SANFL 2006 ROUND 16:
NORWOOD v CENTRAL DISTRICT
Legs look worthy of finals
By ANDREW SPENCE
A SPIRITED two-point win by Norwood over Central District at Coopers
Stadium on Saturday will need to be the first in three or four top performances
against higher placed sides in coming weeks if the club is to figure in the
SANFL finals, Redlegs coach Trevor Hill says.
Norwood battled hard in the second half to claw back the deficit, which
had reached 22 points mid-way through the second quarter, to hit the lead at
the 15-minute mark of the final term and hold on.
Young forwards Jamie Vlatko and Adam Cockshell provided strong targets for the Redlegs inside 50, booting nine goals between them.
Port Power rookie Matthew Thomas was a tower of strength in defence,
dragging down 15 marks and repelling numerous Bulldog attacks.
Hill said the win, the club's first against a top-four side this
season, showed the players what was required to beat the better sides in the
competition.
We certainly need to beat these sides and if we are going to be
serious about playing finals footy, you need to have some sort of record behind
you to suggest you can match it with anyone,'' he said.
They'll celebrate the win but they are pretty conscious they need to
string three or four together.
But the win almost ended in despair for the Redlegs
with the game being restarted after the final siren when timekeepers notified
the umpires the match had been brought to an end two seconds before time had
elapsed.
The match was restarted with a ball-up inside the Bulldogs' attacking
50, much to the confusion of the celebrating
SCORES:
BEST:
GOALS:
Schell 3, Ware 2, O'Sullivan, C.Gowans, McCabe.