2021 SANFL season | |
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Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Woodville-West Torrens 5th premiership |
Minor premiers | Glenelg 7th minor premiership |
Magarey Medallist | James Tsitas Eagles (21 votes), Bryce Gibbs South (21 votes) |
Ken Farmer Medallist | Liam McBean Glenelg (51 goals) |
Highest | 23,000 Grand Final - Eagles vs Glenelg at Adelaide Oval |
The 2021 South Australian National Football League season (officially the SANFL Statewide Super League) was the 142nd season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. [1] The season commenced on 1 April and concluded with the Grand Final on 3 October. It was contested by 10 clubs, an increase of two on the previous season, due to the return of the Adelaide and Port Adelaide reserves teams. [2]
Four matches were played on Good Friday for the first time in a blockbuster start to the 2021 SANFL Statewide Super League. [3]
Arch-rivals Norwood and Port Adelaide kicked the season off under lights in front of the Redlegs’ new Wolf Blass Community Centre at The Parade on Easter Thursday.
It loomed as a fascinating encounter before the remaining eight clubs collided on Friday 2 April in an historic occasion for the competition.
Reigning premier Woodville-West Torrens unfurled its 2020 premiership flag in front of its faithful against Sturt at Maughan Thiem Kia Oval while Glenelg hosted West Adelaide at ACH Group Stadium in the twilight timeslot of 4.10pm.
Central District defended its home turf against regular Good Friday combatant North Adelaide at X Convenience Oval while South Adelaide's star recruit Bryce Gibbs faced his former teammates against Adelaide at Flinders University Stadium.
Round 1 | |||||
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Thursday 1 April (7:40 pm) | Norwood 14.13 (97) | def. | Port Adelaide 7.10 (52) | Coopers Stadium (crowd: 4,946) | [4] [5] |
Friday 2 April (1:10 pm) | South Adelaide 14.18 (102) | def. | Adelaide 6.5 (41) | Flinders University Stadium (crowd: 2,170) | |
Friday 2 April (2:10 pm) | Central District 15.9 (99) | def. | North Adelaide 14.6 (90) | X Convenience Oval | |
Friday 2 April (2:35 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 13.16 (94) | def. | Sturt 7.6 (48) | Maughan Thiem Kia Oval (crowd: 2,959) | |
Friday 2 April (4:10 pm) | Glenelg 13.11 (89) | def. | West Adelaide 11.12 (78) | ACH Group Stadium (crowd: 3,606) | |
Round 2 | |||||
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Saturday 10 April (2:10 pm) | North Adelaide 9.12 (66) | def. by | South Adelaide 11.11 (77) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,839) | [6] [7] |
Saturday 10 April (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide 8.16 (64) | def. | Central District 7.5 (47) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,568) | |
Saturday 10 April (3:05 pm) | Sturt 6.9 (45) | def. by | Norwood 10.6 (66) | Unley Oval (crowd: 2,902) | |
Saturday 10 April (4:10 pm) | Glenelg 13.13 (91) | def. | Woodville-West Torrens 9.8 (62) | ACH Group Stadium (crowd: 2,056) | |
Saturday 10 April (4:10 pm) | West Adelaide 11.10 (76) | def. by | Adelaide 12.10 (82) | Hisense Stadium (crowd: 1,085) | |
Round 3 | |||||
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Friday 16 April (7:40 pm) | Norwood 2.7 (19) | def. by | North Adelaide 16.15 (111) | Coopers Stadium (crowd: 3,479) | [8] |
Saturday 17 April (2:40 pm) | South Adelaide 12.9 (81) | def. | Port Adelaide 10.12 (72) | Flinders University Stadium (crowd: 1,471) | |
Saturday 17 April (2:40 pm) | Sturt 12.21 (93) | def. | West Adelaide 6.7 (43) | Unley Oval (crowd: 2,629) | |
