| * |
The Western
Bulldogs overcame a seemingly match-defining 37 point deficit at
quarter-time to completely upstage St Kilda at Docklands on Friday night
to record their first win over the Saints in four seasons. They kicked
18.9 to 8.6 after quarter-time to notch the 38-point victory and
maintain their unbeaten start to the season.
Andrew Wu recorded proceedings for Sportal: To the delight
of the Bulldogs faithful, the magic came from Adam Cooney and
Ryan Griffen, two dynamic youngsters who have stardom at their feet
and who put the game beyond St Kilda's reach with back-to-back goals in
the last term. Blessed with exceptional hands in close and brilliant
skills in the open and plenty of pace, both players are the prototypes
of the modern-day midfielder.
Along with impressive 19-year-old wingman Josh Hill, who kicked
the goal of the night and was just as strong in the air as he was at
ground level, they formed a Bulldogs midfield which simply ran the
Saints off their legs.
The pace at which the Bulldogs were able to run the ball forward again
allowed them to tape over their gaping hole at centre half-forward,
though Scott Welsh and Will Minson both had their moments.
Playing in attack, Mitch Hahn's influence was far greater than
his 14 touches and three goals would attest as he provided plenty of
grunt at ground level.
Jason Akermanis was again important in the Bulldogs' revival. He
is getting better every week and is still capable of more than the odd
mercurial piece of magic. However, Aker blotted his copybook suggesting
Saint champion Robert Harvey had "grabbed his testicles" during a
Q4 scuffle. It led to an AFL investigation which found no strike or
grabbing motion occurred to Akermanis. |
| 2008
— ROUND 3 — GAME 1 |
| West.B'dogs v St
Kilda |
Friday (n),
April 4, 2008
Docklands, 7.40pm AEDT; Roof: closed; crowd: 38,667
Conditions: Good
Weather: 19C, shower or two outside |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| WB |
1.2-8 |
6.6-42 |
11.9-75 (7) |
19.11-125
(38) |
|
STK |
7.3-45 (37) |
9.6-60 (18) |
10.8-68 |
13.9-87 |
Goals:
West.B'dogs: Jason Akermanis 3, Ryan Griffen 3, Mitch Hahn 3,
Adam Cooney 2, Jarrod Harbrow 2, Josh Hill 2, Will Minson, Robert
Murphy, Scott Welsh, Cameron Wight. St Kilda: Justin Koschitzke
3, Luke Ball 2, Stephen Milne 2, Nick Riewoldt 2, Fraser Gehrig, Jason
Gram, Leigh Montagna, Adam Schneider.
Best: West.B'dogs: Adam Cooney, Ryan Griffen, Josh Hill, Mitch
Hahn, Daniel Cross, Dale Morris, Jason Akermanis. St Kilda: Sam
Fisher, Jason Gram, Max Hudghton, Brendon Goddard, Robert Harvey.
Umpires: Chris Donlon, Hayden Kennedy, Brett Rosebury. |
After trailing most
of the day, Hawthorn finished all over North Melbourne to win by 16
points on Saturday afternoon at Docklands, under the open roof. It was a
gallant victory for the Hawks against the side that knocked them out of
last year's final series, as they finished with only 20 available
players.
Rohan Connolly reviewed the game for The Age: The
scoreboard shows that Hawthorn, apart from one minute at the start of
the second half, trailed the Kangaroos until two minutes into time-on of
the final quarter.
No wonder this defeat hit the Roos particularly hard, being the wrong
end of some dubious umpiring only rubbed more salt into the wound.
Perhaps the Hawks were a tad lucky. But the fact they remained in
striking distance for most of that time was no mean achievement, given
the odds stacked against them. Even before the game. While the vast bulk
of pundits had selected the Hawks to win, the insiders at Glenferrie
knew it was going to be a tough challenge.
There was the job of fronting up after the always-gruelling Perth road
trip. There was an opponent who had already proven their capacity to hit
the Hawks where it hurts, having won seven of the teams' previous nine
clashes, most recently in last year's semi-final.
There was the way North Melbourne began the game, quickly racking up a
near five-goal lead that perhaps should have been even greater.
Finally, there were the injuries to key forward Tim Boyle and
young key defender Thomas Murphy, which had both out early in the
final term, Hawthorn capable of making only 13 interchanges in a game
which had an intensity that left both sides drained.
