With finals implications on the line for both sides, the Roosters produced a clinical performance to defeat South Adelaide by 40 points at Magain Stadium on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
It was a forgettable day for the Panthers, with the loss officially ruling them out of top four contention with one round left to play.<\/p>\n
Heavy wind blew across the ground as the visitors gained an early advantage, kicking the first two goals.<\/p>\n
The Panthers were let down by their ball use by hand and foot, while spilled marks repeatedly halted their progress out of the defensive half.<\/p>\n
Esther Schirmer\u00a0and\u00a0Tiff King\u00a0stood tall in defence, working hard to repel repeated forward entries.<\/p>\n
The second quarter was much of the same, though the Roosters found it harder to score moving against the breeze.<\/p>\n
Making her return from an ACL injury,\u00a0Shae Archbold\u00a0found herself with a chance in the pocket, but couldn\u2019t find the finish as the Panthers added a behind.<\/p>\n
North Adelaide took hold in the third quarter, while another blow was dealt when\u00a0Hope Taylor\u00a0was forced from the ground clutching her neck following a strong tackle.<\/p>\n
The absence of Mel Anderson was felt forward of the ball, with South Adelaide\u2019s entries lacking connection as frustrating turnovers prevented them from capitalising on their limited opportunities.<\/p>\n
The Panthers were well beaten in the inside 50 count, managing just 16 entries compared to the Roosters\u2019 38 for the match.<\/p>\n
Taya Maxwell,\u00a0also playing her first game in twelve months after recovering from injury, looked lively early in the final term but couldn\u2019t convert her chances.<\/p>\n
A disappointing performance ended without a goal to show on the scoreboard in the last home game of the season.<\/p>\n
Emma Charlton\u00a0led all comers with 28 disposals, eight tackles and nine clearances.<\/p>\n
Soriah Moon\u00a0provided plenty of quality service with 16 disposals, nine clearances and 41 hitouts.<\/p>\n
Schirmer ground out 14 disposals, six tackles and three rebound 50s cramped in the back half.<\/p>\n
After reaching the milestone of 50 SANFLW League games,\u00a0Doreena Hansen\u00a0was chaired off the field as both teams lined up to recognise the achievement in a moment of shared respect.<\/p>\n
South Adelaide\u2019s season will conclude at Richmond Oval in Round 14, with the Panthers set to face West Adelaide on Sunday, 9thAugust at 11:50am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With finals implications on the line for both sides, the Roosters produced a clinical performance to defeat South…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[395,3264,3266,3268,3265,3267,3270,3269],"class_list":["post-64577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-adelaide","tag-adelaide","tag-panthers","tag-safc","tag-sanfl","tag-south-adelaide","tag-south-adelaide-football-club","tag-south-adelaide-panthers","tag-south-australian-national-football-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}