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STATE OF EXCITEMENT

BY PETER CORNWALL

South Australian coach Jade Rawlings with former State coach Graham Cornes at Glenelg, where SANFL will tackle the VFL on Saturday, April 6.

There’s a buzz around the SANFL with the season about to be launched in a frenzy of good oldfashioned blockbusters.

The 2024 program lights up with old rivals Sturt and Norwood facing off in a night clash at The Parade on Thursday before Easter Friday comes alive with regular Good Friday combatants North and Central kicking off the action at Prospect before South hosts Adelaide at Noarlunga. The Eagles will start life under new coach Sam Jacobs against West at Woodville before the spotlight turns to the Bay. Reigning premier Glenelg unfurls its 2023 premiership flag before it faces Port in the latest twist of a storied rivalry in a twilight encounter.

And there will be plenty of thrills and spills between two great antagonists at Glenelg the following week as SANFL tackles the VFL with State pride on the line.

Norwood premiership coach Jade Rawlings takes charge of the Croweaters again after leading them to a come-from-behind, 13-point win against Western Australia at Adelaide Oval last year.

SANFL last hosted the VFL at Adelaide Oval in 2016, with then coach Graham Cornes feeling a “sense of relief” as SA triumphed by 19 points. This year’s clash from 12.40pm on April 6 is part of a festival of footy in Adelaide, along with the AFL’s Gather Round. It will be the first of two State men’s clashes in 2024, with SA gunning for its fifth win in succession against the WAFL as it attempts to retain the Haydn Bunton Junior Cup on May 19 at Perth’s Optus Stadium.

Great of Glenelg Cornes said tackling the ‘Big V’ at the Bay was “pretty special’’. “State games are important wherever they are played – it’s always a big thrill for a player to pull on a State jumper – and Glenelg Oval will be a great venue for it, providing a good, intimate atmosphere,” he said. Glenelg Oval has hosted State footy once before – in 2012, when the SANFL beat the WAFL by 14 points.

It’s been all systems go in the SANFLW competition with four rounds already completed and there’s State game excitement here as well, with the SANFLW to tackle

the WAFLW at Perth’s Optus Stadium on May 4.

Dual Adelaide AFLW premiership star Courtney Cramey, who captained the Croweaters in State clashes against NSW/ACT in 2016 and when SA last met WA in 2011, will coach SA in the first interstate clash since SANFLW was established in 2017. “It’s very exciting to have State footy back,” Cramey said. “It’s a great opportunity for the girls to pull that famous red jumper on. I’m super excited to see how we all go – it will be a very special occasion.”

Another blockbuster in a stunning start to the SANFL season will be the traditional Anzac Day grand final rematch, with Glenelg and Sturt battling it out at the Bay in a standalone clash on Thursday, April 25. The biggest crowd-pullers in the league attracted 7285 fans to the Bay on the King’s Birthday holiday last year.

“We are really excited about the marquee match-ups, particularly in the opening rounds,” SANFL head of football operations Sean Toohey said.

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BURNING QUESTIONS

BY STEVE BARRETT

1. Can Glenelg replicate the heroes of 1985-86 and go backto-back?

Tiger fans have endured too much finals heartache over the generations to assume these good times will just keep rolling along.

But at this stage the Bays deserve prohibitive flag favouritism. There were off-season outs, as there always are, headlined by premiership-winning trio Toby Pink (AFL), Brett Turner (work) and Luke Partington (travel). But 2019 premiership captain Chris Curran returns after a two-year absence while Will Gould, who played in that ’19 flag as a teenager, is back after four seasons with Sydney. Glenelg boasts enviable depth, having also won the reserves pennant last year, and undeniably the most lethal, multi-pronged forward line in the league.

2. Who is the best player in the SANFL? Lachie Hosie. The first player in SANFL history to have a Ken Farmer and a Jack Oatey Medal in his trophy cabinet, Hosie collected both 4

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those awards, remarkably, last September. The 26-year-old has taken the reins from Liam McBean as the leader of the Tigers’ frightening forward pack. Harry Grant thoroughly deserved the 2023 Magarey Medal for his consistency and industrious ballwinning in Central District’s midfield but Hosie on his day is the more devastating matchwinner.

3. Can Sturt take the next step?

Make no mistake, the Double Blues will be around the mark again. They have retained the bulk of last year’s nucleus, including every member of perhaps the most proficient, consistent back six in the competition. And there have been few better two-way midfielders over the years than skipper James Battersby and the inspirational Tom Lewis. In a big boost the Blues also secured Will Snelling’s prized signature. A 2015 premiership winner with West Adelaide as a teenager before playing 65 AFL matches, Snelling can switch between playing on the ball and attack. Then there’s Marty Mattner

Glenelg’s triumphant team celebrates premiership glory in 2023. Can the Tigers make a huge name for themselves by going back-to-back?

– arguably Sturt’s second-greatest coach after the incomparable Jack Oatey – who has led this club to two flags before. He knows exactly what it takes.

4. Will West avoid a sixth successive wooden spoon?

Yes. The last time the Bloods didn’t finish bottom, Malcolm Turnbull was Australia’s Prime Minister, sandpaper-gate was the cricket world’s freshest controversy and the COVID-19 pandemic was more than a year away. Under the nurturing guidance of Adam Hartlett, West showed genuine signs of grit and development in 2023 and can reasonably expect that to finally be reflected on the ladder in ’24.

5. Will South Adelaide’s premiership drought extend past 60 years?

Sadly, most definitely. Neil Kerley’s 1964 miracle-makers will remain the Panthers’ most recent success story for a while yet. Wholesale veteran experience went out the door over the off-season, replaced by unknown entities as South

2000s dynasty Thomas starred in as a player isn’t going to happen.

But another semi-final appearance is not just a realistic expectation, it’s now the bare minimum for Central.

10. Can the Eagles contend again?

The exit of dual premiership mentor Jade Sheedy left big shoes to fill.

Fortunately his replacement has large feet. Sam Jacobs is an untried coach but he’s back in the Eagles’ nest after 208 AFL games in which his leadership and work ethic stood out. Another club legend Gavin Colville is back ‘home’ as Jacobs’ assistant. The Eagles are rarely out of contention for too long but give the new regime a couple of years.

11. Can one of the AFL reserves teams snap their SANFL drought?

Central District midfielder Harry Grant is etched into history with his plaque unveiling in Magarey Grove at Adelaide Oval in February.

shapes for a rebuild. The prospect of the Draper brothers, Arlo and Sid, running amok together is an exciting one, though.

6. Will Adam and Hamish Hartlett be the first brothers to coach against each other?

Wright led South to successive preliminary finals in 2020-21 but the past two years have been barren. The new-look, young Panthers will need to show signs of rejuvenation, if not necessarily meteoric improvement.

No. Port Adelaide patriarch Fos Williams and younger brother Glynn Williams went head-to-head three times, all in 1960. Younger brother Glynn (Sturt) won all three, convincingly, by a combined 229 points during Fos’s one forgettable year in charge of South. Fos’s sons Mark (Glenelg 1993-94) and Stephen (Port 1996-2003) coached SANFL but never against each other.

Likewise brothers Johnny (West 1948-49, Glenelg 1950-52) and Don Taylor (West 1965).

8. Which team is most likely to rise from the abyss?

7. Is any coach under the pump?

Steady on. Advancing to the second week of the major round last year was just reward for sustained effort and improvement from Paul Thomas’s men. A return to the

Entering his seventh season, Jarrad Wright is the Panthers’ longestserving coach since Haydn Bunton Jr more than four decades ago.

Norwood. For a variety of reasons, the Redlegs’ 2022 premiership hangover degenerated into an unsalvageable mess, the proud club’s worst start to a SANFL season in more than a century. Nik Rokahr and Matt Nunn are big outs but look for ex-Panther Mitch O’Neill to relish roving to Harry Boyd. Treat ’23 as Norwood’s outlier.

9. Are the Bulldogs’ glory days back?

Both have headbutted the wall without breaking through for the ultimate success. Port Adelaide has contested three losing grand finals, Adelaide four unsuccessful preliminary finals. As ever, any designs on September glory will come down to the length of their AFL injury lists, their draftees’ capacity to play against men and the prowess of their top-ups.

12. Has North Adelaide dropped off the pace?

On closer inspection, no. After losing the 2022 decider by one scoreboard point, the Roosters missed the ’23 finals by one ladder point. Logic suggests they are still around the mark. North, historically, has displayed a rare ability to yo-yo quickly back into contention.

13. Is the SANFL still the country’s premier state league competition?

Unquestionably. Last year’s SANFL grand final crowd was almost as much as the WAFL and VFL deciders combined. On the park, the Croweaters have won the past four Haydn Bunton Junior Cups to move ahead 50-48 all-time against the Sandgropers. And against the Big V – here for Gather Round to play SANFL’s best for the first time since 2016 – SA has won four straight, last tasting defeat against the old enemy way back in ’02. sanfl.com.au

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COMINGS & GOINGS 2024

BY ZAC MILBANK

McDonald (Adelaide SANFL), Rhys Cannizzaro (Nuriootpa), Blake Launer (Eudunda/Robertstown), Jack Carpenter (Barossa District), Wyatt Ryan (West Adelaide)

GLENELG COMING Will Gould (returned/Sydney), Chris Curran (returned/Prince Alfred OC), Nick Stevens (North Melbourne VFL/Geelong), Oscar Adams (returned/St Kilda), Lachlan Schulz (Uraidla), Jacob Eats (Bordertown), Darcy Porter (Carlton VFL/VFA), Sam Smith (Glenunga), Sam Dunn (Angle Vale), Declan Carmody (Mt Lofty), Lachlan Hall (Calder Cannons/Aberfeldie), Jack Bond (Geelong Amateurs).

