2020 SANFL season

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2020 SANFL season
Teams8
Premiers Woodville-West Torrens
4th premiership
Minor premiers Woodville-West Torrens
8th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist Campbell Combe
North Adelaide (19 votes)
Highest17,038 (Grand Final, North Adelaide vs Woodville-West Torrens)
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The 2020 South Australian National Football League season (officially the SANFL Statewide Super League) was the 141st season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. [1] The season was originally scheduled to run from April 2020 until September 2020; however its commencement was delayed to June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of clubs participating in the season was reduced to eight, as Adelaide and Port Adelaide were barred from fielding their reserves teams by the Australian Football League. [2]

Contents

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic

The 2020 season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which was formally declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020, three weeks prior to the scheduled start of the premiership season. Governmental restrictions on non-essential public gatherings greater than 500 people meant that, as a minimum, matches would need to be played before empty stadiums, as was planned for the Australian Football League; [3] however, it was announced on 16 March that SANFL season was suspended indefinitely. A shortened season may still be played commencing no earlier than 31 May, depending on the status of the pandemic; no decision has yet been made on whether the season will be cancelled entirely, but this remains a possibility in the event of a prolonged pandemic. [4] South Australia's two AFL clubs, Adelaide and Port Adelaide, did not field teams as the AFL issued an order banning its clubs from fielding AFL-listed players in state leagues. [2] On 14 June 2020, the first two rounds of the revised fixture were announced, with all games in those rounds to be played at Adelaide Oval.

Premiership Season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday 27 June (11:50 am) Central District 5.6 (36)def. by Sturt 8.3 (51) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,542)
Saturday 27 June (2:40 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 10.8 (68)def. by South Adelaide 11.8 (74) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,542)
Sunday 28 June (12:00 pm) North Adelaide 15.6 (96)def. West Adelaide 10.7 (67) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,907)
Sunday 28 June (3:05 pm) Glenelg 11.10 (76)def. Norwood 10.13 (73) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,907)

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday 4 July (12:05 pm) Sturt 6.9 (45)def. by Woodville-West Torrens 14.12 (96) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,964)
Saturday 4 July (3:05 pm) Norwood 8.13 (61)def. by North Adelaide 9.9 (63) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,964)
Sunday 5 July (11:50 am) South Adelaide 14.8 (92)def. by Glenelg 15.7 (97) Adelaide Oval
Sunday 5 July (2:40 pm) West Adelaide 12.14 (86)drew with Central District 13.8 (86) Adelaide Oval

Round 3

Round 3
Saturday 11 July (11:45 am) Central District 5.4 (34)def. by South Adelaide 11.12 (78) Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,000)
Saturday 11 July (2:10 pm) Glenelg 11.5 (71)def. by North Adelaide 10.14 (74) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 750)
Sunday 12 July (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 14.12 (96)def. Norwood 4.7 (31) Woodville Oval (crowd: 750)
Sunday 12 July (2:10 pm) Sturt 11.6 (72)def. West Adelaide 9.10 (64) Unley Oval (crowd: 950)

Round 4

Round 4
Saturday 18 July (1:10 pm) North Adelaide 7.12 (54)def. by Woodville-West Torrens 10.9 (69) Prospect Oval (crowd: 950)
Saturday 18 July (2:05 pm) West Adelaide 10.4 (64)def. Glenelg 7.6 (48) Richmond Oval (crowd: 900)
Saturday 18 July (2:10 pm) Norwood 15.14 (104)def. Central District 12.14 (86) Norwood Oval (crowd: 750)
Saturday 18 July (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 10.10 (70)def. Sturt 7.5 (47) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 750)

Round 5

Round 5
Saturday 25 July (2:05 pm) Glenelg 12.11 (83)def. by Woodville-West Torrens 16.7 (103) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 831)
Saturday 25 July (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 12.7 (79)def. West Adelaide 9.5 (59) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 946)
Saturday 25 July (2:10 pm) Central District 9.8 (62)def. by North Adelaide 14.8 (92) Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 941)
Sunday 26 July (2:10 pm) Sturt 10.13 (73)def. by Norwood 13.10 (88) Unley Oval (crowd: 1,825)

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday 1 August (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 11.13 (79)def. Central District 7.7 (49) Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,548)
Saturday 1 August (2:10 pm) West Adelaide 8.9 (57)def. by Norwood 19.10 (124) Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,635)
Saturday 1 August (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 9.12 (66)def. South Adelaide 8.10 (58) Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,662)
Sunday 2 August (2:05 pm) Glenelg 12.10 (82)def. Sturt 8.16 (64) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 3,004)

Round 7

Round 7
Saturday 8 August (1:35 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 11.12 (78)def. West Adelaide 4.6 (30) Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,119)
Saturday 8 August (2:10 pm) Central District 11.5 (71)def. by Glenelg 15.14 (104) Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 991)
Saturday 8 August (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 8.14 (62)def. Sturt 6.7 (43) Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,825)
Sunday 9 August (2:10 pm) Norwood 10.10 (70)def. South Adelaide 9.12 (66) Norwood Oval (crowd: 1,847)

