Australian Football

Match Report

In the leafy back streets of Unley, the Double Blues prepared to face the Crows at the Peter Motley Oval. The Crows haven't got September to look forward to in the SANFL, but the AFL is a different story at the moment so for the seconds its all about making an impression on the seniors. The Blues are another mob who won't figure in September action but they won't be finishing last either so for them its all about pride. The last time these sides met, the Crows broke through for their first victory against the Blues after two failed attempts in 2014. They made up for those two losses in a single effort, hammering the Blues by 49 points after a final term goal-fest.

Pride for the home side was put to the sword quickly as the Crows raced off to a 43-point lead by quarter-time after they kicked 8.3 to Sturt's horrid two behinds in the opening term. The Blues seemed to stop the rot in the second term, keeping the Crows to just 2.3 whilst kicking 5.3 for themselves to bring the gap back to 31 points by the half-time break. But it would appear that the Crows had mere taken their foot off the pedal for a brief moment. When play resumed, the rot was firmly replaced in the Sturt camp as the Crows but the foot back down on the gas. The Blues scored 2.1 while Adelaide went on their merry way once more to score 6.4 to take their advantage way beyond the home team's reach. At three quarter-time, it was a 58-point gap. But the Crows were still not finished dealing out the destruction. In fact they didn't just finish the job, they pretty much demoralised the Blues in the end. Adelaide rammed through a further 8.2 to a single behind to run out 107-point winners.

James Podsiadly could have won the game off his own boot with his nine goals and was named best for Adelaide, the Blues named Zane Kirkwood as their standout.