2025 SANFL Season Round 1: South Adelaide v Sturt

This is the match report for the match played on 29 March 2025 between South Adelaide and Sturt during round one of the 2025 season of the South Australian National Football League. South Adelaide hosted Sturt at Magain Stadium. James Battersby captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jarrad Wright and the visitors were coached by Martin Mattner.

South Adelaide (8.7.55) were defeated by Sturt (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 2025 SANFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: South Adelaide v Sturt
Date: Saturday 29 March 2025
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Magain Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: South Adelaide def. by Sturt
Score: 8.7.55 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
South Adelaide	2	.	2	3	.	4	6	.	6	8	.	7	8	.	7	(55)
Sturt	2	.	2	6	.	3	7	.	5	12	.	9	12	.	9	(81)
Margin	level			STRT by 17			STRT by 5			STRT by 26			STRT by 26
Duration	28:41			27:31			27:41			28:34			1:52:27

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

South Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jarrad Wright

Sturt

Captain: James Battersby
Coach: Martin Mattner

Player Statistics

South Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
24	Ashley-Cooper, Benjamin	RR	?	0	0	14	11	3	4	0	11	?	?	4	1	1	3
19	Bogle, Luke	HFFR	?	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	?	?	1	0	0	0
3	Bradley, Angus	FB	?	2	0	9	6	3	3	0	1	?	?	1	2	1	0
10	Clavarino, Oscar	HBFR	?	0	1	13	10	3	5	0	1	?	?	1	2	3	2
14	Davis, Oliver	C	?	0	0	20	12	8	3	0	8	?	?	5	2	3	2
16	Dunkin, Elliot	WR	?	0	0	19	14	5	5	0	3	?	?	0	0	6	1
31	Fitt, Liam	RO	?	0	2	15	8	7	6	0	4	?	?	3	2	0	4
6	Freitag, Damon	HBFL	?	1	0	6	6	0	3	2	2	?	?	1	1	0	2
55	Gillett, Tom	INT	?	0	0	5	2	3	1	3	1	?	?	0	0	0	2
50	Grocock, Corey	INT	?	4	0	8	8	0	3	0	2	?	?	2	2	0	0
5	Hargrave, Phoenix	BPR	?	0	0	16	11	5	4	0	5	?	?	0	4	1	5
18	Jefferies, Brad	CHF	?	0	0	13	9	4	3	0	4	?	?	0	2	0	3
48	Kirkland, Cameron	INT	?	0	0	10	7	3	2	0	0	?	?	0	0	1	1
7	Magor, Jaiden	CHB	?	0	1	13	10	3	4	0	3	?	?	0	0	5	2
20	McCarthy, Will	FPL	?	0	0	9	5	4	3	0	1	?	?	3	0	0	1
1	Northam, Oliver	BPL	?	1	0	11	7	4	2	14	2	?	?	1	2	2	1
37	Rodrigues, Blake	INT	?	0	1	8	7	1	2	0	2	?	?	0	1	0	2
23	Skinner, Sam	RU	?	0	0	10	10	0	5	0	4	?	?	2	1	5	0
21	Sterzl, Dakota	FF	?	0	0	15	12	3	5	0	2	?	?	1	0	3	3
22	Summerton, Jake	FPR	?	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	4	?	?	0	1	1	0
46	Weightman, Nich	INT	?	0	0	12	9	3	4	0	1	?	?	1	2	4	1
12	Wilkinson, Eamon	WL	?	0	1	17	7	10	3	0	3	?	?	1	2	1	3
Rushed					?
Total (22 players)				8	7	248	174	74	72	19	65	0+	0+	27	27	37	38

Sturt

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
8	Anderson, Angus	WL	?	0	0	16	10	6	6	0	4	?	?	0	3	1	3
23	Battersby, James (c)	RO	?	0	0	21	11	10	9	0	7	?	?	3	1	1	2
17	Becker, Zac	FF	?	0	0	15	11	4	4	0	1	?	?	0	1	4	1
56	Burrows, Lachlan	INT	?	1	2	7	6	1	1	3	1	?	?	2	0	0	1
3	Carey, Henry	BPR	?	0	0	16	13	3	9	0	0	?	?	0	0	4	3
1	Conforti, Sam	BPL	?	2	0	16	9	7	5	0	1	?	?	1	0	0	2
22	Coomblas, Will	RR	?	0	0	28	21	7	13	0	2	?	?	5	0	5	4
16	Dakin, Jared	FPL	?	0	0	19	8	11	3	0	3	?	?	3	1	0	5
45	Doyle, Amos	INT	?	0	0	9	4	5	2	27	0	?	?	0	1	1	1
15	Edmonds, Luke	HFFR	?	0	0	12	7	5	5	0	1	?	?	1	1	2	1
10	Emmett, Tom	C	?	2	1	21	11	10	7	0	2	?	?	1	5	0	4
18	Fahey-Sparks, Daniel	FPR	?	0	0	6	4	2	4	11	1	?	?	1	0	0	2
11	Frederick, Martin	WR	?	1	1	17	10	7	3	0	1	?	?	2	1	1	1
30	Grivell, Oliver	INT	?	2	0	8	4	4	4	0	0	?	?	0	2	0	0
5	Hone, Josh	CHB	?	2	1	11	8	3	4	0	2	?	?	1	1	0	3
32	Illman, Rory	INT	?	0	0	8	7	1	3	0	0	?	?	0	3	3	1
2	Lewis, Tom	FB	?	0	0	23	10	13	4	0	6	?	?	0	2	0	4
7	Mathews, James	HBFR	?	1	2	7	4	3	1	0	2	?	?	1	0	0	2
13	Perez, Flynn	HFFL	?	0	0	25	19	6	11	0	3	?	?	3	3	4	1
21	Sadler, Nick	RU	?	0	0	16	12	4	8	0	3	?	?	1	0	0	3
14	Snelling, Will	CHF	?	1	0	23	15	8	7	0	11	?	?	0	1	0	4
34	Voss, Casey	INT	?	0	0	24	19	5	9	0	1	?	?	2	1	3	1
Rushed					?
Total (22 players)				12	9	348	223	125	122	41	52	0+	0+	27	27	29	49

