Gippsland Times | Sale City and Rosedale played out a thrilling draw, the first of the North Gippsland football season, on Saturday.
The Blues kicked two more goals than the Bulldogs, but also had 11 less scoring shots, meaning the 7.16 (58) to 9.4 (58) draw may have been a fair result.
Rosedale made the early running at Stephenson Park, and skipped to a 17-point lead at the first change. It was more of the same in the second quarter as the Blues kept the same margin heading into the long break, however, the six behinds kicked by the Bulldogs for the term told the story of what could have been.