2023 SANFL season explained

Competition:sanfl
Year:2023
Teams:10
Premiers:Glenelg
Count:6
Minor Premiers:Glenelg
Mpcount:8
Attendance:172,162[1]
Magarey Medal:Harry Grant
[2]
Top Goal Scorer:Lachlan Hosie
[3]
Prevseason:2022
Nextseason:2024

The 2023 South Australian National Football League season (officially the SANFL Hostplus League) was the 144th season of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. The season commenced on 31 March and concluded with the Grand Final on 24 September.[4] [5]

Premiership Season

Round 3

Ladder

Finals series

Week four – Grand Final

Notable events

Awards

Club best and fairest

Club Award Player
State League Club Champion [7]
Norm Russell Medal Harry Grant
John H. Ellers Trophy Corey Lyons
Barrie Robran Club Champion Campbell Combe
Michael Taylor Medal Nik Rokahr
A.R. McLean Medal Nick Moore
Knuckey Cup Keegan Brooksby
P. T. Morton Medal James Battersby
Neil Kerley Medal Josh Ryan
Perce Johns Medal James Rowe

List changes

Retirements

NameClubAnnouncedRef
Matt RoseSouth Adelaide17 August 2023
Matthew BroadbentSouth Adelaide18 August 2023
Bryce GibbsSouth Adelaide23 August 2023
Cam CraigNorth Adelaide25 August 2023
Matthew WrightAdelaide19 September 2023
Max ProudGlenelg24 September 2023

Player movement

Two SANFL players were drafted to the AFL in the 2023 mid-season rookie draft.[8]

NameRecruited fromDrafted by
Matt Coulthard
Mitch Hardie

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://sanfl.com.au/league/news/get-ready-for-2023-hostplus-sanfl-league-finals-fever/ Get ready for 2023 Hostplus SANFL League finals fever
  2. Web site: Milbank . Zac . Central's Harry Grant wins 2023 Magarey Medal . sanfl.com.au . 24 September 2023 . 11 September 2023.
  3. Web site: Glenelg's Lachie Hosie wins 2023 Ken Farmer Medal. 26 August 2023. Zac Milbank. sanfl.com.au.
  4. Web site: 2023 Hostplus SANFL League Fixture Release. sanfl.com.au. 31 January 2023.
  5. Web site: 2023 SANFL fixture released. Zero Hangar. 31 January 2023. Mitch Keating.
  6. Web site: Footy world pays tribute to Nick Lowden after 23yo's 'tragic and unexpected death' . Fox Sports. 4 August 2023 .
  7. News: 2023 SANFL Club Champions . SANFL. 19 October 2023. 13 December 2023. 2 December 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231202054019/https://sanfl.com.au/league/news/2023-sanfl-club-champions/. live.
  8. Web site: Milbank . Zac . Two SANFL players selected in 2023 AFL Mid-Season Draft . sanfl.com.au . 1 June 2023 . 31 May 2023.