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Hi Footy fans...
We now come upon the final weekend of home and away football for Season 2020, then in a fortnight's time in the first weekend of October, its the business end of the year. In this unusual season of football, there is no one day in September for anyone. On the bright side however, we've had probably one of the longer seasons of football than most of the country has. While other competitions that have been able to run a season of any kind have only played something around a third of a regular schedule, we here in South Australia have been fortunate. We were given a 14-round premiership season and for finals we will get three weeks as confirmed by the League this past week. With a week left to run before October footy, there was still a good chance of a last minute change of positions. The minor premiership has lost some shine this season with there being no first week off for the finals, but probably not a bad thing for the Eagles to not sit a week out considering their recent record of being first past the post. The Roosters could still nick it off them as well. Then there's the Tigers and the Panthers, whose positions on the ladder before this round were still not totally theirs. Could the Redlegs pull off a heist? One weekend to go, SA footy-heads.
Welcome to the Round 13 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
We begin the weekend's action in the inner west, the two western suburbs sides in the Bloods and the Eagles clash under the Friday Night Lights of Hisense Stadium in Richmond. The Eagles ran out eight-goal winners from their last match-up at Woodville in Round 7, but not without having some accuracy issues. The Eagles kicked 11 goals from 23 scoring shots, with their second term return of 2.7. One of the themes of the Eagles 2020 has been dominance of games without total dominance in attack. They have scored 10 or 11 goals in seven of their games, which would suggest some over-procrastination when attacking. Their strength this year has been a solid defence that has only been broken on two occasions this year. As for the Bloods, the wooden spoon looks as though it's heading to Richmond after their 10-goal loss to South, while the Eagles made a statement at the expense of the reigning premiers. The Eagles' accuracy issues this year would mean nothing tonight, the Bloods would manage just one goal in the opening term as the visitors bagged 6.6 to take a six-goal lead into the first change. Not much would change come half-time, the Eagles taking their foot off the gas to score 2.2 to the Bloods' 2.1. At the long break, the gap stood at 37 points in favour of the Eagles. Westies may as well have been witches hats in the third term, they scored just two behinds while the Eagles picked up from where they left off in the first term, scoring a further 5.3 to take their advantage out to 68 points. The final margin would end up at 76 points, the Eagles would finish the night scoring 3.3 to 2.1 and only a disaster against Centrals next week could take the minor premiership away from them. James Tsitas was the undisputed standout for the Eagles, racking up 39 disposals, seven marks and 19 tackles. Kaine Stevens is sure to win the Bloods B&F, he notched up 32 disposals and six tackles.
Into the Saturday schedule now and we're off to the southern side of the metro area and into the Flinders Uni Stadium in Noarlunga where the Panthers faced the Redlegs. Their earlier face off in Round 5 was a contender for Match of the Year, the Redlegs escaping with the chocolates by four points at The Parade. A late charge by the Panthers came up short after a trio of missed opportunities on goal, but fast forward to now and this was a game that possibly had finals shaping consequences. A win to the Redlegs would bring them to within a game of possibly nicking South's spot on the ladder, with the 'Legs hosting West next week and the Panthers hosting the Roosters possibly becoming danger games. The Panthers walloped the Bloods by 10 goals last week, while Norwood had their hands full against the Blues but managed to nick the victory. The Panthers started off best, only a late goal by the 'Legs kept them in touch at quarter-time with the board reading 4.2 to 3.1, a seven-point lead to South. However the Redlegs couldn't for the life of them take advantage of South's wayward shooting in the second term, scoring a lousy single behind to the Panthers' 3.10. At the half-time break, the home side led by 34 points. Put the inaccuracy aside, what was Norwood doing in that term while the blue and whites were peppering their goal? The third quarter was more subdued by both sides, but the deficit was widened to 39 points by three quarter-time as South added a further 2.1 to Norwood's 1.2. The Panthers would find another gear in the final term to finally put the sword on the Redlegs' on-and-off season, slamming through a further 8.1 to 2.2 to romp away to a 74-point victory to confirm their spot in the cut-throat 1st Semi-Final in a fortnight's time. Joseph Haines was named best for the Panthers with his 29 disposals and seven marks, the Redlegs voted in Nik Rokahr as their standout with 25 disposals and eight marks.
