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Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2026 7:14 pm
by PatowalongaPirate
Coopers Stadium | Friday 27th March | 7.40pm.

NORWOOD

League

F Josh Murphy, Jackson Callow, Jacob Kennerley

HF Jayden Gale, Finn Heard, Charlie Molan

C Declan Hamilton, Nik Rokahr, Connor Ling

HB Alec Wright, Aaron Francis, Alastair Lord

B Pierce Seymour, Thomas Donnelly, Cooper Murley

R Harry Boyd, Kade Dittmar, Baynen Lowe

INT Daniel Gauci, Matt Harms, Jack Heard, Max Hodges, Mitchell Nicholas, Oliver Sanders, Ben Simpson

NEW – Josh Murphy (North Albury/Collingwood VFL), Matt Harms (GWS VFL), Aaron Francis (Sydney Swans), Kade Dittmar (Central District)

STURT

League

F Joshua Hone, Tom Emmett, Daniel Schoell

HF Jed McEntee, Morgan Ferres, Sam Conforti

C Charlie Parker, Tom Lewis, Sam Breuer

HB Alex Holt, Zac Becker, Thomas McCourt

B Rory Illman, Will Coomblas, Luke Edmonds

R Amos Doyle, Will Snelling, Martin Frederick

INT Charlie Fryer, Oliver Grivell, Hugo Kittel, Loch Rawlinson, Nick Sadler, Luca Slade, Sam Waltham

NEW Morgan Ferres (Payneham), Loch Rawlinson (Mitcham), Sam Waltham (Payneham), Tom McCourt (Mount Lofty), Jed McEntee (Port Adelaide)

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2026 8:50 pm
by southernbulldog
Should be a cracking game between this years Grand Finalists
Norwood Just at home

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2026 9:41 pm
by pmackk
Be interesting to see what team we roll out with a couple of injuries hopefully it’s our near full strength will need to be to win this one.

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2026 10:57 pm
by Dutchy
Interesting that there is a grass hill now at Norwood Oval

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2026 9:23 am
by MannyK

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2026 9:34 am
by wenchbarwer
Dutchy wrote:Interesting that there is a grass hill now at Norwood Oval


Did a roof blow off their grandstand?

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2026 1:11 pm
by locky801
Norwood by 27 points

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2026 8:23 pm
by DOC
Norwood by a goal.

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2026 8:45 pm
by nwdfanparade
Which ever team is least inaccurate at shots on goal. Norwood have been appalling for shots at goals for many seasons but Sturt have been inaccurate too, namely a final game I vaguely remember ;) .

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 8:05 am
by MannyK
Neither side at full strength.

Legs by 13.

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 9:37 am
by Spargo
Norwood by 26 pts

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 10:27 am
by Jimmy_041
How come Jack Heard is on the bench?

Thank the stars we have a ruckman this year :supz:

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 1:40 pm
by Hazydog
Both teams looking strong on paper .. but who can overlook the superbly coached Blues who week after week look highly cohesive and structured.

I’m a little bit in awe of Mattner who has proved to be an elite coach, at the very least at this level.

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 8:47 pm
by tnt
Big crowd. Physical game

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 8:52 pm
by Jim05
tnt wrote:Big crowd. Physical game
Physicality off the charts. Both sides having a fair crack.
Our mids giving us plenty of momentum but we just lack some forward structure. Sturt have some real pace and are great at picking passes through our zone

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 9:04 pm
by norwood8
Sturt with a bit more polish and time with the footy that quarter. Poor kicking for goal from Norwood isn’t helping.

I actually think we will take some weeks to gel but still aren’t too far off the pace.

Surely the speed of the game will drop a little in the second half.

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 9:06 pm
by norwood8
Also Callow out with a hand injury in the first quarter is a big loss.

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 9:37 pm
by Jim05
norwood8 wrote:Also Callow out with a hand injury in the first quarter is a big loss.
Accuracy in front of goals woeful as per usual

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 10:09 pm
by Jim05
Nice hit out to start but would’ve thought we could have come up with some sort of game plan in 6 months.

Re: Round 1 Norwood v Sturt

PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 10:22 pm
by pmackk
That is one of the best wins I’ve seen with the players we had out!