SANFL Junior codes

[LaughingKookaburra]

I’m confused? Where does DTH show he specifically cares about Henley at all, let alone pat them on the back?

[Lightning McQueen]

I think crowd behaviour at senior level has seen a massive improvement in recent years. Most seem to get what are acceptable standards these days. But it seems there are still problems with junior footy. Maybe it's the age profile of many of the parents who are in the 35 to 45 age bracket that makes them more volatile particularly if alcohol is involved. The same types that think a holiday commences at the Coopers Bar at the airport and that it's a rite of passage to get on the grog from 10am before jumping on the Jetstar to Bali or Cairns and risk making a pig of yourself.

Shit, lucky you're not on my socials.

[Lightning McQueen]

Ive taken LM's advice and tried to position myself on the outer wings of my lads games these days, which is great during the minor rounds but finals makes it hard to avoid the DH's

Yep, there's no place to hide away come finals time.

[Lightning McQueen]

@DTH I went to Glenelg Oval today to watch the U16 Girls Div 1 GF. Henley beat Glenunga 13.9 to 0.1. I'm not sure this is the sort of score anyone wants to see in any game, let alone a GF.
For background, this Henley team beat Glenunga by about 10 goals in last year's GF. Clearly the best team in the comp, no question. But, this season, Henley had a team in Div 1 and their second team in Div 3 (or 4). Glenunga were forced to have 2 teams in the Div 1 comp. Not only that, they were then forced to allocate their better players amongst both teams. So, the best Club in last year's comp could pick their best 25 players in Div 1. The second best Club had to split their best players across 2 teams.
I can't see how this is in the best interests of anyone. The Henley girls don't learn anything and the Glenunga girls lose interest in football.
You keep patting Henley on the back for how well they run the Junior competition, though.

Can I ask why did Glenunga have two teams in div 1, where did team 2 finish on the ladder last year?

Who forced them to split their best players? I see one team finished 2nd and the other finished bottom.

Henley B's finished bottom of div 3, I don't know what else to expect them to do.

Just a few things that come to mind, and I'm no fan of Henley juniors at all, I was appalled at a few of their supporters when I was watching a girls game one night.

[Down the Hill]

I too can't recall being a Henley back-patter. It appears the Henley U16 girls would still beat a combined team of the remaining D1 teams. My research tells me that Glenunga had a strong team in U15 D1 last year that lost the GF to Henley. But they also had 2 teams in D2 that finished the minor round 1 & 2 but that became 2 & 4 after finals. Can't speculate on the decision process around Glenunga having 2 teams in D1 this year but as LM has pointed out, it very much appears they had the semblance of an A & B team based on final ladder position. Anyway, thank god it's all over for another year and that certain people can go back to having a good nights sleep!

Lastly - credit where it is due to SANFL Juniors. Leveraging their access to SANFL grounds to host a full day of Grand Finals with excellent facilities for players and spectators is fantastic. Fathers Day prevented me getting to the Bay yesterday to see 2 wins and 1 loss for Brighton teams but I did get there last year and they are a great day.

[MoP]

Can I ask why did Glenunga have two teams in div 1, where did team 2 finish on the ladder last year?

Who forced them to split their best players? I see one team finished 2nd and the other finished bottom.

Henley B's finished bottom of div 3, I don't know what else to expect them to do.

Just a few things that come to mind, and I'm no fan of Henley juniors at all, I was appalled at a few of their supporters when I was watching a girls game one night.

They had 2 teams in Div 1 'cos that's what SANFL Juniors said they had to have, despite saying in the off season that NO club would have 2 teams in the same division. Then, after putting both Glenunga teams in Div 1, it was another direction from the SANFL Juniors that the teams had to be split. Personally, I think the Club should have picked an 'A' squad and a 'B' squad and just waited for the B's to be re-graded.

Team 2 may have made the GF of Div 2 last season, I can't actually remember.

[MoP]

Lastly - credit where it is due to SANFL Juniors. Leveraging their access to SANFL grounds to host a full day of Grand Finals with excellent facilities for players and spectators is fantastic. Fathers Day prevented me getting to the Bay yesterday to see 2 wins and 1 loss for Brighton teams but I did get there last year and they are a great day.

Yep, was a great day at Glenelg yesterday. Cheap day to watch ($7.50 for adults, kids were free) and plenty of action. $9 a beer is a touch steep! Better than $17 at the airport before a 10am holiday flight, though!

[Lightning McQueen]

Can I ask why did Glenunga have two teams in div 1, where did team 2 finish on the ladder last year?

