Round 12 Statewide Super League Teams

Sturt v South Adelaide | Unley Oval | 2:10pm | SANFL Digital Pass| advertiser.com.au

STURT

Sturt premiership forward Mark Evans will play his last game in the Statewide Super League when his side hosts South Adelaide at Unley Oval.

The Ken Farmer Medallist will be farewelled by the Unley faithful after failing to overcome an ongoing hamstring issue this season.

Evans, who has missed the past three matches with his hamstring complaint, returns to half-forward in the wake of Jordan Houlahan’s (concussion) unavailability.

The 29 -year-old, who played in Sturt’s 2016 and 2017 flags, will be playing his 156th League match and has booted a total of 252 goals.

Making his League debut for Norwood in Round 17, 2009, Evans played 41 games and kicked 61 goals for the Redlegs before moving to Oxford Terrace in 2015.

Tall defender Riley Grundy, wingman Josh Shute and utility Joel Thiele have also been added to the seven-man extended interchange bench.

League

F: J. Hone, Burrows, Fahey-Sparks

HF: Trenorden, Evans, Slimming

C: Parker, Davis, Crocker

HB: Carey, Wundke, Voss

B: Page, Edmonds, Coomblas

R: Patullo, Lewis, Battersby

INT: Dakin, Illman, Penfold, Liddy, Shute, Grundy, Thiele

IN: Evans, Grundy, Thiele, Shute

OUT: Houlahan (concussion)

Reserves
T. Hone, Holland, How, Parker-Boers, Taylor, Doyle, Richards, M. Lochowiak, Ferres, Spain, Becker, Manuell, Hein, A. Lochowiak, Emmett, Wingard, Walter, DeZylva, Jefferies

SOUTH

South Adelaide will debut developing ruckman Bailey Griffiths against Sturt at Unley Oval.

The 21-year-old, who stands at 204cm, is the nephew of former Panther and Power premiership ruckman Dean Brogan.

Named as South’s best in his seventh Reserves games in Round 10, Griffiths is the son of Olympic basketballer Michelle Griffiths (nee Brogan).

Griffiths has been joined in South’s 25-man squad by fellow inclusions Eamon Wilkinson, Danny Juickers, Darnell Tucker, Luke Bogle and AAMI Rookie Jake McCreery.

McCreery (23, 174cm and 80kg), from Hallett Cove, is the older brother of former Panther Beau McCreery, who is now playing with AFL club Collingwood.

League

F: Horne, Skinner, McCreery

HF: Schwarz, Overall, Wilkinson

C: Sampson, Cross, O’Neill

HB: Elsworthy, Haren, Milsom

B: Haines, Summerton, Kappler

R: Griffiths, Gibbs, Broadbent

INT: Sawford, Bogle, Tucker, McKinnon, Heaslip, Juckers, Cailotto

IN: Wilkinson, Juckers, McCreery, Griffiths, Tucker, Bogle

OUT: Freitag, Turner, Tarca

NEW: Jake McCreery (Cove), Bailey Griffiths (Oakleigh Chargers/Templestowe FC)

Reserves
Biemans, Coleman, Douglass, Dumesny, Flett, Freitag, Hamilton, Hindes, Kraemer, Lovering, Machin, Martin, Megins, Nobes, Nye, C. Sampson, Sladojevic, Tarca, Turner, Whitbread, Williams

Norwood v Central District | Coopers Stadium | 2:10pm | 1629 SEN & SEN App | SANFL Digital Pass

NORWOOD

Norwood has included a trio of defensive options for its contest against Central at The Parade.

Lachlan Pascoe, Mitch Wilkins and Jack Heard will all compete for the place left vacant by defender Jacob Collins, who will miss with concussion.

Possible AAMI Rookie Sam Morris (19, 18cm and 78kg) has also been added to the seven-man extended interchange bench.

League

F: Hamilton, Binder, Barry

HF: Nelligan, Shenton, Puopolo

C: McKenzie, Nunn, Rokahr

HB: Saywell, Ball, Douglas

B: B. Carroll, Talia, Bower

R: Boyd, Kennerley, Grigg

INT: Pascoe, Wilkins, J. Richards, J. Heard, Gerloff, Tranfa, Morris

IN: Pascoe, Wilkins, J. Heard, Morris

OUT: Collins (concussion)

NEW: Sam Morris (Payneham)

Reserves
Irra, Bampton, Book, Buckham, Larkins, Vardenaga, Cotter, Pascoe, Wilkins, Kent, J. Richards, Wagner, Hearing, J. Heard, Gerloff, Chandler, Tranfa, Chandler, Morris, Haebich, Trepka, Robinson, Warton, Patrick, M. Carroll

CENTRAL

Central will make one change as it seeks to string together a second win in succession against Norwood at The Parade.

