South Australian Football Budget -Round 19 2024 - Vol 98 - No. 19 24 August

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Emotions erupt as Central District coach Paul Thomas hugs co-captain Kyle Presbury after the Bulldogs’ stunning one-point win against Glenelg. The Doggies’ pleasure is the Tigers’ pain, Glenelg captain Liam McBean upset the big game has been lost. Photo: David Mariuz

RAW EMOTION

BY PETER CORNWALL

Wow! What a game and what a finish. No wonder we love our SANFL footy, with all its emotion, passion and unpredictability. And there’s nothing quite like the ecstasy and heartbreak the final siren arouses after an epic clash that’s gone right down to the wire.

Sometimes the coach gets caught up in the moment.

Like when Central District boss Paul Thomas sprinted across the Ponderosa to embrace his triumphant players after the Bulldogs had snatched a crucial onepoint win-for-the-ages against Glenelg. Having trailed by 29 points in the third quarter, Central’s hopes of earning the finals double-chance looked shot to pieces.

The Dogs’ refusal to accept defeat and instead turn it into a stunning one-point win – jumping into third spot – brought wild scenes of celebration to Elizabeth, on the field, in the stand and in the outer.

When it comes to showing emotion, there are few players who can match the energy and excitement of the Eagles’ James Rowe. And the explosive midfielderforward, who booted four goals from his 29 disposals, had reason to celebrate as Woodville-West Torrens ended a run of six successive losses with a resounding 57-point win against South that put the Eagles on track for a finals berth. But fifth spot is still up in the air as an Adelaide win against Sturt coupled with a Norwood win against the Eagles would see the Crows snatch a spot in the elimination final.

But the Redlegs and Double Blues have their sights set higher – looking to claim the minor premiership in the last round of the home-and-away season. Norwood and Sturt both have outstanding 14-3 win-loss records, the Legs on top with a percentage advantage of a mere 0.22.

There’s more emotion, passion and unpredictability to come. And ecstasy and heartbreak.

Eagles excitement machine James Rowe shows his delight at kicking one of his four goals in the crucial win against South Adelaide. Photo: Scott Starkey

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MATCH PREVIEWS

BY PETER CORNWALL

GLENELG V SOUTH The Bays have been so good over the past six seasons we’ve become accustomed to consistency from week to week and across 100 minutes in games. But over the past five rounds it’s become hard to know what to expect. After beating the Eagles by 12 points in Round 13, the reigning premiers were only one win behind top side Norwood with a 9-3 record. Successive losses against Port Adelaide (14 points) and Sturt (20) were of some concern but in club great Matt Snook’s 200th game the Tigers thumped the Redlegs by 34 points and normal service appeared to have been resumed. But opponents have been able to kick runs of goals against them since then. They led North by 10 points late in the second quarter only to concede the next eight goals on the way to a shock 28-point defeat. Then they were 27 points up against Central in the second quarter before the Bulldogs booted six in a row. The Tigers hit back to level the scores 4

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Jackson Callow celebrates booting one of his four goals in Norwood’s thumping win against North Adelaide at The Parade. Photo: Cory Sutton

late but lost by a point, slipping from highly-prized third place. A win against the Panthers is crucial to get their season back on track but to go back-to-back they might have to do it from an elimination final, historically a tough task, although North won the flag from there as recently as 2018. The Panthers will be desperate to end the season on a positive note after disappointing losses to Norwood (55 points) and the Eagles (57) slowed the momentum they had built up over the previous month.

CENTRAL V PORT We’ve been saying all year how much we love the fight of this Central District side. And it was never more needed than at halftime in last week’s battle for third spot with long-time tormentor Glenelg. Central historian Robert Laidlaw tells us never before in club history – and it’s the Bulldogs’ 60th anniversary of league footy this year – had the Dogs failed to kick a goal in the first half and won. So the odds were against Paul Thomas’s

men when they trailed 0.5 to 4.4 at the main break at the Ponderosa.

Then the Tigers, who had won 11 on the trot against the Dogs, added the first goal of the second half. A game that meant plenty to Central – a win would lift it above the Tigers into third spot and put it on track for the coveted finals doublechance – seemed to have slipped from its grasp. But it simply sprung into action and slammed on the next six goals. After edging in front by seven points in the last quarter, Glenelg came again, scores level heading towards time-on. But the Dogs took the extra step they have been promising to make this year and showed they are a top-three team with Rhett Montgomerie kicking a behind from a set shot that will go down as one of the club’s all-time great misses. Aiden Grace, with three goals, gave himself a shot at winning the Ken Farmer Medal by gaining two on leader Mitch Harvey. Grace has 38 goals for the season, four behind the Rooster.

Tyler Welsh celebrates a long-bomb goal as he makes a statement in the Crows’ decisive SANFL Showdown victory against Port Adelaide. Photo: Peter Argent

EAGLES V NORWOOD The Redlegs have been top after 11 rounds this season and for the past eight weeks but, heading into the final round, they don’t have a strong grip on it, thanks to Sturt’s remarkable 12-match winning streak. It’s hard to believe the 2022 premiers finished seventh last year but the fact they have sewn up the reserves minor premiership shows how much they are doing right this year. The way they summarily dismissed North Adelaide, desperate for a win to stay in the finals hunt, by 55 points last week says plenty about their mindset and there’s more for Legs fans to look forward to with grand final hero Matt Panos nearing his longawaited return from a knee injury and about to reach his 150-game milestone. Norwood will be looking to stitch up top spot in foreign territory but it won’t be a straightforward mission because there’s so much on the line for the Eagles as well. A win will guarantee them a finals berth for the first time since they completed their historymaking back-to-back flags in 2021.

They haven’t been out of the five all season, so now’s not the time – with the in-form Crows breathing down their necks – to slip up and fall out. Their strong percentage

considering their 8-9 record (53.4 compared with Adelaide’s 49.8) means a win will seal the deal. They impressively ended Norwood’s winning start to the season in Round 8 at The Parade, stunning the Legs by 39 points, but repeating the dose here will be no mean feat.

Roosters ruck-forward Mitch Harvey leads the race for the Ken Farmer Medal with 42 goals, four ahead of Bulldog Aiden Grace. And West’s Kobe Ryan, with 439 disposals, is second in the league – just five behind Sturt’s Will Snelling – while Sam Frost is third, with 424.

NORTH V WEST

STURT V ADELAIDE

Okay, it is possible, Roosters fans.

We’ve had the calculators whirring in the Budget office and we reckon a 142-point win by North over West and 142-point loss by WoodvilleWest Torrens at the hands of Norwood will just about edge the Roosters’ percentage ahead of the fifth-placed Eagles. Then there’s the Crows needing to lose. But, back to the real world, North and Saturday’s opponent West will be more than disappointed this season hasn’t panned out as they would have hoped. The past nine rounds have been forgettable, the Roosters winning just three games in that time and the Bloods one. Before that they had both been 4-4 and just one win out of the five. A win here will definitely be a positive for one of these sides, helping restore pride and providing impetus for much better things in 2025. And, entering the final minor round, there are players from both sides with some remarkable numbers.

