South Australian Football Budget -Round 15 2024 - Vol 99 - No. 15 20-21 July

BRING THE WAVE

WHITE CLAW HARD SELTZER ®

SPARKLING WATER WITH ALCOHOL

Norwood’s 1984 history makers are back together 40 years after their stunning rags-to-riches premiership.

GRAND MEMORIES History Makers.

They are words that have special meaning to Redlegs supporters who witnessed the SANFL glory days of the 1980s.

And the Norwood players who were a part of the remarkable 1984 premiership still have a special bond and camaraderie 40 years after making history in winning the flag from fifth at the end of the minor round.

There was a wonderful reunion for the team and coach Neil Balme last month, while the Legs also celebrated the side of 2014, who completed a stunning premiership

hat-trick with a thrilling win under coach Ben Warren in the return of SANFL grand finals to Adelaide Oval.

Norwood beat traditional rival Port Adelaide in both premiership deciders so the reunions took place around the Round 11 clash against the Magpies at The Parade.

Redlegs fans don’t have to delve back too far into the memory banks to recognise the faces in the snap of the 2014 side but how many names can you come up with from the photo of the 1984 history makers?

On Page 20 Neil Smith reveals how Neil Balme joined the Redlegs.

Dual Redlegs premiership coach Neil Balme entertains the crowd at the 1984 team reunion.

Premiership players from Norwood’s 2014 squad shared grand memories.

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MATCH PREVIEWS

BY PETER CORNWALL

There’s plenty of excitement – and keenness – at Central District these days. Bulldogs Harvey Howe, George Kendall, skipper Jarrod Schiller and Magarey Medallist Harry Grant are just itching to get back out there in the Dogs’ thrilling win against West Adelaide, not wanting to miss a thing by sitting on the interchange bench. Photo: Robert Laidlaw

NORWOOD V CENTRAL

WEST V EAGLES

The Legs are looking ominous. With key players returning or on their way back from injuries and suspension, the way they have powered away from Port (83 points), South (39), West (74) and Adelaide (63) has sent the strongest possible warning to any other premiership hopefuls. While there are the usual class performances from superstars like Harry Boyd, Matthew Ling, Billy Cootee and Jack Heard, young guns are stepping up and providing new enthusiasm, Baynen Lowe the best example. Lowe set the tempo for the Legs by booting their first goal after 17 seconds and picking up 14 disposals and booting 2.2 in the first quarter. The Crows never recovered, in fact the Legs’ miserly defence kept them to just one goal in the first three quarters.

Central has done little wrong, usually winning when they are expected, but against the top three – Norwood, Sturt and Glenelg – it has come up short.

When the Bulldogs faced the Redlegs at home in Round 7, they actually came up 50 points short. So this is a huge test to see if they are real contenders for a top-three spot after finishing last year in fourth spot, where they are now placed. On a day of celebration 60 years after Central’s first game at Elizabeth, with captain-coach of the 1964 team Ken Eustice a welcomed guest at lunch, the Dogs honoured the SA footy great with a win, although Westies – the club with which Eustice won a premiership and Magarey Medal – gave them a mighty scare.

Wins have become hard to find for these sides that were making great strides just a month or so ago. The Eagles were top after Round 10, the Bloods just a game out of the top five after Round 8. Woodville-West Torrens has lost its past three games, while West has been beaten in its past five. It’s tight at the top, so suddenly the Eagles are fifth, two wins away from the double-chance. And the Bloods are seventh, three wins out of the five. The good news – if fans are likely to call it that – was just how close these sides were to ending their losing streaks last week. The Eagles have continued to be around the mark in their three losses – their average losing margin just 14 points – and they finished just eight points short against second-placed Sturt last week after a withering last-quarter charge couldn’t quite get them over the line. Their fight has never been in question this season. And fight was what the Bloods showed plenty of at Elizabeth. Responding to a 74-point drubbing at the hands of top side Norwood, West started strongly, Kobe Ryan here, there and everywhere as he collected 34 disposals, 12 clearances and 12 tackles for the game, then refused to concede when Central kicked away late in the third quarter. Trailing by five goals midway through the last term, they banged on four goals in succession and looked a huge chance to snatch a draw as they were within kicking distance of the goal as the siren sounded.

The Eagles also booted four goals in a row in the final quarter against the Blues, closing to within six points at the 19-minute-mark. While results might not have been

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going to plan, there’s plenty of heart in these sides. And one will be rewarded here for all the hard work.

NORTH V ADELAIDE Just when you think the Roosters might be slipping out of the finals race they hit back with a strong win. There was plenty to like about the way they twice kicked clear in the last quarter after being hugely challenged by South at Victor Harbor to claim an eight-point win – with 13 more scoring shots – Campbell Combe inspirational with 33 disposals and 15 tackles. Now North faces its biggest challenge – backing up after wins. The Roosters have won six games this season but only once claimed back-to-back successes and their past 10 games have been win, loss, win, loss, win, loss, loss, win, loss, win. That’s pretty consistent inconsistency! The only time previously this season North completed back-to-back wins came when it beat Adelaide – by 16 points – in Round 4. And it’s the Crows they face again this week. So that would be a big step in the right direction, now just one win – plus six per cent – behind the fifth-placed Eagles. But it’s also hard to know what sort of Adelaide line-up you will be up against and it’s best to expect the unexpected as the Crows’ past four games have been loss (Eagles 53 points), win (Glenelg 39), win (Central 36), loss (Norwood 63). A big positive for the Crows was the on-ball efforts of 19-year-old Dan Curtin, who provided an exciting glimpse into the future with his 22 disposals and two goals against the Legs.

STURT V GLENELG The Blues are on a roll again, having won eight games in a row and looking the goods for the finals doublechance. Now they run into reigning premier Glenelg in a battle of heavyweights. It was the Bays who stopped them in their tracks last season, apart from beating them in the grand final, ending their run of eight successive wins to start the season with a 105-point belting to celebrate the King’s Birthday. The difference this year is Glenelg is looking unusually scratchy. Last year it had won seven in a row before tackling Sturt in the Monday public holiday blockbuster at the Bay in front of 7000-plus fans. This season it has lost two of the past three and the Blues will be a tough gig at Unley. The Tigers haven’t lost two in a row under premiership coach Darren Reeves in his two seasons at the helm but after last week’s surprise 14-point loss to Port at Alberton that record is under serious threat.

Stats can sometimes be misleading but the numbers point to the fact the Bays could have, maybe should have, beaten Port. They won disposals 337-268, marks 78-52, tackles 84-74, clearances 37-35 and, most incredibly, inside-50s 53-29. And they had more scoring shots (17-16) only to be beaten 6.11 to 9.7. The only key stat they didn’t win convincingly was hit-outs and with ruck star Cam McGree forced out with a fractured eye socket that was hardly surprising. So don’t get too worked up about it, Tigers fans. Blues supporters are feeling pretty good about the way their team is travelling and to travel to Woodville without Magarey Medal hopeful Will Snelling and bag a win shows

Ewan Mackinlay celebrates kicking a key late goal in North Adelaide’s fighting win against South Adelaide in Victor Harbor. Photo: Peter Argent

there’s plenty to be excited about. Connor McFadyen’s stunning long bomb goal to seal the deal when the pressure was really on in the final minutes had their fans wildly celebrating.

PORT V SOUTH Who said Port Adelaide was a chance for the wooden spoon? That’s two wins in a row and three in five games from a team that was supposed to be struggling. The Magpies are just a win away from seventh after beating reigning premier Glenelg, no less. Former Bays star Willie Rioli poured on the pain for the Tigers, mathematically proving the difference with three goals in a 14-point Port win at Alberton. Dante Visentini continued to stand tall in ruck with 54 hit-outs, 13 disposals and six clearances, while Cody Szust again was in the thick of it with 24 disposals and eight tackles.

The Panthers, rebuilding with young, local talent haven’t had much luck with injuries – or close finishes – and they can count themselves unlucky to be on the bottom. After leading Sturt by one point at threequarter-time in a loss at Unley, they were within one point of North 24 minutes into the last quarter before missing out by eight points. Star teenager Sid Draper racked up 27 disposals and nine clearances, while exciting two-goal debutant Phoenix Hargrave looked right at home in league ranks. A win is not far away. sanfl.com.au

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2024 THINK! ROAD SAFETY

SA COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

BY ZAC MILBANK Eastern successfully defended its Think! Road Safety South Australian Men’s Country Championship with a comfortable 36-point win against Central in the grand final at Encounter Bay Oval.

