North Adelaide began life under new coach Krissie Steen in impressive fashion, chalking up a 24-point win against Glenelg at X Convenience Oval on Saturday.
With the South Adelaide premiership mentor at the helm for the first time, the Roosters broke free of the Tigers with a strong second quarter performance.
Trailing by four points at the first change, North piled on 4.4 while holding the Bays scoreless to earn a comfortable four-goal buffer at half-time.
Last year’s SANFLW leading goalkicker, Kelly Barltrop, booted two of the Roosters goals in the match-defining period, with Hannah Ewings and Cristie Castle also getting in on the act.
Castle’s goal put the icing on a dominant display from the experienced utility, who also tallied a match-high 17 disposals, six marks and five clearances.
Diminutive left-footer Lauren Daniel was also instrumental with her 14 possessions while Adrienne Davies and Katelyn Pope had 13 each for North.
North ruck Bek Rasheed, the daughter of Roosters premiership great Mick Redden, finished with seven disposals, 14 hitouts and three clearances in her SANFLW debut.
Inaccurate kicking in front of goal stifled the Bays’ valiant attempt to drag their way back into the contest, booting 1.5 in the third quarter as North managed just one major courtesy of recruit Tayla Gordon.
But Tigers coach Jason Fairall will take plenty of heart from his side winning several key statistic categories such as scoring shots, disposals, tackles, hitouts and clearances.
Samantha Franson continued on from her impressive 2019 campaign to register a team-high 16 disposals and six tackles for Glenelg while Madisyn Freeman and Lucy Earl finished with 14 and 13 respectively
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