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Hi Footy fans...
We have now reached the climax of the minor round, so all we needed to know was whether or not there were any last minute curveballs to be hurled ahead of the 2022 SANFL Finals Series. Mathematically, the reigning premiers had a chance to still feature though it was probably a long shot. The Blues' hold on that spot would depend on whether or not South could keep a lid on them. Glenelg have been off their best for the past fortnight and it would take a very solid and dominant victory over Centrals to nick a Qualifying Final spot. The Redlegs have been probably the hottest thing going since Round 11, where they kicked off an eight-game winning streak. But some of those late wins were hard earned. One of those was against the Crows, who were still well in with a chance to secure a maiden minor premiership. However, despite coming up against the underperforming Magpies, would a hostile host crowd help put such aspirations on ice? Which brings us to the table-topping Roosters. With their place on the ladder not totally concrete, would the nightmares of many a died-in-the-woll SANFL fan become a reality? These are the kinds of things that make the closing stages of a season so gripping. After today, five clubs head back to the drawing board, while the other five will eventually fall off the wagon over the coming few weeks leaving one last team standing as your 2022 SANFL premiers.
Welcome to the Round 19 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
All of the final round matches would be fought out on the Saturday afternoon, starting with a 1pm start at the Hisense Stadium in Richmond where the Bloods took on the Redlegs. It was a long drive home for the Bloods after their Round 4 loss to the Redlegs, hammered by over 11 goals at Centenary Oval in Port Lincoln. The Bloods were still very much in it at the half-time break, only four kicks adrift due to the 'Legs wasteful first half. But the second half saw Norwood blast away, kicking 12 goals to four to secure the points in their first match in their country zone. Last week the Bloods almost pulled off the upset of the season against the Roosters, but would fall short by a goal as North held on. The Redlegs on the other hand would emerge seven-point winners over the Tigers, in another game this year where goals were at a premium. The Redlegs have definitely been doing things the hard way the last few games, with wins of two goals or less. Perhaps it was the impending departure of 200-gamer Logan Hill that spurred the home side, as they took the 'Legs by surprise to kick to a 13-point quarter-time lead having scored 3.4 to 1.3 to begin the afternoon's proceedings. Norwood got back on the horse in the second quarter though, but their goal-kicking was well off the mark for building a match-controlling deficit. They scored 4.5 to the Bloods' 1.1, going into the long break with a nine-point lead. The Redlegs seemed to be back to some of their dominant best despite the inaccuracy in that second term. The Redlegs skewed several big chances to put down the Bloods' resistance, with three behinds in the space of eight minutes. Had they landed true, it probably would have been over. But it was still to be a two-kick difference going into the final change, Norwood kicking 2.3 to 1.1 to lead by 11 points. The 'Legs butchered three more chances in the final term and finally the Bloods launched their final assault. Their shooting wasn't pretty either, but little by little the gap was shrinking. In the finish, the prayers of the Bloods' faithful were answered with the match-winning goal. Altogether the Bloods scored 2.3 to bow out of 2022 as winners with a one-point victory. Hamish Hartlett was named Westies' best afield, with 24 disposals and 14 tackles. For the Redlegs, it was Harry Boyd with 25 disposals and 11 clearances.