Medium forward Cooper Dahms has been listed to return deep in attack, in place of tall utility Tom Graham, who has been sent back to the Reserves

Key marking target Connor Mclean and first-year midfielder Rhys Cannizzaro have also been included in the 24-man squad.

League

F: Dahms, Fort, Grace

HF: O’Brien, Olsson, Gillard

C: East, Presbury, Barreau

HB: M. Neagle, Llewellyn, Morton

B: Weaver, Alleer, Haydon

R: Marsh, T. Schiller, J. Schiller

INT: S. Linke, Mclean, Cannizzaro, Grant, Habel, D. Pisani

IN: Mclean, Cannizzaro, Dahms

OUT: Graham

Reserves
Nason, Carpenter, Templeton, Dudley, Graham, Dew, J. Neagle, Richard, Cannizzaro, Shaw, Lange, Mclean, McDonald, Patterson, J. Kelly, Iles, Tidswell, Di Stefano, Thomson, Grubb, McCabe, Kennedy, De Jonge

West Adelaide v Adelaide | Hisense Stadium | 2:10pm | SANFL Digital Pass

WEST

West Adelaide has changed its lead ruckman for the clash with Adelaide at Hisense Stadium.

Jade Cleeland has been recalled to start at the first bounce in place of Stuart Taverner, who has been sent back to the Reserves.

Four players – Hugh Haysman, Tom Morrish, Nick Steele and possible debutant Luke Redfern – have been added to the 25-man squad.

Redfern, recruited from Coolamon Rovers, is one of seven players on the extended interchange, which must be trimmed by three before the bounce.

League

F: Gore, Ellem, C. Fairlie

HF: Meline, Beech, Maguire

C: Boyle, Squire, Chamberlain

HB: Hill, Keough, Dunkin

B: Elliot, Ryan, Duval

R: Cleeland, Lovell, K. Stevens

INT: Redfern, Sinderberry, Haysman, Fejo, Steele, Morrish, P. Fairlie

IN: Cleeland, Haysman, Morrish, Redfern, Steele

OUT: Anderson (groin), Taverner

NEW: Luke Redfern (Coolamon Rovers)

Reserves
C. Allan, E. Allan, Babic, Batley, Bock, Davidson, Faulkner, Gilbert, Gordon, J. Johnson, Kelly, Kennedy, Kirk, May, Rundle, Schiller, Sherlock, J. Stevens, R. Stevens, Taverner, Taylor, Wooldridge

ADELAIDE

Adelaide forward Lachlan Murphy will play his first SANFL League game in two years against West at Hisense Stadium.

Returning from a serious ankle injury, Murphy will line up in the Statewide Super League for the first time since Round 18 of 2019.

He will be a vital replacement for captain Matthew Wright, who is out with a knee injury while Jackson Hately and Nick Murray have been called up to the AFL.

Defender Josh Worrell returns to the line-up while former Eagle Chris Hall has been listed on the interchange bench.

James Mathews and Oliver Clarke have been sent back to their Community Clubs.

League

F: Newchurch, Gollant, Baccanello

HF: Murphy, Frampton, B. Cook

C: Marini, Pedlar, Davis

HB: Parnell, Borlase, Worrell

B: Latchford, McAsey, B. Davis

R: Strachan, O’Connor, Boyle

INT: Hall, Clamp, AFL Emergencies

IN: Worrell, Hall, Murphy

OUT: Wright (knee), Hately (AFL), Murray (AFL), J. Mathews, Clarke

MILESTONE – Ben Davis 50 games

North Adelaide v Port Adelaide | Prospect Oval | 1:25pm | Channel 7 and 7plus

NORTH

North Adelaide will be without livewire forward Kym LeBois for up to two months as it gears up to face Port at Prospect Oval.

LeBois, who injured his knee against Glenelg in Round 10, is the Roosters’ sole omission for the vital clash against the Magpies.

