Norwood makes SANFL Grand Final

[Jumping Jack Clennett 1,809]

Thanks,Stinga.

[Whispering_Jack 30,674]

Spare a thought for our once very own Juice Newton.

Joined Norwood and apparently was doing well until he did a knee. Misses his chance for premiership glory in the red and blue this weekend.

[Cards13 9,117]

Spare a thought for our once very own Juice Newton.

Joined Norwood and apparently was doing well until he did a knee. Misses his chance for premiership glory in the red and blue this weekend.

Feel for anyone who does a serious injury let alone in contention for a flag. Hope Juice for all his frustration as a MFC fan recovers well.

[Chelly 827]

Big grand final parade on at the Rundle Mall but most of the state in shock over Tippett's imminent departure to Sydney.

Meanwhile, here are the teams and game details.

SANFL 'be active' Grand Final

Norwood v West Adelaide

3.20pm, Sunday, at AAMI Stadium

TV: ABC TV SA/NT Radio: RPH, Life FM, ABC, FiveAA

Norwood

FF: Clarke, Jericho, Donohe

HF: Brown, Warren, Terlich

C: Gallagher, Suckling, Phillips

HB: Chippendale, Jefferies, Cachia

FB: Bode, Geirgiou, Zorzi

R: Dawe, Webber, Batsanis

Int: Smart, Hughes, Aish, Murphy, Kirwan

In: Murphy, Hughes

Out: -

West Adelaide

FF: Crouch, Slattery, N Caruso

HF: Fielke, Brad Fisher, F Caruso

C: Birss, Macreadie, Ezard

HB: Laird, Ferguson, Green

FB: Bricknell, Hartlett, Thompson

R: Willits, Caire, Schmidt

INT: Ben Fisher, Silverlock, Bonney, Hill, Nelson

IN: Bonney, Ben Fisher

OUT:

Of interest - Bode of Norwood; Aish of Norwood is an exciting draft prospect for 2013 Fresh faced Aish a star in the making

; Brad Crouch of Westies is on his way to the Crows after they picked him up in last year's GWS Mini Draft; the Caruso's are a couple of nippy small men from Coburg; Ben Macreadie was once at Casey and skipper Ryan Ferguson is the former Demon who famously refused to be part of a swap for Brad Sewell because he didn't want to go to Hawthorn - go figure!

Reserves Grand Final

Norwood v Central Districts

12 noon, Sunday at AAMI Stadium

Norwood (from) O'Leary, Persinos, Allen, Levicki, Dumont, Roocke, Bower, Reinbrecht, Evans, Luccon, McKay, Vidic, Langford, Stopp, Thomas, DeMatteis, Ialeggio, Rander, Beytell, Grigg, J.Giannini, Bampton, Midlin, Moyle, O'Connor

Central Districts (from) Baldwin, Boyd, Castree, Claughton, Colquhoun, Cullen, Cummings, Dunne, Edmead, Hanna, Haydon, Hill, Hynes, Lawton, Martin, Nash, Nason, O'Sullivan, Prior, Reichert, Schiller, Sutherland, Vater, Matthew Westhoff, Wilson, Wittwer

Of interest - Sam Colquhoun of Centrals is another exciting draft prospect

Under 18 Grand Final

Sturt v Woodville West Torrens

9.05am, Sunday at AAMI Stadium

Teams here

Of interest - if he plays, Brodie Grundy of Sturt will wear # 38 and is on his way to a stellar career either as a ruckman or a forward in the AFL

Under 18's and Reserves Grand Finals will be streamed live on the SANFL Website.

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Spare a thought for our once very own Juice Newton.

Joined Norwood and apparently was doing well until he did a knee. Misses his chance for premiership glory in the red and blue this weekend.

Aaagh, schytt.

Is it an ACL?

Good luck Juice.

[Chelly 827]

Aaagh, schytt.

Is it an ACL?

Good luck Juice.

Pretty sure it was a reco

[Chelly 827]

Head to Head meetings in 2012

Round 7 Fri 11th May at Coopers Stadium Norwood 13-8(86) def West 5-9(39)

Round 13 Sat 23rd June at City Mazda Stadium Norwood 5-7(37) def West 4-12(36)

Round 21 Sat 18th August at City Mazda Stadium West 11-8(74) def Norwood 7-9(51)

2nd Semi Final Sun 23rd Sept at AAMI Stadium Norwood 8-12(60) def West 2-5(17)

Most Recent Meeting

Norwood 3-1 5-4 6-10 8-13(61)

West 0-0 1-2 1-5 2-5(17)

Norwood

Goal Kickers: E. Smart S. Phillips L. Jericho J. Cachia B. Warren N. Batsanis J. Donohue B Dawe