Sturt hasn’t been on top at any stage this season but the Blues are hoping to be when it counts. Second for the past seven rounds and closing with a stunning 12 wins in a row, the minor premiership battle with Norwood could well be decided by calculators. But, first things first, Sturt will be looking to continue its winning streak. And the Crows, who have won six of their past seven games, will make that far from easy as they remain in the finals hunt. The Blues kept on kicking away from West in a comprehensive 57-point win in tough conditions, restricting the Bloods to just one goal in the second half, but the Crows were equally as dismissive of Port, crunching their major rival by 77 points. Potential father-son selection Tyler Welsh made a statement of his own, bagging a career-high five goals without a miss from his 12 disposals and six marks. sanfl.com.au

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HISTOR

SEVENTY STUNNING YEARS

BY NEIL J SMITH

In a remarkable achievement, John Halbert AM, MBE continues to make his mark in his 70th year of continuous involvement in South Australian football.

He was just 17 in 1955 when he played his first league game for Sturt against North Adelaide. He made an immediate impression in that first season, being selected to play for SA against WA in Perth. The rivals clashed twice, SA winning by 10 points and three points – a most satisfying start to his career.

John tells the story of an evening in September 1955 when he set off on his bicycle from Edwardstown to meet a young woman living in Prospect to go to the pictures in the city. When he rode home later that night, he arrived to find his mother still up, waiting for him…he feared the worst. But she had good news for him: “You’ve come runner-up to Lindsay Head in the Magarey Medal, beaten by one vote!” That so-nearyet-so-far result was to happen on two more occasions – in 1958 again to West Torrens’ Head and in 1960 to North Adelaide’s Barrie Barbary.

The 1961 season was a stellar one for Halbert, who earned selection as the All-Australian centreman after starring with SA at the Brisbane national carnival. And he won the Magarey Medal as SANFL’s fairest and most brilliant player, beating Glenelg’s Hayden Linke by two votes, even though Sturt won only three games and finished last.

He also shone in district cricket with Sturt that year, winning the first of his two Bradman Medals, topping the competition’s batting aggregate and average. He played for the State against New Zealand, Tasmania and Victoria and went on to play more than 200 district cricket matches – a unique ‘double’, with his 251 SANFL games and 6

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John Halbert shone with Sturt in winter and summer sport, winning best player medals and representing South Australia in both.

The Magarey Medal presentation ceremony at Adelaide Oval on grand final day 1961 as John Halbert receives the prestigious award from SA Governor Sir Edric Bastyan. SANFL chairman Stanley H. Lewis is on the right.

John’s expertise is always sought at the SANFL History Centre in Bowden.

He is reminiscing looking through scrapbooks with Gavin Pearce.

winning medals in both sports.

He represented SA in football 17 times and he captained Sturt for seven seasons, the highlight coming in 1966 when the Double Blues won their first premiership in 26 years, thumping Port Adelaide 16.16 to 8.8 in the grand final. Later he coached Glenelg (1979-82) and Sturt (1983-84), reaching grand finals in 1981-83, only to be beaten at the last hurdle.

His association with football has been continuous, from 1955 to 2024, currently serving on numerous SANFL committees. He was chairman of selectors at the Adelaide Crows from 1992-94 and for SA State-of-Origin clashes from 1992-98. He chaired the SANFL Football Foundation and served on the umpires’ board, the SA Football Hall of Fame and life members’ committees. He also was a member of the SANFL Commission from 1996-2008. He sat on the AFL Football Foundation and the AFL laws committee. In 2017 John was deservedly inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

These days, the great of SA sport joins the volunteers at the SANFL History Centre, where he shares his unique knowledge of the game. He volunteers as a tour guide at Adelaide Oval and also gives back doing weekly deliveries for Meals on Wheels.

John Halbert’s beaming face was all over the front page of the Sunday Mail after Sturt had thumped Port Adelaide to win the 1966 premiership.

Glenelg coach John Halbert, assistant Steve Hywood and fitness coach Mark Coombe let it all out as the siren sounds for Glenelg’s famous one-point win against Port Adelaide in the 1982 preliminary final.

John makes people’s day delivering Meals on Wheels. sanfl.com.au

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BACK IN CONTROL

BY STEVE BARRETT

Corey Lyons has accomplished plenty since arriving at Glenelg in November 2021.

A premiership winner and bestand-fairest last year, Lyons is one of the gun midfielders in the SANFL and among the first selected for State duties.

Perhaps his most fulfilling achievement, though, was falling back in love with football.

The joy Lyons feels at the Bay is a far cry from the disheartened figure he cut late in his frustrating threeyear AFL stint with Brisbane, where he failed to register a senior game.

“Some of my time there was great but it was frustrating not getting a look in the senior team when I was playing some good footy in the twos,” Lyons said. “It grows on you a little bit and you lose that enjoyment factor. The back end was a bit of a struggle. Getting out 8

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was one of the better things for me personally. When I got to Glenelg I got that enjoyment of playing footy back.”

After his path to AFL selection was initially blocked by a logjam of established midfielders, including dual Brownlow Medallist Lachie Neale, older brother Jarryd Lyons and Tom Rockliff, any future openings were quashed with the club’s preference to blood high-end draftees Hugh McCluggage, Jarrod Berry, Zac Bailey and Brandon Starcevich.

“The club was turning around on the field and they were investing heavily in their high draft picks,” Lyons said. “That meant even though I was going well in the twos, the preference was to get games into those guys. Fages (Lions coach Chris Fagan) felt we couldn’t all play on the same team together,

with the speed factor, which I don’t tend to agree with. I think you play your best 22, however that fits. But that was his view and it was frustrating because it felt like it didn’t matter what I did on the weekend, I wasn’t going to play unless there were injuries. It felt like it was out of my control.”

Taken with the 71st pick in the 2016 draft, Lyons admits he “wasn’t much chop” as a footballer in his early days at St Peter’s in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs and that cricket was his first preference. But under the guidance of his under-16s coach – now Western Bulldogs boss Luke Beveridge – Lyons’ football took off.

“I enjoyed cricket a lot more than footy growing up ... I was a bit of a nothing half-forward,” said Lyons, who is the operations manager of finance broking firm FineStream Capital. “Luke Beveridge gave me a fair bit of confidence, helping me develop my game and I became an inside midfielder. When I found that role, my footy went to the next level.”

Glenelg is now reaping the rewards of late-blooming Lyons’ rich footballing talents. He was a runaway winner as Tigers club champion last year, a few weeks after Lachie Hosie pipped him by two votes to claim the Jack Oatey Medal as best-on-ground in the grand final triumph against Sturt.

“The best-and-fairest was unexpected but it was humbling and nice,” Lyons said. “I thought I’d be thereabouts but I certainly didn’t think I’d win it, particularly in the way it unfolded. The grand final was one of the better days of my life. It was amazing to play in front of that many people, get the job done and celebrate accordingly. It was a nice way to cap off some difficult periods in the back end of Brisbane and find my place here. I can’t thank the club or (coach) Darren Reeves enough for allowing me to go back to enjoying footy again, playing for the fun and love of it.”

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

BY ANDREW CAPEL, THE ADVERTISER

Hugh Haysman fires out a handball for West Adelaide against the Eagles in the 2015 grand final and with the Crows this season.

Hugh Haysman describes his football career as being like one big “rollercoaster”. There have been incredible highs, shattering lows, a career-threatening injury, a lost season and even a return to grassroots football to rediscover his love for the game. But it’s what’s made his journey to 100 SANFL matches so satisfying.

