2014 SANFL season
The 2014 South Australian National Football League season was the 135th season of the South Australian National Football League Australian rules football competition.
2014 introduced a number of changes to the league. The size of the league increased from 9 clubs to 10 clubs, after the South Australian Football Commission granted the Australian Football League's Adelaide Football Club a licence to field a reserves team in the competition. Adelaide Oval replaced Football Park as headquarters of the SANFL, resulting in the renovated venue hosting one SANFL minor round match and all six SANFL finals matches. The season was shortened to finish a week before the AFL Grand Final, instead of a week after, as had been the case for most years since 1980.
Norwood were the premiers for the 2014 season, after they defeated Port Adelaide by 4 points in the Grand Final in front of a crowd of 38,644, the largest such crowd since 1999. It was the third consecutive premiership for Norwood and their 30th overall.
Sturt, South Adelaide and Woodville-West Torrens also made the top five teams and participated in the finals series. North Adelaide, Central District, Adelaide, West Adelaide and Glenelg all missed the top five, with Glenelg finishing bottom to record its 17th wooden spoon.
Premiership season
Highlights of the season fixture include:- A shortened 18-round home and away competition, in which each team plays each other twice
- A record 17 night matches, mostly staged in the early part of the season
- Two Showdown matches between Adelaide Football Club and Port Adelaide
- Two Anzac Day matches, including the Grand Final rematch between Norwood vs. North Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval
- First SANFL Grand Final at Adelaide Oval since 1973, to be played at an earlier than usual date on Sunday September 21
- Seven Network replaces ABC as sole television broadcaster; televises one live “match of the round” every week as well as all finals
- The official season motto was announced by the SANFL as: This is Football.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
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Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Ladder
Finals series
Qualifying and Elimination Finals
Semi Finals
Preliminary Final
Grand Final
Club performances
SANFL Premiership
† Adelaide had only one home game in 2014; at Clare Oval in the regional town of Clare. Also Norwood's "home" crowd in Round 4 was 10,014 for the Anzac Day match at Adelaide Oval against North Adelaide.SANFL Win/Loss Table
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | F1 | F2 | F3 | GF | Ladder |
| North 47 | Sturt 37 | CD 52 | Gln 37 | Port 45 | West 37 | Nor 31 | SA 21 | WWT 48 | CD 6 | North 4 | West 6 | SA 45 | Port 52 | WWT 68 | Gln 16 | Sturt 6 | Nor 55 | X | X | X | X | 8 | |
| WWT 31 | Nor 42 | Adel 52 | SA 8 | West 64 | North 7 | Gln 6 | Sturt 52 | Port 13 | Adel 6 | SA 10 | Nor 28 | West 33 | WWT 21 | Sturt 5 | Port 3 | Gln 59 | North 41 | X | X | X | X | 7 | |
| Sturt 43 | Port 152 | SA 45 | Adel 37 | Nor 17 | WWT 50 | CD 6 | West 98 | North 57 | SA 45 | Nor 118 | WWT 43 | Sturt 14 | North 42 | West 8 | Adel 16 | CD 59 | Port 32 | X | X | X | X | 10 | |
| Adel 47 | SA 34 | West 15 | Nor 21 | Sturt 61 | CD 7 | WWT 76 | Port 26 | Gln 57 | West 87 | Adel 4 | SA 78 | Port 2 | Gln 42 | Nor 53 | Sturt 19 | WWT 38 | CD 41 | X | X | X | X | 6 | |
| Port 19 | CD 42 | Sturt 18 | North 21 | Gln 17 | SA 40 | Adel 31 | WWT 3 | West 21 | Sturt 21 | Gln 118 | CD 28 | WWT 20 | SA 13 | North 53 | West 89 | Port 9 | Adel 55 | Sturt 9 | Port 13 | X | Port 4 | 1 | |
| Nor 19 | Gln 152 | WWT 58 | West 58 | Adel 45 | Sturt 50 | SA 60 | North 26 | CD 13 | WWT 23 | West 17 | Sturt 20 | North 2 | Adel 52 | SA 17 | CD 3 | Nor 9 | Gln 32 | X | Nor 13 | SA 20 | Nor 4 | 2 | |
| West 49 | North 34 | Gln 45 | CD 8 | WWT 10 | Nor 40 | Port 60 | Adel 21 | Sturt 8 | Gln 45 | CD 10 | North 78 | Adel 45 | Nor 13 | Port 17 | WWT 6 | West 23 | Sturt 24 | WWT 20 | Sturt 68 | Port 20 | X | 3 | |
| Gln 43 | Adel 37 | Nor 18 | WWT 6 | North 61 | Port 50 | West 79 | CD 52 | SA 8 | Nor 21 | WWT 40 | Port 20 | Gln 14 | West 4 | CD 5 | North 19 | Adel 6 | SA 24 | Nor 9 | SA 68 | X | X | 4 | |
| SA 49 | WWT 10 | North 15 | Port 58 | CD 64 | Adel 37 | Sturt 79 | Gln 98 | Nor 21 | North 87 | Port 17 | Adel 6 | CD 33 | Sturt 4 | Gln 8 | Nor 89 | SA 23 | WWT 63 | X | X | X | X | 9 | |
| CD 31 | West 10 | Port 58 | Sturt 6 | SA 10 | Gln 50 | North 76 | Nor 3 | Adel 48 | Port 23 | Sturt 40 | Gln 43 | Nor 20 | CD 21 | Adel 68 | SA 6 | North 38 | West 63 | SA 20 | X | X | X | 5 | |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | F1 | F2 | F3 | GF | Ladder |
Bold – Home game
X – Did Not Play
Opponent for round listed above margin
Foxtel Cup
| Club | Result |
| Norwood | Eliminated in Round 1 |
| West Adelaide | Eliminated in Round 1 |
Awards and events
Awards
- The Magarey Medal was won by Zane Kirkwood of Sturt, who polled 29 votes.
- The Ken Farmer Medal was won by Michael Wundke of Woodville-West Torrens. He kicked 60 goals in the 2014 home and away season.
- The Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy was won by North Adelaide, with 2375 points, 25 points ahead of Woodville-West Torrens.
- The R.O Shearman Medal was won by Steven Summerton of Port Adelaide.
- Port Adelaide were the minor premiers, finishing top of the ladder at the end of the home and away season with 12 wins and 6 losses. It is the club's 44th minor premiership in the SANFL.
Events
- The annual City v. Country Cup Match was held in April 2014 at the Adelaide Oval. City won by 31 points, defeating Country 12.10 to 7.9. Dale Armstrong won the Bill Botten Medal as best afield for City whilst Jackson O'Brien won Peter Kitschke Medal as best afield for Country.
- The Under 18 State Game was contested by South Australia and Western Australia . South Australia recorded a 31-point win; 14.8 def. 8.13.
- The Under 16 Talent Shield competition was won by Glenelg, who defeated Sturt in the Grand Final at AAMI Stadium by 25 points; 11.11 def. 7.10.
- Jake Parkinson, a regional director for Australasian food and beverage company Lion, replaced Leigh Wicker in the role of Chief Executive Officer of the SANFL in October.
Premiers
- Norwood were the League premiers, defeating Port Adelaide by 4 points.
- Woodville-West Torrens were the Reserves premiers, defeating Sturt by 16 points.
- West Adelaide were the Under 18 premiers, defeating Woodville-West Torrens by 35 points.