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Glenelg vs South Adelaide

Scoreboard | Match report

Round: 1   Venue: Glenelg Oval   Date: Fri, 03-04-2015 3:10 pm   Crowd: 5,221  
Glenelg 6.3.398.4.5210.5.6512.5.77  
South Adelaide 4.2.265.3.3311.8.7414.13.97  
  GLEN by 13GLEN by 19SOUTH by 9SOUTH by 20  
Weather
min temp  12.1°C      max temp  23.0°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  24%    air pressure  1020.5mb
wind speed 9km/h      wind direction  ENE

Match Report

The holiday Friday afternoon provided a perfect day for football, as evidenced by the healthy 5000+ turnout at Gliderol Stadium down at Glenelg where the Tigers faced the Panthers in the SANFL's Clash of the Cats on Seven TV. The Panthers enjoyed a rise up the premiership ladder, a rare thing for the South Adelaide faithful and something hopefully for them to look forward to in 2015 after contesting a Preliminary Final. On the other hand, the Tigers had yet another forgettable year after claiming yet another wooden spoon and then came the pre-season headaches off the field which saw former Port Adelaide player Matt Lokan installed as new head coach.

The Tigers would start off best in a goal-fest first quarter, the two jungle beasts exchanging blows on the board with the home side scoring 6.3 to 4.2. At quarter-time, the Tigers held a 13-point lead. The second term would see the two sides scrap and claw for little reward, but the Tigers managed to extend their lead to 19 points by the half-time break after kicking 2.1 to 1.1. When the match resumed for the second half, the Panthers went on a blitz as they gradually reeled the Tigers back in and overtook them by three quarter-time. They kicked 6.5 to the Tigers' 2.1 to take a nine-point lead going into the final term. Inaccuracy threatened to derail the Panthers' run, but the Tigers' two goals would not stop the visitors running out 20-point winners after they kicked 3.5 in the last quarter.

Brent MacLeod was named best afield for South, while the Bays named Sam Lonergan as their best on ground.

Source

Match report by RA Boyle

Footnotes

Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the SANFL.

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.