ROUND SEVEN
Saturday the 8th of May.

GLENELG 3.3 5.5 8.7 13.11 (89)
NORWOOD 2.1 3.1 4.4 6.4 (40)

The game against Norwood promised to be a stern test of Glenelg's new found confidence. It was a test that was passed with flying colours. For me, the most telling statistic to come out of the game, was the fact that Glenelg took 53 marks to Norwood's 46, despite a clear height disadvantage. As Tony McGuinness told his players during the quarter time break- "we are harder than them!"- and it was true.
James Byrne must be an early favourite for the club best and fairest, after a best on ground performance. He has not been out of the best players in 6 games so far this season. Matthew Bode was also magnificent after his suprising ommission from the Port Power side. The most pleasinsg aspect of the victory was that all players contributed, this Glenelg side does not have any passengers.The match report is extracted from the "Sunday Mail", the picture from the "Advertiser".

TIGER TRAIN UNSTOPPABLE

By Paul Kermode.
Glenelg's band of quicksilver midfielders left Norwood on their wake at Glenelg Oval yesterday, running away with a 49 point victory.
Sparked by lighting-quick Matthew Bode, superbly skilled James Byrne and hard working Richard Kelly, the Tiger midfield completely overwhelmed Norwood to propel Glenelg to its third straight victory.
Bode was electric in the first half when the game was in the balance, winning 15 possessions and kicking 3 goals before the main break.
Only the discipline of Norwood deputy vice captain Todd Davey, brought off the interchange bench shortly before half-time to tag the rampant Bode, stopped him from inflicting further damage.

Byrne, the former Sydney reserves player, and Kelly, playing against his former club, formed a lethal one-two punch in the centre square-Kelly all hustle and bustle to win the ball when it was in dispute, and Byrne a class act with each of his 35 possessions.
"They killed us around the packs, no doubt," Norwood coach Peter Rohde said.
"In terms of clearances away from the packs and the efficiency of their onballers, they were miles in front of us, and we pride ourselves on being hard at it and strong around the footy."
'Not only did they win it so many times, but they won it so easily and so creatively that we never looked like getting it."
For the Tigers, a second straight win against a 1998 finalist was further vindication of their creative game plan, which revolves around winning the ball from packs and using their running players to hurt opposition sides.
Yesterday's 13.11 (89) to 6.4 (40) victory showed that Glenelg's game will test allcomers this season.
"I think one of the good things about the side is they're learning how to be able to hustle really hard and they're really hard around the ball-that's something we work on and the team prides itself on," Glenelg coach Tony McGuinness said.
While we maintain that kind of intensity around the footy and continue to improve the way we use it and our efficiency, we'll be a dangerous side."
That intensity showed most clearly in the second and third quarters, when Norwood briefly held sway, but could not find the time or space to confidently go forward.
Despite holding a decent height advantage, Norwood managed a miserable 4 marks in the second quarter and just 9 in the third.
The Tigers had contributors all over the field and, with Martin Mellody to slot back into the midfield, go into Saturday's home game against South Adelaide full of confidence.

BEST PLAYERS: Byrne, Bode, Kelly, Cook, Higgins, Sherwood, Jameson, Hele,Rouvray, Raidis.
SCORERS: Bode 5.0, Feddema, McEntee 2.0, Liptak, Rouvray 1.2, Grenvold, Raidis 1.0, Chigwidden 0.3, Burke 0.2, Byrne 0.1, rushed 0.1.
INJURIES: Liptak (calf).
CROWD: 4046.

RESERVES:Norwood 22.13 (145) defeated Glenelg 13.12 (90)
UNDER 19:Norwood 15.8 (98) defeated Glenelg 9.12 (66)
UNDER 17:Norwood 15.12 (102) defeated Glenelg 3.3 (21)