SANFL FINALS 2022 -- Week 2 Wrap-Up

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raboyle

Norm Smith Medallist
May 8, 2001
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X Convenience Oval, Elizabeth
AFL Club
Adelaide
Other Teams
CDFC (SANFL), Port Melb (VFL)
Hi Footy fans...

It's no secret that a great deal of the hardcore, traditionalist fanbase of the SANFL are distrustful of the AFL. The feeling of Victorian influence, that there's tentacles of control stretching across the border and into the boardroom at Adelaide Oval. This past week it looks as though the Adelaide Football Club has actually started to take notice of the disdain being thrown their way, mainly due to a handful of fans giving a serve to one of their charges and illiciting a response from on-field in the shape of a hand gesture. Crows reserves coach Michael Godden did, when pressed by the media, made an interesting quote about "not wanting to be known as the Crows Reserves but the SANFL Crows". Unfortunately many aren't going to make that distinction. While the endeavour of the team isn't under question, what is under question the meaning of the Thomas Seymour-Hill Trophy to an AFL club. It can be said that there is a different mentality with Port Adelaide, a club with a history so steeped in the SANFL that a 37th flag would certainly still be held high as an big achievement. While for a small group of Crows top-up players, the SANFL premiership would be something they would hang their hats on, for many SA footy-heads it doesn't seem that is the case with the Crows as a whole. But I digress, we're now down to just two more weeks of football... who was next on the chopping block?

Welcome to the Week 2 edition of the SANFL Finals Wrap-Up.

We're back at the Adelaide Oval once again on Sunday afternoon, starting with the 1st Semi-Final where this year it was the Redlegs taking on the Tigers. These sides shared the points from their two encounters this season, starting with the Bays winning the season opener at Brighton Road. Both sides found goals difficult to come by at the best of times, especially the Redlegs. They fell behind by five goals at the final change, eventually falling 15 points short after a final term comeback attempt. They got revenge later in Round 18, winning by seven points at The Parade to snap a six-game streak of losses. In regards to the 1st Semi, these sides have met on five previous occasions with the Redlegs winning the last three. Glenelg's two wins came in the 1953 and 1974 seasons, both played at the Adelaide Oval by 24 and 23 points respectively. Norwood won their subsequent encounters at Football Park in 1980, 1993 and 1999. Out of those aformentioned victories, the Tigers' efforts in '53 didn't find them getting into a Grand Final and while all the other seasons did end with a berth in the decider, there would be no premiership in any of those years for either side. Glenelg's record in 1st Semis is 18 appearances for nine wins, their last outing was back in the Covid-affected 2020 season. Their premiership defence was brought to a halt by South Adelaide that year, going down by 25 points. Norwood have been in 37 games for 15 wins and have been in two of the last three, both ending in defeats. The Panthers were again in the spotlight for a second year running, ending the Redlegs' 2021 season by 19 points. Before that it was the 2019 season where they went out in straight sets with a heavy loss to the Crows by 62 points. In league history, best record in this match goes to Sturt, with 13 wins from 23, as well as a record 24 goals kicked. The scoring record belongs to the Roosters who kicked 23.14 in 1990, while 11 sides have went on to win the premiership which includes the Redlegs of 1984.

Last weekend began on a sour note for the Redlegs, memories of their 2019 encounter flooding back as the Crows' second half blitz ended with a 55-point belting in the Qualifying Final. The Tigers had regained some more confidence after bouncing the Double Blues from contention, winning by 16 points in their Elimination Final. That confidence seemed pretty justified in the opening term, the Redlegs' sharp-shooters not putting enough oomph on their shots and finding several behinds. Their only goal came at the ninth minute, the Tigers would have three on the board by quarter-time. At the first change the Tigers were ahead by 11 points, scoring 3.2 to 1.3. But then in the second term, the Redlegs found their form to return the favour, keeping the Tigers' forwards to just 1.2 whilst bagging 4.2 for themselves. At the long break, Norwood would hold a seven-point lead. The second half for the Tigers wasn't looking too flash, having lost one of their key players to injury. In the middle, Norwood's lead ruckman was creating all sorts of problems for the Tigers, winning the hit-outs by more than double and add in a swag of dominant mid-fielders winning the clearances, the Redlegs were looking more the goods. Glenelg's attackers were put on ice in the third quarter, restricted to a mere four behinds in a period they actually were winning more of the ball at the tail end of the third term. They would still be well in touch by the final change and still had a good chance, the gap going out to three kicks. The Redlegs would manage just 2.2 against a desperate Tigers' defence, taking their lead to 17 points by three quarter-time. A Glenelg goal within the first two minutes gave their faithful a glimmer of hope, but Norwood answered back with two more of their own only minutes later. The earlier deficit of three kicks would not be brought any closer from here, the Redlegs countering everything the Tigers did. They scored five goals without a miss to the Bays' 3.1, running out 28-point winners and booking a spot in next week's Preliminary Final. In the B.O.G department, the Redlegs named ruck monster Harry Boyd as their best with 17 disposals, 46 hit-outs and seven clearances. Liam McBean was Glenelg's standout, with 19 disposals, 10 clearances and five tackles.

