Halfway through the term Tim Crick bombed for goal from 45 metres out but it went the wrong side of the large upright.

Following the kick-in Purchase marked on the wing, found Crick with a good kick and he delivered to Stacey in the playground pocket. Stacey threaded it through the middle from the tight angle and the Rams were 26 points up at the 16-minute mark.

Approaching the time-on period the locals went forward through Thompson and Hall but they finished with a rushed behind.

The Roosters cleared the area from the kick-in through John Nicholas and Hollitt getting the footy to Ward on the wing but his centrEing kick went straight to Crick who gave it to Cousins and he found Jason Schuppan on his own who ran to 40 and nailed the major.

BBH had made an excellent start to be 33 points up as the clock ticked into time-on but North responded.

They won the centre clearance through Brendan Pudney and Ward finishing with Sam Pink having a snap at goal from the pine-tree pocket but he missed the target.

Pink gathered the kick-in, handballed to Pawley who kicked the footy high inside fifty, Hollitt marked and booted the Roosters first goal for the game from 40 metres out with 22 minutes gone.

Four minutes later Grant Jaeschke gathered the footy backward of the wing from a ball-up, kicked across the centre, Tom Swearse got hold of it, handballed to Jaeschke who handballed to Hollitt and he bombed to full forward after having a bounce. Pink marked at the back of the pack and popped it through from point blank range.

Ward won the centre clearance for the Roosters finishing with the footy going out of bounds in the pine-tree pocket. Ben Wandel thumped it forward from the throw-in, Hollitt soccered it through the middle from the boundary line and the visitors had cut the margin back to 14 points as the siren blew for quarter time.

QUARTER TIME: BBH 5.4 (34), NORTH CLARE 3.2 (20)

North was first to get the scoreboard ticking over in the second term but a snap at goal by Pawley missed the target from 35 metres out.

BBH cleared the area from the kick-in through Jason Schuppan with a kick to the complex wing, Reed gathered, had a bounce, dribbled the footy forward, Tohl got hold of it, handballed to Michael Dalla who kicked to the hotspot, Michael Harrold and Richard Moulds collided, Stacey ran onto it and snapped his second goal.

The Rams continued to attack with Michael Dalla snapping for goal but good work by Simon Jaeschke forced a behind. Following the kick-in Nick Schumann had a snap for goal but he missed the target. Reed had the opportunity to nail his second major soon after but he failed to convert from 30 metres out directly in front.

Approaching the 11-minute mark Goodman won the tap at a ball-up to Reed who handballed to Schumann and he passed to Michael Dalla who marked. Dalla kicked to the pine-tree pocket, Tohl marked, split the centre from the boundary line and the locals were 28 points up.

With 15 minutes on the clock Casey Cooper gathered the footy in the centre, handballed to Goodman who handballed to Darren Schuppan and he found Reilly with a good kick. Reilly handballed to Reed who kicked forward, Hall ran onto it and snapped his second goal for the day.

After a couple of ball-ups in the centre Ward finally cleared the footy with a dob to the hotspot, Damien Ellis marked and made no mistake from 25 metres out for a much-needed major to the Roosters with 17 minutes gone in the second term.

The visitors lifted their work-rate following that major from Ellis but they missed three opportunities to goal in the time-on period.

Pink failed to convert from the playground pocket after being rewarded for a good tackle, a check-side snap off the boot of Shaun Ribbons was rushed through by Bavistock for a point and Ellis hooked a shot for goal from 50 metres out.

The Rams went to the long break with a 25-point advantage.

HALFTIME: BBH 8.7 (55), NORTH CLARE 4.6 (30)

The Roosters won the centre clearance at the opening bounce of the second half but Darren Schuppan mopped up in defence, kicked to the wing, Michael Dalla gathered, handballed to Hall who went short to Mann and he kicked inside fifty. Tohl marked, sailed it home from the paint and BBH was 31 points up with 2 minutes gone.