Slightly later in the day over in the inner southern suburbs of the city was the second Saturday game, the Double Blues hosting the Roosters at the Peter Motley Oval in Unley. Last time these sides met, the Roosters managed to evade the Blues' grasp by 19 points at Prospect. After a lacklustre opening half of football where both sides managed just one goal each, the Roosters made a single quarter of football count with a seven goal to two third term, then held back a late Blues charge in the final term. Last week, one solid quarter of football did the job against the Bulldogs, winning by 32 points at Prospect. The Blues went down by three points just a few minutes away from there at The Parade. Although missing their entire leadership group due to injury last week, the Roosters were all over the Blues from the opening siren and forced Sturt to wait until time-on to score. North kicked 6.3 to the Blues' two goals to lead by 27 points at quarter-time. The Blues managed to bring that back to 16 points eight minutes into the second term after scoring two goals to one behind, but the Roosters got back on task later in the quarter to hold a big advantage at the long break. A further 4.2 to one behind took the deficit out to 41 points by half-time. It looks like that even with their captain and his deputies on the sidelines, North are far from rudderless. Their intensity did take a dive in the second half, with their season already done and with nothing to lose, the Blues came back to the field a different mob and mounted a second half assault. The Roosters' accuracy was all over the place in the third term, they scored 1.5 to the Double Blues' 3.1 as the gap was cut back to 33 points. The inaccuracy bug jumped camps for the final term, although North still didn't make too much more impact on the board. The Roosters left Unley with a 31-point win, Sturt outscoring them 1.4 to 1.2 to finish the afternoon. Campbell Combe was the stand-in skipper and justified his position with 30 disposals and 10 tackles in his best afield performance for North, while the Blues named Sam Colquhoun as their best with 33 disposals and seven tackles.
In the final match for the day, we head out to the seaside for some twilight football at the ACH Group Stadium in Glenelg when the Tigers took on the Bulldogs. The Tigers second half at Elizabeth back in Round 7 set up their 33-point victory. After a first half challenge from Centrals that saw them up by just nine points at half-time, the Tigers scored 10 goals to seven to secure the points. The Tigers' run to finals has been on the up and down, after their loss to South a few weeks ago, successive victories against West and North helped steady the ship. Last week though, they were handed a 13-goal shellacking by the Eagles. The Bulldogs loss to North was only due to one quarter's lapse in intensity and with Glenelg's recent habits looked ripe for the picking, even by the seventh placed Centrals and despite the Redlegs' eventual loss at Noarlunga, a loss would keep them in danger of tumbling out in the final round. The Bulldogs accuracy in the opening term wouldn't stop them from taking the lead into quarter-time, they scored 3.4 to the Tigers' 1.2 to be up by 14 points at the first change. The Tigers hit back in the second term, scoring 4.4 to the Dogs' 1.4. One of those goals came from a double 25m penalty, much to the anger of the travelling Dogs fans. At the half-time break, the reigning premiers held a four-point lead. Centrals would have been thanking their lucky stars by the end of the third term as some old habits came back to the fore, but the Tigers attack didn't yield maximum rewards as they stretched their lead to a couple of kicks by three quarter-time. The home side scored 3.5 to 2.3, a two-goal gap going into the final stanza. The Dogs kept pushing and pushing but the night would end in heartbreak as a succession of behinds scuttled their chances of an upset. The Tigers won by a point, having kicked three goals to the Doggies' 4.5 and not only sewing up a finals spot but also ending Norwood's season in the process. Matthew Snook was named Glenelg's best with 28 disposals, five marks and two goals. James Boyd keeps racking up the disposals, he got 34 this week to be named Centrals' best.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 13 OF THE SANFL...
Friday September 18
Woodville-West Torrens 16.14 (110)
West Adelaide 5.4 (34)
Hisense Stadium, Richmond -- crowd number unknown
Saturday September 19
South Adelaide 17.14 (116)
Norwood 6.6 (42)
1,146 @ Flinders University Stadium, Noarlunga
North Adelaide 12.13 (85)
Sturt 8.6 (54)
1,165 @ Peter Motley Oval, Unley
Glenelg 11.11 (77)
Central District 10.16 (76)
1,362 @ ACH Group Stadium, Glenelg
INJURIES
South -- Horne (calf)
North -- Hartung (ankle)
Sturt -- Page (hamstring), Johnson (head knock)
REPORTS
Glenelg -- Kluske (rough conduct)
LEAGUE LADDER
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W-WT -- 22pts (11-2-0), 62.3%
North -- 20pts (10-3-0), 54.5%
South -- 16pts (8-5-0), 56.3%
Glenelg -- 16pts (8-5-0), 50.3%
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Norwood -- 12pts (6-7-0), 47.6%
Sturt -- 10pts (5-8-0), 48%
Central -- 5pts (2-10-1), 43.2%
West -- 3pts (1-11-1), 39.6%
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CHANDLER TAKES ON TOP ROLE FOR 2021
The South Australian Football Commission is pleased to announce the appointment of Darren Chandler as the new SANFL Chief Executive Officer.
