The 2021
South Australian National Football League
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(SANFL)
grand final
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was an
Australian rules football
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match that was played at
Adelaide Oval
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on Sunday, 3 October to determine the
premiers
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for the
2021 SANFL season.
The match was contested by
Woodville-West Torrens and
Glenelg. It was the first grand final meeting between the two clubs since the merger of the
Woodville and
West Torrens football clubs in 1991.
defeated
Glenelg by 67 points. Whilst
Glenelg kicked 2 out of the first 3 goals,
Woodville-West Torrens kicked 14 out of the next 16 to run away with the premiership.
The win marked the 5th premiership for
Woodville-West Torrens in their 30th year in the league, and the first time the club had ever gone back-to-back. The win also puts
Woodville-West Torrens and
Glenelg on the same amount of premiership victories - though
Glenelg is 71 years older. With the loss,
Glenelg also claims the worst Grand Final win ratio of any club with 26.32% having lost 14 out of their 19 Grand Final appearances.
Jack Hayes of
Woodville-West Torrens was awarded the
Jack Oatey Medal as the best player on ground.
References
South Australian National Football League Grand Finals
SANFL Grand Final, 2021
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