The 2015 South Australian National Football League season (officially the SANFL IGA League) was the 136th season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Australian rules football competition.
The season commenced on Thursday 2 April 2015 with reigning premiers Norwood meeting Sturt at Norwood Oval, and concluded on Sunday 27 September 2015 with the SANFL Grand Final at Adelaide Oval with defeating by 30 points to claim their ninth premiership and first in thirty-two years.
Premiership season Highlights of the season fixture include: A 19-round home and away competition, in which each team plays each other twice A Grand Final rematch, featuring arch rivals Norwood and Port Adelaide, to be played under lights on Friday 24 April at Adelaide Oval. Glenelg will host Adelaide on the same night at Glenelg Oval. At least one match to be played in regional South Australia with Adelaide tackling Port Adelaide at Balaklava Oval in Round 7, Sunday 17 May. West Adelaide could host Port Adelaide in the Riverland on Saturday 13 June (Round 10), which is still to be confirmed.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
State Game
Report
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Ladder
Finals series
Qualifying and Elimination Finals
Semi-finals
Preliminary final
Grand Final
Club performances
Overview by club Club Home ground Minor Round Finals result Best & Fairest2015 SANFL Best and Fairest winners (not including Port Adelaide) Best Home Attendance Ave Home Attendance Adelaide None 7th rowspan=1 Ian Callinan 2,034 (Rd 7) 2,034 (1 game) Central District Elizabeth Oval 5th 3rd Travis Schiller 2,665 (Rd 2) 1,979 (10 games) Glenelg Glenelg Oval 9th rowspan=1 Matthew Snook 5,221 (Rd 1) 3,198 (10 games) North Adelaide Prospect Oval 10th rowspan=1 Marlon Motlop 2,635 (Rd 8) 1,872 (10 games) Norwood Norwood Oval 4th 5th Matthew Panos 6,927 (Rd 1) 3,156 (11 games) Port Adelaide Alberton Oval 2nd 4th TBA 5,526 (Rd 4) 2,861 (9 games) South Adelaide Hickinbotham Oval 6th rowspan=1 Joel Cross 2,173 (Rd 9) 1,687 (9 games) Sturt Unley Oval 8th rowspan=1 Zane Kirkwood 3,995 (Rd 10) 2,830 (10 games) West Adelaide Richmond Oval 3rd Premiers Jason Porplyzia 3,639 (Rd 12) 1,904 (10 games) Woodville-West Torrens Woodville Oval 1st Runner Up Angus Rowntree 4,679 (Rd 17) 2,290 (10 games)
SANFL Win/Loss Table Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 F1 F2 F3 GF Ladder XNorth3West29Gln0South14Norw42Port35CD20Sturt49WWT13Port20South14CD35North101West63Norw29WWT4Sturt107Gln66XXXX7 XNorw24Gln15WWT40West34South0Sturt14Adel20Port8North99WWT32Norw24Adel35West11North11Port17Sturt11Gln40South7Norw44Port5West53X3 South20Sturt28CD15Adel0Norw45WWT23West112Port8North35South20Norw9Sturt5West38XWWT44North62Port1CD40Adel66XXXX9 XAdel3Port38South16Sturt62West78WWT44Norw6Gln35CD99West76Port59South65Adel101CD11Gln62Norw76WWT39Sturt46XXXX10 Sturt19CD24WWT81Port21Gln45Adel42South17North6West6Sturt22Gln9CD24Port1XSouth1Adel29North76West69WWT11CD44XXX5 XSouth66North38Norw21WWT17Sturt8Adel35Gln8CD8West50Adel20North59Norw1WWT41Sturt27CD17Gln1South31West37West29CD5XX4 Gln20Port66Sturt23North16Adel14CD0Norw17West1WWT29Gln20Sturt39Adel14North65XNorw1WWT11West23Port31CD7XXXX6 Norw19Gln28South23West26North62Port8CD14WWT17Adel49Norw22South39Gln5WWT18XPort27West58CD11Adel107North46XXXX8 XWWT6Adel29Sturt26CD34North78Gln112South1Norw6Port50North76WWT15Gln38CD11Adel63Sturt58South23Norw69Port37Port29WWT14CD53WWT301 XWest6Norw81CD40Port17Gln23North44Sturt17South29Adel13CD32West15Sturt18Port41Gln44South11Adel4North39Norw11XWest14XWest302 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 F1 F2 F3 GF Ladder
Bold – Home game X – Did Not Play Opponent for round listed above margin
Awards and premiers
Awards The Magarey Medal (awarded to the best and fairest player in the home and away season) was won by Joel Cross of South Adelaide, who polled 25 votes. It was Cross' second Magarey Medal, having tied for the medal in 2012. The Ken Farmer Medal (awarded to the leading goalkicker in the home and away season) was won by Clint Alleway of Glenelg. He kicked 47 goals in the 2015 home and away season.Alleway wins Ken Farmer Medal 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 3300 points, which was 1050 points ahead of second-place Norwood. The R.O. Shearman Medal (awarded to the player adjudged best by the 10 SANFL club coaches each game) was won by Joel Cross of South Adelaide. Woodville-West Torrens were the league minor premiers, finishing top of the ladder at the end of the home and away season with 16 wins and 2 losses. It is the club's 5th minor premiership in the SANFL. The annual City v. Country Cup Match was held in May 2015 at the Adelaide Oval. The match was won by Country, who defeated City by 96 points; 14.15 (99) to 0.3 (3).Country reclaim 2015 MAC Cup The Under 16 Talent Shield competition was won by Sturt, who defeated South Adelaide in the Grand Final by 57 points; 14.12 (96) to 5.9 (39).Sturt wins Talent Shield
Premiers were the League premiers, defeating by 30 points. were the Reserves premiers, defeating by 27 points.Undefeated Eagles win Reserves were the Under 18 premiers, defeating by 18 points.Redlegs win their first Macca's Cup
Notes
References 2015 SANFL IGA League Official Fixture (PDF)