“It’s certainly been a rollercoaster journey to get to 100 but I feel super lucky and stoked to have finally made it,” said Haysman, who chalked up the 100-game milestone against North Adelaide in Round 15.

“It feels like a nice little reward for sticking around and putting in the hard yards.” The celebrations continued as he helped the Crows win the Neil Kerley Memorial Trophy against his former club West Adelaide in Round 17 at Adelaide Oval. Haysman experienced the ultimate high in football with the Bloods at the same ground in his debut year in 2015, winning a premiership as an 18-year-old and helping the club snap a 32-year flag drought.

A few weeks later he was left shattered when his AFL dreams weren’t fulfilled at the draft. “Not hearing my name called out was pretty flattening because as a kid

it’s always your dream to get drafted,” Haysman said. He continued to chase his AFL ambitions before suffering a freak wrist injury when falling while playing basketball in the lead-up to the 2018 pre-season. The scaphoid bone was so badly shattered Haysman was told by doctors he might not play football again. “To hear that was pretty shattering,” he said. But he did make it back.

Successful surgery to put a screw in his scaphoid bone was followed by no activity for three months and then six months of hand therapy.

But other injuries, including a broken finger and torn hamstring, meant Haysman went a remarkable 652 days between league games and, at one stage, was in “a pretty bad place (mentally)”.

Haysman re-established himself in West’s league team in 2019 before continuing to pursue his AFL dream interstate. He followed close friend and 2015 Bloods premiership teammate Will Snelling to Essendon, joining the club’s VFL program. But Covid killed the VFL season and he returned to play with West in 2021.

Haysman played 14 games in 2022 but lost his passion for the game as West finished bottom for the fourth consecutive season, winning just

three games. “It had been a tough few years and mentally and physically I was pretty exhausted,” he said. “I’d prioritised football for a long time and there were other areas of my life I wanted to put a bit of time into.” Having already earned an exercise and science degree, Haysman moved into the finance sector and decided to pull the pin on his SANFL career and play with his brother, Gus, at Adelaide Footy League club St Peter’s Old Collegians “just to have some fun again”. And that’s exactly what happened. “I definitely felt the love for the game come back a bit playing amateurs, taking a step back and having a bit of fun,” Haysman said.

The SANFL bug began to bite again, leading to conversations with his 2014 West under-18 premiership coach Jarrod Meers, the Crows’ SANFL and academies manager. “I always thought I could come back and play a bit of league footy if the right opportunity came about and the flexibility the Crows program offered (as a SANFL development player) for someone working fulltime was appealing,” Haysman said.

“I’ve got the best of both worlds now and have really enjoyed playing with the guys at the Crows.” sanfl.com.au

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STEP BACK IN TIME

BRUCE LOVES THE NIGHTLIFE

BY DION HAYMAN

You can almost hear the Eagles fans yelling “Bruuuce” as Bob Enright, watched by smiling coach Glenn Elliott, hoists the superstar Bruce Lindsay flies for a mark for West Torrens. Escort Cup high on a wintry night in 1983.

There have been few more decorated footballers in South Australia denied the chance to shine in September than Bruce Lindsay.

Perhaps only dual Magarey Medallist Jim Deane has greater claims. Deane never played a final in 157 games across 11 seasons with South Adelaide (or a further 33 games in two years at Richmond).

Lindsay played in losing elimination finals in his first and third seasons with West Torrens but played no more finals in 242 matches and a further six with Woodville-West Torrens. He blew out his knee in the 1980 eliminator against Norwood, without contact, as Greg Turbill evaded him on the outer wing at Football Park. He lost the entire 1981 and 1982 seasons as a result. When he finally resumed in the opening round of 1983, he booted six goals against Woodville.

And on a wet and wintry July night later that year, he came as close as he would to experiencing ultimate team success. While not quite the genuine article, Torrens fans celebrated like it was 1953, as the 10

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Eagles won the Escort Cup grand final at Thebarton Oval. They had knocked out North, Norwood and Port to reach the decider, before coming from four goals back to eclipse night specialist South.

“The opportunity to play in something like that was pretty good because I was starved of any sort of team success, which is probably the one thing you miss,” Lindsay said. “It was a long time between drinks for the footy club so I think we celebrated long and hard that night and got flogged (by Norwood) the next week. It was great for the club.

But, overall, it was disappointing not to play in some more finals.”

Representative honours came instead. Lindsay played nine times for SA, captaining his State and country in 1987 at International Rules level in Ireland. He was also a member of Adelaide’s first AFL team, one of six games in the tricolours. Playing against WA in 1984, Lindsay was memorably and inexplicably deemed holding the ball

by Sandgroper umpire Mike Ball without taking possession – the ball

literally bounced off his chest.

“I’ll swear black and blue I got rid of the ball and was tackled without it,” Lindsay said. “Mike and I laughed about it afterwards. We played another game against them at some point and I reminded him of his poor decision but he said it was okay.”

Perhaps it was the roundabout that always follows the swing. Because on that damp and dim night, when Thebarton Oval’s lights were better suited to a speakeasy than a football match, he was on the right side of an extraordinarily generous decision. By that stage, Torrens was kicking into the teeth of a significant breeze for the second time.

The Eagles trailed 4.3 to 0.4 at quarter-time but quickly regained their footing in the second term, in no small way thanks to man-ofthe-match Barry Pilmore, whose left-foot kick from deep in the left forward pocket bounced beyond the waiting pack and through for a goal. South still led by seven points at half-time. Torrens had lost 55 seconds after a Pilmore behind disappeared into the crowd without

West Torrens’ Kym Dillon leads the celebrations with Paul Nikoletos, David Querzoli, Chris Kellett, Steven Stretch and Kevin Hill.

retrieval – the first two quarters were a hard 21 minutes with no time-on. That deficit had crept to 12 points when Lee Robson thumped a ball to half-forward that fell from the sky like a dead bird as it succumbed to the wind. Lindsay read it better than his opponent and, after initially running back towards goal, threw his gears into reverse and dived forward in desperation. He may have had the ball for maybe a quarter of a second – maybe – before it appeared to hit the ground and bounce away. “He’s been paid if not for the mark, certainly for the attempt,” said commentator Bob Hammond who later boldly declared the decision a correct one, albeit under the era’s more lax interpretations.

Lindsay’s kick from 30 metres just cleared the line and Torrens was on its way. With the deficit seven points at the last change, the fiercely pro-Eagles crowd dared to dream. A flying 40-metre effort from Paul Nikoletos and then Ian Hanna’s mark inside the first three minutes gave the Eagles the lead and there was no stopping them.

When the siren confirmed Torrens’ 30 years without silverware had expired, fans armed with blue-andgold flags stormed the ground, surrounding the dais as SANFL

president Max Basheer struggled to be heard above the noise of jubilant fans. “Eagles … Eagles … Eagles,” the chants were relentless. One fan threw a scarf around Basheer’s neck as he announced Torrens had added $15,000 to its kitty for a total of $34,000 prizemoney. Torrens players were pledged a $4000 share of the spoils in return for victory – much of it was spent at Rundle Mall’s Richmond Hotel that night.

