2020 SANFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	Woodville-West Torrens 4th premiership
Minor premiers	Woodville-West Torrens 8th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Campbell Combe North Adelaide (19 votes)
Highest	17,038 (Grand Final, North Adelaide vs Woodville-West Torrens)
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The 2020 South Australian National Football League season (officially the SANFL Statewide Super League) was the 141st season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.^[1] The season was originally scheduled to run from April 2020 until September 2020; however its commencement was delayed to June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of clubs participating in the season was reduced to eight, as Adelaide and Port Adelaide were barred from fielding their reserves teams by the Australian Football League.^[2]

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic

The 2020 season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which was formally declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020, three weeks prior to the scheduled start of the premiership season. Governmental restrictions on non-essential public gatherings greater than 500 people meant that, as a minimum, matches would need to be played before empty stadiums, as was planned for the Australian Football League;^[3] however, it was announced on 16 March that SANFL season was suspended indefinitely. A shortened season may still be played commencing no earlier than 31 May, depending on the status of the pandemic; no decision has yet been made on whether the season will be cancelled entirely, but this remains a possibility in the event of a prolonged pandemic.^[4] South Australia's two AFL clubs, Adelaide and Port Adelaide, did not field teams as the AFL issued an order banning its clubs from fielding AFL-listed players in state leagues.^[2] On 14 June 2020, the first two rounds of the revised fixture were announced, with all games in those rounds to be played at Adelaide Oval.

Premiership Season

Round 1


	Round 1
Saturday 27 June (11:50 am)	Central District 5.6 (36)	def. by	Sturt 8.3 (51)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,542)
Saturday 27 June (2:40 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 10.8 (68)	def. by	South Adelaide 11.8 (74)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,542)
Sunday 28 June (12:00 pm)	North Adelaide 15.6 (96)	def.	West Adelaide 10.7 (67)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,907)
Sunday 28 June (3:05 pm)	Glenelg 11.10 (76)	def.	Norwood 10.13 (73)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,907)

Round 2


	Round 2
Saturday 4 July (12:05 pm)	Sturt 6.9 (45)	def. by	Woodville-West Torrens 14.12 (96)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,964)
Saturday 4 July (3:05 pm)	Norwood 8.13 (61)	def. by	North Adelaide 9.9 (63)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,964)
Sunday 5 July (11:50 am)	South Adelaide 14.8 (92)	def. by	Glenelg 15.7 (97)	Adelaide Oval
Sunday 5 July (2:40 pm)	West Adelaide 12.14 (86)	drew with	Central District 13.8 (86)	Adelaide Oval

Round 3


	Round 3
Saturday 11 July (11:45 am)	Central District 5.4 (34)	def. by	South Adelaide 11.12 (78)	Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,000)
Saturday 11 July (2:10 pm)	Glenelg 11.5 (71)	def. by	North Adelaide 10.14 (74)	Glenelg Oval (crowd: 750)
Sunday 12 July (2:10 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 14.12 (96)	def.	Norwood 4.7 (31)	Woodville Oval (crowd: 750)
Sunday 12 July (2:10 pm)	Sturt 11.6 (72)	def.	West Adelaide 9.10 (64)	Unley Oval (crowd: 950)

Round 4


	Round 4
Saturday 18 July (1:10 pm)	North Adelaide 7.12 (54)	def. by	Woodville-West Torrens 10.9 (69)	Prospect Oval (crowd: 950)
Saturday 18 July (2:05 pm)	West Adelaide 10.4 (64)	def.	Glenelg 7.6 (48)	Richmond Oval (crowd: 900)
Saturday 18 July (2:10 pm)	Norwood 15.14 (104)	def.	Central District 12.14 (86)	Norwood Oval (crowd: 750)
Saturday 18 July (2:10 pm)	South Adelaide 10.10 (70)	def.	Sturt 7.5 (47)	Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 750)

Round 5


	Round 5
Saturday 25 July (2:05 pm)	Glenelg 12.11 (83)	def. by	Woodville-West Torrens 16.7 (103)	Glenelg Oval (crowd: 831)
Saturday 25 July (2:10 pm)	South Adelaide 12.7 (79)	def.	West Adelaide 9.5 (59)	Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 946)
Saturday 25 July (2:10 pm)	Central District 9.8 (62)	def. by	North Adelaide 14.8 (92)	Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 941)
Sunday 26 July (2:10 pm)	Sturt 10.13 (73)	def. by	Norwood 13.10 (88)	Unley Oval (crowd: 1,825)

