GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 37 – October 31, 2015 | Page 28

showing by Gaelic Football &
Hurling Association of South
Australia. Games are held
over Friday’s and Sunday’s and
run each week (with Christmas break) until the following
March.
Once again St. Brendan’s are
the defending champions and
Ladies action from Round 1 of the 2015-2016 State League. Photo: Gaelic Football & Hurling AssociaRound 1 got going on October
tion of South Australia).
23-25 and produced some very
close games particularly on the opening day.
Na Fianna (4th in 2014) by the same tight margin in 2-7 to
2-6. Then on Sunday we had four more games where in men’s
In Men’s on the Friday, Na Fianna, who finished 5th in the
champions’ St. Brendans were in control against Irish Ausleague last season, edged out Flinders O’Neills (6th last year)
tralians (bottom of the table last year) by 4-13 to 2-7, while
by a single point 1-7 to 1-6. But Flinder’s got sweet revenge
Onkaparanga (3rd in 2014) in another close affair got past
in the first of the Ladies games when they (3rd in 2014) took
Port District (4th in 2014) by 4-10 to 4-8. So after the opening round St. Brendan’s, On2015-2016 MEN’S STATE TABLE
kas and Na Fianna are all
on 2 points with Brendan’s
TEAM P
W
D
L
F
A
DIFF
PTS
in top place due to a better
1 ST BRENDANS 1 1 0 0 25
13
12
2
scoring difference.
2 ONKAPARINGA 1 1 0 0 22
20
2 2
3 NA FIANNA 1 1 0 0 10
9 1 2
4 FLINDERS O’NEILLS
1 0 0 1 9 10 -1 0
5 PORT 1 0 0 1 20
22
-2 0
6 IRISH AUSTRALIANS
1 0 0 1 13 25
-12
0
7 WESTERN IRELAND
0 0 0 0 - - - -

2015-2016 WOMEN’S STATE TABLE
TEAM P
W
D
L
F
A
DIFF
PTS
1 BLUES 1 1 0 0 49
1 48
2
2 ONKAPARINGA 1 1 0 0 40
3 37
2
3 FLINDERS 1 1 0 0 13
12
1 2
4 NA FIANNA 1 0 0 1 12 13 -1 0
5 ROVERS 1 0 0 1 3 40
-37
0
6 MORRIGANS 1 0 0 1 1 49
-48
0
7 WESTERN IRELAND
0 0 0 0 - - - -

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In Ladies Football meanwhile, champion’s Irish Australian Blues soundly defeated new side from last year
Morrigans (7th in 2014),
and Onkaparinga, runnersup in 2014, also had a comfortable win over Rovers
(6th in 2014), another new
side from last season. The
Blues, Onkas and Flinde