From 5th spot to Premiers

[The Naked Gun]

Coming from 5th spot at the end of the Home & Away season to win the flag.
I know Norwood did it in 1984 in the League, and West Adelaide did it in the U/18's in 2014, but how many other teams have achieved this feat in the SANFL?

[Rik E Boy]

Coming from 5th spot at the end of the Home & Away season to win the flag.
I know Norwood did it in 1984 in the League, and West Adelaide did it in the U/18's in 2014, but how many other teams have achieved this feat in the SANFL?

Port in 1998. Still haven't forgiven that Twitt.

regards,

REB

[RB]

I thought Port were fourth in 1998?

[Ingorudi]

I think centrals reserves did it 2 or 3 seasons back. I think thay were last with 5 rounds to go and made 5th spot and kept on winning .

[spell_check]

Port were 4th in 1998

These occasions saw a team win from 5th place, keep in mind that there was only a final 4 in the 19s and 17s from 1991 to 2004 inclusive:

League
Norwood - 1984

Reserves
Torrens - 1990
Eagles - 2000
Central - 2012

Under 19/18s
West - 1978
Torrens - 1989
West - 2014

These teams won it from 4th with the final 5 in place:

League
Port - 1998

Reserves
South - 1979
Woodville - 1987
Glenelg - 2009

Under 19/18s
Norwood - 1990

Under 17s
Central - 1977
Sturt - 1980
Norwood - 1983

[RB]

Reserves
Torrens - 1990

They came back from 8+ goals down in the prelim IIRC.