Australian Football

Match Report

The Bloods hosted the Panthers at the City Mazda Stadium in Richmond. West Adelaide have been making a slow climb up the ladder as of late, the only thing keeping them from entering is the Roosters' better points tally. As for South... well, things were about go straight to hell. 

The Bloods opened up a major can of whoop-ass from the first bounce, starting with a 7.1 to a miserably poor three behinds to see West up by 40 points at quarter-time. The punishment was not stopped there though, the Bloods further tearing the Panthers up with a 6.2 to 1.1 second quarter to give the home side a 71 point buffer at the long break. But still... the Bloods weren't done there. They kept on laying the smackdown into the third term, booting through a further 8.2 to South's 4.2 to put the gap out to 95 points by the final change. The Bloods ran out of puff in the last quarter, not that it mattered though as the margin was cut down by just seven points after South scored 2.3 to 1.2. West ran out 88 point winners, improving their chances of climbing into the top five. 

The Bloods' named James Ezard as their best on ground, while South's only real shining light was Adam Cockshell. Clay Simpson was said to have given his team a vicious verbal session long after the game.