| Categories | Sports |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly during season |
| Publisher | Boylen Media |
| First issue | 1914 |
| Country | Australia |
| Based in | Adelaide, South Australia |
The South Australian Football Budget is the matchday programme of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). [1]
A publication known as the SA Football Budget was first produced in 1914 but was discontinued due to the onset of the First World War. After the return of competition the magazine returned as the SA Footballer, later changing to the current name.
The Budget is a 24-page publication. [2] At its core are the lists of teams playing each weekend, along with player statistics and details of umpires. Contents include footballer profiles, action photography, columns, mini-league teams, premierships tables and various statistics. The regular cost of the magazine is $5. [3]
The magazine is owned by the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and has been published by Boylen Media on behalf of the SANFL since 1994.[ citation needed ] The equivalent magazine for the Australian Football League (AFL) is the AFL Record, which was first produced in 1912. The Budget is sold at all SANFL league matches and also at newsstands in Rundle Mall in Adelaide.
Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where they are nicknamed the Power, while its reserves men's team competes in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), where they are nicknamed the Magpies. Since its founding, the club has won an unequalled 36 SANFL premierships and 4 Championship of Australia titles, in addition to an AFL Premiership in 2004. It has also fielded a women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW) league since 2022 (S7).
The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL, is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport.
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Anthony Dale Modra is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Adelaide and Fremantle in the Australian Football League (AFL) and West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Known for his spectacular marking ability in the full-forward position, Modra had the physical strength and size to match the best opposition full-backs in the competition. As of 2023, he is the only Adelaide player to kick more than 100 goals in a season, achieving the feat in 1993 by registering 129 goals for the year.
Andrew Newton Jarman is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the North Adelaide Football Club and Norwood Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He is the older brother of Adelaide legend Darren Jarman and has won the Magarey Medal twice.
Bruce Abernethy is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club Collingwood Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL), and the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and is a media personality.
Australian rules football in South Australia has long been the most popular sport in the state. It is governed by the South Australia National Football League.
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Sport plays an important role in the business, community, social and cultural life in South Australia.
Justin Bollenhagen is an Australian rules footballer who played with the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a quick left-footed player who predominantly plays off the half-back.
Ian Callinan is a former professional Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League, playing with the Adelaide Crows. He was the league's smallest player during his career, standing at only 172 cm. He played as both a midfielder and a small forward during his career.
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).
Cameron Sutcliffe is an Australian rules footballer who has played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2012 to 2018. He has also played for and been captain of Port Adelaide's reserves team in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Ben Kennedy is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A small forward, 1.75 metres tall and weighing 78 kilograms (172 lb), Kennedy is able to contribute as a crumbing forward and is also capable of moving into the midfield. He played top-level football from a young age by representing South Australia from fifteen years of age, including as a bottom aged player in the 2011 AFL Under 18 Championships, and playing in Glenelg's senior side in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) at seventeen. His junior achievements included two-time selection in the under 18 All-Australian side, a SANFL star search nomination, and selection in the South Australian under 18 team of the decade. He was recruited by the Collingwood Football Club with the nineteenth selection in the 2012 AFL draft and he made his debut in the 2013 season. He played three seasons with Collingwood for a total of twenty-five matches before he was traded to Melbourne during the 2015 trade period. In October 2017, Kennedy was delisted by Melbourne after managing only 15 games in two seasons.
Trent Dumont is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is cousins with Duke Dumont.
Bertram Harold "Bert" Johnson is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Jack Lukosius is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Izak Rankine is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously been drafted to the Gold Coast Suns with pick 3 in the 2018 AFL draft.
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