2017 SANFL season | |
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Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Sturt 15th premiership |
Minor premiers | Woodville-West Torrens 7th minor premiership |
Magarey Medallist | Mitch Grigg Norwood (23 votes) |
Ken Farmer Medallist | Brett Eddy Port Adelaide (53 goals) |
Matches played | 96 |
Highest | 39,813 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs Sturt) |
The 2017 South Australian National Football League season (officially the SANFL Macca's League) was the 138th season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Australian rules football competition.
The season commenced on 7 April and concluded with the Grand Final on 24 September. Sturt won their second consecutive premiership and 15th overall, defeating Port Adelaide by 1 point in the Grand Final.
Round 1 | |||||
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Friday 7 April (7:10 pm) | Glenelg 15.12 (102) | def. | Port Adelaide 13.7 (85) | Glenelg Oval (crowd: 2,915) | [1] |
Friday 7 April (7:10 pm) | West Adelaide 11.4 (70) | def. by | South Adelaide 11.7 (73) | Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,701) | |
Friday 7 April (7:20 pm) | Norwood 12.16 (88) | def. | North Adelaide 9.12 (66) | Norwood Oval (crowd: 3,874) | |
Saturday 8 April (2:40 pm) | Central District 6.14 (50) | def. by | Woodville-West Torrens 14.13 (97) | Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 2,013) | |
Sunday 9 April (2:10 pm) | Sturt 9.10 (64) | def. by | Adelaide 10.6 (66) | Unley Oval (crowd: 3,291) | |
Round 2 | |||||
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Thursday 13 April (7:20 pm) | Norwood 13.8 (86) | def. by | Port Adelaide 12.17 (89) | Norwood Oval (crowd: 6,098) | [2] |
Friday 14 April (1:10 pm) | North Adelaide 17.9 (111) | def. | Central District 13.10 (88) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 2,952) | |
Friday 14 April (4:10 pm) | Glenelg 20.11 (131) | def. | Sturt 11.4 (70) | Glenelg Oval (crowd: 4,800) | |
Saturday 15 April (1:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 19.9 (123) | def. | West Adelaide 9.9 (63) | Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,769) | |
Sunday 16 April (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide 13.6 (84) | def. by | Adelaide 13.12 (90) | Encounter Bay Oval (crowd: 2,379) | |
Round 3 | |||||
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Friday 21 April (7:10 pm) | West Adelaide 5.7 (37) | def. by | Norwood 12.9 (81) | Richmond Oval (crowd: 2,076) | [3] |
Saturday 22 April (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide 16.15 (111) | def. | North Adelaide 7.6 (48) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,583) | |
Saturday 22 April (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide 12.6 (78) | def. | Glenelg 11.7 (73) | Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,589) | |
Saturday 22 April (2:40 pm) | Central District 13.19 (97) | def. | Adelaide 6.7 (43) | Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,606) | |
Tuesday 25 April (2:10 pm) | Sturt 5.18 (48) | def. by | Woodville-West Torrens 9.8 (62) | Unley Oval (crowd: 3,892) | |
Round 4 | |||||
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Friday 28 April (7:10 pm) | Norwood 13.7 (85) | def. by | South Adelaide 13.11 (89) | Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,491) | [4] |
Saturday 29 April (1:10 pm) | Adelaide 8.11 (59) | def. by | Port Adelaide 14.10 (90) | Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,348) | |
Saturday 29 April (2:10 pm) | Glenelg 12.9 (81) | def. | Central District 11.10 (76) | Glenelg Oval (crowd: 2,542) | |
Saturday 29 April (2:10 pm) | North Adelaide 15.14 (104) | def. | West Adelaide 12.10 (82) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,756) | |
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Round 5 (Split Round) | |||||
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Saturday 6 May (2:10 pm) | Central District 14.12 (92) | def. by | Norwood 19.6 (120) | Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 2,047) | [5] |
Saturday 6 May (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 14.14 (98) | def. | Adelaide 8.5 (53) | Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,391) | |
Sunday 7 May (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide 13.7 (85) | def. | North Adelaide 6.5 (35) | Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,452) | |
Sunday 7 May (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide 19.10 (124) | def. | Sturt 9.10 (64) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,886) | |
