Australian Football

Match Report

In a  bay-side match at the Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg hosted the contest between the Tigers and the Magpies. The last match between these sides was loaded with goals and stunned the Alberton faithful as the Tigers went on a second-half blitz to take a 19-point win in Round 10. The Tigers had been eyeing off that fifth spot for a few weeks, but after a loss to Centrals last week the dream was over. The Magpies on the other hand were still alive in the hunt for that same position, they downed the Roosters last weekend to keep themselves in contention, a loss here would confirm the final five with no Port involvement.

Inaccuracy by the Tigers in the first quarter would keep the quarter-time gap to a single straight kick, the Bays scoring 4.6 to the Magpies' 4.2 for a four-point deficit at the first change. That poor shooting would be punished in the second quarter, the Magpies wresting control of the match despite their own quarter of wayward kicks on goal. They kicked 7.5 to the Tigers' 1.2 to take a 35-point lead into the half-time break. The Magpies engine room sputtered a little bit in early into the second half, but the Tigers couldn't fully capitalise on the sudden lull in Port's attack. They chipped a mere few points off the visitors' lead, scoring 4.3 to 3.5 to reduce the Maggies' lead to 31 points by three quarter-time. There was a brief ray of hope from the Tigers when they took the first two goals of the final term, but along with a couple of behinds they were eventually left in the Magpies wake after they bagged 6.2 to finish off the afternoon with a 55-point victory to keep their faint finals hopes alive.

Steve Summerton continues to lead by example, taking best afield votes for Port while the Tigers named Warrick McGinty as their best.