2016 SANFL season

The 2016 South Australian National Football League season (officially the SANFL IGA League) was the 137th season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Australian rules football competition.

2016 SANFL season
Teams10
PremiersSturt
(14th premiership)
Minor premiersWoodville-West Torrens
(6th minor premiership)
Matches played96
Attendance279,699 (2,914 per match)
Highest attendance30,213 (Grand Final, Woodville-West Torrens vs Sturt)
Ken Farmer MedallistBrett Eddy
South Adelaide (68 goals)
Magarey MedallistZane Kirkwood
Sturt (24 votes)

Two key new rules to be introduced for the 2016 season are:[1]

  • Interchange rotations to be restricted to a total of fifty per team per game.
  • A free kick to be awarded against a player who kicks or handpasses the ball if it goes out of bounds without being touched by another player.

Both rules were more aggressive variants of similar rule changes later made in the AFL in 2016: the AFL limited interchanges to ninety per game, and adopted a stricter interpretation of deliberate out of bounds without automatically applying it to all untouched disposals out of bounds.

The season commenced on 24 March and concluded with the Grand Final on 25 September. Sturt won their 14th premiership and first in 14 years, defeating minor premiers Woodville-West Torrens by 27 points in the Grand Final at Adelaide Oval.

Premiership season

Round 1

Round 1
Thursday 24 March (7:40 pm) Norwood 15.10 (100) def. Port Adelaide 12.3 (75) Norwood Oval (crowd: 5,112) [2]
Friday 25 March (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 13.7 (85) def. Glenelg 11.10 (76) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 3,859)
Friday 25 March (2:15 pm) Central District 24.10 (154) def. North Adelaide 6.11 (47) Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 4,544)
Saturday 26 March (2:10 pm) West Adelaide 7.8 (50) def. by Adelaide 18.16 (124) Richmond Oval (crowd: 2,162)
Monday 28 March (2:10 pm) Sturt 10.6 (66) def. by Woodville-West Torrens 16.9 (105) Unley Oval (crowd: 3,386)

Round 2

Round 2
Sunday 2 April (1:40 pm) Adelaide 15.14 (104) def. Port Adelaide 10.14 (74) Mannum Oval (crowd: 2,323) [3]
Sunday 2 April (2:10 pm) Glenelg 21.14 (140) def. West Adelaide 9.11 (65) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 2,803)
Sunday 2 April (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 14.12 (96) def. Woodville-West Torrens 8.5 (53) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,611)
Sunday 2 April (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 18.10 (118) def. Norwood 8.13 (61) Prospect Oval (crowd: 3,009)

Round 3

Round 3
Saturday 9 April (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 21.7 (133) def. North Adelaide 13.12 (90) Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,088) [4]
Sunday 10 April (1:40 pm) Sturt 11.16 (82) def. Central District 9.7 (61) Unley Oval (crowd: 2,442)
Sunday 10 April (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 22.6 (138) def. West Adelaide 10.7 (67) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,374)
Sunday 10 April (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 8.5 (53) def. by Adelaide 14.12 (96) Woodville Oval (crowd: 4,252)

Round 4

Round 4
Friday 15 April (7:40 pm) Norwood 10.14 (74) def. Glenelg 10.8 (68) Norwood Oval (crowd: 3,741) [5]
Saturday 16 April (2:10 pm) Central District 11.11 (77) def. by South Adelaide 17.6 (108) Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 2,037)
Sunday 17 April (2:10 pm) West Adelaide 6.12 (48) def. by Sturt 14.9 (93) Richmond Oval (crowd: 2,021)
Sunday 17 April (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 11.9 (75) def. North Adelaide 9.9 (63) Woodville Oval (crowd: 2,020)

Round 5

Round 5
Friday 22 April (7:40 pm) Norwood 8.9 (57) def. by Sturt 11.9 (75) Norwood Oval (crowd: 3,242) [6]
Sunday 24 April (2:10 pm) Glenelg 13.8 (86) def. by Adelaide 17.14 (116) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 3,787)
Sunday 24 April (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 9.8 (62) def. by Central District 13.14 (92) Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,629)
Monday 25 April (2:10 pm) West Adelaide 4.6 (30) def. by Woodville-West Torrens 15.13 (103) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,119)

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday 30 April (12:10 pm) Central District 12.10 (82) def. Norwood 4.10 (34) Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,908) [7]
Sunday 1 May (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 17.8 (110) def. Glenelg 11.11 (77) Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,870)
Sunday 1 May (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 14.7 (91) def. Adelaide 13.12 (90) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,233)
Sunday 1 May (2:10 pm) Sturt 18.15 (123) def. Port Adelaide 9.6 (60) Unley Oval (crowd: 2,203)

