1979 SANFL Season: South Adelaide
These are the details of the premiership results for South Adelaide for the 1979 season of the South Australian National Football League. The team used Adelaide Oval as their home ground, playing eight matches there (eight as hosts). The team finished the regular season in third place, securing a place in the finals series. After being defeated by Port Adelaide in the qualifying final, defeating Norwood in the first semi final and defeating Central District in the preliminary final, South Adelaide were defeated by Port Adelaide in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.
Team Details
Competition:
1979 SANFL Season
Team:
South Adelaide
Home Ground:
Adelaide Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
3rd (W-D-L: 14-0-8, P%: 51.2)
Finals Performance:
Runners-Up
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunton, Haydn | 26 | 16 | -0- | 10 | R01-22, QF, SF, PF, GF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/04/1979 | Round 1 | North Adelaide | AWAY | WIN | SADL by 15 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 14/04/1979 | Round 2 | Woodville | HOME | WIN | SADL by 8 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 21/04/1979 | Round 3 | Port Adelaide | AWAY | LOSS | PADL by 18 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 28/04/1979 | Round 4 | Central District | HOME | WIN | SADL by 30 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 05/05/1979 | Round 5 | West Torrens | HOME | WIN | SADL by 39 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 12/05/1979 | Round 6 | Glenelg | AWAY | WIN | SADL by 12 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 19/05/1979 | Round 7 | West Adelaide | HOME | WIN | SADL by 8 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 26/05/1979 | Round 8 | Norwood | HOME | LOSS | NRWD by 84 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 02/06/1979 | Round 9 | Sturt | HOME | WIN | SADL by 7 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 09/06/1979 | Round 10 | Port Adelaide | HOME | WIN | SADL by 33 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 16/06/1979 | Round 11 | Woodville | AWAY | LOSS | WOOD by 25 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 23/06/1979 | Round 12 | North Adelaide | HOME | WIN | SADL by 29 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 01/07/1979 | Round 13 | Central District | HOME | LOSS | CDIS by 37 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 08/07/1979 | Round 14 | West Torrens | AWAY | WIN | SADL by 11 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 14/07/1979 | Round 15 | Glenelg | AWAY | LOSS | GLNG by 26 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 21/07/1979 | Round 16 | West Adelaide | AWAY | LOSS | WADL by 25 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 28/07/1979 | Round 17 | Norwood | AWAY | LOSS | NRWD by 15 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 04/08/1979 | Round 18 | Sturt | HOME | WIN | SADL by 37 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 11/08/1979 | Round 19 | Port Adelaide | AWAY | LOSS | PADL by 49 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 19/08/1979 | Round 20 | Woodville | AWAY | WIN | SADL by 26 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 25/08/1979 | Round 21 | North Adelaide | HOME | WIN | SADL by 100 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 01/09/1979 | Round 22 | Central District | AWAY | WIN | SADL by 20 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 09/09/1979 | Qualifying Final | Port Adelaide | AWAY | LOSS | PADL by 38 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 15/09/1979 | Semi Final | Norwood | HOME | WIN | SADL by 21 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 22/09/1979 | Preliminary Final | Central District | AWAY | WIN | SADL by 13 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |
| 29/09/1979 | Grand Final | Port Adelaide | AWAY | LOSS | PADL by 31 | Haydn Bunton | unknown |