Now its onto the main event, the 2nd Semi-Final. The game that determines the first piece of the premiership puzzle and brings the minor premiers out to play. This time it was the Roosters taking on the Crows. The Roosters were beaten in both minor round games this season, starting with their Round 2 encounter. The Roosters were victorious against the Eagles in their season opener, but were brought back to earth with a thud by the Crows by 38 points after a woeful opening term in front of goal. Then came their trip out to the Iron Triangle in Round 15, North's goal-kicking yips coming to the fore once again. Adelaide were held to just one goal in the opening term, but then exploded in the second term to score the equivalent of what the Roosters scored over three quarters of football to win by 27 points. Today would mark the first ever appearance in a 2nd Semi-Final for the youthful Crows outfit, while for the Roosters this would be game number 17. Their current record has them winning 10 2nd Semis and losing six with their last appearance just two years ago when they defeated the Eagles, though they would pay for that only a fortnight later in the 2020 Grand Final. In regards to North's premiership years coming from winning a 2nd Semi, there are seven, with one year recognised as one of their more infamous, the 1991 "Bloodbath" slug-fest. Historically, the winners of 2nd Semi-Finals will more often than not go on to win the flag, Both the Magpies and Bulldogs know this very well, with the Magpies having won 28 from a record 51 appearances. From 1951 up to 1966, they played in all but one (1958) and won nine in that period. Then the Bulldogs' streak of 12 consecutive victories from 2000 to 2011 on their way to nine flags. The best score goes to the Magpies that kicked 24.20 in the 1980 match, the lowest score of 2.5 is shared between the Redlegs of 1988 and the Bloods of 2012. To date, there have been no drawn games.

The Roosters sat out the first week of the finals, but no doubt on the minds of some in their camp was the way they closed out the season, with a one-goal loss to the 2022 wooden spooners of West Adelaide. They can thank their lucky stars for their minor premiership victory, as well as the Magpies, who defeated the Crows and forced them into the Qualifying Final. Adelaide would rebound to win said game last week, defeating the Redlegs by 55 points and sounding out a loud warning to North. The early goings would be greeted with more than a few moans and groans from the mix of fans that stayed behind from the first match, after kicking the opening goal the Crows answered back with four of their own and would take a 19-point lead into quarter-time with the board reading 1.2 to 4.3. But North would return some fire in the second quarter to reel that gap back to a more manageable two-kick margin by the long break. It was Adelaide's time to blow a few chances in front of goal, kicking 2.4 while the Roosters kicked 4.3 and at half-time, the Crows lead was down to eight points. Some former Roosters were actually making the scoreboard impact early on, which no doubt would have incensed the famed North "Grog Squad". However those jeers were soon turning into cheers as the Roosters ramped up their intensity in the third quarter. The Crows were now the ones under attack as the Roosters began their ascent. For a period of 11 minutes, it was tit-fot-tat as the two sides traded scores, both scoring 2.1 each in that period. North finished strongly at the tail end of the quarter, kicking four of the last six goals including the one that put them in front by three points at the final change. The Crows struck first in the final term, but then North bagged three goals in six minutes to be back in front by 15 after nine. This is where the battle truly ensued, the Roosters could have wrapped things up already if not for a pair of missed chances mid-way through. Adelaide brought it back to four points early in added time, but one last major to North would punch the first ticket into the Grand Final, winning by 10 points. Harrison Wigg was named best for the Roosters, amassing 39 disposals, 10 marks and seven clearances. The Crows would name Brett Turner as their best with 25 disposals, nine clearances and six tackles.

FINAL SCORES IN WEEK 2 OF THE SANFL FINALS...