“I think Bruce Lindsay and a few of his mates might have stayed there a bit longer than I did,” coach Glenn Elliott recalled. “The West Torrens faithful had a fabulous night. It was a proud, passionate family-based club with all the very best intentions, very caring and very personal. To me the best part was to see people who spent so much of their time and commitment get some return. Pete Barnes was the club doctor and I don’t think I’ve seen so much joy on anyone’s face as I saw on his that night.”

Kym Dillon, who kicked a vital last quarter goal from an ill-directed Graham Brooksby kick-out, echoed Elliott’s sentiments. “I remember David Hookes was up in the old cricket club watching. Something I really noticed was the enjoyment that it gave the long-suffering supporters who hadn’t seen any silverware since ’53. That’s a

lifetime. That’s why I feel for South people now. It’s just wrong. You deserve a sugar hit.”

A year later, Lindsay, who grew up a Sturt fan idolising Mick Nunan, was elevated to the captaincy, a post he held until the club’s final game as a solo entity in 1990. He was destined for Collingwood until his knee injury and later spoke with Footscray but never came close to leaving the Eagles for a Victorian or local rival. “I felt I wanted to stay to see if we could try to build something at our club,” Lindsay said. “The captaincy was important to me. It was unfortunate we couldn’t build anything and that we didn’t have too much team success was one of the disappointments.

I’m not sure whether it was the money scenario or not but obviously we were strapped for cash through most of the time I was involved. Maybe some of the player choices weren’t great and we did lack a bit of depth. We couldn’t retain a squad for long enough to build something that was competitive. We’d lose the good players to interstate clubs and just couldn’t replace them with like for likes.”

But if he had his time again, he would do nothing differently. “I still believe we played in the best time – and you can’t look backwards.” sanfl.com.au

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Photo: David Mariuz

S A N F L

S TA R S

JAMES BATTERSBY STURT CAPTAIN

2:10PM SATURDAY 24 AUGUST – STRATARAMA STADIUM

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GLENELG COACH: Darren Reeves

SOUTH COACH: Jarrad Wright

COLOURS: Navy and White

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

No

PLAYER

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

1 Will Gould 23......191......27........4.......................

2 Jonty Scharenberg 26..... 184..... 117.......15......................

3 Matthew Snook 32..... 182.....202..... 45......................

4 Cole Gerloff 25..... 185..... 101...... 56......................

5 Liam McBean (C) 30.....202....128.... 302....................

6 Hugh Stagg 21.......179......39...... 32......................

7 Luke Reynolds 29..... 188..... 151..... 201.....................

8 Corey Lyons 26..... 182......55...... 22......................

9 Darcy Bailey 30......176.....144..... 89......................

11 James Bell 25..... 184......36.......21......................

12 Max Proud 32..... 192.....186......17......................

13 Oscar Adams 21...... 199...... 17.........2.......................

14 Brad McCarthy 25......176...... 71.........3.......................

15 Jake Walker 20..... 186...... 10........2.......................

16 Alex Martini 25......181......89........7.......................

18 Billy Stretch 27......181......80...... 20......................

19 Cameron McGree 25.....200.....38....... 11......................

21 Chris Curran 33..... 189..... 155......13......................

22 Matthew Allen 26..... 193......93...... 87......................

23 Riley Holder 21...... 192......55...... 24......................

26 Liam Wisdom 24..... 185......22........0.......................

27 Nick Stevens 22..... 192.......4.........0.......................

33 Austin Kitschke 22..... 189...... 19.........5.......................

37 Hunter Window 21.......172....... 6.........3.......................

39 Archie Lovelock 19.......178......26........6.......................

40 Ben Ridgway 19...... 182....... 3.........1.......................

43 Todd Reid 24..... 189....... 1..........0.......................

Rushed �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������

2

Jonti Schuback

20......181......24........5.......................

3

Sid Draper

18...... 182.......8.........2.......................

4

Nic Schroder

19...... 186...... 14........0.......................

5

Phoenix Hargrave

17...... 182....... 5.........6.......................

6

Damon Freitag

23..... 199......53...... 58......................

7

Arlo Draper

21...... 189....... 9.........5.......................

11

Oliver Megins

28..... 201...... 14........0.......................

12 Eamon Wilkinson

24......179......85..... 103.....................

No

PLAYER

COLOURS: Black and Gold

14 Oliver Davis

22..... 184......59........5.......................

16 Elliot Dunkin

26......181......84........8.......................

19 Kobe Mutch

26..... 188......60.......14......................

20 Liam Nye

21.......181......33........2.......................

22 Jake Summerton (C)

32..... 193.....135.......3.......................

23 Sam Skinner (C)

27..... 198......66.......17......................

24 Hayden Sampson

24..... 180.....105..... 39......................

26 Tom Wheaton

18...... 190...... 13.........3.......................

29 Charlie Duncan

20..... 185...... 18........2.......................

31 Liam Fitt

25..... 182......99......137.....................

36 Finn Emile-Brennan

20..... 184...... 12.........4.......................

39 Sam Hindes

22..... 190....... 9.........7.......................

44 Benny Barrett

18.......174.......0.........0.......................

45 Dayne McGary

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

46 Hayden Kernahan

22..... 184....... 9.........0.......................

50 Corey Grocock

20..... 186....... 7.........12......................

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All figures on team sheets are official SANFL records for League games and goals.

LEAGUE GLENELG SOUTH

1st

2nd

3rd

RD5 2024 @ FLINDERS UNI STA Glenelg 9.16 (70) d South 6.7 (43)

4th

Points

LEAGUE UMPIRES

FIELD: Giles Lewis Aaron Bennett Henry Klemm

RD18 2023 @ STRATARAMA STADIUM Glenelg 14.16 (100) d South 5.10 (40)

BOUNDARY: James Haskard Samuel Royans Nathan Becker Jayden Dunning

GOAL: Steven Murphy Braden Ford

RD5 2023 @ FLINDERS UNI STA Glenelg 13.8 (86) d South 6.9 (45)

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2:10PM SATURDAY 24 AUGUST – X CONVENIENCE OVAL

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PORT

CENTRAL COACH: Paul Thomas COLOURS: Red, White and Blue

COACH: Hamish Hartlett

COLOURS: Black and White

No

PLAYER

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

No

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

3

Kai Pudney

24......187......66........4.......................

4

Leyton Chisholm

24..... 194...... 17.........5.......................

7

Kyle Presbury (C)

27..... 182..... 147......77......................

8

13 Ivan Soldo* 17 Tom Clurey* 23 Dylan Williams* 26 Lachlan Charleson* 29 Tom Anastasopoulos* 32 Thomas Scully* 36 Will Lorenz* 37 Tom McCallum* 42 Quinton Narkle* 45 Xavier Walsh* 46 Aidan Turner 47 Cody Szust 48 Jake Weidemann 49 Hugh Ferrari 53 Dustin Launer 54 Oliver Cheesman 55 Bailey Chamberlain 57 Beau Baldwin 58 Miller Carter 60 Lachlan Pascoe 62 Harry Williams 63 Murphy Short 65 Kye Roberts 70 William O’Brien 72 Brayden Calvett 73 Cormack O’Reilly

Jai Larkins

25..... 183......32.......10......................

10 Harry Grant

23......173......59.......14......................

11

23..... 194......47........7.......................

