The 2014 South Australian National Football League season (officially the SANFL IGA League) was the 135th season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Australian rules football competition.
2014 introduced a number of changes to the league. The size of the league increased from 9 clubs to 10, after the South Australian Football Commission granted the Australian Football League's Adelaide Football Club a licence to field a reserves team in the competition. Adelaide Oval replaced Football Park as headquarters of the SANFL, resulting in the renovated venue hosting one SANFL minor round match (Anzac Day) and all six SANFL finals matches. The season was shortened to finish a week before the AFL Grand Final, instead of a week after, as had been the case for most years since 1980.
Norwood were the premiers for the 2014 season, after they defeated Port Adelaide by 4 points in the Grand Final in front of a crowd of 38,644, the largest such crowd since 1999. It was the third consecutive premiership for Norwood and their 30th overall.
Sturt, South Adelaide and Woodville-West Torrens also made the top (final) five teams and participated in the finals series. North Adelaide, Central District, Adelaide, West Adelaide and Glenelg all missed the top five, with Glenelg finishing bottom to record its 17th wooden spoon.
Premiership season Highlights of the season fixture include: A shortened 18-round home and away competition, in which each team plays each other twice A record 17 night matches, mostly staged in the early part of the season Two Showdown matches between Adelaide Football Club and Port Adelaide Two Anzac Day matches, including the Grand Final rematch between Norwood vs. North Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval First SANFL Grand Final at Adelaide Oval since 1973, to be played at an earlier than usual date on Sunday September 21 Seven Network replaces ABC as sole television broadcaster; televises one live “match of the round” every week as well as all finals The official season motto was announced by the SANFL as: This is Football.
Source: SANFL Season 2014 Results and Fixtures
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
State game
Report
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Ladder
Finals series
Qualifying and elimination finals
Semi-finals
Preliminary final
Grand Final
Club performances
SANFL Premiership Club Home ground Home & away ladder position Finals result Best & Fairest Best home attendance Ave. home attendance Adelaide None 8th rowspan=1 Ian Callinan 5,312 (Rd 5)† rowspan=1 Central District Elizabeth Oval 7th rowspan=1 Jarrod Schiller 3,337 (Rd 3) 2,070 (10 games) Glenelg Glenelg Oval 10th rowspan=1 Craig Pitt & Andrew Bradley 9,299 (Rd 4) 3,323 (10 games) North Adelaide Prospect Oval 6th rowspan=1 Jay Shannon 4,015 (Rd 1) 2,513 (10 games) Norwood Norwood Oval 2nd Premiers Kieran McGuinness 6,324 (Rd 1)† 4,110 (10 games) Port Adelaide Alberton Oval 1st Grand Final Steven Summerton 6,196 (Rd 14) 3,256 (9 games) South Adelaide Hickinbotham Oval 4th Preliminary Final Keegan Brooksby 3,984 (Rd 3) 2,050 (10 games) Sturt Unley Oval 3rd Semi-final Zane Kirkwood 3,898 (Rd 4) 3,167 (10 games) West Adelaide Richmond Oval 9th rowspan=1 Jonathon Beech 3,101 (Rd 9) 2,023 (10 games) Woodville-West Torrens Woodville Oval 5th Elimination Final Scott Lewis 4,247 (Rd 3) 2,584 (10 games) † Adelaide had only one home game in 2014; at Clare Oval in the regional town of Clare. Also Norwood's "home" crowd in Round 4 was 10,014 (Rd 4) for the Anzac Day match at Adelaide Oval against North Adelaide.
