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| Date | Saturday, 5 October (2:10 pm) | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Football Park | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 39,276 | |||||||||||||||
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The 1991 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Grand Final saw North Adelaide defeat West Adelaide by 75 points. The match was played on Saturday 5 October 1991 at Football Park in front of a crowd of 39,276.
| B: | Rod Saunders (4) | Sean Tasker (21) | Bradley Ryan (24) |
| HB: | Steven Barratt (18) | Trevor Clisby (29) | Tim Perkins (15) |
| C: | David Sanders (9) | Peter Krieg (17) | Marc Marshall (19) |
| HF: | Brodie Atkinson (47) | Peter Bennett (35) | Steven Hamilton (25) |
| F: | Craig Burton (5) | Michael Parsons (28) | Darel Hart (3) |
| Foll: | Michael Redden (42) | Kym Klomp (c) (7) | Steven Sims (2) |
| Int: | Stephen Riley (22) | Tim Nunan (38) | |
| Coach: | Michael Nunan | ||
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