George Kendall

12 Jez McLennan

23..... 184......40........2.......................

13 Dayne Posthuma

20.....200...... 9.........0.......................

15 Billy Iles

29......178......56........4.......................

16 Adam Deakin

20......191....... 9.........1.......................

19 Marcus Barreau

26..... 188......72...... 32......................

20 Wilson Barry

21.......187...... 17.........6.......................

23 Dyson Sharp

17...... 188....... 1..........1.......................

24 Hugo Munn

24......197......55...... 40.....................

25 Ryan Pickering

21...... 199.......8.........0.......................

26 Oliver Shaw

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

28 Brinn Little

21...... 196......37........0.......................

29 Nick Lange

26..... 186......60.......76......................

30 Isaiah Dudley

21...... 168......24...... 28......................

31 Luca Whitelum

21.......187......48...... 24......................

32 Aiden Grace

27..... 189......73......125.....................

33 Kade Dittmar

21.......187...... 15.........0.......................

35 Rhett Montgomerie

24..... 190......45........2.......................

38 Jarrod Schiller (C)

32......176.....251..... 98......................

59 Beau Thomas

20..... 193...... 13.........6.......................

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28.....204...... 3.........1.......................

30..... 193......79........3.......................

23..... 185......48.......52......................

19.......177...... 14........8.......................

19.......176...... 16........ 11......................

19......203.....36...... 39......................

19...... 186...... 14........6.......................

19...... 193......29........3.......................

26......181.......11.........7.......................

18.......195...... 15.........5.......................

22..... 184......28........6.......................

27..... 183......67...... 50......................

25..... 190......58...... 28......................

22..... 180...... 19........14......................

21...... 183....... 5.........0.......................

23......178.......11.........3.......................

22..... 180......27.......10......................

20..... 180....... 2.........0.......................

23..... 190......22........2.......................

25......191...... 15........12......................

26..... 183....... 5.........0.......................

24..... 185......24........4.......................

21...... 188...... 12.........0.......................

19...... 188....... 3.........1.......................

21.......178....... 5.........1.......................

20..... 182....... 2.........0.......................

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2nd

RD12 2024 @ ALBERTON OVAL Central 12.6 (78) d Port 7.11 (53)

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FIELD: Mitchell Scott Thomas Burke Jack Millar

EF 203 @ ADELAIDE OVAL Central 12.10 (82) d Port 11.9 (75)

BOUNDARY: Damian Robinson Blayde Harten Dylan Speck Oakley Nilsen

RD18 2023 @ X CONVENIENCE OVAL Central 14.7 (91) d Port 11.10 (76)

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COLOURS: Gold, Green and Blue

COACH: Jade Rawlings

COLOURS: Red and Blue

No

PLAYER

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

No

PLAYER

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

1

Luke McKay

27..... 183...... 17....... 20......................

2

Baynen Lowe

21.......177......52...... 50......................

2

Zac Buck

22......172......48.......14......................

5

Pierce Seymour

29..... 190...... 77........1.......................

4

Cameron Fleeton

22......191...... 15.........0.......................

6

Thomas Donnelly

25......191......56........4.......................

5

Adam D’Aloia

20..... 186......33........7.......................

8

Samuel Morris

22..... 182...... 57.......15......................

6

Luke Thompson

33..... 193.....254......19......................

9

Henry Nelligan

22......171...... 31........18......................

10 Connor Ballenden

25.....200.....47.......74......................

11

Jacob Kennerley (C)

24..... 186......69...... 29......................

14 Blake Hansen

20......181.......4.........0.......................

12 Ben Simpson

15 Joshua Morris

22......187...... 17.........1.......................

13 Billy Cootee

21.......178...... 15.........8.......................

16 James Rowe

24......173...... 81......121.....................

14 Mitch O’Neill

23......178...... 57.......13......................

19 Bailey Hann

25......181.......8.........1.......................

15 Brodie Carroll

24......187...... 41........2.......................

21 Max Beattie

20......174......29.......27......................

16 Alastair Lord

20......181...... 17.........1.......................

23......179.......11.........0.......................

22 Troy Menzel

29..... 188.....100.....147.....................

18 Tom Graham

24......195......34........9.......................

23 Sam Nicholls

21.......172......22.......18......................

20 Matthew Ling

25..... 184......30........3.......................

24 Sam Rowland

30......187.....154..... 22......................

27 Cooper Murley

21.......178...... 16.........3.......................

26 Joshua Mawson

23..... 180...... 21.........1.......................

29 Izaak Twelftree

23..... 193...... 19....... 26......................

27 Jack Wheare

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

31 Harry Boyd

26..... 198......76.......21......................

28 Jordan Moore

23......197...... 19.........1.......................

32 Alec Wright

24..... 190...... 19.........2.......................

29 Matthew Goldsworthy

33......178.....258.....211.....................

35 Jack Heard

24......191......72........1.......................

30 Zane Williams

23..... 183......52.......47......................

36 Jake Cresswell

21...... 183......24........7.......................

34 Lukas Cooke

20..... 196....... 7..........5.......................

37 Isaac Saywell

24..... 188.......0.........0.......................

35 Joseph Sinor (C)

30..... 180..... 137..... 28......................

38 Goy Lok

27..... 185...... 17........16......................

37 Nathan Barkla

20..... 185......24....... 11......................

39 Jayden Gale

21.......181.......8.........6.......................

39 Jack Firns

29..... 190......99.......12......................

44 Alex van Wyk

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

51 Max Litster

22..... 184......47........3.......................

45 Tristan Binder

24..... 194......24.......25......................

55 Jarrad Redden

33.....204....159......75......................

48 Mitchell Carroll

23..... 184...... 18........4.......................

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2nd

3rd

RD8 2024 @ COOPERS STADIUM Eagles 15.9 (99) d Norwood 8.12 (60)

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LEAGUE UMPIRES

FIELD: Zachery Packard Ben Williams Sam Morgan

RD13 2023 @ MAUGHAN THIEM KIA Eagles 9.9 (63) d Norwood 7.10 (52)

BOUNDARY: Fraser Town Taylor Dorsey Benjamin Sieben Elliott Raymond

GOAL: Thomas Oxford Michael Button

RD1 2023 @ COOPERS SATDIUM Eagles 14.7 (91) d Norwood 6.9 (45)

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COACH: Jacob Surjan

COLOURS: Red and White

COACH: Adam Hartlett

COLOURS: Red and Black

No

PLAYER

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

No

PLAYER

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

1 2 4 6 7 9 10 12 13 16 17 19 21 22 24 27 31 34 36 39 41 42 46 49

Harrison Wigg Sam Ramsay Will Gowers Noah Casalini Lee Minervini Jake Patmore Alex Spina (C) Dyson Hilder Cody Raak Frank Szekely Mitchell Harvey Blayne O’Loughlin Will Tasker Jack McCann Kye Pfrengle Harrison Magor Max Blacker Ewan Mackinlay Liam Hoy Sam McInerney Jed Dignan Hughen Wissman Frazer Driscoll Angus Tully

27..... 180.....135..... 26......................

23..... 183......36........5.......................

26......177...... 18........3.......................

23..... 190...... 14...... 20......................

26..... 180......96.......41......................

25..... 183......53...... 20......................

29......181.....184......41......................

23..... 196...... 81...... 69......................

