ROUND FIVE
Sunday 9th of April.

SOUTH 7.0 12.3 16.9 22.12 (144)
GLENELG 7.2 9.6 12.6 13.10 (88)

Glenelg again suffered a second half fade out. After an extraordinairy opening in which South kicked 6 goals straight in the first 10 minutes, Glenelg answered with 7 goals, to be 2 points up at quarter time.
In a repeat of last week, Glenelg, after being competitive in the first half, were totally out played in the second. Nick Chigwiddens' comments after the game: "Everyone else has improved (on last year)" are pertinent. It is obvious the Glenelg are missing the likes of Jameson, Rouvray, Viska, Fogden and Bartlett.
The loss makes next weeks game against West an absolute must win for the Tigers.
The match report is extracted from "The Advertiser."

SOUTH SHOW SPIRIT

By Doug Robertson.
Gritty and hungry South Adelaide stormed to a classy 56-ponit victory against Glenelg at Noarlunga yesterday and signalled that the Panthers are genuine finals contenders.
South matched Glenelg for hardness in an absorbing first half and when the Panthers broke free in the third term they showed the skills and system of a quality team.
South's depth was clearly illustrated when it lost star midfeilders Andrew Stagg, Trent Mills and Jon Hassall to injury in the opening quarter but still dominated the centre square.
Centreman David Morgan ignited the push while Chris Hall, Nathan Turvey, Aaron Martin and the menacing Michael Doughty provided the backup of talent and a willingness to work hard.
Soth's Simon Crayshaw and Dean Brogan dictated the terms in ruck and were in total control whenever Glenelg's Matthew Golding went off the ball.
The Panthers' defence was tight but rebounding and with Mark Demasi, Clint Draper, Brogan, Crawshay and Ian Perrie - until moved to half-back after half-time - all active in attack the Glenelg defence was always under pressure.
Both teams kicked seven goals in a furious first term but South added 15 more goals to Glenelg's 6 for the remainder, indicating the Tigers had a host of under-productive forwards who must be fighting to hold their spots in coming weeks.
The Panthers must now contend with the pressure its burgeoning reputation deserves and has a list of selection worries leading into Friday night's clash with Sturt at Adelaide Oval.
Kym Cobb (hamstring) is likely to be available but the three players injured yesterday will miss. Mills is likely to undergo arthroscopic surgery on his strained left knee and the extent of Hassall's ankle strain is still in doubt.
Greg Anderson can rely on South's deepening spirit each week knowing whoever gets promoted will give the same level of commitment.
"There was nothing special about the style of play but it was just great workrate," Anderson said.
"It's pretty much the battle in itself to have the spirit there. If everyone lifts around the ground, the players who were hoping to do well, do play well and give a real contest. That's where we want to be and if the other sides want to take us (as a threat) that's great.
"We want to play some good footy this year and we've got some good players to suit our needs."

Craig Tasborski is out marked by Jon Hassal.

The Panthers opened the first term like winners kicking six goals without a miss in 10 minutes.
High-leaping Brogan dominated the centre ball ups, giving unlikely ruckman Cameron Venables a hiding and providing the Panthers with first use of the ball.
Glenelg looked stunned but eventually regrouped with half-back Simon Nicholas - who had a red-hot battle with Perrie - having to drift forward to post the Tigers' first major from outside the 50 metre arc.
Ben Moore, Josh Carr and Nick Chigwidden to give former South full forward David Hams (5.2) opportunites and he responded with four goals in the first half, hurting his former team mates with his strong marking and his ability to kick straight.
The wind sprang up to be an influence and the unpredictable gusts accross the ground affected the skills from both teams.
Morgan was beating Glenelg's main generater Richard Kelly and Eugene Warrior was dragged in the second term without a possesion against the discilplined Phil Murton.
Glenelg wasted chances with four consecutive points from inside 40m in the second term because of the wind and a run of three points in the last.
"They probably ended up beating us all over the ground - it was very disappointing," skipper Nick Chigwidden said.
"We've got to look at ourselves - we're obviously not as hungry as last year. Everyone's improved, that's why we couldn't go back at all. It was always going to be one of those years where if you didn't improve you were going to be out of the five."

BEST PLAYERS: Nicholas, Burke, Mellody, Carr, Golding, Tipuamantamerri.
SCORERS: Hams 5.2, Moore, Burke 2.1, Warrior2.0, Nicholas, McEntee 1.1, Cook 0.2, D Raidis, Venables 0.1.
INJURIES: Moore (broken collar bone)
CROWD: 2597.

RESERVES: Glenelg 18.14 (122) d South 10.6 (66)
UNDER 19: Glenelg 16.15 (111) d South 12.18 (90)
UNDER 17: Glenelg 18.14 (122) d South 12.9 (81)