But somehow they emerged looking stronger, and certainly fresher than
their opponent, a six-goals-to-one final term the final emphatic
statement of a performance that coach Alastair Clarkson will be
able to use several times over for motivational value should things turn
sour at some stage this season.
Angus Morgan summarised for Sportal: Lance Franklin
top-scored for the Hawks with five goals including the snap at the
20-minute mark of the final term which put Hawthorn in front for just
the second time in the contest, though he was made to work hard by the
close-checking Josh Gibson.
Jarryd Roughead was Franklin's foil up forward with four goals
and, in the end, it was their height and marking power that made the
difference. |
| 2008
— ROUND 3 — GAME 2 |
| North Melb v
Hawthorn |
Saturday,
April 5, 2008
Docklands, 2.10pm; Roof: open; crowd: 39,816
Conditions: Good
Weather: 19C, overcast, showers forecast |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| NM |
4.6-30 (21) |
7.7-49 (2) |
12.8-80 (17) |
13.8-86 |
|
HAW |
1.3-9 |
7.5-47 |
9.-9-63 |
15.12-102 (16) |
Goals:
Hawthorn: Lance Franklin 5.4, Jarryd Roughead 4, Michael Osborne 3,
Luke Hodge, Brad Sewell,
Jordan Lewis. North Melb: Corey Jones 3, Shannon Grant 2, Leigh Brown 2,
Nathan Thompson, David Hale,
Aaron Edwards, Lindsay Thomas, Matt Campbell, Brady Rawlings.
Best: Hawthorn: Brad Sewell, Michael Osborne, Lance Franklin,
Jarryd Roughead, Chance Bateman,
Jordan Lewis. North Melb: Brent Harvey, Brady Rawlings, Corey Jones,
Shannon Grant, Daniel Pratt, Daniel Harris.
Umpires: Matthew Head, Martin Ellis, Todd Keating.
Reports:
l
Jordan Lewis (Haw) was cited for striking Daniel Pratt
(NM) in Q1. The MRP offered Lewis a one-match suspension with an early
plea. The player admitted guilt and accepted the MRP ruling.
l
Michael Osborne (Haw) was cited for a low-grade striking
offence against Andrew Swallow (NM). The MRP offered Osborne a
reprimand. The player admitted guilt and accepted the MRP ruling. |
Subiaco Oval was in
brilliant sunshine for the start of the 27th Western Derby after 50mm of
rain deluged Perth from 7am. But the Saturday skies cleared an hour
before the game and the playing surface was in remarkably good
condition.
However, the dark clouds remained over the Dockers camp with the news
key defender and handy forward Luke McPharlin was out with a hip
injury.
Mark Duffield reported in The Age – West Coast kicked the
first two goals of the game, but their game plan disappeared down a
black hole for more than a quarter during which time Fremantle steadied,
and then unleashed Matthew Pavlich who kicked the first three
goals of the second quarter and handballed the fourth to his captaincy
predecessor Peter Bell. The worry for the Eagles at half-time was
that their good players couldn't do much better.
The Dockers led by 26 points midway through the second quarter but the
Eagles clicked into action after half-time, closing to within four
points in a nail-biting final term. But the class of Pavlich, who took a
spectacular pack mark late in the match to kick his fifth goal, was too
much to counter for the Eagles as Fremantle snuck home for its first
win.
Pavlich won the Ross Glendinning medal for his best afield
performance, but credit must also go to 19-year-old Rhys Palmer,
who gathered 17 first-half possessions to give the Dockers the early
momentum.
Palmer finished the match with 24 touches while David Mundy (25
possessions) and Roger Hayden created plenty of drive from the
back half and across the wing.
Eagles youngster Ben McKinley, a late inclusion for Josh
Kennedy, showed promise with three goals, while Daniel Kerr
(33 possessions), Matt Priddis (28) and Beau Waters (27)
collected plenty of touches through the midfield.
The Dockers went into three-quarter time with a slender 10-point lead
and the game became a war of attrition in the final quarter as both
sides spurned golden opportunities on goal.
