Shameless gloating with tangential relevance to the Swans (aka The ex-Swans thread)

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SANFL
Central District

• Andrew Hayes

South Adelaide

• Josh Thewlis

Glenelg

• Josh Willoughby - 3 goals

Norwood

• Simon Phillips - 1 goal
• Stephen Doyle - 5th best
• Sam Rowe - 1 goal

Sturt

• Scott McGlone

Norwood Reserves

• Dean Terlich - 1 goal

VFL
Casey Scorpions

• Peter Faulks - 3rd best
• James Wall - 4th best

Geelong

• Jonathan Simpkin

Sandringham Reserves

• Stefan Garrubba

AFL Canberra
Queanbeyan

• Mark Powell - 3rd best
• Ryan Quade

Belconnen

• Steve Mahar

Eastlake

• Aaron Rogers
• Aaron Bruce - 1 goal

Sydney AFL
UNSW/ES

• Troy Luff - 1 goal
• Earl Shaw

QAFL
Southport

• Luke Jarjoura - 5 goals

[SimonH]

Have West Adelaide won a Grannie since I left in 1968?

HP

1983 vs Sturt. Their only other GF appearance across that 40 years I think was a losing one in 1991. After many years on or close to the bottom, they're up to 6th this year and an outside chance of sneaking into the 5 for the first time in yonks.

Fewer swans connections for west than many other SANFL clubs, but they did give us Stevie Nicks.

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SANFL
Norwood

• Simon Phillips
• Stephen Doyle
• Sam Rowe - 4 goals

Glenelg

• Josh Willoughby

Norwood Reserves

• Matthew Davis
• Dean Terlich - 2 goals 2nd best

VFL
Casey Scorpions

• Peter Faulks - BOG
• James Wall - 1 goal 6th best

Sandringham

• Stefan Garrubba

AFL Canberra
Queanbeyan

• Mark Powell
• Ryan Quade - 2 goals 5th best

Belconnen

• Steve Mahar - 6th best

Eastlake

• Aaron Rogers
• Aaron Bruce - 1 goal

QAFL
Southport

• Luke Jarjoura - 4 goals

Sydney AFL
UNSW/ES

• Earl Shaw

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SANFL
Norwood

• Sam Rowe - 2 goals
• Simon Phillips - 2 goals
• Dean Terlich

Sturt

• Scott McGlone - 4th best

Central District

• Andrew Hayes

South Adelaide

• Josh Thewlis - 1 goal 4th best

Norwood Reserves

• Dean Terlich - 2 games!

VFL
Northern Bullants

• Jason Saddington - 1 goal

Sandringham

• Stefan Garrubba

Sydney AFL
UNSW/ES

• Earl Shaw

QAFL
Southport

• Luke Jarjoura - 2 goals

AFL Canberra
Eastlake

• Aaron Bruce - 3 goals 4th best
• Aaron Rogers - BOG

Queanbeyan

• Mark Powell - 5th best
• Ryan Quade - 2 goals

Belconnen

• Steve Mahar

[floppinab]

1983 vs Sturt. Their only other GF appearance across that 40 years I think was a losing one in 1991. After many years on or close to the bottom, they're up to 6th this year and an outside chance of sneaking into the 5 for the first time in yonks.

Fewer swans connections for west than many other SANFL clubs, but they did give us Stevie Nicks.

Ah yes, '83, Kerley at the peak of his powers with a great balance of youth and experience, Borchard, Meuret, 'The Prez' (think he went to the Cats the following year), Grosser and Luders bagging the ton. My mob hung on for a quarter but she was all over at half time.