Premiership forward Sam McInerney is in line to be LeBois’ replacement while ruckman James Craig has also been added to the 23-man squad.

League

F: Hender, Hilder, R. Young

HF: Schwarz, Finlay, W. Combe

C: A. Young, C. Combe, Allmond

HB: Spina, Smith, Wigg

B: Ramsey, C. Craig, Clisby

R: Harvey, Moore, Mercovich

INT: Chalmers, J. Craig, Hewett, McInerney, Minervini

IN: J. Craig, McInerney

OUT: LeBois (knee)

Reserves
Neade, Wilsdon, Bowman, Magor, Davis, Parsons, Neagle, Langley, Murphy, Taylor, Ianniello, Byrne, Simon, Hann, Williams, Fahey, Robinson, Davison, M. Borg, McCann, Flanagan, Coates

PORT

Injury-hit Port Adelaide will blood three debutants against North at Prospect Oval.

AFL-listed Swan Districts defender Jake Pasini (193cm and 83kg) will play his first SANFL League game after recovering from shoulder surgery earlier this year.

SANFL-contracted pair Tim Dickson and Bailey Nicholas have been called upon from Brighton and Cove respectively to don the prison bars.

Magpies captain Cam Sutcliffe will miss the Roosters clash with a shoulder injury.

League

F: Lord, Goldsack, Edwards

HF: Carter, McEntee, Nicholas

C: Wong, Appleton, Wildman

HB: Westbrook, Bonner, Strange

B: Corcoran, Pasini, Garner

R: Hayes, Moore, Aldridge

INT: Weiedemann, Dickson, Samblich, AFL Emergencies

IN: Pasini, Nicholas, Dickson

OUT: Sutcliffe (shoulder)

NEW: Jake Pasini (Swan Districts), Bailey Nicholas (Cove), Tim Dickson (Brighton Bombers)

Eagles v Glenelg | Maughan Thiem Kia Oval | 1:05pm | Channel 7 and 7plus

EAGLES

Woodville-West Torrens will be close to full strength to confront Glenelg at Maughan Thiem Kia Oval.

Premiership hero Angus Poole, former Geelong goalsneak Daniel Menzel and reliable defender Pierce Seymour have been added to the Eagles’ 25-man squad.

Menzel will return to half-forward while Poole and Seymour are options on the seven-man extended interchange bench.

League

F: Stengle, Hayes, Williams

HF: Lonergan, Von Bertouch, D. Menzel

C: McFarlane, Tsitas, Mutch

HB: Cameron, Giuffreda, Toumpas

B: Beecken, Thompson, Rowland

R: Redden, Sinor, Knight

INT: Hardie, Seymour, Haylock, Poole, Jungfer, Firns, Pudney

IN: Seymour, Poole, D. Menzel

Reserves
Comitogianni, Launer, Cooke, Calvett, Mills, Moore, Lee, Neumann, West, Schmusch, Mead, Bruce, Morgan, Dawkins, Michael, Lehmann, Asfaha, Hoile, Buck, Burgoyne, Litster, Kasianowicz, Wheare

GLENELG

Glenelg will need to tinker with its defensive structure ahead of its match against the Eagles at Maughan Thiem Kia Oval.

Reliable premiership backman Michael Virgin injured his hamstring against North in Round 10, ensuring he would be sidelined in Round 12.

Fellow premiership defender Brad McCarthy looms as the most like-for-like replacement while forward Cooper Horsnell and midfielders Reid Kuller and Callum Park have also been added to the 25-man squad.

Kuller (29 disposals) and Park (20 disposals) both performed well in the Tigers’ most recent Reserves match.

League

F: Motlop, McBean, Bailey

HF: Yates, Reynolds, Partington

C: Allen, B. Turner, Bradley

HB: Martini, Durdin, Edwards

B: Pink, Proud, Curran

R: Hannath, Snook, Agnew

INT: Kuller, Horsnell, Newman, Landt, McCarthy, G. Turner, Park

IN: Kuller, Park, Horsnell, McCarthy

OUT: Virgin (hamstring)

MILESTONE – Luke Partington 50 games

Reserves
Crompton, Searle, Leck, Stagg, Chandler, Holder, McRae, Minchin, Moore, Murphy, Kluske, Schott, Wright, Wanganeen-Milera, Schreiber, Parish, Condon, Cole, Symonds, Kitschke, Robins