Sojourner wrote:Mr Fuller wrote:U18s would be all we need to smash the opposition. Seriously WWT vs the East Coast Eagles??? Our juniors would destroy them. In fact the only teams that might get close to a full strength Norwood/Centrals/Eagles might be a VFL team and I would still predit a 10 goal loss.
Clearly the sides out of WA must really be frightened of playing the best players in the SANFL

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Even Tasmania with a minority population compared to SA flogged the SANFL last time they played! Match Scores
WAFL 3.0 7.4 7.7 12.10 (82)
SANFL 4.3 5.4 8.8 12.9 (81)
Apologies for going off topic somewhat, however:-
That Tasmania vs SANFL (Hobart, 1995) scoreline was 84 vs 99 - hardly a "flogging", and was described as an embarrassment at the time. Might be wrong but I reckon that's the only time they've played each other since the early '70s.
FWIW, I've noticed that the 2009 WA v SA result has been used (in isolation) before over the last 18 months to make points relating to the state of the SANFL, particularly in relation to the other state leagues. Seemingly forgotten is the SANFL's 16 goal pantsing of the VFL just a year earlier.
Perhaps worth noting that the WAFL have been flogged by an aggregate of almost 30 goals by the VFL in their 2007 and 2010 "matches".
The WAFL haven't won in Adelaide since the early '90s.
As I posted in October....
The last two WAFL vs SANFL games have been relatively close for sure.
The WAFL vs SANFL since the WAFL's last (14 point) win in Adelaide:-
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1996 Inter-league Perth SA 15 20 110 WA 6 9 45 65 pts
1998 Inter-league Adelaide SA 17 13 115 WA 10 10 70 45 pts
2000 Inter-league Adelaide SA 15 17 107 WA 8 17 65 42 pts
2003 Inter-league Fremantle SA 17 16 118 WA 8 10 58 60 pts
2006 Inter-league Adelaide SA 14 14 98 WA 12 9 81 17 pts
2009 Inter-League Perth WA 12 10 82 SA 12 9 81 1 pt
Source: http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/intersta ... o_2004.htmFor what it's worth, a "Premiership Table" between the three main mainland state leagues from 1996 to 2010.
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P W L D F A %
SA 11 9 2 0 1204 901 57.20
Vic 8 4 4 0 861 751 53.41
WA 9 1 8 0 577 990 36.82
Mr Fuller wrote:
The difference is that the other competitions lack depth. A state team draws the best couple of players from each club into the team so it hides the quality of the rest of the competiton.
The best players in the WAFL/VFL may be comparable against the SANFL but quality dies off much quicker than it does in the SANFL. I have lived in WA for 4 years and noticed this was the biggest contrast.
Seemingly more apparently with the WAFL than the VFL. Apply the omission of AFL listed players in these games however you may - most particularly with the current VFL.
One thing's for certain - individual results
shouldn't be taken in isolation.