Round 13 Hostplus SANFL Snapshot – Saturday

Glenelg continually answered Adelaide’s challenges as it took a step toward securing a top-three finals berth with a 28-point win at Stratarama Stadium.

Edging a win ahead of the Crows on the premiership table to hold on to second spot, the Tigers led at every change whilst managing to keep their rivals at arm’s length for the majority of the contest.

The Bays preference to use the ball by foot paid dividends as it engineered eight more scoring shots from the same amount of inside 50 entries while accumulating 42 more kicks for the afternoon.

Jarryd Lyons (27 disposals, six clearances, one goal), Luke Partington (23 disposals, five clearances) and Matt Allen (22 disposals, 10 marks, two goals) did plenty of damage through the middle for the hosts.

In defence, Jonty Scharenberg starred with 27 disposals and six marks while Max Proud had 23 disposals and 15 marks as former Rooster Karl Finlay got through his first League appearance for Glenelg with 12 disposals and seven marks.

Ken Farmer Medallists Lachie Hosie (4.3) and Liam McBean (3.1) continually hit the scoreboard for the Bays as Darcy Bailey, Will Chandler and Hugh Stagg joined Allen in kicking two goals.

Adelaide’s Lachie Murphy rebounded from his demotion to collect a team-high 27 possessions and five clearances while Lachie Sholl and Harry Schoenberg each had 24 touches.

Emerging Crows midfielders Charlie Edwards (22 disposals) and Billy Dowling (20 disposals, one goal) were solid in support while defender James Borlase continued his good form with 18 disposals and nine marks.

Adelaide key forward Chris Burgess booted three goals while Blake Drury and Kieran Strachan kicked two each.

South Adelaide steamrolled North Adelaide with a blistering first term as it cruised to a 30-point win at Memorial Oval in Port Pirie.

Playing in the feature match at the THINK! Road Safety SA Country Championships, the Panthers piled on a game-breaking 8.2 with the aid of a strong breeze while holding the Roosters to just 1.1.

It would prove to be more than enough for the Roosters to overcome after Jarrad Wright’s charges held them without a major in the third term en route to registering their third victory of the season.

South’s industrious midfielder Oliver Davis racked up 26 disposals while the rapidly-developing Angus Bradley impressed with 25 touches and two goals.

Panther Callum McCarty ran hard for his 23 disposals, seven clearances and nine tackles while Elliot Dunkin collected 19 disposals and landed a long bomb from 70m out as one of his two majors.

Key South defender Oscar Clavarino finished with 18 disposals and 12 marks while co-captain Sam Skinner is enjoying his swing into attack with another three goals.

Emmanuel Ajang and Damon Freitag also kicked two goals for South.

North Captain Alex Spina again stood tall with 24 disposals and eight marks while gun recruit Angus Schumacher continued his consistent debut campaign with 23 touches.

But the real highlight for North was the second-game performance from SA U18 vice-captain Sam Cumming, who tallied 20 disposals, five clearances, five tackles and three goals.

Roosters Zavier Maher and Frank Szekely kicked two goals each.

West Adelaide broke through for its second win of the season after holding off Woodville-West Torrens by 13 points at Maughan Thiem Kia Oval. 

Earning their first triumph under interim coach Sam Elliott, the Bloods led at every break while establishing their advantage during the second term.

Leading by a goal at the first change, the visitors kicked a defining 5.1 to the Eagles’ 1.2 to earn a decisive 29-point lead at half-time.

The Eagles got within nine points when former Sturt defender Liam Puncher kicked a behind in the 11th minute of the final term but a steadying goal to emerging midfielder Jesse Thackeray closed the door for the hosts as the red-and-black faithful had something to cheer about.

With star midfielder Kobe Ryan well held by Eagle Zac Buck, the Bloods had Lachie Squire (29 disposals, eight marks), Tom Morrish (23 disposals), Jonti Schuback (21 disposals) and Dylan White (19 disposals, nine marks) step up for Westies.

Tasmanian recruit Harvey Griffiths played his best game for the Bloods with 16 disposals and a goal while Charlie Haysman and Ned Stevens kicked two goals each.

Veteran Eagle James Rowe racked up a match-high 30 disposals, nine clearances and a goal while captain Joey Sinor (26 disposals) and Kobe Mutch (22 disposals, one goal) battled hard.

Key swingman Lukas Cooke had a career-high 29 disposals and nine marks for the Eagles while Blake Hansen and Jordan Lukac kicked two goals each.

A second quarter explosion propelled premiership favourite Sturt to a 74-point win against Port Adelaide at Alberton. 

Celebrating the 200th Hostplus SANFL League game of Josh Hone in fine style, the Double Blues slammed on 8.4 to the Pies’ 2.1 to open up a 38-point lead at half-time.

From there, Marty Mattner’s charges extended their advantage to as much as 95 points early in time-on of the final term before Port kicked the final three goals of the game.

With an ominous inside 50 count of 52-33 and taking 122 marks to 72, the Blues dictated terms as they romped to their 13th consecutive win of the season.

Without midfielders Will Snelling and Jared Dakin, Sturt had Angus Anderson (22 disposals, seven clearances), Tom Lewis (22 disposals, six clearances, 10 tackles) and Casey Voss (22 disposals, nine marks) share the load.

Wingers Charlie Parker and Nick Sadler each had 18 disposals while Hone enjoyed 17 disposals, five marks and two majors to celebrate his milestone match.

Sturt’s Sam Conforti kicked four goals while Tom Emmett, Daniel Fahey-Sparks and Connor McFadyen chimed in with three each.

Port’s Dylan Williams booted a career-high seven majors from his 11 disposals and seven marks while the ever-consistent Jack Watkins had 28 disposals, five clearances and six tackles.

Christian Moraes collected 21 disposals for the Magpies while Jackson Mead had 19 disposals and five clearances.

Central District held off a persistent Norwood outfit to earn a hard-fought 19-point win at X Convenience Oval.

Unable to lead by more than four goals at any stage, the Dogs appeared set for victory when Anzac Lochowiak kicked truly 11 minutes into the third quarter.

At that stage, the hosts led by a match-high 22 points but the Redlegs dug in to trim their deficit to just seven points when key forward Tristan Binder booted his set shot nearly 17 minutes into the last term.

But the Bulldogs responded with late match-winning majors to Beau Thomas and Lochowiak as they held firm inside the top three of the premiership table.

Central had Wilson Barry, Leyton Chisholm and Luca Whitelum collect 22 disposals each as Tasmanian recruit Zach Adams tallied 21 touches.

Bulldogs wing Kade Dittmar was important with 18 disposals and two goals while Rhett Montgomerie enjoyed a rare goal to go with his 18 disposals and seven marks.

Aiden Grace kicked three goals to lead the scoring for Central while Lochowiak and Finn Reed joined Dittmar in booting two goals.

Norwood will rue the missed opportunity to edge closer to the top five as Nik Rokahr racked up 30 disposals and eight clearances while Billy Cootee and Baynen Lowe each registered 25 possessions.

Redleg Pierce Seymour was again a force in the air with 10 marks to go with 23 disposals and a goal while skipper Jacob Kennerley had 20 disposals and six marks.

Binder and Jayden Gale were Norwood’s only multiple goal kickers with two each.