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Hi Footy fans...
There were more shake ups for the top five from this past weekend of SANFL footy, with a couple of shocking results and an Elimination Final spot now well and truly up for grabs. It was the top four sides all facing each other in the same round and at this point of the season you probably couldn't have predicted an early finals preview coming around. But if the final results were anything to go by, its red alert time for those that went down with plenty of rounds to go and some possible banana peels on the road. On the other end of the ladder, we also had a couple of sides battle it out for the real possibility of a surprise finals appearance. Oh and a drought came to an end... continue reading to find out more!
Welcome to the Round 14 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
The first of four Saturday afternoon games takes us to the inner south of town, to the Peter Motley Oval in Unley where the Double Blues took on the Redlegs. These two sides last met in the opening round of the season, the reigning champions raiding The Parade for their first two premiership points of the year with their two-goal win. The Redlegs have been running hot, winning their last eight games including an away win over the Magpies. The Blues have won their last two games, including last week's gutsy 27-point win against North at Prospect. The Redlegs were on the back foot early on, but the Blues were not finding the big sticks as much as they probably should have with the wind going their way. At quarter-time, it was the Blues by 27 points after kicking 5.5 to 1.2. The 'Legs kicked back in the second quarter, only this time it was their turn to have a dog of a time in front of goals. By the long break, the gap was back to just four points, Norwood scoring 5.7 to Sturt's 2.2. The premiers again surged forward, they again kept the visitors to just 1.2 while adding 4.4 for themselves to take a four-goal lead into the final change. What happened from here would take everyone by surprise, not just the home crowd. The Blues were reduced to spectator status, kicking just one behind while the Redlegs went on an all out attack and scored 13.1 to win by nine goals. Cue plenty of shaking heads and shocked faces, even in the coaches boxes. Mitch Grigg was named best for the Redlegs, the Blues voted in Zane Kirkwood as their best on ground.
Now it's onto the tram and off to the seaside for game number two, it was a "Clash of the Cats" over at the Gliderol Stadium in Glenelg where the Tigers faced the Panthers. These clubs also faced off in Round 1, the Panthers coming away with a 38-point win at Noarlunga. After fighting wins at Unley and Alberton, the Panthers hit a snag after their crushing win over Adelaide, they went down to the Bloods last week by 21 points while the Tigers showed fight against Centrals before losing by two points. The Tigers' opened the afternoon's proceedings by keeping the Panthers to just two behinds, they would score 5.1 for themselves to lead by 29 points at the first change. But the roles were reversed somewhat in the second term as the Panthers brought that gap back to a single straight kick of the lead by half-time. South scored 4.3 to the Tigers' two behinds to go into the break trailing by four points. The Panthers would again go back into their shells when play resumed, adding only one behind while Glenelg added a further 4.2. Again, the Tigers were ahead by 29 points. The see-sawing trend of the afternoon continued into the final term, the Panthers forcing a nail-biting finish. But they wouldn't catch the Tigers in the end. Even though they kept the home side to 1.1, their own 5.3 wasn't going to be enough as they went down by three points in their second close loss in as many weeks. Matt Snook was named the Tigers' best on ground, South named Joel Cross as their best.
The third Saturday afternoon match brings us back to town and over to the west side, where the Bloods hosted the Bulldogs at City Mazda Stadium in Richmond. The corresponding match from earlier this year was one that got away from the Dogs, after being up by 22 points at half-time it was the Bloods that ran off with the points. Centrals kicked just three behinds in the second half, Westies did it the hard way kicking 4.10 to win by nine points at the Ponderosa. With the eventual result at Glenelg falling their way, this was a prime opportunity to close the gap, especially after both sides registered wins last week. The Bloods looked capable of running away with it early, but their accuracy was a problem as they kicked 5.6 to 1.1 in the opening term to lead by 29 points at quarter-time. The Bulldogs lifted in the second quarter, reeling the gap back to 19 points by half-time after scoring 5.1 to 3.3. The Dogs kept on coming when play resumed, restricting the Bloods to three behinds in the third term whilst kicking 4.3 to take a five-point lead going into the final change. But unfortunately for the Central's faithful, old habits die hard and the Bloods took full advantage. The visitors were kept to just one goal in the last quarter as the Bloods romped away to a 31-point win, they finished off with a score of 6.6. John Noble was named the standout for the Bloods, the Dogs named Brendan Dew as their best.