Finishing undefeated, Eastern finished off strongly in the titledeciding match before a record crowd as best under-21 player Jordan Hein shone in a best-afield display. Eastern, which includes players from the Hills, River Murray, Riverland and Murray Valley Football Leagues, fittingly had six players in the Men’s Team of the Championship, including Don McSweeny Medallist Joel Parker-Boers.

Returning after last year’s success in the coaches’ box, Eastern mentor Adam Klun, who played SANFL with Sturt and Woodville-West Torrens, was awarded the Bill Murdoch Medal as coach of the championships. Eyre Peninsula’s Yohann Wagner won the leading goalkicker trophy. Field umpire Alex Ker, boundary umpire Zane Garett and goal umpire Tony Maletto were recognised as leading umpires.

Returning to the heart of Southern Districts’ zone in the Fleurieu Peninsula for the first time since 2021, the championships attracted their largest crowd of 5871 across both days, with 1200 people soaking up the introduction of Friday night matches at Victor Harbor Oval.

Final Standings – Eastern, Central, Eyre Peninsula, Southern, South East, Northern MEN’S TEAM OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS F: Shay Linke (C), Johann Wagner (EP), Tyson Hone (E) HF: Luke Mitton (S), Ben Jarvis (EP), Jesse Chandler (EP) C: Troy Blackwell (SE), Nick Kraemer (N), Jordan Hein (E) HB: Zane Montgomerie (EP), Jack Carpenter (C), Joel Parker-Boers (E) B: Patrick White (C), Dom Denton (EP), Campbell Watts (SE) R: Charlie Riggs (N), Alex Stidiford 6

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2024 Women’s SA Country champions Eastern win the first of a double.

2024 Men’s SA Country champions Eastern. Photos: Peter Argent

(E), Nick Gregurke (C) Inter: Harlee Chandler (EP), Troy Parker-Boers (E), Sam Kennedy (S), Jack Elsworthy (C), Rory O’Driscoll (E), Steve Burton (C) Eastern cruised to its second SA Women’s Country Championship with a 26-point win against Central in the grand final at Victor Harbor Oval.

Determined to avenge last year’s loss in the title-decider, Eastern stayed unbeaten after finishing the minor round in top spot. Boasting five players in the Women’s Team of the Championships, Eastern was coached by Blackwood great Damien Venning, who was coach of the championships. Eastern midfielder Sarah Campbell claimed the player of the championships award, while Central’s Ellie Ward was best under-21 Player. Three players – Jess Kirk (Southern),

Lillian Bornholdt (Central) and Yahna Chynoweth (Eyre Peninsula) – were joint winners of the leading goalkicker trophy.

Final Standings – Eastern, Central, Eyre Peninsula, South East, Southern, Northern WOMEN’S TEAM OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS F: Jess Kirk (S), Tamika Reid (N) HF: Kayla Mudge (E), Lillian Bornholdt (C), Elsie Dawes (E) C: Phillipa Worthley (S), Tess Andrews (SE), Kalani Bates (S) HB: Sheridan Howell (EP), Ella Mickan (C), Mardi Masson (EP) B: Kendall Howell (EP), Deserae Peterson (E) R: Sasha Branson (C), Sarah Campbell (E), Ellie Ward (C) Inter: Yahna Chynoweth (EP), Rebecca Deer (N), Brianna Burt (E), Zoe Hawker (SE), Madelyn Zacher (EP), Alice Tentye (SE)

Eagles midfielder Adam D’Aloia on the burst against Central District. Photo: Peter Argent

UP AND ADAM

BY STEVE BARRETT

If the SANFL had an end-of-season award for its most improved player, rising Woodville-West Torrens midfield beast Adam D’Aloia would be a leading contender. Maybe even the short-priced favourite.

D’Aloia’s disposals are up almost 50 per cent on his 2023 numbers, while his clearances and inside-50s have almost doubled. He ranks inside the league’s top six in all three categories, plus tackles. Actually, forget about most improved ...

D’Aloia can reasonably expect to poll strongly for the ultimate individual honour on Magarey Medal night.

“Certainly in my young career I feel I’m playing the best footy I have,” he said. “My clearance and contested work, as well as my ability to win the ball at the source and get it going our team’s way, are assets I really help the team with. Obviously the Eagles had a lot of success before I was playing (league) but the team’s now doing the best in the time since I’ve been there.”

The 20-year-old’s meteoric development has him firmly entrenched as an integral member of the Eagles’ first-choice midfield quartet, which is as good as any in the country outside the AFL. The 186cm D’Aloia, captain Joe Sinor and former AFL Crows James Rowe and Riley Knight form a fearsome centre-square combination and all

are three-vote matchwinners on their day. “It’s great being part of a really strong midfield group,” said D’Aloia, a Carlton supporter whose favourite player is Blues 2022 Brownlow Medal-winning midfield bull Patrick Cripps. “We all can learn little things off each other and there’s no heavy reliance on one player. We really share the load well.

On any given day someone can bob up and play the best.”

While D’Aloia’s improvement has been stark, it hasn’t come as a shock. He enjoyed a decorated junior career, advancing through the Eagles’ under-age ranks and renowned St Michael’s College football program, where he was coached by legendary West Adelaide ruckman Mark Mickan, then Port Adelaide Magarey Medallist Brett Ebert.

Captaining a State side which comprised Max Michalanney, Mattaes Phillipou, Billy Dowling and Kobe Ryan at the 2022 under-18 national championships, D’Aloia earned All-Australian selection and collected the John Halbert Medal as SA’s MVP. The previous season D’Aloia put his name in lights by claiming the Alan Stewart Medal as best-on-ground in the Eagles’ under18 grand final triumph over Glenelg at Adelaide Oval. “That was pretty special,” he said. “It’s the main reason

you play footy, to win flags and share that with your team-mates.

Great memories to look back on.”

Surprisingly, however, D’Aloia’s name wasn’t called out on AFL draft night, after some experts had earlier predicted he would be snapped up early. “Certainly disappointing to be overlooked in my draft year,” said D’Aloia, who is in his last year of a Bachelor of Advanced Economics degree at Adelaide University. “I thought I had a pretty strong year. But my mentality has been to go back and continue to work on my game, get better and hopefully get an opportunity somewhere down the line, through hard work and perseverance.”

D’Aloia has done just that, while crediting much of his and the Eagles’ upswing to rookie coach Sam Jacobs’ fresh voice and influence. “He’s really good with people,” D’Aloia said of Jacobs. “It’s good to have a coach who’s quite young and fresh out of their playing career. He’s quite relatable to the playing group and gets along really well with everyone. On top of that he’s got a great football mind and sees the game really well. There’s continuity and everyone’s on the same page. It’s very exciting but we know we’ve got to bring our A-game to go all the way.” sanfl.com.au

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JACK’S BACK WITH COURAGE

BY JOSH TEAKLE

Norwood’s Jack Saunders returned to SANFL league ranks this season after an absence of almost 400 days after overcoming a serious neck injury.

The 22-year-old forward returned to his junior club before the 2023 season after two years on Hawthorn’s AFL list. But his Redlegs homecoming was cut short just four weeks into the season when he was hurt in the Round 4 match against Glenelg at the Bay. Saunders suffered a fracture in his C1 vertebrae which left him in a halo brace for four months to ensure no movement of the vertebrae, or interaction with the spinal cord.

If that wasn’t a difficult enough recovery, when Saunders finally returned to full training in February 2024, he injured his ankle, again delaying his return. In Round 7 he played reserves and celebrated his first senior win of his career in Norwood colours, before being selected in the Legs’ Round 8 team to take on the Eagles at The Parade…

399 days on from his neck incident.

“For me personally, it was great to get out there with the boys again and put on the Norwood jumper, which I’ve been looking forward to doing for over a year,” he said. “It was just good to get the cobwebs out and run alongside the boys and contribute any way I can. It was probably the hardest year of my life.

The halo was one thing but I couldn’t lie flat for four months. It couldn’t come off, so it was very sweaty. I had to sleep upright. My hair grew a fair bit. It was quite uncomfortable.

