double Blues bowed out of the race to the margin of 25 points.