2016 SANFL season

• Interchange rotations to be restricted to a total of fifty per team per game.
• A free kick to be awarded against a player who kicks or handpasses the ball if it goes out of bounds without being touched by another player.

Premiership season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Ladder

Finals series

Qualifying and Elimination Finals

Semi Finals

Preliminary Final

Grand Final

Awards and premiers

Awards

• The Magarey Medal was won by Zane Kirkwood of Sturt, who polled 24 votes. It was Kirkwood's second Magarey Medal having previously won in 2014.
• The Ken Farmer Medal was won by Brett Eddy of South Adelaide. He kicked 68 goals in the 2016 home and away season.
• The Stanley H. Lewis Memorial Trophy was won by Woodville West-Torrens, with 2975 points, which was 775 points ahead of second-place South Adelaide. It was the Eagles' 5th trophy having previously won in 1993, 2000, 2013 and 2015.
• The R.O. Shearman Medal was won by Jared Petrenko of Woodville West-Torrens.
• Woodville-West Torrens were the league minor premiers, finishing top of the ladder at the end of the home and away season with 14 wins and 4 losses. It is the club's 6th minor premiership in the SANFL and their 2nd in succession.

  Premiers

• were the League premiers, defeating by 27 points.
• were the Reserves premiers, defeating by 20 points.
• were the Under 18 premiers, defeating by 1 point.

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