Quinten Lynch, Brent Staker and Shannon Hurn all
missed chances to put the Eagles ahead, with Pavlich's amazing pack mark
and a late goal from Aaron Sandilands giving Dockers coach
Mark Harvey his first success of 2008. |
| 2008
— ROUND 3 — GAME 3 |
| West Coast v
Fremantle |
Saturday,
April 5, 2008
Subiaco Oval, 5.10pm AEDT, crowd: 39,027
Conditions: Fair, following heavy morning rain
Weather:
22C; humid, blue skies, after near 50mm of rain since 7am |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| WCE |
3.5-23
(3) |
5.9-39 |
8.10-58 |
10.13-73 |
|
FRE |
3.2-20 |
8.5-53
(14) |
10.8-68
(10) |
12.15-87 (14) |
Goals: Fremantle:
Matthew Pavlich 5.3, Jeff Farmer 2, Peter Bell, Des Headland, Ryan
Crowley, David Mundy, Aaron Sandilands. West Coast: Ben
McKinley 3, Quinten Lynch 2, Shannon Hurn, Brad Ebert, Beau Waters,
David Wirrpanda, Matt Priddis.
Best: Fremantle: Rhys Palmer, Matthew Pavlich, Roger Hayden,
Byron Schammer, Antoni Grover, David Mundy, Paul Duffield. West
Coast: Daniel Kerr, Ben McKinley, Matt Priddis, Adam Hunter,
Brett Jones.
Ross Glendinning Medal: Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle)
Umpires: Scott McLaren, Justin Schmitt, Scott Jeffery. |
Sydney extended
their successful run over Brisbane to eight games, in a closely-fought
encounter on Saturday night at the Gabba in slippery conditions from
shower activity – 29,016 were in attendance. The run by the Swans is now
seven of the last eight games (plus one draw) and extends back to
2004-Round 1.
Marcus Wilson in his summary for Sportal noted: The Swans
were on top during the first quarter, weathered several Lions'
challenges before scoring some telling goals in the fourth term,
eventually winning by 17 points.
Ryan O'Keefe was best-on-ground with 27 possessions and two
goals, Brett Kirk's tagging roles on Simon Black and then
Luke Power were important, while Craig Bolton kept
Jonathan Brown to one goal, who had little impact on the contest.
Andrew Stafford reviewed the game for The Age: Swan
forward Barry Hall provided further evidence that he was back to
something approaching his best form with an influential performance at
centre half-forward. He kicked two goals, but had a hand in several
others and was a menacing presence all night (14 marks, 23 disposals,
his best tally since Round 7 last season).
The best news for the Lions was the form of Daniel Bradshaw,
whose return from a knee reconstruction has been impressive. He kicked
five goals – half the Lions' goal tally – and should have had a couple
more.
That aside, the Lions were again unable to find an answer to the Swans'
lock-down style of play. The Bloods may be another year older, but they
also look fitter and fresher than at perhaps any time last year.
Of course, there has been a "Bloods" transfusion of sorts, albeit a
limited one. Newcomers Craig Bird, Jarred Moore and
especially Jarrad McVeigh were all shining lights for the
visitors, who nevertheless still received important contributions from
their old guard – Hall, Kirk, O'Keefe and Michael O'Loughlin all
made important contributions. |
| 2008
— ROUND 3 — GAME 4 |
| Brisbane Lions v
Sydney |
Saturday
(n), April 5, 2008
BCG (Gabba), 7.10pm AEDT; crowd: 29,061
Conditions: Fair, slippery in patches
Weather: 18C; shower activity |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
|
BRI |
1.2-8 |
5.4-34 |
7.7-49 |
10.11-71 |
| SYD |
3.3-21 (13) |
7.4-46 (12) |
10.6-66 (17) |
13.10-88
(17) |
Goals: Sydney: Michael O'Loughlin 2, Jarrad McVeigh 2, Jarred
Moore 2, Ryan O'Keefe 2, Barry Hall 2, Brett Kirk, Amon Buchanan, Ed
Barlow. Brisbane: Daniel Bradshaw 5.3, Lachie Henderson 2,
Jonathan Brown, Tim Notting, Justin Sherman.
Best: Sydney: Ryan O'Keefe, Brett Kirk, Craig Bolton, Adam
Goodes, Jarred McVeigh, Luke Ablett, Tadhg Kennelly, Barry Hall.
Brisbane: Daniel Bradshaw, Jed Adcock, Jamie Charman, Simon Black,
Nigel Lappin, Beau McDonald, Tim Notting.
Umpires: Stephen McBurney, Matt Stevic, Ray Chamberlain. |
Essendon finished
full of running to fight off a brave Carlton challenge and record a
16-point win in a high-scoring shootout on Saturday night at the MCG
before a crowd of 64,388. The match produced a score tally of 284
points, the highest total of 227 League contests between the pair.
