SANFL live streams: North Adelaide v South Adelaide, Eagles v Glenelg, Norwood v Sturt under-18 all from 1.15pm, Saturday

It was Glenelg v the Eagles, Roosters v the Panthers, and Sturt v Glenelg’s under-18s in our SANFL live stream triple-header. Replay all the games here.

Sturt’s Nick Sadler will be among the young guns on display as the Double Blues take on Norwood in our SANFL under-18 live stream. Picture: Peter Argent

Daniel Nobes used to kick goals for fun.

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Too big, too strong and too good for his opponents in community and country football, the man mountain key forward topped the goalkicking century for three consecutive seasons from 2016-18.

Nobes started his goalkicking frenzy by bagging 109 for Christies Beach in the Southern Football League in 2016 and followed with a whopping 130 and 115 for Waikerie in the Riverland Football League, where he became the first Magpie to kick a ton of goals in the minor round.

That gave him a remarkable total of 354 in three seasons.

Nobes was a local hero, who, at 200cm and 121kg and possessing a powerful pair of hands and booming kick, terrorised opponents.

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But something was missing for the 26-year-old, who is looming as an unlikely name to watch in The Advertiser’s triple-header of live streamed SANFL action this weekend.

As much as I enjoyed playing down south and in the Riverland, there was a part of me that thought I could be playing at a higher level,’’ Nobes said.

Given time to reflect during last year’s COVID-19 shutdown, he decided the time was right to make his move.

“I didn’t want to sit back later in life and ponder what might have been,’’ the Adelaide City Council arborist said.

“I thought I was good enough to play at a higher level and give the SANFL a crack.’’

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South Adelaide’s round two clash with North Adelaide will be one of three matches live streamed on advertiser.com.au on Saturday.

It was current Panthers reserves runner Neil Reeve, also a close mate of Nobes and former Christies Beach coach, who set up the goalkicking giant’s try out at the club.

But first Nobes knew he had to get fitter.

He signed up for a crash course, eight-week fitness challenge and shed 7kg.

Then, after consultation with Reeve, he caught up for a coffee with South coach Jarrad Wright and was invited to pre-season training.

“Daniel had been a local park footy player for 10 years, where he dominated, and told me he didn’t want to be sitting in a bar in 10 years time and be thinking what might have been,’’ Wright said.

“I was happy to give him an opportunity to show us what he's got, he did all the work, had 22 shots at goal in three trial games and was rewarded with a league game on the weekend.’’

Nobes, who is a cousin of former star South Australian batsman Paul Nobes, didn’t expect to force his way into the Panthers strong league side in round one after they made last year’s preliminary final.

But after kicking 9.10 in two reserves trials against Central District and West Adelaide and three goals without a miss in a league trial against Port Adelaide, combined with a back injury to last year's leading goalkicker Sam Overall, he started at the goalfront against the Crows on Good Friday and shone.

Nobes, wearing the No. 62 guernsey, hauled in five marks and had six shots at goal, booting 2.4, and looked at home on the big stage.

Glenelg recruits Lachie Hosie and Sam Durdin will look to build on the Tigers’ strong start to the season in their encounter with the Eagles. Picture: Brenton Edwards

“He gave us a nice presence and deep target and it was a special day for him,’’ Wright said.

“It’s quite an amazing story from where he’s come from.’’

Nobes, who grew up in the southern suburbs and started his career with Reynella’s under-8s, described his league debut as “fantastic’’.

“I loved every minute of it. It made the journey worthwhile,’’ he said.

Nobes can be seen in action against the grand finalist Roosters on advertiser.com.au from 2.10pm, as The Advertiser continues its season-long commitment to broadcasting weekly state league action.

The blockbuster league match between premier the Eagles and Glenelg will also be live streamed at 4.10pm, along with Norwood’s under-18 clash with Sturt from 1.15pm.

Originally published as SANFL live streams: North Adelaide v South Adelaide, Eagles v Glenelg, Norwood v Sturt under-18 all from 1.15pm, Saturday