Sunday September 4
1st SEMI-FINAL

Norwood 12.7 (79)
Glenelg 7.9 (51)

2nd SEMI-FINAL
North Adelaide 15.8 (98)
Adelaide 13.10 (88)
8,036 @ Adelaide Oval


UNDER-AGE FINALS -- Tiger cubs through to decider, Colts stage cut-throat thriller
We start with the U-16's, where the Roosters dropped their heads in the second half as the Eagles took over in the 1st Semi. The Roosters were in it right up to half-time, but had given up a nine-point lead at quarter-time to be down by 11. Then the punishment began as the Eagles kicked nine out of the next 11 goals to run off to a 56-point victory, ditching North from the race. They will go on to meet the Panthers in next weekend's Preliminary Final, after going down in the 2nd Semi-Final to the Tigers who have booked their spot in the Grand Final. It was a match laded with inaccuracy from both sides, the difference was the timing of the worst of it. Glenelg got it out of their system earlier, but it was their defence that did a lot of the heavy lifting by keeping South to just one goal in the third term. The Tigers kicked 1.5 in that period to lead by 16 points, then held firm against the Panthers' final term attempt at a comeback. Two late chances to snatch victory went wide for the Panthers, allowing the Tigers to win by six points. In the U-18's, the Tigers and the Double Blues put on a bit of a show in their 1st Semi, the largest gap at one point in the game was three goals late in the second term to the Tigers. Only a few missed chances in the third term stopped the Blues perhaps going on to win, a one-point deficit to Glenelg separating them at the final change. Sturt did take the lead early in the final term, but the Bays roared back in the second half of the last term to snatch a two-point win. The Redlegs await them in their Preliminary Final after they lost to North Adelaide by 31 points. The Roosters had a monster third term as the Redlegs went missing at just the wrong time. Norwood could only watch as their earlier challenges amounted to nothing, North kicking seven unanswered goals. By the time Norwood had woken up, the damage was done.

Saturday September 3
U-16 1st SEMI-FINAL --
Woodville-West Torrens 16.12 (108) def. North Adelaide 8.4 (52)
U-16 2nd SEMI-FINAL -- Glenelg 8.13 (61) def. South Adelaide 7.13 (55)
U-18 1st SEMI-FINAL -- Glenelg 11.12 (78) def. Sturt 11.10 (76)
U-18 2nd SEMI-FINAL -- North Adelaide 15.9 (99) def. Norwood 11.2 (68)


RESERVES FINALS -- Bloods into prelim, Roosters book decider spot
The Bloods will play the Double Blues in the Reserves Preliminary Final next weekend after they ended the Eagles' season in their 1st Semi-Final on Saturday. It was a close affair for a great deal of the day, the gap wouldn't exceed two straight kicks for all until the final term when the Bloods finally broke away. The Eagles had kicked the opening two goals over six minutes, but would be down by two points at quarter-time. The Eagles tasted the lead for all of four minutes when they led by three points part way into the third quarter, but then the Bloods regained it and didn't let it go again. The game-breaker for Westies came in a four-goal burst over six minutes in the final term, they would run out 20-point victors in the finish. As for their Preliminary Final opponents, the Blues will be kicking themselves as they let their 2nd Semi-Final slip through their fingers. The Blues inaccuracy in the first term wasn't a help, they could have led by at least four goals but were up by nine at quarter-time. Sturt were still sending shots wide in the second term and would have a four-goal lead cut down to a two-kick gap just prior to the long break. More vital Sturt chances went begging in the third term, only narrowly keeping the Roosters at bay. But the dam was about to break and the Roosters were ready to ride the wave. After the 10th minute of the final stanza, North went from being down by 21 points down to four-point victors, kicking four of the last five majors.

RESERVES 1st SEMI-FINAL -- West Adelaide 9.11 (65) def. Woodville-West Torrens 6.9 (45)
RESERVES 2nd SEMI-FINAL -- North Adelaide 10.4 (64) def. Sturt 8.12 (60)


SA FOOTBALL'S NIGHT OF NIGHTS -- Young edges out Rokahr for Magarey victory
North Adelaide's Aaron Young polled first preference votes in six games, finishing on 23 votes to take out the 2022 Magarey Medal. His best run was 11 votes from a four-game period in Rounds 6 - 9. The final furlong was tense however, after entering pole position with two votes in Round 17 he didn't poll again over the last fortnight. Norwood's Nik Rokahr finished second on 22 votes, his last round injury perhaps denying him the honour. In third was the Eagles' Riley Knight and the Blues' Casey Voss who each polled 21 votes. The former Power and Suns player season has seen him kick 21 goals in the minor round, as well as averaging 27 disposals, five marks, five clearances and five inside 50s per game. In the other league level awards, the aforementioned Knight did manage to secure the league coaches award, the R.O. Shearman Medal, polling 83 votes and Daniel Menzel's 51 goals would net him the goal-kicker's Ken Farmer Medal. In the other grades, Glenelg pair Kyle Crompton and Ben Ridgeway won the Reserves Magarey and the U-18 McCallum-Tomkins Medals respectively, while South Adelaide's Benny Barrett is the U-16 B&F medallist. The SANFL also inducted four more greats into the SA Football Hall of Fame, this year it was Kane Cornes, Matthew Pavlich, Bruce Schultz and official Darren Wilson.

