2025 SANFL Season Grand Final: Sturt v Glenelg

This is the match report for the match played on 21 September 2025 between Sturt and Glenelg in the grand final of the 2025 season of the South Australian National Football League. Sturt hosted Glenelg at Adelaide Oval. Tom Lewis captained the hosts with Will Snelling as vice-captain. Liam McBean captained the visitors with Matt Allen as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Martin Mattner and the visitors were coached by Darren Reeves.

Sturt (16.9.105) defeated Glenelg (11.8.74).

Match Details

Season: 2025 SANFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Sturt v Glenelg
Date: Sunday 21 September 2025
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Sturt def. Glenelg
Score: 16.9.105 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sturt	3	.	4	6	.	6	13	.	7	16	.	9	16	.	9	(105)
Glenelg	1	.	2	2	.	4	6	.	5	11	.	8	11	.	8	(74)
Margin	STRT by 14			STRT by 26			STRT by 44			STRT by 31			STRT by 31
Duration	27:24			27:55			33:50			32:21			2:01:30

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Sturt

Captain: Tom Lewis (acting)
Vice-Captain: Will Snelling
Coach: Martin Mattner

Glenelg

Captain: Liam McBean
Vice-Captain: Matt Allen
Coach: Darren Reeves

Player Statistics

Sturt

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
8	Anderson, Angus	RO	?	1	0	24	16	8	9	0	3	?	?	2	2	0	6
17	Becker, Zac	CHB	?	0	0	12	10	2	8	0	1	?	?	0	1	3	1
3	Carey, Henry	BPL	?	0	0	17	14	3	6	0	2	?	?	2	0	7	1
1	Conforti, Sam	HFFL	?	2	1	9	5	4	2	0	0	?	?	1	2	0	1
22	Coomblas, Will	FB	?	0	0	9	8	1	5	0	2	?	?	1	2	2	0
45	Doyle, Amos	RU	?	0	0	8	5	3	2	23	2	?	?	0	1	0	2
15	Edmonds, Luke	INT	?	0	0	7	5	2	3	0	1	?	?	1	1	1	1
10	Emmett, Tom	HFFR	?	1	2	10	6	4	3	0	1	?	?	2	1	1	0
18	Fahey-Sparks, Daniel	INT	?	1	0	8	4	4	4	23	7	?	?	0	1	0	1
11	Frederick, Martin	INT	?	0	0	14	6	8	3	0	10	?	?	2	2	0	2
27	Fryer, Charlie	BPR	?	0	0	6	4	2	3	0	5	?	?	1	0	0	0
36	Giacometti, Luke	CHF	?	0	0	16	6	10	1	0	1	?	?	0	0	0	5
30	Grivell, Oliver	FPL	?	0	1	6	5	1	2	0	2	?	?	1	1	0	2
37	Holt, Alex	WR	?	1	0	21	17	4	5	0	2	?	?	1	0	4	5
5	Hone, Josh	FPR	?	4	1	9	7	2	4	0	0	?	?	0	0	0	0
2	Lewis, Tom (ac)	C	?	0	0	26	8	18	3	0	10	?	?	1	2	1	2
7	Mathews, James	INT	?	2	0	7	6	1	0	0	1	?	?	0	0	0	3
6	McFadyen, Connor	FF	?	2	0	12	8	4	2	0	2	?	?	1	2	0	3
13	Perez, Flynn	HBFR	?	0	0	22	19	3	9	0	6	?	?	3	1	5	2
21	Sadler, Nick	WL	?	0	0	10	6	4	4	0	1	?	?	0	1	1	1
14	Snelling, Will (vc)	RR	?	1	0	20	12	8	5	0	14	?	?	2	1	1	3
34	Voss, Casey	HBFL	?	1	0	14	13	1	5	0	4	?	?	0	0	4	3
Rushed					?
Total (22 players)				16	9	287	190	97	88	46	77	0+	0+	21	21	30	44

Glenelg

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
22	Allen, Matt (vc)	RR	?	1	1	18	13	5	5	0	4	?	?	1	2	3	7
9	Bailey, Darcy	WL	?	1	0	8	6	2	3	0	0	?	?	0	0	0	1
31	Beecken, Cooper	INT	?	0	0	8	4	4	3	0	2	?	?	1	3	1	0
11	Bell, James	WR	?	0	0	15	11	4	3	0	3	?	?	1	2	1	2
36	Chandler, Will	INT	?	0	0	15	10	5	4	0	3	?	?	0	1	0	7
18	Finlay, Karl	FF	?	1	1	6	5	1	3	0	1	?	?	1	0	1	0
4	Gerloff, Cole	BPR	?	1	0	20	16	4	4	0	7	?	?	3	1	3	3
23	Holder, Riley	RO	?	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	1	?	?	0	0	0	0
20	Hosie, Lachie	RU	?	5	1	12	11	1	5	0	3	?	?	3	0	0	1
39	Lovelock, Archie	BPL	?	0	0	11	7	4	5	0	2	?	?	0	0	0	1
8	Lyons, Corey	HBFR	?	0	0	26	16	10	9	0	3	?	?	1	0	1	5
17	Lyons, Jarryd	FPL	?	0	0	28	18	10	5	0	2	?	?	0	1	0	0
16	Martini, Alex	HFFR	?	0	0	13	7	6	2	0	4	?	?	0	4	2	0
5	McBean, Liam (c)	HBFL	?	1	0	13	13	0	7	11	2	?	?	2	0	0	3
14	McCarthy, Brad	CHF	?	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	4	?	?	2	0	2	0
19	McGree, Cameron	FPR	?	0	0	12	10	2	5	12	6	?	?	1	0	2	2
29	McLeod, Connor	INT	?	0	1	13	10	3	4	0	3	?	?	1	2	1	3
10	Partington, Luke	C	?	0	0	13	6	7	0	0	3	?	?	1	3	0	2
7	Reynolds, Luke	CHB	?	1	1	7	4	3	2	0	1	?	?	1	0	0	0
2	Scharenberg, Jonty	FB	?	0	0	22	18	4	7	0	3	?	?	0	1	6	3
27	Stevens, Nick	INT	?	0	0	13	11	2	4	0	2	?	?	0	1	3	1
46	Symonds, Beau	HFFL	?	0	0	9	6	3	1	0	1	?	?	2	0	1	1
Rushed					?
Total (22 players)				11	8	296	210	86	84	23	60	0+	0+	21	21	27	42

