Click here to see the photo gallery from the Western Australia State Country v South Australia State Country Challenge Cup game at AAMI Stadium on Sunday, July 31.
The game was played as the curtain raiser to the Adelaide v Port Adelaide round 19 AFL match.
WA made a strong start to lead by a goal at quarter-time before SA hit back in the second term to level the scores at the main break.
Inaccurate kicking proved costly for WA in the third quarter as SA booted 4.1 to WA’s 1.6 to set up a handy 13-point lead heading into the final term.
SA added another six goals in the last quarter to secure a 31-point win after outscoring WA 10 goals to four in the second half.
SCOREBOARD
South Australia 2.3 6.7 10.8 16.9 (105)
Western Australia 3.3 6.7 7.13 10.14 (74)
SA Country
Goal Kickers: B Murphy – 6, T Oakley, M Woolford – 2, H Miller, J Vandeleur, J Vick, T Baldock, J Taylor, J Farrier – 1.
Best Players: Tyson Wait, James Vandeleur, Brodie Murphy, Tom Carroll, Marcus Burdett, Harry Miller.
WA Country
Goal Kickers: D Buszan, T Noakes, M Thomas – 2, M Gilhome, J Cormack, L Bairstow, K McLaughlin – 1.
Best Players: Luke Bairstow, Mark Gilhome, Jordan Adamson-Holmes, Troy Ditchburn, Jace Cormack, Matt Helms.
