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Tiger attack pleases, but defence still shaky

NIGHTCLIFF bounced back to the NTFL winner's list with a comfortable 18-point win over Palmerston at BM Insurance Oval.

nightcliff tigers v palmerston magpies
nightcliff tigers v palmerston magpies

NIGHTCLIFF bounced back to the NTFL winner's list with a comfortable 18-point win over Palmerston at BM Insurance Oval.

Despite seven goals from Pies forward Cameron Cloke, the Tigers set up the win with 14.9 to 4.2 in the middle quarters for the 15.16 (106) to 14.4 (88) victory.

While pleased to see some slick attacking plays, Nightcliff coach Damian Hale said that defence remained the side's weakness.

"We brought four under-18s in the side this week and I thought the guys stuck to the task pretty well," he said...

READ the full match report - plus the scorecard from Round 9 - in today's NT News

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