McKenzie (retired/Willaston), Louis Sharrad (retired), Jaidan Kappler (Bordertown), Blayne O’Loughlin (North Adelaide)

GOING Toby Pink (North Melbourne), Luke Partington (travel), Brett Turner (work/Echunga), Brodie Newman (Aberfeldie), Lewis Rayson (South Fremantle), Jordan Moore (Woodville-West Torrens), Ashton Moir (Carlton), Bodie Ryan (Hawthorn), Jack Yates (travel), Brady Searle (West Adelaide), Angus Cole (Langhorne Creek).

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NORTH ADELAIDE

COMING Kai Pudney (Woodville-West Torrens), Kade Dittmar (East Perth), Jake Gasper (Port Melbourne), Wilson Barry (Brisbane Lions VFL/ Morningside), Maximus Monaghan (Belconnen/GWS VFL), Jack Callinan (Tassie Devils/Clarence), Dayne Posthuma (Queanbeyan/GWS Academy), Harvey Howe (Gippsland Power/Traralgon).

COMING Tariek Newchurch (returned/ Adelaide), Cody Raak (Western Bulldogs), Sam Ramsay (South Adelaide), Blayne O’Loughlin (returned/Adelaide), Austin Harris (Essendon VFL), Luke Fellows, Brad Ashcroft, Ethan Weidemann (Turvey Park), Ewan Mackinlay (Lavington), Luke Lawrence (Mangoplah/GWS Academy), Kym LeBois (returned), Frazer Driscoll (returned/Nhill).

Midfielder Mitch O’Neill has landed at Norwood from South Adelaide.

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ADELAIDE COMING Chris Burgess (Gold Coast/West Adelaide), Daniel Curtain (Claremont), Charlie Edwards (Sandringham Dragons/Sandhurst), Oscar Ryan (Murray Bushrangers/ Shepparton United), Tyler Welsh (Woodville-West Torrens), Toby Murray (Wangaratta), Steve Burton (Gawler South), Darcy Clifford (Langhorne Creek), Jayden Davis (Prince Alfred OC), Austin McDonald (Central District/Barossa District), Sam Daniele (Broadview).

GOING Matthew Wright (retired/assistant coach at Adelaide), Tom Doedee (Brisbane), Andrew McPherson (delisted), Jackson Hately (delisted/ Essendon VFL), Tyler Brown (delisted), Shane McAdam (Melbourne), Paul Seedsman (retired), Tariek Newchurch (delisted/North Adelaide), Isaya 6

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GOING Justin Hoskin (retired/Willaston), Luke Habel (retired/Salisbury North coach), Dylan Weaver (Gumeracha), Shay Linke (Roxby Downs/ employment), Chris Olsson (Tea Tree Gully), Fletcher Carroll (Albury), Will McCabe (Hawthorn), Liam Fawcett (Richmond), Austin

GOING Aaron Young, Cameron Craig (retired/Keith), Andrew Moore (retired), Jesse White (retired/ Broadview), Kane McAuliffe (Richmond), Harper Montgomery (GWS VFL), Shaun Bennier (Mount Lofty), Ben Jarman.

NORWOOD COMING Mitch O’Neill (South Adelaide), Billy Cootee (Essendon VFL), Ben Simpson (North Launceston), Jordon Boyle (West Adelaide), Cooper Murley (returned/ Collingwood), Alastair Lord (returned/Essendon), Joeve Cooper (Murray Bushrangers/Shepparton).

GOING Nik Rokahr (Swan Districts WAFL), Matthew Nunn (retired/Payneham), Mitch Wilkins (retired/Myponga Sellicks), Cam Ball (Rostrevor OC), Ben Jarvis (Lincoln South), Michael Stingel (North Launceston), Kobe Tozer (West Adelaide), Lachlan Pascoe (Golden Grove), William Rowlands (Gold Coast), Josh Richards (retired), Logan Evans (Port Adelaide rookie program).

PORT ADELAIDE COMING Ivan Soldo (Richmond), Jordon Sweet (Western Bulldogs/North Adelaide), Brandon Zerk-Thatcher (Essendon/ Sturt), Esava Ratogolea (Geelong), Tom Ansastasopoulos (Geelong Falcons), Lachlan Charleson (Greater Western Victoria Rebels), Will Lorenz (Oakleigh), Xavier Walsh (East Perth), Logan Evans (Norwood), Bailey Chamberlain, Kye Roberts (West Adelaide), Harry Williams, Tyson Brazel, Josh Byrne (North Adelaide), Lachlan Pascoe (Norwood), Beau Baldwin (Rostrevor OC), Nathaniel Cooper, Reed Stevens (Goodwood), Cody Gilchrist (South Gawler), Dustin Launer (Eudunda/Robertstown).

GOING Cam Sutcliffe (retired/assistant coach at Port), Tom Jonas (retired), Orazio Fantasia (Carlton), Riley Bonner (delisted/St Kilda), Xavier Duursma (Essendon), Trent Dumont (delisted), Brynn Teakle (delisted/ East Fremantle), Jed Hagan (East Fremantle), Nathan Barkla (delisted/Woodville-West Torrens), Anthony Wilson (Melton South).

SOUTH ADELAIDE COMING Arlo Draper (returned/ Collingwood), Callum McCarty (Essendon VFL/Strathfieldsaye), Jake Arundell (Box Hill Hawks), Finn

Emile-Brennan (Casey Demons/ Dandenong Stingrays), Tom Beaumont (Tasmania Devils), Ethan Roberts (Inner West Magpies AFL NSW), Hayden Kernahan (Returned/Adelaide SANFL), Harvey Lambert (Sacred Heart OC), Oscar Lovelock (Sacred Heart OC), Darren Walters (West Adelaide/Port Noarlunga), Alex Habib (Kangarilla), Dylan Draper (Brighton Bombers), Zac Earl (Glenelg under-18), Bailey Pilmore (Aldinga), Noah Goldie (Henley), Corey Grocock (Happy Valley), Dayne McGary (Returned/ Brighton).

GOING Keegan Brooksby (retired), Bryce Gibbs (retired/Victor Harbor), Matt Broadbent (retired/Henley), Matt Rose (retired/Port District), Joseph Haines (retired/Port District), Zac Sproule (Port Noarlunga), Mitch O’Neill (Norwood), Ely Smith (retired/injury), Sam Ramsay (North Adelaide), Kim Kantilla (Tiwi Islands), Ben Heaslip (Victor Harbor), Jack Delean (Fremantle), Taylor Goad (North Melbourne), Harrison Gunther (Bordertown), Koby Cockshell (Mount Barker), Nicholas Kraemer (Prop/Risdon).

STURT COMING Will Snelling (Essendon), Flynn Perez (North Melbourne), Sam Conforti (Essendon VFL/Bendigo Pioneers), Morgan Ferres (returned/Gold Coast VFL/Bond University).

GOING Patrick Wilson (West Adelaide), Marty Frederick (Claremont, WAFL), Josh Rentsch (Penshurst, Victoria), Loch Rawlinson (West Coast), Will Crane (Imperials Murray Bridge).

WEST ADELAIDE COMING Patrick Wilson (Sturt), Brady Searle (Glenelg), Tom Rundle (returned/Surfers Paradise), Kobe Tozer (Norwood), Lachlan Williams (Encounter Bay), Sam Davidson (returned/NT), Xavier Hampton (Gepps Cross), Wyatt Ryan (Central District).

GOING Jono Beech (retired/BarmeraMonash), Michael Mattingly (returned to Victoria), Kaiden Brand (indefinite leave), Nick Steele (Port Noarlunga), Owen Mulady (returned to Victoria), Rhys Nicholls (Queensland), Frane Babic (Manly), Jordon Boyle (Norwood), Nic Couroupis (Henley), Bailey Chamberlain (Henley), Kane Sherlock (Henley), Kye Roberts.

WOODVILLE-WEST TORRENS COMING Cameron Fleeton (GWS), Josh Morris (returned/Hawthorn), Jarrad Redden (returned/Southern Eagles), Luke McKay (Narrandera/ Canberra Demons), Jack Boyd (Werribee), Nathan Barkla (returned/Port Adelaide), Jordan Moore (Glenelg), Blake Renet (Narrandera).

GOING Jimmy Toumpas (retired), Daniel Menzel (retired/Coorong Cats coach), Rory Lehmann (Coorong Cats), Jesse Lonergan (retired), Kai Pudney (Central District), Riley Collier-Dawkins (Williamstown), Clay Cameron (Redland-Victoria Point, Queensland), Lachie Hoile (RSMU), Tyler Welsh (Adelaide, SANFL rookie program), Tyran Hill (Broadview). sanfl.com.au

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BY PETER CORNWALL

He’s been there, done that in footy.

Now he’s feeling right at home.

Sam Jacobs’ AFL journey started in the heartland of the national league in Melbourne, playing for traditional giant Carlton, then he dominated as the Crows’ ruckman in front packed houses at Adelaide Oval, before finishing off with Greater Western Sydney far from the madding crowds. “I have been very fortunate in my journey,” he said. I wouldn’t change it at all.”

Before those varied experiences across three States, Jacobs entered SANFL ranks with Woodville-West Torrens’ under-15s in 2003. More than two decades later, he’s the club’s new coach and he’s happy to be back – and excited about what’s ahead.

