South Adelaide can take a huge step to finals action by beating Port Adelaide in SANFL

SOUTH Adelaide can stake a huge claim for a finals berth with a win against Port Adelaide at Alberton Oval, but a loss can seriously hurt. See the Round 16 teams and each club’s run home.

South coach Jarrad Wright faces a big game at Alberton. Picture: Dean Martin

SOUTH Adelaide just needs to look at the SANFL ladder for evidence of the value of the two premiership points when it drives to Alberton Oval to tackle Port Adelaide on Saturday.

The Panthers are two games clear of Central District and West Adelaide with four rounds remaining.

Should they conquer Port and the Bulldogs lose to Sturt at Unley Oval and the Bloods get beaten by Glenelg at the Bay, the Panthers will be all but guaranteed a finals berth given they also have hefty percentage advantages.

South's Nick Liddle faces a big game tackling Port Adelaide. Picture: Tom Huntley

However, a Panthers loss puts their season in a precarious position as they face the Double Blues, Woodville-West Torrens and Norwood, the three tops teams, to finish the minor round.

The Redlegs and Eagles are guaranteed finals action. North Adelaide will join them with a win over Adelaide at Prospect Oval on Saturday and the Bulldogs and Bloods lose. The Double Blues are safe if they beat the Bulldogs on Sunday and the Bloods lose.

All but the Crows can still play in the finals, though Port and the Tigers would need a heap of miracles.

The Redlegs will take a massive step closer to the minor premiership and the bye in the opening week of the finals if they beat second-placed Eagles at The Parade on Friday night. A win for the hosts will lift them a game and a half above the Eagles.

RUN HOME

Norwood: Eagles (home), Central (away), North (home), South (away)

Eagles: Norwood (away), Adelaide (home), South (home), Central (away)

Sturt: Central (home), South (away), West (home), Glenelg (away)

North Adelaide: Adelaide (home), Glenelg (home), Norwood (away), Port (home)

South Adelaide: Port (away), Sturt (home), Eagles (away), Norwood (home)

Central District: Sturt (away), Norwood (home), Port (away), Eagles (home)

West Adelaide: Glenelg (away), Port (home), Sturt (away), Adelaide (home)

Glenelg: West (home), North (away), Adelaide (home), Sturt (home)

Port: South (home), West (away), Central (home), North (away)

Adelaide: North (away), Eagles (away), Glenelg (away), West (away)

TEAMS

Norwood v Eagles

Coopers Stadium, Friday, 7:20pm

Josh Glenn has been named by Norwood, but will he return from injury. Picture: Dylan Coker

Redlegs

F: Glenn, Phillips, Smart

HF: Abbott, Dawe, L. Johnston

C: A. Wilson, Panos, Shenton

HB: Bode, Talia, McKenzie

B: Wilkins, Georgiou, Fuller

R: Baulderstone, Grigg, Nunn

INT: Hamilton, Surman, Jefferies, Z. Richards, Bampton

IN: Glenn, Surman

Reserves

D. Johnston, Pedro, Siviour, Bartlett, L. Charlton, Levicki, Hewson, Di Stefano, Carter, Giannini, Pisani, Olsson, Ball, Bower, Pascoe, Atkinson, Beilby, L. Wilson, Gerloff, Carroll, Forster, T. Charlton, J. Richards, C. Wilson.

Eagles

F: Lukosius, N. Hayes, Gray

HF: Sharrad, J. Hayes, Johansen

C: Hall, Lewis, Haylock

HB: Goldsworthy, Thompson, Stewart

B: Westbrook, Von Bertouch, Rowland

R: Redden, Sinor, Boyd

INT: Borholm, Poole, Heinjus, Firns, Petrenko

IN: Borholm, Poole, Petrenko

OUT: Comitogianni (ankle)

Reserves

Cook, Hawkins, Sibley, Minney, Weidemann, Schmusch, X. Redden, Martin, C. Gaffney, E. Miller, Moore, Rowe, J. Gaffney, West, McLeod, Frederick, Lee, Guilhaus, Frederick.

Port Adelaide v South Adelaide

Alberton Oval, Saturday, 2:20pm

Port

Levi Proude returns for Port. Picture: Tom Huntley

F: Davidson, Morgan, Thomas

HF: Patmore, Neade, Wong

C: Kluske, Hewett, Barry

HB: Summerton, Toumpas, Strange

B: Ginever, McKenzie, Irra

R: Ladhams, Snelling, Atley

INT: Finnie, Proude, Mead

IN: McKenzie, Thomas, Atley, Proude

OUT: Frampton (AFL), Farrell (AFL), Johnson (AFL), Trengove (AFL)

Reserves

Ashby, Bell, Boots, Cameron, Cavouras, Chen, Drummond, Glover, Laughton, Lockwood, Makoi, North, Oakley, Parker-Boers, Patterson, Petrohilos, Russo, Walton, Welsby.

