Angaston have appeared indifferent at times in 2010 but grabbed the Tigers by the tail from the opening bounce and never let go.

Central, a team that has thrived this season by playing up-tempo, hard-at-it football, barely reacted as the Panthers smashed them at the stoppages and moved the ball quickly forward to their trio of forward targets Matt Duldig, Kent Kingsley and Andrew Pech.

The game was also notable for the presence of the BLG’s two most high profile players in Kingsley and Gawler Central’s Matt Slade. The latter collected a couple of quality touches early but was soon taken out of the mix by former Central District team-mate Louis Hadden.

Kingsley was unstoppable kicking four first half goals and creating space and opportunities around him.

The game was well and truly blown apart by quarter time with Angaston holding a commanding seven-goal lead but Craig Hadden’s men didn’t ease up with a four-goals to one effort in the second term that was only tempered by injuries to Brenton Bascombe (knee) and John Roesler (ankle).

Duldig’s powerful marking allowed Angaston to stamp their authority early and he went on to finish with six goals to take his tally to 60.

Duldig’s forward line offsider Andrew Pech who is the most dynamic small forward in the league also added six goals to push his tally to 41.

Other Angaston stars were Matt Dawes and Craig Robinson in the midfield, Phil Bennett and Todd Watson across half back and on the last line of defence, David Wood was rock solid, holding Scott Hahn to just two goals while 17-year-old Tom Ryan continues to prove he can mix it with the best.

“It’s a pretty good win over a team that we’ll likely play again in a few weeks,” said Craig Hadden, Angaston coach.

“But more important than the result was how we attacked the game and did things the way we wanted to do them. We keep improving week by week and now focus on the next challenge which this week is Tanunda.”

His Tiger counterpart Craig Dawe was at a loss to explain his team’s performance.

“I don’t know what happened,” Dawe said.

“We didn’t do anything different.

“ It was the exact same thing that happened to Barossa when we played them but the other way around.

“It’s no use getting upset, we’ll move on.

“I give full credit to Angaston, they smashed us in all areas. We’ve been flirting with our form a bit in the last few weeks, I guess it came back to bite us.”