Mr Chandler was confirmed as the successor to CEO Jake Parkinson, taking over the role on November 16 this year. Mr Chandler, 47, is currently General Manager Operations and Commercial at Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority, a position he has held for the past eight years. Prior to this he was SANFL’s General Manager of Football and Corporate Operations (2009-2012), and CEO of Glenelg Football Club (2002-2008). His longstanding career in football first began in game development, playing a major role in the introduction of the Auskick program in South Australia. He subsequently moved into key management roles within SANFL overseeing game development, the State League competition and country leagues before progressing to the leadership role at Glenelg.
Commission Chairman Rob Kerin has welcomed Mr Chandler’s return to SANFL, saying his previous experience with the organisation in senior administrative roles, together with his strong connections with SANFL Clubs and stakeholders, positioned him well to lead the organisation into the future. “Darren’s experience and proven leadership with the Stadium Management Authority demonstrated to the Commission that he is the best person to lead South Australian football into the future,” Mr Kerin said. “Darren has the capabilities to successfully deliver on SANFL’s vision and strategic objectives, to enable development and growth of football competitions and programs in South Australia. Darren has a comprehensive background and first-hand knowledge of SANFL over many years, as a player, at SANFL Club level, within the League and in senior administrative roles. He has played a key role in the success of Adelaide Oval and, with his passion for SANFL and the game, is ideally placed to take on the position of CEO. We are very fortunate to have someone of the calibre of Darren Chandler to lead SANFL.”
An underage and reserves player at Glenelg and League player at West Adelaide, Mr Chandler said his passion for the game and the opportunities it provides young people was a key factor in his decision to take on the CEO role.
The above was taken from the SANFL Website.
Next weekend in Round 14...
Friday September 25 @ 7:40pm
Norwood vs. West Adelaide; Coopers Stadium, Norwood
Saturday September 26
Central District vs. Woodville-West Torrens; X-Convenience Oval, Elizabeth @ 2:10pm
Sturt vs. Glenelg; Peter Motley Oval, Unley @ 2:20pm
Sunday September 27 @ 2:15pm
South Adelaide vs. North Adelaide; Flinders University Stadium, Noarlunga
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
We now come upon the final weekend of home and away football for Season 2020, then in a fortnight's time in the first weekend of October, its the business end of the year. In this unusual season of football, there is no one day in September for anyone. On the bright side however, we've had probably one of the longer seasons of football than most of the country has. While other competitions that have been able to run a season of any kind have only played something around a third of a regular schedule, we here in South Australia have been fortunate. We were given a 14-round premiership season and for finals we will get three weeks as confirmed by the League this past week. With a week left to run before October footy, there was still a good chance of a last minute change of positions. The minor premiership has lost some shine this season with there being no first week off for the finals, but probably not a bad thing for the Eagles to not sit a week out considering their recent record of being first past the post. The Roosters could still nick it off them as well. Then there's the Tigers and the Panthers, whose positions on the ladder before this round were still not totally theirs. Could the Redlegs pull off a heist? One weekend to go, SA footy-heads.
Welcome to the Round 13 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
We begin the weekend's action in the inner west, the two western suburbs sides in the Bloods and the Eagles clash under the Friday Night Lights of Hisense Stadium in Richmond. The Eagles ran out eight-goal winners from their last match-up at Woodville in Round 7, but not without having some accuracy issues. The Eagles kicked 11 goals from 23 scoring shots, with their second term return of 2.7. One of the themes of the Eagles 2020 has been dominance of games without total dominance in attack. They have scored 10 or 11 goals in seven of their games, which would suggest some over-procrastination when attacking. Their strength this year has been a solid defence that has only been broken on two occasions this year. As for the Bloods, the wooden spoon looks as though it's heading to Richmond after their 10-goal loss to South, while the Eagles made a statement at the expense of the reigning premiers. The Eagles' accuracy issues this year would mean nothing tonight, the Bloods would manage just one goal in the opening term as the visitors bagged 6.6 to take a six-goal lead into the first change. Not much would change come half-time, the Eagles taking their foot off the gas to score 2.2 to the Bloods' 2.1. At the long break, the gap stood at 37 points in favour of the Eagles. Westies may as well have been witches hats in the third term, they scored just two behinds while the Eagles picked up from where they left off in the first term, scoring a further 5.3 to take their advantage out to 68 points. The final margin would end up at 76 points, the Eagles would finish the night scoring 3.3 to 2.1 and only a disaster against Centrals next week could take the minor premiership away from them. James Tsitas was the undisputed standout for the Eagles, racking up 39 disposals, seven marks and 19 tackles. Kaine Stevens is sure to win the Bloods B&F, he notched up 32 disposals and six tackles.