Saturday 17 April (2:40 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 24.11 (155) | def. | Adelaide 11.6 (72) | Maughan Thiem Kia Oval (crowd: 1,673) | |
Saturday 17 April (2:40 pm) | Central District 5.12 (42) | def. by | Glenelg 10.16 (76) | X Convenience Oval (crowd: 1,545) | |
Round 4 | |||||
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Friday 23 April (7:40 pm) | West Adelaide 9.8 (62) | def. | Norwood 6.8 (44) | Hisense Stadium | [9] |
Saturday 24 April (2:10 pm) | Central District 12.8 (80) | def. by | Adelaide 16.7 (103) | X Convenience Oval | |
Saturday 24 April (3:05 pm) | South Adelaide 11.15 (81) | def. | Sturt 6.6 (42) | Flinders University Stadium | |
Saturday 24 April (6:30 pm) | Glenelg 12.11 (83) | def. | Port Adelaide 10.13 (73) | ACH Group Stadium | |
Sunday 25 April (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 9.7 (61) | def. | North Adelaide 9.4 (58) | Maughan Thiem Kia Oval | |
Round 5 | |||||
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Friday 30 April (7:40 pm) | Norwood 7.9 (51) | def. | South Adelaide 6.6 (42) | Coopers Stadium | [10] |
Saturday 1 May (1:10 pm) | North Adelaide 10.9 (69) | def. by | Glenelg 15.10 (100) | Prospect Oval | |
Saturday 1 May (2:10 pm) | West Adelaide 13.7 (85) | def. | Central District 8.13 (61) | Hisense Stadium | |
Sunday 2 May (12:10 pm) | Sturt 12.12 (84) | def. | Adelaide 13.5 (83) | Unley Oval (crowd: 2,339) | |
Sunday 2 May (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide 16.11 (107) | def. | Woodville-West Torrens 7.5 (47) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,927) | |
Round 6 | |||||
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Saturday 8 May (2:10 pm) | Central District 7.10 (52) | def. by | Norwood 13.6 (84) | X Convenience Oval (crowd: 1,411) | [11] |
Saturday 8 May (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 13.13 (91) | def. by | South Adelaide 15.9 (99) | Maughan Thiem Kia Oval | |
Saturday 8 May (4:05 pm) | Port Adelaide 13.9 (87) | def. | Adelaide 10.13 (73) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,582) | |
Sunday 9 May (2:10 pm) | North Adelaide 19.7 (121) | def. | West Adelaide 8.5 (53) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,352) | |
Sunday 9 May (2:10 pm) | Glenelg 11.8 (74) | def. | Sturt 10.10 (70) | ACH Group Stadium (crowd: 2,415) | |
2021 State Game | |||||
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Saturday 15 May (3:35 pm) | SANFL 20.10 (130) | def. | WAFL 11.11 (77) | Adelaide Oval | [12] |
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Round 7 | |||||
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Saturday 22 May (2:30 pm) | Port Adelaide 13.8 (86) | def. | North Adelaide 11.12 (78) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,885) | [13] |
Saturday 22 May (1:10 pm) | Sturt 11.9 (75) | def. by | Central District 12.13 (85) | Unley Oval (crowd: 2,468) | |
Saturday 22 May (1:10 pm) | West Adelaide 5.4 (34) | def. by | Woodville-West Torrens 21.8 (134) | Hisense Stadium (crowd: 1,267) | |
Saturday 22 May (1:35 pm) | Norwood 12.20 (92) | def. | Adelaide 6.8 (44) | Coopers Stadium (crowd: 1,929) | |
Sunday 23 May (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide 9.8 (62) | def. by | Glenelg 15.12 (102) | Flinders University Stadium (crowd: 2,473) | |
Round 8 | |||||
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Saturday 29 May (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 12.16 (88) | def. | Norwood 5.11 (41) | Maughan Thiem Kia Oval (crowd: 2,016) | [14] |
Saturday 29 May (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide 17.10 (112) | def. | Central District 12.13 (85) | Flinders University Stadium (crowd: 1,215) | |