But it’s made me a better person and footballer now I’ve come out at the end of it. This club and the medical team and this team and especially Twig (coach Jade Rawlings) have been instrumental in helping me get back.”

Despite each and every setback, Saunders maintains he was “lucky”.

Recalling his injury, he said: “The

main emotion for me straight after the incident was how grateful I was. I was very lucky. A lot of people aren’t as fortunate with those sorts of injuries to come out the way I did. Obviously it was disappointing not to play the rest of the year but to be able to come out at the end of it, have a full recovery, that’s something I’m extremely grateful for. Spending a fair bit of time in the spinal ward at the hospital, you understand pretty quickly how lucky you are.”

He described the halo brace as “having a cage on your head”. “It was a long time, living in a halo brace for four months. You do a lot of personal reflection and I am so grateful to come out the other end of it with a full recovery. (After the injury occurred) I was in a fair amount of pain but I thought I

might have strained my neck and didn’t realise the severity of what I did. Fracturing a vertebrae that high up is extremely dangerous.

Lucky for me there was no movement. It was purely a front-on sort of fracture, so in that sense I was safe but very lucky it didn’t go the other way.”

Saunders was never deterred from a return to the football field. “For me, as soon as the injury happened and I was told about it, my goal was always to get back to playing,” he said. “Obviously there were boxes I needed to tick off, like returning to full health. But, I love this game so much and this footy club and I’ve never missed something so much. If anything, my love for the game has grown even more. There’s not much that can steer me away from playing.” sanfl.com.au

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STEP BACK IN TIME

AFTER-THE-SIREN BOMBER HARRIS

BY DION HAYMAN

A still from the video footage of South Adelaide’s Darren Harris about to launch his incredible after-the-siren long bomb to sink Port Adelaide in 1984.

Darren Harris cast himself into South Adelaide folklore, sending the Panthers to the top of the ladder with a booming 60 metre goal after the siren to sink Port at Adelaide Oval in 1984.

The matchwinning kick was all the more astonishing because it underlined that even four-time Magarey Medallist Russell Ebert was fallible. Ebert, in his second year as the Magpies’ captain-coach, miskicked short across goal, where his pass was intercepted by a galloping Harris. The heroics of the 18-year-old Harris were even more remarkable given the winning goal was his third in the final 10 minutes of the match.

Harris had made his South debut the same day as its newly appointed captain-coach Graham Cornes, in the opening round of the 1983 season. But he didn’t play again until 1984. By the time of this first Sunday in June, he had just eight games under his belt, four of which were pre-season Escort Cup games.

He was summoned by Cornes to the goal mouth for the seventh round match against North at Prospect when he caught the eye with four goals. Harris backed that up with an eight-goal haul in a rare win against 10

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Graham Cornes during his stint as South Adelaide coach in 1983-84.

Sturt at Unley. Another four in a 90-point win against Torrens at Thebarton saw him with 16 in three games ahead of the clash between the third-placed Panthers and the top-ranked Magpies.

Harris joined John Schneebichler as South’s key forwards, while Cornes, who curiously began the day on the bench, eventually went to Dwayne Russell, who was Port’s most damaging forward. Even without the grandstand finish, the game was befitting of its billing. The Panthers led by seven, seven and six points at the changes but the Magpies appeared to have the game in their keeping, slamming on 4.3 without reply to take a 15-point lead at the 20-minute mark of the final term.

“Could be game, set, match,” screamed Ian Day after Russell booted his third goal. But within a minute, Paul Harradine found Harris in acres of space at half-forward.

Off just five steps, he blasted the ball 50 metres to cut the lead back to nine points.

Harradine cut it to three, holding his nerve with a 45-metre kick from the left forward pocket after marking unattended. But this was Harris’s show and the teenager leapt high

across a pack to flatten Martin Leslie. This time, he took six steps but his action and kick from right half-forward was methodical and true, giving South a stunning threepoint lead.

With Port again challenged, Paul Belton coolly hit Stephen Clifford from 20 metres. The Magpie veteran’s third goal saw Port lead 17.13 to 17.9 after 28½ minutes.

Ninety seconds later, the ball was out of bounds, still deep in the Magpies’ forward line. But Stuart Palmer and the Hewitt brothers dug it out. Shane Butler trapped Greg Anderson holding the ball on the wing. Darryl Hewitt ran the length of the ground, jamming the ball onto his boot, only for Craig Ebert to outmark Ron Hateley adjacent to the right behind post at the river end. He took 10 seconds off the clock before being directed to kick to brother Russell who was loose up the line.

“Now watch Russell take a minute to kick the football,” predicted Ian Day in commentary. Yet, inexplicably, Ebert had the ball in his hands for just two seconds before wheeling onto his non-preferred left foot and angling a 45 degree kick toward a flat-footed Graeme Robertson at centre half-back.

The ball crosses the line from Darren Harris’s matchwinning kick and there’s nothing a pack of Magpies players can do to prevent it.

“Graeme Robertson had taken off so I thought I’d better follow him,” Harris remembered. The ball ballooned slightly over Robertson’s head, Harris saw his chance and took off like an Olympic 100-metre runner. “For whatever reason, the legend Russell Ebert kicked it back toward the centre of the ground.

Don’t know why.”

These were days when kicking across goal in defence was one of football’s cardinal sins. “You don’t go backwards, you don’t go across the ground in the backline. It was a bit of a floater on his left foot and it wasn’t directly at him and I was just in the right place at the right time.

He just overkicked it a bit and it fell in my lap.”

It was his 12th mark and gave South one last chance, even if it was a long shot. Cornes casually walked past Harris offering encouragement.

“You can kick it, you can do it,” he told Harris, knowing he was the only player on the ground who could.

Others weren’t as convinced. “Ian, that’s a huge kick, that’s a gigantic kick,” said Peter Marker. “He’ll have to kick that 60 metres and there are crowds streaming onto the ground.”

Harris dispensed with his mouthguard. The time clock

Superstar South Adelaide rover Mark Naley, a Magarey Medal winner and dual runner-up, starred in the Panthers’ famous win against Port in 1984.

showed 31½ minutes and as Harris took his fourth step toward goal, the siren confirmed this kick would be the last of the afternoon. “It was funny, the crowd was just that loud and all of a sudden it went dead silent as I was running in so I heard the siren pretty well and I just thought, ‘siren, bang, this is it, this is either going through or that’s it’.”

Searching for extra distance, Harris stretched his run-up to nine paces, launching a monster drop punt that beat the outstretched fingertips of Magpie defenders. “It’s going to be awfully close, I think he’s kicked it,” cried Day. “Oh what an unbelievable finish. That would be the most electrifying finish I have seen in 20 years of calling football.”

The Panthers, inspired by a bestafield performance from gun rover Mark Naley, had snatched it 18.9 (117) to 17.13 (115) and Harris was just as shocked. “I just couldn’t believe that one, I’d kicked it that far and two, that it went straight. I didn’t even think of using a torpedo, it was always going to be a drop punt and I just got it sweet. It was not much different to hitting a good cover drive or a one wood down the middle of the fairway, I just hit it perfectly.”

Cornes, who was himself a hero on the same ground in a grand final 11 years earlier, celebrated with the verve he might have afforded himself that day, had he not been physically and emotionally drained by the occasion. Both arms raised in triumph, he ran to Harris who was dragged to the ground by an army of his team-mates in ecstasy.

“He went ballistic,” Harris remembered. “They just piled on top of me.”

It was the zenith of South’s season.

“There was great excitement to win after the siren,” Cornes recalled.

“We all knew Darren was a big kick so I was pretty confident he’d kick it. After that game, we went top. I remember saying to the guys, ‘well done, we’ve gone to number one’.

But then we probably got ahead of ourselves a little bit, maybe.”

South lost its next three games to Glenelg, West and Norwood and was ultimately beaten by the Redlegs in the elimination final, en route to their history-making premiership. Harris played 51 games in six seasons with North Melbourne where he was restricted by injury, often used as an undersized ruckman rather than a forward. sanfl.com.au

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S TA R S

LACHLAN GOLLANT ADELAIDE

2:10PM SATURDAY 20 JULY – COOPERS STADIUM

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NORWOOD COACH: Jade Rawlings

CENTRAL

COLOURS: Red and Blue

COACH: Paul Thomas COLOURS: Red, White and Blue

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PLAYER

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

No

PLAYER

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

2

Baynen Lowe

20......177......48...... 45......................