21...... 194....... 7..........3.......................

25......177......83...... 46......................

29..... 198.....195.....219.....................

21.......173......32........2.......................

22..... 185.......0.........0.......................

23......187...... 19.........5.......................

21...... 192......23........1.......................

23..... 184......55........2.......................

20......170.......8.........1.......................

21...... 182...... 13........ 11......................

26..... 205...... 5.........0.......................

28..... 183......97.......72......................

19...... 188....... 3.........2.......................

19...... 185...... 18........2.......................

27..... 189...... 16.........1.......................

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

1

Isaac Johnson (C)

26..... 185......65...... 54......................

2

Dylan McCormick

21.......179...... 17........14......................

3

Tom Morrish

25......179...... 61....... 20......................

4

Luke Redfern

25......175......37...... 24......................

5

Brady Searle

22......187......39.......16......................

6

Sam Frost

21...... 184......22........7.......................

7

Joel Stevens

24..... 189...... 57...... 22......................

9

Ned Stevens

21...... 196......28...... 20......................

54 Will Francou

20..... 183.......8.........1.......................

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10 Kobe Ryan

20..... 183......39.......21......................

12 Dylan Bramich

25......197...... 15.........2.......................

13 Liam Delahunty

23..... 193......38...... 34......................

15 Lachlan Squire

23..... 183......46........7.......................

16 Darcy Minchella

20......197......26........1.......................

17 Lucas Meline

27......191......49........5.......................

21 Jed Obst

21...... 180...... 13.........2.......................

22 Jordan White

19...... 182...... 16.........1.......................

28 Callum Park

23..... 190......65........8.......................

29 Hamish Ellem

23......195......67...... 45......................

30 Riley Corbett

24..... 196......27........7.......................

34 Dylan White

21...... 185.......11.........1.......................

41 Sam Davidson

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

43 Judd Hansen

19.......174....... 5.........1.......................

51 Wyatt Ryan

22..... 193.......8.........0.......................

53 Samuel Burbridge

18...... 185.......0.........0.......................

57 Cooper Patterson

24......195....... 6.........0.......................

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2nd

RD7 2024 @ HISENSE STADIUM West 13.9 (87) d North 8.8 (56)

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FIELD: Michael Sboro Jake Cuming Mitchell Harris

RD9 2023 @ HISENSE STADIUM West 10.8 (68) d North 5.9 (39)

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GOAL: Thomas Mayo Matthew Cummins

RD1 2023 @ PROSPECT OVAL North 10.19 (79) d West 9.9 (63)

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PLAYER

COLOURS: Double Blue AGE..... HT. . .... GP...... GK......G......... B

1 Chayce Jones* 11 Charlie Edwards* 12 Jay Boyle 14 Hugh Haysman 16 Max Michalanney* 17 William Hamill* 19 Zac Taylor* 21 Chris Burgess* 22 Oscar Ryan* 25 Edward McHenry* 26 Harry Schoenberg* 27 Luke Nankervis* 31 Billy Dowling* 33 Brodie Smith* 34 Elliott Himmelberg* 35 James Borlase* 36 Karl Gallagher* 39 Toby Murray* 42 Tyler Welsh 44 Lachlan Gollant* 45 Kieran Strachan* 46 Jack Madgen (C) 54 Tate Coleman 55 Stephen Tahana 56 Austin McDonald 59 Lachlan Thomas 60 Harry Boyle 61 Jay O’Leary

1

Sam Conforti

22......173...... 17....... 20......................

2

Tom Lewis

24......178......69.......15......................

3

Henry Carey

27..... 183.....109......19......................

4

Joel Thiele

26..... 184......79.......13......................

5

Joshua Hone

28......175.....184.....231.....................

6

Connor McFadyen

23......191......37...... 45......................

8

Angus Anderson

21...... 189...... 16........10......................

13 Flynn Perez

COACH: Matthew Wright COLOURS: Navy Blue, Red & Gold No

23......187...... 10........1.......................

14 Will Snelling

27......175......83.......25......................

15 Luke Edmonds

26..... 194.....106.......0.......................

16 Jared Dakin

23......181......56.......16......................

17 Zac Becker

20..... 190...... 21.........1.......................

18 Daniel Fahey-Sparks

26..... 196......87...... 42......................

22 Will Coomblas

26..... 193......79........1.......................

23 James Battersby (C)

28......178.....212..... 45......................

25 Guy Page

30......177.... 204......13......................

27 Charlie Fryer

20..... 190...... 19.........0.......................

30 Oliver Grivell

23..... 192......52...... 48.....................

31 Lachlan Burrows

23......195......58...... 62......................

32 Rory Illman

25..... 180......72........3.......................

34 Casey Voss

23..... 182......90.......14......................

36 Luke Giacometti

21...... 186...... 19.........5.......................

39 Steven Slimming

26..... 182..... 147......52......................

43 Brad Jefferies

21...... 185.......0.........0.......................

45 Amos Doyle

22......197......33........7.......................

PLAYER

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

24..... 180......25.......12......................

19.......191...... 17.........9.......................

26..... 188......80...... 30......................

27......179.....103..... 34......................

20..... 190....... 3.........0.......................

23......187......54........3.......................

21...... 180......30.......13......................

28..... 193...... 57.......25......................

19.......187...... 17.........1.......................

24..... 194......26.......21......................

23......179......25.......16......................

21...... 182......35........8.......................

20......187......30.......18......................

32..... 189......26........7.......................

26.....200.....84..... 109.....................

22..... 192......68........4.......................

22..... 185...... 14.......12......................

20..... 201...... 15........16......................

18.......191....... 9........10......................

23..... 192......50......113.....................

28.....204.....88...... 36......................

31...... 192......34........9.......................

23..... 180...... 15.........5.......................

27..... 184......46........4.......................

20..... 180.......8.........1.......................

20......176.......8.........1.......................

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

25......171...... 17.........7.......................

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2nd

3rd

RD7 2024 @ THOMAS FARMS OVAL Sturt 15.12 (102) d Adelaide 6.5 (41)

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Points

LEAGUE UMPIRES

FIELD: Corey Bowen David Sobieraj Luke Wittenberg

PF 2023 @ ADELAIDE OVAL Sturt 8.12 (60) d Adelaide 6.7 (43)

BOUNDARY: GOAL: Martin Elsegood Thomas Fahey Benjamin B Williams Bradley Hammer Steven Evanson

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CENTRAL Jack Callinan..............................

Mani Liddy..................................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RESERVES CENTRAL STURT

1st

STURT

COACH: Matt Gallarello 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 57 58 61 2nd

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3rd

4th

Points

9 10 21 24 28 33 35 37 38 40 41 RESERVES UMPIRES

5 6 9 21 36 39 40 41 42 44 46 47

COACH: Chris Trapp

Sam Breuer................................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ned Walter.................................

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

FIELD: Paul Ventura Zack Brittan Thomas Kelly

42 46 47 50 53 54 55 56 58 59 60

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BOUNDARY: Brad Fallon Ben Wilson Alexander McKenzie Taylah Parker

GOAL: David Cunningham Leo Condo

11:10am Saturday 24 August @ Stratarama Stadium COACH: Jared Millington 38 Lachlan Scannell.....................

