South Adelaide ball magnet Nick Liddle has been awarded the 2018 R.O Shearman Medal at last night's annual SA Football Hall of Fame and Magarey Medal dinner at Adelaide Oval.

Liddle racked up an impressive 99 votes to claim his first R.O Shearman Medal in emphatic fashion, polling 20 more votes than runner-up Matt Panos from Norwood (79). 

The fiery redhead enjoyed another stellar season with the Panthers, averaging a team-high 25.8 touches per game and kicking 17 goals through his 19 games in 2018.

The evergreen Liddle, who has now played 173 games for South since being recruited from Coburg in 2010, joins current teammates Joel Cross (2015 & 2017) as the only two South Adelaide players to be bestowed the medal since its inception in 2000.

Second-year Panther Abe Davis (52 votes) and ruckman Keegan Brooksby (45) also polled well to finish in the top 10 for voting.

The R.O. Shearman Medal is named after five-time Sturt premiership player Bob Shearman and recognises the player judged best afield by the league's coaches.

Starting in 2000, the R.O. Shearman Medal is voted by each SANFL senior coaches on a 5-4-3-2-1 vote system to judge best players following each minor round game they contest.

Liddle's consistent season was also recognised by the League's umpires, as he collected 22 votes in the Magarey Medal count to finish equal third from eventual winner Mitch Grigg (Norwood - 26 votes) and runner-up Travis Schiller (Central - 24 votes).

Big-bodied midfielder Davis also benefited from an injury free second season, polling 11 votes in his final five games to climb to fifth on the leaderboard, while co-captains Brooksby (10) and Cross (12) also attracted votes.

Earlier in the evening former South Adelaide General Manager and Glenelg stalwart, Harry Kernahan was inducted into the SA Football Hall of Fame. 

2018 R.O Shearman Medal winner Nick Liddle and wife Jess walk the red carpet ahead of last night's Magarey Medal count. Image: SANFL

2018 R. O Shearman Medal

• Nick Liddle (South) 99 votes
• Matt Panos (Norwood) 79 votes
• Travis Schiller (Central) 77 votes
• Mitch Grigg (Norwood) 76 votes
• James Boyd (Eagles) 73 votes
• Zane Kirkwood (Sturt) 59 votes
• Kaine Stevens (West) 55 votes
• Abe Davis (South) 52 votes
• Matt Snook (Glenelg) 50 votes
• Keegan Brooksby (South) 45 votes
• Max Thring (North) 45 votes

2018 Magarey Medal

• Mitch Grigg (Norwood) 26 votes
• Travis Schiller (Central) 24 votes
• Nick Liddle (South) 22 votes
• James Boyd (Eagles) 22 votes
• Abe Davis (South) 18 votes
• Zane Kirkwood (Sturt) 18 votes
• Matt Panos (Norwood) 18 votes
• Kaine Stevens (West) 18 votes
• James Battersby (Sturt) 17 votes
• Max Thring (North) 15 votes

Junior Girls Match Report

Under 15s
South Adelaide vs Eagles
Round 2 - City Mazda Stadium - 02/09/18

Goals: N. Milis 3, T. Cooks, L. Volpato, K. Russell, G. Schirmer, G. Pennifold, J. McIntosh, L. Clifton
Best: E. Smith, C. Wilson, N. Milis, G. Schirmer, B. Nye, E. Hateley-Watson

Junior Girls Match Report

Under 17s
South Adelaide vs Eagles
Round 2 - City Mazda Stadium - 02/09/18

Goals: E. Brockhurst, E. Thomas 2, H. Munyard, T Levy, S. Wright
Best: T. Charlton, T. Levy, S. Wright, E. Thomas, R. Jozwa, I Tahou

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League Match Report

South Adelaide vs North Adelaide
Elimination Final - Adelaide Oval - 02/09/18

Goals: Overall, Haren, Cross 2, Brooksby, Fields, Kreuger, Rankine
Best: Cross, Brooksby, Liddle, Crabb, Summerton
Injuries:

South Adelaide's season has come to an end after being overrun by a plucky Roosters outfit on Sunday afternoon.

The two sides played out a pulsating Elimination Final battle at Adelaide Oval, but it was the boys from Prospect who came out on top after a run of goals in the fourth quarter undid the Panthers by 20 points.

Both teams enjoyed time in the lead, but South eventually succumbed to a 10.10 (70) to 14.6 (90) defeat.

South started the better side, kicking the first goal through a crafty snap around the body by Ben Haren that dribbled through a vacant goal square from 40m out.

High-flying forwards Nathan Kreuger and Lewis Hender traded goals, before Matt Rankine gave the Panthers a two-goal buffer at the first change.

However, the second quarter was played entirely on the Roosters terms.

North kicked six unanswered goals, four to former Power listed big man Mitch Harvey, before Panthers co-captain Keegan Brooksby could finally peg one back right on the siren for halftime.

All of a sudden the lead was three goals to North's favour and it looked a different game.

