Australian Football

Match Report

On Saturday afternoon at the Prospect Oval, the Roosters faced the Magpies. There have been 12 games between these two teams in the previous five seasons, with the Roosters taking eight wins to the Magpies' four. The last meeting was quite the humiliating one for the 'Pies, the Roosters snapping Port in half with a 73-point hammering at Prospect in Round 16. The Magpies of 2014 are a far different outfit, for the obvious reasons that we've gone on about for a while now. The Roosters on the other hand, are lurking around outside the five but were dealt a blow last week by the Eagles.

Those expecting the Magpies to burst forth from the blocks were about to be surprised though, that burst never came when play commenced as the Magpies accuracy was a bit off. They scored 2.4 to the Roosters' 1.3, the 'Pies up by seven points at quarter-time. Port did steady the ship a little in the second quarter, scoring 4.3 to North's 2.3 as the visitors headed into the long break with a 19-point lead. The poor kicking on goal on Port's behalf would return with a vengeance in the third term, keeping the Roosters in the game. The Magpies still managed to stretch their advantage a little, a gap of four goals the deficit at three quarter-time, but 2.7 to 2.2 was an effort that the Port faithful weren't looking to see. The Roosters wouldn't give up hope, but the Magpies matched pretty much all North's scoring efforts for that final term. Port scored 4.3 to North's 4.1 to leave Menzies Crescent with a 26-point win, but possibly exposing themselves as human after all to the rest of the competition.

Steve Summerton was named best for the Magpies, while the Roosters voted in Nick Amato as their best on ground.