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Glenelg vs North Adelaide

Scoreboard | Match report

Round: 17   Venue: Glenelg Oval   Date: Sat, 06-08-2022 2:10 pm   Crowd: 2,047  
Glenelg 3.4.224.8.327.10.527.15.57  
North Adelaide 2.3.158.6.5413.9.8716.12.108  
  GLEN by 7NORTH by 22NORTH by 35NORTH by 51  

Match Report

Game number three for the Saturday arvo takes us bay-side as the Tigers and the Roosters renewed their rivalry at the ACH Group Stadium in Glenelg. Their last encounter was the one that well and truly got away from the Tigers. It was back in Round 6 that the Roosters stole the points at Menzies Crescent, the Tigers made to rue a swag of chances late on. The Bays started off with a 21-point quarter-time lead, which was brought down to just 10 points in a goals-a-plenty second term where the Roosters kicked six goals to four. It went all the way down to the wire, to the final moments. Unfortunately for the Tigers, their backs gave away the one free kick in their defensive 50, leading to the goal that saw the points snatched away. North by two points. Both sides emerged victorious from their Round 16 matches, the Tigers just managing to evade the Bloods, while the Roosters recovered from their loss in the iron triangle to down the reigning champs. Last week the Tigers' goal-kicking allowed the Bloods to remain alive throughout the game, this week seemed to be a continuation of those habits. The Roosters weren't their most accurate either, the scoreboard would read 2.3 to 3.4 at quarter-time with the Tigers in front by seven points. Glenelg continued to blow chances on goal in the second term, while North were starting to look the premiership material with a dominating 6.3 to 1.4 to take their advantage out to 22 points going into the half-time break. A good deal of the damage was done in the middle of the ground with North's rucks were ruling the hitouts, the Tigers putting a relatively new pair into the centre for a trial by fire. The gap just kept getting bigger for the Roosters, who looked far superior to the mob that took on Adelaide a few weeks ago at Whyalla. They extended their lead to just shy of six goals, scoring 5.3 to 3.2 to go into the final change 35-point leaders. The Tigers had absolutely nothing left in the tank by this time, managing just five behinds in the final term. North added a further 3.3 to their tally, eventually winning by 51 points. Glenelg's finals spot is now truly under a cloud, with the Redlegs now within a game of perhaps usurping their position. Campbell Combe was the standout for the Roosters, notching up 26 disposals and a mammoth 20 tackles. The Tigers named Matthew Allen as their best on ground, with 23 disposals, nine marks and six tackles.

Source

Match Report by RA Boyle

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.