The next match takes us down south to the Flinders University Stadium in Noarlunga where the Panthers hosted the Eagles. Their last encounter was back in Round 9 at Woodville, which ended up being one of the lowest scoring matches of the season if not the lowest combined scorecard. Only seven goals and 13 behinds were tallied with the Eagles winning by one point, the board reading 4.4 to 3.9. The weather that day was just abysmal, the Oval Avenue field turned into something resembling a cow paddock by day's end. Both sides were victorious in their respective outings last week, with the Panthers toppling the Magpies by nine points at home while the Eagles' win against Sturt gave them a flicker of hope for a shock finals berth. The Eagles were also hoping in the process to have premiership ruckman Jarrad Redden for another week at least, he is set to hang up the boots at season's end. Both sides were guilty of horrid goal-kicking in the opening term, from the 18 combined scoring shots only three found the big sticks. The Panthers would go into the quarter-time huddle with a seven-point lead with the board reading 2.5 to 1.4. The Eagles book-ended the second quarter with their two goals, the Panthers continuing to waste some chances to really put the nails in. They kicked 1.3 as their lead was brought back down to four points by the half-time break. At this point, only a massive victory for the Eagles would put them into an Elimination Final. Given the percentage difference and their performance this day, their premiership defence was already over. Perhaps this was dawning on the Eagles if it hadn't already, the Panthers spending a good deal of the third term peppering their goals while Eagles' attacking forays were few and far between in comparison despite South's accuracy issues. The home side would go into the final change with a 16-point lead, adding a further 3.8 to the Eagles' 2.2. There was a bit of tit-for-tat seven-point plays in the final term for almost 20 minutes, both teams kicking 2.2 each up to here to maintain the 16-point gap. But the Panthers had the final say on the day, the Eagles' final shot of 2022 was a point while South's was a goal as the blue & whites finished the year with a 21-point win. The Panthers would name Hayden Sampson as their best, notching up 34 disposals, seven marks and six clearances. The Eagles' standout was Kobe Mutch with 18 disposals, eight tackles and six marks.
Game number three has us taking the scenic coastal route from Noarlunga to Glenelg and into the ACH Group Stadium where the Tigers faced the Bulldogs. A pre-match drenching of the Ponderosa greeted fans the last time these sides met, the slippy-slidey park unfortunately didn't work in the Dogs favour as they went down by 32 points. There was just 11 goals kicked during this match, but while the Tigers were just as bad with the misses the Dogs were just unable to breach the stern Tigers defence with any meaningful regularity and their decision making was just awful. More questions about the Tigers' finals chances were made by the Redlegs last week when they went down by seven points at The Parade, while the Bulldogs were just a percentage booster for the Crows in their 55-point loss at Adelaide Oval. Despite this, early on in the game the Bulldogs were all over the Tigers and at quarter-time would hold a five-point lead. On the down-side of this however is that they should have been up by more, with the scoreboard reading 2.6 to 2.1. The second term was far less scores and more scrap and claw. The Dogs' lead would end up having a single point chipped from it by the long break after earlier missed chances from both sides, each managing a goal each later in the term among two behinds for Glenelg and one for Centrals. The third quarter was far more of a spectacle on the scoreboard than most of the game, the Dogs looked as though they were well on their way to a breakthrough victory which they haven't had against the Tigers for four years. They got out to a 23-point lead 16 minutes in after kicking 3.3 to the Bays' two behinds. But that last goal to Centrals was the start of a goal-for-goal 14 minute period, with the Tigers back within three straight kicks by the final change. At three quarter-time, the Dogs were still up by 17 points. Desperately looking to go into their Elimination Final with some much needed confidence, the Tigers continued to fight. After bringing the deficit back to nine points just eight minutes in, another goal-for-goal period ensued for the next seven minutes with each side kicking a pair each. The Dogs added a further 1.2 to restore their three quarter-time lead going into added time, but their travelling fans could only watch as the Tigers strung together 3.1 in the final minutes to snatch a two-point victory. Matt Snook was Glenelg's best with 27 disposals, eight tackles and seven clearances, while the Dogs named Travis Schiller with 25 disposals as well as seven tackles and clearances.