24 Cooper Horsnell.......................

41 Anders McShane......................

25 Darcy Scott................................

42 Noah Sims..................................

28 Xavier Vallejo............................

44 Sam Dunn...................................

29 Connor McLeod........................

45 Darcy Porter..............................

30 Marco Rossmann....................

46 Beau Symonds..........................

34 Will Stockman..........................

52 Cam Kiel......................................

35 Hayden Brokensha..................

53 Ryan Wurfel...............................

36 Will Chandler............................

55 Harry Francis............................

RESERVES GLENELG SOUTH

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Points

SOUTH 8 17 18 21 25 27 30 34 37 42 43 RESERVES UMPIRES

GLENELG 10 Declan Carmody.......................

COACH: Alex Pigou

Cooper Rogers..........................

Darnell Tucker...........................

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

Dakota Sterzl............................

Jacob Collins..............................

Jacob Sheean............................

Cohen Shortridge....................

Zak Keir.......................................

Blake Rodrigues.......................

Scott Bedford............................

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

FIELD: Joshua Hardy Mason Beyer Jake Bateman

47 48 49 51 52 53 54 55 58 59 62

Kaleel Ross................................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hugo Hoeck...............................

BOUNDARY: Jake Creasey Halli Finnsson Gianny Scoleri

GOAL: Alex Scarman Jared Murton

11:10am Saturday 24 August @ Maughan Thiem Kia Oval

Will Neumann...........................

Dane McFarlane.......................

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

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

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

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

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

Harry Dodd................................

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

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

Callum Fairall............................

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COACH: Shane Hancock Oskar Kilpatrick........................

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

Oscar Pearce.............................

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

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

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

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

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

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

Joshua Capogreco...................

3rd

4th

Points

NORWOOD 3 17 21 22 23 26 28 33 41 46 47 RESERVES UMPIRES

EAGLES 8 9 12 13 20 32 33 36 40 42 44

Jack Saunders...........................

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

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

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

Oliver Sanders..........................

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

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

Luke Surman.............................

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

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

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

FIELD: Nicholas Ghan Daniel Rogers Ryan Webster

49 51 54 55 56 57 58 63 64 65

COACH: Aaron Jelfs Josh Gillow.................................

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

Tyson Walls...............................

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

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

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

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

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

Marco D’Annunzio...................

Isaiah Wilksch...........................

BOUNDARY: Matthew Mielczarek Sam Scarman Justen Kern

GOAL: Adrian Donaghey Jake Marnie

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NORTH

RESERVES NORTH WEST

WEST

COACH: Craig Brooks

Harrison Elbrow.......................

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

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

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

Evan Bradley.............................

Tom Stevens..............................

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

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

Henry Turner.............................

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

1st

52 Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier....

53 Luke Harvey...............................

55 Harrison Dallimore.................

56 Kalan Caputo.............................

57 PJ Carlin.......................................

58 Tom Carter.................................

60 Hunter Press.............................

64 Tom Dermody............................

65 Apech Deng...............................

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3rd

4th

Points

11 25 33 34 35 36 37 38 42 45 47 48 RESERVES UMPIRES

5 28 35 40 43 44 45 48 50 51

COACH: Shane Baldock

Mitchell Marsh.........................

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

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

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

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

Tyson Coe...................................

Finn Higham..............................

Thomas Kain.............................

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

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

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

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

FIELD: Kylan Beech Daniel Whittlesea Henry Lodge

49 51 52 53 58 59 61 62 63 66 68

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

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

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

Samuel Burbridge....................

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BOUNDARY: Joshua Thunig Jaxon Williams Lachlan O’Brien

GOAL: Michael Lombardi Justin Thai

UNDER-18 WRAP

BY ZAC MILBANK

Central District hero Tom Cochrane kicked the matchwinning goal with 21 seconds left in a dramatic four-point win against Glenelg to close out the SANFL Under-18 minor round at Stratarama Stadium.

Cochrane, the son of former Bulldog and Port Adelaide utility Stuart Cochrane, calmly slotted his set shot from 30m to not only bank the premiership points but also ensure the crucial finals double-chance, with the Bulldogs to again clash with the Bays in the second semifinal. James Noack, Sam Sibbick and Aidan Schubert (20 disposals, two goals) were also instrumental in the win.

Glenelg, which claimed the minor premiership by percentage from the Dogs, had James Dutton, Max Disbury and Archer Rouvray fighting hard.

Woodville-West Torrens secured its finals berth with a comfortable 41-point win against South Adelaide at Maughan Thiem Kia Oval.

Needing victory to keep North Adelaide at arm’s length on the ladder, the Eagles were powered by forwards Charlie West (five goals) and Jack Gray (four). Oskar Kilpatrick and Jack Cook, the son of former Bulldog and Crow Tim Cook, also had strong influences, with Cook racking up 26 disposals. Panthers Cohen Shortridge (four goals), Oliver Goss (25 disposals, 13 clearances) and Thomas Simpson (21 disposals, two goals) finished off their season with strong individual performances.

Sturt’s avalanche of inside-50 entries eventually proved too much for Norwood as the Blues snared a 13-point victory at Thomas Farms Oval.

Trailing by four points at the final change, the Double Blues overwhelmed the Redlegs in the final term as they made the most of their 58-28 inside-50 count to kick 3.5 to the visitors’ 1.0. Now preparing for the knockout first

Norwood’s Luke Scott juggles a chest mark.

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semi-final against the Eagles, Sturt will have Sam White (15 disposals, two goals), Felix Katsaros (25 disposals, 10 marks) and Blake Thredgold take meaningful form into September. Norwood’s Daniel Thompson (27 disposals), William Turner and Jay Polkinghorne could hold their heads high but they couldn’t prevent the Legs ending up with the wooden spoon.

West Adelaide blocked North Adelaide’s path to the finals on the back of a match-turning third quarter at Prospect Oval.

Managing just two goals in the first half, the Bloods slammed on 9.2 while keeping the Roosters scoreless in the premiership term. Joel Parker (27 disposals), Ayden Hodgson (33 disposals, 16 clearances) and Diego Bueti (three goals) were keys to the 17-point win.

Finishing fifth, the Roosters received plenty of punch from Zackariah Young (19 disposals), Joel Bettess (four goals) and Sam Cumming (17 disposals, one goal). sanfl.com.au

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ROUND 18 WINNER

MILESTONES MATTHEW PANOS NORWOOD

TYLER WELSH A D EL AI D E

150 GAMES

Playing in just his ninth league match, the strong-marking 18-year-old made his presence felt inside 50m with five goals from his 12 disposals, six marks and three tackles against Port Adelaide.

LIAM FITT  SOUTH

100 GAMES JACK FIRNS  EAGLES

WATCH HIGHLIGHTS 

100 GAMES

COLES MINI LEAGUER OF THE WEEK

BRAYDEN COOK ADELAIDE

50 GAMES

Jensen Blundell What position do you play on the footy field?

Centre half-back

Favourite SANFL team?

Sturt

Favourite SANFL player?

Tom Lewis

What do you want to be when Which SANFL match you are older? are you attending? An AFL player Sturt v Adelaide What is the best thing about Your local playing footy? football club?

Lobethal Tigers

Playing with your mates

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

The Defender, with super strength

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

Riding bikes and playing cricket

The best piece of advice given by your coach?

