Australian Football

Match Report

The action continued on the Friday afternoon with the Northern Derby between the Roosters and the Bulldogs at Prospect Oval. The Bulldogs had it all over the Roosters last year, starting with a Round 1 107-point drubbing at the Ponderosa, then a 15-point win at Prospect in Round 18. Both sides were first round losers, the Dogs dropping their bundle at home to the Eagles, while the Roosters lost the neighbours battle to Norwood. 

Centrals started off rather confidently to begin with, scoring 4.2 to North's 1.1 to take a 19-point lead at quarter-time. But the Roosters got going in the second term, restricting the Bulldogs to 1.1 and kicked 5.3 to lead by seven points at the long break. The Dogs goal-kicking woes from last weekend would return to haunt them again this week upon resumption of play, they peppered their goals for a return of 4.5 to North's 6.1 in the third quarter to find themselves down by 15 points at three quarter-time. The Bulldogs got the first couple of goals to start the final term, but the Roosters had all the answers despite a little inaccuracy of their own. North would go on to record a 23-point victory, finishing with a 5.4 to 4.2 last quarter. 

Max Thring was North's best on ground, the Dogs named Nick Holman as their best.