The last match for the Saturday afternoon finds us heading to the Prospect Oval, it was 3rd vs 1st as the Roosters played the Eagles. The Roosters were the ones that handed the Eagles their first blemish for the season, it was back in Round 5 that North outlasted the perennial minor premiers by nine points at Woodville in one of the early contenders for match of the year. The Roosters stumbled last week against the Blues at home, while the Eagles had a sterling final term against the Magpies to win by 17 points at Alberton. This game probably should have been another top-notch match up like their earlier encounter. How wrong that assumption would be. The Eagles weren't backward in coming forward in this one, they rammed through 7.4 to the Roosters' lone major to lead by 40 points at quarter-time. By the half-time break, that gap would reach nine goals as the Eagles added 4.4 to North's 2.2 in the second quarter. Gee whiz... did anyone get the truck of that number? This didn't look like a top-three match, more like a 1st vs 7th car crash. The Roosters seemed more like last year's side rather than a finals contender, the Eagles didn't really have to do much for this one to hurt. The visitors pretty much coasted it for the remainder of the game, they added 3.4 to 3.3 in the third term to stretch it to 61 points by three quarter-time. The last quarter was a mere formality, the Eagles flying out of the chook-house with a 63-point win after scoring 4.1 to North's 3.5. The Eagles would name Scott Lewis as their best afield, the Roosters voted Max Thring as their best.
The last game of the weekend was a stand-alone Sunday afternoon fixture, the Crows taking on the Magpies in their one and only "home" match out at Kadina Oval on the Yorke Peninsula. These sides last clashed in the season opener at Alberton, the Crows' nightmare state league season beginning with a 95-point hammering. From there they have limped from one disaster to the next, their worst effort came against South only three rounds ago. The Magpies haven't done that much better, they sit on four wins but came into this game from a loss to the Eagles. There was quite the breeze favouring the Magpies in the first quarter, but they squandered the bulk of their opportunities for a return of 1.7 while the Crows managed to put through 3.2 to lead by seven points at quarter-time. When the Crows got their turn at the windy end, they had some troubles finding the big sticks themselves. But they made more of their opportunities than Port did, scoring 4.7 to one goal to extend their advantage to 32 points by the long break. Awaiting the Magpies during the break was a pretty browned-off coach, who gave his charges a bit of a verbal behind closed doors. The "visitors" responded in the third quarter, restricting Adelaide to just one point and scored 6.5 to take an eight-point lead into the final term. However, anyone thinking that Port were going to romp home with this one were about to get served a piece of humble pie. No one would have seen this coming, the Crows put the Magpies to the sword in the final term, kicking 10.4 to nothing in the final stanza to win by 56 points to end their losing streak and avoid being the first team since Sturt of 1995 to have a winless season. Patrick Wilson was named best for the Crows, the Magpies named Jarrod Lienert as their best.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 14 OF THE SANFL...
Saturday July 14
Norwood 20.12 (132)
Sturt 11.12 (78)
3,759 @ Peter Motley Oval, Unley
Glenelg 10.6 (66)
South Adelaide 9.9 (63)
1,870 @ Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg
West Adelaide 14.18 (102)
Central District 11.5 (71)
1,760 @ City Mazda Stadium, Richmond
Woodville-West Torrens 18.13 (121)
North Adelaide 8.10 (58)
2,194 @ Prospect Oval
Sunday July 15
Adelaide 17.14 (116)
Port Adelaide 8.12 (60)
Kadina Oval -- crowd number unknown
INJURIES
W-WT -- Giuffreda (hamstring)
Port -- Marshall (ankle)
REPORTS
W-WT -- Poole (striking)
North -- Allmond (striking)
LEAGUE LADDER
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W-WT -- 21pts (10-2-1), 58%
Norwood -- 20pts (10-3-0), 56.9%
North -- 18pts (9-4-0), 54.1%
Sturt -- 16pts (8-5-0), 54.3%
South -- 14pts (7-6-0), 54.3%
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West -- 12pts (6-7-0), 47%
Central -- 10pts (5-8-0), 48.5%
Port -- 9pts (4-8-1), 45.5%
Glenelg -- 8pts (4-9-0), 45.5%
Adelaide -- 2pts (1-12-0), 36.3%
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SA JUNIORS TAKE OUT NATIONAL TITLE
Following the U-18's lead, South Australia has brought home the bacon in the AFL U-16 National Championships with their undefeated run culminating in their win against Victoria Metro at The 'Gabba in Brisbane this past Friday. They started the campaign at Alberton with a fighting three-point win against Western Australia in late June, then it was off to Queensland where they toppled Victoria Country on the Gold Coast by seven goals on July 9. For their final match against Vic Metro, they almost coughed up the title in the last quarter. They were ahead by 37 points at three quarter-time only for the Vics to roar back into the game. But the Croweaters held firm, holding them off for a two-goal win to take out the title. Central District midfielder Corey Durdin was awarded not just the SA MVP honours, but also the Kevin Sheehan Medal as player of the tournament.
