During the THINK! Road Safety SA Country Football Championship, the Round 12 clash between Central District and Adelaide will be played at the home of Nuriootpa Football Club on Saturday July 8.
The match will feature a number of past local players including Jarrod Schiller, Captain of Central District and Jack Madgen, from Adelaide.
Schiller will lace up the boots where it all began after playing junior football with Nuriootpa before joining Central.
The clash between Central District and Adelaide will feature a number of past local players including Jarrod Schiller, Captain of Central District and Jack Madgen, from Adelaide.
Schiller will lace up the boots where it all began after playing junior football with Nuriootpa before joining Central.
"It's super exciting and something I have been looking forward to for a long time."
It will also be a home-coming of sorts for Adelaide marquee signing Jack Madgen, who grew up in Williamstown.
The former Collingwood defender, who played junior football for Barossa District, has fond memories of taking on Schiller in their junior careers at the Tigers' lair.
"It's been a while since I played here - the last game I played for Barossa District was on this Oval," said Madgen.
The Barossa Council Mayor Bim Lange OAM said the benefits of hosting the SA Country Football Championships, including the Central v Adelaide Hostplus SANFL League match, were plentiful.
"It means a lot as far as the Council and our community is concerned," Mayor Lange said.
"Events like this are the result of investment as part of our generational plan to upgrade all of our facilities. The SA Country Championships will bring visitors into our region so they can hopefully stay into the school holidays and enjoy our premium wines and our food.
"Along with that, the outcomes of health, wellbeing and connection associated with sport in the Barossa is very strong, so the community gets right behind these sorts of events.
"We are really excited about the opportunity it brings for our region and we appreciate SANFL and everyone who has been planning this with us because it has been a great partnership."
Photo credit: SANFL
