Round 6 AAMI Talent League Boys U16 Match Wraps

By TOM WYMAN

North Adelaide cruised to its fourth win in a row with a 45-point victory over Woodville-West Torrens at Maughan Thiem Kia Oval in Round 6 of the AAMI Talent League Boys U16s.

Consistent midfielders Kade Clark (24 disposals and six tackles) and Bodhi Ebert (23 disposals and five clearances) combined well with ruckman Cody Hawkins (20 hit-outs and two goals) and helped the Roosters win the inside-50 count 51-28.

The Eagles struggled to move the ball on their terms, with Liam Weatherley finishing as the home side’s only multiple goal-kicker with two.

Eagle Connor Willmer fought hard and collected a game-high 25 possessions and seven tackles and teammate Archie Duffett managed 22 disposals and eight rebound-50s

Central District secured its first win of the season in style, smashing Norwood by 68 points at X Convenience Oval.

Central completely controlled proceedings, finishing with 124 more disposals, 32 more marks and 41 more inside 50s than the Redlegs, with the Bulldogs’ inaccuracy the only thing keeping the margin under three figures.

As he has all season, Logan Treverton (32 disposals and 11 inside-50s) led the way in the middle for Central while Kobe Menzel, Harrison Schubert and Brodie Watson each booted two goals.

Ruckman Patrick Boehm (26 disposals, 11 hit-outs and 10 clearances) and defender Domenic De Lucia (20 disposals and 11 rebound-50s) were the standouts for Norwood, while Tex Clark booted his side’s only two goals of the game.

Sturt jumped into the top four with a five-point victory over West Adelaide at Thomas Farms Oval.

In a low-scoring affair in which both sides were inaccurate, the Double Blues kicked four of the last five majors to secure the premiership points.

Sturt’s Jesse Nunan (31 disposals and eight rebound-50s) and West’s Samuel DePalma (34 disposals and seven clearances) were the leading ball-winners for their respective sides, but there were plenty of others who stood up.

Emmett O’Keefe took three contested marks and booted two important goals while his Double Blues teammate Jacob Westley managed 29 disposals and eight clearances.

Lachlan Harman (29 disposals and 15 rebound-50s) was terrific in defence for the Bloods and Naman Mittal booted two goals from 27 touches.

Glenelg continued its unbeaten start by overpowering South Adelaide by 41 points at Magain Stadium.

After South kicked the opening two goals through Darcy Campbell-Kearney and Jett Harvey, Glenelg slammed through the next seven as the visitors ran out comfortable victors.

Glenelg’s stars had a massive say on the win, with Jack Gallagher (36 disposals, eight inside-50s and four goals), Ryder Lindner (38 disposals and two goals) and Zane Rooney (35 disposals and 14 inside-50s) doing as they pleased.

Liam Bell led the way for the Panthers with 30 disposals and six marks, while Hamish French added 20 disposals and 10 rebound-50s.