Saturday 29 May (2:35 pm) | Port Adelaide 12.9 (81) | def. | West Adelaide 8.4 (52) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,410) | |
Saturday 29 May (2:10 pm) | Glenelg 20.14 (134) | def. | Adelaide 6.9 (45) | ACH Group Stadium (crowd: 2,706) | |
Sunday 30 May (2:10 pm) | North Adelaide 7.10 (52) | def. | Sturt 7.7 (49) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 2,080) | |
Round 9 | |||||
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Saturday 5 June (1:35 pm) | North Adelaide 13.7 (85) | def. | Adelaide 6.9 (45) | Prospect Oval | [15] |
Saturday 5 June (2:10 pm) | Central District 7.15 (47) | def. by | Woodville-West Torrens 11.10 (76) | X Convenience Oval | |
Saturday 5 June (2:10 pm) | Norwood 9.13 (67) | def. by | Glenelg 10.8 (68) | Coopers Stadium | |
Saturday 5 June (2:10 pm) | West Adelaide 11.12 (78) | def. by | South Adelaide 12.9 (81) | Hisense Stadium | |
Bye Port Adelaide, Sturt | |||||
Round 10 | |||||
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Saturday 12 June (2:35 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 17.7 (109) | def. | Port Adelaide 6.5 (41) | Maughan Thiem Kia Oval (crowd: 2,482) | [16] |
Sunday 13 June (2:35 pm) | Sturt 12.8 (80) | def. by | Adelaide 14.6 (90) | Unley Oval (crowd: 2,762) | |
Monday 14 June (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide 9.12 (66) | def. by | Norwood 11.9 (75) | Flinders University Stadium (crowd: 2,163) | |
Monday 14 June (2:10 pm) | Glenelg 16.9 (105) | def. | North Adelaide 12.10 (82) | ACH Group Stadium (crowd: 3,920) | |
Bye Central District, West Adelaide | |||||
Round 11 | |||||
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Saturday 19 June (1:35 pm) | Central District 10.10 (70) | def. | West Adelaide 7.10 (52) | X Convenience Oval (crowd: 1,300) | [17] |
Sunday 20 June (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide 7.8 (50) | def. by | Sturt 14.7 (91) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,180) | |
Bye Adelaide, Glenelg, North Adelaide, Norwood, South Adelaide, Woodville-West Torrens | |||||
Round 12 | |||||
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Saturday 26 June (1:25 pm) | North Adelaide 18.12 (120) | def. | Port Adelaide 6.8 (44) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,516) | [18] |
Saturday 26 June (2:10 pm) | Sturt 8.7 (55) | def. | South Adelaide 5.14 (44) | Unley Oval (crowd: 1,960) | |
Saturday 26 June (2:10 pm) | Norwood 10.12 (72) | def. | Central District 5.12 (42) | Coopers Stadium (crowd: 1,977) | |
Saturday 26 June (2:10 pm) | West Adelaide 9.4 (58) | def. by | Adelaide 14.10 (94) | Hisense Stadium (crowd: 930) | |
Sunday 27 June (1:05 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 8.8 (56) | def. by | Glenelg 6.7 (75) | Maughan Thiem Kia Oval | |
Round 13 | |||||
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Friday 2 July (7:40 pm) | Norwood 3.7 (25) | def. by | Sturt 7.6 (48) | Coopers Stadium | [19] |
Saturday 3 July (1:10 pm) | West Adelaide 7.7 (49) | def. by | North Adelaide 13.15 (93) | Hisense Stadium (crowd: 1,179) | |
Saturday 3 July (1:10 pm) | Glenelg 17.8 (110) | def. | Adelaide 14.11 (95) | ACH Group Stadium (crowd: 2,059) | |
Saturday 3 July (1:35 pm) | South Adelaide 6.9 (45) | def. by | Woodville-West Torrens 13.3 (81) | Flinders University Stadium (crowd: 1,152) | |
Saturday 3 July (2:10 pm) | Central District 6.12 (48) | def. by | Port Adelaide 9.3 (57) | X Convenience Oval (crowd: 1,687) | |
Round 14 | |||||
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Saturday 10 July (2:10 pm) | Sturt 10.5 (65) | def. by | Glenelg 14.11 (95) | Unley Oval (crowd: 3,009) | [20] |
