2024 SANFL U17 Futures Match Wrap

By TOM WYMAN

Team Blue defeated Team Yellow by 66 points in the SANFL U17 Futures match at Adelaide Oval.

After a back-and-forth start, West Adelaide’s Mitchell Marsh opened the scoring for Yellow at the seven-minute mark, before Blue responded courtesy of two goals to Redlegs forward Fergus Myall.

A long-range goal from Sturt’s Harley Barker saw Yellow cut the margin to two points at quarter time.

Two early goals to Central District forward Cameron Nairn was the start of a strong second term for Blue, with majors to Lucas White (West Adelaide) and Sam Cumming (North Adelaide) helping to open up a 22-point margin at half-time.

Blue’s dominance continued in the third quarter with goals to North Adelaide’s Jayden Hawkins and another two to Nairn, while North Adelaide ruckman Ethan Herbert kicked the lone major for Yellow.

Glenelg’s Tim Alver slotted a classy major from the pocket and finished it off with another after the full-time siren as Blue ran out comfortable victors.

BLUE  2.2  6.6  9.8  14.9 (93)

YELLOW  2.0  3.2  4.3  4.5 (29)

BEST – Blue: Darcy Speyer, Tim Alver, Harry Franz, Louis Kellaway, Cameron Nairn, Jayden Hawkins

Yellow: Jim Kelly, Lachie Sands, Balyn O’Brien, Harley Barker, Elliot Duffield, Ethan Herbert

GOALS – Blue: Cameron Nairn 4, Tim Alver 2, Fergus Myall 2, Jayden Hawkins 2, Lucas White, Sam Cumming, Logan Hughes, Noah Roberts-Thomson

Yellow: Mitchell Marsh 2, Harley Barker, Ethan Herbert

At Adelaide Oval