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Round: 4 Venue: Elizabeth Oval Date: Sat, 25-04-2015 2:45 pm Crowd: 2,062 | |||||
Central District | 1.3.9 | 4.3.27 | 7.5.47 | 10.8.68 | |
Woodville West Torrens | 4.1.25 | 9.3.57 | 14.3.87 | 17.6.108 | |
W-WT by 16 | W-WT by 30 | W-WT by 40 | W-WT by 40 |
Weather |
8.5°C 16.4°C |
13.0mm 84% 1014.9mb |
13km/h SW |
On Saturday afternoon at the Playford Alive Oval in Elizabeth, the Bulldogs hosted the Eagles. These two sides are definitely not strangers to each other on Anzac Day, they faced off on six occasions during the 2000's and in 2012. It was probably because of all those Grand Finals they clashed in that it seemed fitting that they battle once more on this day of remembrance. Their last meeting was back in Round 14 last season, the Doggies taking a 21-point win at the Dog-pound after copping a 31-point loss at the Eagles nest back in Round 1. The Eagles had not won at the Ponderosa for over a decade, but after hammering the reigning premiers last week they came into this clash with high expectations of ending that hoodoo.
After conceding the first goal, the Eagles didn't let them gain any further ground in the opening term after that. They would kick 4.1 to Centrals' 1.3 to take a 16-point lead at quarter-time. They would further enhance their position by the long break, adding a further 5.2 to the Dogs' three goals to stretch their advantage to five goals at the end of the half. The Dogs' ability to win the ball, their superior clearances and forays into attack was rendered irrelevant as they had no dominant forward to go to. A further five goals to the Eagles as opposed to the Dogs' 3.2 would put the result almost beyond doubt by this point, the visitors breaking out to a 40-point lead by three quarter-time. There was little to be done by either side in the final term, both sides would score 3.3 to leave the final deficit unchanged from the previous quarter. The Eagles finally broke the Elizabeth duck, winning by 40 points.
The Eagles would name Matt Goldsworthy as their best player, while the Dogs named captain Paul Thomas as their best.
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the AFL.