Saturday 24/6 -- South Australia 11.3 (69) def. Western Australia 9.12 (66) @ Alberton Oval
Monday 9/7 -- South Australia 9.13 (67) def. Victoria Country 3.7 (25) @ Fankhauser Reserve, Southport
Friday 13/7 -- South Australia 13.12 (90) def. Victoria Metro 11.12 (78) @ The 'Gabba, Brisbane
THUNDER STRIKES TO WIN McSWEENY CUP
The APY Thunder have taken out back-to-back crowns with their Grand Final win against Maralinga to take out the Don McSweeny Aboriginal Lands Cup at Adelaide Oval. Early inaccuracy by the Thunder threatened to derail their campaign in the curtain raiser to the Adelaide vs. Geelong AFL match, but Maralinga never truly tested the Thunder and were kept to four goals for the evening. The Thunder kicked seven from 21 scores to win by 25 points. The best on ground Gordon Naley Medal was awarded to former W-WT forward Nelson Peters of the APY Thunder.
APY Thunder 7.14 (56) def. Maralinga-Tjarutja 4.7 (31)
Next weekend in Round 15...
Friday July 20 @ 7:20pm
Norwood vs. West Adelaide; Coopers Stadium, Norwood
Saturday July 21
Port Adelaide vs. Glenelg; Alberton Oval @ 2:10pm
Woodville-West Torrens vs. Sturt; Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval, Woodville @ 2:10pm
Central District vs. Adelaide; My Money House Oval, Elizabeth @ 2:10pm
South Adelaide vs. North Adelaide; Hickinbotham Oval, Noarlunga @ 2:20pm
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
There were more shake ups for the top five from this past weekend of SANFL footy, with a couple of shocking results and an Elimination Final spot now well and truly up for grabs. It was the top four sides all facing each other in the same round and at this point of the season you probably couldn't have predicted an early finals preview coming around. But if the final results were anything to go by, its red alert time for those that went down with plenty of rounds to go and some possible banana peels on the road. On the other end of the ladder, we also had a couple of sides battle it out for the real possibility of a surprise finals appearance. Oh and a drought came to an end... continue reading to find out more!
Welcome to the Round 14 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
The first of four Saturday afternoon games takes us to the inner south of town, to the Peter Motley Oval in Unley where the Double Blues took on the Redlegs. These two sides last met in the opening round of the season, the reigning champions raiding The Parade for their first two premiership points of the year with their two-goal win. The Redlegs have been running hot, winning their last eight games including an away win over the Magpies. The Blues have won their last two games, including last week's gutsy 27-point win against North at Prospect. The Redlegs were on the back foot early on, but the Blues were not finding the big sticks as much as they probably should have with the wind going their way. At quarter-time, it was the Blues by 27 points after kicking 5.5 to 1.2. The 'Legs kicked back in the second quarter, only this time it was their turn to have a dog of a time in front of goals. By the long break, the gap was back to just four points, Norwood scoring 5.7 to Sturt's 2.2. The premiers again surged forward, they again kept the visitors to just 1.2 while adding 4.4 for themselves to take a four-goal lead into the final change. What happened from here would take everyone by surprise, not just the home crowd. The Blues were reduced to spectator status, kicking just one behind while the Redlegs went on an all out attack and scored 13.1 to win by nine goals. Cue plenty of shaking heads and shocked faces, even in the coaches boxes. Mitch Grigg was named best for the Redlegs, the Blues voted in Zane Kirkwood as their best on ground.