Kane Cornes​

PLAYING RECORD
36 games and 18 goals for Glenelg 2000-11
300 games and 93 goals for Port Adelaide (AFL) 2001-15
28 pre-season games

PREMIERSHIPS
Port Adelaide (AFL) 2004
Pre-season premierships – Port (AFL) 2001, 2002

REPRESENTATIVE GAMES
1 for State of Origin Dream Team 2008

ACHIEVEMENTS
Best first-year player Port 2001
Most improved award Port 2004
All-Australian 2005, 2007
Four-time John Cahill Medallist (Port best and fairest) 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012
AFL 200 Club
AFL life member 2015
Games record holder for Port (AFL) at time of retirement in 2015

COACHING RECORD
Assistant/development coach of Glenelg 2016
Assistant coach of the SANFL State League Team 2016


Matthew Pavlich​

PLAYING RECORD
21 games and 38 goals for Woodville-West Torrens 1999
1 game for South Fremantle 2000
353 games and 700 goals for Fremantle 2000-16
Fremantle captain 2007-15

REPRESENTATIVE GAMES
4 for Australia in International Rules
1 for South Australia 1999

ACHIEVEMENTS
Six-time Fremantle best and fairest (2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011)
Eight-time Fremantle leading goalkicker (2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012)
Coleman Medal 2012
All-Australian 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
AFL life member since 2013
Fremantle life member since 2006
AFL Rising Star nominee 2000
Australian Football Hall of Fame 2022


Bruce Schultz​

PLAYING RECORD
124 games and 669 goals for Norwood 1933-41
Norwood captain 1940

REPRESENTATIVE GAMES
6 for South Australia

ACHIEVEMENTS
SANFL leading goalkicker 1941
Norwood leading goalkicker 1934, 1935, 1939, 1940, 1941
Norwood player life member
Inducted into Norwood Hall of Fame 2006
Member of Norwood Team of the Century 2001


Darren Wilson​

UMPIRING RECORD
404 AFL games as a boundary umpire from 1992-2006 (record at time of retirement)
85 SANFL games as a boundary umpire from 1991-2016

ACHIEVEMENTS
Umpired 48 AFL finals (14 more than closest rival in VFL-AFL history)
Umpired 12 consecutive AFL grand finals (1998-2009)
Youngest ever AFL umpire (17 years, 237 days)
Umpired 1992, 1993, 1997 SANFL grand finals
All-Australian boundary umpire 2007 (award only introduced in 2005)
AFL life member (only boundary umpire)
Inaugural AFLW boundary umpires coach 2017-18
AFL national boundary umpire coach 2019-current


Next weekend in Week 3 of the SANFL Finals...

Saturday September 10 @ Thebarton Oval
U-16 PRELIMINARY FINAL
South Adelaide vs. Woodville-West Torrens @ 11:00am

U-18 PRELIMINARY FINAL
Norwood vs. Glenelg @ 1:15pm


Sunday September 11 @ Adelaide Oval
RESERVES PRELIMINARY FINAL

Sturt vs. West Adelaide @ 11:45am

LEAGUE PRELIMINARY FINAL
Adelaide vs. Norwood @ 2:45pm

So until next weekend... see you at the Footy!
 

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MannyK

Draftee
Mar 12, 2018
14
8
AFL Club
Carlton
Other Teams
Norwood
s**t yeah. Been a Norwood member for 50 years but never for Carlton.
 
May 24, 2022
536
523
Thailand
AFL Club
Tasmania
Other Teams
St Helens R.F.C. | Adelaide T'Birds
s**t yeah. Been a Norwood member for 50 years but never for Carlton.
I follow all the main state leagues and Richmond will always be my Victorian club. But if a 3rd SA club entered the national and South Adelaide had something to do with it I would be intrigued as I'm originally from there.
 

MannyK

Draftee
Mar 12, 2018
14
8
AFL Club
Carlton
Other Teams
Norwood
Cant see a 3rd club from SA in my lifetime but to tell you the truth I prefer the SANFL as I can go to each home and away game and get as much enjoyment with mates as I always have. Dont watch AFL except for finals and even then unless its a good game the TV ads and commentary soon have me going off to do something else.
 
May 24, 2022
536
523
Thailand
AFL Club
Tasmania
Other Teams
St Helens R.F.C. | Adelaide T'Birds
Cant see a 3rd club from SA in my lifetime but to tell you the truth I prefer the SANFL as I can go to each home and away game and get as much enjoyment with mates as I always have. Dont watch AFL except for finals and even then unless its a good game the TV ads and commentary soon have me going off to do something else.
It is hard to see but it's possible I think.

I'm pretty into all the main state leagues (SANFL, VFL, WAFL) and also big on AFL (Richmond).
 

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