Super League Update

The 2021 Super League is a continuation of the High Performance initiative which was formed in 2018. It consists of two zone teams, selected from the local Premier League competition and nominated by Premier League Coaches. Teams participate in a five round competition, with the two teams playing in an aggregate style series until the final night.

As stated below in the rules, squads will be cut down to 20 players per group for part 2 of the 2021 Super League so this will be a competitive selection process.

Women Competition:

1. Southern Storm: Adelaide University Hockey Club, Forestville Hockey Club, North East Hockey Club, Seacliff Hockey Club
2. Western Pirates: Adelaide Hockey Club, Burnside Hockey Club, Grange Royals Hockey Club, Port Adelaide District Hockey Club

Part 1 of the Super League will be played against the U21 groups and will be for 3 carryover points to qualify for the Grand Final Night.

Part 2 of the Super League will be played under the Hockey One rules format in a two team, highest goals wins style format

Women - 6:30pm Start (Women's Part 2 will start at 6:45pm)​

Men - 8:15pm Start (Men’s Part 2 will start at 8:30pm)​

Fixture Details:

U21 Preparation Period Fixture

16^th of June, 6:30pm - Round 1 – U21 Women vs Western Pirates

23^rd of June, 6:30pm - Round 2– U21 Women vs Southern Storm

Super League – Adelaide Fire - Final Round of Selection

21^st of July, 6:45pm – Round 1 – Southern Storm vs Western Pirates

28^th of July, 6:45pm – Round 2 – Western Pirates vs Southern Storm

4^th of August, 6:45pm - Grand Final Night – Decider - Southern Storm vs Western Pirates

Men’s Competition:

1. Eastern Saints: Adelaide Hockey Club, Burnside Hockey Club, North East Hockey Club
2. Western Pirates: Grange Royals Hockey Club, Port Adelaide District Hockey Club
3. Southern Storm: Adelaide University Hockey Club, Forestville Hockey Club, Seacliff Hockey Club

Part 1 of the Super League will be played against the U21 groups and will be for 3 carryover points to qualify for the Grand Final Night.

Part 2 of the Super League will be played under the Hockey One rules format, with the two teams on the most amount of points going through to the Grand Final

Fixture Details:

U21 Preparation Period Fixture – Part One

9^th of June, 8:15pm - Round 1 – U21 Men vs Southern Storm

16^th of June, 8:15pm - Round 2 – U21 Men vs Western Pirates

23^rd of June, 8:15pm - Round 3 – U21 Men vs Eastern Saints

Super League – Adelaide Fire - Final Round of Selection – Part Two

14^th of July, 8:30pm – Round 1 – Southern Storm vs Western Pirates

21^st of July, 8:30pm – Round 2 – Eastern Saints vs Southern Storm

28^th of July, 8:30pm – Round 3 – Eastern Saints vs Western Pirates

4^th of August, 8:30pm - Grand Final Night – Teams TBC

SUPER LEAGUE RULES:

As mentioned above, the Super League will play a critical part in the selection of the Adelaide Fire Squads for 2021.

With this in mind, the 2021 Super League will follow the same rules as the Hockey One competition. These rules will come into effect in Part 2 of the competition.

Please see major variations to the rules:

1. 15 Players in a Match Day Squad – 14 x Field Players, 1 x Goal Keeper
2. Field Goal Conversion – After a Field Goal is Scored, the player who scored the field goal will have the opportunity to convert a 1v1 shootout to gain 1 x bonus goal.
3. Squads will be cut down to 20 players total for part 2 of the Super League, the same squad size required for Hockey One
4. All Teams (teams) will play against each other once and 10 points in total will be available for each match as follows:
   1. 1.1 - six points to the winner and zero points to the loser;
   2. 1.2 - two points to each team, in the event of a draw;

1.2.1 - a shoot-out will occur to determine the outright winner who is awarded a further two points;

1. 3. 1.3 - one point to the team scoring the most goals in each quarter;

1.3.1 - in the event that no goals are scored by either team in a quarter, or teams have scored an equal number of goals in a quarter, each team is awarded 0.5 points.