Wow 2 years on and only one previous comment! Look for Kernahan and Bradley, while adversaries here on this day in 1985 at the bay, both went on famously to become team mates at Carlton in the VFL in 1986, and both went on to play a whopping combined 626 games together for the blues, Kernahan with 251 and Bradley with 375, and to date the most games played in a Carlton jumper. Kernahan also has the distinction of being Carlton’s longest serving captain in the clubs history as well. So much to be said about so many other players but also on the field is the late and very great Russell Ebert, 4 Magarey Medals and Peter “Super” Carey 447 games in the one jumper for Glenelg. Such a golden era for the SANFL, and I am appreciative that as a Glenelg supporter was a part of it all back then!
Those were the days....when SANFL was the main act in town. In my opinion they played a more attractive style of Footy compared to the modern "Press and Lock IN" with nearly all players ending up as a mob inside the front third of the ground. Nothing more ugly in the modern game then to see a player break free from the half back flank and have literally no one to kick to up field. He has to stop and prop and kick sideways whilst the forwards run back into position. You are right about the talent on the field. Marshall, Mcdermott , Mcguiness also great players for the Bays. Dwayne Russell , Greg Anderson also crossed the border for Port. The strong SANFL is what made the State of Origin so good. Most of the players in SA SOO side were from the local league. That wouldn't be the case now if they tried to resurrect the concept. That's why I don't think it will be back. I must be getting old and sentimental as seeing these old games makes me a crave for the old SANFL. Like most South Australians I was super keen for the AFL concept but in my 20's I couldn't quite figure out just what we were leaving behind. That's life I guess.
@@AlecBurman couldnt agree more...1982-1988 or so demonstrated that SANFL was top notch football. 50,000 people attending 5 games each week on average from a population less than half that of Vic, and defeating Vic sides in SOOs where most players were from local sides and everyone had to have a day job. the linking run/handball game made SANFL a better spectacle than the 'kick-mark' Vic style of the era...on top of that, the local nature of SANFL at the time made it so that many players stayed in one club and there was genuine loyalty and rivalry which made it even more spicy.
Wow 2 years on and only one previous comment!
Look for Kernahan and Bradley, while adversaries here on this day in 1985 at the bay, both went on famously to become team mates at Carlton in the VFL in 1986, and both went on to play a whopping combined 626 games together for the blues, Kernahan with 251 and Bradley with 375, and to date the most games played in a Carlton jumper. Kernahan also has the distinction of being Carlton’s longest serving captain in the clubs history as well.
So much to be said about so many other players but also on the field is the late and very great Russell Ebert, 4 Magarey Medals and Peter “Super” Carey 447 games in the one jumper for Glenelg.
Such a golden era for the SANFL, and I am appreciative that as a Glenelg supporter was a part of it all back then!
Those were the days....when SANFL was the main act in town. In my opinion they played a more attractive style of Footy compared to the modern "Press and Lock IN" with nearly all players ending up as a mob inside the front third of the ground.
Nothing more ugly in the modern game then to see a player break free from the half back flank and have literally no one to kick to up field. He has to stop and prop and kick sideways whilst the forwards run back into position.
You are right about the talent on the field. Marshall, Mcdermott , Mcguiness also great players for the Bays. Dwayne Russell , Greg Anderson also crossed the border for Port.
The strong SANFL is what made the State of Origin so good. Most of the players in SA SOO side were from the local league. That wouldn't be the case now if they tried to resurrect the concept. That's why I don't think it will be back.
I must be getting old and sentimental as seeing these old games makes me a crave for the old SANFL. Like most South Australians I was super keen for the AFL concept but in my 20's I couldn't quite figure out just what we were leaving behind. That's life I guess.
@@AlecBurman couldnt agree more...1982-1988 or so demonstrated that SANFL was top notch football. 50,000 people attending 5 games each week on average from a population less than half that of Vic, and defeating Vic sides in SOOs where most players were from local sides and everyone had to have a day job. the linking run/handball game made SANFL a better spectacle than the 'kick-mark' Vic style of the era...on top of that, the local nature of SANFL at the time made it so that many players stayed in one club and there was genuine loyalty and rivalry which made it even more spicy.
Oh mate you have some great stuff stashed away there. Please keep the golden oldies from the SANFL coming. They are fantastic.
They take a player off the field just after he has scored a goal, probably one of the dumbest decisions a coach could make.