Karen Lyon reviewed the match for The Age: In an engrossing
and highly entertaining contest between two of the competition's true
rivals, Essendon withstood a third-term Carlton onslaught.
A streak of eight goals that started, when skipper Matthew Lloyd
kicked a signature long goal at the 32-minute mark of the third quarter
with his team trailing by 13 points, put the Bombers on their way to
victory.
Carlton had seemed to have the match within its grasp but Adam McPhee
goaled after the siren to make the margin one point. Instead of going
into the final break with their tails between their legs, Essendon had
all but nullified a nine-goal term by the Blues.
With the match in the balance, Essendon started the fourth quarter with
all the intensity and poured on the pressure.
Mark McVeigh had been a star in the first half pitted against
Marc Murphy but had gone missing in the third quarter. He came to
the fore in the opening minutes of the last term with an important goal
that gave the Bombers the lead.
For the next 15 minutes, with the match up for grabs, the Bombers ran
the Blues off their feet. When Brendan Fevola chopped up Mal
Michael in the third term, Essendon coach Matthew Knights
turned to Patrick Ryder in the last to stop Fevola's influence.
Ryder did the job to perfection, running off Fevola, who had worked hard
all night, to help create goals for the Dons.
Lloyd had been well held by Michael Jamison in the first half,
but the skipper stood up when his team needed him, kicking four goals in
the second half – two in the final quarter.
Essendon's work rate was just too much for its opponents in the last
quarter, grabbing 82 possessions in total to 64 for Carlton, which had
led the disposal count for most of the night. Lyon thoughtfully noted:
Both sides showed little desire to apply defensive pressure, a trait
that will hurt against the competition's best sides. |
| 2008
— ROUND 3 — GAME 5 |
| Essendon v
Carlton |
Saturday
(n), April 5, 2008
MCG, 7.10pm AEDT, crowd: 64,388
Conditions: Good
Weather: 18C; showers forecast |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| ESS |
6.4-40 (8) |
11.8-74 (16) |
17.11-113 |
23.12-150
(16) |
|
CAR |
5.2-32 |
9.4-58 |
18.6-114 (1) |
21.8-134 |
Goals:
Essendon: Matthew Lloyd 4, Mark McVeigh 4, Sam Lonergan 2, Angus
Monfries 2, Andrew Lovett 2, Damien Peverill, Alwyn Davey, Patrick
Ryder, Kyle Reimers, Adam Ramanauskas, Jason Laycock, David Hille, Adam
McPhee, Bachar Houli. Carlton: Brendan Fevola 8.4, Nick Stevens
2, Matthew Kreuzer 2, Chris Judd 2, Brad Fisher, Eddie Betts, Jordan
Bannister, Richard Hadley, Andrew Carrazzo, Marc Murphy, Bryce Gibbs.
Best: Essendon: Mark McVeigh, Andrew Lovett, Brent Stanton,
Dustin Fletcher, Jay Nash, Adam McPhee. Carlton: Brendan Fevola,
Chris Judd, Eddie Betts, Nick Stevens, Marc Murphy.
Umpires: Chris Kamolins, Shaun Ryan, Kieron Nicholls.
Reports:
l
Mark McVeigh (Ess) was cited for a low-grade striking offence
against Brendan Fevola (Car) The MRP offered McVeigh a reprimand.
The player admitted guilt and accepted the MRP ruling.
l
Adam Ramanauskas (Ess) was cited for a low-grade striking
offence against Eddie Betts (Car). The MRP offered Ramanauskas a
reprimand. The player admitted guilt and accepted the MRP ruling. |
Geelong celebrated
on Sunday afternoon with the unfurling of the AFL and VFL premiership
flags to a packed crowd of 23,570. It was a fair day of occasional blue
skies and sunshine, though the chill must have been felt by the players
as they stood through the long pre-match ceremony. Eighteen of the 22
players involved in last September's drought-breaking triumph were on
hand. Those absent were STEVEN KING (St Kilda), NATHAN ABLETT (retired)
and injured due BRAD OTTENS and ANDREW MACKIE.
Peter Hanlon commented in The Age: Like so much of what
followed, stage-managing everything in football doesn't work, just as
spending the whole week arguing over how many lengths of the Flemington
straight the premiers will beat the wooden spoon fancies just won't
deliver you a walkover.
First, the positives. Melbourne was vastly improved, applying defensive
pressure from the outset and seemingly more in tune with coach Dean
Bailey's run-and-carry game than in a catastrophic opening
fortnight.
