2025 SANFL Season Elimination Final: Central District v Norwood

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 2025 between Central District and Norwood in the elimination final of the 2025 season of the South Australian National Football League. Central District hosted Norwood at Adelaide Oval. Kyle Presbury captained the hosts with Aiden Grace as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Paul Thomas and the visitors were coached by Jade Sheedy.

Central District (8.9.57) were defeated by Norwood (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 2025 SANFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: Central District v Norwood
Date: Sunday 31 August 2025
Time: 12:15 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Central District def. by Norwood
Score: 8.9.57 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Central District	3	.	0	4	.	1	7	.	5	8	.	9	8	.	9	(57)
Norwood	0	.	2	4	.	7	5	.	8	11	.	9	11	.	9	(75)
Margin	CDIS by 16			NRWD by 6			CDIS by 9			NRWD by 18			NRWD by 18
Duration	25:08			29:11			27:45			30:53			1:52:57

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Central District) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Norwood) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Central District

Captain: Kyle Presbury
Vice-Captain: Aiden Grace
Coach: Paul Thomas

Norwood

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jade Sheedy

Player Statistics

Central District

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
33	Adams, Zach	BPL	?	0	0	10	9	1	3	0	3	?	?	1	4	6	1
24	Annand, Kobe	RU	?	0	0	3	1	2	1	35	1	?	?	0	5	0	0
20	Barry, Wilson	INT	?	0	0	13	7	6	1	0	7	?	?	0	1	1	2
5	Callinan, Jack	INT	?	0	0	14	11	3	1	0	2	?	?	1	1	2	1
30	Cochrane, Douglas	FPR	?	2	0	9	7	2	2	0	1	?	?	2	1	0	4
9	Dittmar, Kade	C	?	0	1	14	11	3	3	0	10	?	?	0	3	0	4
32	Grace, Aiden (vc)	HFFL	?	1	1	8	4	4	2	0	2	?	?	1	0	0	1
10	Grant, Harry	RO	?	0	0	20	14	6	6	0	11	?	?	1	2	1	0
11	Kendall, George	FB	?	0	0	9	7	2	2	0	0	?	?	2	1	3	1
27	Kitschke, Austin	CHB	?	0	0	4	3	1	1	0	2	?	?	1	0	2	0
29	Lange, Nick	INT	?	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	5	?	?	1	0	0	2
42	Lochowiak, Anzac	FPL	?	2	0	10	7	3	2	0	7	?	?	2	0	0	1
17	Monaghan, Maximus	INT	?	0	0	8	2	6	0	0	2	?	?	1	1	0	1
36	Montgomerie, Rhett	HBFR	?	0	0	9	8	1	2	0	2	?	?	0	0	5	0
13	Posthuma, Dayne	BPR	?	0	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	?	?	0	2	2	1
7	Presbury, Kyle (c)	HFFR	?	0	0	7	6	1	1	0	3	?	?	1	0	0	2
3	Pudney, Kai	WL	?	0	0	14	9	5	5	0	7	?	?	0	0	2	5
39	Schubert, Aidan	CHF	?	1	0	8	6	2	4	0	0	?	?	1	0	0	4
20	Sharp, Dyson	RR	?	1	0	13	8	5	0	0	7	?	?	2	1	1	5
26	Shaw, Oliver	WR	?	0	0	7	6	1	0	0	0	?	?	0	0	0	1
59	Thomas, Beau	FF	?	1	0	7	7	0	3	14	2	?	?	0	1	0	3
31	Whitelum, Luca	HBFL	?	0	0	13	11	2	4	0	1	?	?	1	0	4	1
Rushed					?
Total (22 players)				8	9	207	150	57	45	49	75	0+	0+	18	23	29	40

Norwood

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
45	Binder, Tristan	FF	?	3	1	10	7	3	4	9	1	?	?	0	1	0	1
7	Callow, Jackson	CHF	?	1	1	9	8	1	6	1	2	?	?	1	2	0	2
13	Cootee, Billy	RO	?	2	0	26	13	13	4	0	3	?	?	4	0	2	4
6	Donnelly, Tom	BPR	?	0	0	8	6	2	3	0	1	?	?	0	1	3	0
39	Gale, Jayden	FPR	?	1	1	11	8	3	2	0	4	?	?	3	1	2	1
10	Hamilton, Declan	WL	?	2	2	12	11	1	2	0	4	?	?	0	1	1	2
40	Heard, Finn	RU	?	0	0	18	12	6	4	27	9	?	?	3	0	3	5
35	Heard, Jack	FB	?	0	0	11	8	3	5	0	1	?	?	0	2	3	1
28	Hodges, Max	INT	?	1	0	5	3	2	2	0	0	?	?	0	0	0	0
11	Kennerley, Jacob	FPL	?	0	0	16	11	5	6	0	6	?	?	2	0	1	3
17	Ling, Connor	WR	?	0	0	9	6	3	0	0	3	?	?	1	0	0	4
20	Ling, Matt	HBFR	?	0	0	21	15	6	3	0	3	?	?	1	1	5	0
16	Lord, Alastair	INT	?	0	0	11	8	3	4	0	5	?	?	1	1	3	0
2	Lowe, Baynen	RR	?	0	0	12	7	5	0	0	4	?	?	1	2	0	4
18	Molan, Charlie	HFFR	?	0	0	7	1	6	0	0	0	?	?	0	0	0	1
27	Murley, Cooper	BPL	?	0	0	11	9	2	1	0	6	?	?	0	1	4	3
52	Nicholas, Mitchell	INT	?	0	0	9	3	6	2	0	1	?	?	0	1	0	1
40	O'Brien, Balyn	INT	?	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	3	?	?	1	1	1	1
9	Rokahr, Nik	C	?	0	0	27	18	9	7	0	11	?	?	1	1	1	4
5	Seymour, Pierce	CHB	?	0	0	13	9	4	4	0	1	?	?	2	0	2	0
12	Simpson, Ben	HFFL	?	0	0	10	6	4	1	0	4	?	?	1	1	0	4
32	Wright, Alec	HBFL	?	1	0	13	5	8	2	0	2	?	?	1	1	1	0
Rushed					?
Total (22 players)				11	9	276	178	98	64	37	74	0+	0+	23	18	32	41

