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SANFL GRAND FINAL - North Adelaide player ratings

FORWARDS Heath Younie (3) – strong finals campaign but left his worst to the big day and rarely sighted. Nick Gill (4) – well controlled by Sibenaler, looked extremely nervous and crunching tackle in the first quarter seemed to rattle the key forward. Matthew Wright (2) – disappointing game from the goal sneak who couldn’t get near the ball all…

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Tough call on captain for North Adelaide

SANFL GRAND FINAL North Adelaide coach Andrew Jarman will leave the agonising decision on whether to play captain Darryl Wintle in the SANFL grand final against Central District till the last minute. Wintle’s premiership dream will hinge on how he recovers after the club’s final training session on Friday night at Prospect Oval. The skipper, sidelined for a month with…

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Rooster Allan wins Magarey Medal

North Adelaide midfielder James Allan has won the 2007 Magarey Medal. The Werribee recruit polled 19 votes to finish ahead of five players on 14, including Sturt trio Luke Crane, Ben Nelson and Brant Chambers, along with ineligible Rooster teammate Dean Howard and Port Adelaide Power’s Brad Symes, from Central District. Allan became North Adelaide’s 15th Magarey Medallist and will…

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North Adelaide back on the big stage

North Adelaide has returned to the big stage after a 16-year absence with yet another fight-back to defeat reigning premier Woodville-West Torrens by 26 points in the SANFL preliminary final at Adelaide Oval on Sunday. Ironically, it was also the last time Ben Hart was in the Roosters squad, but missed out on a grand final berth that year. Now,…

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Woodville-West Torrens in familiar territory

SANFL PRELIMINARY FINAL Woodville-West Torrens coach Ron Fuller has had one constant in his time at the helm and that’s barking orders on preliminary final day so he is in familiar territory again on Sunday against North Adelaide at Adelaide Oval. This will be Fuller’s sixth preliminary final since taking on the job in 2001 and he has lost just…

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Collins to lift West Adelaide

Former Hawthorn premiership defender Andy Collins has been given the tough task of changing the fortunes of perennial cellar dwellers West Adelaide in the SANFL. Collins has established himself as a successful VFL coach with the prestigious record of improving struggling clubs. He coached Sandringham to a premiership, Box Hill to consecutive finals appearances and last week took Coburg’s senior…

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