Australian Football

Match Report

On Sunday down south at the Hickinbotham Oval, the Panthers hosted the Magpies. What is there to say about South? Mere patches of brilliance are just not enough to secure a finals spot. As for Port, a loss to South earlier in the year still lingering in their memories was just pure motivation for some retribution. 

The punishment began with the Magpies booting 8.2 to South's 3.2 in the first term, a lead of 30 points at the first change. That gap was extended to 39 points by the long break, Brent LeCras and Danny Hargraves doing a good deal of the damage here and throughout the day. The inaccuracy bug crept into Port's game in the third term, 10 scoring shots and just four were goals. But the Panthers didn't fare too much better anyways, the gap was out to 53 points at three quarter time. The march to a possible fifth spot began here, another 8.3 to 2.5 sending out a warning to the Bays ahead of next week. 

The visitors ran out 87 point winners, naming Jeremy Clayton as their best afield and South voting in Cory McGrath as their best.