Saturday 10 July (2:10 pm) | North Adelaide 21.5 (131) | def. | Central District 13.5 (83) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 2,012) | |
Saturday 10 July (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 9.21 (75) | def. | West Adelaide 8.8 (56) | Maughan Thiem Kia Oval (crowd: 1,758) | |
Saturday 10 July (2:30 pm) | South Adelaide 12.15 (87) | def. | Adelaide 7.7 (70) | Victor Harbor Oval (crowd: 2,981) | |
Saturday 10 July (2:35 pm) | Port Adelaide 9.6 (60) | def. by | Norwood 14.12 (96) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,096) | |
Round 15 | |||||
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Saturday 17 July (1:35 pm) | Glenelg 10.13 (73) | def. | South Adelaide 8.7 (55) | ACH Group Stadium (crowd: 1,953) | [21] |
Saturday 17 July (2:10 pm) | Central District 3.5 (23) | def. by | Sturt 5.6 (36) | X Convenience Oval (crowd: 1,255) | |
Saturday 17 July (2:10 pm) | Norwood 7.3 (45) | def. by | Woodville-West Torrens 11.15 (81) | Coopers Stadium (crowd: 1,746) | |
Saturday 17 July (2:10 pm) | North Adelaide 14.11 (95) | def. | Adelaide 6.5 (41) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,449) | |
Sunday 18 July (1:10 pm) | West Adelaide 11.5 (71) | def. by | Port Adelaide 13.6 (84) | Hisense Stadium (crowd: 1,346) | |
Round 16 | |||||
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Saturday 7 August (2:10 pm) | West Adelaide 0.6 (6) | def. by | Sturt 11.16 (82) | Hisense Stadium (crowd: 1,194) | [22] [23] |
Saturday 7 August (2:10 pm) | Central District 7.4 (46) | def. by | South Adelaide 14.14 (98) | X Convenience Oval (crowd: 920) | |
Saturday 7 August (2:10 pm) | Glenelg 11.9 (75) | def. | Norwood 8.17 (65) | ACH Group Stadium (crowd: 1,876) | |
Saturday 7 August (2:10 pm) | North Adelaide 10.7 (67) | def. | Woodville-West Torrens 7.7 (49) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,425) | |
Saturday 7 August (3:30 pm) | Adelaide 13.4 (82) | def. | Port Adelaide 10.9 (69) | Adelaide Oval | |
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Round 17 | |||||
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Friday 13 August (7:40 pm) | Norwood 9.15 (69) | def. | West Adelaide 6.4 (40) | Coopers Stadium | [26] [27] |
Saturday 14 August (2:10 pm) | Glenelg 18.13 (121) | def. | Central District 10.7 (67) | ACH Group Stadium (crowd: 2,433) | |
Saturday 14 August (2:30 pm) | Sturt 14.12 (96) | def. | Port Adelaide 10.12 (72) | Unley Oval (crowd: 2,151) | |
Saturday 14 August (2:35 pm) | South Adelaide 8.6 (54) | def. by | North Adelaide 17.10 (112) | Flinders University Stadium (crowd: 1,265) | |
Sunday 15 August (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 17.13 (115) | def. | Adelaide 8.2 (50) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,899) | |
Round 18 (Split Round) | |||||
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Saturday 21 August (2:05 pm) | Port Adelaide 15.7 (97) | def. | South Adelaide 13.6 (84) | Alberton Oval | [28] [29] |
Saturday 21 August (2:10 pm) | Central District 11.9 (75) | def. | Adelaide 6.6 (42) | X Convenience Oval | |
Friday 27 August (7:40 pm) | West Adelaide 9.8 (62) | def. by | Glenelg 15.8 (98) | Hisense Stadium | |
Saturday 28 August (2:10 pm) | Sturt 9.8 (62) | def. by | Woodville-West Torrens 11.6 (72) | Unley Oval (crowd: 2,298) | |
Saturday 28 August (2:30 pm) | North Adelaide 10.13 (73) | def. by | Norwood 13.7 (85) | Prospect Oval (crowd: 2,675) | |
Round 19 | |||||
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Saturday 4 September (1:10 pm) | Norwood 14.11 (95) | def. | Adelaide 7.10 (52) | Coopers Stadium (crowd: 2,166) | [30] [31] |
