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Hi Footy fans...
Well its that time of year again, albeit a little bit sooner than many SA footy-heads are used to with a shorter than normal home and away minor round. Its Finals Football time and for the first time in over 40 years, the iconic Adelaide Oval is set to host all of the action including the Grand Final which hasn't been played at the ground since the 1973 decider where the Tigers took their second premiership flag against the Roosters. Another innovation for this season was the arrangement of the schedule for the first week of September, which would see the cut-throat Elimination Final act as the main event of the day and with that, finals football played under lights. The heat is on for the Redlegs this year, their shot at a triple-treat of flags under some serious threat by the Power-fed Magpies who took out the minor premiership. Along for the ride this year are the Blues, the Panthers and the Eagles... so who would be the first casualty?
Welcome to this week's edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up... week one of the 2014 Finals Series!
First up in this week's wrap, its the Qualifying Final between the Redlegs and the Double Blues. These two sides last clashed in a finals series back in 2008, after being defeated by Centrals in the Qualifying Final the Blues were forced into a sudden death semi-final against the Redlegs in which they emerged victorious by 71 points. Despite that victory they eventually went down to Glenelg in the Preliminary Final the following week. After that, neither side met up in any finals matches. But since then, the Redlegs took victories from nine of the next 14 encounters, which included a run of seven consecutive wins from early 2011 up to Round 16 in 2013. From the two games played this year, both sides took points as the away team, the Blues winning at The Parade by three goals in Round 3 and the 'Legs by 21 points at Unley in Round 10. Of course when SANFL fans think about the Redlegs and the Double Blues in finals, many will recall the 1978 Grand Final where the highly fancied Sturt outfit went down by a point. That day, the Blues went bonzo on the scoreboard, but were horribly inaccurate with 14 goals from 40 shots. The Redlegs on the other hand, their accuracy rating was far better as they nicked the flag in their centenary year, in later years this match would spawn a book labelled "How Norwood gave Sturt the blues".
In the lead up to the finals, both sides had minor setbacks in the closing rounds. The Redlegs went down to the Magpies by nine points in Round 17 then winning the last round against the Crows by 55, while the Blues' tilt at the minor premiership was stunted thanks to the Panthers last weekend, that four goal loss allowing Port to win it instead despite their shock loss to Glenelg. Swift ball movement was the order of the day for the Redlegs, they began the afternoon's proceedings with a perfect first quarter in goals. They kicked four goals without a miss while the Blues wasted a few opportunities themselves to score 2.3, allowing the Redlegs to take a nine-point lead at quarter-time. The Blues had control of the bulk of the second term, but couldn't make it count on the scoreboard despite them being in their attacking zone for most of that period and the Redlegs still managed to stretch their advantage before the long break. The 'Legs scored a further 3.2 to the Blues' 2.1 to extend the margin to 16 points by half-time. A shootout ensued when play recommenced, both sides adding three goals to their tallies with behinds making up the difference. Sturt's three misses to Norwood's two reduced the gap to 15 points at three quarter-time, setting up for a nail-biting final term. A final term goal drought for the Redlegs would have many of their fans removing a few layers off their nails, but Sturt's 1.2 to two behinds would not be enough to deny the defending premiers victory as Norwood escaped with a nine-point win. Michael Chippendale was named best for the 'Legs, while the Blues named Richard Tambling as their best afield.
The other half of the finals evening brings us the Elimination Final, this time around to be contested between the Panthers and the Eagles. The two games played between these mobs this season netted points for both, just as with the Redlegs and the Blues this season their victories came on away soil. In Round 5, the Eagles took a 10-point victory at Noarlunga while the Panthers took a heart-stopping one goal win at Woodville just three weekends ago in Round 16. With those games and the 13 before them, the Eagles have taken 11 wins to South's four, which also includes their last finals stoush back in 2011. That match was a 1st Semi-Final, the Eagles hurling the Panthers out of the finals on their way to the premiership with their 70-point hammering. The Eagles' season started with plenty of highs, up until the state match weekend they had lost only one match and won seven. Then after a loss to the Crows, their engines started to splutter and cough, winning just four of the remaining 10 matches to finish fifth. Their last round win against West allowed them to avoid September oblivion, but would find them coming up against a Panthers outfit full of confidence after their final round win against Sturt. Many SA footy-heads don't usually put South and finals together in the same sentence very often, but despite not finishing much better than the Eagles they were more convincing as a contender. The Panthers' season featured encouraging victories against top sides across the year, none more stirring than their win against Port during their 1964 premiership anniversary celebrations.