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Central District							Coach: Paul Thomas
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	27	C. Murley	35	J. Heard	6	T. Donnelly	24	K. Annand	20	W. Barry
	30	D. Cochrane	59	B. Thomas	42	A. Lochowiak	20	D. Sharp	5	J. Callinan
FORWARD							10	H. Grant	29	N. Lange
HALF-BACK									17	M. Monaghan
	32	A. Wright	5	P. Seymour	20	M. Ling
	7	K. Presbury (c)	39	A. Schubert	32	A. Grace (vc)
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	10	D. Hamilton	9	N. Rokahr	17	C. Ling
	26	O. Shaw	9	K. Dittmar	3	K. Pudney	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							40	F. Heard	28	M. Hodges
HALF-FORWARD							2	B. Lowe	16	A. Lord
	12	B. Simpson	7	J. Callow	18	C. Molan	13	B. Cootee	52	M. Nicholas
	36	R. Montgomerie	27	A. Kitschke	31	L. Whitelum			40	B. O'Brien
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	11	J. Kennerley	45	T. Binder	39	J. Gale
	13	D. Posthuma	11	G. Kendall	33	Z. Adams
BACK
Norwood							Coach: Jade Sheedy

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	CDIS	Aiden Grace goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:50
	CDIS	Anzac Lochowiak goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	13:54
	CDIS	Aidan Schubert goal	3.0.18	-	0.0.0	17:26
	NRWD	Rushed behind	3.0.18	-	0.1.1	21:36
	NRWD	Rushed behind	3.0.18	-	0.2.2	23:45
Q2	NRWD	Jackson Callow behind	3.0.18	-	0.3.3	01:22
	NRWD	Billy Cootee goal	3.0.18	-	1.3.9	02:13
	CDIS	Beau Thomas goal	4.0.24	-	1.3.9	05:49
	CDIS	Rushed behind	4.1.25	-	1.3.9	08:20
	NRWD	Jackson Callow goal	4.1.25	-	2.3.15	09:19
	NRWD	Tristan Binder goal	4.1.25	-	3.3.21	11:04
	NRWD	Rushed behind	4.1.25	-	3.4.22	12:30
	NRWD	Rushed behind	4.1.25	-	3.5.23	19:44
	NRWD	Declan Hamilton goal	4.1.25	-	4.5.29	20:43
	NRWD	Declan Hamilton behind	4.1.25	-	4.6.30	22:45
	NRWD	Tristan Binder behind	4.1.25	-	4.7.31	28:31
Q3	NRWD	Tristan Binder goal	4.1.25	-	5.7.37	01:49
	CDIS	Dyson Sharp goal	5.1.31	-	5.7.37	03:32
	CDIS	Rushed behind	5.2.32	-	5.7.37	05:48
	CDIS	Rushed behind	5.3.33	-	5.7.37	07:16
	CDIS	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	5.7.37	08:38
	CDIS	Rushed behind	5.5.35	-	5.7.37	09:56
	CDIS	Douglas Cochrane goal	6.5.41	-	5.7.37	14:17
	CDIS	Anzac Lochowiak goal	7.5.47	-	5.7.37	16:38
	NRWD	Declan Hamilton behind	7.5.47	-	5.8.38	20:40
Q4	NRWD	Alec Wright goal	7.5.47	-	6.8.44	00:42
	CDIS	Aiden Grace behind	7.6.48	-	6.8.44	02:33
	NRWD	Jayden Gale behind	7.6.48	-	6.9.45	06:17
	NRWD	Max Hodges goal	7.6.48	-	7.9.51	08:25
	NRWD	Declan Hamilton goal	7.6.48	-	8.9.57	11:48
	NRWD	Billy Cootee goal	7.6.48	-	9.9.63	16:01
	CDIS	Kade Dittmar behind	7.7.49	-	9.9.63	19:27
	CDIS	Douglas Cochrane goal	8.7.55	-	9.9.63	20:51
	CDIS	Rushed behind	8.8.56	-	9.9.63	22:12
	NRWD	Jayden Gale goal	8.8.56	-	10.9.69	24:33
	NRWD	Tristan Binder goal	8.8.56	-	11.9.75	26:51
	CDIS	Rushed behind	8.9.57	-	11.9.75	28:03

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