2

Jake Gasper

24..... 184...... 10...... 22......................

6

Thomas Donnelly

25......191......52........4.......................

4

Leyton Chisholm

24..... 194...... 13.........4.......................

7

Jackson Callow

22......195......24.......37......................

6

Mani Liddy

22..... 184...... 41........9.......................

8

Samuel Morris

22..... 182......53....... 11......................

8

Jai Larkins

24..... 183......29.......10......................

10 Declan Hamilton

28..... 184..... 114.......57......................

9

Zac Buechner

26......191...... 41........3.......................

11

24..... 186......65...... 28......................

10 Harry Grant

23......173......55.......12......................

Jacob Kennerley (C)

12 Ben Simpson

23......179.......8.........0.......................

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George Kendall

23..... 194......43........7.......................

13 Billy Cootee

21.......178.......11.........7.......................

12 Jez McLennan

23..... 184......36........2.......................

15 Brodie Carroll

24......187......37........2.......................

13 Dayne Posthuma

20.....200...... 6.........0.......................

16 Alastair Lord

20......181...... 13.........1.......................

15 Billy Iles

29......178......52........4.......................

18 Tom Graham

23......195...... 31.........9.......................

18 Dale Pearce

22..... 198...... 13........14......................

20 Matthew Ling

25..... 184......26........2.......................

20 Wilson Barry

21.......187...... 13.........4.......................

23 Oliver Sanders

22......178....... 6.........1.......................

22 Jordan Tippins

22..... 180.......8.........1.......................

24 Dom White

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

24 Hugo Munn

24......197...... 51....... 39......................

29 Izaak Twelftree

22..... 193...... 15........14......................

26 Oliver Shaw

23..... 189......52........9.......................

30 Oscar Hodge

22..... 182....... 2.........1.......................

28 Brinn Little

21...... 196......33........0.......................

31 Harry Boyd

26..... 198......72.......21......................

29 Nick Lange

26..... 186......56.......74......................

32 Alec Wright

24..... 190...... 15.........1.......................

30 Isaiah Dudley

21...... 168......30.......25......................

35 Jack Heard

24......191......68........0.......................

31 Luca Whitelum

21.......187......44...... 24......................

36 Jake Cresswell

21...... 183......20........6.......................

32 Aiden Grace

26..... 189......69......115.....................

39 Jayden Gale

21.......181....... 6.........4.......................

33 Kade Dittmar

21.......187...... 13.........0.......................

40 Finn Heard

22......195...... 13........ 11......................

35 Rhett Montgomerie

24..... 190...... 41........2.......................

44 Alex van Wyk

22.....202......0.........0.......................

38 Jarrod Schiller (C)

32......176.....248......97......................

48 Mitchell Carroll

23..... 184...... 13.........4.......................

43 Harvey Howe

19......203...... 7..........0.......................

58 Calem Krollig

20..... 190....... 1..........0.......................

59 Beau Thomas

20..... 193....... 9.........5.......................

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1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Points

LEAGUE UMPIRES

FIELD: Luke Wittenberg Sam Morgan Corey Bowen

RD7 2024 @ X CONVENIENCE OVAL RD15 2023 @ COOPERS STADIUM Norwood 16.11 (107) d Central 8.9 (57) Norwood 9.10 (64) d Central 9.5 (59)

BOUNDARY: GOAL: Benjamin B Williams Thomas Oxford Jaxon Williams Michael Button Taylor Dorsey Dylan Speck

RD8 2023 @ X CONVENIENCE OVAL Central 8.8 (56) d Norwood 7.9 (51)

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EAGLES

COACH: Adam Hartlett

COACH: Sam Jacobs

COLOURS: Red and Black

COLOURS: Gold, Green and Blue

No

PLAYER

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

No

PLAYER

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

1

Isaac Johnson (C)

26..... 185...... 61........52......................

1

Luke McKay

27..... 183...... 13........16......................

2

Dylan McCormick

21.......179...... 13........14......................

2

Zac Buck

22......172......47.......14......................

3

Tom Morrish

24......179...... 57...... 20......................

3

Kade Herbert

18...... 185...... 10........7.......................

4

Luke Redfern

25......175......34...... 20......................

4

Cameron Fleeton

22......191.......11.........0.......................

5

Brady Searle

22......187......35.......16......................

5

Adam D’Aloia

20..... 186......29........7.......................

6

Sam Frost

21...... 184...... 18........6.......................

6

Luke Thompson

33..... 193.....250......19......................

8

Mitch Maguire

26......176......47.......18......................

7

Riley Knight

29......181......96.......51......................

9

Ned Stevens

21...... 196......24.......17......................

8

Will Neumann

21.......187....... 5.........4.......................

20..... 183......35.......19......................

9

Dane McFarlane

31.......178......24........9.......................

13 Liam Delahunty

23..... 193......35...... 34......................

10 Connor Ballenden

25.....200.....43.......67......................

15 Lachlan Squire

22..... 183......42........7.......................

14 Blake Hansen

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

16 Darcy Minchella

19.......197......22........1.......................

15 Joshua Morris

22......187...... 13.........0.......................

19 Jye Sinderberry

22..... 189......38........9.......................

16 James Rowe

24......173...... 77......116.....................

21 Jed Obst

21...... 180....... 9.........1.......................

21 Max Beattie

20......174......25.......25......................

10 Kobe Ryan

22 Jordan White

19...... 182...... 13.........1.......................

22 Troy Menzel

29..... 188......98..... 146.....................

23 Michael Laudato

22......179......25.......13......................

24 Sam Rowland

30......187.....150......21......................

27 Josh Gore

23......178...... 51....... 68......................

25 Jordan Lukac

21...... 198.......11.........3.......................

28 Callum Park

23..... 190...... 61.........8.......................

27 Jack Wheare

21...... 192....... 5.........7.......................

29 Hamish Ellem

22......195......63.......41......................

28 Jordan Moore

22......197...... 16.........1.......................

30 Riley Corbett

24..... 196......24........6.......................

29 Matthew Goldsworthy

33......178.....254.... 206....................

33 Harvey Bock

22..... 183...... 18........0.......................

30 Zane Williams

23..... 183......48...... 45......................

41 Sam Davidson

25..... 182......33.......14......................

32 Ryan Bruce

24..... 192...... 17.........0.......................

43 Judd Hansen

19.......174....... 2.........1.......................

34 Lukas Cooke

20..... 196....... 3.........2.......................

44 William Patton

19...... 193...... 13.........1.......................

35 Joseph Sinor (C)

30..... 180.....133..... 28......................

51 Wyatt Ryan

22..... 193.......4.........0.......................

51 Max Litster

22..... 184......43........3.......................

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2nd

3rd

RD1 2024 @ MAUGHAN THIEM KIA Eagles 20.13 (133) d West 10.9 (69)

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FIELD: Mitchell Scott Henry Klemm Thomas Burke

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

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BOUNDARY: Fraser Town Steven Evanson Damian Robinson Elliott Raymond

GOAL: Steven Murphy Bradley Hammer

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

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ADELAIDE

COACH: Jacob Surjan No

PLAYER

1 2

COLOURS: Red and White

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

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

No

PLAYER

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

Harrison Wigg

27..... 180..... 131...... 26......................

1

Chayce Jones*

24..... 180......22........9.......................

Sam Ramsay

23..... 183......32........4.......................

6

Daniel Curtin*

19.......197.......11.........3.......................

3

Keenan Ramsey

27..... 193..... 157......181.....................

11

Charlie Edwards*

19.......191...... 13.........7.......................

5

Harrison Elbrow

25......176......36.......16......................

12 Jay Boyle

26..... 188......76...... 29......................

7

Lee Minervini

26..... 180......92.......41......................

14 Hugh Haysman

27......179......99...... 34......................

8

Tariek Newchurch

22......181......68.......75......................

21 Chris Burgess*

28..... 193......53.......15......................

10 Alex Spina (C)

29......181.....180......41......................

22 Oscar Ryan*

19.......187...... 13.........0.......................

11

Lachlan Grubb

21.......178......43...... 30......................