The last few rounds of the year seemed to show a real difference in calibre, South winning the last four rounds of the home and away season while the Eagles dropped four games from the past five weekends, as said earlier their win at Woodville against the Bloods stopped them from dropping off the five. The Panthers got on the front foot early to bag the first couple of majors, but the Eagles were able to answer back as scores were locked at 3.2 each at quarter-time. South would suffer accuracy problems in the second quarter, but were still able to establish a buffer going into the long break. The Panthers would add 3.6 to the Eagles 2.2 to take a 10-point lead at the half-time siren. This match wasn't showing what the Panthers were truly capable of, however there were things about South's game that set them apart from the Eagles this night. They were relentless in their pressure on the body and their defence was able to counter much of what the Eagles threw at them when being attacked. That being said, when the Eagles threatened them in the third term, some Panther sides from previous years may have panicked and folded. Not this outfit, despite three unanswered goals from the Eagles, the Panthers steadied to take a nine-point lead into the final change after they scored 3.2 to 3.3. The blue and whites weren't going to let this one go, the Eagles continued to battle on but South's determination would win out in the end, finishing the match by scoring 4.1 to 2.2 to take a 20-point win, booking a 1st Semi-Final spot against Sturt next week and sending Michael Godden into 2015 preparation. Joel Cross scored three goals and took out best afield votes, while the Eagles named Travis Lane as their best on ground.
FINAL SCORES IN WEEK ONE OF THE SANFL FINALS...
Saturday August 30
QUALIFYING FINAL
Norwood 10.6 (66)
Sturt 8.9 (57)
ELIMINATION FINAL
South Adelaide 13.11 (89)
Woodville-West Torrens 10.9 (69)
12,147 @ Adelaide Oval
No injuries or reports posted.
RESERVES
Elimination Final -- Norwood 10.5 (65) def. Glenelg 8.16 (64)
Qualifying Final -- Sturt 15.10 (100) def. North Adelaide 12.5 (77)
UNDER-18 MACCA'S CUP
Elimination Final -- West Adelaide 20.14 (134) def. Sturt 8.9 (57)
Qualifying Final -- Woodville-West Torrens 12.7 (79) def. Norwood 5.6 (36)
RESERVES MAGAREY, U-18 MVP's NAMED, LEWIS TROPHY SHARED
The SANFL has announced the winners of the various awards to be handed over at Adelaide Oval tomorrow night (1/9) ahead of the League Magarey Medal presentation. North Adelaide has taken out both the Reserves Magarey and the McCallum-Tomkins medals, with rover Luke Teasdale and Johnathon Hayes winning the awards respectively. Central District has continued its unearthing of great junior talent, taking out a fourth Powerade Star Search award in succession with Travis Schiller winning the 2014 edition and joining brother Jarrod (2011) on the honour roll. Brendan Dew was also a winner on the night for the Dogs, taking out the Macca's Cup MVP award. This years Stanley H. Lewis Trophy saw joint winners, the Roosters and the Eagles tied up on 2350 points each.
Next weekend in Week 2 of the SANFL Finals Series...