Into the Saturday schedule now and we're off to the southern side of the metro area and into the Flinders Uni Stadium in Noarlunga where the Panthers faced the Redlegs. Their earlier face off in Round 5 was a contender for Match of the Year, the Redlegs escaping with the chocolates by four points at The Parade. A late charge by the Panthers came up short after a trio of missed opportunities on goal, but fast forward to now and this was a game that possibly had finals shaping consequences. A win to the Redlegs would bring them to within a game of possibly nicking South's spot on the ladder, with the 'Legs hosting West next week and the Panthers hosting the Roosters possibly becoming danger games. The Panthers walloped the Bloods by 10 goals last week, while Norwood had their hands full against the Blues but managed to nick the victory. The Panthers started off best, only a late goal by the 'Legs kept them in touch at quarter-time with the board reading 4.2 to 3.1, a seven-point lead to South. However the Redlegs couldn't for the life of them take advantage of South's wayward shooting in the second term, scoring a lousy single behind to the Panthers' 3.10. At the half-time break, the home side led by 34 points. Put the inaccuracy aside, what was Norwood doing in that term while the blue and whites were peppering their goal? The third quarter was more subdued by both sides, but the deficit was widened to 39 points by three quarter-time as South added a further 2.1 to Norwood's 1.2. The Panthers would find another gear in the final term to finally put the sword on the Redlegs' on-and-off season, slamming through a further 8.1 to 2.2 to romp away to a 74-point victory to confirm their spot in the cut-throat 1st Semi-Final in a fortnight's time. Joseph Haines was named best for the Panthers with his 29 disposals and seven marks, the Redlegs voted in Nik Rokahr as their standout with 25 disposals and eight marks.
Slightly later in the day over in the inner southern suburbs of the city was the second Saturday game, the Double Blues hosting the Roosters at the Peter Motley Oval in Unley. Last time these sides met, the Roosters managed to evade the Blues' grasp by 19 points at Prospect. After a lacklustre opening half of football where both sides managed just one goal each, the Roosters made a single quarter of football count with a seven goal to two third term, then held back a late Blues charge in the final term. Last week, one solid quarter of football did the job against the Bulldogs, winning by 32 points at Prospect. The Blues went down by three points just a few minutes away from there at The Parade. Although missing their entire leadership group due to injury last week, the Roosters were all over the Blues from the opening siren and forced Sturt to wait until time-on to score. North kicked 6.3 to the Blues' two goals to lead by 27 points at quarter-time. The Blues managed to bring that back to 16 points eight minutes into the second term after scoring two goals to one behind, but the Roosters got back on task later in the quarter to hold a big advantage at the long break. A further 4.2 to one behind took the deficit out to 41 points by half-time. It looks like that even with their captain and his deputies on the sidelines, North are far from rudderless. Their intensity did take a dive in the second half, with their season already done and with nothing to lose, the Blues came back to the field a different mob and mounted a second half assault. The Roosters' accuracy was all over the place in the third term, they scored 1.5 to the Double Blues' 3.1 as the gap was cut back to 33 points. The inaccuracy bug jumped camps for the final term, although North still didn't make too much more impact on the board. The Roosters left Unley with a 31-point win, Sturt outscoring them 1.4 to 1.2 to finish the afternoon. Campbell Combe was the stand-in skipper and justified his position with 30 disposals and 10 tackles in his best afield performance for North, while the Blues named Sam Colquhoun as their best with 33 disposals and seven tackles.