Who forced them to split their best players? I see one team finished 2nd and the other finished bottom.

Henley B's finished bottom of div 3, I don't know what else to expect them to do.

Just a few things that come to mind, and I'm no fan of Henley juniors at all, I was appalled at a few of their supporters when I was watching a girls game one night.

They had 2 teams in Div 1 'cos that's what SANFL Juniors said they had to have, despite saying in the off season that NO club would have 2 teams in the same division. Then, after putting both Glenunga teams in Div 1, it was another direction from the SANFL Juniors that the teams had to be split. Personally, I think the Club should have picked an 'A' squad and a 'B' squad and just waited for the B's to be re-graded.

Team 2 may have made the GF of Div 2 last season, I can't actually remember.

Hmmm, seems a bit odd when there are 28 teams in the age group, and considering that Plympton were far superior in div 2 than any other team.

Gee, it's amazing how far things have come, who would've thought 10-15 years ago that there would be 28 "girls only" teams in metropolitan Adelaide.

[Under_Scrutiny]

Get Blackwood out of SANFL Juniors. 9 Permit players for a GF

[wenchbarwer]

Get Blackwood out of SANFL Juniors. 9 Permit players for a GF

You do realise they all play underage for Blackwood in the Hills league, don't you? Can't be registered in two leagues at once, hence the permit.

[Dutchy]

Get Blackwood out of SANFL Juniors. 9 Permit players for a GF

You do realise they all play underage for Blackwood in the Hills league, don't you? Can't be registered in two leagues at once, hence the permit.

Spot on, Im not sure what else the permits would be for, unless he is implying that 9 were over age permits, I can guarantee none were if you are referring to the U17.5's. None of them are on SANFL lists either.

[wenchbarwer]

Get Blackwood out of SANFL Juniors. 9 Permit players for a GF

You do realise they all play underage for Blackwood in the Hills league, don't you? Can't be registered in two leagues at once, hence the permit.

Spot on, Im not sure what else the permits would be for, unless he is implying that 9 were over age permits, I can guarantee none were if you are referring to the U17.5's. None of them are on SANFL lists either.

You can click on the player's name in PlayHQ to see what their clubs are, regarding permits. All played either 16s or 18s in the HFL.
I'm assuming none of them would be as good as the kid on a permit for Modbury who played A grade in a Div 2 side.

It's great these kids double up, otherwise there'd be kids who can only play SANFL Juniors who could potentially miss out on a game.

[S Demon]

Anyone got an idea when a fixture might pop up for the juniors? Meant to start next weekend isn't it?

[gadj1976]

Anyone got an idea when a fixture might pop up for the juniors? Meant to start next weekend isn't it?

You can't rush perfection

[The Bedge]

Premiership grades hopefully this afternoon, non premiership next week.

I’ve heard there were a lot of team changes from the initial gradings which has impacted the draft fixturing.. add in Gather Rd last week has not helped.

[gadj1976]

Premiership grades hopefully this afternoon, non premiership next week.

I’ve heard there were a lot of team changes from the initial gradings which has impacted the draft fixturing.. add in Gather Rd last week has not helped.

Sorry, what does this mean?

[The Bedge]

Premiership grades hopefully this afternoon, non premiership next week.

I’ve heard there were a lot of team changes from the initial gradings which has impacted the draft fixturing.. add in Gather Rd last week has not helped.

Sorry, what does this mean?

Would've been all hands on deck (SANFL Jnrs staff) across the week with the clinics, game day experiences etc.. would've been no one in the office at least back half of the week which would've out a stop to the admin stuff.

[Brodlach]

Premiership grades hopefully this afternoon, non premiership next week.

I’ve heard there were a lot of team changes from the initial gradings which has impacted the draft fixturing.. add in Gather Rd last week has not helped.

Sorry, what does this mean?

Would've been all hands on deck (SANFL Jnrs staff) across the week with the clinics, game day experiences etc.. would've been no one in the office at least back half of the week which would've out a stop to the admin stuff.

They worked their guts out for over a week.

[The Bedge]

They worked their guts out for over a week.

There ya go.. and doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

Downside is obviously they're frantically playing catch up so season can start next week without any issues.

[Brodlach]

They worked their guts out for over a week.

There ya go.. and doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

Downside is obviously they're frantically playing catch up so season can start next week without any issues.

My lad is involved, some days were early starts and finsh after the late game at AO

My lad looked shattered after all day Saturday in the heat.

Some clubs this week have under 13 trials too which is taking up time.