Australian Football

Match Report

At the ABC TV match at Coopers Stadium the Redlegs hosted the Roosters. The last time these two sides met, the Redlegs left Prospect as 27-point winners in Round 7, sealing a hat-trick of wins going back to Round 8 in 2010.

Many of the Norwood faithful would be forgiven for thinking that this would be a walk-over, but instead of being up by a sizeable margin at quarter-time the Roosters would only be a point behind with the scores at 3.3 to 3.2. North wouldn't find the goals for a whole quarter as they managed just two behinds, but Norwood didn't fare too much better as they kicked just 2.6 to extend their lead to 17 points by the half-time break. When play resumed the two teams traded blows on the scoreboard, the Redlegs stretching their lead to four goals after kicking 5.3 to 4.2 in the third quarter. The final term turned into a shootout, although the Roosters kicked eight goals without a miss, the Redlegs had already banked the points with their 6.2 to win by 14 points.

Sam Rowe was named best for the Redlegs, while Cohen Thiele was named best afield for North.