25 Edward McHenry*

24..... 194......22.......19......................

12 Dyson Hilder

23..... 196...... 77...... 69......................

26 Harry Schoenberg*

23......179......22.......14......................

16 Frank Szekely

24......177......79.......41......................

35 James Borlase*

22..... 192......65........4.......................

17 Mitchell Harvey

28..... 198..... 191..... 205....................

39 Toby Murray*

20..... 201.......11........ 11......................

18 Campbell Combe

28......178..... 114.......19......................

42 Tyler Welsh

17.......191....... 5.........2.......................

19 Blayne O’Loughlin

21.......173......28........1.......................

44 Lachlan Gollant*

22..... 192......47..... 103.....................

22 Jack McCann

23......187...... 15.........4.......................

45 Kieran Strachan*

28.....204.....84...... 33......................

23 Nigel Lockyer

27..... 186......39...... 59......................

46 Jack Madgen (C)

30..... 192......30........9.......................

24 Kye Pfrengle

21...... 192...... 19.........0.......................

50 Darcy Clifford

25..... 190...... 10........4.......................

26 Matthew McKenzie

25..... 198...... 15.........7.......................

55 Stephen Tahana

27..... 184......42........4.......................

27 Harrison Magor

23..... 184...... 51.........2.......................

56 Austin McDonald

20..... 180....... 5.........0.......................

33 Charlie Dinning

22......177......20........1.......................

57 Sam Daniele

25......175....... 5.........0.......................

34 Ewan Mackinlay

21...... 182....... 9.........9.......................

58 Dylan Whimpress

25..... 188....... 5.........0.......................

39 Sam McInerney

28..... 183......93...... 68......................

59 Lachlan Thomas

20......176....... 5.........1.......................

42 Hughen Wissman

19...... 185...... 14........2.......................

60 Harry Boyle

24......181...... 12.........2.......................

46 Frazer Driscoll

27..... 189...... 12.........1.......................

61 Jay O’Leary

25......171...... 13.........6.......................

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LEAGUE NORTH ADELAIDE

1st

2nd

3rd

RD4 2024 @ PROSPECT OVAL North 12.12 (84) d Adelaide 10.8 (68)

4th

Points

LEAGUE UMPIRES

FIELD: Giles Lewis Joshua Hardy Ben Williams

RD11 2023 @ PROSPECT OVAL North 10.6 (66) d Adelaide 7.15 (57)

BOUNDARY: Blayde Harten Martin Elsegood James Sutton

GOAL: Thomas Fahey Jake Marnie

RD5 2023 @ PROSPECT OVAL Adelaide 13.10 (88) d North 5.11 (41)

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GLENELG

COACH: Martin Mattner

COLOURS: Double Blue

COACH: Darren Reeves

COLOURS: Black and Gold

No

PLAYER

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

No

PLAYER

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

1

Sam Conforti

22......173...... 13........15......................

1

Will Gould

23......191......26........4.......................

2

Tom Lewis

24......178......66.......14......................

2

Jonty Scharenberg

25..... 184..... 113.......15......................

3

Henry Carey

28..... 183.....105......18......................

3

Matthew Snook

32..... 182.....198..... 45......................

4

Joel Thiele

26..... 184...... 75....... 11......................

4

Cole Gerloff

24..... 185......97...... 56......................

5

Joshua Hone

28......175.....180.... 225....................

5

Liam McBean (C)

29.....202....124.... 293....................

6

Connor McFadyen

24......191......33...... 36......................

6

Hugh Stagg

21.......179......36.......31......................

8

Angus Anderson

21...... 189...... 12.........8.......................

7

Luke Reynolds

29..... 188..... 147.....192.....................

9

Sam Breuer

21...... 183...... 14........5.......................

8

Corey Lyons

26..... 182...... 51........21......................

13 Flynn Perez

23......187....... 6.........0.......................

9

Darcy Bailey

30......176.....140..... 88.....................

14 Will Snelling

27......175......79...... 24......................

11

James Bell

25..... 184......32.......19......................

15 Luke Edmonds

26..... 194.....102.......0.......................

12 Max Proud

32..... 192.....182......17......................

16 Jared Dakin

24......181......52.......14......................

13 Oscar Adams

21...... 199...... 13.........2.......................

17 Zac Becker

21...... 190...... 17.........0.......................

14 Brad McCarthy

25......176......70........3.......................

18 Daniel Fahey-Sparks

27..... 196......85.......41......................

15 Jake Walker

20..... 186....... 7..........2.......................

22 Will Coomblas

26..... 193...... 75........1.......................

16 Alex Martini

25......181......85........7.......................

23 James Battersby (C)

29......178.... 208..... 45......................

18 Billy Stretch

27......181......79...... 20......................

25 Guy Page

31.......177.....201......13......................

21 Chris Curran

33..... 189.....152...... 11......................

27 Charlie Fryer

21...... 190...... 18........0.......................

22 Matthew Allen

26..... 193......89...... 84.....................

30 Oliver Grivell

24..... 192......50...... 43......................

23 Riley Holder

21...... 192...... 51....... 20......................

31 Lachlan Burrows

24......195......54...... 60......................

27 Nick Stevens

22..... 192.......0.........0.......................

32 Rory Illman

26..... 180......69........3.......................

29 Connor McLeod

24..... 184...... 15.........2.......................

34 Casey Voss

23..... 182......86.......14......................

31 Cooper Beecken

21.......191....... 1..........0.......................

36 Luke Giacometti

21...... 186...... 15.........3.......................

33 Austin Kitschke

22..... 189...... 16.........5.......................

39 Steven Slimming

26..... 182.....143..... 50......................

39 Archie Lovelock

19.......178......22........6.......................

44 James Richards

24..... 189......35.......37......................

40 Ben Ridgway

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

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LEAGUE STURT GLENELG

1st

2nd

3rd

RD4 2024 @ STRATARAMA STADIUM Sturt 11.16 (82) d Glenelg 6.8 (44)

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FIELD: Mitchell Harris Michael Sboro Mason Beyer

GF 2023 @ ADELAIDE OVAL Glenelg 13.8 (86) d Sturt 8.14 (62)

BOUNDARY: Samuel Royans Benjamin Sieben Matthew Zacher

GOAL: Matthew Williams Matthew Cummins

RD9 2023 @ STRATARAMA STADIUM Glenelg 23.12 (150) d Sturt 6.9 (45)

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SOUTH

COACH: Hamish Hartlett

COLOURS: Black and White

COACH: Jarrad Wright

COLOURS: Navy and White

No

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

No

PLAYER

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

1

Olivier Northam

19.......197....... 2.........0.......................

2

Jonti Schuback

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

3

Sid Draper

18...... 182....... 5.........0.......................

5

Phoenix Hargrave

17...... 182....... 1..........2.......................

6

Damon Freitag

23..... 199......49...... 54......................

7

Arlo Draper

21...... 189....... 5.........3.......................

8

Cooper Rogers

20..... 180....... 7..........1.......................

10 Oscar Clavarino

25..... 198......43........1.......................

12 Eamon Wilkinson

24......179...... 81...... 99......................

13 Callum McCarty

23......181....... 5.........0.......................

PLAYER

1 Nick Moore (C) 25..... 183...... 57.......37......................

3 Ryan Burton* 27......191....... 5.........5.......................

8 Josh Sinn* 21...... 186...... 17.........3.......................

12 Trent McKenzie* 32......191......44........7.......................

17 Tom Clurey* 30..... 193...... 75........3.......................

26 Lachlan Charleson* 19.......177...... 10........7.......................

29 Tom Anastasopoulos* 19.......176...... 12.........9.......................

32 Thomas Scully* 19......203.....32...... 33......................

36 Will Lorenz* 19...... 186...... 10........3.......................

37 Tom McCallum* 19...... 193......25........3.......................

38 Dante Visentini* 21...... 201......40.......17......................

39 Hugh Jackson* 21...... 182......36.......13......................

40 Kyle Marshall* 20..... 201......28........0.......................

41 Jed McEntee* 23......176......44.......15......................

45 Xavier Walsh* 18.......195.......11.........2.......................

46 Aidan Turner 22..... 184......25........6.......................

47 Cody Szust 27..... 183......63...... 46......................

48 Jake Weidemann 25..... 190......54.......25......................

49 Hugh Ferrari 22..... 180...... 17........13......................

51 Dylan Aldridge 28......181...... 31.........5.......................

55 Bailey Chamberlain 22..... 180......27.......10......................

58 Miller Carter 23..... 190......22........2.......................

61 Preston Cockatoo-Collins 21...... 189....... 7..........0.......................

62 Harry Williams 26..... 183....... 3.........0.......................

65 Kye Roberts 21...... 188.......11.........0.......................

68 Rome Burgoyne 17...... 182....... 2.........0.......................

14 Oliver Davis

22..... 184......55........4.......................

