Last week in the SANFL...

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SANFL Round 23 (End of Minor Round)

Norwood Oval - Crowd 2733

Norwood 5.2 12.7 18.10 19.15 129
Eagles  3.3  4.6  7.11 11.12 78

Prospect Oval - Crowd 2650

Port  7.9 9.11 11.17 16.20 116
North 1.0 4.0   6.1   8.4  52

Glenelg Oval - Crowd 1693

West    4.4 5.4 7.7 12.10 82
Glenelg 2.0 5.1 6.3  7.6  48

Adelaide Oval - Crowd 2993

Sturt    0.4 3.6 7.9 14.12 96
Centrals 2.4 2.8 7.13 8.14 62


  TEAM     W   L   D   For    Ag   Pct
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   Sturt  16   4   0  1760  1385  55.96
    West  13   7   0  1701  1534  52.58
 Norwood  13   7   0  1511  1409  51.75
    Port  12   8   0  1649  1417  53.78
Centrals   9  11   0  1619  1523  51.53
  Eagles   9  11   0  1608  1590  50.28
   South   9  11   0  1525  1619  48.51
   North   5  15   0  1383  1845  42.84
 Glenelg   4  16   0  1317  1751  42.93

Leading Goal Kickers

              Team   Games  Goals 
A Richardson  West   18     82
J Burton      Sturt  20     64
R Fitzgerald  South  20     39
R Pyman       Eagles 15     33
S White       Sturt  18     33
M Jeffries    North  14     31
N Smart       South  18     29

Comments
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Well the minor round is now over and it is Sturt who have finished minor premier (the first time since 1978) and have taken the Living Health Cup.  Sturt are currently looking as favourites for the premiership, while both Norwood and West are in a good position.  Port have never won a GF after finishing 4th or 5th while Centrals despite losing this week (they have just won one game since the end of July) have just scraped into the five.

The scores were tied at the 17th minute mark of the first term in the game between the Eagles and Norwood. Norwood then picked up a gear and took control of the game.  The Eagles managed to out score the Legs in the final quarter but the damage had already been done and Norwood easily won by 51 points.

At Propect Oval the Magpies dominated from the first bounce.  At the first break Port were already 45 points in front despite poor kicking for goal.   The next two quarters were fairly even before Port kicked away again in the final quarter to score a 64 point win. 

For the first 3 quarters at Glenelg Oval the Bays kept with West.  In the fourth quarter though the West players started to get their act together and ran out 34 point winners. 

At Adelaide Oval Centrals kept Sturt goaless in the first quarter. In the second quarter it was the opposite, with Centrals being kept goaless while Sturt kicked 3 majors.  Centrals then edged out to a 21 point lead 8 minutes into the 3rd quarter before Sturt hit back to trail by 4 points at the final break.  Sturt then took control of the game
in the final term and ran out winners by 34 points.

Next Week

Football Park - Elimination Final 12:30
Port v Centrals
Qualifying Final 3:30
West v Norwood

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