And for Geelong, er, four premiership points. And nobody got hurt.
The negatives column bulged under the collective weight of mistakes from
both teams. Kicks that went to opponents as if by design, marks dropped
by hand and chest, free kicks conceded with reckless abandon.
Yes, too much is made of statistics, but there were a couple worthy of
mention. More than a quarter of Geelong's kicks were errant, and more
than a third of Melbourne's. Cameron Ling had 13 kicks, and did
not find his target with 10 of them; Gary Ablett had 13 touches
in the third quarter, half of which were errors.
If the Cats do go back-to-back, round three will not feature prominently
in the "season that was" DVD. Tom Hawkins' five goals aside, and
the increasingly vague efforts of Russell Robertson for
Melbourne, the game's most memorable feature was its clangers.
Sportal's Andrew Wu reported: To almost stunned silence,
the Demons kicked the first three goals of the game and did not allow
the Cats to hit the front until 28 minutes into the first quarter. A
goal from youngster Cale Morton at the 16-minute mark of the
third term – and the Demons' third in succession – saw the underdogs
claw within five points of the lead but the Cats did not allow them any
closer.
Melbourne had four-quarter triers in new boy Morton, Brock McLean,
Paul Wheatley and Nathan Jones, while Austin
Wonaeamirri showed zip in his debut and Cameron Bruce kicked
three goals after keeping Steve Johnson in check. |
| 2008
— ROUND 3 — GAME 6 |
| Geelong v
Melbourne |
Sunday,
April 6, 2008
Kardinia Park, 1.10pm AEDT; crowd: 23,570
Conditions: Good
Weather: 18C, overcast to start turning to blue skies and sunshine |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
| GEE |
4.4-28 (6) |
8.11-59 (17) |
13.14-92 (24) |
16.16-112
(30) |
|
MEL |
3.4-22 |
6.6-42 |
10.8-68 |
12.10-82 |
Goals:
Geelong: Tom Hawkins 5.0, Cameron Ling 2, Steve Johnson 2,
Cameron Mooney 2, Mark Blake, Mathew Stokes, Darren Milburn, Paul
Chapman, Gary Ablett. Melbourne: Bruce 3, Morton 2, Dunn 2,
Neitz, Miller, Green, White, Wheatley.
Best: Geelong: Joel Corey, Cameron Mooney, Cameron Ling, Tom
Hawkins, Paul Chapman, Gary Ablett. Melbourne: Brock McLean, Paul
Wheatley, Cale Morton, Cameron Bruce, Paul Johnson.
Umpires: Stuart Wenn, Damien Sully, Shaun Ryan. |
A well-drilled
Collingwood side were efficient victors over a struggling Richmond
before a big Sunday crowd of 70,832 at the MCG. Capitulation to the
Magpies was measured by the horrendous stats page which showed Richmond
finished with a club record 209 handballs to just 182 kicks. Collingwood
also came under notice with the interchange gate used 114 times.
Paul Gough reviewed the match for Sportal: The Pies' set
up their victory in the first half during which time they kicked 11 of
the first 13 goals to at one stage lead by 56 points as the Tigers
constantly handballed to stationary targets, allowed the ball to be
swept out of their forward line all too easily and gave their own
forwards no chance to make an impact with some terrible delivery into
the forward line.
But all this was as a result of Collingwood's non-stop tackling and
pressure as Mick Malthouse's side again showed it is not only one
of the most professional and well-coached teams in the AFL but also one
of the few teams that look capable of challenging the ongoing
superiority of reigning premiers Geelong.
The Pies were superbly led by Heath Shaw, who not only totally
blanketed dangerman Nathan Brown but was at the heart of every
Collingwood attack with his dash out of defence.