Saturday 13 May (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 18.11 (119) | def. | Glenelg 7.7 (49) | Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,803) | |
Saturday 13 May (2:40 pm) | Sturt 11.15 (81) | def. | West Adelaide 8.13 (61) | Unley Oval (crowd: 2,413) | |
Round 6 | |||||
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Friday 19 May (7:20 pm) | Norwood 14.9 (93) | def. | Glenelg 9.8 (62) | Norwood Oval (crowd: 3,300) | [6] |
Saturday 20 May (2:10 pm) | Central District 9.12 (66) | def. by | South Adelaide 14.9 (93) | Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,663) | |
Saturday 20 May (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide 6.7 (43) | def. by | Woodville-West Torrens 9.10 (64) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 3,199) | |
Saturday 20 May (2:10 pm) | West Adelaide 10.10 (70) | def. by | Adelaide 16.10 (106) | Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,405) | |
Saturday 20 May (2:40 pm) | North Adelaide 10.3 (63) | def. by | Sturt 12.12 (84) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 2,057) | |
Round 7 | |||||
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Friday 26 May (7:20 pm) | Norwood 9.13 (67) | def. | Woodville-West Torrens 5.6 (36) | Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,941) | [7] |
Saturday 27 May (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide 17.16 (118) | def. | Central District 12.7 (79) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,218) | |
Saturday 27 May (2:40 pm) | North Adelaide 5.5 (35) | def. by | Adelaide 17.7 (109) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,544) | |
Saturday 27 May (2:40 pm) | Glenelg 10.7 (67) | def. | West Adelaide 9.9 (63) | Glenelg Oval (crowd: 2,233) | |
Sunday 28 May (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide 5.11 (41) | def. by | Sturt 14.9 (93) | Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,782) | |
Round 8 | |||||
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Saturday 3 June (2:10 pm) | Sturt 21.9 (135) | def. | Norwood 11.11 (77) | Unley Oval (crowd: 3,851) | [8] |
Saturday 3 June (2:10 pm) | West Adelaide 8.8 (56) | def. by | Central District 9.9 (63) | Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,801) | |
Saturday 3 June (2:40 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 15.7 (97) | def. | North Adelaide 12.14 (86) | Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,842) | |
Saturday 3 June (2:40 pm) | Glenelg 14.4 (88) | def. | Adelaide 6.11 (47) | Glenelg Oval (crowd: 2,458) | |
Sunday 4 June (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide 12.5 (77) | def. by | Port Adelaide 19.13 (127) | Hickinbotham Oval | |
Round 9 | |||||
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Saturday 10 June (2:10 pm) | Central District 10.6 (66) | def. by | Sturt 12.11 (83) | Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 2,427) | [9] |
Saturday 10 June (2:40 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 6.8 (44) | def. | South Adelaide 6.7 (43) | Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,837) | |
Saturday 10 June (4:10 pm) | Norwood 15.7 (97) | def. by | Adelaide 15.9 (99) | Norwood Oval (crowd: 3,323) | |
Sunday 11 June (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide 28.14 (182) | def. | West Adelaide 7.12 (54) | Alberton Oval | |
Monday 12 June (2:10 pm) | North Adelaide 9.9 (63) | def. by | Glenelg 13.14 (92) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 2,356) | |
Round 10 (Split Round) | |||||
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Sunday 18 June (2:10 pm) | Sturt 14.8 (92) | def. | Port Adelaide 9.6 (60) | Unley Oval (crowd: 3,227) | [10] |
Sunday 18 June (2:40 pm) | South Adelaide 8.12 (60) | def. by | Norwood 10.8 (68) | Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,849) | |
Saturday 24 June (1:10 pm) | Glenelg 9.7 (61) | def. by | Woodville-West Torrens 12.9 (81) | Glenelg Oval (crowd: 2,485) | |
Saturday 24 June (2:10 pm) | Central District 9.11 (65) | def. by | Adelaide 16.5 (101) | Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 2,686) | |
Saturday 24 June (2:10 pm) | West Adelaide 15.13 (103) | def. | North Adelaide 13.5 (83) | Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,631) | |
Round 11 | |||||
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Saturday 1 July (2:10 pm) | Central District 21.10 (136) | def. | Glenelg 6.3 (39) | Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,824) | [11] |
Saturday 1 July (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 12.13 (85) | def. | Port Adelaide 8.10 (58) | Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,786) | |
