North Adelaide Wins First Premiership Since 1991
Victor P Taffa
North Adelaide has won its first Premiership in 27 years and defeated Norwood by a margin of 19 Points.
In front of 40,355 people at Adelaide Oval North Adelaide gave their long-suffering supporters something to celebrate. Every time that Norwood kicked a goal, North Adelaide replied to keep Norwood at bay.
North Adelaide led by 5 Points at Quarter Time, 5 Points at Half Time, 5 Points at Three Quarter Time before winning by 19 Points in the Final Term.
Two times Magarey Medallist Mitch Grigg booted 6 goals for Norwood and is the first player to win the Jack Oatey Medal for Best on Ground in a losing side.
North Adelaide were last placed in season 2017 and scrapped into the Top 5 to claim successive victories against South Adelaide, Sturt and Eagles before defeating Norwood in the Grand Final.
Coming from last to first, North Adelaide are the first team to do this since 1964.
Surely this is a lesson for the Melbourne Demons AFL Team to take note of.
Sunday 23 September 2018
SANFL Grand Final 2018
Norwood v North Adelaide at Adelaide Oval, 3.30 pm CST
Quarter By Quarter Scores
Norwood
Q1. 3.7 (25)
Q2. 7.11 (53)
Q3. 12.14 (86)
Q4. 15.15 (105)
North Adelaide
Q1. 5.0 (30)
Q2. 9.4 (58)
Q3. 14.7 (91)
Q4. 19.10 (124)
Goals
Norwood
M Grigg 6, S Phillips 2, A Wilson 2, P Bampton, B Dawe, M Fuller, C Shenton, E Smart
North Adelaide
A Barns 4, M Harvey 3, S McInerney 3, B Woodcock 3, L Hender 2, K Ramsey, J Sweet, C Wilkie, R Young
Official Crowd: 40,355 at Adelaide Oval
Goals worth 6 Points
Behinds worth 1 Point
SANFL Season 2018 Final Standings
Pos. Team Played Wins Losses Draws Points
1 Norwood 18 14 4 0 28
2 Eagles 18 12 5 1 25
3 Sturt 18 12 6 0 24
4 South Adelaide 18 11 7 0 22
5 North Adelaide 18 11 7 0 22
6 Glenelg 18 9 9 0 18
7 West Adelaide 18 8 10 0 16
8 Central District 18 7 11 0 14
9 Port Adelaide 18 4 13 1 9
10 Adelaide 18 1 17 0 2
Wins worth 2 Points
Draws worth 1 Point
Current Clubs Club Nicknames
Adelaide Crows
Central District Bulldogs
Glenelg Tigers
North Adelaide Roosters
Norwood Redlegs
Port Adelaide Magpies
South Adelaide Panthers
Sturt Double Blues
West Adelaide The Bloods
Woodville-West Torrens Eagles
Abbreviations:
SANFL South Australian National Football League
CST Central Standard Time