In the final match for the day, we head out to the seaside for some twilight football at the ACH Group Stadium in Glenelg when the Tigers took on the Bulldogs. The Tigers second half at Elizabeth back in Round 7 set up their 33-point victory. After a first half challenge from Centrals that saw them up by just nine points at half-time, the Tigers scored 10 goals to seven to secure the points. The Tigers' run to finals has been on the up and down, after their loss to South a few weeks ago, successive victories against West and North helped steady the ship. Last week though, they were handed a 13-goal shellacking by the Eagles. The Bulldogs loss to North was only due to one quarter's lapse in intensity and with Glenelg's recent habits looked ripe for the picking, even by the seventh placed Centrals and despite the Redlegs' eventual loss at Noarlunga, a loss would keep them in danger of tumbling out in the final round. The Bulldogs accuracy in the opening term wouldn't stop them from taking the lead into quarter-time, they scored 3.4 to the Tigers' 1.2 to be up by 14 points at the first change. The Tigers hit back in the second term, scoring 4.4 to the Dogs' 1.4. One of those goals came from a double 25m penalty, much to the anger of the travelling Dogs fans. At the half-time break, the reigning premiers held a four-point lead. Centrals would have been thanking their lucky stars by the end of the third term as some old habits came back to the fore, but the Tigers attack didn't yield maximum rewards as they stretched their lead to a couple of kicks by three quarter-time. The home side scored 3.5 to 2.3, a two-goal gap going into the final stanza. The Dogs kept pushing and pushing but the night would end in heartbreak as a succession of behinds scuttled their chances of an upset. The Tigers won by a point, having kicked three goals to the Doggies' 4.5 and not only sewing up a finals spot but also ending Norwood's season in the process. Matthew Snook was named Glenelg's best with 28 disposals, five marks and two goals. James Boyd keeps racking up the disposals, he got 34 this week to be named Centrals' best.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 13 OF THE SANFL...
Friday September 18
Woodville-West Torrens 16.14 (110)
West Adelaide 5.4 (34)
Hisense Stadium, Richmond -- crowd number unknown
Saturday September 19
South Adelaide 17.14 (116)
Norwood 6.6 (42)
1,146 @ Flinders University Stadium, Noarlunga
North Adelaide 12.13 (85)
Sturt 8.6 (54)
1,165 @ Peter Motley Oval, Unley
Glenelg 11.11 (77)
Central District 10.16 (76)
1,362 @ ACH Group Stadium, Glenelg
INJURIES
South -- Horne (calf)
North -- Hartung (ankle)
Sturt -- Page (hamstring), Johnson (head knock)
REPORTS
Glenelg -- Kluske (rough conduct)
LEAGUE LADDER
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W-WT -- 22pts (11-2-0), 62.3%
North -- 20pts (10-3-0), 54.5%
South -- 16pts (8-5-0), 56.3%
Glenelg -- 16pts (8-5-0), 50.3%
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Norwood -- 12pts (6-7-0), 47.6%
Sturt -- 10pts (5-8-0), 48%
Central -- 5pts (2-10-1), 43.2%
West -- 3pts (1-11-1), 39.6%
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CHANDLER TAKES ON TOP ROLE FOR 2021
The South Australian Football Commission is pleased to announce the appointment of Darren Chandler as the new SANFL Chief Executive Officer.
Mr Chandler was confirmed as the successor to CEO Jake Parkinson, taking over the role on November 16 this year. Mr Chandler, 47, is currently General Manager Operations and Commercial at Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority, a position he has held for the past eight years. Prior to this he was SANFL’s General Manager of Football and Corporate Operations (2009-2012), and CEO of Glenelg Football Club (2002-2008). His longstanding career in football first began in game development, playing a major role in the introduction of the Auskick program in South Australia. He subsequently moved into key management roles within SANFL overseeing game development, the State League competition and country leagues before progressing to the leadership role at Glenelg.
Commission Chairman Rob Kerin has welcomed Mr Chandler’s return to SANFL, saying his previous experience with the organisation in senior administrative roles, together with his strong connections with SANFL Clubs and stakeholders, positioned him well to lead the organisation into the future. “Darren’s experience and proven leadership with the Stadium Management Authority demonstrated to the Commission that he is the best person to lead South Australian football into the future,” Mr Kerin said. “Darren has the capabilities to successfully deliver on SANFL’s vision and strategic objectives, to enable development and growth of football competitions and programs in South Australia. Darren has a comprehensive background and first-hand knowledge of SANFL over many years, as a player, at SANFL Club level, within the League and in senior administrative roles. He has played a key role in the success of Adelaide Oval and, with his passion for SANFL and the game, is ideally placed to take on the position of CEO. We are very fortunate to have someone of the calibre of Darren Chandler to lead SANFL.”
An underage and reserves player at Glenelg and League player at West Adelaide, Mr Chandler said his passion for the game and the opportunities it provides young people was a key factor in his decision to take on the CEO role.
The above was taken from the SANFL Website.
Next weekend in Round 14...
Friday September 25 @ 7:40pm
Norwood vs. West Adelaide; Coopers Stadium, Norwood
Saturday September 26
Central District vs. Woodville-West Torrens; X-Convenience Oval, Elizabeth @ 2:10pm
Sturt vs. Glenelg; Peter Motley Oval, Unley @ 2:20pm
Sunday September 27 @ 2:15pm
South Adelaide vs. North Adelaide; Flinders University Stadium, Noarlunga
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
