Glenelg in the Groove

Cory Gregson takes Mark of the Year

	1st	2nd	3rd	Final	Pts
Glenelg	5.3	8.8	16.11	18.13	121
North Adelaide	4.0	7.2	8.3	12.6	78

Glenelg Oval. Crowd 3,685

By ZAC MILBANK

Glenelg won the John Sandland Cup with an impressive 43-point win against North Adelaide at ACH Group Stadium.

With much-loved midfielder Matthew Snook celebrating his 100th Statewide Super League match, the Bays’ brilliance shone through during a damaging eight-goal third quarter.

Holding North to just one goal during the premiership stanza, the Tigers stretched the margin to a game-high 68 points 10 minutes into the final term when Tim Sumner booted his side’s ninth goal in succession.

But the foot came off the pedal for the remainder of the match as the Roosters restored some respect into the scoreboard by booting the final four majors of the game while the heat was out of the contest.

Sitting at the top of the table with a 7-1-1 win-loss-draw record, Mark Stone’s men led all the major stat categories, having 50 more kicks, 24 more handballs and 25 more marks which translated into 18 more inside 50m entries.

Snook, who made his debut for the Tigers back in Round 21 of 2011, finished with 28 disposals and six clearances to be just overshadowed by midfield mate Luke Partington, who won the Dean Higgins Medal for his 35 disposals, seven tackles and five clearances.

The Bays’ forward line continued to function even in the absence of leading goal kicker Lachie Hosie, who was claimed by North Melbourne in the AFL mid-season draft.

Liam McBean led the way with five majors while Luke Reynolds kicked two as well as Sumner while Josh Scott, playing his first League game since breaking his arm in Round 3, chimed in with a goal of his own.

Experienced Bays defenders Chris Curran, Max Proud and Aaron Joesph were reliable in defence yet again while Matthew Uebergang played his first League game for the season after a knee injury to finish with 18 disposals.

Still with just the one victory for the season, North had Jarred Allmond work hard for a team-high 35 disposals while Maris Olekalns returned to the line-up to chalk up 24 touches and a goal.

Forward Keenan Ramsey found more the ball than usual to tally 19 possessions and two goals for the Roosters, who had six players register less than 10 disposals for the match.

LEADING DISPOSALS –

Glenelg: Partington 35, Snook 28, Scharenberg 27, Joseph 24, Curran 23, Close, Proud 22, Agnew, McBean 21, Betterman 20, Motlop 19.

North: Allmond 35, Clisby, Olekalns 24, Tropiano 22, Combe, Ramsey, Thring 19.

GOALS –

Glenelg: McBean 5, Motlop, Reynolds, Scott, Sumner 2, Bradley, Chalmers, Gregson, Partington, Scharenberg.

North: Harvey, Hender, Ramsey, Thring 2, Laurie, Olekalns, Spina, Tropiano.

BEST -

Glenelg: L. Partington, M. Proud, A. Joseph, J. Scharenberg, L. McBean, B. Close

North: M. Slee, K. Ramsey, J. Allmond, M. Clisby, B. Laurie, M. Thring

MAGAREY MEDAL VOTES -

3. Partington (G)

2. McBean (G)

1. Allmond (N)