North replied two minutes later with Price winning the tap at a boundary throw-in to Pudney who fired a great handball to Craig Jaeschke and he kicked to the top of the goal-square. Ellis marked and nailed his second major from 15 metres out.

The Rams answered when Price attempted a handball for North that was intercepted by Thompson who ran in and snapped successfully from 20 metres out to stretch the margin back out to 31 points approaching the 9-minute mark.

The game became very scrambly for the next seven or eight minutes with neither side looking like scoring as the footy went out of bounds time after time before the Rams had a chance to break the shackles approaching the 18-minute mark but a snap at goal by Reed was rushed through for a behind.

Clotheir gathered the kick-in, handballed to Craig Jaeschke who handballed to Swearse, handball to Ben Coles and he found Ben Wandel who kicked to full-forward, Pink gathered, handballed to Ellis and he popped it through from the square.

BBH had two chances to goal during the time-on period but Tohl missed to the near side from 50 metres out on the entrance flank and Matt Willis missed a snap at goal from close range.

Ben Wandel marked the kick-in, found Pawley on the complex wing who passed to Coles and he delivered to Pudney who marked. Tim Dalla ran into Pudney a little bit late and was sent to the bench by umpire Graham McInerney for 10 minutes. Pudney couldn’t take his kick, Ellis was taken to the goal-line and poked home his fourth major for the afternoon.

Clothier won the centre clearance for the Roosters getting the footy to Matt Hams who kicked forward, Pawley had a soccer for goal but it hit the post.

The Rams entered the home straight 21 points in front.

THREE QUARTER TIME: BBH 10.10 (70), NORTH CLARE 7.7 (49)

North didn’t take long to get the start they desperately needed in the final term.

Pawley gathered the footy from a throw-in on the complex flank, handballed to Craig Jaeschke who had a bounce, ran to 35 and snapped the opening goal of the final term with 3 minutes on the clock.

Ninety seconds later Pawley had a shot for goal from the playground pocket after marking but it was rushed through by Goodman for a behind and Ellis missed the target from 40 metres out after receiving a free kick with 6 minutes gone.

A minute later Mann took possession of the footy from a throw-in, handballed it forward, Reed ran onto it, gathered, ran inside fifty, booted his second goal for the day and the Rams were looking the goods.

Halfway through the term the locals had two chances to shut the gate completely but a shot for goal from 50 metres out in the pine-tree pocket by Tohl went through off hands for a behind and a few minutes later the Rams skipper did exactly the same thing again.

Both teams went through the motions for the next six or seven minutes with the Rams in complete control of proceedings not allowing the Roosters to get any flow on to create scoring opportunities with around a hundred spectators enjoying the sunshine in front of the complex.

Four minutes into the time-on period Hall gained possession of the footy from a throw-in, handballed to Willis who kicked forward, Reed roved the crumbs, ran to 45, drove it forward, Tohl soccered it through the middle off the right boot for his third major of the game and that was it.

The Rams winners by 27 points in another pretty good performance knocking the Roosters down to third spot on the premiership ladder.

FINAL SCORE: BBH 12.12 (84) d NORTH CLARE 8.9 (57)

BBH coach Peter Whittlesea was happy his team never let the game slip.

“I didn’t think it was quite as good as last week for four quarters, a couple of times we got the wobbles slightly. Probably the pleasing thing was when those little things have happened in the past we’ve dropped right away but we did hold our own today, we settled and went again without turning it into a big panic,” Whittlesea said.

North Clare coach Craig Jaeschke admitted the opposition were twice as good as his team.

“They were probably two times as good as us I reckon, our guys have just been cruising a little bit I think for the last three weeks and Burra came to play today. Country footy’s pretty simple, you get the ball first you get first use of it, Burra did that and they gave themselves every chance to get in front and they had a really really good start so we let ourselves down again in the first quarter,” Jaeschke said.