Round 6


	Round 6
Saturday 1 August (2:10 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 11.13 (79)	def.	Central District 7.7 (49)	Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,548)
Saturday 1 August (2:10 pm)	West Adelaide 8.9 (57)	def. by	Norwood 19.10 (124)	Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,635)
Saturday 1 August (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide 9.12 (66)	def.	South Adelaide 8.10 (58)	Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,662)
Sunday 2 August (2:05 pm)	Glenelg 12.10 (82)	def.	Sturt 8.16 (64)	Glenelg Oval (crowd: 3,004)

Round 7


	Round 7
Saturday 8 August (1:35 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 11.12 (78)	def.	West Adelaide 4.6 (30)	Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,119)
Saturday 8 August (2:10 pm)	Central District 11.5 (71)	def. by	Glenelg 15.14 (104)	Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 991)
Saturday 8 August (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide 8.14 (62)	def.	Sturt 6.7 (43)	Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,825)
Sunday 9 August (2:10 pm)	Norwood 10.10 (70)	def.	South Adelaide 9.12 (66)	Norwood Oval (crowd: 1,847)

Round 8


	Round 8
Friday 14 August (7:20 pm)	West Adelaide 11.9 (75)	def. by	North Adelaide 11.10 (76)	Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,242)
Saturday 15 August (2:05 pm)	South Adelaide 6.15 (51)	def. by	Woodville-West Torrens 11.6 (72)	Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,115)
Saturday 15 August (2:10 pm)	Sturt 16.11 (107)	def.	Central District 5.12 (42)	Unley Oval (crowd: 1,371)
Saturday 15 August (7:20 pm)	Norwood 5.11 (41)	def. by	Glenelg 10.14 (74)	Norwood Oval

Round 9


	Round 9
Saturday 22 August (1:35 pm)	North Adelaide 15.13 (103)	def.	Norwood 8.3 (51)	Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,651)
Saturday 22 August (2:10 pm)	Glenelg 8.2 (50)	def. by	South Adelaide 13.13 (91)	Glenelg Oval (crowd: 1,448)
Saturday 22 August (2:10 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 11.6 (72)	def.	Sturt 5.5 (35)	Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,337)
Saturday 22 August (2:10 pm)	Central District 10.13 (73)	def.	West Adelaide 8.3 (51)	Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,083)

Round 10


	Round 10
Friday 28 August (7:20 pm)	West Adelaide 8.6 (54)	def. by	Sturt 10.1 (61)	Richmond Oval (crowd: 1,505)
Friday 28 August (7:40 pm)	Norwood 12.12 (84)	def.	Woodville-West Torrens 6.8 (44)	Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,068)
Saturday 29 August (2:10 pm)	South Adelaide 14.19 (103)	def.	Central District 10.6 (66)	Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,034)
Sunday 30 August (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide 10.9 (69)	def. by	Glenelg 10.11 (71)	Prospect Oval

Round 11


	Round 11
Saturday 5 September (2:10 pm)	Central District 15.8 (98)	def.	Norwood 13.7 (85)	Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,573)
Saturday 5 September (2:10 pm)	Sturt 11.14 (80)	def.	South Adelaide 7.5 (47)	Unley Oval (crowd: 1,178)
Saturday 5 September (4:10 pm)	Glenelg 21.9 (135)	def.	West Adelaide 8.13 (61)	Glenelg Oval (crowd: 2,109)
Sunday 6 September (2:10 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 10.9 (69)	def.	North Adelaide 6.8 (44)	Woodville Oval (crowd: 2,188)

Round 12


	Round 12
Friday 11 September (7:20 pm)	West Adelaide 8.7 (55)	def. by	South Adelaide 17.13 (115)	Richmond Oval
Friday 11 September (7:40 pm)	Norwood 10.16 (76)	def.	Sturt 11.7 (73)	Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,700)
Saturday 12 September (1:45 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 16.15 (111)	def.	Glenelg 4.9 (33)	Woodville Oval (crowd: 1,399)
Saturday 12 September (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide 15.20 (110)	def.	Central District 12.6 (78)	Prospect Oval (crowd: 1,692)