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

Sturt							Coach: Martin Mattner
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	39	A. Lovelock	2	J. Scharenberg	4	C. Gerloff	45	A. Doyle	15	L. Edmonds
	5	J. Hone	6	C. McFadyen	30	O. Grivell	14	W. Snelling (vc)	18	D. Fahey-Sparks
FORWARD							8	A. Anderson	11	M. Frederick
HALF-BACK									7	J. Mathews
	5	L. McBean (c)	7	L. Reynolds	8	C. Lyons
	10	T. Emmett	36	L. Giacometti	1	S. Conforti
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	9	D. Bailey	10	L. Partington	11	J. Bell
	37	A. Holt	2	T. Lewis (ac)	21	N. Sadler	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							20	L. Hosie	31	C. Beecken
HALF-FORWARD							22	M. Allen (vc)	36	W. Chandler
	46	B. Symonds	14	B. McCarthy	16	A. Martini	23	R. Holder	29	C. McLeod
	13	F. Perez	17	Z. Becker	34	C. Voss			27	N. Stevens
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	17	J. Lyons	18	K. Finlay	19	C. McGree
	27	C. Fryer	22	W. Coomblas	3	H. Carey
BACK
Glenelg							Coach: Darren Reeves

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GLNG	Lachie Hosie goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	04:21
	GLNG	Connor McLeod behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	06:25
	STRT	Josh Hone behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	07:52
	STRT	James Mathews goal	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	09:06
	STRT	Tom Emmett behind	1.2.8	-	1.1.7	12:07
	GLNG	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	1.2.8	13:34
	STRT	Will Snelling goal	2.2.14	-	1.2.8	15:30
	STRT	Sam Conforti behind	2.3.15	-	1.2.8	23:59
	STRT	Josh Hone goal	3.3.21	-	1.2.8	25:23
	STRT	Tom Emmett behind	3.4.22	-	1.2.8	26:53
Q2	STRT	Daniel Fahey-Sparks goal	4.4.28	-	1.2.8	03:54
	STRT	Rushed behind	4.5.29	-	1.2.8	09:06
	STRT	Sam Conforti goal	5.5.35	-	1.2.8	10:50
	STRT	Sam Conforti goal	6.5.41	-	1.2.8	14:49
	STRT	Rushed behind	6.6.42	-	1.2.8	17:23
	GLNG	Lachie Hosie goal	6.6.42	-	2.2.14	18:03
	GLNG	Matt Allen behind	6.6.42	-	2.3.15	22:07
	GLNG	Rushed behind	6.6.42	-	2.4.16	24:13
Q3	STRT	Tom Emmett goal	7.6.48	-	2.4.16	02:18
	STRT	Josh Hone goal	8.6.54	-	2.4.16	04:45
	GLNG	Lachie Hosie goal	8.6.54	-	3.4.22	06:21
	GLNG	Karl Finlay behind	8.6.54	-	3.5.23	08:00
	GLNG	Lachie Hosie goal	8.6.54	-	4.5.29	09:01
	GLNG	Darcy Bailey goal	8.6.54	-	5.5.35	10:22
	STRT	Connor McFadyen goal	9.6.60	-	5.5.35	12:40
	STRT	Rushed behind	9.7.61	-	5.5.35	14:03
	STRT	Alex Holt goal	10.7.67	-	5.5.35	16:22
	STRT	James Mathews goal	11.7.73	-	5.5.35	22:04
	GLNG	Cole Gerloff goal	11.7.73	-	6.5.41	24:23
	STRT	Casey Voss goal	12.7.79	-	6.5.41	29:46
	STRT	Angus Anderson goal	13.7.85	-	6.5.41	33:39
Q4	GLNG	Lachie Hosie behind	13.7.85	-	6.6.42	03:25
	STRT	Rushed behind	13.8.86	-	6.6.42	07:10
	STRT	Oliver Grivell behind	13.9.87	-	6.6.42	07:51
	STRT	Josh Hone goal	14.9.93	-	6.6.42	08:44
	GLNG	Matt Allen goal	14.9.93	-	7.6.48	11:56
	GLNG	Karl Finlay goal	14.9.93	-	8.6.54	13:20
	GLNG	Rushed behind	14.9.93	-	8.7.55	15:38
	STRT	Connor McFadyen goal	15.9.99	-	8.7.55	18:24
	STRT	Josh Hone goal	16.9.105	-	8.7.55	20:57
	GLNG	Liam McBean goal	16.9.105	-	9.7.61	23:01
	GLNG	Luke Reynolds behind	16.9.105	-	9.8.62	26:34
	GLNG	Luke Reynolds goal	16.9.105	-	10.8.68	28:16
	GLNG	Lachie Hosie goal	16.9.105	-	11.8.74	29:56

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