Roosters send an early warning North Adelaide forward Daniel Stewart takes a strong grab. Picture: Stephen Laffer. NORTH Adelaide made an early statement on the SANFL competition with an impressive 41-point victory over Central District at Elizabeth. The Roosters had far too many weapons, a superior work ethic and too much experience for the Bulldogs, who have started with two losses and must confront Norwood at home on Saturday night. "When we got our game going we looked dangerous," North coach Josh Francou said. Overall it was a very good effort by the boys, especially with so many new faces in the side. This was the Roosters' first game for points for the season, having had the first round bye, but they wasted little time settling into rhythm and the visitors looked menacing from the opening bounce. Max Thring opened the scoring when he nailed a goal for the Roosters three minutes into the game before Tim Meulendyks kicked the first of his four first-half goals for the home side. The pre-game prediction was for a tight battle and that was the story of the first quarter as neither team could grab the accendency. Midway the first term Roosters defender Greg Gallman, leading the side for the first time after being elevated to the captaincy, had to be assisted from the field after taking a heavy knock in a marking contest. Damaging Roosters forward Lewis Johnston is a class act at this level and he again gave the Crows a glimpse of his talents when he kicked truly from 50m and near the boundary late in the term. The Bulldogs are a young, raw product while the Roosters are a strong marking, skilful outfit heeding coach Josh Francou's demands for a physical, competitive presence. Francou has no tolerance for anything less than 100 per cent effort and he would have been satisfied with the second quarter as the visitors went to work dismantling the Bulldogs with a powerful brand of team football. The Roosters bagged six unanswered goals to blast the game apart. They were given too much lattitude by opponents but the Roosters deserve full credit for outworking the Bulldogs to create space and provide a link in the chain going forward. The recipe for the Roosters' momentum was simple. Just get the ball at the stoppages at all costs. Even when the Bulldogs got first hands to the ball, the Roosters pounced with relentless defensive pressure to retrieve possession. And with an avalanche of opportunities, the classy Roosters forwards went to work and blew the lead out to 39 points midway through the second quarter. There were far too many skill errors from the Bulldogs with players missing targets, dropping simple marks and thinking a pat on the back defined a tackle. The Bulldogs matched the Roosters in the third quarter but the damage had been done. Bulldogs coach Roy Laird said his side was inconsistent for the second week in a row. "There were a lot of similarities to last week (loss to West Adelaide)," he said. There were some really good periods and workrate - defensive want and desire. Some of our pressure was really good. We could not convert our moments of good play. Our skill level let us down at times when we had opportunities to go forward. BEST - North: G. Thring, M. Thring, Ryswyk, Ivens, Gordon, Miles, Anderson, Thiele. Central: O'Hara, Meulendyks, Castree, Guilhaus. SCORERS - North: Stewart, Ryswyk 4.1, Johnston 3.4, Gordon 2.1, Langford 2.0, M. Thring 1.1, Campbell, Blee, Moore 1.0, G. Thring 0.1, rushed 0.1. Central: Meulendyks 4.0, Hewett 2.3, Hill 2.0, O'Hara 1.2, Habel 1.1, Hardy, Williams 1.0, Dunne 0.2, Guilhaus, Boyd 0.1, rushed 0.1. INJURIES - North: Gallman (jaw). Central: Symes (thigh). CROWD - 3149 at Playford Alive Oval.