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SANFL
Norwood

• Sam Rowe - 3 goals
• Dean Terlich - 1 goal
• Simon Phillips

Central District

• Andrew Hayes - 1 goal

South Adelaide

• Josh Thewlis - 4 goals BOG

Glenelg

• Josh Willoughby

Norwood Reserves

• Matthew Davis

VFL
Sandringham

• Stefan Garrubba - 1 goal

Geelong

• Jon Simpkin - 1 goal

Casey Scorpions

• Peter Faulks - 1 goal, 5th best
• James Wall

Northern Bullants

• Jason Saddington - 3 goals, 6th best

AFL Canberra
Belconnen

• Steve Mahar

Eastlake

• Aaron Bruce - 2 goals, 6th best
• Aaron Rogers

Queanbeyan

• Mark Powell - 1 goal 5th best
• Ryan Quade - 2nd best

WAFL
West Perth

• Daniel Hunt - 6 kicks 3 handballs 2 marks

Sydney AFL
UNSW/ES

• Earl Shaw

QAFL
Southport

• Luke Jarjoura

[cruiser]

Fewer swans connections for west than many other SANFL clubs, but they did give us Stevie Nicks.

Did she sing at half time during some of our games?

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SANFL
Sturt

• Scott McGlone

Central District

• Andrew Hayes - 1 goal 6th best

Glenelg

• Josh Willoughby

South Adelaide

• Josh Thewlis - 5th best

Port Adelaide

• James Meiklejohn

VFL
Geelong

• Jon Simpkin

Sandringham

• Stefan Garrubba

Casey Scorpions

• Peter Faulks - 5th best
• James Wall - 6th best

Northern Bullants

• Jason Saddington

WAFL
West Perth

• Daniel Hunt - 7 kicks 3 handballs 4 marks

AFL Canberra
Eastlake

• Aaron Bruce - 4th best
• Aaron Rogers - 1 goal BOG

Sydney AFL
UNSW/ES

• Earl Shaw
• Troy Luff - BOG

QAFL
Southport

• Luke Jarjoura - 2 goals

[ShockOfHair]

For SANFL diehards, the rooftop bar of the Royal Exhibition Hotel (corner of Devonshire and Chalmers streets, Surry Hills) is apparently broadcasting the finals every week.

This week it's the semi-finals: (1st) Sturt v Woodville-Torrens, (2nd) Central v Glenelg.

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Season Review

SANFL
Central District
Andrew Hayes
Seniors - 13 games 1 6th best (1)
5.5 kicks 7.0 handballs 4.8 marks 1.2 tackles 2 goals 1 behind
Reserves - 2 games (0)

Glenelg
Josh Willoughby
8 Margarey Medal votes
Seniors - 17 games 1 2nd best 1 4th best (2)
10.4 kicks 6.3 handballs 3.3 marks 1.4 tackles 19 goals 14 behinds
Reserves - 4 games 5 goals 1 BOG 1 2nd best 1 5th best (3)

Norwood
Matthew Davis
Seniors - 6 games 1 2nd best (1)
8.3 kicks 6.0 handballs 4.3 marks 2.0 tackles 1 goal
Reserves - 5 games 1 goal 1 6th best (1)
Stephen Doyle
2 Margarey Medal votes
Seniors - 15 games 3 2nd best 2 3rd best 1 5th best (6)
3.2 kicks 4.2 handballs 2.2 marks 19.3 hitouts 1.7 tackles 1 behind
Simon Phillips
Seniors - 19 games 1 BOG 1 4th best 1 6th best (3)
8.1 kicks 4.7 handballs 2.3 marks 2.5 tackles 21 goals 14 behinds
Sam Rowe
Seniors - 20 games 1 BOG 2 5th best 1 6th best (4)
5.5 kicks 3.5 handballs 3.5 marks 1.7 tackles 5.5 hitouts 40 goals 18 behinds
Dean Terlich
Seniors - 16 games 1 2nd best 2 3rd best (3)
7.4 kicks 4.6 handballs 2.5 marks 1.9 tackles 20 goals 9 behinds
Reserves - 4 games 4 goals 1 2nd best 1 3rd best (2)

Port Adelaide
James Meiklejohn
6 Margarey Medal votes
Seniors - 17 games 1 2nd best 2 3rd best 2 4th best 1 5th best 2 6th best (8)
7.1 kicks 6.9 handballs 4.4 marks 25.4 hitouts 2.0 tackles 4 goals 3 behinds
Matthew Beckmans
Reserves - 8 games 11 goals 1 6th best (1)

South Adelaide
Josh Thewlis
Seniors - 15 games 1 BOG 1 2nd best 2 3rd best 1 4th best 2 5th best 2 6th best (9)
7.4 kicks 4.6 handballs 5.3 marks 2.4 tackles 11 goals 4 behinds
Reserves - 3 games 3 goals 1 2nd best (1)