Panthers mentor Jarrad Wright and his coaching panel made some structural changes over the major break and his side looked a different team in the third.

Tom Fields connected from distance within a minute of the restart and the Panthers sparked into life.

Brooksby started to click with his fellow skipper Joel Cross and Nick Liddle at the restarts and repeat clearances converted into repeat scores.

Cross weaved his way through traffic to bang home his first, before Sam Overall regained the lead shortly after.

A deft touch from Liddle set up Ben Haren shortly after and in the blink of an eye South had a two-kick advantage and looked right back in the contest.

Roosters captain Max Thring did pull the sides level midway through the term, but the Panthers still had the run of the play.

Four consecutive behinds followed by Cross' second after the siren gave South a nine-point buffer heading into the final stanza.

Sadly for South, this lead would be short lived, as North piled on six goals to one in the last quarter to knock the Panthers out of the premiership race.

It was a disappointing end to an exciting first season under new head coach Wright that saw a return to the finals and several up-and-coming League players unleashed throughout the season.

Best on the day was the fearless Cross, who gathered 29 touches in his trademark relentless fashion to go with two goals.

Not far behind was the work in the centre square of Brooksby (16 touches, 37 hit-outs and a goal) and Liddle (22 possessions and six tackles).

Backmen Brad Crabb and Jake Summerton also fought admirably against North's tall forwards in a backline that was at times under immense pressure.

Under-18s Match Report

South Adelaide vs Eagles
Second Semi Final - Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval - 01/09/18

Goals: Sladojevic, Tarca 3, Bogle 2, Freitag, Coleman, Milsom
Best: Sparrow, Sladojevic, Manuel, Lovering, Tarca, Bogle

Our Under-18s suffered a narrow loss to Woodville-West Torrens in their Second Semi Final on Saturday afternoon. 

After the Eagles locked in top spot and we secured second, our Second Semi Final clash was a rematch of the last round of the year, which was also played at Woodville. 

We had the first couple of shots for the day but didn't convert. Eagles got hold of the ball and transitioned to kick the first two goals of the game.

We kicked the next three through Reece Milsom, Damon Freitag and Jake Tarca to go into the first break two points up.

The second quarter the Eagles came out hard, kicking the first two goals again.

We were worried it was going to be a repeat of last weeks game where they blew the game open, but to the credit of our boys that was the length of their run.

We managed to bottle the game up for a bit until we hit back through Tate Coleman. We went into the main break only six point down.

After halftime we made some positional changes, with Jake Tarca going into the midfield again which made an impact.

Our tackle pressure increased and we started to get more of the ball. We looked like we could take control of the game as we kicked five goals to Eagles three. The last of their majors coming on the siren. We believed we had momentum going into the last quarter.

The last quarter we started well with Daniel Sladojevic and Luke Bogle kicking goals, which put us 18 points up.

However, that is when we stopped. Eagles came back kicking the last four goals to win by seven points.

I was proud of the players for the game they played, and it could have gone either way, but we let them kick four goals in eight minutes to end the game.

We now play Norwood and win to next week in the Preliminary Final to get another go at the Eagles in the Grand Final.

Mark Clayton
U18s Coach

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South add options for do-or-die clash with Roosters

South Adelaide have added a trio of options to replace running defender Tyson Brown in their Elimination Final clash with North Adelaide on Sunday.

Brown was concussed after a heavy knock to the head against Norwood in Round 19, needing to be taken to hospital by ambulance, and was not cleared to face the Roosters at Adelaide Oval.

The Panthers have added three potential replacements to a squad of 23.

Silky-skilled youngster Hayden Sampson would be a like-for-like replacement adding run off of half back, while the big-bodied duo of Anthony Biemans and Adam Hunter would add further grunt to South's engine room.

All three have been named on an extended interchange that also includes crafty utility Matt Rankine and wispy forward Cody Szust.

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South's Under-18s travel to Woodville for their Second Semi Final against the Eagles on Saturday afternoon. Click here to see the named squad.

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Round Details

What: SANFL Elimination Final - South Adelaide vs North Adelaide
Where: Adelaide Oval
When: Sunday, September 2 - League 12:15pm
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Watch: Live on Channel 7 (South Australia only) or stream via the South Adelaide Digital Pass

League

In: Biemans, Sampson, Hunter
Out: Brown (concussion)
New:
Milestones:  

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Round Details

What: Second Semi Final - South Adelaide vs Woodville-West Torrens
Where: Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval
When: 1:30pm Saturday, September 1
Entry: Free 

Under 18s

1 Billy Wade
3 Joel Beeche
4 Max Clifton
6 Jake Tarca
7 Tyler Davies
8 Mitchell Riddle
9 Job Colwell
10 Luke Bogle
12 Jake  Spinks
14 Tate Coleman
16 Jonty Manuel
21 Danny Juckers
22 Zachary Dumesny
23 Reece Milsom
24 Aaron Douglass
25 Ronan Wood
26 Tate Lovering
27 Boyd  Austin
28 James  Grimley
32 Tom Sparrow
35 Nicholas Kraemer
36 Damon Freitag
39 Bailey  Marshman
40 Daniel Sladojevic

In: Grimley, Sparrow
Out: Spicer, Fitzgerald, Spacie

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The South Adelaide Football Club is once again holding open trials for the Senior Women's Team.

