Australian Football

Match Report

In the final match of Round 11, the holiday Monday brought over 6,500 SA footy-heads to Gliderol Stadium at the Bay as the Tigers took on the Redlegs. The last battle between these two was back in Round 3, the Tigers launched a raid at The Parade and escaped with a 21-point win. Norwood's confidence would have gone up a notch after outlasting the Bulldogs last week and the Redlegs hadn't won at Brighton Road in nine consecutive matches... was it time to end the streak? Early on, the suggestion would have been negative.

The Tigers would take a quarter-time lead of 13 points after scoring 5.2 to 3.1. But the 'Legs would overturn that in the second quarter as they bagged 6.2 to a lousy 1.2, Norwood taking a 17-point lead at half-time. The third quarter was a goal-fest, the Tigers booting 7.1 to Norwood's five goals without a miss, bringing the visitors lead back to just four points, setting things up for a final quarter battle. It was all missed shots on goal for both sides, the only goal of the term went to the Redlegs, who altogether kicked 1.7 for the quarter while Glenelg managed just three behinds. Norwood would take a 14-point win, ending the Bay-side drought.

Bryce Campbell was named best for the Redlegs, while Ty Allen was named best for the Bays.