2013 FeT Rd 8 Part 2 StvWA.pub - West Adelaide Football Club

SANFL STATS
2013 ROUND 8
STURT v WEST
Sat May 25 @ Envestra Park, Unley
LEAGUE RESULTS
Fri May 17th @ City Mazda Stadium, Richmond (Crowd 2,665)
West 1.4 5.6 9.10 11.11 (71)
Port 2.4 5.6 6.7 9.8 (62)
Goals— West: Ferguson 3, Keough, Fielke 2, Webb, Macreadie, Green,
Nelson. Port: Johncock 3, Johansen 2, Butcher, Rose, Slattery, Young.
Best— West: Macreadie, Schmidt, Caire, Mangan Port: Gray, Johansen,
Summerton, Kirkwood, Slattery, Johncock
Sat May 18th @ Prospect Oval (Crowd 3,131)
North 3.5 8.8 14.11 18.14 (122)
Eagles 6.2 9.3 11.3 13.6 (84)
Goals—North: Ryswyk 4, Stewart 3, Langford, Thiele, O;Sullivan 2, Boras,
Amato, Anderson, Gordon, Blee Eagles: Ainger 4, Salter, Goldsworthy 3,
Hall, Poole, Day
Best—North: Amato, M Thring, Stewart, O’Sullivan, Miles, Anderson, Ryswyk,
G Thring Eagles: Hall, Heath, Jarrad, Ainger, Goldsworthy
Sat May 18th @ Playford Alive Oval, Elizabeth (Crowd 2,250)
Central 7.2 9.5 14.7 20.12 (132)
Sturt 0.4 7.7 11.13 15.15 (105)
Goals—Central: Callinan 5, Jenner 3, Hardy, Williams 2, Boyd, Milne,
Meulendyks, Dunne, O’Hara. Sturt: Duldig 4, Krause 3, Crane, Graham 2,
Evans, Rischbieth, Marton, Riley
Best—Central: Glenn, Boyd, Waldhunter, O’Hara, Callinan, Reichert
Sturt: Crane, Martin, Jaensch, Evans, Graham, Riley
Sat May 18th @ Hickinbotham Oval, Noarlunga (Crowd 2,038)
Norwood 4.0 6.3 10.6 14.7 (91)
South 3.0 3.2 9.4 10.6 (66)
Goals—Norwood: Warren 5, M Evans 3, Phillips, Thomas 2, Zorzi, Fantasia
South: Eddy 3, McDonald 2, Wundke 2, Snook, Bass, AhChee
Best—Norwood: Warren, Thomas, Suckling, McGuiness, Pfeiffer, Dumont
South : McDonald, Liddle, Crabb, Cross, Thewlis, Daniel.
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ROUND 7 WRAP UP
LEAGUE LADDER
Team P W L Pts Pct
West 7 6 1 12 60.7
Norwood 7 5 2 10 57.7
North 6 5 1 10 57.6
Eagles 6 4 2 8 54.4
Glenelg 6 3 3 6 47.0
Central 6 2 4 2 49.8
Sturt 6 1 5 2 44.9
Port 6 1 5 2 42.4
South 6 1 5 2 37.8
RESERVES
Port 10.14 (74) d West 10.6 (66)
Sturt 18.12 (120) d Central 8.13 (61)
Eagles 18.17 (125) d North 6.3 (39)
Norwood 13.9 (87) d South 12.8 (80)
Ladder: Eagles, Sturt 10, Glenelg 8, West, North,
Norwood 6, Port, Central 4, South 2.
UNDER 18 (Macca’s Cup)
Port 16.8 (104) d West 13.12 (90)
North 9.8 (62) d Eagles 8.8 (56)
Sturt 18.19 (127) d Central 13.9 (87)
South 10.8 (68) d Norwood 7.8 (50)
Ladder : North 12, Eagles, Glenelg 10, Port 8,
West, Sturt 6, Norwood, South 2, Central 0
UNDER 16 (Macca’s Talent Shield)
GRAND FINAL Sun May 19th @ AAMI Stadium, West Lakes
North 5.0 9.2 14.5 21.9 (135)
Sturt 2.1 2.5 3.8 5.10 (40)
Goals—North: R Burton, K Agius, LeBois 5, J Castree 3, D Foulis, C
Hewett, 2 V Rocca, S Ciappina, M Olekains, L Minervini Sturt: L Spiniello,
D Barry, M Rupcic, J Sloan, A Houlahan
Best—North: J Graham, K Santillo, R Burton, M Olekalns, S Tahana, J
Morgan Sturt : B Lucas, J Revington, L Spiniello, T Leggatt, B Moore.
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It would be a fair assumption that
Sturt coach, Seamus Maloney,
will be drilling into his players the
importance of being switched on
at the start of every contest. Last
week against the 'Dogs, giving up
a seven goal to nil opening term
proved a gap too large to bridge,
despite playing some pretty good
football after the first change.
The first placed Bloods enter tomorrow’s
clash at Envestra Park
with the knowledge that they still
can improve on the performance
from last week that netted a hard
fought 15 point win. One hurdle
the visitors are faced with will be
the statistics. Prior to the Round
5 victory West had over Sturt last
season, last year’s runners-up
had not won at Unley since season
2000.
The Double Blues were well
served last week by their AFL
listed players, with four of the five
leading stats winners on the Adelaide
Crow's list. Veteran midfielder
Luke Crane has finally got
the body right, and played his
best game for a couple of seasons
against the 'Dogs. While
youngster James Battersby impressed,
running with another
Crow's player in Ian Callinan at
times last week.
West were made to work for their
win against the Magpies and
were well served by their solid
midfield brigade. Chris Schmidt,
Ben MacReadie and Travis Tuck
are in great touch for West, and
the possible match ups with Sturt
on-ballers Aiden Riley, Luke
Crane and Brodie Martin will be a
PHIL ASPINALL’S PREVIEW
telling factor as to which side can
get the ball inside attacking fifty
the most.
In attack, Matthew Duldig kicked
four majors, all in the 2nd quarter,
last week and is having a
good season again, but could
find himself being closely
checked by State full back, Joel
Tippett, should he return from
groin soreness. Duldig needs
help in attack and fan favourite,
Ziggy Vitkunas, will need to lift
his output. He will be better
suited to the smaller space of
Evensta Park.
Good sides win ugly and West
can now do this, proving the
point last week. Despite some
key players still missing from
their line-up, the Bloods have
shown an improved depth can
suspensions but still keep the
side competitive. The likes of
James Ezard and Shane Birss
should return to the side this
week, making their midfield depth
even stronger.
The home side will have their
work cut out for them but have
proven, in patches, that they can
play some exciting, free-flowing
football. With a good mix of AFL
players, experienced players and
exciting youngsters, Sturt are not
without a chance in this clash,
but they will certainly need to address
the concentration aspect of
their game, particularly over four
quarters. Despite a terrible record
at Unley in the last decade,
the visitors should be too strong
tomorrow.
West by 35 points
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