Match Report
Both sides brought 11 points into this one — North Star 5th, The Gap 6th. The Gap had been under-performing their position — 23rd on five-round form against 6th in the table. Per game in the league, North Star were scoring 1.8 and conceding 2.6, The Gap 1.8 and 3.2, against a competition average of 2.04 goals per team per game.
North Star entered with seven losses in a row. The five-game form split read 0/15 points for North Star against 9/15 for The Gap.
The match was played at O'Callaghan Park in Brisbane (capacity 2,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: North Star led 2-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-2.