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Port Adelaide Magpies vs North Adelaide

Scoreboard | Match report

Round: 23   Venue: Adelaide Oval   Date: Fri, 08-09-2006 2:10 pm   Crowd: 2,600  
Port Adelaide Magpies 1.3.98.4.5210.4.6416.6.102  
North Adelaide 5.6.3613.6.8414.12.9620.16.136  
  NORTH by 27NORTH by 32NORTH by 32NORTH by 34  

Match Report

First up is a match that was supposed to be part of the third 2006 double header at the Adelaide Oval. Thanks to selfish programming by the AFL, Port Adelaide requested that their match against North Adelaide be moved to Friday night. 

In slippery conditions, the Roosters got the jump on the Magpies, kicking away to a 27 point lead at quarter time. The second quarter was a shootout, both sides getting eight scoring shots. A single miss by the 'Pies however, saw North extend their lead to 32 points at the long break. That lead didn't alter at three-quarter time, poor kicking by the Roosters stopping them from widening the gap. They kicked 1.6 to Port's two goals. Another shootout followed for the final term, the extra difference being a couple of behinds to the Roosters -- 6.4 to Port's 6.2 -- who ran out 34 point winners. 

Leigh Ryswyk was named best for the Roosters, Mark Clayton was named best for the Magpies, who now have no room for error from this time forward.

Source

Match report by RA Boyle

Footnotes

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