1979 SANFL Season: South Adelaide
These are the details of the premiership results of South Adelaide for the 1979 SANFL season. 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 a 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.
Season 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 |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.