2nds 2026 Adelaide Crows SANFL thread

[cleanhands]

Good to see they’ve finally decided to join the league

Trying to match it with the big boys

 

[Mutineer]

Trying to match it with the big boys

Might have found a brown paper bag benefactor like the Redlegs!!!!

 

[Velvet George]

Might have found a brown paper bag benefactor like the Redlegs!!!!

Only brown paper bags at Norwood is for Nordburgers

 

[cleanhands]

Only brown paper bags at Norwood is for Nordburgers

Paper bags is old school

 

[Cromulant]

Paper bags is old school

Someone should tell Wolfy that

 

[chazwazza]

How can it be a ten team competition and we get two byes?

Round 11 and 18

Technically three byes as the SANFL stops for Gather Round. As was pointed out there’s the AFL bye for Adelaide so there’s only one SANFL mandated bye.
I’d suggest there’s two obvious reasons, SANFL players have full time work or study and families, a bye alleviates some of that and the main one being you have to stretch an 18 (22 with finals), game season across the span of an AFL season that spans 25 weeks (30 weeks including finals and finals bye) because the AFL mandates all state league grand finals are to be played on the same Sunday a week before the AFLGF.
If the SANFL starts weeks later than the AFL, AFL clubs and supporters bitch and whine.
If the SANFL finishes earlier than the AFL, AFL clubs and supporters bitch and whine.
If the SANFL have byes (the majority not mandated by them), AFL clubs and supporters bitch and whine.

A bit of thought and application and you would’ve worked it out for yourself.

 

[Pugsley]

Someone should tell Wolfy that

Yes. It would improve his look

 

[spenze]

Technically three byes as the SANFL stops for Gather Round. As was pointed out there’s the AFL bye for Adelaide so there’s only one SANFL mandated bye.
I’d suggest there’s two obvious reasons, SANFL players have full time work or study and families, a bye alleviates some of that and the main one being you have to stretch an 18 (22 with finals), game season across the span of an AFL season that spans 25 weeks (30 weeks including finals and finals bye) because the AFL mandates all state league grand finals are to be played on the same Sunday a week before the AFLGF.
If the SANFL starts weeks later than the AFL, AFL clubs and supporters bitch and whine.
If the SANFL finishes earlier than the AFL, AFL clubs and supporters bitch and whine.
If the SANFL have byes (the majority not mandated by them), AFL clubs and supporters bitch and whine.

A bit of thought and application and you would’ve worked it out for yourself.

Maybe a little less trying to be condescending and you would have seen the joke I made but you do you

 

[Bearded Clam]

Paper bags is old school

Bitcoin payments are the way to go these days down at the Parade I’m told..

 

[cleanhands]

Bitcoin payments are the way to go these days down at the Parade I’m told..

Always ahead of the pack

 

[Bearded Clam]

Always ahead of the pack

Cheats, dodgy bastards and crims normally are Cleanhands..

 

[cleanhands]

Cheats, dodgy bastards and crims normally are Cleanhands..

no one wins without twisting the rules

 

[Pugsley]

no one wins without twisting the rules

There are rules?

 

[cleanhands]

There are rules?

Ours

 

[WaynesWorld19]

One assumes, this also will apply to the SANFL coverage

 

[Velvet George]

One assumes, this also will apply to the SANFL coverage

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Darren Chandler was/is on 5AA tonight, he may have an update

 

[Cromulant]

Sadly I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case, but it would be sad.

I mean no one goes to watch the VFL live let alone on TV, the SANFL does have better attendance.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

One assumes, this also will apply to the SANFL coverage

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OK, so Jon Ralph misleading with his headline .....guy is a real goose



Clubs are bracing for the loss of Seven, which last year switched to calling games on Saturday nights at three rotating venues: Kinetic Stadium at Frankston, IKON Park and Whitten Oval.

Matches were shown in Victoria on secondary channel 7Mate but clubs have been told audiences were smaller than what they had been in the previous Sunday afternoon slot on the main channel.

Despite discussions with the AFL over summer, Seven eventually decided broadcasting the VFL was not commercially viable.
The AFL is yet to make an official announcement but industry sources said on Tuesday the VFL and VFLW would be broadcast only on the AFL’s own app.

 

[Scorpus]

Terrible move clearly to remove AFL from Saturday free to air and replace it with the VFL

 

[crows dude]

One assumes, this also will apply to the SANFL coverage

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Lucky for SANFLNOW

 

[AFC979810]

Time to throw the SANFL / VFL / WAFL in the bin and have a national reserves competition.

 

[crows dude]

Time to throw the SANFL / VFL / WAFL in the bin and have a national reserves competition.

Need both

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Darren Chandler was/is on 5AA tonight, he may have an update

said "watch this space, all positive."

INTERVIEW: Darren Chandler - 27 January 2026

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

www.podbean.com

 

[Daniel6]

I liked the season when all games were on AFL.com to allow everyone to stream those games.

 

[Soggy2112]

Need both

The AFL wouldn’t be too fussed if the VFL died I’d imagine. They already have a separate under 18 league there, and the majority of Victorian mature age recruits come from the AFL club’s reserves programs anyway.

If the SANFL dropped away significantly in terms of quality and eyeballs, then the AFL would need to find another way to develop the SA talent.

Whether that remains the case in future I’m not sure.