We're back near the city and it's off to the southern surrounds of Adelaide, through the leafy streets of Unley and into the Wigan Oval in Unley where the Double Blues hosted the Roosters. The Blues lapsed for just one quarter of football and that's all the Roosters needed in their last encounter back in Round 7. Sturt led by two goals at quarter-time at Menzies Crescent before the Roosters kicked six unanswered goals in the second, then fell behind again in the final stanza as North romped to a 46-point victory. Only the Blues had a stumble last week, they lost to the Eagles at Woodville while the Roosters only just escaped the grasp of the Bloods at Prospect. The Roosters opened the game well, but a 10-minute lull allowed the Blues to keep in well in touch at the first change. They were 13 points up at the sixth minute, then the Blues kicked into the lead before the Roosters were ahead again at the break, the board reading 4.3 to 3.2. It didn't take long for Sturt to be back in front once more, controlling the early minutes of the second term for a two-kick lead. Some back and forth goals and behinds ensued, the Blues all up scoring 4.2 to the Roosters' 2.2 to lead by 11 points at the long break. Last time these sides met, the Blues couldn't take advantage of their centre hit-outs, a stat they were more dominant in. This time that wasn't the case and they were making more of their chances on the rebound as well. Then there was the mark count. In the end they had 50 more than North, something that they will have to address ahead of the finals. One thing the Blues will have to improve upon with their finals spot fully locked in, is their goal kicking. When play resumed, the Blues had a lot more forward entries but sprayed several chance wide. They kicked 2.6, four of those behinds were in a six minute period. But their defenders were holding up pretty damn well, keeping the Roosters to just 1.1 to take a 22-point lead into the final change. That's the way the margin stayed in the end, both sides kicking 2.2 in the last quarter as the Blues took victory by 22 points and taking much needed confidence into their Elimination Final against the Tigers. Tom Lewis was named Sturt's best afield, with 26 disposals, 13 tackles and eight clearances. In the North camp, it was Campbell Combe with 24 disposals, 10 tackles and nine clearances.
Which brings us to the closing contest of the minor round for the year, the mini-Showdown of the two AFL reserves sides in the Magpies and the Crows at the Adelaide Oval. In fact, these sides actually kicked off the league season in their last encounter, which the Crows won comfortably by 62 points. Adelaide's lead would just keep growing and growing at each change and Port's first term goal-kicking letting them down considerably. The 'Pies kicked eight goals from 21 scores and it set the tone for a good deal of their season in which to this point, they had won only four. The Magpies were outrun in the final term, blowing a three-goal half-time lead to lose by nine points to South, while the Crows whipped the Bulldogs by over nine goals at the Oval. Like the Power side that would play the Crows later on, there was one last chance at salvaging some pride while for the Crows, the minor premiership was still within reach thanks to Sturt's win over the Roosters. The Crows' first term was almost similar to Port's from their Round 1 encounter, wasting a trio of chances late in the quarter while the Magpies had a perfect opening. Port scored four goals without a blemish to the Crows' 2.4 to lead by eight points at quarter-time. Adelaide repeated that performance in the second term, but kept the Magpies from their sticks for over 16 minutes. They overturned the deficit to lead by eight points themselves, but Port finally busted through the wall to score 2.2 to be back in front at the long break by a single goal. When play restarted in the third term, it was to be the Magpies turn at having a hard time in front of goal and the Crows looked like they'd finally thrown off the shackles, setting up a fight to the finish. Adelaide re-took the lead going into the last quarter, only a late added time goal from the 'Pies kept them within strike. At three quarter-time, it was the Crows by three points. Adelaide goaled within the first minute of the final stanza, but that was answered with two Port goals over two minutes. A mid-term goal to the Magpies proved to be the difference maker as Adelaide were met with considerable resistance from there. A goal to the Crows just before injury time was the last major to be recorded for the minor round, all scores taken would have Port scoring 3.3 to 2.3. Port would finish victors by three points. Captain Cam Sutcliffe was Port's best with 20 disposals, six tackles and two goals which included the match sealer. For the Crows, it was Matt Crouch with 41 disposals, eight clearances and seven tackles. As a result of this, the minor premiership would be put out of the Crows grasp and would fall into the hands of the Roosters.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 19 OF THE SANFL...
