2020 SANFL season

The 2020 South Australian National Football League season (officially the SANFL Statewide Super League) is 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]

2020 SANFL season
Teams	8

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 team 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
Saturday 1 August (2:10 pm)	West Adelaide 8.9 (57)	def. by	Norwood 19.10 (124)	Richmond Oval
Saturday 1 August (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide 9.12 (66)	def.	South Adelaide 8.10 (58)	Prospect Oval
Sunday 2 August (2:05 pm)	Glenelg 12.10 (82)	def.	Sturt 8.16 (64)	Glenelg Oval

Ladder

2020 SANFL Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	PTS
1	Woodville-West Torrens	6	5	1	0	511	336	60.33	10
2	North Adelaide	6	5	1	0	445	388	53.42	10
3	South Adelaide	6	4	2	0	451	371	54.87	8
4	Norwood	6	3	3	0	481	451	51.61	6
5	Glenelg	6	3	3	0	457	470	49.30	6
6	Sturt	6	2	4	0	352	436	44.67	4
7	West Adelaide	6	1	4	1	397	505	44.01	3
8	Central District	6	0	5	1	353	490	41.87	1
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers								Source

Finals Series

Qualifying and Elimination Finals

	Elimination Final
TBA	4th	vs.	5th	Adelaide Oval

	Qualifying Final
TBA	2nd	vs.	3rd	Adelaide Oval

Semi Finals

	First Semi Final
TBA	QF Loser	vs.	EF Winner	Adelaide Oval

	Second Semi Final
TBA	1st	vs.	QF Winner	Adelaide Oval

Preliminary Final

	Preliminary Final
TBA	SF2 Loser	vs.	SF1 Winner	Adelaide Oval

Grand Final

	2020 SANFL Grand Final
Sunday 20 September (TBA)		vs.		Adelaide Oval
		Q1 Q2 Q3  Final		Jack Oatey Medal: Television broadcast: Seven Network

References

1. "australianfootball.com / 2020 SANFL Premiership Season".
2. "Port Magpies, Crows out of SANFL". Canberra Times. 12 May 2020.
3. 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.
4. Riley Beveridge; Mitch Cleary (16 March 2020). "UPDATE: State league comps suspended due to corona crisis". Australian Football League. Retrieved 16 March 2020.