While he’s relatively young for a league coach, at 35, Jacobs has a myriad of experiences that have shaped him and he has learned from a long list of coaches – Brett Ratten, Neil Craig, Mark Bickley, Brenton Sanderson, Scott Camporeale, Phil Walsh, Don Pyke and Leon Cameron.

He started out at the Eagles under premiership mentor Ron Fuller and, after moving back from Carlton, played under Michael Godden.

“I think you are looking for key things of what’s successful from all of them,” he said of the people he has been fortunate to work with, including assistant coaches and mentors he still can call on for support and advice. He’s close with rival coach, the Crows’ Godden, who he was a SANFL assistant to in 2022.

“He is awesome, Godsy,” Jacobs said. “I have had a relationship right from when he coached me when I came back in 2011.” Jacobs admits it will feel odd facing up to Godden as rival coaches. “He was great for me, sitting with him in the box for that year, there are a lot of learnings I can take from that,” he said, noting Godden’s “ability to stay calm, stay present and make the right decision when needed” has been a key reason for his outstanding coaching resume.

That calmness is a hallmark of Jacobs’ character as well. “I am very level,” he said. “I don’t get too high and I don’t get too low.” That’s an outstanding trait for a coach among a long list of reasons the Eagles feel Jacobs has what it takes to build on the consistently strong performances of a club whose previous coach Jade Sheedy guided it to flags in 2020-21. After the Eagles finished seventh and eighth in the past two seasons, Jacobs’ first goal is “to play finals, I think that is always your starting point in any season”.

“The club after the back-to-back premierships obviously took a hit with so many players getting drafted and it’s not something you can recover from overnight but we are really big with promoting from within and we have a lot of belief in our pathways and the work we have done there, so I am confident we will be on the right track sooner rather than later,” Jacobs said. “It’s the good thing with the SANFL, you can bounce back pretty quickly, which I am confident we can.” There’s recent evidence of that, Sheedy taking the Eagles to a flag the year after they finished seventh in 2019.

Jacobs, who gained a taste for coaching at his hometown club at Ardrossan in 2021 – “it was good for me from a player and people management side of it” – has been on the path to a league coaching gig for some time, doing what he could to educate himself for a future pathway while he was still playing.

“Coaching is a passion of mine and when the opportunity came up – and best of all at the Eagles – it was something I was really keen to sink my teeth into.”

With help from club legend Gavin Colville as an assistant, Jacobs said this year will be about, “a lot of learnings … to establish my knowledge around the group, a deeper level with the competition but my main aim is to establish that connection with my players”.

Finally claiming his first senior grand final win last year, with Flagstaff Hill in the Southern Football League, filled a gap in his career – “It feels like I’ve ticked that one off” – Jacobs feels after a strong pre-season, with plenty of hard work and the right connections, the Eagles will be flying high, just as they were when he found his new home. sanfl.com.au

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HISTOR

HISTORY MAKER

BY MICHELANGELO RUCCI

No-one has walked off Adelaide Oval as a player celebrating more success as an SANFL premiership winner than Geof Motley. Nine, including six in a row from 1954-59, mark Motley as one of the greatest achievers in South Australian football.

The SANFL mourned the loss of the Port Adelaide legend – a member of the national and SA football Halls of Fame – who died on 26 September 2023. He was 88.

Magarey Medallist and former SANFL administrator Peter Woite, who inherited Motley’s trademark No. 17 jumper at Port Adelaide, noted of his mentor: “Geof’s record speaks for itself … you can’t get a better record in Australian football.”

It reads: NINE league premierships (1954-59, 1962-63, 1965). From his league debut in 1953 to his retirement by a knee injury during the 1966 season, Motley finished each season in either a league grand final (11) or preliminary final (two).

MAGAREY MEDALLIST in 1964. He was never reported in his career despite playing with a hard and physical edge.

FOUR Port Adelaide best-andfairest awards (1958-59, 1963, 1965).

PREMIERSHIP COACH in 1959, completing the six in a row for Port Adelaide. As player-coach for three seasons, Motley took Port to the 1959 flag and the 1960 and ’61 preliminary finals before he was sacked to allow Fos Williams’ return as non-playing coach.

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STATE representative 28 times, including the famed 1963 team that beat Victoria at the MCG when the VFL selectors regarded Motley as SA’s best player.

CAPTAIN at Port Adelaide from 1959-1966 when he closed a then club record 250-game career.

Motley also coached North Adelaide for three seasons (1967-69) and served the SANFL as chairman of selectors and manager of State teams in the 1970s and ’80s. SA Football Commission chairman Rob Kerin paid tribute to Motley.

“Geof will be well remembered by the South Australian football community as being a fierce competitor but one who was also incredibly fair and highly respected,” Kerin said. “There are few SANFL players who have surpassed the incredible successes of Geof Motley and it’s certainly a sad time to lose another great of our game.”

Motley was deeply entrenched in the Port Adelaide Football Club soon after his birth on January 3, 1935 with his upbringing close to the club’s traditional home at Alberton Oval. He entered Port Adelaide ranks in 1950 with the junior colts and soon became – with Fos Williams – the symbol of the Magpies’ dominance of SA football in the club’s golden era during the 1950s and ’60s.

State team-mate John Halbert said: “My admiration of Geof is from knowing him as an opponent, a team-mate in State football and off the field, where we never had a

harsh word among us. Geof had very good ball skills, very good kicking skills (and he) always gave his best in State games. He was a very important part of that 1963 team at the MCG – on a half-back flank with Ken Eustice on the other flank and Jeff Bray at centre halfback. That line was very powerful in our win against Victoria.”

“Geof was a fearless leader,” said Magpies great John Cahill who succeeded Motley as Port skipper.

“He was my captain from 1959 and he led by example. He was very courageous. And talented. Be it at half-back or centre, Geof stood tall as a captain. He led with conviction and if something needed to be done – or said – Geof was there to lead us.”

Woite recalled the love and devotion Motley carried for his son Peter when he battled lifethreatening injuries after a car crash in Melbourne in 1987, suffered while playing for Carlton after starting his SANFL career at Sturt. “The way Geof took care of Peter was absolutely amazing – it tells you of the strength and character of the man who was so caring to so many,” Woite said.

Neville Hayes, a great mate of Motley’s, passed away on December 6, aged 88.

Affectionately known as ‘Chicken’, Hayes was an eight-time premiership player and dual bestand-fairest for Port Adelaide. The defender played 217 league matches between 1953-65 and was an inaugural inductee into the SA Football Hall of Fame in 2002.

FACING THE MUSIC

BY PETER ARGENT

Central District ruck Charlotte Riggs celebrates her key goal in the Bulldogs’ thrilling grand final win against South Adelaide last season.

Photo: Cory Sutton

It’s quite a juggling act. But, luckily, gregarious and outgoing Charlotte Riggs has what it takes to pull it off.

Into her third season of SANFLW footy, the Central District premiership player is tackling Year 12 studies at Tyndale Christian School, where she is a school captain.

The talented ruck or key defender also has commitments with the successful South Australian State under-18 program, being a member of the national AFLW academy.

While the defence of the Bulldogs’ historic 2023 premiership is one priority, it’s a big year for the 17-year-old – she turns 18 in November – eligible for the AFLW draft at the end of the year. And somewhere along the line the allround talent, who has appeared in local musicals, has to fit in her family guitar and piano jam sessions.

Charlotte, who played a key role in last year’s heartstopping grand final, and her Bulldogs team-mates are facing the music as defending premiers but they went into the new season with eyes wide open that “the other team are gunning for us,” realising they kicked off

again “at zero-zero … looking to build in small steps from there”.

While Central’s last-gasp threepoint grand final win against South Adelaide unsurprisingly was the highlight of a burgeoning career in its early stages, there have been other fond memories of exciting wins along the way.

“One that comes to mind was our win in the final minute against Sturt at Unley in 2022,” Riggs said. “It is exciting to see how well we can play. The way we played against Norwood in the preliminary final (the Bulldogs won by 40 points) was special as well.”

Riggs, who also played netball for South Gawler, where her three siblings Josh, Maddy and Bella play their sport, debuted for the Bulldogs in the opening round of 2022, running into South at home and enduring a six-goal loss.

She also donned SA’s colours at under-18 level for the first time in 2022, playing in ruck against Victoria at Adelaide Oval. “Wearing the State jumper was the coolest experience,” Riggs said. “I was a little lucky, because I got the opportunity as our ruck had to deal with Covid. I was so proud to put on

the jumper and saw it as a great accomplishment. And to beat Victoria on Adelaide Oval made it even better.”

Being in the undefeated 2023 SA under-18 program was a privilege as well. “I learn from girls like Lauren Young, Shineah Goody and Piper Window and company, in an inclusive environment that was fantastic as well.”

From a family that loves being involved in the theatre, calling herself the “comic relief” around home, Charlotte has played Patty Simcox in Grease, the Musical and been in the cast for Annie and Beauty and the Beast in local productions.

“Along with my sport, I love reading books, usually with a hot chocolate, along with playing the guitar and piano and the occasional impromptu jam sessions with the family,” Riggs said. “Dad (Peter) played footy at Mount Lofty and some under-19s with Sturt. But he gave footy away to play a part in the musical Fiddler on the Roof.