Saturday September 6
1st Semi-Finals @ Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg
RESERVES -- North Adelaide vs. Norwood; 11:25am
U-18's -- Norwood vs. West Adelaide; 2:10pm
2nd Semi-Finals @ City Mazda Stadium, Richmond
RESERVES -- Woodville-West Torrens vs. Sturt; 11:25am
U-18's -- North Adelaide vs. Woodville-West Torrens; 2:10pm
League finals @ Adelaide Oval
1st SEMI-FINAL -- 2:40pm
Sturt vs. South Adelaide
2nd SEMI-FINAL -- 5:40pm
Port Adelaide vs. Norwood
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
Well its that time of year again, albeit a little bit sooner than many SA footy-heads are used to with a shorter than normal home and away minor round. Its Finals Football time and for the first time in over 40 years, the iconic Adelaide Oval is set to host all of the action including the Grand Final which hasn't been played at the ground since the 1973 decider where the Tigers took their second premiership flag against the Roosters. Another innovation for this season was the arrangement of the schedule for the first week of September, which would see the cut-throat Elimination Final act as the main event of the day and with that, finals football played under lights. The heat is on for the Redlegs this year, their shot at a triple-treat of flags under some serious threat by the Power-fed Magpies who took out the minor premiership. Along for the ride this year are the Blues, the Panthers and the Eagles... so who would be the first casualty?
Welcome to this week's edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up... week one of the 2014 Finals Series!
First up in this week's wrap, its the Qualifying Final between the Redlegs and the Double Blues. These two sides last clashed in a finals series back in 2008, after being defeated by Centrals in the Qualifying Final the Blues were forced into a sudden death semi-final against the Redlegs in which they emerged victorious by 71 points. Despite that victory they eventually went down to Glenelg in the Preliminary Final the following week. After that, neither side met up in any finals matches. But since then, the Redlegs took victories from nine of the next 14 encounters, which included a run of seven consecutive wins from early 2011 up to Round 16 in 2013. From the two games played this year, both sides took points as the away team, the Blues winning at The Parade by three goals in Round 3 and the 'Legs by 21 points at Unley in Round 10. Of course when SANFL fans think about the Redlegs and the Double Blues in finals, many will recall the 1978 Grand Final where the highly fancied Sturt outfit went down by a point. That day, the Blues went bonzo on the scoreboard, but were horribly inaccurate with 14 goals from 40 shots. The Redlegs on the other hand, their accuracy rating was far better as they nicked the flag in their centenary year, in later years this match would spawn a book labelled "How Norwood gave Sturt the blues".
In the lead up to the finals, both sides had minor setbacks in the closing rounds. The Redlegs went down to the Magpies by nine points in Round 17 then winning the last round against the Crows by 55, while the Blues' tilt at the minor premiership was stunted thanks to the Panthers last weekend, that four goal loss allowing Port to win it instead despite their shock loss to Glenelg. Swift ball movement was the order of the day for the Redlegs, they began the afternoon's proceedings with a perfect first quarter in goals. They kicked four goals without a miss while the Blues wasted a few opportunities themselves to score 2.3, allowing the Redlegs to take a nine-point lead at quarter-time. The Blues had control of the bulk of the second term, but couldn't make it count on the scoreboard despite them being in their attacking zone for most of that period and the Redlegs still managed to stretch their advantage before the long break. The 'Legs scored a further 3.2 to the Blues' 2.1 to extend the margin to 16 points by half-time. A shootout ensued when play recommenced, both sides adding three goals to their tallies with behinds making up the difference. Sturt's three misses to Norwood's two reduced the gap to 15 points at three quarter-time, setting up for a nail-biting final term. A final term goal drought for the Redlegs would have many of their fans removing a few layers off their nails, but Sturt's 1.2 to two behinds would not be enough to deny the defending premiers victory as Norwood escaped with a nine-point win. Michael Chippendale was named best for the 'Legs, while the Blues named Richard Tambling as their best afield.
The other half of the finals evening brings us the Elimination Final, this time around to be contested between the Panthers and the Eagles. The two games played between these mobs this season netted points for both, just as with the Redlegs and the Blues this season their victories came on away soil. In Round 5, the Eagles took a 10-point victory at Noarlunga while the Panthers took a heart-stopping one goal win at Woodville just three weekends ago in Round 16. With those games and the 13 before them, the Eagles have taken 11 wins to South's four, which also includes their last finals stoush back in 2011. That match was a 1st Semi-Final, the Eagles hurling the Panthers out of the finals on their way to the premiership with their 70-point hammering. The Eagles' season started with plenty of highs, up until the state match weekend they had lost only one match and won seven. Then after a loss to the Crows, their engines started to splutter and cough, winning just four of the remaining 10 matches to finish fifth. Their last round win against West allowed them to avoid September oblivion, but would find them coming up against a Panthers outfit full of confidence after their final round win against Sturt. Many SA footy-heads don't usually put South and finals together in the same sentence very often, but despite not finishing much better than the Eagles they were more convincing as a contender. The Panthers' season featured encouraging victories against top sides across the year, none more stirring than their win against Port during their 1964 premiership anniversary celebrations.
