Eudunda went forward from the kick-in finishing with Schutz having a snap on goal but he couldn’t find the large opening either.

Ben Sanford marked the kick-in, drove the footy to the outer wing, a Rooster gathered, attempted a kick forward, Sam Parish applied a great smother, Wallent gathered, found Thomas on the lead in the scoreboard pocket and he split the centre from 20 metres out.

Entering the time-on period Mark Cussadia pumped the footy to half-forward, Bray marked and made no mistake from 50 metres out for the Roosters third major.

The Demons rallied during time-on with Snaddon delivering a good pass to Murphy on the lead who converted from 35 metres out with 24 minutes gone and they went forward again from the re-start finishing with Wagner marking a long bomb from Snaddon and he made no mistake from 20 metres out.

A good quarter of footy came to an end with the Demons 8 points up at the first huddle.

QUARTER TIME: SOUTH 4.5 (29),

EUDUNDA 3.3 (21)

Eudunda went straight into attack at the start of the second term finishing with Howard soccering the footy towards goal but he missed the target with 30 seconds on the clock.

A minute later Andrew Vandeleur marked a clearing kick from the Roosters on the broadcast wing, handballed to Matt Smith who kicked to half-forward, Hutchinson marked and sailed the footy home with a great dob from 50 metres out.

Cussadia won the centre clearance for the Roosters with a handball to Turrell who wobbled the footy inside fifty, Howard gathered, fired a great handball to Schmidt and he got the reply with a major from 25 metres out.

At the 5-minute mark David Cluse marked a clearing kick out of defence by the Demons, squared the footy up to Bray and he slotted it through the middle from 50 metres out to cut the deficit to a point.

South answered a minute and a half later with Dare clearing the footy out of defence to Murphy who went short to Thomas in the centre and he kicked inside fifty, Snaddon gathered, wheeled around onto the left boot and snapped truly from 30 metres out.

With 8 minutes on the clock Carey Schiller said thank you very much as a Demon handballed the footy straight to him, kicked to the hotspot resulting in a ball-up, Bray tapped the footy to Schiller and he cut the margin back to a point with a major.

Two and a half minutes later Hutchinson received a handball from Wagner and snapped for goal from 20 metres out but the footy went through off hands for a behind.

South had another chance to goal at the 12-minute mark but Wagner hit the post from a tight angle in the entrance pocket 20 metres out.

Approaching the 15-minute mark Mitchell Reynolds cleared the footy out of defence for the Demons over the outer wing, Hutchinson ran onto it, gathered, ran inside fifty and snapped successfully with a great kick from 45 metres out.

Turrell grabbed the footy out of the ruck at the re-start, handballed it forward, Schiller did the roving, kicked to the hotspot, Bray marked and nailed his third goal for the half from 25 metres out.

Two minutes into the time-on period Wagner had a long bomb at goal from 55 metres out for South but the footy went through off hands for a behind and a couple of minutes after that Thomas was reported for head-butting Turrell and sent to the bench for 10 minutes but there didn’t appear to be much in it.

The locals went to the long break 4 points up in a good even half of football.

HALF TIME: SOUTH 7.8 (50), EUDUNDA 7.4 (46)

South were quickly out of the blocks at the start of the second half with Hutchinson bombing to full-forward, he was decked as he kicked, received a free, went short to Wagner who marked on the lead but he missed from 35 metres out with a minute on the clock.

Three minutes later Lucas Hambour cut off an attacking move by the Demons, found Geister with a good pass in the centre and he delivered to Matthew Dunn at half-forward. Dunn kicked to the canteen pocket, Bray got a shove, received a free and booted his fourth goal for the game from 35 metres out.

The game became fairly stagnant for the next ten or so minutes with neither side looking like waking up the scoreboard attendant before the Demons broke the shackles at the 15-minute mark.

Dare gathered the footy in defence, handballed to Andrew Vandeleur who handballed to Snaddon and he delivered a good kick to Reynolds in front of the memorial gates. Reynolds got the footy on quickly inside fifty, Casey Sommerville marked and split the centre from 40 metres out.

