ROUND 20
Sunday 19th of August.

EAGLES 2.3 7.9 12.8 14.11 (95)
GLENELG 4.1 7.1 8.5 9.8 (62)

Intensity lapse costs Tigers again.

By James Quast.
RAIN soaked Glenelg Oval for at least half of the game on Sunday.
The slippery conditions caused players from both Glenelg and Woodville West Torrens to miscue and fight hard for every possession.
But it was the Eagles, with that touch of class, which handled the conditions and the improving Tigers with style - home by 33 points.
Two early goals to the Eagles did not discourage the Tigers or their umbrella-carrying fans.
And the Eagles did not help their cause early with missed set shots.
Glenelg rover Kelvin Maher stopped an Eagles attack in its tracks and then set up the run that culminated in the Tigers' first goal.
They then hit the lead with three quick goals.
The second of these majors was set up by a slick handball from Maher to Malcolm Greenwood who raced away from half back.
Greenwood's miscued kick ended up on the chest of Matthew Bode who kicked his first of three goals for the day.
Unlike the Eagles, the Tigers could not miss and led by 10 points at quarter time.
A goal to Bradley Smith extended the Tigers lead early in the second quarter.
But the Eagles overtook them and kicked 12 points clear. Again the Tigers counter attacked with two more goals - one of them slotted through from the boundary by Kane Cornes.
The difference was just one point.
However Chris Kluzek's goal just before half time put the Eagles ahead by seven points.
The rain started bucketing down just as the third term began.
The Tigers attacked several times before Bode gave off a risky handball, received it back, and snapped truly to level the scores.
A rushed point gave the Tigers the lead again.
The turning point of the game came when the Eagles piled on three quick goals.
A late Kluzek goal gave the Eagles an unassailable 27-point lead.
Although the rain had cleared most spectators would have seriously considered gum boots to make it out to the three-quarter time address.
At the huddle Tigers coach Brenton Honor told his players they were being slaughtered around the ball but added they could still win the game.
The side couldn't respond, though, with the Eagles extending their lead in the final term to 33 points.
After the game Honor said he was pleased with the Tigers' efforts for most of the game.
"For all but about 10 minutes in the third quarter I thought we played good footy.''
ONE to watch: Greenwood, 19, kept his side in the game early on by helping Maher to produce much of the run from half back.
Next week Glenelg takes on a resurgent North Adelaide at Prospect Oval.
With the Tigers just one win and a draw ahead of the Roosters, and with a similar percentage, this game could decide who gets the wooden spoon.

BEST PLAYERS: K.Cornes, Mellody, Grenwood, Mckenzie, Cook, Bode, Sherwood.
SCORERS: Bode 3.0, K.Cornes 2.0, Logan, Woods, 1.2, Brad Smith 1.1, Ottens 1.0, McKenzie 0.2, Cook 0.1.
INJURIES: Nil
CROWD: 2307.