Saturday 1 July (2:10 pm) | North Adelaide 16.6 (102) | def. | South Adelaide 7.16 (58) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,486) | |
Saturday 1 July (2:10 pm) | Sturt 17.17 (119) | def. | Adelaide 10.7 (67) | Unley Oval (crowd: 2,290) | |
Saturday 1 July (2:10 pm) | Norwood 14.11 (95) | def. by | West Adelaide 14.15 (99) | Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,568) | |
Round 12 | |||||
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Saturday 8 July (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide 13.5 (83) | def. | Central District 5.11 (41) | Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,205) | [12] |
Saturday 8 July (2:10 pm) | Sturt 13.3 (81) | def. | North Adelaide 6.9 (45) | Unley Oval (crowd: 1,967) | |
Saturday 8 July (2:10 pm) | West Adelaide 5.10 (40) | def. by | Woodville-West Torrens 11.19 (85) | Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,822) | |
Saturday 8 July (2:40 pm) | Port Adelaide 17.10 (112) | def. | Adelaide 8.6 (54) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,235) | |
Saturday 8 July (7:10 pm) | Glenelg 9.12 (66) | def. by | Norwood 17.5 (107) | Glenelg Oval (crowd: 1,898) | |
Round 13 | |||||
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Saturday 15 July (1:40 pm) | North Adelaide 13.7 (85) | def. by | Norwood 15.11 (101) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 2,019) | [13] |
Saturday 15 July (2:10 pm) | Central District 11.13 (79) | def. | Port Adelaide 10.3 (63) | Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,522) | |
Saturday 15 July (2:10 pm) | Glenelg 16.7 (103) | def. | South Adelaide 5.18 (48) | Glenelg Oval (crowd: 1,604) | |
Saturday 15 July (2:10 pm) | West Adelaide 14.13 (97) | def. | Adelaide 12.4 (76) | Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,359) | |
Sunday 16 July (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 11.4 (70) | def. | Sturt 8.9 (57) | Woodville Oval (crowd: 2,171) | |
Round 14 | |||||
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Saturday 22 July (1:40 pm) | Sturt 19.13 (127) | def. | Central District 14.12 (96) | Unley Oval (crowd: 2,368) | [14] |
Saturday 22 July (2:10 pm) | North Adelaide 7.8 (50) | def. by | Woodville-West Torrens 11.14 (80) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,870) | |
Saturday 22 July (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide 8.6 (54) | def. by | West Adelaide 11.12 (78) | Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,253) | |
Sunday 23 July (2:10 pm) | Norwood 13.13 (91) | def. | Adelaide 9.12 (66) | Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,679) | |
Sunday 23 July (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide 16.12 (108) | def. | Glenelg 8.10 (58) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,109) | |
Round 15 | |||||
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Saturday 29 July (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 10.3 (63) | def. by | Norwood 13.19 (97) | Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,641) | [15] |
Saturday 29 July (2:10 pm) | West Adelaide 5.6 (36) | def. by | Sturt 8.12 (60) | Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,645) | |
Saturday 29 July (2:10 pm) | Glenelg 13.8 (86) | def. | Adelaide 10.9 (69) | Bordertown Oval (crowd: 1,485) | |
Sunday 5 August (2:10 pm) | Central District 9.14 (68) | def. | North Adelaide 8.9 (57) | Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,514) | |
Sunday 5 August (2:40 pm) | Port Adelaide 12.11 (83) | def. | South Adelaide 7.9 (51) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,560) | |
Round 16 | |||||
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Saturday 12 August (2:10 pm) | North Adelaide 12.4 (76) | def. by | Adelaide 17.13 (115) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,570) | [16] |
Saturday 12 August (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide 21.15 (141) | def. | Woodville-West Torrens 9.4 (58) | Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,438) | |
Saturday 12 August (2:10 pm) | Sturt 14.17 (101) | def. | Glenelg 7.10 (52) | Unley Oval (crowd: 2,092) | |
Saturday 12 August (2:10 pm) | West Adelaide 8.9 (57) | def. by | Port Adelaide 22.17 (149) | Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,912) | |
Saturday 12 August (2:40 pm) | Norwood 8.12 (60) | def. by | Central District 21.10 (136) | Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,435) | |
Round 17 | |||||
