Overall it’s a great result for Panthers

Young Panthers, from left, Sam Overall, Caleb Daniel and Jake Veide will be hoping to take South Adelaide into its first grand final in 35 years. Picture: Dave Cronin. Source: News Corp Australia

NINE months ago, Sam Overall's SANFL footy dream appeared over. On Sunday he might be a key factor in taking South Adelaide to its first grand final in 35 years.

Juggling work as an apprentice carpenter and cricket with Encounter Bay, Overall was cut during pre-season by Glenelg where he had played a handful of lower grade games in 2013.

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Resigned to playing footy in the Great Southern League, the 19-year-old's mum then contacted South, and new coach Brad Gotch decided to take on the 193cm Overall as a long-term project.

But this "project" has come to rapid fruition, with Overall named as the Panthers' attacking spearhead against Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval this afternoon.

''He's from Victor Harbor and I think he was having trouble getting to training during the early part of the year,'' Gotch said

''He got cut because I think (Glenelg coach) Nick Stevens had about 90 players he was going through at that stage.''

Gotch said Overall's schedule created similar challenges when he began training at Noarlunga. He missed most of the pre-season matches, busy playing his part in Encounter Bay's cricket Premiership.

"He was training with us three times a week, training cricket twice a week and also playing some basketball," Gotch said.

"He's an active kid and that's what he wanted to do but he started to get tired.

"He was getting up at 6am every morning then not getting home until 9pm. So we cut him back to two nights a week to balance that out.

"We had a little bit of a talk to him about pulling back just to keep him in the program. We just decided we didn't want to lose him."

Overall spent the season developing in the reserves until he produced two standout games six weeks ago, forcing selectors to offer him a league debut against the Eagles in round 16.

This afternoon's Preliminary Final will be his sixth league game, and he has made the goal-kickers' list in all bar one of his senior matches so far.

"He showed something in his first game," Gotch said.

"And he's just picked up week-in, week-out leading him to kicking three goals last week."

PORT ADELAIDE v SOUTH ADELAIDE

Adelaide Oval, Sunday, 2.40pm

MAGPIES

Backs: Krakouer, Clurey, Russell

Half-backs: Heath, Stevenson, Amon

Centre: Hitchcock, Logan, Stewart

Half-forwards: Byrne-Jones, J. Butcher, Newton

Forwards: Ah Chee, Harvey, Shaw

Ruck: Bruggemann, Summerton, S. Gray

Interchange (from): A. Young, Impey, Mitchell, Flynn, Slattery

In: J. Butcher, Mitchell, Russell, Hitchcock

Out: R. Young (finger), Biemans

PANTHERS

Backs: Dale, Crabb, Fields

Half-backs: Murphy, Thewlis, Taylor

Centre: Veide, Cross, Rose

Half-forwards: C. Daniel, Eddy, Rolfe

Forwards: Macleod, Overall, Gulden

Ruck: Brooksby, Liddle, Gotch

Interchange: Bass, Secull, N. Daniel

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