SA Footy

Anyone care about this? 1/4 time eagles up 6.1 to west 2.6. Nice night and a reasonable crowd here. Got to be better than any other footy options this weekend...

1/2 time West now up 6.7 to 6.5.

West clearly had the best of that term. Could have been further up if not for a bit of hungriness up forward. Eagles had chances but wasted them. Not a bad game at all; certainly a bit of intensity out there.

Some serious intensity out there, pretty good game of footy so far. Massive crowd, with a pretty good atmosphere.

Almost all West in Q3... West 10.9 LPRs 6.9. Eags had chances in the latter half but pissed them all away.

Effing cold up in the stand, hope I can go the distance. ..

23 mins played in the last West up 89 to Eagles 55.

Bloods win it, 13.12 to 7.13. West stepped up a level in that quarter. Played with confidence. The bunnies are their own worst enemies up forwards.

Congratulations young bloods, premiership from 5th place (only made finals on % over 6th).

Right, back home now in the warm, nursing a glass of red and waiting for my nuts to thaw. One final comment:

In a year in which the SANFL has demonstrated an ability to screw itself over time and time again, I have to say that scheduling the U/18 game on a Friday night at a suburban ground was a rare masterstroke. The atmosphere was great, despite the crowd being modest. That has to be better than starting the game at 9 AM in a mostly empty stadium. Kudos to you SANFL.

Well done Westies, obviously a gutsy effort from where they came from. Disappointing for the Eagles to be strong all year and not finish it off.