Australian Football

Match Report

Sunday arvo shenanigans were took place at Woodville, the Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval hosting the clash between the Eagles and the Double Blues. The Eagles have won eight matches from the past 13, including their most recent stoush which took place back in Round 4. The Eagles managed to outlast the tenacious Sturt outfit by a single kick at Unley, in a match that notched up 32 goals from 50 scores. However, Oval Avenue hasn't been too hard to win at for the Blues in recent times, the last two games at Woodville going the way of the Blues.

The plans for a revenge trip to continue their good form at the nest looked to have been unsettled early on as the Eagles kicked 5.4 to the Blues' lowly two behinds to take a 32-point lead at quarter-time. But after finally finding the big sticks in the second term, the Blues would reel that gap back to four kicks by the long break, scoring 4.3 against the Eagles' 2.2 to bring the deficit back to 19 points. The Double Blues first half was riddled with horrid moments, but when play resumed they came back to the field a vastly different mob. As their use of the ball got cleaner, their attack would improve drastically as they took over control of the game from the home side, kicking 5.2 to 1.2 in the third term to take a five-point lead at the final change. The Eagles would end up looking like a shadow of their former selves compared to the rest of this season, kept to just one lousy goal in the final term while the Blues ran away with the match after kicking 6.5, the final margin saw the visitors home by 40 points.

Zane Kirkwood would take out best afield votes yet again for the Blues, while the Eagles named Luke Jarrad as their best.