Australian Football

Match Report

The last match for the round takes us up Port Road and over to the Alberton Oval where the Magpies faced the Panthers. The Magpies inflicted a 50-point hiding upon the Panthers in their last meeting, despite outscoring the visitors in the second half, a 13 goal to three first half proved to be the game-breaker for Port down at Noarlunga in Round 8. The Magpies came into this game on the back of a 50-point victory against Glenelg, while the Panthers were blitzed in the opening term by West and went down by four goals at Noarlunga. 

Much like the Bloods did last week against South, the Magpies practically set history repeating itself as they kicked to a wind-assisted 32-point lead by quarter-time after ramming through 6.2 to a solitary goal in the first term. The Panthers were able to take advantage of that wind in the second term, but some missed chances saw them only knock eight points off the deficit. South scored 2.3 to 1.1, bringing the gap back to four goals by half-time. The Magpies had some goal-kicking yips of their own in the third quarter, but with South having kicked just one goal they would take their lead out to 41 points by the final change through their score of 4.5. Port would again struggle to put any further impact on the board, however the Panthers accuracy wasn't improving even with the wind at their backs. The visitors kicked 3.6 to 1.3, but still fell to a 32-point defeat. 

Will Snelling was named Port's best, the Panthers named Joel Cross as their best on ground.