Roosters respond to destroy Sturt by 76 points at Prospect North's Max Thring dives to tackle Sturt's Aidan Riley as Chad O'Sullivan chases. NORTH Adelaide grabbed its eighth win for the season to climb to second on the ladder with a convincing 76-point victory over a disappointing Sturt at Prospect on Saturday. Responding to last week's poor performance against Central District, the Roosters dominated the Double Blues for all but the first quarter. The Roosters were far more polished and composed in the windy and slippery conditions and never appeared in doubt of claiming the vital points after blowing the game apart in the second quarter. They nailed eight goals with the wind at their back in the second term to build a six goal buffer and the Double Blues had no answer to the home side's superior workrate and ball use. This was a win manufactured from a desperate defence led by Todd Miles, skilful George Thring and Nathan Blee and the relentless pressure demanded by coach Josh Francou. "Our physical pressure was superb," Francou said. Last week against Central we were pathetic, passive and did not come to play. We put the heat on some individuals and they responded. Sturt has been going well in recent weeks and posed a threat to us - it was a danger game. It is about mindset and if we get the mindset right the rest of the game falls into place. The Roosters were dealt a blow just a few hours before the opening bouce when they lost Andrew Moore after he was summoned to the Power for the contest against Sydney. They were then forced to run into a strong headwind for the first quarter, not that the visitors took advantage and they wasted scoring opportunities with clumsy skills or poor decision making. Too often the Double Blues gave one handball too many and broke down across half forward, wasting chances to apply scoreboard pressure. The pressure from both sides was terrific for the first quarter but the conditions were not to blame for many of the skill errors as players struggled to hit targets with hand or foot. The Roosters were not going to let slip their chance to keep the scoreboard ticking over with the wind at their backs for the second quarter and they bagged five goals in the final eight minutes of the term to take full control of the contest. Their ball movement gained in confidence and they had six goalkickers for the second term to advertise their swag of scoring avenues. Even with the wind, the Double Blues were able to kick just two goals for the third quarter while conceding five to an opposition more willing to work hard - and for the team. "We overused the footy and were not moving the ball cleanly," Sturt coach Seamus Maloney said. I thought we had some momentum goign into the game and expected us to come to play. Our effort levels were down - we missed tackles and were outworked by North Adelaide. BEST - North: Blee, G. Thring, Miles, Amato, Craig, M. Thring, Thiele. Sturt: Greenslade, Harms, Ruiley, Tambling. SCORERS - North: Stewart 5.1, Thiele 2.2, Shannon 2.0, G. Thring, Blee, Ryswyk 1.1, O'Sullivan, Clinch, Delvins, Hill, Amato, M. Thring 1.0, Gordon 0.3, Campbell, Langford 0.1. Sturt: McIntyre 2.0, Duldig 1.2, Panozzo 1.1, Greenslade, Calabrese 1.0, Riley 0.1, rushed 0.3. UMPIRES - T. Dey, M. Schramm, R. Hundertmark.