The Herald Sun on Monday commented: Paul Medhurst's
reputation grows by the week. He notched 20 possessions for the first
time in his career as he again showed what a selfless, influential
player he might become. Matched up against Joel Bowden early, he was
able to spear passes to leading teammates at will and kick three majors
to go with his 24 touches. He has tapped into a rich vein of form. |
| 2008
— ROUND 3 — GAME 7 |
| Richmond v
Collingwood |
Sunday,
April 5, 2008
MCG, 2.10pm AEDT, crowd: 70,832
Conditions: Good; blustery wind conditions
Weather: 19C; mainly sunny |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
|
RCH |
1.1-7 |
4.5-29 |
9.10-64 |
11.12-78 |
| COL |
5.2-32 (25) |
11.7-73 (44) |
15.9-99 (35) |
18.14-122
(44) |
Goals:
Collingwood: Paul Medhurst 3, Dale Thomas 3, Anthony Rocca 3,
Travis Cloke 2, John Anthony 2, Leon Davis, Nick Maxwell, Josh Fraser,
Ben Johnson, Cameron Wood. Richmond: Kayne Pettifer 2, Adam
Pattison 2, Matthew Richardson, Chris Newman, Graham Polak, Nathan G
Brown, Mitch Morton, Richard Tambling, Jake King.
Best: Collingwood: Heath Shaw, Paul Medhurst, Tarkyn Lockyer,
Rhyce Shaw, Shane Wakelin, Nick Maxwell, Dale Thomas, Ben Johnson, Scott
Pendlebury. Richmond: Jake King, Nathan Foley, Will Thursfield,
Shane Tuck, Chris Newman.
Umpires: Dean Margetts, Matthew Nicholls, Shane McInerney.
Report:
Kayne Pettifer (Rch) reported by umpire Matthew Nicholls
for striking Nick Maxwell (Col) in Q2. The MRP offered Pettifer a
one-match suspension with an early plea. The player admitted guilt and
accepted the MRP ruling. |
Ranked as one of
the most ferocious of 24 Showdowns only a goal separated the bruised and
battered Crow and Port gladiators at the final siren on Sunday before
45,524 fans at Football Park. The ledger was squared at 12-all.
Ashley Porter reported for The Age: Going into the last
quarter with only 17 fit men, and just a five-point lead, the Crows
defied the odds and triumphed in adversity. It was loaded with bruising
encounters, and indeed skills, and in a game where goals were incredibly
hard to manufacture, this was a great effort.
Significantly, it was Adelaide's new breed who sparked the win.
Bernie Vince, playing only his 13th game, and David Mackay,
his third, were terrific under pressure. Richard Douglas was very
good, too, and when he burst clear of Shaun Burgoyne – which is
no mean feat – and goaled, he jumped in the air and pumped his fists.
The energy was passed on to the older blokes.
For the most part, Andrew McLeod was well-held and the Crows were
denied his flair and creativity, and Brett Burton struggled to
get a kick. But you can't keep good players down all of the time, and it
was the strong influence of McLeod and Burton in the crucial stages of
the last quarter that saved Adelaide.
Typically, Port fought bravely until the end, and when Shaun Burgoyne
kicked two late goals to get Port within 12 points, a sense of fear
swept most of the crowd. And when Daniel Motlop goaled at the
28-minute mark, a draw was a real possibility.
When Port looked like clearing through a free kick to Justin Westhoff
with a minute to go, the kick was reversed and the Crows wasted
enough time.
Adelaide won because of its better system moving into attack. Port
almost won because of its superiority, especially in the first half,
around the stoppages. Ultimately, the Crows were better under the
extreme pressure. |
| 2008
— ROUND 3 — GAME 8 |
| Adelaide v Port
Adelaide |
Sunday,
April 6, 2008
Football Park, 4.40pm AEDT; crowd: 45,524
Conditions: Good
Weather: 26C; fine, sunny and warm |
| |
1/4
time |
1/2
time |
3/4
time |
Final |
|
ADE |
2.3-15 (–) |
4.8-32 (1) |
8.11-59 (5) |
12.13-85 (6) |
| PA |
2.3-15 (–) |
4.7-31 |
7.12-54 |
11.13-79 |
Goals:
Adelaide: Simon Goodwin 3, Richard Douglas 3, Bernie Vince 2,
Tyson Edwards, Andrew McLeod, Brett Burton, Jonathon Griffin. Port:
S. Burgoyne 4, C.Cornes 2, Motlop 2, Rodan, Boak, Brogan.
Best: Adelaide: Bernie Vince, Richard Douglas, Nathan Bock, Tyson
Edwards, Ben Rutten, Scott Thompson, Graham Johncock, Simon Goodwin.
Port: Peter Burgoyne, Chad Cornes, Dean Brogan, Kane Cornes, Domenic
Cassisi, Jacob Surjan, Steven Salopek, Shaun Burgoyne.
Showdown Medal: Bernie Vince (Adelaide)
Umpires: Michael Vozzo, Gary Fila, Simon Meredith. |
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