Australian Football

Match Report

At Prospect Oval the Roosters played host to the Bloods. Prospect Oval hadn't been a happy hunting ground for Westies for a while, but they changed all that during the opening round of 2011 when they evaded a tenacious Roosters outfit to take a nine-point win.

Things were not going to be that close this time though, the Bloods breaking out of the blocks quickly to score 4.3 whilst keeping North to just one goal. At the first change, the Bloods had themselves a 21-point advantage. The Roosters found more of the big sticks in the second quarter, but an inaccurate 4.5 to West's 5.1 would not bring that gap back. At the long break, the deficit was out to 29 points. The Roosters kept on nagging the Bloods when play resumed, but they would still find themselves behind the eight-ball at three quarter-time after the Bloods added 5.4 to 4.1. Going into the final change the Bloods would be up by 38 points. The goals would stop dead for the Bloods, the rest of their day would be marred by inaccuracy on goal. But the Roosters, try as they might, could not find their way to goals enough to take advantage of it. North kicked 2.1 to West's eight behinds, the visitors would leave Menzies Crescent with a 33-point victory.

Steven Morris was named best for the Bloods, while the Roosters named James Bennett as their standout.