The last few rounds of the year seemed to show a real difference in calibre, South winning the last four rounds of the home and away season while the Eagles dropped four games from the past five weekends, as said earlier their win at Woodville against the Bloods stopped them from dropping off the five. The Panthers got on the front foot early to bag the first couple of majors, but the Eagles were able to answer back as scores were locked at 3.2 each at quarter-time. South would suffer accuracy problems in the second quarter, but were still able to establish a buffer going into the long break. The Panthers would add 3.6 to the Eagles 2.2 to take a 10-point lead at the half-time siren. This match wasn't showing what the Panthers were truly capable of, however there were things about South's game that set them apart from the Eagles this night. They were relentless in their pressure on the body and their defence was able to counter much of what the Eagles threw at them when being attacked. That being said, when the Eagles threatened them in the third term, some Panther sides from previous years may have panicked and folded. Not this outfit, despite three unanswered goals from the Eagles, the Panthers steadied to take a nine-point lead into the final change after they scored 3.2 to 3.3. The blue and whites weren't going to let this one go, the Eagles continued to battle on but South's determination would win out in the end, finishing the match by scoring 4.1 to 2.2 to take a 20-point win, booking a 1st Semi-Final spot against Sturt next week and sending Michael Godden into 2015 preparation. Joel Cross scored three goals and took out best afield votes, while the Eagles named Travis Lane as their best on ground.
FINAL SCORES IN WEEK ONE OF THE SANFL FINALS...
Saturday August 30
QUALIFYING FINAL
Norwood 10.6 (66)
Sturt 8.9 (57)
ELIMINATION FINAL
South Adelaide 13.11 (89)
Woodville-West Torrens 10.9 (69)
12,147 @ Adelaide Oval
No injuries or reports posted.
RESERVES
Elimination Final -- Norwood 10.5 (65) def. Glenelg 8.16 (64)
Qualifying Final -- Sturt 15.10 (100) def. North Adelaide 12.5 (77)
UNDER-18 MACCA'S CUP
Elimination Final -- West Adelaide 20.14 (134) def. Sturt 8.9 (57)
Qualifying Final -- Woodville-West Torrens 12.7 (79) def. Norwood 5.6 (36)
RESERVES MAGAREY, U-18 MVP's NAMED, LEWIS TROPHY SHARED
The SANFL has announced the winners of the various awards to be handed over at Adelaide Oval tomorrow night (1/9) ahead of the League Magarey Medal presentation. North Adelaide has taken out both the Reserves Magarey and the McCallum-Tomkins medals, with rover Luke Teasdale and Johnathon Hayes winning the awards respectively. Central District has continued its unearthing of great junior talent, taking out a fourth Powerade Star Search award in succession with Travis Schiller winning the 2014 edition and joining brother Jarrod (2011) on the honour roll. Brendan Dew was also a winner on the night for the Dogs, taking out the Macca's Cup MVP award. This years Stanley H. Lewis Trophy saw joint winners, the Roosters and the Eagles tied up on 2350 points each.
Next weekend in Week 2 of the SANFL Finals Series...
Saturday September 6
1st Semi-Finals @ Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg
RESERVES -- North Adelaide vs. Norwood; 11:25am
U-18's -- Norwood vs. West Adelaide; 2:10pm
2nd Semi-Finals @ City Mazda Stadium, Richmond
RESERVES -- Woodville-West Torrens vs. Sturt; 11:25am
U-18's -- North Adelaide vs. Woodville-West Torrens; 2:10pm
League finals @ Adelaide Oval
1st SEMI-FINAL -- 2:40pm
Sturt vs. South Adelaide
2nd SEMI-FINAL -- 5:40pm
Port Adelaide vs. Norwood
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
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