Sturt
Scott McGlone
9 Margarey Medal votes
Seniors - 23 games 2 BOG 3 4th best 3 6th best (8)
14.4 kicks 8.3 handballs 5.8 marks 1.4 tackles 1 goal 3 behinds

VFL
Casey Scorpions
Peter Faulks
Seniors - 19 games 3 goals 1 BOG 2 2nd best 2 3rd best 1 4th best 2 5th best 2 6th best (10)
James Wall
Named at HB flank in the VFL team of the year
6 J.J. Liston Trophy Votes
Seniors - 19 games 7 goals 3 2nd best 1 3rd best 4 4th best 2 5th best 3 6th best (13)
Sean Dempster
Seniors - 4 games 3 goals 1 BOG 1 3rd best (4)

Geelong
Jonathan Simpkin
Seniors - 15 games 11 goals 1 2nd best 2 6th best (3)

Northern Bullants
Jason Saddington
1 J.J. Liston Trophy vote
Seniors - 18 games 25 goals 1 2nd best 1 3rd best 1 5th best 1 6th best (4)

Sandringham
Stefan Garrubba
Seniors - 6 games 1 goal (0)
Reserves - 11 games 5 goals 1 3rd best 2 6th best (3)

(to be completed...)

WAFL
West Perth
Daniel Hunt

QAFL
Southport
Luke Jarjoura

AFL Canberra
Eastlake
Aaron Rogers
Aaron Bruce

Queanbeyan
Mark Powell

Sydney AFL
UNSW/ES
Troy Luff
Earl Shaw

[AnnieH]

That's a huge effort Ugg.
I've been reading it all year.
Thanks.



Good on the Northern Bullants on Friday night.
That was a great game.

[SimonH]

After Josh Willoughby capped off easily his best year of senior footy by participating in Glenelg's prelim final loss by less than a kick, having just lost the 2nd semi the week before by less than a kick, we now have a Sturt v Central grand final in the SANFL.

Making the GF every single year for a decade from 2000 is just an off-the-planet record for any team, much less one that hadn't won a single flag in their history prior to 2000. Centrals will be deserved favourites to wrap up a decade that would've been beyond the most optimistic Dogs' supporters' wildest dreams in 1999, with another triumph. Honorary ex-Swan Trent Goodrem has fought his way into the Centrals starting 21, and will be hoping he keeps his place, with the likes of Andrew Hayes now fit and gunning for a spot.

For the other mob, journeyman and Mr Consistency Scooter McGlone lines up for Sturt in his first SANFL grand final.

[cruiser]

After Josh Willoughby capped off easily his best year of senior footy by participating in Glenelg's prelim final loss by less than a kick, having just lost the 2nd semi the week before by less than a kick, we now have a Sturt v Central grand final in the SANFL.

Devasatating. To have been clearly and unquestionably the best team during the H&A season, then go out in straight sets by less than a goal in each final, is the cruelest way to end a season. There will be much soul seeking (again) on Brighton Road.

[ScottH]

That's a huge effort Ugg.
I've been reading it all year.
Thanks.



Good on the Northern Bullants on Friday night.
That was a great game.

Agree, nice work Ugg.
Good to see what the rejects are up to.

[floppinab]

Devasatating. To have been clearly and unquestionably the best team during the H&A season, then go out in straight sets by less than a goal in each final, is the cruelest way to end a season. There will be much soul seeking (again) on Brighton Road.

With respect to the thread title, there won't be any gloating in this post ... much.... I'm amazed the Blues are there though. Always thought if we couldn't get over the 'dogs then the last four or so years of losses to the Bays would way heavily. Periods of St. Kilda like dominance during the game, kicking for goal........... what can you say, the Bays deserved to win the game more.
Given the reaction of the Blues after the game............ I have concerns for next week, it looked like the classic, played your GF the week before. But our history against Centrals is pretty good, not that that counts for much.
I've used up all my Adelaide travel tickets already this year and won't be heading back, (plus the slight issue of previous family committments for the long weekend). Go you Blues.