2017_SANFL_Grand_Final

2017 SANFL Grand Final

2017 SANFL Grand Final

Australian rules football match

The 2017 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) grand final was played at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday, 24 September to determine the premiers for the 2017 SANFL season.

Quick Facts Port Adelaide, Sturt ...

The Grand Final was contested by Port Adelaide and Sturt and was the first time the two teams played each other in the SANFL Grand Final since 1998.

Sturt defeated Port Adelaide by just 1 point, to record their second consecutive premiership and 15th overall.

It was the best possible finish to the season for Sturt, which became the first SANFL club to win the Under-18, Reserves and first grade premierships in the same season.[2]

Scorecard

2017 SANFL Grand Final
Sunday 24 September (2:40 pm) Port Adelaide def. by Sturt Adelaide Oval (crowd: 39,813) [2][3][4]
2.3 (15)
3.4 (22)
3.7 (25)
 7.7 (49)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 4.1 (25)
5.4 (34)
6.6 (42)
 7.8 (50)		 Umpires: Corey Bowen, Toby Medlin, Giles Lewis
Jack Oatey Medal: Fraser Evans
Television broadcast: Seven Network
Neade 2, T. Gray 2, Ah Chee 2, Lobbe 1 Goals Beard 2, M. Evans, Hone, Harms, Sutcliffe, Riley 1
Ah Chee, Toumpas, Neade, Snelling, Summerton, Atley, Bonner Best F. Evans, Stephens, Kirkwood, Riley, Battersby, McMahon, Sumner,
  • The attendance of 39,813 was the highest crowd for an SANFL Grand Final since 1998, which was played by the same teams.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "2017 SANFL Grand Final Umpires Announced". SANFL Umpires Association. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Sturt win Grand Final in thrilling finish". sanfl.com.au. 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Port Adelaide Magpies vs Sturt". Australian Football. 24 September 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Sturt win back-to-back SANFL premierships after thrilling one-point win over Port Adelaide". The Advertiser. 24 September 2017.
  5. [5]
    @TheAdelaideOval (24 September 2017). "Fun Fact: Today's @SANFL Macca's League GF crowd of 39,813, is the biggest #SANFLGF crowd since the 1998 GF (also Port Adelaide v Sturt)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.


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