16 Elliot Dunkin

26......181......80........7.......................

17 Darnell Tucker

23......175......24........4.......................

19 Kobe Mutch

26..... 188......56.......13......................

20 Liam Nye

21.......181......29........2.......................

22 Jake Summerton (C)

31...... 193..... 131........3.......................

23 Sam Skinner (C)

27..... 198......62.......17......................

24 Hayden Sampson

24..... 180..... 101...... 38......................

29 Charlie Duncan

20..... 185...... 14........1.......................

31 Liam Fitt

25..... 182......95......132.....................

36 Finn Emile-Brennan

20..... 184....... 9.........3.......................

38 Nic Dunshea

21...... 193....... 2.........0.......................

39 Sam Hindes

22..... 190....... 5.........5.......................

45 Dayne McGary

22..... 192.......0.........0.......................

50 Corey Grocock

20..... 186....... 3.........2.......................

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LEAGUE PORT SOUTH

1st

2nd

RD7 2024 @ FLINDERS UNI STA South 17.15 (117) d Port 7.2 (44)

3rd

4th

Points

LEAGUE UMPIRES

FIELD: David Sobieraj Daniel Whittlesea Jack Millar

RD17 2023 @ FLINDERS UNI STA South 15.7 (97) drew Port 14.13 (97)

BOUNDARY: Tobin Dolman Jake Creasey James Haskard

GOAL: Jared Murton Braden Ford

RD6 2023 @ ALBERTON OVAL Port 15.12 (102) d South 11.8 (74)

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NORTH

RESERVES NORTH SOUTH

SOUTH

COACH: Craig Brooks

Will Gowers...............................

Jake Patmore.............................

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

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

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

Max Blacker...............................

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

Liam Hoy.....................................

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

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

Harry Isaacs..............................

Zyton Santillo...........................

1st

47 48 50 51 53 55 56 57 62 63 65 2nd

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

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

Jett Boxer...................................

Jackson Savage........................

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

Harrison Dallimore.................

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

Tom Tasker.................................

Patrick Ryan..............................

Peter Minervini.........................

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

3rd

4th

Points

4

COACH: Alex Pigou

Nic Schroder..............................

48 Riley Jones.................................

18 Zachary Dumesny...................

49 Tate Lovering............................

25 Jacob Collins..............................

51 Chester Forster........................

34 Zak Keir.......................................

52 Ethan Roberts...........................

37 Blake Rodrigues.......................

54 Bailey Pilmore...........................

38 Nic Dunshea..............................

59 Darren Walters.........................

41 Harvey Lambert.......................

21 Dakota Sterzl............................

42 Scott Bedford............................

44 Benny Barrett...........................

43 Lachlan Scott............................

56 Patrick Chay..............................

RESERVES UMPIRES

4 9 21 28 30 31 35 36 41 43 44 45

FIELD: Henry Lodge Ryan Webster Zack Brittan

BOUNDARY: Mark Preece Oakley Nilsen Jayden Dunning

GOAL: Patrick Backshall Emilie Hill

11:30am Saturday 20 July @ Coopers Stadium

NORWOOD Jack Saunders...........................

Patrick Walker..........................

Xavier Tranfa.............................

Jordon Boyle..............................

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

Max Hodges..............................

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

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

Luke Bogle.................................

Lachie Bates..............................

RESERVES NORWOOD CENTRAL

1st

CENTRAL

COACH: Aaron Jelfs 45 46 47 51 53 56 57 62 63 64 2nd

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

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

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

Josh Bradford............................

George McLeod........................

Jacob Jones................................

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

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

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

Marco D’Annunzio...................

3rd

4th

Points

3 5 16 17 19 21 23 25 36 37 39 40 41 42 RESERVES UMPIRES

3 17 21 22 26 28 37 38 41 42

COACH: Matt Gallarello

Kai Pudney.................................

Jack Callinan..............................

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

Maximus Monaghan..............

Marcus Barreau.......................

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

Dyson Sharp..............................

Ryan Pickering..........................

Will Splann................................

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

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

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

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

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

FIELD: Zachery Packard Jake Bateman Daniel Rogers

44 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 60

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

Jayden Matz..............................

Louie McLennan.......................

Luigi Mondello..........................

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

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

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

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

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

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

Angus Van Den Berg...............

Charlie Nicholls........................

Ethan Schwerdt.......................

BOUNDARY: Matthew Wilson Matthew Mielczarek Brad Fallon

GOAL: Leo Condo Thomas Sharpe

11:30am Saturday 20 July @ Hisense Stadium

Luke Redfern.............................

Mitch Maguire..........................

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

Kobe Tozer..................................

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

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

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

Charlie Haysman.....................

Jack Sullivan..............................

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

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

Archer Byrne.............................

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COACH: Shane Baldock Riley Hill......................................

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

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

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

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

Lachlan Williams.....................

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

Jack Oates..................................

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

Jordan Brown............................

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

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

Noah Baker................................

3rd

4th

Points

EAGLES 12 13 19 20 26 33 37 38 40 42 43 RESERVES UMPIRES

WEST 4 8 25 26 32 35 41 42 45 47 48 49

Harrison Dawkins....................

Will Pearce.................................

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

Jack Boyd....................................

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

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

Nathan Barkla..........................

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

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

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

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

FIELD: Max Richardson Thomas Kelly Kylan Beech

44 45 48 50 53 57 58 59 61 62 63

COACH: Shane Hancock Callum Fairall............................

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

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

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

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

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

Charlie Blair...............................

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

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

Griffyn Hanse............................

Jordan Tilbrook.........................

BOUNDARY: Justen Kern Gianny Scoleri Ben Wilson

GOAL: David Cunningham Justin Thai

2024 SANFL RESERVES 11:30am Sunday 21 July @ Thomas Farms Oval

STURT

RESERVES STURT GLENELG

GLENELG

COACH: Chris Trapp

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

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

Liam Puncher............................

Will Spain...................................

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

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

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

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

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

Seb Crisafi..................................

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

1st

46 47 50 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 2nd

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

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

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

Marcus Pavlic...........................

Ted Newman.............................

Jayden Adams...........................

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

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

Jesse Landers...........................

Tommy McCormack................

Oli Duffy......................................

3rd

4th

Points

10 24 28 30 35 36 37 38 41 42 43 RESERVES UMPIRES

10 20 21 24 28 33 35 37 38 41 42

COACH: Jared Millington

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

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

Xavier Vallejo............................

Marco Rossmann....................

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

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

Hunter Window........................

Lachlan Scannell.....................

Anders McShane......................

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

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

FIELD: Aaron Bennett Nicholas Ghan Ben Thiel

44 45 46 50 52 53 54 55 56 58 60

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

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

Beau Symonds..........................

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

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

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

Lucas Camporeale...................

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

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

Ben Camporeale......................

Ben Dewhirst............................

BOUNDARY: Taylah Parker Joshua Thunig Halli Finnsson

GOAL: Michael Lombardi Thomas Mayo

UNDER-18 WRAP

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BY ZACBYMILBANK West Adelaide held on to claim a major scalp when it edged out Central District by seven points in Round 14 of the SANFL Under-18s at Hisense Stadium.

Coming off their dramatic on-the-final-siren win in Round 13, the seventh-placed Bloods upset the secondplaced Bulldogs by leading at every change. West’s Lachlan Slattery and Thomas Kain played unheralded roles in the victory while strong-bodied midfielder Sam Burbridge collected an equal game-high 28 possessions. Central, which has lost its past two in succession, had Matthew LeRay (28 disposals, 10 marks), James Noack and Riley McDonald battling hard.

Woodville-West Torrens kept in touch with the top four by carving out an efficient 20-point win against Sturt at Thomas Farms Oval.

