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second placed Centrals. The Double Blues went into the game as underdogs
and although they lost Stephen White before the game with a groin injury
the Blues controlled the game for the majority of the contest. Sturt went
into the breeze in the first quarter but thnaks to great forward work from
Julian Burton, Toby Thurstans and Brodie Atkinson the Blues made the most
of their forward opportunities. The Double Blues struggled early in the
second term but after a while got moving to go into half time with a 16
point advantage. Sturt held off Central for most of the third term with
great marking and rebounding from defence by Scott Robinson. As usual Bruce
Lennon and Jarrod Twitt were superb from the midfield as was Damian Squire.
Sturt held sway for most of the last quarter but the Bulldogs got dangerously
close scoring 3 consecutive goals towards the end of the quarter but the
siren went 7 seconds after Centrals' last goal.
Sturt: 4.1 (25) 10.4 (64) 11.5 (71) 15.9
(99)
Best: Atkinson, Twitt, Lennon, Robinson, Squire,
Sheedy, Powell, Curtis, Pitura.
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