2023 SANFL season

Last updated

2023 SANFL season
Teams10
Premiers Glenelg
6th premiership
Minor premiers Glenelg
8th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist Harry Grant
(Central District – 27 votes) [1]
Ken Farmer Medallist Lachlan Hosie
(Glenelg – 52 goals) [2]
←  2022
2024  →

The 2023 South Australian National Football League season (officially the SANFL Hostplus League) was the 144th season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The season commenced on 31 March and concluded with the Grand Final on 24 September. [3] [4]

Contents

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Glenelg (P)1815301523104859.2430 Finals series
2 Sturt 1814401289119351.9328
3 Adelaide 1813501627106960.3526
4 Central District 189901084119247.6318
5 Port Adelaide 188911311137348.8517
6 North Adelaide 1881001086124546.5916
7 Norwood 1861111053124845.7613
8 Woodville-West Torrens 1861201152128647.2512
9 South Adelaide 1851211084135344.4811
10 West Adelaide 1841311110131245.839
Source: SANFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Week one – Qualifying and elimination finals

Elimination final
Sunday, 3 September (12:15 pm) Central District 12.10 (82)def. Port Adelaide 11.9 (75) Adelaide Oval Report
Qualifying final
Sunday, 3 September (3:15 pm) Sturt 10.8 (68)def. by Adelaide 11.9 (75) Adelaide Oval Report

Week two – Semi-finals

First Semi-final
Sunday, 10 September (12:15 pm) Sturt 13.11 (89)def. Central District 8.9 (57) Adelaide Oval Report
Second Semi-final
Sunday, 10 September (3:15 pm) Glenelg 16.8 (104)def. Adelaide 11.6 (72) Adelaide Oval Report

Week three – Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Sunday, 17 September (3:15 pm) Adelaide 6.7 (43)def. by Sturt 8.12 (60) Adelaide Oval Report

Week four – Grand Final

2023 SANFL Grand Final
Sunday, 24 September (2:30 pm) Glenelg def. Sturt Adelaide Oval (crowd: 33,049) Stats
Report
4.3 (27)
7.5 (47)
12.7 (79)
 13.8 (86)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		0.3 (3)
2.6 (18)
6.6 (42)
 8.14 (62)		 Jack Oatey Medal: Lachlan Hosie (Glenelg) [5]
Television broadcast: Seven Network
Hosie 6, Reynolds 3, Lyons, Gerloff, Bell, AllenGoalsMathews 2, Voss, Richards, Grivell, Frederick, Coomblas, Burrows

Notable events

Awards

Club best and fairest

ClubAwardPlayerRef.
Adelaide State League Club Champion Jackson Hately [7]
Central District Norm Russell MedalHarry Grant
Glenelg John H. Ellers TrophyCorey Lyons
North Adelaide Barrie Robran Club ChampionCampbell Combe
Norwood Michael Taylor MedalNik Rokahr
Port Adelaide A.R. McLean MedalNick Moore
South Adelaide Knuckey CupKeegan Brooksby
Sturt P. T. Morton MedalJames Battersby
West Adelaide Neil Kerley MedalJosh Ryan
Woodville-West Torrens Perce Johns MedalJames Rowe


List changes

Retirements

NameClubAnnouncedRef
Matt Rose South Adelaide 17 August 2023
Matthew Broadbent South Adelaide 18 August 2023
Bryce Gibbs South Adelaide 23 August 2023
Cam Craig North Adelaide 25 August 2023
Matthew Wright Adelaide 19 September 2023
Max Proud Glenelg 24 September 2023

Player movement

Two SANFL players were drafted to the AFL in the 2023 mid-season rookie draft. [8]

NameRecruited fromDrafted by
Matt Coulthard Glenelg Richmond
Mitch Hardie Woodville-West Torrens Geelong

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Glenelg Football Club</span> Australian rules football team

The Glenelg Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers or the Bays, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the South Australian National Football League. Their home ground is Stratarama Stadium, located in the southern coastal suburb of Glenelg East, South Australia.

The Jack Oatey Medal is awarded to the best player during the SANFL Grand Final. It has been awarded since 1981. In 2018, Mitch Grigg of Norwood became the first player to win the Jack Oatey Medal on a losing team, after his team were defeated by North Adelaide in the 2018 SANFL Grand Final.

Brett William Backwell is a former Australian rules football player who achieved some international notoriety in 2005 when he had a finger amputated to enable him to continue his chosen sport. Backwell played for Carlton in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 1999 to 2001, and won the J. J. Liston Trophy in 2001 and the Magarey Medal in 2006.

