SANFL Round 1: Who’s hot, who’s not and who made the team of the week

Who’s hot, who’s not, team of the week and all you need to know from Round 1. The Advertiser takes you behind the scenes of Australia's best state league competition.

Andrew Capel

@andrewcapel

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April 5, 2022 - 12:26PM

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Unfancied North Adelaide shocks the reigning premier and South Adelaide relies on a last-minute goal to beat the Bulldogs in an action-packed opening round to the SANFL.

Here‘s all you need to know about Round 1.

ROUND ONE SCOREBOARD

Adelaide 18.15 (123) d Port Adelaide 8.13 (61)

South Adelaide 13.7 (85) d Central District 12.8 (80)

Glenelg 11.10 (76) d Norwood 8.13 (61)

North Adelaide 13.10 (88) d Woodville-West Torrens 9.12 (66)

Sturt 12.15 (87) d West Adelaide 6.8 (44)

POWER RANKINGS

1. North Adelaide

(1-0: Shock away win against the reigning back-to-back premier)

2. Adelaide

(1-0: Beat Port by a club record margin in the SANFL Showdown)

3. Glenelg

(1-0: Typically hard-fought win against the Redlegs)

4. Sturt

(1-0: Convincing away win against the Bloods)

5. South Adelaide

(1-0: Blew a big lead and then came from behind late to beat the Bulldogs)

6. Central District

(0-1: Fought back from six goals behind to take late lead against South before losing)

7. Norwood

(0-1: Was super competitive against Glenelg, dominating clearances, but lacked polish)

8. Woodville-West Torrens

(0-1: Suffered a stunning home loss that few saw coming)

9. West Adelaide

(0-1: Fought hard but lacked Sturt’s class)

10. Port Adelaide

(0-1: Hardly fired a shot in disappointing loss to arch-rival Adelaide)

Glenelg debutant Riley Holder crashes the pack to take a strong mark against Norwood at the Bay. Picture: Brenton Edwards.

NUMBERS GAME

(Top 5 Champion Data ranking points)

Harry Boyd (Norwood) 185

Travis Schiller (Central) 157

Bryce Gibbs (South) 156

Brett Turner (Glenelg) 154

Matthew Wright (Adelaide) 148

THE STAT

Marks by Sturt defender Casey Voss against West.

Adelaide’s Shane McAdam soars high over Port Adelaide’s Tom Corcoran to take a screamer in the Crows’ 62-point win at Adelaide Oval. Picture: Ross Starkey (Supplied).

FLYING HIGH

(Mark of the week)

Shane McAdam (Adelaide)

Sat on Port’s Tom Corcoran’s shoulders to take a screamer in the southern goalsquare at Adelaide Oval in the final term of the Crows’ 62-point win.

SAY WHAT

(Quotes of the week)

“They brought a bit more energy than us at the contest. It’s going to be the challenge for us as a footy club this year. Everyone who plays us is going to bring their best to try to knock us off and we didn’t match that energy from North.”

Dual Eagles premiership coach Jade Sheedy.

“I was impressed with the last five minutes and how we were able to grind it out and find a way to win.’’

Stand-in South coach Brent Reilly.

Eagles coach Jade Sheedy addresses his charges during the loss to North Adelaide. Picture: Brenton Edwards.

INSIDE WORD

South and Central both had stand-in coaches in the opening round clash at Noarlunga because of Covid health and safety protocols.

Panthers general manager football Brent Reilly filled in for absent senior coach Jarrad Wright while assistant Nick Russell replaced Bulldogs mentor Paul Thomas.