ROUND TWELVE
Saturday 27th of May.

CENTRAL 3.5 8.6 13.8 18.15 (123)
GLENELG 4.2 6.5 .7.9 12.11

This loss is an improvement on their past two games. Another positive was Ben Moore's strong return from injury in the reserves. He, along with Shane Tipuamantamerri should return for the clash with Port at the Bay next week.
The match report is extracted from"The Advertiser."

Fierce Dogs back in the hunt.

By Nikki Tugwell.
With fierce endeavor Central District yesterday regained its winning touch, outclassing bottom side Glenelg after half time to savour a 40 point victory at Adelaide Oval.
Central which started the season in blistering form, reconsolidated its spot at the top end of the SANFL ladder having lost its past two matches - against Sturt and Port Adelaide. It may not have been a world beating performance nor a classic spectacle, but it was the tonic desperately craved by the Bulldogs. A win.
"It didn't really woory me how it looked or what it was like as long as we got the points... because sometimes you just need a win," Central coach Peter Jonas said. "It was important for us to bounce back and show the endeavor at the ball and body we did and I thought we were very good in that department."
The Bulldogs, without captain Daniel Hulm (injured) and Brent Guerra (Power), after half-time ran rings around the Tigers who earlier had managed to stay in the game by caitolising on their opponents time-on lapses in the first and second terms.
Glenelg, despite its indirect approaches to goal, found scoring avenues early in David Hams and later through Josh Pearce. Tigers ruckman Matthew Golding battled hard all day and had a good contest with Radlee Moller, who worked in tandem with starting ruckman Damien Arnold.

Central was desperate to trap the ball in its forward line. Full forward Sam McArdle was aggressive and Central worked forward into open spaces with method -leading to numerous opportunist goals. Many of these crumbs were converted by the dangerous Stuart Dew lurking in the forward line and helping himself to six goals for the day.
The Tigers, however, crept back into the lead at quarter time, when Troy Hosking marked on the siren and goaled to give his side a three-point advantage. In the second term, Glenelg coach Tony McGuiness swung Damian Raidis on to the Dog's early stand out Rick Macgowan - and blanketed his influence for the rest of the game.
Just as Dew appeared to be leading a Central bid to break open the game midway through the second quarter, the Tigers again fought back with Hosking, Alistair Burke and Matthew Shir all lively. Glenelg managed to dege back within 13 points at half time.
"It was a pretty even first quarter and then late in the first and second quarters we really came into the game, but we weren't able to sustain theat level of pressure all day," Glenelg coach Tony McGuiness said.
"On the positive side from where we've been in the past couple of weeks it's certainly a step in the right direction and I'm hopeful with that level of effort we can start to get our game together."
Central put it foot down in the third quarter to take a strong hold on the outcome. Murray Hamblin, James Gowans and Daniel Healy racked up possesions at will, while Heath Hopgood rebounded well from half-back. It punished Glenelg on the quick turnover and applied itself until the final siren, to extend the margin to 40 points.

BEST PLAYERS: Hosking, Shir, D. Raidis, Burke, Golding, Pearce Hams.
SCORERS: Hams 4.1, Pearce 3.3, Shir 1.1, Golding, McEntee, Sherwood, Hosking 1.0, Burke, Gigney 0.1, rushed 0.4.
INJURIES: Nil.
CROWD: 1247.

RESERVES: Central 12.16 (88) d Glenelg 11.9 (75)
UNDER 19: Central 9.14 (68) d Glenelg 7.5 (47)
UNDER 17: Central 8.12 (120) d Glenelg 3.5 (23)