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ROUND EIGHT OF 2001 SEASON MATCH REPORT Noarlunga Oval - 19th May 2001 By Chris Hisee |
| Sturt's chances of making the finals are crushed after yet
another last quarter fade out. Sturt started well enough with goals to Wicks
and White but missed a few chances and were lucky that South were even more
inaccurate at times. During the second quarter both sides went goal for goal
for most of the term with Sturt getting their goals courtesy of a great long
shot by Mark Conway and some better marking by Stephen White. Daniel Wicks was
often danferous around goals but missed a few easy shots, as did a lot of other
players. The first part of the third quarter was even but towards the end South
started constantly attacking the goals and only trailed Sturt by 5 points at
the last break. Poor manning up and a ton basic skill errors lost the game for
the Blues and on the end South just ran away with the match winning by 25
points. Sturt played the match as if it were a pre season trial rather than a
match that had their finals chances on the line. it's going to ba a battle to
avoid finishing in the bottom 2 now and if the Double Blues lose to the Tigers
next weekend that's where they will probably finish.
BEST South: Morgan,Brogan, Rigney, Manhood, A. Murray, Stephensen, Perrie, Mills, Cobb, Talbot. Sturt: Woosnam,Curtis, Conway, Weatherald, Geddes, Wicks. GOALS South: A.Murray 3.2, Rigney 3.0, Perrie 2.3, Threadgold 2.1 Johnson 2.0, Talbot, Sampson 1.2, Meekins, Manhood 1.2, Mills 1.0, Warren, Demasi 0.2, Hassal, Bishop 0.1, rushed 0.4. Sturt: Wicks 5.2,White 2.0, Weatherald, Chambers 1.1, Schulz, Squire, Conway, Maloney, Curtis, Klun 1.0, Campbell, Lennon 0.1, rushed 0.3. |
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
| South Adelaide | 2.4 (16) | 5.10 (40) | 11.15 (81) | 17.22 (124) |
| Sturt | 4.3 (27) | 8.6 (54) | 13.8 (86) | 15.9 (99) |