Australian Football

Match Report

At the Unley Oval, the first outing for caretaker coach Brodie Atkinson was going to be one to forget as his Double Blues came under attack by a ravenous Panther outfit. 

South went on the attack right away, kicking 9.4 to 4.3 to be up by 31 points at quarter time. In a rather average second term by both sides, the Panthers extended their lead to 33 points for the long break after adding 4.1 to Sturt's 3.5. Undisciplined play by Sturt cost them dearly all day, they racked up 10 -- that's right, 10 -- 25m penalties, six of those handing South goals! When play resumed, the Panthers got back to their destructive ways, slicing a path through the limp Sturt defence to boot 12 goals to one. At three quarter-time, the margin blew out to 108 points. The Panthers didn't need to do much more to humiliate the home side, they took the foot off the gas and cruised to a 107 point victory. 

Denis Iljcesen was hot property in goal, he booted seven for his day. Alwyn Davey was named best for South, Jade Sheedy for Sturt.