SANFL win/loss table
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 F1 F2 F3 GF Ladder North47Sturt37CD52Gln37Port45West37Nor31SA21WWT48CD6North4West6SA45Port52WWT68Gln16Sturt6Nor55XXXX8 WWT31Nor42Adel52SA8West64North7Gln6Sturt52Port13Adel6SA10Nor28West33WWT21Sturt5Port3Gln59North41XXXX7 Sturt43Port152SA45Adel37Nor17WWT50CD6West98North57SA45Nor118WWT43Sturt14North42West8Adel16CD59Port32XXXX10 Adel47SA34West15Nor21Sturt61CD7WWT76Port26Gln57West87Adel4SA78Port2Gln42Nor53Sturt19WWT38CD41XXXX6 Port19CD42Sturt18North21Gln17SA40Adel31WWT3West21Sturt21Gln118CD28WWT20SA13North53West89Port9Adel55Sturt9Port13XPort41 Nor19Gln152WWT58West58Adel45Sturt50SA60North26CD13WWT23West17Sturt20North2Adel52SA17CD3Nor9Gln32XNor13SA20Nor42 West49North34Gln45CD8WWT10Nor40Port60Adel21Sturt8Gln45CD10North78Adel45Nor13Port17WWT6West23Sturt24WWT20Sturt68Port20X3 Gln43Adel37Nor18WWT6North61Port50West79CD52SA8Nor21WWT40Port20Gln14West4CD5North19Adel6SA24Nor9SA68XX4 SA49WWT10North15Port58CD64Adel37Sturt79Gln98Nor21North87Port17Adel6CD33Sturt4Gln8Nor89SA23WWT63XXXX9 CD31West10Port58Sturt6SA10Gln50North76Nor3Adel48Port23Sturt40Gln43Nor20CD21Adel68SA6North38West63SA20XXX5 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 F1 F2 F3 GF Ladder
Bold – Home game X – Did not play Opponent for round listed above margin
Foxtel Cup
Club Result Norwood Eliminated in Round 1 West Adelaide Eliminated in Round 1
Awards and events
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 29 votes.Sturt midfielder Zane Kirkwood wins 2014 Magarey Medal The Ken Farmer Medal (awarded to the leading goalkicker in the home and away season) was won by Michael Wundke of Woodville-West Torrens. He kicked 60 goals in the 2014 home and away season. The Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy (awarded to the best performing club in the League, Reserves and Under 18 competitions) was won by North Adelaide, with 2375 points, 25 points ahead of Woodville-West Torrens.North Adelaide wins Stanley H. Lewis Trophy The R.O Shearman Medal (awarded to the player adjudged best by the 10 SANFL club coaches each game) was won by Steven Summerton of Port Adelaide.Summerton wins R.O. Sherman Medal as voted by the League's coaches Port Adelaide were the minor premiers, finishing top of the ladder at the end of the home and away season with 12 wins and 6 losses. It is the club's 44th minor premiership in the SANFL.Port clinches 44th SANFL minor premiership
Events The annual City v. Country Cup Match was held in April 2014 at the Adelaide Oval. City won by 31 points, defeating Country 12.10 (82) to 7.9 (51). Dale Armstrong won the Bill Botten Medal as best afield for City whilst Jackson O'Brien won Peter Kitschke Medal as best afield for Country.MAC City v Country result The Under 18 State Game was contested by South Australia (SANFL) and Western Australia (WAFL). South Australia recorded a 31-point win; 14.8 (92) def. 8.13 (61).McDonald's SA U18s defeat WA The Under 16 Talent Shield competition was won by Glenelg, who defeated Sturt in the Grand Final at AAMI Stadium by 25 points; 11.11 (77) def. 7.10 (52).GLENELG WIN U16s MACCA'S TALENT SHIELD Jake Parkinson, a regional director for Australasian food and beverage company Lion, replaced Leigh Wicker in the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the SANFL in October.SANFL ANNOUNCES NEW CEO
Premiers Norwood were the League premiers, defeating Port Adelaide by 4 points.Norwood wins League premiership Woodville-West Torrens were the Reserves premiers, defeating Sturt by 16 points.Woodville-West Torrens win Reserves premiership West Adelaide were the Under 18 premiers, defeating Woodville-West Torrens by 35 points.West Adelaide wins Under 18 premiership
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