Now it's onto the tram and off to the seaside for game number two, it was a "Clash of the Cats" over at the Gliderol Stadium in Glenelg where the Tigers faced the Panthers. These clubs also faced off in Round 1, the Panthers coming away with a 38-point win at Noarlunga. After fighting wins at Unley and Alberton, the Panthers hit a snag after their crushing win over Adelaide, they went down to the Bloods last week by 21 points while the Tigers showed fight against Centrals before losing by two points. The Tigers' opened the afternoon's proceedings by keeping the Panthers to just two behinds, they would score 5.1 for themselves to lead by 29 points at the first change. But the roles were reversed somewhat in the second term as the Panthers brought that gap back to a single straight kick of the lead by half-time. South scored 4.3 to the Tigers' two behinds to go into the break trailing by four points. The Panthers would again go back into their shells when play resumed, adding only one behind while Glenelg added a further 4.2. Again, the Tigers were ahead by 29 points. The see-sawing trend of the afternoon continued into the final term, the Panthers forcing a nail-biting finish. But they wouldn't catch the Tigers in the end. Even though they kept the home side to 1.1, their own 5.3 wasn't going to be enough as they went down by three points in their second close loss in as many weeks. Matt Snook was named the Tigers' best on ground, South named Joel Cross as their best.
The third Saturday afternoon match brings us back to town and over to the west side, where the Bloods hosted the Bulldogs at City Mazda Stadium in Richmond. The corresponding match from earlier this year was one that got away from the Dogs, after being up by 22 points at half-time it was the Bloods that ran off with the points. Centrals kicked just three behinds in the second half, Westies did it the hard way kicking 4.10 to win by nine points at the Ponderosa. With the eventual result at Glenelg falling their way, this was a prime opportunity to close the gap, especially after both sides registered wins last week. The Bloods looked capable of running away with it early, but their accuracy was a problem as they kicked 5.6 to 1.1 in the opening term to lead by 29 points at quarter-time. The Bulldogs lifted in the second quarter, reeling the gap back to 19 points by half-time after scoring 5.1 to 3.3. The Dogs kept on coming when play resumed, restricting the Bloods to three behinds in the third term whilst kicking 4.3 to take a five-point lead going into the final change. But unfortunately for the Central's faithful, old habits die hard and the Bloods took full advantage. The visitors were kept to just one goal in the last quarter as the Bloods romped away to a 31-point win, they finished off with a score of 6.6. John Noble was named the standout for the Bloods, the Dogs named Brendan Dew as their best.
The last match for the Saturday afternoon finds us heading to the Prospect Oval, it was 3rd vs 1st as the Roosters played the Eagles. The Roosters were the ones that handed the Eagles their first blemish for the season, it was back in Round 5 that North outlasted the perennial minor premiers by nine points at Woodville in one of the early contenders for match of the year. The Roosters stumbled last week against the Blues at home, while the Eagles had a sterling final term against the Magpies to win by 17 points at Alberton. This game probably should have been another top-notch match up like their earlier encounter. How wrong that assumption would be. The Eagles weren't backward in coming forward in this one, they rammed through 7.4 to the Roosters' lone major to lead by 40 points at quarter-time. By the half-time break, that gap would reach nine goals as the Eagles added 4.4 to North's 2.2 in the second quarter. Gee whiz... did anyone get the truck of that number? This didn't look like a top-three match, more like a 1st vs 7th car crash. The Roosters seemed more like last year's side rather than a finals contender, the Eagles didn't really have to do much for this one to hurt. The visitors pretty much coasted it for the remainder of the game, they added 3.4 to 3.3 in the third term to stretch it to 61 points by three quarter-time. The last quarter was a mere formality, the Eagles flying out of the chook-house with a 63-point win after scoring 4.1 to North's 3.5. The Eagles would name Scott Lewis as their best afield, the Roosters voted Max Thring as their best.
The last game of the weekend was a stand-alone Sunday afternoon fixture, the Crows taking on the Magpies in their one and only "home" match out at Kadina Oval on the Yorke Peninsula. These sides last clashed in the season opener at Alberton, the Crows' nightmare state league season beginning with a 95-point hammering. From there they have limped from one disaster to the next, their worst effort came against South only three rounds ago. The Magpies haven't done that much better, they sit on four wins but came into this game from a loss to the Eagles. There was quite the breeze favouring the Magpies in the first quarter, but they squandered the bulk of their opportunities for a return of 1.7 while the Crows managed to put through 3.2 to lead by seven points at quarter-time. When the Crows got their turn at the windy end, they had some troubles finding the big sticks themselves. But they made more of their opportunities than Port did, scoring 4.7 to one goal to extend their advantage to 32 points by the long break. Awaiting the Magpies during the break was a pretty browned-off coach, who gave his charges a bit of a verbal behind closed doors. The "visitors" responded in the third quarter, restricting Adelaide to just one point and scored 6.5 to take an eight-point lead into the final term. However, anyone thinking that Port were going to romp home with this one were about to get served a piece of humble pie. No one would have seen this coming, the Crows put the Magpies to the sword in the final term, kicking 10.4 to nothing in the final stanza to win by 56 points to end their losing streak and avoid being the first team since Sturt of 1995 to have a winless season. Patrick Wilson was named best for the Crows, the Magpies named Jarrod Lienert as their best.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 14 OF THE SANFL...