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

South Adelaide							Coach: Jarrad Wright
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	1	S. Conforti	2	T. Lewis	3	H. Carey	23	S. Skinner	55	T. Gillett
	22	J. Summerton	21	D. Sterzl	20	W. McCarthy	24	B. Ashley-Cooper	50	C. Grocock
FORWARD							31	L. Fitt	48	C. Kirkland
HALF-BACK									37	B. Rodrigues
			5	J. Hone	7	J. Mathews			46	N. Weightman
	19	L. Bogle	18	B. Jefferies
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	8	A. Anderson	10	T. Emmett	11	M. Frederick
	16	E. Dunkin	14	O. Davis	12	E. Wilkinson	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							21	N. Sadler	56	L. Burrows
HALF-FORWARD							22	W. Coomblas	45	A. Doyle
	13	F. Perez	14	W. Snelling	15	L. Edmonds	23	J. Battersby (c)	30	O. Grivell
	10	O. Clavarino	7	J. Magor	6	D. Freitag			32	R. Illman
HALF-BACK									34	C. Voss
FORWARD
	16	J. Dakin	17	Z. Becker	18	D. Fahey-Sparks
	5	P. Hargrave	3	A. Bradley	1	O. Northam
BACK
Sturt							Coach: Martin Mattner

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	STRT	Josh Hone behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	01:57
	SADL	Jaiden Magor behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	03:40
	SADL	Liam Fitt behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	05:00
	SADL	Damon Freitag goal	1.2.8	-	0.1.1	06:47
	STRT	Tom Emmett goal	1.2.8	-	1.1.7	08:24
	SADL	Corey Grocock goal	2.2.14	-	1.1.7	13:19
	STRT	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	1.2.8	15:08
	STRT	Josh Hone goal	2.2.14	-	2.2.14	19:33
Q2	STRT	James Mathews behind	2.2.14	-	2.3.15	01:25
	SADL	Eamon Wilkinson behind	2.3.15	-	2.3.15	02:45
	STRT	Lachlan Burrows goal	2.3.15	-	3.3.21	05:02
	STRT	Oliver Grivell goal	2.3.15	-	4.3.27	08:12
	SADL	Oscar Clavarino behind	2.4.16	-	4.3.27	11:30
	STRT	Martin Frederick goal	2.4.16	-	5.3.33	19:01
	STRT	Josh Hone goal	2.4.16	-	6.3.39	23:34
	SADL	Oliver Northam goal	3.4.22	-	6.3.39	25:37
Q3	STRT	Martin Frederick behind	3.4.22	-	6.4.40	03:48
	SADL	Liam Fitt behind	3.5.23	-	6.4.40	04:52
	SADL	Corey Grocock goal	4.5.29	-	6.4.40	09:25
	SADL	Angus Bradley goal	5.5.35	-	6.4.40	12:47
	STRT	James Mathews behind	5.5.35	-	6.5.41	15:19
	SADL	Corey Grocock goal	6.5.41	-	6.5.41	17:04
	SADL	Blake Rodrigues behind	6.6.42	-	6.5.41	18:23
	STRT	Tom Emmett goal	6.6.42	-	7.5.47	21:42
Q4	SADL	Rushed behind	6.7.43	-	7.5.47	00:32
	STRT	Lachlan Burrows behind	6.7.43	-	7.6.48	02:08
	STRT	James Mathews goal	6.7.43	-	8.6.54	03:56
	STRT	Tom Emmett behind	6.7.43	-	8.7.55	07:59
	STRT	Rushed behind	6.7.43	-	8.8.56	10:32
	STRT	Lachlan Burrows behind	6.7.43	-	8.9.57	11:49
	STRT	Sam Conforti goal	6.7.43	-	9.9.63	14:02
	STRT	Will Snelling goal	6.7.43	-	10.9.69	16:31
	SADL	Angus Bradley goal	7.7.49	-	10.9.69	18:11
	SADL	Corey Grocock goal	8.7.55	-	10.9.69	20:04
	STRT	Oliver Grivell goal	8.7.55	-	11.9.75	23:25
	STRT	Sam Conforti goal	8.7.55	-	12.9.81	25:01

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