Despite having only one more inside-50m entry and 13 fewer clearances, the Eagles used the ball well while restricting the Double Blues to just six goals. Intercept defender Tate Delmenico led the way with 25 disposals and 12 marks, while team-mates Griffyn Hansen and Jett Hasting (32 disposals) were major influences in the win. Sturt’s Louis Kellaway, the son of former Richmond Tiger Duncan Kellaway, racked up a team-high 31 disposals and 10 clearances, while team-mate Jett Dahlitz earned 28 possessions.

Ben Camporeale capped off a big week when he guided Glenelg to a 45-point win against Norwood at Stratarama Stadium.

Named South Australia’s Under-18 MVP at the AFL national championships, the inside midfielder chalked up 38 disposals, 10 clearances and seven marks as the Bays retained their hold on top spot. Fellow Tigers Max

Glenelg’s Ben Camporeale in action for South Australia’s under-18s. Photo: Peter Argent

Disbury and co-captain Charlie McAuliffe (four goals) also had a significant say in the result as Kobe Gibson and Connor Gluyas each booted three goals. Will Prescott did his best to keep Norwood in the contest, booting five of the Redlegs’ eight goals, while Luke Scott (22 disposals) and Noah Daw also refused to concede.

North Adelaide used handball to its advantage to claim a convincing 59-point win against South Adelaide at Prospect Oval.

Registering 30 fewer marks and 13 less kicks, the Roosters racked up 66 more handballs as they burst out of the blocks to lead at every break. Consistent midfielder Sam Cumming was again the chief architect in North’s win, collecting 30 disposals, six clearances and two goals, while Tom Stevens and Oliver Francou also produced positive performances. South’s coaching team praised the efforts of Jake Agnew (17 disposals, two goals), Jay Chapman and Brayden Nicholls. sanfl.com.au

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HISTOR

BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME

BY NEIL J SMITH

Neil Balme hadn’t considered a future in football in 1979 when his playing career at Richmond ended after 159 games and two premierships. But a phone call from Norwood general manager Wally Miller changed all that.

“When Bob Hammond quit, we were lost…we advertised and nothing turned up, just recycled old coaches,” Miller said. “We’d previously gone for Kevin Sheedy but he’d knocked us back. Barry Richardson was a mate of Balme – he said ‘you oughta try this guy’. I rang Tom Hafey who said you’d be a fool not to try…but he had an awful reputation.”

Balme, meanwhile, was seeking advice from Hafey about the job.

“He thought I was competitive enough and understood the game well enough to recommend me.

I was anxious because I’d never really coached but I was excited about the opportunity,” said Balme, a speaker at the Redlegs’ historymakers 1984 premiership reunion.

Norwood arranged an interview in Adelaide when Balme was in town to see his old mate Neville Roberts.

Miller recalled: “He came along with long hair and cowboy boots but he was intelligent, polite, thoughtful – a decent sort of a guy – and we had enough interest in him to get him back again. We put it to the committee we should have a serious look at this bloke. He had an awful reputation but this guy’s got something.”

Balme remembered being keen for the opportunity, although it meant a change of life, moving the family to Adelaide. “I know everyone thought I was a bit of a thug…so it was a big risk they took. As it turns out, in hindsight, it was probably the best thing that happened to me in footy.”

Wally remembered it was a rough start. “Everything hit the fan, supporters rejected it, some 20

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players were unhappy about the appointment. All sorts of walkouts were forecast but I reminded everyone there’d be 20 blokes running down the race on the first day and they’ll be representing Norwood.”

Balme said he had a lot to learn from the senior players – Aish, Wynne, Stasinowsky, Rosser, Winter, Gallagher, Turbill, Button, Woodcock. “It was a much more complex game then than Victorian footy was,” with the influence of Jack Oatey and Fos Williams. The Norwood players helped him understand that.

Balme remembered Wally’s influence fondly. “He had that lovely balance between drive and support.

He was an enormous influence on me, helped me understand what footy was about, helped me understand the players and the club.”

Neil continued with his employment in Adelaide. “That in itself was a full-time job, really a full-time commitment. On top of that I’m coaching Norwood footy club, which is also full-time. The only part-time bit about it was the money! It was wonderful in those days, the clubs understood your commitment to family and work and made sure you fitted it in. It was a wonderful time to be involved.”

Wally, for his part, remembered Neil Balme for developing a “very fine team”. “He was a decent guy whenever it counted. In the 11 years Neil was there, two premierships (’82 and ’84), runner up against Port (’80), we were third five times, fourth once and fifth twice. Maybe there were two more premierships we should have got.”

Balme recalled: “Looking back at my coaching style I don’t think I was ever quite nasty enough or demanding enough but it’s a balance between collaboration and empowerment – in today’s words – and demand and drive. It’s hard to get the balance sometimes. The best coaches get the best team if they can almost play without him because they’ve done it all. History will tell you there are times the coach has to impose when it’s not quite right…and maybe I could have done a bit more and pushed them a bit harder. We had so much buy-in from the players because they trusted me.”

Balme left Norwood in 1991 to be the inaugural coach at newlycombined Woodville-West Torrens.

The Eagles finished fourth and third under Balme before he moved on to coach Melbourne in 1993, while his assistant, Bruce Winter, took the Eagles to their first flag.

SANFL

BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER

MEN ’ S

LEAG UE

ROUND 14 WINNER

MILESTONES

KADE HERBERT E AGLES

Using the ball efficiently by foot on his wing, the 18-year-old tallied 21 disposals, seven marks and three tackles while also kicking an eye-catching goal on the run against Sturt.

MATTHEW WILLIAMS GOAL UMPIRE

WATCH HIGHLIGHTS 

200 GAMES

COLES MINI LEAGUER OF THE WEEK

HUGH HAYSMAN  ADELAIDE

100 GAMES

Angus Giovine Favourite SANFL team?

Norwood

Favourite SANFL player?

What would you do with $1 million?

Matt Panos

Which SANFL match are you attending?

Norwood v Central

Your local football club?

Athelstone Raggies Junior Football Club

What position do you play on the footy field?

Full forward

What do you want to be when you are older?

AFL player

What is the best thing about playing footy?

Playing with my mates

If you were a superhero, what would be your name

DAMON FREITAG SOUTH

and super power?

Big Gus – super strength

Buy VIP seats to the NBA, be Melbourne Demons’ No.1 ticket-holder

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

50 GAMES U18 MVP

RD14

WATCH HIGHLIGHTS 

Playing basketball

The best piece of advice given by your coach?

Have fun and let the scoreboard do the talking

TATE DELMENICO (EAGLES) The attacking defender displayed his aerial prowess, with six intercept marks, to go with 25 disposals and nine spoils against Sturt.

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

(POSITIONS AT THE END OF RD 14)

Team

P W L

D

F

A

M

R

U18

U16

W

Total

Norwood

13 11 2

0

1011

661 60.47 22

Glenelg

900

450

600

225

950

3125

Sturt

13 10 3

0

945

649 59.28 20

Sturt

1000 425

500

275

700 2900

Glenelg

13 9

4

0 1006 869 53.65 18

Central

900

225

500

200

900

2725

Central

13 9

4

0

Norwood

1100

550

100

25

750

2525

Eagles

13 7

6

0 1060 848 55.56 14

South

200

275

200

225

1100 2000

North

13 6

7

0

914

950 49.03 12

Eagles

700

300

350

75

400

1825

West

13 4

9

0

814

1014 44.53

8

North

600

300

400

225

200

1725

9

0

948

%

Pts

832 53.26 18

Team

Adelaide

13 4

840 1050 44.44

8

West

400

75

150

50

600

1275

Port

13 3 10 0

767

1148 40.05

6

Adelaide

400

0

0

0

0

400

South

13 2 11 0

771

1055 42.22

4

Port

300

0

0

0

0

300

2024 HOSTPLUS SANFL WOMEN’S LEAGUE

2024 RESERVES

(POSITIONS AT THE END OF RD 14)

Team

(POSITIONS AT THE END OF RD 14)