Mum (Rachel) was a good netballer, until her career finished when she did her ACL.” Riggs, who kicked the Bulldogs’ key first goal of the grand final with a minute left in the first half, when South was looking well on top, has had conversations with her parents and friends about the enormity of the year ahead. “I’m looking forward to the challenges and I’m pretty calm and excited,” she said. “For me, it’s about playing my role in each area. Whether it is at school, within my church community, or putting on a football jumper, it’s a teamfirst mindset.” sanfl.com.au

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Tom Lewis

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Thomas Donnelly

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Joel Thiele

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Jackson Callow

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Connor McFadyen

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Henry Nelligan

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James Mathews

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10 Declan Hamilton

28..... 184..... 101...... 49......................

14 Will Snelling

27......175......68.......19......................

23..... 186......56.......21......................

15 Luke Edmonds

26..... 194......89........0.......................

22......179.......0.........0.......................

16 Jared Dakin

23......181...... 41....... 11......................

21.......178.......0.........0.......................

17 Zac Becker

21...... 190....... 5.........0.......................

14 Mitch O’Neill

23......178......49........9.......................

18 Daniel Fahey-Sparks

26..... 196......73...... 34......................

16 Alastair Lord

20......181.......0.........0.......................

21 Liam Puncher

21.......195....... 6.........0.......................

11

Jacob Kennerley (C)

12 Ben Simpson 13 Billy Cootee

18 Tom Graham

23......195...... 18........9.......................

22 Will Coomblas

26..... 193......62........1.......................

20 Matthew Ling

24..... 184...... 18........1.......................

23 James Battersby (C)

28......178.....195..... 45......................

21 Xavier Tranfa

21.......181......55.......31......................

24 Will Spain

21.......177.......0.........0.......................

22 Jordon Boyle

26......178...... 71........13......................

25 Guy Page

30......177.....190......13......................

24 Dom White

21...... 182.......0.........0.......................

26 Morgan Ferres

21.......191.......0.........0.......................

27 Cooper Murley

20......178.......0.........0.......................

31 Lachlan Burrows

23......195......43.......53......................

29 Izaak Twelftree

22..... 193....... 2.........2.......................

32 Rory Illman

25..... 180......56........1.......................

24..... 182......74.......13......................

26..... 182.....134..... 49......................

26..... 198......59.......17......................

34 Casey Voss

35 Jack Heard

23......191......55........0.......................

39 Steven Slimming

36 Jake Cresswell

20..... 183....... 7..........2.......................

40 Ned Walter

22..... 182....... 3.........0.......................

40 Finn Heard

22......195.......0.........0.......................

44 James Richards

24..... 189...... 31....... 33......................

53 George McLeod

21.......175.......0.........0.......................

45 Amos Doyle

23......197......24........4.......................

31 Harry Boyd

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LEAGUE NORWOOD STURT

1st

2nd

3rd

RD11 2023 @ THOMAS FARMS OVAL Norwood 9.5 (59) d Sturt 3.12 (30)

4th

Points

LEAGUE UMPIRES

FIELD: Thomas Burke Mitchell Scott Harrison Hughes

RD2 2023 @ COOPERS STADIUM Sturt 16.10 (106) d Norwood 8.5 (53)

BOUNDARY: Martin Elsegood Blayde Harten Jake Creasey

GOAL: Braden Ford Michael Button

RD12 2022 @ COOPERS STADIUM Norwood 11.10 (76) d Sturt 7.8 (50)

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CENTRAL

COACH: Jacob Surjan

COLOURS: Red and White

COACH: Paul Thomas COLOURS: Red, White and Blue

No

PLAYER

AGE..... HT. . .... GP...... GK......G......... B

No

1

Harrison Wigg

27..... 180.....120..... 26......................

2

Sam Ramsay

23..... 183......23........1.......................

3

Keenan Ramsey

27..... 193.....150.....178.....................

5

Harrison Elbrow

24......176......29.......15......................

6

Noah Casalini

22..... 190...... 13....... 20......................

7

Lee Minervini

25..... 180...... 81.......41......................

8

Tariek Newchurch

21.......181......60...... 66......................

9

Jake Patmore

25..... 183......49...... 20......................

10 Alex Spina (C)

28......181..... 167......41......................

12 Dyson Hilder

23..... 196......64.......67......................

13 Cody Raak

21...... 194.......0.........0.......................

1 Billy McCormack 23..... 199......32....... 11......................

2 Jake Gasper 23..... 184.......0.........0.......................

3 Kai Pudney 24......187......54........4.......................

5 Jack Callinan 18...... 180.......0.........0.......................

6 Mani Liddy 22..... 184......28........4.......................

7 Kyle Presbury 27..... 182.....135......76......................

8 Jai Larkins 24..... 183...... 16.........2.......................

10 Harry Grant 22......173......45.......10......................

11 George Kendell 23..... 194......33........7.......................

12 Jez McLennan 23..... 184......25........2.......................

13 Dayne Posthuma 20.....200......0.........0.......................

15 Billy Iles 29......178......39........3.......................

17 Maximus Monaghan 21...... 185.......0.........0.......................

18 Dale Pearce 22..... 198....... 7..........8.......................

19 Marcus Barreau 26..... 188......69.......31......................

24 Hugo Munn 24......197......38...... 26......................

25 Ryan Pickering 21...... 199.......4.........0.......................

28 Brinn Little 21...... 196......20........0.......................

29 Nick Lange 26..... 186......43.......57......................

30 Isaiah Dudley 20..... 168...... 18....... 11......................

31 Luca Whitelum 20......187......36.......21......................

32 Aiden Grace 26..... 189......56...... 87......................

33 Kade Dittmar 21.......187.......0.........0.......................

36 Will Splann 20......195....... 3.........0.......................

38 Jarrod Schiller (C) 31.......176.....235......91......................

47 Louie McLennan 20..... 184.......0.........0.......................

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16 Frank Szekely

24......177......66.......35......................

17 Mitchell Harvey

28..... 198.....178.....177.....................

18 Campbell Combe

28......178..... 101.......19......................

19 Blayne O’Loughlin

21.......173...... 15.........0.......................

22 Jack McCann

22......187.......11.........4.......................

23 Nigel Lockyer

26..... 186......26.......35......................

24 Kye Pfrengle

21...... 192....... 6.........0.......................

25 Lachlan Wilsdon

25......191......43.......18......................

31 Max Blacker

19.......170....... 7..........0.......................

32 Sam Mayes

29..... 189...... 71........35......................

33 Charlie Dinning

22......177...... 13.........1.......................

36 Liam Hoy

25..... 205......0.........0.......................

37 Karl Finlay

22..... 193......54........5.......................

39 Sam McInerney

28..... 183......80.......55......................

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LEAGUE NORTH CENTRAL

1st

2nd

RD17 2023 @ PROSPECT OVAL Central 8.12 (60) d North 8.10 (58)

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4th

Points

LEAGUE UMPIRES

FIELD: Giles Lewis Michael Sboro Jack Millar

RD2 2023 @ X CONVENIENCE OVAL Central 9.13 (67) d North 5.10 (40)

BOUNDARY: GOAL: Nathan Becker Thomas Sharpe Benjamin Sieben Matthew Williams Benjamin B Williams

RD12 2022 @ X CONVENIENCE OVAL North 18.9 (117) d Central 12.7 (79)

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SOUTH

ADELAIDE

COACH: Jarrad Wright

COLOURS: Navy and White

COACH: Michael Godden COLOURS: Navy Blue, Red & Gold

No

PLAYER

AGE..... HT. . .... GP...... GK......G......... B

No

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 16 20 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 31 32 35 36 38 42 45

Jonti Schuback Sid Draper Nic Schroder Jake Arundell Damon Freitag Arlo Draper Cooper Rogers Noah Howes Oliver Megins Eamon Wilkinson Elliot Dunkin Liam Nye Jake Summerton (C) Sam Skinner (C) Hayden Sampson Jacob Collins Tom Wheaton Isaac Birt Charlie Duncan Liam Fitt Max Clifton Angus Bradley Finn Emile-Brennan Nic Dunshea Scott Bedford Dayne McGary

20......181...... 12.........5.......................

17...... 182....... 3.........0.......................

18...... 186.......0.........0.......................

21.......172.......0.........0.......................

23..... 199......36.......37......................

21...... 189....... 2.........0.......................

20..... 180....... 3.........0.......................

18...... 196.......0.........0.......................

28..... 201....... 3.........0.......................

23......179......69...... 80.....................

25......181......67........7.......................

21.......181...... 19.........1.......................

31...... 193..... 118........2.......................

26..... 198......50.......17......................

24..... 180......89...... 36......................

23......176....... 1..........0.......................

18...... 190.......0.........0.......................

20..... 183....... 7..........1.......................

20..... 185....... 2.........0.......................

25..... 182......82......110.....................

22......179.......0.........0.......................

20..... 186....... 3.........0.......................

19...... 184.......0.........0.......................

20..... 193.......0.........0.......................

25..... 183....... 3.........0.......................

21...... 192.......0.........0.......................