Alex Forster is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lachie Neale</span> Australian rules footballer

Lachlan Oliver Neale is an Australian rules footballer and the co-captain of the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2012 to 2018 before being traded to the Brisbane Lions in 2019, where he won the Brownlow Medal in both 2020 and 2023.

Jordan Murdoch is a former professional Australian rules football player, who played for the Gold Coast Football Club and the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He made his South Australian National Football League (SANFL) senior debut for the Glenelg Football Club in round 21 of the 2011 SANFL season, against West Adelaide. He was then drafted into the AFL by the Geelong Football Club with the 48th selection in the 2011 AFL Draft. Murdoch made his AFL debut in July 2012 against Port Adelaide.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jimmy Toumpas</span> Australian rules footballer

Dimitri "Jimmy" Toumpas is a former professional Australian rules footballer best known for his time at the Melbourne Football Club where he played 27 games from 2013 to 2015.

The Reserves Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1906 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Reserves competition, as judged by field umpires. The award is based on the Magarey Medal award that was introduced by William Ashley Magarey.

Luke Partington is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by West Coast with their first selection and twenty-eighth overall in the 2015 national draft. He made his AFL debut in the sixty-eight-point win against the Brisbane Lions at Domain Stadium in round 19 of the 2017 season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Connor Rozee</span> Australian rules footballer

Connor Robert Rozee is a professional Australian rules footballer who is the current captain of the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by Port Adelaide with the fifth draft pick of the 2018 AFL draft.

SANFL Women's League is the major state-level women's Australian rules football league in South Australia.

The SANFL Women's League Best and Fairest Medal is awarded to the best and fairest player in the SANFL Women's League (SANFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game. Future Greater Western Sydney and Adelaide player Courtney Gum was the inaugural winner of the award in 2017, with Lauren Young the youngest winner of the award after her win in 2021, aged just 15 years in her winning season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brad Close</span> Australian football league player

Bradley Close is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Geelong Cats in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Geelong Cats with the 14th pick in the 2019 rookie draft.

Lachlan Hosie is an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the North Melbourne Football Club with the 5th draft pick in the 2019 AFL Midseason Rookie Draft.

The 2021 SANFL Women's League season was the fifth season of the SANFL Women's League (SANFLW). The season commenced on 26 February and concluded with the Grand Final on 5 June. The competition is contested by eight clubs, all of whom are affiliated with clubs from the men's South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

The 2022 SANFL Women's League season was the sixth season of the SANFL Women's League (SANFLW). The season commenced on 4 February and concluded with the Grand Final on 28 May. The competition was contested by eight clubs, all of whom are affiliated with clubs from the men's South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Nick Daicos is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Daicos is the son of Peter Daicos, who played for Collingwood in the VFL/AFL, and the younger brother of Josh Daicos, who also plays for Collingwood.

The 2023 SANFL Women's League season was the seventh season of the SANFL Women's League (SANFLW). The season commenced on 17 February and concluded with the Grand Final on 11 June. The competition was contested by eight clubs, all of whom are affiliated with clubs from the men's South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Central District won their first women's league premiership, defeating South Adelaide by three points.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 SANFL Grand Final</span> Australian rules football match

The 2023 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Grand Final was an Australian rules football match played at Adelaide Oval on Sunday, 24 September, 2023. It was the 135th SANFL grand final, staged to determine the premiers for the 2023 SANFL season. The match was contested by Glenelg and Sturt, and the Glenelg Tigers won by 24 points to win their sixth premiership.

References

  1. ↑ Milbank, Zac (11 September 2023). "Central's Harry Grant wins 2023 Magarey Medal". sanfl.com.au. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Zac Milbank (26 August 2023). "Glenelg's Lachie Hosie wins 2023 Ken Farmer Medal". sanfl.com.au.
  3. ↑ "2023 Hostplus SANFL League Fixture Release". sanfl.com.au. 31 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Mitch Keating (31 January 2023). "2023 SANFL fixture released". Zero Hangar.
  5. ↑ Milbank (24 September 2023). "Glenelg's Lachie Hosie wins 2023 Jack Oatey Medal". sanfl.com.au. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Footy world pays tribute to Nick Lowden after 23yo's 'tragic and unexpected death'". Fox Sports.
  7. ↑ "2023 SANFL Club Champions". SANFL. 19 October 2023. Archived from the original on 2 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Milbank, Zac (31 May 2023). "Two SANFL players selected in 2023 AFL Mid-Season Draft". sanfl.com.au. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.