Australian Football

Match Report

We head to the home of SA football in AAMI Stadium, as the Magpies hosted the Redlegs on the day that the Port Adelaide football community was to be unified. However, an early start was not what many of the purists of SANFL football would have wanted and playing second fiddle to the AFL in the facilities especially got on the nerves of Norwood's staff. The Magpies started off best, although inaccuracy cost them a bigger lead.

They kicked 2.4 to the Redlegs' 1.2 to take an eight-point lead at quarter-time. The Pies' poor shooting continued in the second term and the Redlegs surged forward, kicking three straight goals to Port's 1.3 to lead by a point at the half-time siren. It was a shoot-out already, the Magpies' inaccuracy almost off-set by their endeavour which couldn't be faulted. The Redlegs' would still hold the lead at three quarter-time, extended to two points after kicking 3.3 to 3.2. The Magpies rallied in the final term and looked like they would steal the match, but Redleg debutant Luke Brown would sink that hope late in the final quarter with a 50m bomb through the big sticks. Along with two behinds and the Magpies' 1.1 the Redlegs nicked the game by just three points.

Captain James Gallagher was named best for Norwood while Port named Mark Dolling as their standout. The PAFC unification celebrations would be ruined after the Power's loss afterwards.