Saturday August 20
West Adelaide 8.9 (57)
Norwood 7.14 (56)
1,769 @ Hisense Stadium, Richmond
South Adelaide 9.18 (72)
Woodville-West Torrens 7.9 (51)
1,182 @ Flinders University Stadium, Noarlunga
Glenelg 12.8 (80)
Central District 11.12 (78)
2,194 @ ACH Group Stadium, Glenelg
Sturt 11.11 (77)
North Adelaide 8.7 (55)
3,452 @ Wigan Oval, Unley
Port Adelaide 11.9 (75)
Adelaide 10.12 (72)
Adelaide Oval -- AFL curtain raiser
INJURIES
Norwood -- Spence (knee)
W-WT -- Knight (hamstring)
Adelaide -- Hall (calf)
REPORTS
West -- H. Hartlett (striking)
South -- Dunkin (rough conduct)
LEAGUE LADDER -- Final standings
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North -- 26pts (13-5-0) 57.2%
Adelaide -- 24pts (12-6-0), 57.6%
Norwood -- 24pts (12-6-0), 53.7%
Glenelg -- 24pts (12-6-0), 51.4%
Sturt -- 22pts (11-7-0), 52.5%
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South -- 18pts (9-9-0), 49.8%
W-WT -- 16pts (9-9-0), 49.5%
Port -- 10pts (5-13-0), 41.9%
Central -- 8pts (4-14-0), 43.6%
West -- 6pts (3-15-0), 41.9%
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Next weekend marks the beginning of the 2022 Finals Series. Here's the skinny on the first week. Under age grades commence next week.
Saturday August 27
RESERVES @ Prospect Oval
ELIMINATION FINAL
Woodville-West Torrens vs. Glenelg @ 11am
RESERVES QUALIFYING FINAL
North Adelaide vs. West Adelaide @ 1:30pm
Sunday August 28 @ Adelaide Oval
LEAGUE ELIMINATION FINAL
Glenelg vs. Sturt @ 12:15pm
LEAGUE QUALIFYING FINAL
Adelaide vs. Norwood @ 3:15pm
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
We have now reached the climax of the minor round, so all we needed to know was whether or not there were any last minute curveballs to be hurled ahead of the 2022 SANFL Finals Series. Mathematically, the reigning premiers had a chance to still feature though it was probably a long shot. The Blues' hold on that spot would depend on whether or not South could keep a lid on them. Glenelg have been off their best for the past fortnight and it would take a very solid and dominant victory over Centrals to nick a Qualifying Final spot. The Redlegs have been probably the hottest thing going since Round 11, where they kicked off an eight-game winning streak. But some of those late wins were hard earned. One of those was against the Crows, who were still well in with a chance to secure a maiden minor premiership. However, despite coming up against the underperforming Magpies, would a hostile host crowd help put such aspirations on ice? Which brings us to the table-topping Roosters. With their place on the ladder not totally concrete, would the nightmares of many a died-in-the-woll SANFL fan become a reality? These are the kinds of things that make the closing stages of a season so gripping. After today, five clubs head back to the drawing board, while the other five will eventually fall off the wagon over the coming few weeks leaving one last team standing as your 2022 SANFL premiers.
Welcome to the Round 19 edition of the SANFL Wrap-Up.