PLAYER

AGE..... HT. . .... GP...... GK......G......... B

6 Daniel Curtin* 19.......197.......0.........0.......................

9 Rory Sloane* 34..... 182...... 17.........2.......................

11 Charlie Edwards* 18.......191.......0.........0.......................

12 Jay Boyle 26..... 188......63.......25......................

14 Hugh Haysman 27......179...... 91....... 34......................

15 Brayden Cook* 21...... 190......47...... 34......................

17 William Hamill* 23......187......47........3.......................

19 Zac Taylor* 21...... 180...... 21........10......................

22 Oscar Ryan* 18.......187.......0.........0.......................

25 Edward (Ned) McHenry* 23..... 194...... 16........15......................

27 Luke Nankervis* 20..... 182......34........8.......................

31 Billy Dowling* 19.......187......20....... 11......................

34 Elliott Himmelberg* 25.....200..... 81......107.....................

35 James Borlase* 21...... 192......59........4.......................

36 Karl Gallagher* 22..... 185.......0.........0.......................

37 Patrick Parnell* 22......178......33........4.......................

38 Lachlan Sholl* 24..... 186......42........6.......................

39 Toby Murray 20..... 201.......0.........0.......................

40 Hugh Bond* 19...... 185...... 13.........0.......................

42 Tyler Welsh 17.......191.......0.........0.......................

44 Lachlan Gollant* 22..... 192......39.......72......................

45 Kieran Strachan* 28.....204.....73.......31......................

46 Jack Madgen (C) 30..... 192...... 19.........8.......................

50 Darcy Clifford 25..... 190.......0.........0.......................

60 Harry Boyle 24......181.......0.........0.......................

61 Jay O’Leary 25......171.......0.........0......................

Rushed ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Rushed ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� *Denotes AFL listed player. All figures on team sheets are official SANFL records for League games and goals.

LEAGUE SOUTH ADELAIDE

1st

2nd

3rd

RD10 2023 @ FLINDERS UNI STA Adelaide 11.12 (78) d South 6.5 (41)

4th

Points

LEAGUE UMPIRES

FIELD: Paul Ventura Scott Galletly Mitchell Harris

RD4 2023 @ ADELAIDE OVAL Adelaide 19.20 (134) d South 7.8 (50)

BOUNDARY: James Sutton Tobin Dolman Steven Evanson

GOAL: Jared Murton Matthew Cummins

RD12 2022 @ FLINDERS UNI STA Adelaide 15.17 (107) d South 7.6 (48)

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WEST

EAGLES COACH: Sam Jacobs

COLOURS: Gold, Green and Blue

COACH: Adam Hartlett

COLOURS: Red and Black

No

PLAYER

AGE..... HT. . .... GP...... GK......G......... B

No

PLAYER

AGE..... HT. . .... GP...... GK......G......... B

1

Luke McKay

27..... 183.......0.........0.......................

1

Isaac Johnson (C)

26..... 193......48...... 43......................

2

Zac Buck

21.......172......34........5.......................

2

Dylan McCormick

20......179....... 3.........5.......................

3

Kade Herbert

17...... 185....... 5.........3.......................

3

Tom Morrish

24......179......46.......16......................

4

Cameron Fleeton

21.......191.......0.........0.......................

4

Luke Redfern

25......175......22.......12......................

5

Adam D’Aloia

19...... 186...... 16.........4.......................

5

Brady Searle

22......187......25.......12......................

6

Luke Thompson

33..... 193.....239......21......................

6

Sam Frost

21...... 184....... 5.........3.......................

7

Riley Knight

29......181......87...... 48.....................

7

Joel Stevens

23..... 189......46.......15......................

8

Will Neumann

20......187.......0.........0.......................

8

Mitch Maguire

25......176......42.......17......................

10 Connor Ballenden

25.....200.....30...... 42......................

9

Ned Stevens

20..... 196...... 13.........5.......................

15 Joshua Morris

22......187.......0.........0.......................

10 Kobe Ryan

20..... 183......22........9.......................

16 James Rowe

24......173......65..... 103.....................

12 Dylan Bramich

24......197....... 6.........0.......................

17 Patrick Weckert

19...... 194.......4.........2.......................

16 Darcy Minchella

19.......197.......11.........0.......................

18 Luke Beecken

22..... 184......47.......18......................

17 Lucas Meline

26......191......37........5.......................

23 Sam Nicholls

20......172...... 14....... 11......................

19 Jye Sinderberry

22..... 189......25........1.......................

24 Sam Rowland

30......187..... 137..... 20......................

22 Jordan White

19...... 182....... 2.........0.......................

28 Jordan Moore

22......197....... 7..........0.......................

23 Michael Laudato

21.......179...... 12.........6.......................

29 Matthew Goldsworthy

32......178.....244.....195.....................

29 Hamish Ellem

22......195......55...... 34......................

30 Zane Williams

22..... 183......37.......41......................

31 Josh Ryan

27......195......87........0.......................

31 Charlie West

18.......195.......0.........0.......................

34 Dylan White

20..... 185.......0.........0.......................

34 Lukas Cooke

30..... 196....... 1..........0.......................

37 Finn Higham

19.......181.......0.........0.......................

35 Joseph Sinor (C)

30..... 180.....123......25......................

40 Oscar Kregar

19...... 194.......0.........0.......................

37 Nathan Barkla

20..... 185...... 18........6.......................

41 Sam Davidson

24..... 182......32.......14......................

39 Jack Firns

28..... 190......84.......12......................

44 William Patton

19...... 193.......0.........0.......................

51 Max Litster

22..... 184......30........0.......................

56 Jesse Thackeray

20......177....... 5.........1.......................

55 Jarrad Redden

33.....204....145......74......................

58 Lachlan Williams

23..... 190.......0.........0.......................

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LEAGUE EAGLES WEST

1st

2nd

3rd

RD18 2023 @ MAUGHAN THIEM KIA West 13.8 (86) drew w Eagles 12.8 (80)

4th

Points

LEAGUE UMPIRES

RD7 2023 @ HISENSE STADIUM Eagles 14.10 (94) d West 5.8 (38)

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BOUNDARY: Samuel Royans Damian Robinson Matthew Zacher Sean Burton

GOAL: Thomas Fahey Emilie Hill

RD12 2022 @ HISENSE STADIUM Eagles 15.6 (96) d West 11.10 (76)

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PLAYER

PORT COLOURS: Black and Gold

AGE..... HT. . .... GP...... GK......G......... B

1 Will Gould 23......191...... 15.........0.......................

2 Jonty Scharenberg 25..... 184.....100......15......................

3 Matthew Snook 32..... 182.....187..... 44.....................

4 Cole Gerloff 24..... 185......85.......51......................

5 Liam McBean (C) 29.....202.... 112..... 269....................

6 Hugh Stagg 20......179......23.......19......................

7 Luke Reynolds 29..... 188.....134.....172.....................

8 Corey Lyons 25..... 182......38.......17......................

9 Darcy Bailey 29......176.....130..... 85......................

11 James Bell 25..... 184......20.......12......................

12 Max Proud 32..... 192.....170......17......................

13 Oscar Adams 20..... 199.......0.........0.......................

14 Brad McCarthy 25......176...... 57........3.......................

15 Jake Walker 19...... 186.......0.........0.......................

16 Alex Martini 25......181......72........5.......................

17 Reid Kuller 22..... 182......48.......12......................

18 Billy Stretch 27......181......66.......17......................

19 Cameron McGree 25.....200.....30........8.......................

20 Lachlan Hosie 27..... 188......74......177.....................

21 Chris Curran 33..... 189.....139...... 11......................

22 Matthew Allen 26..... 193......76...... 63......................

23 Riley Holder 21...... 192......38.......14......................

27 Nick Stevens 22..... 192.......0.........0.......................

33 Austin Kitschke 22..... 189....... 3.........4.......................

37 Hunter Window 20......172.......0.........0.......................

39 Archie Lovelock 19.......178....... 9.........1.......................

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COACH: Hamish Hartlett

COLOURS: Black and White

No

AGE..... HT. . .... GP...... GK......G......... B

PLAYER

1 Nick Moore (C) 8 Josh Sinn* 17 Tom Clurey* 19 Mitch Georgiades* 23 Dylan Williams* 24 Jordon Sweet* 26 Lachlan Charleson* 29 Tom Anastasopoulos* 32 Thomas Scully* 36 Will Lorenz* 38 Dante Visentini* 40 Kyle Marshall* 42 Quinton Narkle* 43 Logan Evans 45 Xavier Walsh* 46 Aidan Turner 47 Cody Szust 48 Jake Weidemann 49 Hugh Ferrari 51 Dylan Aldridge 52 Josh Byrne 53 Dustin Launer 55 Bailey Chamberlain 58 Miller Carter 59 Reed Stevens 63 Murphy Short

25..... 183......50.......35.....................

21...... 186...... 14........2......................

30..... 193......63........2......................

22......191....... 7.........14.....................

22..... 185......36.......51.....................

26.....202......8.........5......................

19.......177.......0.........0......................

18.......176.......0.........0......................

19......203..... 19........19.....................

19...... 186.......0.........0......................

21...... 201......30.......15.....................

19...... 201...... 16.........0......................

26......181....... 7..........4......................

18...... 188.......4.........1......................

18.......195.......0.........0......................

21...... 184...... 15.........3......................

27..... 183......50.......41.....................

25..... 190......43...... 22.....................

22..... 180....... 6.........3......................

27......181......26........4......................

22..... 188....... 1..........0......................

20..... 183.......0.........0......................

21...... 180...... 18........7......................

22..... 190...... 18........2......................

24..... 183....... 3.........0......................

24..... 185...... 13.........2......................

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LEAGUE GLENELG PORT

1st

2nd

RD16 2023 @ ALBERTON OVAL Glenelg 9.12 (66) d Port 8.9 (57)

3rd

4th

Points

LEAGUE UMPIRES

FIELD: Aaron Bennett Ben Williams Corey Bowen

BOUNDARY: Jaxon Williams Dylan Speck Taylor Dorsey

GOAL: Thomas Mayo Bradley Hammer

RD2 2023 @ STRATARAMA STADIUM RD5 2022 @ STRATARAMA STADIUM Glenelg 10.10 (70) d Port 7.11 (53) Port 10.9 (69) d Glenelg 9.12 (66)

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NORWOOD Brodie Carroll............................