Round 13


	Round 13
Friday 18 September (7:20 pm)	West Adelaide 5.4 (34)	def. by	Woodville-West Torrens 16.14 (110)	Richmond Oval
Saturday 19 September (2:10 pm)	South Adelaide 17.14 (116)	def.	Norwood 6.6 (42)	Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,146)
Saturday 19 September (2:10 pm)	Sturt 8.6 (54)	def. by	North Adelaide 12.13 (85)	Unley Oval (crowd: 1,165)
Saturday 19 September (4:10 pm)	Glenelg 11.11 (77)	def.	Central District 10.16 (76)	Glenelg Oval (crowd: 1,362)

Round 14


	Round 14
Friday 25 September (7:40 pm)	Norwood 6.11 (47)	def. by	West Adelaide 8.9 (57)	Norwood Oval
Saturday 26 September (2:10 pm)	Sturt 9.13 (67)	def. by	Glenelg 12.8 (80)	Unley Oval (crowd: 1,224)
Saturday 26 September (2:10 pm)	Central District 13.10 (88)	def.	Woodville-West Torrens 13.6 (84)	Elizabeth Oval (crowd: 1,671)
Sunday 27 September (2:10 pm)	South Adelaide 13.9 (87)	def.	North Adelaide 6.9 (45)	Hickinbotham Oval (crowd: 1,609)

Ladder

2020 SANFL Ladder

TEAM

P

W

L

D

PF

PA

%

PTS

1

Woodville-West Torrens

14

11

3

0

1151

735

61.03

22

2

North Adelaide

14

10

4

0

1039

916

53.15

20

3

South Adelaide

14

9

5

0

1127

851

56.98

18

4

Glenelg

14

9

5

0

1081

1057

50.56

18

5

Norwood

14

6

8

0

977

1082

47.45

12

6

Sturt

14

5

9

0

872

954

47.75

10

7

Central District

14

3

10

1

945

1211

43.83

7

8

West Adelaide

14

2

11

1

814

1200

40.42

5

Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

Source

Finals series

Semi-finals


	First Semi-final
Sunday 4 October (12:15 pm)	South Adelaide 14.12 (96)	def.	Glenelg 10.11 (71)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: See below)


	Second Semi-final
Sunday 4 October (3:15 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 9.8 (62)	def. by	North Adelaide 11.11 (77)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,409)

Preliminary final


	Preliminary Final
Sunday 11 October (3:15 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 16.15 (111)	def.	South Adelaide 10.8 (68)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,110)

Grand Final

Main article: 2020 SANFL Grand Final


	2020 SANFL Grand Final
Sunday 18 October (3:00 pm)	North Adelaide	def. by	Woodville-West Torrens	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 17,038)
	3.4.22 4.4.28 5.6.36 7.6.48	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.1.7 10.3.63 12.8.80 13.9.87	Umpires: Bowen, Harris, Hundtermark Jack Oatey Medal: Jordan Foote Television broadcast: Seven Network

Awards

Club best and fairest

Club	Award	Player	Ref.
Central District	Norm Russell Medal	James Boyd	^[5]
Glenelg	John H. Ellers Best and Fairest	Matthew Snook
North Adelaide	Barrie Robran Club Champion	Campbell Combe
Norwood	Michael Taylor Medal	Brad McKenzie & Richard Douglas
South Adelaide	Knuckey Cup	Matthew Broadbent
Sturt	P. T. Morton Medal	James Battersby
West Adelaide	Neil Kerley Medal	Isaac Johnson
Woodville-West Torrens	Perce Johns Medal	Joseph Sinor

References

^ "australianfootball.com / 2020 SANFL Premiership Season".
^ ^a ^b "Port Magpies, Crows out of SANFL". Canberra Times. 12 May 2020.
^ Jon Ralph (13 March 2020). "The AFL season is in limbo with Round 1 to be played without fans". Herald Sun. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
^ Riley Beveridge; Mitch Cleary (16 March 2020). "UPDATE: State league comps suspended due to corona crisis". Australian Football League. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ "2020 SANFL Club Champions". SANFL. 10 November 2020. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

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