Australian Football

Match Report

In the final match of Round 3, it was Sunday afternoon football at Prospect Oval as the feathers flew between the Roosters and the Magpies. Thus far, the 2011 season hasn't been kind to the Roosters, not a single win in pre-season or in-season so all evidence pointed to a Port win. But the Roosters did come up trumps in their last encounter as both teams finished out of the five.

A close opening term greeted the 3,500+ fans, the Roosters up by four points at the first change after scoring 4.2 to the Magpies' 3.4. But the cracks started to show in the Port camp as the Roosters extended their lead to 19 points after bagging 4.4 to 2.1 in the second term. Port's forays into their scoring zone were often met with easy turnovers, often not putting enough oomph into their shooting. This was especially evident in the third quarter as they only managed 1.3 while the Roosters added 3.1 to their tally. At three quarter-time, North held a 29-point lead. It was pretty much score-for-score in the final quarter, but the Magpies best quarter of the game would not bring them rewards as the Roosters still took a 28-point win after scoring 4.3 to North's 4.2.

Leigh Ryswyk was named best afield for the Roosters, while Luke Harder got best afield votes for Port.