Round 7

Round 7
Friday 6 May (7:10 pm) Glenelg 9.12 (66) def. by Woodville-West Torrens 12.9 (81) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 2,583) [8]
Saturday 7 May (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 14.16 (100) def. West Adelaide 10.13 (73) Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,403)
Saturday 7 May (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 15.12 (102) def. Norwood 12.7 (79) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,502)
Sunday 8 May (1:10 pm) North Adelaide 9.9 (63) def. by Adelaide 9.13 (67) Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,398)

Round 8

Round 8
Saturday 14 May (1:40 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 12.10 (82) def. Port Adelaide 6.7 (43) Woodville Oval (crowd: 2,065) [9]
Saturday 14 May (2:10 pm) Glenelg 19.6 (120) def. Central District 13.13 (91) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 2,154)
Saturday 14 May (2:10 pm) Sturt 7.4 (46) def. by South Adelaide 14.10 (94) Unley Oval (crowd: 2,859)
Saturday 14 May (2:10 pm) West Adelaide 11.7 (73) def. by North Adelaide 14.16 (100) Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,451)

Round 9

Round 9
Friday 20 May (7:40 pm) Norwood 13.13 (91) def. West Adelaide 10.4 (64) Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,787) [10]
Saturday 21 May (2:10 pm) Central District 15.9 (99) def. Adelaide 12.4 (76) Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,933)
Sunday 22 May (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 10.8 (68) def. by Sturt 13.10 (88) Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,850)
Sunday 22 May (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 20.11 (131) def. South Adelaide 12.11 (83) Alberton Oval (crowd: 1,327)

Round 10

Round 10
Saturday 4 June (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 16.13 (109) def. Norwood 6.8 (44) Woodville Oval (crowd: 2,250) [11]
Saturday 4 June (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 17.6 (108) def. by Glenelg 19.13 (127) Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,228)
Saturday 4 June (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 15.9 (99) def. North Adelaide 10.8 (68) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,164)
Saturday 4 June (2:10 pm) Sturt 10.10 (70) def. Adelaide 9.6 (60) Unley Oval (crowd: 3,379)
Saturday 4 June (2:10 pm) West Adelaide 7.16 (58) def. by Central District 16.9 (105) Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,466)

Round 11

Round 11
Sunday 12 June (1:40 pm) Norwood 7.11 (53) def. by Adelaide 14.16 (100) Norwood Oval (crowd: 3,322) [12]
Sunday 12 June (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 21.9 (135) def. Central District 7.5 (47) Woodville Oval (crowd: 2,400)
Sunday 12 June (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 9.10 (64) def. by Sturt 12.14 (86) Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,510)
Monday 13 June (2:10 pm) Glenelg 10.14 (74) def. by North Adelaide 23.10 (148) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 4,365)

Round 12

Round 12
Saturday 18 June (1:10 pm) South Adelaide 14.13 (97) def. Port Adelaide 8.6 (54) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 938) [13]
Saturday 18 June (2:10 pm) Norwood 8.13 (61) def. by Central District 13.15 (93) Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,352)
Sunday 19 June (2:10 pm) Glenelg 7.17 (59) def. by Sturt 15.8 (86) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 3,260)
Sunday 19 June (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 12.6 (78) def. by West Adelaide 13.4 (82) Prospect Oval (crowd: 2,223)

Round 13

Round 13
Saturday 25 June (2:10 pm) Central District 17.8 (110) def. Adelaide 8.7 (55) Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 3,106) [14]
Saturday 25 June (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 10.13 (73) def. South Adelaide 6.5 (41) Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,778)
Saturday 25 June (2:10 pm) West Adelaide 9.9 (63) def. Glenelg 8.13 (61) Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,493)
Sunday 26 June (2:10 pm) Sturt 10.7 (67) def. Norwood 8.12 (60) Unley Oval (crowd: 3,762)

Round 14

Round 14
Saturday 2 July (2:10 pm) Central District 9.5 (59) def. by Port Adelaide 15.8 (98) Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 2,030) [15]
Saturday 2 July (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 19.12 (126) def. West Adelaide 8.2 (50) Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,598)
Saturday 2 July (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 9.9 (63) def. by Adelaide 11.12 (78) Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,835)
Saturday 2 July (2:10 pm) Norwood 8.8 (56) def. by South Adelaide 12.13 (85) Norwood Oval (crowd: 1,841)