When you take a mark, lower your eyes and look for an option

LUCAS MELINE WEST

50 GAMES U18 MVP

RD18 WATCH HIGHLIGHTS 

CHARLIE WEST (EAGLES) Booting a game-breaking haul of five goals, the key forward also moved well further up the ground to collect 21 disposals and 10 marks in the win against South.

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

(POSITIONS AT THE END OF RD 18)

Team

P W L

D

F

A

Norwood

17 14 3

0 1369 901

Sturt

17 14 3

Central

%

Pts

R

U18

U16

W

Total

Sturt

1400 575

650

325

700

3650

0 1280 850 60.09 28

Glenelg

1000 600

700

250

950 3500

17 11 6

0 1163 1110

Central

1100

700

275

900 3300

Glenelg

17 10 7

0 1278 1156 52.51 20

Norwood

1400 700

150

75

750

Eagles

17 8

9

0 1336 1166

16

South

400

425

200

300

1100 2425

Adelaide

17 8

9

0 1244 1255 49.78 16

Eagles

800

400

500

100

400 2200

North

17 7 10 0

14

North

700

300

450

275

200

1925

West

17 5 12 0 1017 1324 43.44 10

West

500

75

250

100

600

1525

South

17 4 13 0 1050 1410 42.68

8

Adelaide

800

0

0

0

0

800

Port

17 4 13 0 1042 1494 41.09

8

Port

400

0

0

0

0

400

F

A

%

Pts

60.31 28 51.17 53.4

1197 1310 47.75

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2024 HOSTPLUS SANFL WOMEN’S LEAGUE

M

325

(POSITIONS AT THE END OF RD 18)

P W L

D

F

A

%

South

14 11 3

0

551

288 65.67

22

Norwood 17 14 3

0 1236 860 58.97

28

Glenelg

14 9

4

1

486

485 50.05

19

Glenelg

17 12 5

0 1265 949

57.14

24

Central

14 9

5

0

578

554

18

Sturt

17 11 5

1

57.56

23

Norwood 14 7

6

1

501

376

57.13

15

South

17 8

8

Sturt

14 7

7

0

490

507

49.15

14

Eagles

17 8

9

West

14 6

8

0

433

474

47.74

12

Central

17 6 10 1

997

1149 46.46

13

Eagles

14 4 10 0

430

479

47.3

8

North

17 6 11 0

1105 1265 46.62

12

North

14 2 12 0

272

578

32

4

West

17

755 1240 37.84

3

F

Pts

51.06

Pts

2024 SANFL U18s Team

Team

P W L

D

1241

915

1

897

1153 43.76

17

0

1101 1066 50.81

16

1 15 1

2024 SANFL U16s

(POSITIONS AT THE END OF RD 18)

P W L

D

(POSITIONS AT THE END OF RD 17)

F

A

%

Pts

Team

P W L

D

A

%

Glenelg

18 14 4

0 1483 944

61.1

28

Sturt

17 13 4

0 1456 793

64.74

26

Central

18 14 4

0 1403 1078 56.55

28

South

17 12 5

0 1395 866

61.7

24

Sturt

18 13 5

0 1239 1070 53.66

26

North

17 12 5

0 1281

977

56.73

24

Eagles

18 10 8

0

54.16

20

Central

17 11 6

0 1282 909

58.51

22

North

18 9

0 1231 1264 49.34

18

Glenelg

17 10 7

0 1256 1089 53.56

20

West

18 5 13 0

986 1478 40.02

10

Eagles

17 4 13 0

889 1265 41.27

8

South

18 4 14 0 1091 1373 44.28

8

West

17 4 13 0

797

1321 37.63

8

Norwood

18 3 15 0

6

Norwood

17 2 15 0

660 1796 26.87

4

9

1315

1113

994 1422 41.14

LAST ROUND’S RESULTS

SANFL HOSTPLUS MEN’S LEAGUE ROUND 18

RESERVES ROUND 18

Norwood V North (Coopers Stadium) Norwood 18.10 (118) d North 9.9 (63) Crowd: 2311

West V Sturt (Hisense Stadium) Sturt 13.11 (89) d West 4.8 (32) Crowd: 1486

Central V Glenelg (X Convenience Oval) Central 6.9 (45) d Glenelg 6.8 (44) Crowd: 1458

Port V Adelaide (Adelaide Oval) Adelaide 19.10 (124) d Port 6.11 (47)

Norwood 15.15 (105) d North 4.7 (31) Glenelg 10.11 (71) d Central 5.3 (33) South 7.2 (44) d Eagles 3.9 (27) Sturt 8.13 (61) d West 3.6 (24)

South V Eagles (Flinders University Stadium) Eagles 17.16 (118) d South 9.7 (61) Crowd: 832 22

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2024 RESERVES

(POSITIONS AT THE END OF RD 14)

Team

Team

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U18 ROUND 18 West 12.7 (79) d North 9.8 (62) Eagles 14.7 (91) d South 7.8 (50) Sturt 8.12 (60) d Norwood 7.5 (47) Central 9.8 (62) d Glenelg 8.10 (58)

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)

ROUND 11

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

ROUND 16

Glenelg 11.15 (81) d Norwood 6.11 (47) Central 12.2 (74) d North 9.8 (62) Sturt 9.14 (68) d Port 6.9 (45) South 10.11 (71) d West 7.8 (50) Adelaide 11.10 (76) d Eagles 8.12 (60)

BYE WEEKEND

SANFL 10.5 (65) d VFL 7.9 (51)

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

ROUND 2

ROUND 7 First Nations Rounds

ROUND 12

ROUND 17

ROUND 3

ROUND 8 First Nations Rounds

ROUND 13

ROUND 18

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)

Norwood 18.10 (118) d North 9.9 (63) Central 6.9 (45) d Glenelg 6.8 (44) Eagles 17.16 (118) d South 9.7 (61) Sturt 13.11 (89) d West 4.8 (32) Adelaide 19.10 (124) d Port 6.11 (47)

ROUND 4 Anzac Weekend

ROUND 9 King’s Birthday Weekend

ROUND 14

ROUND 19

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)

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)

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)

ROUND 5

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)

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)

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)

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)

ROUND 10

Weekend of Saturday 3 August 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)

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)

ROUND 15

Central 14.8 (92) d South 4.5 (29) Norwood 12.14 (86) d Central 6.8 (44) Port 15.7 (97) d West 10.17 (77) West 12.6 (78) d Eagles 5.9 (39) Eagles 15.12 (102) d Adelaide7.7 (49) Adelaide 14.9 (93) d North 7.13 (55) Sturt 14.8 (92) d Glenelg 10.12 (72) South 14.11 (95) d Port 12.8 (80)

Legend

Norwood 16.11 (107) d South 7.10 (52) North 16.7 (103) d Glenelg 10.15 (75) Sturt 12.14 (86) d Central 8.4 (52) Adelaide 17.9 (111) d West 6.7 (43) Port 15.13 (103) d Eagles 8.11 (59)

Saturday 24 August Glenelg v South Central v Port Eagles v Norwood North v West Sturt v Adelaide

SS XCO MTKO PO TFO

FINALS 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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Norwood or Sturt will be celebrating top spot, while the Eagles or Crows will be pumped at qualifying for the finals after Saturday’s huge round.

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