All of the final round matches would be fought out on the Saturday afternoon, starting with a 1pm start at the Hisense Stadium in Richmond where the Bloods took on the Redlegs. It was a long drive home for the Bloods after their Round 4 loss to the Redlegs, hammered by over 11 goals at Centenary Oval in Port Lincoln. The Bloods were still very much in it at the half-time break, only four kicks adrift due to the 'Legs wasteful first half. But the second half saw Norwood blast away, kicking 12 goals to four to secure the points in their first match in their country zone. Last week the Bloods almost pulled off the upset of the season against the Roosters, but would fall short by a goal as North held on. The Redlegs on the other hand would emerge seven-point winners over the Tigers, in another game this year where goals were at a premium. The Redlegs have definitely been doing things the hard way the last few games, with wins of two goals or less. Perhaps it was the impending departure of 200-gamer Logan Hill that spurred the home side, as they took the 'Legs by surprise to kick to a 13-point quarter-time lead having scored 3.4 to 1.3 to begin the afternoon's proceedings. Norwood got back on the horse in the second quarter though, but their goal-kicking was well off the mark for building a match-controlling deficit. They scored 4.5 to the Bloods' 1.1, going into the long break with a nine-point lead. The Redlegs seemed to be back to some of their dominant best despite the inaccuracy in that second term. The Redlegs skewed several big chances to put down the Bloods' resistance, with three behinds in the space of eight minutes. Had they landed true, it probably would have been over. But it was still to be a two-kick difference going into the final change, Norwood kicking 2.3 to 1.1 to lead by 11 points. The 'Legs butchered three more chances in the final term and finally the Bloods launched their final assault. Their shooting wasn't pretty either, but little by little the gap was shrinking. In the finish, the prayers of the Bloods' faithful were answered with the match-winning goal. Altogether the Bloods scored 2.3 to bow out of 2022 as winners with a one-point victory. Hamish Hartlett was named Westies' best afield, with 24 disposals and 14 tackles. For the Redlegs, it was Harry Boyd with 25 disposals and 11 clearances.
The next match takes us down south to the Flinders University Stadium in Noarlunga where the Panthers hosted the Eagles. Their last encounter was back in Round 9 at Woodville, which ended up being one of the lowest scoring matches of the season if not the lowest combined scorecard. Only seven goals and 13 behinds were tallied with the Eagles winning by one point, the board reading 4.4 to 3.9. The weather that day was just abysmal, the Oval Avenue field turned into something resembling a cow paddock by day's end. Both sides were victorious in their respective outings last week, with the Panthers toppling the Magpies by nine points at home while the Eagles' win against Sturt gave them a flicker of hope for a shock finals berth. The Eagles were also hoping in the process to have premiership ruckman Jarrad Redden for another week at least, he is set to hang up the boots at season's end. Both sides were guilty of horrid goal-kicking in the opening term, from the 18 combined scoring shots only three found the big sticks. The Panthers would go into the quarter-time huddle with a seven-point lead with the board reading 2.5 to 1.4. The Eagles book-ended the second quarter with their two goals, the Panthers continuing to waste some chances to really put the nails in. They kicked 1.3 as their lead was brought back down to four points by the half-time break. At this point, only a massive victory for the Eagles would put them into an Elimination Final. Given the percentage difference and their performance this day, their premiership defence was already over. Perhaps this was dawning on the Eagles if it hadn't already, the Panthers spending a good deal of the third term peppering their goals while Eagles' attacking forays were few and far between in comparison despite South's accuracy issues. The home side would go into the final change with a 16-point lead, adding a further 3.8 to the Eagles' 2.2. There was a bit of tit-for-tat seven-point plays in the final term for almost 20 minutes, both teams kicking 2.2 each up to here to maintain the 16-point gap. But the Panthers had the final say on the day, the Eagles' final shot of 2022 was a point while South's was a goal as the blue & whites finished the year with a 21-point win. The Panthers would name Hayden Sampson as their best, notching up 34 disposals, seven marks and six clearances. The Eagles' standout was Kobe Mutch with 18 disposals, eight tackles and six marks.