Connor McLean........................

Liam Robinson..........................

Oscar Hodge..............................

Alec Wright................................

Isaac Saywell............................

Goy Lok........................................

Jayden Gale................................

Zach Morris...............................

Tristan Binder...........................

Nich Weightman......................

RESERVES NORWOOD STURT

1st

STURT

COACH: Aaron Jelfs 47 48 49 50 55 57 58 61 62 63 64 2nd

Harvey Pedler...........................

Mitchell Carroll.........................

Josh Gillow.................................

Taaj Nicholls..............................

Connor Kent...............................

Damon Pitt.................................

Calem Krollig.............................

Darci Best...................................

Jordan Neal................................

Henry Slade...............................

Marco D’Annunzio...................

3rd

4th

Points

8 10 11 12 13 27 28 33 35 36 37 RESERVES UMPIRES

15 25 26 30 32 37 38 39 43 45 46

COACH: Chris Trapp

Angus Anderson......................

Charlie Molan...........................

Josh Shute..................................

Malachy Carruthers................

Flynn Perez................................

Charlie Fryer..............................

Charlie Parker...........................

Heath Wingard.........................

Nick Sadler.................................

Luke Giacometti.......................

Alex Holt.....................................

FIELD: Thomas W Kelly Henry Klemm Kylan Beech

38 41 42 43 46 47 48 49 50 56 57

Luca Slade..................................

Declan Gladigau......................

Willa Taylor...............................

Brad Jefferies............................

Henry Maerschel....................

Hugo Kittel.................................

Thomas McCourt.....................

Jordan Hein................................

Will Torode.................................

Fraser Greaves.........................

Kobe McEntee...........................

BOUNDARY: Bradley Applebee Oakley Nilsen James Haskard

GOAL: Thomas Oxford Adrian Donaghey

11:20AM Friday 29th March @ Flinders University Stadium

SOUTH Darnell Tucker...........................

Zachary Dumesny...................

Kyan Smith.................................

Aaron Douglass........................

Dylan Brown.............................

Harvey Lambert.......................

Lachlan Scott............................

Lachlan Hayes..........................

Hayden Kernahan....................

Riley Jones.................................

Tate Lovering............................

RESERVES SOUTH GLENELG

1st

GLENELG

COACH: Alex Pigou 50 51 52 53 54 55 57 58 59 60 61 2nd

Corey Grocock...........................

Chester Forster........................

Ethan Roberts...........................

Joe Skinner.................................

Bailey Pilmore...........................

Dylan Draper.............................

Oscar Lovelock.........................

Zac Earl.......................................

Darren Walters.........................

Alex Habib..................................

Noah Goldie...............................

3rd

4th

Points

10 24 25 26 29 31 32 34 35 36 40 41 RESERVES UMPIRES

17 18 21 27 40 41 43 44 46 48 49

COACH: Jared Millington

Declan Carmody......................

Cooper Horsnell.......................

Darcy Scott................................

Liam Wisdom............................

Connor Mcleod.........................

Cooper Beecken.......................

Sam Smith..................................

Will Stockman..........................

Hayden Brokensha..................

Will Chandler............................

Ben Ridgway............................

Anders Mcshane......................

FIELD: Nicholas Ghan Daniel Whittlesea Max Richardson

42 43 44 45 47 50 52 53 55 56 57

Noah Sims..................................

Todd Reid....................................

Sam Dunn...................................

Darcy Porter.............................

Max Guerher.............................

Bowen Payne............................

Cam Kiel.....................................

Ryan Wurfel...............................

Harry Francis............................

Lachie Hall................................

Izayah Kean...............................

BOUNDARY: Jayden Dunning Joshua Thunig Elliott Raymond

GOAL: Justin Thai Steven Murphy

4:20PM Friday 29th March @ Prospect Oval

Lachlan Grubb..........................

Kym LeBois...............................

Luke Fellows.............................

Will Tasker..................................

Matthew McKenzie.................

Luke Lawrence.........................

Tadhg Evans..............................

Ewan Mackinlay.......................

James Langley..........................

Brad Ashcroft............................

Jed Dignan..................................

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42 43 46 47 48 50 52 53 56 58 65 2nd

COACH: Craig Brooks Hughen Wissman....................

Austin Harris.............................

Frazer Driscoll..........................

Lam Simon.................................

Ethan Weidemann...................

Brodie Lake................................

Kelsey Rypstra.........................

Luke Harvey...............................

Kalan Caputo.............................

Tom Carter.................................

Apech Deng...............................

3rd

4th

Points

CENTRAL 9 16 21 22 23 37 39 40 41 42 43 44 RESERVES UMPIRES

NORTH 11 14 20 21 26 28 30 34 35 40 41

Zac Buechner............................

Adam Deakin.............................

Tyson Richard...........................

Jordan Tippins..........................

Jayden Hall.................................

Finn Reed...................................

Jamie Jones................................

Chris Hooper.............................

Enrique Mazzeo.......................

Anzac Lochowiak.....................

Harvey Howe.............................

Trent Tattoli...............................

FIELD: Henry Lodge Ryan Webster Daniel Rogers

46 49 50 51 52 53 54 57 58 59 61

COACH: Matt Gallarello Jayden Matz..............................

Steven Clark..............................

Ethan Scholz.............................

Cooper Wilson..........................

Noah McDonald.......................

Braden Owen............................

Cooper Pyman..........................

Tom Giles....................................

Sam Sibbick...............................

Beau Thomas............................

Asher Pasin................................

BOUNDARY: Fraser Town Ben Wilson Justen Kern

GOAL: Jake Marnie Leo Condo

2024 SANFL RESERVES 5:00PM Friday 29th March @ Maughan Thiem Kia Oval

EAGLES

RESERVES EAGLES WEST

WEST

COACH: Shane Hancock

Blake Hansen............................

Bailey Hann...............................

Joshua Mawson.......................

Ryan Bruce.................................

Deakan Jackson........................

Brayden Calvett.......................

Carter Norman.........................

Brody Mair.................................

Patrick Toole..............................

Isaac McGrath...........................

Noah Angove.............................

Callum Fairal.............................

1st

45 47 48 50 52 53 54 57 59 60 61 62 2nd

Izaac Niemann..........................

Cormack O’Reilly......................

Jay Watson.................................

Archer Charles..........................

Darcy Hudson...........................

Liam Ueding..............................

Bailey Arthur.............................

Mishai Wollogorang...............

Jake Andrews............................

Sebastian Menta.....................

Riley Davey...............................

Griffyn Hansen.........................

3rd

4th

Points

11 21 24 25 32 33 34 35 39 41 43 46 RESERVES UMPIRES

14 19 26 32 33 36 38 40 41 42 43 44

COACH: Shane Baldock

Tom Rundle................................

Jed Obst......................................

Sam May.....................................

Lachlan Tredwell.....................

Liam Westdijk...........................

Harvey Bock..............................

Dylan White...............................

Adam Bunworth.......................

Harrison Barker........................

Sam Davidson...........................

Judd Hansen..............................

Padrick O’Donoghue...............

FIELD: Mason Beyer Luke Wittenberg Jake Cuming

47 48 51 52 54 55 56 57 59 62 65 66

Riley McMillan..........................

Rhys Mooney............................

Wyatt Ryan................................

Riley Hill......................................

Jack Hutton................................

Luke Young.................................

Jesse Thackeray.......................

Cooper Patterson....................

Max McKenzie..........................

Alex Morgan..............................

Xavier Hampton.......................

Oscar Talbot..............................

BOUNDARY: Gianny Scoleri Matthew Mielczarek

GOAL: Patrick Backshall Michael Lombardi

UNDER-18 WRAP

ZAC MILBANK | TWITTER @ZACMILBANK

BY ZACBYMILBANK Sturt started its 2024 SANFL Under-18 campaign on a positive note with a hard-fought 13-point win against Central District at X Convenience Oval.

After a slow start and trailing the Bulldogs by three points at the final change, the Double Blues rolled over the top of their rivals by booting 2.5 to one behind in the final quarter. Hard-running rover Connor Mills racked up 28 disposals and 10 marks, while vicecaptain Ned Atkinson kicked three goals to go with his 21 touches and nine marks. Central’s Tom Cochrane was prominent with 24 disposals and a goal, while Charlie Nicholls (14 disposals, 10 marks, two goals) and Jonah Pyman (15 disposals, four marks) contributed strongly.

A strong second half catapulted Glenelg to a 40-point win against West Adelaide at Hisense Stadium.

Leading the Bloods by just three points at half-time, the Bays piled on 7.8 to 1.7 to secure the premiership points. Tigers co-captain Charlie McAuliffe was rated his side’s best with 27 disposals and a goal, while Oliver Betterman (16 disposals) and Angus Clarke (25 disposals, eight marks) also stood tall. West’s Hamish Dow (21 disposals, nine marks), Gus Downs and Lucas White (22 disposals) did their best to haul their side over the line.

North Adelaide trailed at every change but escaped with a five-point victory against Norwood in a historic clash at Port Pirie’s Memorial Oval.

Playing for the first time in their regional recruiting zone, the Roosters booted 3.2 in the final term to 1.2 from the Redlegs. North’s Owen Kalic (23 disposals, two goals) and Sam Cumming (21 disposals, three goals) were instrumental in the win, while Hunter Press

Sturt’s Connor Mills keeps his eyes on the ball.