Saturday July 14
Norwood 20.12 (132)
Sturt 11.12 (78)
3,759 @ Peter Motley Oval, Unley
Glenelg 10.6 (66)
South Adelaide 9.9 (63)
1,870 @ Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg
West Adelaide 14.18 (102)
Central District 11.5 (71)
1,760 @ City Mazda Stadium, Richmond
Woodville-West Torrens 18.13 (121)
North Adelaide 8.10 (58)
2,194 @ Prospect Oval
Sunday July 15
Adelaide 17.14 (116)
Port Adelaide 8.12 (60)
Kadina Oval -- crowd number unknown
INJURIES
W-WT -- Giuffreda (hamstring)
Port -- Marshall (ankle)
REPORTS
W-WT -- Poole (striking)
North -- Allmond (striking)
LEAGUE LADDER
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W-WT -- 21pts (10-2-1), 58%
Norwood -- 20pts (10-3-0), 56.9%
North -- 18pts (9-4-0), 54.1%
Sturt -- 16pts (8-5-0), 54.3%
South -- 14pts (7-6-0), 54.3%
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West -- 12pts (6-7-0), 47%
Central -- 10pts (5-8-0), 48.5%
Port -- 9pts (4-8-1), 45.5%
Glenelg -- 8pts (4-9-0), 45.5%
Adelaide -- 2pts (1-12-0), 36.3%
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SA JUNIORS TAKE OUT NATIONAL TITLE
Following the U-18's lead, South Australia has brought home the bacon in the AFL U-16 National Championships with their undefeated run culminating in their win against Victoria Metro at The 'Gabba in Brisbane this past Friday. They started the campaign at Alberton with a fighting three-point win against Western Australia in late June, then it was off to Queensland where they toppled Victoria Country on the Gold Coast by seven goals on July 9. For their final match against Vic Metro, they almost coughed up the title in the last quarter. They were ahead by 37 points at three quarter-time only for the Vics to roar back into the game. But the Croweaters held firm, holding them off for a two-goal win to take out the title. Central District midfielder Corey Durdin was awarded not just the SA MVP honours, but also the Kevin Sheehan Medal as player of the tournament.
Saturday 24/6 -- South Australia 11.3 (69) def. Western Australia 9.12 (66) @ Alberton Oval
Monday 9/7 -- South Australia 9.13 (67) def. Victoria Country 3.7 (25) @ Fankhauser Reserve, Southport
Friday 13/7 -- South Australia 13.12 (90) def. Victoria Metro 11.12 (78) @ The 'Gabba, Brisbane
THUNDER STRIKES TO WIN McSWEENY CUP
The APY Thunder have taken out back-to-back crowns with their Grand Final win against Maralinga to take out the Don McSweeny Aboriginal Lands Cup at Adelaide Oval. Early inaccuracy by the Thunder threatened to derail their campaign in the curtain raiser to the Adelaide vs. Geelong AFL match, but Maralinga never truly tested the Thunder and were kept to four goals for the evening. The Thunder kicked seven from 21 scores to win by 25 points. The best on ground Gordon Naley Medal was awarded to former W-WT forward Nelson Peters of the APY Thunder.
APY Thunder 7.14 (56) def. Maralinga-Tjarutja 4.7 (31)
Next weekend in Round 15...
Friday July 20 @ 7:20pm
Norwood vs. West Adelaide; Coopers Stadium, Norwood
Saturday July 21
Port Adelaide vs. Glenelg; Alberton Oval @ 2:10pm
Woodville-West Torrens vs. Sturt; Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval, Woodville @ 2:10pm
Central District vs. Adelaide; My Money House Oval, Elizabeth @ 2:10pm
South Adelaide vs. North Adelaide; Hickinbotham Oval, Noarlunga @ 2:20pm
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