Game number three has us taking the scenic coastal route from Noarlunga to Glenelg and into the ACH Group Stadium where the Tigers faced the Bulldogs. A pre-match drenching of the Ponderosa greeted fans the last time these sides met, the slippy-slidey park unfortunately didn't work in the Dogs favour as they went down by 32 points. There was just 11 goals kicked during this match, but while the Tigers were just as bad with the misses the Dogs were just unable to breach the stern Tigers defence with any meaningful regularity and their decision making was just awful. More questions about the Tigers' finals chances were made by the Redlegs last week when they went down by seven points at The Parade, while the Bulldogs were just a percentage booster for the Crows in their 55-point loss at Adelaide Oval. Despite this, early on in the game the Bulldogs were all over the Tigers and at quarter-time would hold a five-point lead. On the down-side of this however is that they should have been up by more, with the scoreboard reading 2.6 to 2.1. The second term was far less scores and more scrap and claw. The Dogs' lead would end up having a single point chipped from it by the long break after earlier missed chances from both sides, each managing a goal each later in the term among two behinds for Glenelg and one for Centrals. The third quarter was far more of a spectacle on the scoreboard than most of the game, the Dogs looked as though they were well on their way to a breakthrough victory which they haven't had against the Tigers for four years. They got out to a 23-point lead 16 minutes in after kicking 3.3 to the Bays' two behinds. But that last goal to Centrals was the start of a goal-for-goal 14 minute period, with the Tigers back within three straight kicks by the final change. At three quarter-time, the Dogs were still up by 17 points. Desperately looking to go into their Elimination Final with some much needed confidence, the Tigers continued to fight. After bringing the deficit back to nine points just eight minutes in, another goal-for-goal period ensued for the next seven minutes with each side kicking a pair each. The Dogs added a further 1.2 to restore their three quarter-time lead going into added time, but their travelling fans could only watch as the Tigers strung together 3.1 in the final minutes to snatch a two-point victory. Matt Snook was Glenelg's best with 27 disposals, eight tackles and seven clearances, while the Dogs named Travis Schiller with 25 disposals as well as seven tackles and clearances.
We're back near the city and it's off to the southern surrounds of Adelaide, through the leafy streets of Unley and into the Wigan Oval in Unley where the Double Blues hosted the Roosters. The Blues lapsed for just one quarter of football and that's all the Roosters needed in their last encounter back in Round 7. Sturt led by two goals at quarter-time at Menzies Crescent before the Roosters kicked six unanswered goals in the second, then fell behind again in the final stanza as North romped to a 46-point victory. Only the Blues had a stumble last week, they lost to the Eagles at Woodville while the Roosters only just escaped the grasp of the Bloods at Prospect. The Roosters opened the game well, but a 10-minute lull allowed the Blues to keep in well in touch at the first change. They were 13 points up at the sixth minute, then the Blues kicked into the lead before the Roosters were ahead again at the break, the board reading 4.3 to 3.2. It didn't take long for Sturt to be back in front once more, controlling the early minutes of the second term for a two-kick lead. Some back and forth goals and behinds ensued, the Blues all up scoring 4.2 to the Roosters' 2.2 to lead by 11 points at the long break. Last time these sides met, the Blues couldn't take advantage of their centre hit-outs, a stat they were more dominant in. This time that wasn't the case and they were making more of their chances on the rebound as well. Then there was the mark count. In the end they had 50 more than North, something that they will have to address ahead of the finals. One thing the Blues will have to improve upon with their finals spot fully locked in, is their goal kicking. When play resumed, the Blues had a lot more forward entries but sprayed several chance wide. They kicked 2.6, four of those behinds were in a six minute period. But their defenders were holding up pretty damn well, keeping the Roosters to just 1.1 to take a 22-point lead into the final change. That's the way the margin stayed in the end, both sides kicking 2.2 in the last quarter as the Blues took victory by 22 points and taking much needed confidence into their Elimination Final against the Tigers. Tom Lewis was named Sturt's best afield, with 26 disposals, 13 tackles and eight clearances. In the North camp, it was Campbell Combe with 24 disposals, 10 tackles and nine clearances.