Friday 4 September (2:10 am) | Port Adelaide 11.8 (74) | def. | Glenelg 5.8 (38) | Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,370) | |
Saturday 4 September (2:10 pm) | South Adelaide 12.17 (89) | def. | West Adelaide 7.4 (46) | Flinders University Stadium (crowd: 1,699) | |
Saturday 4 September (2:10 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 19.8 (122) | def. | Central District 2.6 (18) | Maughan Thiem Kia Oval (crowd: 1,167) | |
Saturday 4 September (2:35 pm) | Sturt 16.14 (110) | def. | North Adelaide 6.4 (40) | Unley Oval (crowd: 1,917) | |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Glenelg | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1607 | 1189 | 57.47 | 34 | Finals series |
2 | Woodville-West Torrens (P) | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1568 | 1056 | 59.76 | 26 | |
3 | Norwood | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1188 | 1101 | 51.90 | 22 | |
4 | North Adelaide | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1543 | 1209 | 56.07 | 20 | |
5 | South Adelaide | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1359 | 1283 | 51.44 | 20 | |
6 | Sturt | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1231 | 1095 | 52.92 | 18 | |
7 | Port Adelaide | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1270 | 1393 | 47.69 | 18 | |
8 | Adelaide | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1204 | 1679 | 41.76 | 10 | |
9 | Central District | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1070 | 1496 | 41.70 | 8 | |
10 | West Adelaide | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1001 | 1540 | 39.39 | 4 |
Elimination Final | |||||
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Sunday 12 September (12:15 pm) | North Adelaide 8.10 (58) | def. by | South Adelaide 15.11 (101) | Adelaide Oval | [32] |
Qualifying Final | |||||
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Sunday 12 September (3:15 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 8.9 (57) | def. | Norwood 7.8 (50) | Adelaide Oval | [33] |
First Semi-final | |||||
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Saturday 18 September (3:15 pm) | Norwood 10.4 (64) | def. by | South Adelaide 12.11 (83) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 10,104) | [34] |
Second Semi-final | |||||
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Saturday 18 September (7:15 pm) | Glenelg 13.4 (82) | def. by | Woodville-West Torrens 13.8 (86) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 10,104) | [35] |
Preliminary Final | |||||
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Friday 24 September (7:15 pm) | Glenelg 11.11 (77) | def. | South Adelaide 6.13 (49) | Adelaide Oval | [36] |
Grand Final | |||||
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Sunday 3 October (3:30 pm) | Woodville-West Torrens 15.9 (99) | def. | Glenelg 4.8 (32) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 22,956) | |
Club | Award | Player | Ref. |
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Adelaide | State League Club Champion | Kieran Strachan | [37] |
Central District | Norm Russell Medal | Jarrod Schiller | |
Glenelg | John H. Ellers Trophy | Matthew Snook & Luke Partington | |
North Adelaide | Barrie Robran Club Champion | Campbell Combe | |
Norwood | Michael Taylor Medal | Nikolaus Rokahr | |
Port Adelaide | A.R. McLean Medal | Sam Hayes | |
South Adelaide | Knuckey Cup | Bryce Gibbs | |
Sturt | P. T. Morton Medal | Casey Voss | |
West Adelaide | Neil Kerley Medal | Logan Hill & Thomas Keough | |
Woodville-West Torrens | Perce Johns Medal | James Tsitas |
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