Round 8 - Live scores

[scott]

Evans takes Rowntree high 35m out on a 45 degree angle, he has 5 tackles for the game already and now he kicks the game's first goal!

Q1 21m
Eagles 1.0 (6)
Sturt 0.2 (2)

Tackles
Eagles 18
Sturt 14

Q1 24m
Port 4.2 (26)
Glenelg 0.0 (0)

Tackles
Port 27
Glenelg 12

[scott]

No Duldig playing today? Did he get a run in the reserves?

Yeah, kicked 0.1, got a few touches and played a fair bit in the ruck

[scott]

Poole spending a bit of time on the ball now, has already had 3 tackles in 45 seconds

Q1 24m
Eagles 1.0 (6)
Sturt 0.2 (2)

Quarter Time
Port 4.3 (27)
Glenelg 0.0 (0)

[scott]

Borholm takes a good mark after Ainger appears to get first hands on it, but his kick from 45 out misses to the left

Q1 26m
Eagles 1.1 (7)
Sturt 0.2 (2)

[therisingblues]

No Duldig playing today? Did he get a run in the reserves?

Yeah, kicked 0.1, got a few touches and played a fair bit in the ruck

Okay, thanks.

[scott]

Quarter Time (length 27:04)
Eagles 1.1 (7)
Sturt 0.2 (2)

Goals:
Eagles - Rowntree.
Sturt - nil.

Leading Players:
Evans (St) 7 disposals
Harms (St) 6 disposals, 6 cont poss, 4 clear, 3 reb50
Lewis (Ea) 6 disposals
Allmond (Ea) 6 disposals, 3 inside 50s
Rowntree (Ea) 4 disposals, 5 tackles

[scott]

Quarter Time
Eagles 1.1 (7)
Sturt 0.2 (2)

Q2 3m
Port 5.3 (33)
Glenelg 0.0 (0)

Disposals - Port 89, Glenelg 49
Cont Poss - Port 48, Glenelg 28
Tackles - Port 29, Glenelg 19

[scott]

McGregor snaps from the pocket but misses to kick-start the scoring in the second term, rain has stopped. And Glenelg has finally scored.

Q2 4m
Eagles 1.2 (8)
Sturt 0.2 (2)

Q2 8m
Port 5.3 (33)
Glenelg 1.0 (6)

[scott]

Beard prevents a certain goal from Ainger by trapping him in a tackle 5m from the line, rushed behind

Q2 7m
Eagles 1.3 (9)
Sturt 0.2 (2)

Q2 11m
Port 6.3 (39)
Glenelg 2.0 (12)

[scott]

Allmond delivers lace out to Ainger who takes the lead mark 25 out and kicks truly

Q2 8m
Eagles 2.3 (15)
Sturt 0.2 (2)

Q2 12m
Port 7.3 (45)
Glenelg 2.0 (12)

[scott]

Evans marks 45m out on a 45 degree angle, Sturt hasn't scored for 32 mins, and his very good kick from beyond 50 is touhed on the line

Q2 21m
Eagles 2.3 (15)
Sturt 0.3 (3)

Q2 25m
Port 8.4 (52)
Glenelg 2.2 (14)

[scott]

McGregor works exceptionally well to win the hard ball on the 50m line and delivers it to Wundke who takes the mark 25m out on a slight angle and kicks the goal

Q2 22m
Eagles 3.3 (21)
Sturt 0.3 (3)

Q2 26m
Port 9.4 (58)
Glenelg 2.2 (14)

[scott]

Ainger takes a strong pack mark 35m out on a 60 degree angle, his kick smashes into the right hand post

Q2 26m
Eagles 3.4 (22)
Sturt 0.3 (3)

Half Time
Port 10.4 (64)
Glenelg 3.3 (21)

[scott]

An errant kick-in ends up with Rowntree who palms it off to Wundke and he runs to 15m and kicks his silver-platter goal for the term

Q2 27m
Eagles 4.4 (28)
Sturt 0.3 (3)

[scott]

Siren goes for half time, that quarter lasted 27:15.

Goldsworthy (10 disposals in Q2), Martyn (10), Poole (8) and Rowntree (8 and 3 tackles) were all brilliant that term as the Eagles kicked 3.3 to 0.1 in the second quarter, comfortably winning the disposals (99-62) and cont poss (41-25) to build a 25-point half time advantage.

Rowntree leads all on the ground with 12 disposals and 8 tackles while Allmond and Sturt's Kirkwood have had 12 each too.

[therisingblues]

What's going on there Scott? I can't get to a TV and just reading the scores it looks as though Sturt's getting smashed everywhere.

[scott]

Eagles just running harder, slipping tackles easier and hitting targets more, winning more of the contests and finding numbers on the outside fairly comfortably. Sturt making hard work in a lot of contests; Eagles pressure on the ball carrier is pretty good, leading to more rushed disposals.

Don't really think Sturt is necessarily getting smashed or out of the contest. Those two late goals by Wundke both really shouldn't have happened and the margin should have been two goals at the half.

Coad and Bruggemann have had no impact (the latter dropped an easy marking attempt in the first term that should have at least resulted in a score).

[therisingblues]

Thanks Scott. The Eagles perhaps have a game plan suited to the likes of Sturt and Norwood? I'm worried that the continued lack of score might contribute to silly errors by the Blues, the margin is still within reach, but its games like this where one side tends to break, suffocated out of it and it ends in a 10 goal rout.
Sturt needs to find something...

[scott]

Sturt has started the third quarter strongly, Hansen earns a free kick 25m on a tough angle and splits the middle! Meanwhile Glenelg has reduced the deficit considerably with three successive goals.

Q3 3m
Eagles 4.4 (28)
Sturt 1.3 (9)

Q3 5m
Port 10.4 (64)
Glenelg 5.3 (33)

[therisingblues]

YOU BEAUTY!
About time!!!