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Saturday 19 August (2:10 pm) | Central District 15.16 (106) | def. | West Adelaide 7.10 (52) | Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,716) | [17] |
Saturday 19 August (2:10 pm) | Glenelg 12.11 (83) | def. by | North Adelaide 15.9 (99) | Glenelg Oval (crowd: 2,680) | |
Saturday 19 August (2:10 pm) | Sturt 15.10 (100) | def. | South Adelaide 10.10 (70) | Unley Oval (crowd: 2,315) | |
Saturday 19 August (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 10.8 (68) | def. | Adelaide 8.9 (57) | Woodville Oval (crowd: 4,677) | |
Sunday 20 August (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide 19.8 (122) | def. | Norwood 8.3 (51) | Alberton Oval | |
Round 18 | |||||
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Saturday 26 August (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 6.13 (49) | def. by | Central District 10.9 (69) | Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,947) | [18] |
Saturday 26 August (2:10 pm) | North Adelaide 10.6 (66) | def. by | Port Adelaide 15.16 (106) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,933) | |
Saturday 26 August (2:10 pm) | Norwood 11.10 (76) | drew with | Sturt 10.16 (76) | Norwood Oval (crowd: 3,382) | |
Saturday 26 August (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide 13.8 (86) | def. | Adelaide 12.10 (82) | Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,339) | |
Saturday 26 August (2:10 pm) | West Adelaide 14.8 (92) | def. | Glenelg 12.7 (79) | Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,938) | |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
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1 | Woodville-West Torrens | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1379 | 1132 | 54.92 | 28 |
2 | Port Adelaide | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1834 | 1226 | 59.93 | 26 |
3 | Sturt (P) | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1535 | 1263 | 54.86 | 25 |
4 | Norwood | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1539 | 1482 | 50.94 | 21 |
5 | Central District | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1477 | 1433 | 50.76 | 16 |
6 | South Adelaide | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1314 | 1404 | 48.34 | 16 |
7 | Glenelg | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1372 | 1535 | 47.20 | 16 |
8 | Adelaide | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1359 | 1527 | 47.09 | 14 |
9 | West Adelaide | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1210 | 1666 | 42.07 | 10 |
10 | North Adelaide | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1280 | 1631 | 43.97 | 8 |
Elimination Final | |||||
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Saturday 2 September (12:10 pm) | Norwood 10.7 (67) | def. by | Central District 17.13 (115) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 10,429) | [19] |
Qualifying Final | |||||
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Saturday 2 September (3:10 pm) | Port Adelaide 13.11 (89) | def. | Sturt 11.8 (74) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 10,429) | [20] |
First Semi-final | |||||
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Sunday 10 September (12:10 pm) | Sturt 13.8 (86) | def. | Central District 11.13 (79) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 9,029) | [21] |
Second Semi-final | |||||
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Sunday 10 September (3:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 5.10 (40) | def. by | Port Adelaide 10.13 (73) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 9,029) | [22] |
Preliminary Final | |||||
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Sunday 17 September (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 8.5 (53) | def. by | Sturt 11.7 (73) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 7,332) | [23] |
2017 SANFL Grand Final | |||||
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Sunday 24 September (2:40 pm) | Port Adelaide | def. by | Sturt | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 39,813) | [24] [25] [26] |
2.3 (15) 3.4 (22) 3.7 (25) 7.7 (49) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 4.1 (25) 5.4 (34) 6.6 (42) 7.8 (50) | Umpires: Corey Bowen, Toby Medlin, Giles Lewis Jack Oatey Medal: Fraser Evans (Sturt) Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
Neade 2, T. Gray 2, Ah Chee 2, Lobbe 1 | Goals | Beard 2, M. Evans, Hone, Harms, Sutcliffe, Riley 1 | |||
Ah Chee, Toumpas, Neade, Snelling, Summerton, Atley, Bonner | Best | F. Evans, Stephens, Kirkwood, Riley, Battersby, McMahon, Sumner, | |||
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