Australian Football

Match Report

In the last match of the afternoon, the Double Blues travelled down to Glenelg Oval to clash with the Tigers. 

Sturt found it difficult to find their feet early on in the match, starting off behind the eight ball as the Tigers seized a 13 point lead at quarter time, 4.3 to Sturt's 2.2. But it didn't take the Blues long to kick into playing mode, edging past the Tigers to lead by a point at half time after kicking 6.1 to Glenelg's 3.5. The Blues boys were just getting more and more confident all the time, while in contrast the Tigers began to lose it in the skill department as the visitors took advantage of all the poor decisions Glenelg made. In the third term, the Blues looked to have the better of the home side as they got out to a 21 point lead at three-quarter time. The Tigers rallied to wrest control of the game, but the Blues were able to hold them off long enough to win by a point. 

Jade Sheedy was judged best for the Blues, while Brett Backwell's fighting attitude got him BOG honours for the Tigers.