Australian Football

Match Report

The first match of round 11 took us down The Parade to the Coopers Stadium in Norwood where the Redlegs hosted the Tigers on Saturday arvo. The last time that these two teams met it was back in Round 5 where the 'Legs managed to bag a 17-point win at Tiger-land under lights to stretch their streak of wins against Glenelg to eight, that streak beginning back in Round 11 of 2011. Another notable win during that streak was the low scoring affair from late 2012, where the 'Legs won a torrid battle which yielded just 11 goals from 23 scores. Unfortunately for the Tigers, their luck against the Redlegs wasn't going to change this week... not by a long shot.

The Redlegs had murder on their minds and set about dismantling the Tigers immediately, starting the afternoon's proceedings with a 9.5 to two goal first term to take a 47-point lead at quarter-time. Their second term could have been called Norwood's "quiet term" as it was their least active one on the scoreboard. They added a further 4.3 to the Tigers' 1.2 to stretch their advantage to 11 goals by the half-time break. The worst thing about this hammering was that the Glenelg team playing in this game was no different in personnel to the one that took the 'Legs almost to their limits seven weeks ago. But seven weeks have done a lot to the Tigers, and it was about to get worse. When play resumed, the Redlegs went on the attack again, kicking 7.4 to the Tigers' 3.2 -- the equivalent of their entire first half score -- to take the deficit out to 92 points. Glenelg coach Nick Stevens would call it exactly what it was at game's end, this was just a pathetic afternoon's display from his team, as the Redlegs finished the match off with an additional 5.4 to 1.2 to romp away with a 118-point victory and a big percentage boost.

Matthew Panos was named best for the Redlegs, while the Tigers named Matthew Snook as their main standout.