Round 8

Round 8
Friday 14 August (7:20 pm) West Adelaide 11.9 (75)def. by North Adelaide 11.10 (76) Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,242)
Saturday 15 August (2:05 pm) South Adelaide 6.15 (51)def. by Woodville-West Torrens 11.6 (72) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,115)
Saturday 15 August (2:10 pm) Sturt 16.11 (107)def. Central District 5.12 (42) Unley Oval (crowd: 1,371)
Saturday 15 August (7:20 pm) Norwood 5.11 (41)def. by Glenelg 10.14 (74) Norwood Oval

Round 9

Round 9
Saturday 22 August (1:35 pm) North Adelaide 15.13 (103)def. Norwood 8.3 (51) Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,651)
Saturday 22 August (2:10 pm) Glenelg 8.2 (50)def. by South Adelaide 13.13 (91) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 1,448)
Saturday 22 August (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 11.6 (72)def. Sturt 5.5 (35) Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,337)
Saturday 22 August (2:10 pm) Central District 10.13 (73)def. West Adelaide 8.3 (51) Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,083)

Round 10

Round 10
Friday 28 August (7:20 pm) West Adelaide 8.6 (54)def. by Sturt 10.1 (61) Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,505)
Friday 28 August (7:40 pm) Norwood 12.12 (84)def. Woodville-West Torrens 6.8 (44) Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,068)
Saturday 29 August (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 14.19 (103)def. Central District 10.6 (66) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,034)
Sunday 30 August (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 10.9 (69)def. by Glenelg 10.11 (71) Prospect Oval

Round 11

Round 11
Saturday 5 September (2:10 pm) Central District 15.8 (98)def. Norwood 13.7 (85) Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,573)
Saturday 5 September (2:10 pm) Sturt 11.14 (80)def. South Adelaide 7.5 (47) Unley Oval (crowd: 1,178)
Saturday 5 September (4:10 pm) Glenelg 21.9 (135)def. West Adelaide 8.13 (61) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 2,109)
Sunday 6 September (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 10.9 (69)def. North Adelaide 6.8 (44) Woodville Oval (crowd: 2,188)

Round 12

Round 12
Friday 11 September (7:20 pm) West Adelaide 8.7 (55)def. by South Adelaide 17.13 (115) Richmond Oval
Friday 11 September (7:40 pm) Norwood 10.16 (76)def. Sturt 11.7 (73) Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,700)
Saturday 12 September (1:45 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 16.15 (111)def. Glenelg 4.9 (33) Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,399)
Saturday 12 September (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 15.20 (110)def. Central District 12.6 (78) Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,692)

Round 13

Round 13
Friday 18 September (7:20 pm) West Adelaide 5.4 (34)def. by Woodville-West Torrens 16.14 (110) Richmond Oval
Saturday 19 September (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 17.14 (116)def. Norwood 6.6 (42) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,146)
Saturday 19 September (2:10 pm) Sturt 8.6 (54)def. by North Adelaide 12.13 (85) Unley Oval (crowd: 1,165)
Saturday 19 September (4:10 pm) Glenelg 11.11 (77)def. Central District 10.16 (76) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 1,362)

Round 14

Round 14
Friday 25 September (7:40 pm) Norwood 6.11 (47)def. by West Adelaide 8.9 (57) Norwood Oval
Saturday 26 September (2:10 pm) Sturt 9.13 (67)def. by Glenelg 12.8 (80) Unley Oval (crowd: 1,224)
Saturday 26 September (2:10 pm) Central District 13.10 (88)def. Woodville-West Torrens 13.6 (84) Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,671)
Sunday 27 September (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 13.9 (87)def. North Adelaide 6.9 (45) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,609)

Ladder

2020 SANFL Ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Woodville-West Torrens 141130115173561.0322
2 North Adelaide 141040103991653.1520
3 South Adelaide 14950112785156.9818
4 Glenelg 149501081105750.5618
5 Norwood 14680977108247.4512
6 Sturt 1459087295447.7510
7 Central District 143101945121143.837
8 West Adelaide 142111814120040.425
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Finals series

Semi-finals

First Semi-final
Sunday 4 October (12:15 pm) South Adelaide 14.12 (96)def. Glenelg 10.11 (71) Adelaide Oval (crowd: See below)
Second Semi-final
Sunday 4 October (3:15 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 9.8 (62)def. by North Adelaide 11.11 (77) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,409)

Preliminary final

Preliminary Final
Sunday 11 October (3:15 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 16.15 (111)def. South Adelaide 10.8 (68) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,110)

Grand Final

2020 SANFL Grand Final
Sunday 18 October (3:00 pm) North Adelaide def. by Woodville-West Torrens Adelaide Oval (crowd: 17,038)
3.4.22
4.4.28
5.6.36
 7.6.48		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		1.1.7
10.3.63
12.8.80
 13.9.87		Umpires: Bowen, Harris, Hundtermark
Jack Oatey Medal: Jordan Foote
Television broadcast: Seven Network

Awards

Club best and fairest

ClubAwardPlayerRef.
Central District Norm Russell MedalJames Boyd [5]
Glenelg John H. Ellers Best and FairestMatthew Snook
North Adelaide Barrie Robran Club ChampionCampbell Combe
Norwood Michael Taylor MedalBrad McKenzie & Richard Douglas
South Adelaide Knuckey CupMatthew Broadbent
Sturt P. T. Morton MedalJames Battersby
West Adelaide Neil Kerley MedalIsaac Johnson
Woodville-West Torrens Perce Johns MedalJoseph Sinor

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