{"id":73549,"date":"2020-10-09T16:47:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T06:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afl.draftcentral.localhost\/?p=73549"},"modified":"2020-10-09T16:47:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T06:47:16","slug":"out-to-impress-sanfl-preliminary-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2020\/10\/09\/out-to-impress-sanfl-preliminary-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Out to impress: SANFL Preliminary Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BOTTOM-AGED superstar\u00a0<strong>Jason Horne\u00a0<\/strong>will take to Adelaide Oval when his Panthers clash with Woodville-West Torrens for a place in the SANFL Grand Final. The 17-year-old, who kicked the sealer for South Adelaide in their semi-final win last weekend, has been named on the bench for the Sunday afternoon match.<\/p>\n<p>Canberra-born key defender\u00a0<strong>Tom Highmore\u00a0<\/strong>will once again be expected to handle one of the oppositions key forwards &#8211; a task he has excelled in throughout his first season at SANFL level. Victorian import <strong>Daly\u00a0Andrews\u00a0<\/strong>has been named on the half-back flank, after he gathered 17 disposals and three marks in the victory over Glenelg.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Eagles teenager\u00a0<strong>Ben Jungfer\u00a0<\/strong>is in line to return to the senior side after being included on the extended interchange bench. If dashing defender <strong>Rhyan Mansell\u00a0<\/strong>is unable to recover from his concussion sustained in the semi-final loss to North Adelaide, Jungfer looms as a likely inclusion. The aggressive tackler made his League debut earlier in the season and immediately looked at home at the level. Eagle forward <strong>Sam Lowson\u00a0<\/strong>has also been named on the extended bench and is a chance to rejoin Ken Farmer Medalist\u00a0<strong>James Rowe\u00a0<\/strong>in attack.<\/p>\n<p>Central Districts\u00a0draft hopeful <strong>Corey Durdin\u00a0<\/strong>has been named in the reserves for the Bulldogs&#8217; semi-final clash with the Roosters. Durdin will be a valuable inclusion, after having missed several games this season with hamstring issues, which also prevented the forward from testing at the recent draft combine. He will be joined by <strong>Lachlan Grubb<\/strong>, who has been a regular in the reserves throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>At under-18s level, Sturt has named a strong side for their encounter with Woodville-West Torrens. Adelaide Next Generation Academy prospect\u00a0<strong>James Borlase\u00a0<\/strong>has been named on the half-forward flank for the Double Blues and looms as a potential match-winner.\u00a0<strong>Malachy Carruthers\u00a0<\/strong>will look to generate plenty of drive from half-back and midfield trio <strong>Tom Powell<\/strong>, <strong>Mani Liddy<\/strong> and <strong>Will Spain\u00a0<\/strong>will need to perform strongly if Sturt is to keep their season alive, following a disappointing loss to Norwood last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Eagles have named a settled side for the clash, after recording a narrow and controversial victory over South Adelaide last weekend. Tall forward\u00a0<strong>Henry Smith\u00a0<\/strong>will look to be a focal point at centre-half-forward, with the likes of\u00a0<strong>Taj Schofield\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Jack Wheare\u00a0<\/strong>also out to impress in the must-win clash.\u00a0In the middle,\u00a0<strong>Zac Phillips\u00a0<\/strong>will lead the ruck division, with\u00a0<strong>Jase\u00a0Burgoyne, Max Lister<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Caleb Poulter\u00a0<\/strong>looking to gain the upper hand in the contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>FIXTURES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>League:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Woodville-West Torrens vs. South Adelaide | Sunday October 11, 3:15pm @ Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Reserves:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Central Districts vs. North Adelaide | Sunday October 11, 12:15pm @ Adelaide Oval<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Under-18s:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sturt vs. Woodville-West Torrens | Saturday October 10, 11:30am @ Thebarton Oval<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOTTOM-AGED superstar\u00a0Jason Horne\u00a0will take to Adelaide Oval when his Panthers clash with Woodville-West Torrens for a place in the SANFL Grand Final. The 17-year-old, who kicked the sealer for South Adelaide in their semi-final win last weekend, has been named on the bench for the Sunday afternoon match. Canberra-born key defender\u00a0Tom Highmore\u00a0will once again be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":71564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11599,11723,8,11601,11725,11603,3130,15,11604,11606],"tags":[7340,9611,5442,3969,9390,13519,5444,186,4470,9141,8166,12726,5860,13070,5706,8461,4255,81,11455,13077],"class_list":["post-73549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-district","category-match-day","category-news","category-north-adelaide","category-match-day-sanfl","category-south-adelaide","category-south-australia","category-state-leagues","category-sturt","category-wwt-eagles","tag-ben-jungfer","tag-caleb-poulter","tag-corey-durdin","tag-daly-andrews","tag-henry-smith","tag-jack-wheare","tag-james-borlase","tag-james-rowe","tag-jase-burgoyne","tag-jason-horne","tag-lachlan-grubb","tag-malachy-carruthers","tag-mani-liddy","tag-max-lister","tag-rhyan-mansell","tag-sam-lowson","tag-taj-schofield","tag-tom-highmore","tag-tom-powell","tag-will-spain"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}