Adelaide will play its one SANFL “home” game at Balaklava next season.
After taking the first SANFL Showdown to Clare this year, Adelaide has chosen the Mid North town, 95km north of Adelaide, to host its clash with Port Adelaide on Sunday, May 17.
Proceeds for the event will go to the Adelaide Plains Football League and a charity/cause to be announced early next year.
Crows GM Football Administration Phil Harper said Adelaide wanted to repeat the success of this year’s country game.
“The day in Clare was a huge success with a crowd of more than 5,000 and we are keen to continue to take games to South Australian regional communities as a way of thanking them for supporting our Club and football in general,” he said.
Adelaide opens the SANFL season against North Adelaide at Prospect Oval on Saturday, April 11.
Other features of the program include four Friday/Saturday night games against West Adelaide, Glenelg, South Adelaide and Norwood before the start of the winter months.
Five SANFL games are scheduled on the same day as the Club’s AFL games but there are no time clashes.
“It’s very difficult to match up the AFL and SANFL schedules but the SANFL has done its best to help us with the timing of games and to provide suitable breaks for our players,” Harper said.
Adelaide will play a trial game against Port Adelaide on March 21 and completes its preparation with a practice match against West Adelaide at Richmond Oval on April 4.
Free entry to all Adelaide SANFL games is included with all Crows AFL ticketed memberships.
Full Adelaide SANFL program:
R1: bye
R2: Saturday, April 11 v North Adelaide at Prospect Oval (1.10pm)
R3: Friday, April 17 v West Adelaide at City Mazda Stadium (7.10pm)
R4: Friday, April 24 v Glenelg at Gliderol Stadium (7.10pm)
R5: Saturday, May 2 v South Adelaide at Hickinbotham Oval (7.10pm)
R6: Friday, May 8 v Norwood at Coopers Stadium (7.40pm)
R7: Sunday, May 17 v Port Adelaide at Balaklava (1.10pm)
R8: Saturday, May 30 v Central District at Playford Alive Oval (1.10pm)
R9: Sunday, June 7 v Sturt at Natural Gas Stadium (2.10pm)
R10: Saturday, June 20 v Eagles at Maughan Thiem Hyundai (2.10pm)
R11: Sunday, June 28 v Port Adelaide at Alberton Oval (2.10pm)
R12: Saturday, July 4 v South Adelaide at Hickinbotham Oval (2.10pm)
R13: Saturday, July 11 v Central District at Playford Alive Oval (2.10pm)
R14: Saturday, July 18 v North Adelaide at Prospect Oval (2.10pm)
R15: Sunday, July 26 v West Adelaide at City Mazda Stadium (2.10pm)
R16: Saturday, August 1 v Norwood at Coopers Stadium (2.10pm)
R17: Sunday, August 16 v Eagles at Maughan Thiem Hyundai (2.10pm)
R18: Saturday, August 22 v Sturt at Natural Gas Stadium (2.10pm)
R19: TBC v Glenelg at Gliderol Stadium
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