ROUND FOUR
Friday the 16th of April.

STURT 1.1 7.2 11.3 14.6 (90)
GLENELG 3.6 4.9 7.9 8.13 (61)

In keeping with the match against Port Adelaide, Glenelg were woefully indirect and wasted many disposals against Sturt. Time and time again Glenelg turned the ball over to the opposition, even when under little or no pressure, and the ball delivery into the forward line was appalling.
Best again was ruckman Matthew Golding. One shudders to think about the impact to the side should he be seconded by the Crows.
On a positive note, Glenelgs' two losses have been against last years grand finalists, and there is some cause for optimism when considering the Tigers' chances against the other clubs. Glenelg are displaying enough committment and winning enough of the ball to be a threat. Shocking disposal is currently the barrier that is preventing that threat from becoming reality. The match report is extracted from "The Advertiser."

STURT FLOG BAYS

By Doug Robertson.
A tough and more systematic Sturt ground out a scratchy 44-point victory without much of its customary flair - but importantly with grunt - over desperate but wasteful Glenelg at Adelaide Oval last night. Sturt earned the two premiership points with the 14.15 (99) to 8.8 (56) win and maintained its top-two rating - but the sloppy spectacle would not have excited football purists.
With towering Stephen White in control at centre half-forward and Julian Burton a hard-running target at the goalmouth, Sturt kept a grip on the outcome.
But it had to fight - probably the most pleasing sign for its fans - for the win when determined Glenelg found spark in the third term. The Tigers came to within four points 12 minutes into the term and looked full of running.
Nick Chigwidden, Martin Mellody, Simon Hele, James Byme and Sudjai Cook suddenly looked assured and made use of Matthew Goldings' rliek dominance.
They found time to deliver the ball neatly, for the first time on the night, and Glenelg's fringe players came to life. When the Tigers booted two goals in less than a minute the challenge was there.
But that's where it ended.

Josh Carr evades Sturt's Tim Weatherald

Merciless Sturt kicked back with 4.5 to nothing in the next 15 minutes to take the sting out of the Tigers' tail and put the result beyond doubt.
Sturt led by 32 points going into the last term but did not stop the intensity.
White took 11 marks for the night and outworked Todd Winstanley then the unpretentious Corey Smelt, while Burton ran Paul Rouvray ragged.
They enjoyed Sturt's clean delivery while Glenelg's midfielders gave their forwards a nightmare with some of the sloppiest delivery seen in the SANFL for years. Glenelg won the ball enough to be a threat but its atrocious disposal, even when clear and free to lift the head, killed off any hope of victory.
Sturt simply was too good on the night but it, too, squandered opportunities in the opening quarter.
Its usually efficient key forwards , and link-men overused the ball with a touch of arrogance that should have allowed Glenelg's defence to crack the flow.
But caught second to the ball on most occasions and often hesitant to take risks, the Tigers wasted the moment when a rush of direct play could have split open the Blues and turned a trickle of opportunity into a flood.
Glenelg allowed Sturt's forwards and midfielders to dictate proceedings for three quarters, and when Glenelg did venture forward it was usually short and wide to the vacant flanks.
It refocused from midway through the second term when James Byrne, Simon Hele and Josh Carr began winning the ball in the centre.
When they pushed forward quickly Chad Comes at centre half-forward had a chance one-out.
Comes, however, did not battle desperately at half chances and took just three marks for the night.
Glenelg sadly lacked a strong-marking target. Sturt had two and won the contest easily.

BEST PLAYERS: Golding, Chigwidden, Byrne, Mellody, Hele, Kretschmer.
SCORERS:Grenvold 2.1, Cook 1.2, Winstanely, Cornes 1.1, Hosking, Mellody, Hele 1.0, rushed 0.2.
INJURIES: Feddema (hamstring).
CROWD: 5537.

RESERVES:Sturt 15.14 (104) defeated Glenelg 9.7 (61)
UNDER 19:Sturt 14.11 (95) defeated Glenelg 11.6 (11.6)
UNDER 17:Glenelg 14.17 (101) defeated Sturt 11.5 (71)