2025 SANFL 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 SANFL season. 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.

As a result of this match, Sturt were the premiers and Glenelg were the runners-up.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Martin Mattner (Sturt), Darren Reeves (Glenelg)
Captains: Tom Lewis (Sturt), Liam McBean (Glenelg)
Vice-Captains: Will Snelling (Sturt), Matt Allen (Glenelg)

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