Australian Football

Match Report

A Saturday afternoon football extravaganza took us into the inner south of Unley and into the Peter Motley Oval for the Double Blues' date with the Crows. Last season, the Crows were an itch that the Blues just could not scratch with both games going the way of Adelaide, in contrast to the 2014 season where it was the reverse. A 49-point loss in Round 9, then a 107-point hammering in Round 18 was pair of black spots on Sturt's 2015 season and a good reason for some payback. Despite the Crows going down to the Bulldogs in the week before the state match, the Crows AFL-bolstered line-up was going to be something else for the ladder leaders.

Adelaide was the leader early on, but only by four points after kicking 3.1 to the Blues' 2.3. That lead would be cut back to two points by the long break, both sides struggled to post a major and managed just one each. A pair of behinds to the Blues in the second term made the difference at half-time. A shootout would ensue in the third quarter, both teams kicking 3.2 each as the half-time deficit would go unchanged by the three quarter-time siren. It would end up being a former Crow that would get the home side over the line in the end, Brodie Martin's two final term goals among Sturt's 4.3 to Adelaide's 2.3 that would see the Blues win by 10 points in front of over 3,300 at Oxford Terrace.

State captain and Fos Williams Medallist Zane Kirkwood was named best for Sturt, while the Crows named Brad Crouch as their best on ground.