The arch rivals of gold coast took on each other once again today and it was a tight scrappy affair with either side looking like winners at all stages during the game. The game started off like most games do, as a scrappy contest. The sharks were getting plenty of the footy early and really they could have put the game away in the first quarter. They had that many inside 50 and they just could convert their chances and they were controlling the footy and having hughes back at full forward helped, as he kick started their scoring and ended up with 2 for the quarter with adam devine slotting the other. For broadbeach in that their ealry pressure was good and that was a sign of things to come and at one stage they were holding on for deer life and once they were starting to win the clearances and kept the pressure up they got back into the contest just through hard work. Zorko and Derrick were in everything, but eagle was being held well by nickalaus
The second quarter was just a slug fest. Broadbeach had all the footy and really in my opinion should taken the game away from southport. Their zone pressure was the key to their strong quarter. When ever southport managed to get the ball outside of the 50, the ball was rushed straight back in and the southport defense were put under immense pressure. But some strong hard work by the 2 stalwarts of the club in danny wise and kurt nickalaus really kept the sharks in the game. Nickalaus was holding jason eagle in check and eagle just couldn't get a sniff of the action. Really if it wasn't for those 2, the outcome of this game might have been difent. Broadbeach remarkably only took a 1 gola lead into the break and you could tell the sharks had a sniff of a victory.
The third quarter was going to be won on the half forward lines just about. Southport got the first goal of the quarter and got a lift out of it. But broadbeach hit back and kept pressing and pressuring through their zones at the kickouts and southport needed to figure out how to beat it. Zorko was still running a muck up and down the clubhouse wing. But ill discipline was costing the cats big time and Zorko was a culprit on a few occasions. Giving away free kicks and 50 meter penalties at stupid periods. Southport got out to 2 a goal lead and really the game looked shot for the cats at 3 qtr time. They had the game where they wanted it in the second quarter and they let it slip in the third through doing stupid things
the last quarter the sharks took over and run out 2 goals winners. They had the belief and they took it. Their zone improved enough for them to force a couple of kicking in erors that resulted in a goal and the game was gone. The second quarter really was where the game was won and maybe saved in the end. Wise and Nicklaus were outstanding in that period, if the sharks didn't have them. They would have been in a bit of trouble
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