Round 15

Round 15
Saturday 9 July (2:10 pm) Adelaide 13.9 (87) def. Sturt 11.9 (75) Thebarton Oval (crowd: 3,123) [16]
Saturday 9 July (2:10 pm) Glenelg 11.8 (74) def. South Adelaide 9.10 (64) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 1,998)
Saturday 9 July (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 10.4 (64) def. by Woodville-West Torrens 9.16 (70) Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,816)
Saturday 9 July (2:10 pm) West Adelaide 7.14 (56) def. by Port Adelaide 19.15 (129) Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,333)

Round 16

Round 16
Saturday 16 July (1:10 pm) Central District 9.6 (60) def. by Sturt 10.9 (69) Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 2,200) [17]
Sunday 17 July (2:10 pm) Glenelg 15.11 (101) def. Adelaide 12.10 (82) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 2,849)
Sunday 17 July (2:10 pm) Norwood 17.14 (116) def. North Adelaide 12.10 (82) Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,589)
Sunday 17 July (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 12.10 (82) def. Woodville-West Torrens 6.5 (41) Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,741)

Round 17

Round 17
Saturday 23 July (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 10.13 (73) def. Adelaide 8.5 (53) Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,850) [18]
Saturday 23 July (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 15.6 (96) def. Central District 11.9 (75) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,487)
Saturday 23 July (2:10 pm) Sturt 19.7 (121) def. West Adelaide 4.8 (32) Unley Oval (crowd: 2,290)
Sunday 24 July (1:40 pm) Glenelg 10.9 (69) def. Norwood 9.9 (63) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 1,482)

Round 18

Round 18
Saturday 30 July (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 12.12 (84) def. Sturt 7.3 (45) Woodville Oval (crowd: 2,677) [19]
Saturday 30 July (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 12.8 (80) def. by Central District 15.5 (95) Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,783)
Saturday 30 July (2:10 pm) West Adelaide 6.5 (41) def. by South Adelaide 21.10 (136) Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,260)
Sunday 31 July (1:40 pm) Port Adelaide 12.7 (79) def. by Adelaide 16.8 (104) Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,289)

Round 19

Round 19
Saturday 6 August (2:10 pm) Central District 16.8 (104) def. Glenelg 10.4 (64) Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,897) [20]
Sunday 7 August (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 7.8 (50) def. by Port Adelaide 16.11 (107) Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,793)
Sunday 7 August (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 7.11 (53) def. by Sturt 16.6 (102) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,279)
Sunday 7 August (2:10 pm) West Adelaide 9.12 (66) def. by Norwood 12.8 (80) Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,726)

Round 20

Round 20
Saturday 13 August (1:40 pm) Glenelg 11.13 (79) def. by Port Adelaide 20.14 (134) Glenelg Oval (crowd: 2,440) [21]
Saturday 13 August (2:10 pm) Central District 8.6 (54) def. by Woodville-West Torrens 11.13 (79) Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,978)
Saturday 13 August (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 9.9 (63) def. by South Adelaide 18.4 (112) Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,649)
Saturday 13 August (2:10 pm) Norwood 11.10 (76) def. by Adelaide 18.10 (118) Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,266)

Round 21

Round 21
Sunday 21 August (1:10 pm) West Adelaide 13.7 (85) def. by Adelaide 27.17 (179) Berri Oval (crowd: 2,059) [22]
Sunday 21 August (2:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 21.11 (137) def. Glenelg 10.4 (64) Woodville Oval (crowd: 2,172)
Sunday 21 August (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 16.7 (103) def. Norwood 12.6 (78) Alberton Oval (crowd: 2,501)
Sunday 21 August (2:10 pm) Sturt 12.7 (79) def. North Adelaide 11.9 (75) Unley Oval (crowd: 2,712)

Round 22

Round 22
Saturday 27 August (2:10 pm) Central District 18.8 (116) def. West Adelaide 11.8 (74) Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 2,186) [23]
Saturday 27 August (2:10 pm) Norwood 11.9 (75) def. Woodville-West Torrens 6.15 (51) Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,277)
Saturday 27 August (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 14.16 (100) def. Adelaide 9.8 (62) Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,419)
Saturday 27 August (2:10 pm) Sturt 12.14 (86) drew with Glenelg 13.8 (86) Unley Oval (crowd: 2,573)