Sam Heinrich won the tap at the re-start, followed up, gathered, kicked to the 50-metre arc, Thomas marked, unloaded for goal, Murphy held onto a screamer in the goal-square and popped the footy through the middle from point blank range.

Turrell tapped the footy beautifully to Zack Hambour at the re-start who handballed over the top to Dunn and he handballed to Cussadia who ran to within 45 metres of goal but his ping at the big sticks went through off hands for a behind.

The Demons had a handy little 10-point buffer heading into the final term.

THREE QUARTER TIME: SOUTH 9.9 (63), EUDUNDA 8.5 (53)

The first goal of the final term was going to be oh so important and it was the Demons that made the perfect start.

Heinrich won the tap at the opening bounce of the final quarter, then he gathered the footy, kicked forward, Hutchinson got hold of it, bombed to the hotspot, Thomas gathered and snapped his third major for the day from 20 metres out with 30 seconds on the clock.

Two and a half minutes later Heinrich wrapped up a Rooster in a good tackle, was rewarded with the free, plus a 50-metre penalty, bombed to full-forward, the footy spilt to the ground, Sommerville soccered it through the middle and all of a sudden the locals were 22 points up.

At the 5-minute mark the visitors were down to twenty players when Dunn appeared to break his ankle and was stretchered off the ground in excruciating pain.

Two minutes later Murphy took another good grab but he failed to convert from 40 metres out and the Roosters made the Demons pay.

Shayne Biacsi gathered a loose ball on the outer wing, handballed to Geister who kicked to full-forward, the footy rolled through for his third goal and the margin was back to 17 points with 8 minutes gone in the final term.

Six minutes later South had the opportunity to stretch the margin out to 23 points but a shot at goal from 50 metres out by Thomas rolled through for a behind.

With 16 minutes on the clock Waldhuter got hold of the footy, fired a good handball to Zack Hambour who kicked to full-forward, no-one could mark, Schmidt soccered the footy off the ground for a major and it was a 12-point ball-game.

Approaching the time-on period Schmidt had another chance to goal and cut the margin back to 6 points but he just missed. A couple of minutes later Wagner marked a pass from Andrew Vandeleur at the other end of the ground but he missed the target from the canteen flank.

Cluse marked the kick-in, found Geister on the outer wing who kicked up the line, Chris Biacsi marked, handballed over the top to Schmidt who ran to within 35 metres of goal, snapped his third major for the day and the deficit was only 6 points approaching the 24-minute mark.

Five minutes into time-on Dare marked the footy deep in defence for South, kicked towards the broadcast wing, Thomas dropped the mark, recovered, gathered, bombed forward off the left boot, Reynolds marked, got it on quickly to the hotspot, Hutchinson gathered, snapped successfully from 20 metres out and the Demons were home.

The Roosters were good all day but the Demons were a little bit better and won the good game of footy by 12 points.

FINAL SCORE: SOUTH CLARE 12.12-84 d EUDUNDA 11.6-72

South Clare coach Matt Vandeleur thought the game was a dour struggle but was happy to win the game.

“It was certainly a dour struggle, we started off a bit slow and never put scoreboard pressure on them, twelve goals twelve or something like that where as last week we were able to kick goals and put a lot of scoreboard pressure on the opposition, we just missed them this week. We had a couple of quality blokes back in defence today with Darey and Lehmann and we’ve got a fairly strong back-line with Clokey and Sanford as well, they were both good and that’s where we’re trying to build most of our attacks from,” Vandeleur said.

Eudunda coach Adam Turrell said it was a tough game and thought his team put four quarters together.

“It was a pretty tough game, I think we played our first full four-quarter game, we had too many lapses through the first half, particularly skill errors in the first quarter that let us down so that’s probably it. Credit to the boys though, they played well for four quarters, we fought it out but I think we’re relying on too few at the moment,” said Turrell.