After a successful inaugural year in the SANFL Statewide Super Women's League, the South Adelaide Football Club will be holding two open trials on September 12 and 19.

If you believe you have the talent and commitment to play State level football for South Adelaide's elite football program please complete the form below to register your interest.
To be eligible to play in the 2019 season participants must be 16 years or older as of January 1 2019.

Trial session dates:

Trial 1

Date: Wednesday, September 12
Time: 5:45pm for a 6:15pm start
Location: Hickinbotham Oval

Trial 2

Date: Wednesday, September 19
Time: 5:45pm for a 6:15pm start
Location: Hickinbotham Oval

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2018 SANFL Macca's League Finals Series

Sunday 2 September

12:15pm  |  Elimination Final 4 v 5
3:15pm  |  Qualifying Final 2 v 3

11:15am  |  Car Parks Open
11:45am  |  Gates Open

Sunday 9 September

12:15pm  |  Semi Final 1
3:15pm  |  Semi Final 2 Norwood v TBC

11:15am  |  Car Parks Open
11:45am  |  Gates Open

Sunday 16 September

10:55am  |  SANFL Torrens University Cup U18's Grand Final
2:15pm  |  Preliminary Final

10:00am |  Car Parks Open
10:30am |  Gates Open

Sunday 23 September

9:15am |  SANFL U17 Futures Match
11:25am |  SANFL Reserves Grand Final
1:55pm |  SANFL Grand Final Official Pre-Match entertainment commences

3:00pm |  SANFL Macca's League Grand Final

8:30am |  Car Parks Open
9:00am |  Gates Open

Ticketing

Tickets for the 2018 SANFL Macca's League Finals Series will go on sale from 9am Monday 20 August through Ticketek* and National Pharmacies Pharmacy Outlets and Optical Stores, click here for store locations

Pricing for the 2018 Finals Series is as follows :

Weeks 1-3

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Grand Final

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General Ticketing Info :

• Adelaide Oval Football Members, Essential Crows and Essential Power Members have access to the SANFL Macca's League Finals Series.
• Adelaide Football Club, and Port Adelaide Football Club Season Ticket Holders (AFL Season) do not have access to the SANFL Macca's League Finals Series.
• SANFL Club Season & Home Match ticket holders do not have access to the SANFL Macca's League Finals Series.  Please contact your Club should you have queries around this.

SANFL Concession Ticket Policy:

• The SANFL offers an income based concession, rather than an age based concession.
• A person must have the appropriate form of concession to purchase a concession ticket. They must present the relevant concession documentation at point of purchase.
• Patrons holding one of the following cards are eligible to purchase a ticket at the concession rate:
• Centrelink issued: Pensioner Concession Card (PCC)*
• Department of Veterans' Affairs card or Department of Veterans' Affairs issued Pensioner Concession Card*
• Full time secondary or tertiary student cards**
• Centrelink issued: Health Care Card (HCC)*

Seniors cards are not accepted as Concession for SANFL games.

* Note: Cardholders only (not their dependents listed on the card) are entitled to the concession price.
** Excluding International Student cards.

Broadcast Details

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Watch Live
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SANFL Digital Pass | Finals Series

The SANFL Macca's League Digital Pass is ideal for ardent fans living overseas, interstate and in regional communities wanting to follow the action from afar.

Details for the 2018 SANFL Macca's League Digital Pass Finals Series products will be available soon.

Car Parking

Weeks 1-3

Daily car parking is available in the North Car Park for $15 per vehicle.

• Access to the North Car Park is available via Pennington Terrace
• Disability parking is available on a first come first serve basis.

Grand Final

Daily car parking is available in the North Car Park and oval No. 2 for $20 per vehicle.

• Access to the North Car Park is available via Pennington Terrace
• Access to Adelaide Oval No. 2 is via Montefiore Hill Road.
• Disability parking is available on a first come first serve basis.

Adelaide Oval Conditions of Entry

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With increased security measures in place at Adelaide Oval, patrons are being asked to remember five key things ahead of their next visit to Adelaide Oval:

1. Arrive early: Increased security measures will have an impact on the time taken to admit patrons to the stadium. Please allow an extra 20 minutes and don't leave your arrival until the last minute.
2. Be patient: Security inspections take time, so please understand it will likely take a little longer to move people into the stadium.
3. Limit the number of bags you bring: Each bag has to be inspected, so the more you bring the longer it will take. Please prepare your bags for inspection by our staff.
4. Co-operate with staff at all times :
5. Our security and event staff are doing an important job, so please help them by co-operating at all times.
6. Be our eyes and ears: If you see something you think is suspicious, immediately inform one of our staff or police.

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