P W L

D

F

A

%

P W L

D

F

A

%

Pts

South

14 11 3

0

551

288 65.67

22

Norwood 13 11 2

0

929

690

57.38

22

Glenelg

14 9

4

1

486

485 50.05

19

Glenelg

13 9

4

0 1012

722

58.36

18

Central

14 9

5

0

578

554

18

Sturt

13 8

4

1

705

58.01

17

Norwood 14 7

6

1

501

376

57.13

15

Eagles

13 6

7

0

918

875

51.2

12

Sturt

14 7

7

0

490

507

49.15

14

North

13 6

7

0

939

933

50.16

12

West

14 6

8

0

433

474

47.74

12

South

13 5

7

1

679

958

41.48

11

Eagles

14 4 10 0

430

479

47.3

8

Central

13 4

8

1

736

911

44.69

9

North

14 2 12 0

272

578

32

4

West

13 1

11

1

598

991

37.63

3

F

A

%

Pts

51.06

Pts

2024 SANFL U18s

974

2024 SANFL U16s

(POSITIONS AT THE END OF RD 14)

Team

Team

(POSITIONS AT THE END OF RD 13)

P W L

D

F

A

%

Pts

Team

Glenelg

14 12 2

0

1177

722

61.98

24

Sturt

13 11 2

0 1138

565

66.82

22

Central

14 10 4

0 1073 848 55.86

20

South

13 9

4

0

747

55.98

18

Sturt

14 10 4

0

997

830

54.57

20

Glenelg

13 9

4

0 1022

811

55.76

18

North

14 8

6

0

952

974 49.43

16

North

13 9

4

0

796

55.61

18

Eagles

14 7

7

0 1000 927

51.89

14

Central

13 8

5

0 1040 683 60.36

16

South

14 4 10 0

929 1027 47.49

8

Eagles

13 3 10 0

700 1000 41.18

6

West

14 3 11 0

734

1201 37.93

6

West

13 2 11 0

622 1044 37.33

4

Norwood

14 2 12 0

796

1129 41.35

4

Norwood

13 1 12 0

517

2

LAST ROUND’S RESULTS

P W L

D

950 997

1340 27.84

SANFL HOSTPLUS MEN’S LEAGUE ROUND 14

RESERVES ROUND 14

Norwood v Adelaide (Coopers Stadium) Norwood 14.18 (102) d Adelaide 5.9 (39) Crowd: 1661

Central v West (X Convenience Oval) Central 11.5 (71) d West 10.5 (65) Crowd: 1292

Port v Glenelg (Alberton Oval) Port 9.7 (61) d Glenelg 6.11 (47) Crowd: 1178

South v North (Victor Harbor) North 9.18 (72) d South 10.4 (64) Crowd: 2687

South 8.6 (54) d North 8.5 (53) Glenelg 7.9 (51) d Norwood 5.8 (38) Eagles 12.6 (78) d Sturt 5.10 (40) Central 7.13 (55) d West 8.4 (52)

Eagles v Sturt (Maughan Thiem Kia Oval) Sturt 8.14 (62) d Eagles 8.6 (54) Crowd: 1685 22

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U18 ROUND 14 Eagles 9.11 (65) d Sturt 6.9 (45) West 13.7 (85) d Central 11.12 (78) North 16.11 (107) d South 8.0 (48) Glenelg 15.12 (102) d Norwood 8.9 (57)

THE ROAD AHEAD ROUND 1 Easter Weekend

Norwood 11.11 (77) d Sturt 7.8 (50) Central 14.9 (93) d North 9.12 (66) Adelaide 13.18 (96) d South 14.7 (91) Eagles 20.13 (133) d West 10.9 (69) Glenelg 23.12 (150) d Port 13.6 (84)

AFL GATHER ROUND

ROUND 6

Norwood 10.12 (72) d Adelaide 7.12 (54) Sturt 11.10 (76) d Central 6.5 (41) North 18.11 (119) d Port 5.5 (35) Eagles 11.11 (77) d South 11.6 (72) Glenelg 10.10 (70) d West 6.7 (43)

Sunday 19 May SANFL 16.13 (109) d WAFL 5.16(46)

ROUND 2

ROUND 7 First Nations Rounds

ROUND 3

Central 14.9 (93) d South 10.7 (67) North 10.3 (63) d Sturt 8.9 (57) Glenelg 16.10 (106) d Adelaide 10.8 (68) Norwood 6.14 (50) d West 5.7 (37) Eagles 12.11 (83) d Port 8.9 (57)

Norwood 18.14 (122) d Port 5.9 (39) Sturt 10.15 (75) d North 9.9 (63) Glenelg 16.12 (108) d West 8.8 (56)

KIA STATE GAME

SANFL 10.5 (65) d VFL 7.9 (51) Norwood 10.11 (71) d Glenelg 7.5 (47) Eagles 21.12 (138) d North 7.4 (46) Central 15.7 (97) d Adelaide 5.12 (42) West 12.11 (83) d Port 11.13 (79) Sturt 16.9 (105) d South 5.10 (40)

ROUND 11

West 13.9 (87) d North 8.8 (56) Norwood 16.11 (107) d Central 8.9 (57) South 17.15 (117) d Yartapuulti 7.2 (44) Sturt 15.12 (102) d Kuwarna 6.5 (41) Glenelg 11.12 (78) d Eagles 10.7 (67)

ROUND 8 First Nations Rounds

Sturt 6.15 (51) d Yartapuulti 4.3 (27) Glenelg 11.12 (78) d Central 10.11 (71) West 11.8 (74) d Kuwarna 7.12 (54) North 14.10 (94) d South 8.8 (56) Eagles 15.9 (99) d Norwood 8.12 (60)

ROUND 16

Saturday 27 July Glenelg v Norwood Central v North Sturt v Port South v West Sunday 28 July Eagles v Adelaide

Weekend of Saturday 3 August

ROUND 12

Central 12.6 (78) d Port 7.11 (53) North 8.15 (63) d Eagles 6.4 (40) Sturt 10.10 (70) d West 3.7 (25) Adelaide 15.6 (96) d Glenelg 7.15 (57) Norwood 9.16 (70) d South 4.7 (31)

ROUND 17

Saturday 10 August Norwood v South North v Glenelg Sturt v Central Sunday 11 August West v Adelaide Port v Eagles

Adelaide 11.9 (75) d Central 5.9 (39) Sturt 11.9 (75) d South 7.12 (54) Glenelg 9.13 (67) d Eagles 8.7 (55) Norwood 17.13 (115) d West 6.5 (41) Port 13.8 (86) d North 8.9 (57)

Friday 16 August Norwood v North Saturday 17 August West v Sturt Central v Glenelg South v Eagles Port v Adelaide

ROUND 14

ROUND 19

ROUND 5

ROUND 10

ROUND 15

FINALS

Adelaide 16.7 (103) d Port 8.14 (62) Norwood 10.7 (67) d North 8.11 (59) Central 9.12 (66) d West 6.9 (45) Glenelg 9.16 (70) d South 6.7 (43) Eagles 12.11 (83) d Sturt 11.9 (75)

Central 14.8 (92) d South 4.5 (29) Port 15.7 (97) d West 10.17 (77) Eagles 15.12 (102) d Adelaide7.7 (49)

Norwood 14.18 (102) d Adelaide 5.9 (39) Port 9.7 (61) d Glenelg 6.11 (47) Sturt 8.14 (62) d Eagles 8.6 (54) Central 11.5 (71) d West 10.5 (65) North 9.18 (72) d South 10.4 (64)

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

CS PO TFO AO A

ROUND 18

ROUND 13

ROUND 9 King’s Birthday Weekend

South 8.14 (62) d Adelaide 8.7 (55) Central 8.12 (60) d Eagles 7.12 (54) Glenelg 12.12 (84) d North10.12 (72) Sturt 9.11 (65) d Norwood 5.7 (37)

MTKO

BYE WEEKEND

ROUND 4 Anzac Weekend

Sturt 11.16 (82) d Glenelg 6.8 (44) West 17.10 (112) d South 6.9 (45) Central 14.6 (90) d Eagles 11.9 (75) North 12.12 (84) d Adelaide 10.8 (68) Norwood 8.13 (61) d Port 6.7 (43)

SS XCO TFO FUS

HS CS PO TFO A

Legend

CS HS XCO FUS AO

Weekend of Saturday 24 August Glenelg v South SS Central v Port XCO Eagles v Norwood MTKO North v West PO Sturt v Adelaide TFO

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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