SA Footy

The 2008-2009 Gridiron SA senior season kicks off Saturday October 18th

@ Distinctive Homes Hockey Arena (The Pines), State Sports Park, Main North Rd, Gepps Cross

5pm (Southern Derby Game)
- South City Chiefs v Southern District Oilers

8pm (Grand Final Rematch)
- Eastside Razorbacks v Adelaide Eagles

Bye
- Spartans

if i knew this was on earlier i would have decided to go to the trots & popped in for a look first, incidently how much do they slug you to get in phil ?

bayman, from memory, think it was about $5 for spectors. that was two years ago now though,may be up a bit.

Waiting for an answer from PhilH for prices to get in.

Good question re the pricing,
being a life member and the PA annoucer I haven;t had to worry about it for a while.

Will find out and report back

As for Rd 1 results
- South City Chiefs 41 d Southern Dist Oilers 0
- Eastside Razorbacks 14 d Adelaide Eagles 12

Good crowds in especially for the late game, another last play decider.

Next Week (Sun Oct 25)
- Eagles (1-0) v Spartans (bye 1st week)
- Oilers (0-1) v Razorbacks (1-0)
- Chiefs bye

Am I right in saying the format changed a year or so ago? All the teams were called Adelaide and just had different nickname? Has that changed back now.

Will definately get out to see a few games this season. Havent been for a couple of years.

I remember Port Adelaide had as really good player, who seemed like a whole class above everyone else, he was a WR or TE from memory.

PhilH wrote:Good question re the pricing,
being a life member and the PA annoucer I haven;t had to worry about it for a while.

Will find out and report back

As for Rd 1 results
- South City Chiefs 41 d Southern Dist Oilers 0
- Eastside Razorbacks 14 d Adelaide Eagles 12

Good crowds in especially for the late game, another last play decider.

Next Week (Sun Oct 25)
- Eagles (1-0) v Spartans (bye 1st week)
- Oilers (0-1) v Razorbacks (1-0)
- Chiefs bye

WOW! Whats happened to the Oilers? Good to see the Eagles are competitive nowadays, they were getting thumped week after week for a few years there..

Is Wendy still running things out at the Spartans Phil?

PhilH wrote:Good question re the pricing,
being a life member and the PA annoucer I haven;t had to worry about it for a while.

Will find out and report back

As for Rd 1 results
- South City Chiefs 41 d Southern Dist Oilers 0
- Eastside Razorbacks 14 d Adelaide Eagles 12

Good crowds in especially for the late game, another last play decider.

Next Week (Sun Oct 25)
- Eagles (1-0) v Spartans (bye 1st week)
- Oilers (0-1) v Razorbacks (1-0)
- Chiefs bye

perhaps we can all go there & mention that we know phil & they'll let us in

Why do they still call it Gridiron here? its known as American Football everywhere else in the world....just curious

how does Will Muirden and Aaron Kempe go? did they play last week? Muirdo is a pretty decent footballer i was wondering if his talents would transform over to the american game

Dutchy wrote:Why do they still call it Gridiron here? its known as American Football everywhere else in the world....just curious

ever since i was a kid it has been known as gridiron in australia, why i presume because of the 'grids/grills' on the helmuts worn by players or the fact with all the lines on the surface it looks like a grid, but i'm only presuming that i don't know it

Gridiron v American Football

It was a source of many arguments when the sport started here in the 1980's

I think the Eagles and Chiefs are American Football Clubs, the others Gridiron Clubs.

All leagues in Australia are Gridiron Leagues.

The International Body - IFAF is American Football

Baseball, Baskettball and Ice Hockey have a North American origin but don't contain America in the sports name.

Simply Gridiron was deemed a more globally accepted term than American Football.



Aarom Kempe scored two TD's including the season openor on a 48yd TD intercept in Week 1 v the Oilers whilst Will Muriden was one of the leagues rookie sensations last year.


Last weekend was Round 2 and some close games ensued

Eagles 13 d Spartans 7
- Both teams scored on their opening drives, it was then deadlocked 7-7 until the last minute when the Eagles finally broke through.
- Whilst the Eagles dominated possession and position there were positive signs for the Spartans who proved competitive and have many new players yet to gel as a group.

Oilers 14 d Razorbacks 12
- Major, Major Upset
- Oilers coming off a 0-41 defeat just 7 days earlier.
- Razorbacks last on field loss was December 2005 (almost 3 seasons ago)


Standings
Chiefs 1 - 0 2pts +41
Eagles 1-1 2pts +4
Razorbacks 1-1 2pts =
Oilers 1-1 2pts -39
Spartans 0-1 0pts -6

This Week - Sat Nov 1
- 5pm - Oilers (1-1) v Eagles (1-1)
- 8pm - Chiefs (1-0) v Spartans (0-1)

Both Games at Pines Hockey Stadium, Gepps Cross (Next To Velodrome)

phil, did you remember to get an admission charge to the games ?

bayman wrote:phil, did you remember to get an admission charge to the games ?

Bayman last year I recall it was $7. I couldn’t make the first couple of games but I have a CRUNCHTIME (Budget) and they are charging $3 for that so I suspect $8 with the budget.
While talking about the “CRUNCHTIME” a huge improvement on last year......I can now see the ref’s signals (not that I understand all of them). Great explanations and the Airport sponsorship has obviously allowed them to upgrade the product.
I hope they continue at the venue next year. Although a long way away, a fantastic spectator’s venue.

you got some scores from todays games phil?

Gridiron SA Round 3 results

Eagles 27 d Oilers 18

Chiefs 20 d Spartans 18


Standings
Chiefs 2-0 4pts +43
Eagles 2-1 4pts +13
Razorbacks 1-1 2pts =
Oilers 1-2 2pts -48
Spartans 0-2 0pts -


This week - Rd 4 (Sat Nov
5pm - Razorbacks (1-1) v Chiefs (2-0)
8pm - Spartans (0-2) v Oilers (1-2)


It's an often used cliche in sports but no doubt about it this is the most even opening to a Gridiron SA I have EVER seen.

Five of the six games decided by 10pts of less, four by a TD or less.

The Spartans were 1.26 away from their first win of the season, the Chiefs throwing an 80yd pass to Zac Bartlett to overcome a 5pt deficit to remain the sole undefeated team this season.

Over the past 23 years, once maybe twice a season a team would score three times in a game and lose. It happened twice last night.

sounds like its shaping up to be a cracker of a season.

might try get up there and have a look this saturday night.