Panthers

F: Heaslip, Aurrichio, Rankine

HF: Hunter, Kreuger, Szust

C: Noble, Cross, Sampson

HB: Brown, Cailotto, Fields

B: Haines, Crabb, Redigolo

R: Brooksby, Davis, Liddle

INT: Fitt, Kappler, Haren, Whittlesea, Helyar

IN: Sampson, Haren, Helyar

OUT: Summerton (back)

Reserves

Baker, Beenham, Borrillo, Carter, Coleman, Elmes, Fairlie, Gurney, Hall, Hoey, Illingworth, Irra, McGree, McKinnon, Moyle, Snelling, Sowter, Steele, Taylor, Telfer.

The North attack has regained Keenan Ramsey. Picture: Tom Huntley

North Adelaide v Adelaide

Prospect Oval, Saturday, 2.10pm

Roosters

F: Hender, Harvey, Ryswyk

HF: Spina, Ramsey, Rozee

C: Olekalns, Tropiano, Allmond

HB: Castree, Smith, Clisby

B: Wilkie, C. Craig, Slee

R: A. Barns, Thring, T. Schwarz

INT: Deep, McInerney, Sweet, Woodcock

IN: Allmond, Ramsey, Ryswyk, Sweet

OUT: J. Craig (hamstring), Miller, Wohling

Crows

F: Signorello, Fogarty, Boxer

HF: Davis, Himmelberg, Poholke

C: Boyle, Ellis-Yolmen, Gibson

HB: Marini, Loneragan, Smith

B: Venning, Otten, Asfaha

R: Hunter, Wilson, Jarman

INT: Leigh, Brown, Connelly, Slee

IN: Boxer, Brown, Connelly, Ellis-Yolmen, Gibson, Slee

OUT: Tharaldsen (hamstring), Costanzo (unavailable), Davey (unavailable), McMahon (unavailable), Rivers (unavailable)

Terry Milera has been promoted for Glenelg. Picture: Brenton Edwards/AAP

Glenelg v West

Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg, Sunday, 2.10pm

Tigers

F: Reynolds, Scott, Snook

HF: Hosie, McCarthy, Motlop

C: Slade, Sawford, Scharenberg

HB: Joseph, Uebergang, Nicholson

B: Curran, Proud, Chalmers

R: White, Bradley, Bailey

INT: Schott, Hawkins, Woolard, T. Milera, Koster

IN: T. Milera, Joseph

Reserves

Betterman, H. Boyle, Carmody, Clark, Close, Cox, Davidson, I. Milera, Kerrish, Mackenzie, Martini, Noble, Papatolis, Potter, Robinson, Sullivan, Vea Vea, Walker, Yates.

Bloods

F: Green, Bates, Karpany

HF: Anderson, Middleton, Beech

C: Batley, Stevens, Noble

HB: Rankine, Burgess, Hill

B: Agostino, B. Turner, J. Evans

R: Parrella, Keough, Schiller

INT: Porplyzia, Wasley-Black, J. Ryan, Laube, Webb

IN: Webb, J. Ryan, B. Turner

OUT: Wilson (ankle)

Reserves

Hupfeld, Waite, Haysman, Pillion, Peter, McPherson, L. Ryan, Kirk, Eastman, Heitmann, L. Evans, I. Johnson, Dunkin, Majok, O. Johnson, G. Turner, Osborn, Halkias, Fairlie, Jaensch, Lynch.

Sturt could take a settled line-up into the game against Central District. Picture: Tom Huntley

Sturt v Central

Peter Motley Oval, Sunday, 2.10pm

Double Blues

F: Greenslade, Munn, Sutcliffe

HF: Dodd, M. Evans, J. Hone

C: Slimming, Riley, Crocker

HB: Colquhoun, Stephens, Harms

B: Page, Gilfoy, F. Evans

R: Osborn, Kirkwood, Battersby

INT: Thiele, Sumner, Read, Fahey-Sparks, Lewis

IN: Lewis, Fahey-Sparks

Reserves

F: Penfold, Thornton, Lochowiak

HF: T. Hone, Hayden, Trenorden

C: Veale, Voss, Carey

HB: Illman, Coomblas, Wills

B: Weidenhofer, Grundy, Edmonds

R: Dunn, Allan, Coulson

INT: Bedford, Mitchell, Coombe

Bulldogs

F: Hately, Butcher, Goodrem

HF: Richardson, Dew, Jenner

C: Furnell, Presbury, F. Fort

HB: Barmby, Gillard, J. Schiller

B: Habel, Madden, McLennan

R: Hannath, Hoskin, T. Schiller

INT: Hanna, McKenzie, Watt, White

IN: White

Reserves

Antonie, Anyang, Bain, Barreau, Burton, Claughton, East, Eberhard, Llewellyn, Mahoney, Maitland, McLean, Nason, Nietschke, Jarrod O’Brien, Jordan O’Brien, Fraser O’Gorman, Rigney, Stephenson, Templeton.