SANFL
Sturt 7.8 (50) def Port Adelaide 7.7 (49)
Sturt held on to win the SANFL Grand Final by one point against Port Adelaide, winning back-to-back titles and their 15th SANFL premiership.
The victors led at every change and looked to have the game all but won at three-quarter-time with a 17-point lead in a low scoring affair.
However, the Magpies kicked the opening three goals of the final term to level the scores 13 minutes in, thanks to majors from Jake Neade, Tom Gray and Brendon Ah Chee
Sturt then regained the lead with a goal through Kory Beard, before James Battersby kicked what proved to be a vital point to give them a seven-point lead.
Ah Chee then got Port back to within a point, with a frenetic final few minutes ensuing.
AFL-listed Jimmy Toumpass led all comers with 29 disposals, while Sturt's Fraser Evans won the Jack Oatey Medal with 13 disposals, five marks, three tackles and nine rebound 50s.