Which brings us to the closing contest of the minor round for the year, the mini-Showdown of the two AFL reserves sides in the Magpies and the Crows at the Adelaide Oval. In fact, these sides actually kicked off the league season in their last encounter, which the Crows won comfortably by 62 points. Adelaide's lead would just keep growing and growing at each change and Port's first term goal-kicking letting them down considerably. The 'Pies kicked eight goals from 21 scores and it set the tone for a good deal of their season in which to this point, they had won only four. The Magpies were outrun in the final term, blowing a three-goal half-time lead to lose by nine points to South, while the Crows whipped the Bulldogs by over nine goals at the Oval. Like the Power side that would play the Crows later on, there was one last chance at salvaging some pride while for the Crows, the minor premiership was still within reach thanks to Sturt's win over the Roosters. The Crows' first term was almost similar to Port's from their Round 1 encounter, wasting a trio of chances late in the quarter while the Magpies had a perfect opening. Port scored four goals without a blemish to the Crows' 2.4 to lead by eight points at quarter-time. Adelaide repeated that performance in the second term, but kept the Magpies from their sticks for over 16 minutes. They overturned the deficit to lead by eight points themselves, but Port finally busted through the wall to score 2.2 to be back in front at the long break by a single goal. When play restarted in the third term, it was to be the Magpies turn at having a hard time in front of goal and the Crows looked like they'd finally thrown off the shackles, setting up a fight to the finish. Adelaide re-took the lead going into the last quarter, only a late added time goal from the 'Pies kept them within strike. At three quarter-time, it was the Crows by three points. Adelaide goaled within the first minute of the final stanza, but that was answered with two Port goals over two minutes. A mid-term goal to the Magpies proved to be the difference maker as Adelaide were met with considerable resistance from there. A goal to the Crows just before injury time was the last major to be recorded for the minor round, all scores taken would have Port scoring 3.3 to 2.3. Port would finish victors by three points. Captain Cam Sutcliffe was Port's best with 20 disposals, six tackles and two goals which included the match sealer. For the Crows, it was Matt Crouch with 41 disposals, eight clearances and seven tackles. As a result of this, the minor premiership would be put out of the Crows grasp and would fall into the hands of the Roosters.
FINAL SCORES IN ROUND 19 OF THE SANFL...
Saturday August 20
West Adelaide 8.9 (57)
Norwood 7.14 (56)
1,769 @ Hisense Stadium, Richmond
South Adelaide 9.18 (72)
Woodville-West Torrens 7.9 (51)
1,182 @ Flinders University Stadium, Noarlunga
Glenelg 12.8 (80)
Central District 11.12 (78)
2,194 @ ACH Group Stadium, Glenelg
Sturt 11.11 (77)
North Adelaide 8.7 (55)
3,452 @ Wigan Oval, Unley
Port Adelaide 11.9 (75)
Adelaide 10.12 (72)
Adelaide Oval -- AFL curtain raiser
INJURIES
Norwood -- Spence (knee)
W-WT -- Knight (hamstring)
Adelaide -- Hall (calf)
REPORTS
West -- H. Hartlett (striking)
South -- Dunkin (rough conduct)
LEAGUE LADDER -- Final standings
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North -- 26pts (13-5-0) 57.2%
Adelaide -- 24pts (12-6-0), 57.6%
Norwood -- 24pts (12-6-0), 53.7%
Glenelg -- 24pts (12-6-0), 51.4%
Sturt -- 22pts (11-7-0), 52.5%
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South -- 18pts (9-9-0), 49.8%
W-WT -- 16pts (9-9-0), 49.5%
Port -- 10pts (5-13-0), 41.9%
Central -- 8pts (4-14-0), 43.6%
West -- 6pts (3-15-0), 41.9%
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Next weekend marks the beginning of the 2022 Finals Series. Here's the skinny on the first week. Under age grades commence next week.
Saturday August 27
RESERVES @ Prospect Oval
ELIMINATION FINAL
Woodville-West Torrens vs. Glenelg @ 11am
RESERVES QUALIFYING FINAL
North Adelaide vs. West Adelaide @ 1:30pm
Sunday August 28 @ Adelaide Oval
LEAGUE ELIMINATION FINAL
Glenelg vs. Sturt @ 12:15pm
LEAGUE QUALIFYING FINAL
Adelaide vs. Norwood @ 3:15pm
So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
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