Australian Football

Match Report

Over at Unley's Commander Centre Oval was the match the Double Blues faced the Magpies. Like the Redlegs against North, the Magpies took out a hat-trick of victories after their last encounter with the Blues at AAMI Stadium in Round 10. This was Port's big opportunity to lift themselves into the top five and they didn't waste it. In fact, instead of wasting the opportunity... they laid waste to Sturt.

A first quarter scoring blitz saw the Magpies kick 6.5 to Sturt's lowly two behinds to tak a quarter-time lead of 39 points. The inaccuracy continued for the 'Pies in the second quarter, but still extended the gap to eight goals after kicking 3.5 to the Blues' 2.2. The embarrassment would only get worse for the home side when play restarted, it wasn't enough that the Magpies kept them to a solitary behind but they also kicked 4.5 to put the gap out to 76 points. The Blues would outscore the Pies in the final quarter, but 3.3 to 2.5 would hardly make an impression on an already big deficit. The Magpies would run out 72-point winners, sending an ominous warning to their Western Australian opponents Claremont ahead of this coming Saturday.

Jacob Surjan was named best afield for Port, while Adam Thomson was one of Sturt's few shining lights.