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was also recognised by his coaching staff. Norwood’s Jacob Newton (22 disposals, one goal) and Ben Hogan (17 disposals, two goals) worked hard but were unable to help the Legs make a winning start.

A six-goal final-term blast earned Woodville-West Torrens an impressive 17-point win against South Adelaide at Flinders University Stadium.

Facing a seven-point deficit at the final change, the Eagles booted the next six in succession to build a matchwinning 29-point advantage. Isaac Edwards (25 disposals, eight marks), Lachlan Sands (21 disposals, one goal) and Tarik Sauer (14 disposals) were the architects of the visitors’ dramatic comeback. South captain Jacob Sheean (24 disposals, nine marks), Phoenix Hargrave (29 disposals) and Blake Florance (14 disposals, 10 tackles) shone in their first outing of 2024. sanfl.com.au

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11:30am Friday 29 March @ Prospect Oval

NORTH 1 Cristie Castle............

2 Jessica Edwards (C).

3 Bailey Murray..........

4 Rachel Valenti..........

5 Kristi Harvey (C)......

9 Laela Ebert...............

10 Aprille Crooks..........

11 Amalie Innes............

13 Katelyn Pope............

14 Ella Quinn..................

16 Laura Niejalke..........

COACH: Jason Fairall 18 Brianna Arthur.........

19 Indi BuckskinJames..........................

20 Jamie Parish.............

22 Amelie Borg..............

23 Tayla Gordon............

24 Amber Ward.............

27 Lara Harding............

30 Djimila Totham........

31 Nevaeh Ebert...........

33 Julia Clark..................

35 Lauren Gauci............

36 Sarah Steele-Park..

38 Sasha Hardin............

40 Ella Metcalfe............

43 Jessica Luciani.........

44 Zoe Perry...................

45 Lauren Hoffmann...

48 Lucy Reddaway.......

52 Sarcha Taylor...........

54 Teagan Robins.........

60 Brooke Wilson.........

CENTRAL 1 Shelby Smith (C)......

2 Katelyn Rosenzweig..

3 Miyu Endersby.........

5 Emma Keys...............

6 Julia Teakle................

7 Georgia Madigan....

8 Tessa Doumanis......

9 Charlotte Riggs.......

12 Sophie Eaton............

13 Olivia Levicki............

14 Elizabeth Wilson.....

COACH: Ben Hunt

16 Tarly Borgas.............

17 Caitlen Teague.........

18 Georgia Avery...........

19 Erica Rowe................

20 Demi Sonneman......

21 Georgia McKee........

22 Karissa Searle..........

23 Jovanka Zecevic......

27 Jasmine Evans.........

28 Lauren Breguet........

30 Chantel Reynolds...

31 Tara Lord...................

33 Tess Gerhardy..........

36 Shelby Raven...........

38 Dakota Williams......

40 Madison Lane..........

41 Laitiah Huynh...........

42 Caitlin Wendland....

45 Tiarna Grovermann.

48 Kasey Wendland.....

54 Mikaylah Antony.....

12:00pm Friday 29 March @Thebarton Oval

STURT

COACH: Michael O’Connor

1 Millie McCarthy.......

15 Alisha Gepp..............

31 Molly Fletcher..........

2 Isobel Kuiper............

16 Monique Bessen.....

32 Chloe Samuel...........

3 Georgia Swan...........

17 Sophie Thredgold...

35 Jaimee Wittervan....

5 Ruby Cunningham..

18 Tahlia Walker...........

36 Jasmin Fejo...............

6 India Rasheed..........

20 Hannah Prenzler.....

37 Sarah Wallace.........

7 Abby Pengelly..........

22 Claudia Edmonds....

41 Jasmyn Hewett........

10 Alysha Healy............

23 Kate Harris (C).........

42 Summer Ross...........

11 Grace Powell............

24 Lily Whitcombe........

44 Amy Brooks-Birve..

13 Gemma Grivell.........

25 Edwina Thornquest.

50 Lily Smart..................

14 Zara Walsh...............

28 Isabella Drew...........

55 Georgia King.............

NORWOOD 1 Tahlita Buethke.......

2 Coby Morgan ...........

4 Sachi Syme ..............

8 Adrienne Davies .....

9 Sarah Branford (VC) .

10 Amelia Rusden .......

13 Shai Hiscock ............

14 Tesharna Maher .....

15 Alana Lishmund......

16 Ashlee Gould............

17 Stephanie Simmonds (C)...........

COACH: Brad Ferrall

18 Molly Brooksby ......

21 Emily Newton..........

22 Jade Halfpenny .......

23 Nicola Burns ............

26 Candice Belbin.........

27 Emily Bartsch ..........

28 Kiana Lee ..................

34 Ailene Hiebner ........

35 Mykaela Walker .....

36 Sophie Armitstead (C).........

37 Georgina Birchall ...

39 Charli Hazelhurst ..

41 Lana Schwerdt .......

43 Sophie Arkun ...........

44 Charlotte Nenke .....

46 Rosie Boon ...............

50 Elle Lineage .............

55 Emma Daly................

61 Kate Alexander .......

64 Isabella Calvanese.

66 Najwa Allen .............

12:00pm Friday 29 March @Maughan Thiem Kia Oval

EAGLES 1 Poppy Waterford....

2 Popi Gikas..................

3 Biance Portaro.........

4 Mikayla Cavallaro...

5 Chantelle Mitchell..

6 Erini Gikas.................

7 Grace Martin............

8 Annie Falkenberg (C).

10 Audrey Holt...............

11 Madi Turner..............

12 Amie Blanden...........

COACH: Narelle Smith 13 Brianna Walling......

15 Lucy Moore...............

16 Rose Clancy-Dillon.

18 Klaudia O’Neill.........

19 Christina Leuzzi......

20 Cher Waters.............

21 Astrid Gooley...........

22 Imogen Trengove....

23 McKenzie Dowrick..

24 Sophie Zuill...............

26 Leah Cutting.............

27 Renee Forth..............

28 Olivia Evans..............

30 Marlie Fiegert..........

32 Rosette Zerella........

33 Brooklyn Kraft.........

38 Zahlia Niemann.......

39 Georgie Blades........

40 Ashleigh Forbes......

44 Ashley Baker............

51 Julia Watson.............

WEST 1 Madi Russell (C)......

2 Lucy Boyd..................

6 Olivia Smith..............

7 Hannah Button........

8 Keeley Kustermann.

9 Zoe Venning..............

10 Bec Hansen...............

11 Nicole Hooper..........

12 Brooke Smith...........

13 Jessica Macolino.....

14 Chloe Tonkin.............

COACH: Bruce Dawes 15 Asha Dufour.............

18 Jessica Chyer............

19 Jemma Ellis...............

20 Tiana Fernandez.....

21 Grace McNicol..........

22 Ruby Ballard.............

23 Emma Chapman......

24 Paris Francis............

25 Tess Huxtable..........

26 Georgie Pater...........

27 Emma Kilpatrick......

28 Molly Petersen........

29 Ella Maxwell.............

30 Lauren Young...........

31 Kendell Saffin...........

35 Paige Allan................

40 Nicola Biagi...............

42 Steph Tredwell.........

44 Emily Mableson.......

56 Philippa Worthley...

60 Iilish Ross..................

2:10pm Friday 29 March @Stratarama Stadium

GLENELG 1 Ash Dyer....................

2 Madisyn Freeman...

3 Renee Wurfel...........

4 Shay’Lee Dayman...

5 Sam Franson (C)......

6 Violet Patterson......

7 Morgan Blackwell....

8 Ellie Kellock (C)........

9 Eloise Mackreth......

10 Grace Duffy...............

11 Jordan Horne............

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SOUTH

COACH: Lexia Edwards 12 Tamsyn Morriss......

13 Tessa Kohn................

14 Lucy Armitage..........

15 Marie Martino..........

16 Andi Moliere.............

17 Mel Hinge..................

18 Ellen Tyminski..........

19 Matilda Wilmore.....

20 Poppy Scholz...........

21 Alice Bradley............

22 Sheridan Howell.....

23 Jessica Searle..........

24 Alexandra Walker...

26 Chloe Harding..........

27 Shae Partington......

28 Jorja Eldridge...........

29 Jessica Bates............

30 Alex Pearce...............

32 Jo Miller.....................

33 Demi McCarthy........

34 Lauren Edwards......

COACH: Rick Watts

1 Morgan Johnston.......

13 Emily Brockhurst......

25 Emma Charlton........

2 Nikki Nield....................

14 Tiffany King................

27 Bri Cleggett................

4 Jordann Hickey...........

15 Litonya

5 Sarah Wright...............

Cockatoo-Motlap..........

32 Soriah Moon.............

6 Mel Anderson..............

16 Nicole Mark................

8 Jess Waterhouse.......

20 Layla Vizgaudis.......

9 Nicole Campbell.........

21 Chelsea Farr...............

37 Brooke Boileau.........

11 Laquoiya

22 Sam Pratt...................

38 Jorja Hooper..............

Cockatoo-Motlap..........

23 Esther Schirmer.......

56 Lily Baxter..................

34 Caitlin Radbone.......

35 Jaslynne Smith.........

SANFL

BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER

POPPY SCHOLZ

WOME N’S

LE AG UE

ROUND 1 - 4 WINNERS INDIA RASHEED

GL ENELG Star defender who, despite being just 17, continues to step up, picking up 12 kicks, eight handballs and eight marks in Glenelg’s impressive 22-point win against North Adelaide at Thebarton. Selected in SANFLW Team of the Year in 2023.