Ladder

2016 SANFL Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPA%PTS
1 Woodville-West Torrens 18 14 4 0 1530 1079 58.64 28
2 South Adelaide 18 14 4 0 1681 1286 56.66 28
3 Sturt (P) 18 13 4 1 1458 1214 54.57 27
4 Adelaide 18 11 7 0 1651 1401 54.10 22
5 Central District 18 10 8 0 1574 1398 52.96 20
6 Port Adelaide 18 9 9 0 1636 1524 51.77 18
7 Glenelg 18 6 11 1 1491 1697 46.77 13
8 Norwood 18 6 12 0 1258 1527 45.17 12
9 North Adelaide 18 4 14 0 1430 1640 46.58 8
10 West Adelaide 18 2 16 0 1077 2020 34.78 4
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers Source

Finals series

Qualifying and Elimination Finals

Elimination Final
Saturday 3 September (12:10 pm) Adelaide 19.11 (125) def. Central District 7.11 (53) Adelaide Oval (crowd: see below)
Qualifying Final
Saturday 3 September (3:10 pm) South Adelaide 7.9 (51) def. by Sturt 11.12 (78) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,351)

Semi Finals

First Semi Final
Sunday 11 September (12:10 pm) South Adelaide 13.8 (86) def. by Adelaide 22.8 (140) Adelaide Oval (crowd: see below)
Second Semi Final
Sunday 11 September (3:10 pm) Woodville-West Torrens 12.12 (84) def. Sturt 8.12 (60) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 9,029)

Preliminary Final

Preliminary Final
Sunday 18 September (2:10 pm) Sturt 15.13 (103) def. Adelaide 10.8 (68) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 6,645)

Grand Final

2016 SANFL Grand Final
Sunday 25 September (2:40 pm) Woodville-West Torrens def. by Sturt Adelaide Oval (crowd: 30,213) Report
1.4 (10)
3.5 (23)
5.6 (36)
 7.7 (49)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
1.1 (7)
4.2 (26)
8.2 (50)
 12.4 (76)
Umpires: Haussen, Hundertmark, Crosby
Jack Oatey Medal: Jack Stephens (Sturt)
Television broadcast: Seven Network
5: Wundke
1: McGregor, Petrenko
Goals 3: Beard, Greenslade
2: Lienert
1: Hansen, Stephens, Kirkwood
Petrenko, O’Brien, Wundke, Boyd Best Stephens, Kirkwood, Riley, Battersby, Beard, Greenslade, Martin, McMahon

Awards and premiers

Awards

  • The Magarey Medal (awarded to the best and fairest player in the home and away season) was won by Zane Kirkwood of Sturt, who polled 24 votes. It was Kirkwood's second Magarey Medal having previously won in 2014.[24]
  • The Ken Farmer Medal (awarded to the leading goalkicker in the home and away season) was won by Brett Eddy of South Adelaide. He kicked 68 goals in the 2016 home and away season.[25]
  • The Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy (awarded to the best performing club in the League, Reserves and Under 18 competitions) was won by Woodville West-Torrens, with 2975 points, which was 775 points ahead of second-place South Adelaide. It was the Eagles' 5th trophy having previously won in 1993, 2000, 2013 and 2015.[26]
  • The R.O. Shearman Medal (awarded to the player adjudged best by the 10 SANFL club coaches each game) was won by Jared Petrenko of Woodville West-Torrens.[27]
  • Woodville-West Torrens were the league minor premiers, finishing top of the ladder at the end of the home and away season with 14 wins and 4 losses. It is the club's 6th minor premiership in the SANFL and their 2nd in succession.

Premiers

Advertiser SANFL Team of the Year

2016 Advertiser SANFL Team of the Year[31]
B: Patrick Giuffreda (Woodville-West Torrens) Luke Thompson (vc) (Woodville-West Torrens) Tom Fields (South Adelaide)
HB: Jarred Allmond (Woodville-West Torrens) Fraser Evans (Sturt) Matthew Goldsworthy (Woodville-West Torrens)
C: Kane Mitchell (Port Adelaide) Zane Kirkwood (c) (Sturt) Nick O’Brien (Woodville-West Torrens)
HF: Josh Scott (Glenelg) Kory Beard (Sturt) Justin Hocking (Central District)
F: Travis Schiller (Central District) Brett Eddy (South Adelaide) Mark Evans (Sturt)
Foll: Sam Baulderstone Chris Jansen (Central District) Jared Petrenko (Woodville-West Torrens)
Int: Cam Ellis-Yolmen (Adelaide) Brede Seccull (South Adelaide) James Battersby (Sturt)
Coach: Martin Mattner (Sturt)

References

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