Best Players: J. Cachia B. Zorzi A. Georgiou M. Suckling L. Brown J. Donohue

West Adelaide

Goal Kickers: B. Fisher N. Caruso

Best Players: B. Fisher C. Schmidt S. Green B. Crouch S. Bricknell R. Laird

[Chelly 827]

The Grand Finallists

Norwood Played 35 Won 18 Lost 16 Drawn 1

Last Grand Final in 2010 losing to Central District by 6pts

Last Premiership was 1997 when they defeated Port Adelaide by 73pts

(Lost their last 2 Grand Finals)

West Adelaide Played 16 Won 8 Lost 8

Last Grand Final in 2003 losing to Central District by 34pts

Last Premiership was 1983 when they defeated Sturt by 34pts

(Lost their last 2 Grand Finals)

1st meeting in a Grand Final since 1961

West 16-13(109) def Norwood 12-9(81) at Adelaide Oval

Odds from Sportsbet.com.au

Norwood $1.33

West $3.25

($1.92 Line is 18.5pts)

Overall Head to Head Records

Played 256

Norwood 154

West 100

Drawn 2

In Grand Finals played 3 Norwood 1 West 2

(Norwood won in 1922, West won in 1947 & 1961)

[skills32 229]

Stephen Michael?

Double barrel christian names,

Like a mate from Darwin Michael Graham.

[The Great Pretender 476]

Another Demon connection is that Norwood's coach is Nathan Bassett who spent a season on our rookie list in 1997. He was actually elevated to the senior list and most likely would have played in the team but he suffered a broken sternum and returned home to Adelaide and was cleared to the Crows where he had a long career. He's considered a good football brain with AFL senior coaching potential.

[picket fence 17,526]

Re Juice yes you are correct total ACL but amazingly apparently he did it and keep playing on.!

Pity because the way he had been playing he was a realistic chance to have been picked up again for AFL if my mail is/ was correct! Several clubs were monitoring closely!

Edited October 6, 2012 by picket fence

[angrydee 842]

Cachia is worth watching. If he's the bloke I remember - being on Carltank's rookie list last year and in hospital for part of this season - has improved both his pace and run and spread and can play.

[whatwhat say what 22,948]

Go the Legs.

This wil be Bassett's last game in charge as he's headed to Hawthorn, from all reports, to continue his ascendancy up the coaching ranks.

Is rated VERY highly and is a likely future senior coach at AFL level.

[Whispering_Jack 30,674]

I watched part of the Under 18s on live stream. Grundy's Sturt was overrun after leading at three quarter time and lost by a goal. The big boy did well dominating the hit outs (although the opposition shared a few), got 18 touches and kicked two goals in a low scoring game. Loped around a bit but line and length for what you would expect from a seniors ready footballer in a game such as this.

WWT were clearly the fitter side and had a few in the midfield who ran the game out well.

Champion Data Stats are here

Norwood v Centrals reserves grannie now streaming but I think I'll go out for a coffee.

[Chelly 827]

The Redlegs reserves lost another close grand final at AAMI by 7 points to Central Districts. Sam Colqhoun of the Bulldogs was impressive and is well worth a look as possibly a second rounder.

Now for the big one.

[Brayshaw Self 847]

Cachia is worth watching. If he's the bloke I remember - being on Carltank's rookie list last year and in hospital for part of this season - has improved both his pace and run and spread and can play.

Can't kick unfortunately

[Chelly 827]

Norwood 1.1.7 to Westies 0.3.3 at quarter time.

[Jack Jack 415]

ABC Radio live stream for anyone that's interested.

[Hiram Cowfreak 78]

Micheal Aish for mine. with that ruckman from WA whose name i can't recall ATM a close second (as a kid when he played in the state games against the vics i thought of him like the Cuban Olympic boxers in the 70's who dominated but never went pro - particularly one of their heavy weights who by all accounts was the Cuban Ali. Again i sadly can't recall his name)

That would be the legendary Teofilo Stevenson I think

[Chelly 827]

Three goal lead to Norwood at half time 4.4.28 to 1.4.10.

The Redlegs defence is really tough to crack.

[Chelly 827]

Halfway through the third quarter and it's looking great for the red and the blue.

Norwood 8.5.53 to West Adelaide 1.4.10

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Not a bad crowd too.

29,661

[Chelly 827]

Three Quarter time and it's Norwood 9.5.59 to West Adelaide 1.6.12.

[Chelly 827]

Full Time and it's a Redleg flag 12.7.79 to 3.12.30.

West Adelaide kicked a couple of goals late to save some face but it was a triumph for Norwood. James Aish with 23 disposals at age 17 is going to be something special.

[Whispering_Jack 30,674]

Congratulations to Norwood and their coach Nathan Bassett. West Adelaide held to just 8 goals in two finals - I reckon we should grab him as a defensive coach.