ST URT The talented 17-year-old showed her allround skillset with 21 disposals, eight tackles and 2.1 in a losing side against Glenelg, her goals coming in different ways – one from a strong mark and long set shot, the other with a ripping goal on the run.

VIOLET PATTERSON

ZARA WALSH

The speedster continues to come on in leaps and bounds, the talented midfielder being clean with her ball use as she collected 25 disposals and laid eight tackles in the Tigers’ big win against reigning premier Central District.

Provided plenty of excitement in the Double Blues’ stunning Round 4 win against Central, remarkably booting five goals in the second half.

The 19-year-old tallied 14 disposals and eight marks.

COLES MINI LEAGUER OF THE WEEK

RD1 U18 MVP

GL ENELG

ST URT

SAM CUMMING (NORTH)

Jack Buchan Favourite SANFL player?

Harry Schoenberg

What do you want to be when you are older?

Crows player

What is the best thing about playing footy?

Kicking a goal and celebrating

If you were a superhero, what would be your name and super power?

Crowboy, Flying

Which SANFL match are you attending? North v Central Your local football club?

Broadview Tigers

What position do you play on the footy field? All over

A strong presence through the midfield, Cumming tallied 21 disposals, seven marks and 10 tackles while also hitting the scoreboard with three goals in the Roosters’ Round 1 win against Norwood.

What would you do with $1 million?

Buy as many tickets to Crows games as possible

What do you like doing when you’re not playing footy?

Practicing playing footy

Favourite SANFL team?

The best piece of advice given by your coach?

Adelaide

Always look for the open player

MILESTONES SOPHIE ZUILL (EAGLES) 50 MITCH O’NEILL (NORWOOD) 50 JAKE PATMORE (NORTH) 50

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SEASON STANDINGS 2024 2023 HOSTPLUS SANFL MEN’S LEAGUE 2024 STANLEY H. LEWIS TROPHY

(POSITIONS AT THE END OF RD 18)

P W L

D

M

R

U18

U16

W

Total

Glenelg

18 15 3

0 1523 1048 59.24

30

Glenelg

0

0

50

25

400

475

Sturt

Team

F

A

%

Pts

Team

18 14 4

0 1289 1193 51.93

28

West

0

0

0

0

300

300

Adelaide 18 13 5

0 1627 1069 60.35

26

Sturt

0

0

50

25

200

275

Central

18 9

9

0 1084 1192 47.63

18

South

0

0

0

25

200

225

Port

18 8

9

1

1311 1373 48.85

17

Central

0

0

0

0

200

200

North

18 8 10 0 1086 1245 46.59

16

Norwood

0

0

0

0

200

200

1

1053 1248 45.76

13

Eagles

0

0

50

0

100

150

Eagles

18 6 12 0

1152 1286 47.25

12

North

0

0

50

0

0

75

South

18 5 12 1 1084 1353 44.48

11

Adelaide

0

0

0

0

0

0

West

18 4 13 1

9

Port

0

0

0

0

0

0

A

%

Pts

Norwood 18 6 11

1110 1312 45.83

2024 HOSTPLUS SANFL WOMEN’S LEAGUE

2023 RESERVES

(POSITIONS AT THE END OF RD 4)

Team

P W L

D

Glenelg

4

4

0

0

West

4

3

1

0

South

(POSITIONS AT THE END OF RD 18)

F

A

%

Pts

185

92

66.79

8

140

111

55.78

6

Team

P W L

D

F

Glenelg

18 16 2

0 1592 857

65.01

32

Sturt

18 13 5

0 1325 848 60.98

26

55.87

26

1057 1166 47.55

17

4

2

2

0

167

113

59.64

4

Central

18 13 5

0 1238 978

Norwood 4

2

2

0

157

119

56.88

4

South

18 8

9

1

Sturt

4

2

2

0

182

182

50

4

Eagles

18 7

11 0

1195 1317

47.57

14

Central

4

2

2

0

164

212

43.62

4

Norwood

18 7

11 0

1107 1278 46.42

14

Eagles

4

1

3

0

133

192

40.92

2

West

18 4 13 1

869 1362 38.95

9

North

4

0

4

0

49

156

23.9

0

North

18 3 15 0

860 1437 37.44

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2024 SANFL U18s

2024 SANFL U16s

(POSITIONS AT THE END OF RD 1)

(POSITIONS AT THE END OF RD 1)

Team

P W L

D

F

A

%

Pts

P W L

D

F

A

%

Pts

Glenelg

1

1

0

0

75

35

68.18

2

Team Glenelg

1

1

0

0

98

36

73.13

2

Sturt

1

1

0

0

55

42

56.7

2

North

1

1

0

0

93

46

66.91

2

Eagles

1

1

0

0

83

66

55.7

2

South

1

1

0

0

70

48

59.32

2

North

1

1

0

0

64

59

52.03

2

Sturt

1

1

0

0

83

62

57.24

2

Norwood

1

0

1

0

59

64

47.97

0

Central

1

0

1

0

62

83

42.76

0

South

1

0

1

0

66

83

44.3

0

Eagles

1

0

1

0

48

70

40.68

0

Central

1

0

1

0

42

55

43.3

0

Norwood

1

0

1

0

46

93

33.09

0

West

1

0

1

0

35

75

31.82

0

West

1

0

1

0

36

98

26.87

0

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THE ROAD AHEAD ROUND 1 Easter Weekend Thursday 28 March Norwood v Sturt Friday 29 March North v Central South v Adelaide Eagles v West Glenelg v Port

AFL GATHER ROUND

Saturday 6 April West End State Team v VFL

ROUND 6 CS PO FUS MTKO SS

ROUND 5

Thursday 2 May Adelaide v Port Saturday 4 May North v Norwood West v Central Sunday 5 May South v Glenelg Sturt v Eagles

ROUND 16

Friday 26 July CS South v West TFO Central v North HS Glenelg v Norwood Sturt v Port Eagles v Adelaide

CS MTKO XCO R FUS

Saturday 25 May West v North Central v Norwood South v Port Sturt v Adelaide Sunday 26 May Eagles v Glenelg

MTKO

HS XCO FUS TFO MTKO

Friday 5 July A Glenelg v Eagles West v Norwood HS North v Port SS Sturt v South Central v Adelaide PO CS

ROUND 9 King’s Birthday Weekend SS PO HS XCO A

ROUND 10

Saturday 15 June AO Central v South Port v West PO Eagles v Adelaide HS FUS TFO

Friday 28 June Sturt v West North v Eagles Port v Central South v Norwood Glenelg v Adelaide

ROUND 17 TFO PO A FUS SS

FUS MTKO SS TFO

SS HS PO TFO XCO

ROUND 14

Friday 12 July Central v West Port v Glenelg Eagles v Sturt Norwood v Adelaide South v North

A TFO PO CS JP

Friday 16 August South v Eagles Central v Glenelg Norwood v North West v Sturt Port v Adelaide

FUS XCO CS HS AO

ROUND 19 XCO A MTKO CS VH

ROUND 15

Friday 19 July XCO West v Eagles A Norwood v Central AO Sturt v Glenelg Port v South North v Adelaide

Friday 9 August Port v Eagles Sturt v Central North v Glenelg Norwood v South Sunday 11 August West v Adelaide

ROUND 18

ROUND 13

Friday 31 May Port v Sturt Saturday 1 June West v Adelaide Glenelg v Central Sunday 2 June North v South Norwood v Eagles Saturday 8 June South v Adelaide Eagles v Central Monday 10 June Glenelg v North Sturt v Norwood

Weekend of Saturday 3 August

ROUND 12

ROUND 8 First Nations Rounds FUS PO SS CO

FUS XCO SS TFO MTKO

BYE WEEKEND TBC

ROUND 7 First Nations Rounds

ROUND 4 Anzac Weekend Thursday 25 April Glenelg v Sturt Saturday 27 April North v Adelaide West v South Central v Eagles Port v Norwood

Sunday 23 June CS Norwood v Port Sturt v North XCO West v Glenelg A MTKO SS

Sunday 19 May SS WAFL v SANFL

ROUND 3

Saturday 20 April South v Central North v Sturt Glenelg v Adelaide Norwood v West Sunday 21 April Eagles v Port

ROUND 11

KIA STATE GAME

ROUND 2

Friday 12 April Norwood v Glenelg Saturday 13 April Eagles v North Central v Adelaide Sunday 14 April West v Port South v Sturt

Friday 10 May Norwood v Adelaide Saturday 11 May Central v Sturt Port v North Eagles v South Glenelg v West

Friday 23 August Glenelg v South Central v Port Eagles v Norwood North v West Sturt v Adelaide

SS XCO MTKO PO TFO

FINALS HS CS TFO A PO

Legend

Sunday 1 September Elim. & Qual. Final

AO

Sunday 8 September Semi Final 1 & 2

AO

Sunday 15 September Preliminary Final

AO

Sunday 22 September Grand Final

AO

Key: Bold = home team

A - Alberton Oval, AO - Adelaide Oval, CO – Centenary Oval, CS – Coopers Stadium, Norwood, FUS – Flinders University Stadium, Noarlunga, HS – Hisense Stadium, Richmond, JP – Johnstone Park, MTKO – Maughan Thiem Kia Oval, Woodville, PO - Prospect Oval, R – Riverland, VH – Victor Harbor, SS – Stratarama Stadium, Glenelg, XCO – X Convenience Oval, Elizabeth Oval, TFO – Thomas Farms Oval, Unley

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