Australian Football

Match Report

The holiday Monday was the setting for two games, one of which finds us at the Gilderol Stadium in Glenelg for the traditional Queen's Birthday match between the Tigers and the Roosters. The Tigers have so far had nothing to sing about this season, with only one premiership point to their name. But the Roosters have not fared much better, with only one point more keeping them off the foot of the ladder. Last season's games had the Roosters rip several patches of fur off their old rivals, North taking the two games at Prospect and at the Bay with margins of 42 and 57 points respectively.

The match would begin with next to nothing separating the two teams at quarter-time, the Roosters took a two-point lead after kicking an inaccurate 2.5 to the Tigers' 2.3. But the Tigers would turn that right around in the second term, kicking 4.1 to 1.3 to go into the half-time break with a 14-point lead. The Roosters' third term was truly lamentable, with all their entries into their attacking zone they still would not be able to re-take control. The Bays would still lead at the final change despite their own inability to stamp their authority, they added 2.2 to 2.1 to add a point to their half-time lead. The Tigers would go on to have one of their best quarters of football for the season, bagging 6.4 to the Roosters' 3.2 to finally break into the winner's circle for 2015 with their 35-point win.

Tigers captain Andrew Bradley was named best for the Bays, while the Roosters named Darren Shillabeer as their standout.