SANFL 2006 ROUND 20: GLENELG v NORTH ADELAIDE

Jarman shouting with pride

By NICK BOWEN

IT WAS raining goals on a warm winter's day at Glenelg Oval last Saturday (August 19) with North Adelaide and Glenelg piling on 43 goals before the Roosters hit the front with minutes to spare, winning by four points, 21.20 (146) to 22.10 (142).

In an old fashioned shootout both sides had periods of dominance and, surprisingly, for such a tight game the lead changed just three times over the match.

Glenelg jumped out of the blocks at the start of the game and, with early goals to onballer Brett Backwell and forward Matthew Duldig, quickly opened up a three goal lead.

However, the Roosters hit back and with key forwards Daniel Hargraves, Clint Alleway and Ian Perrie starting to fire, went to the main break with a 15-point lead.

The Tigers regained the lead in the third quarter and hung on until late in the last quarter when two goals to Perrie in three minutes put the Roosters in front for good.

It was a brave effort by the Roosters who kept coming at the Tigers in the last quarter until their relentless pressure produced crucial turnovers that got them across the line.

When asked the first thing he said to his players after the game, Roosters coach Andrew Jarman said: “The beers are on me”.

Jarman said he was confident his side could come back in the last quarter and was ``very proud" of the way the players stuck to their task under pressure.

Jarman singled out his key forwards for particular praise.

“There's been a fair bit of criticism from our supporters, saying `we won't win another game with Hargraves, Perrie and Alleway in the same team’ and they're entitled to their opinion - but I am here to tell them it's an uneducated opinion,” he said.

Other good players for the Roosters were Heath Younie, Matt Campbell, and Chris Ladhams.

While pleased with the win, Jarman said the Roosters still had “some areas to work on” in the lead up to their match with South Adelaide this week.

SCORES: Glenelg 6.3 12.6 19.6 22.10 (142) defeated North Adelaide 6.5 14.9 16.13 21.20 (146).

BEST: North – Alleway, Younie, Perrie, Ladhams; Glenelg – Backwell, Duldig, Rogers.

GOALS: North – Perrie 6, Hargraves, Alleway 5, Howard 2, Younie, Ladhams, M.Campbell; Glenelg – Duldig 7, Backwell 3, Gibbs 2, Ruwoldt, McConnell, Kirkby, Mitchell, Smith, Graham, Moore, Yeomans, Rogers Kirk.