Rough, vicious matches

[spell_check]

Watching "The Way it Was" for the 1987 season; it highlighted a match between West and Glenelg in Round 21. (Go to 57:11)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BHi08Zpb3E

When was the last time an SANFL match had that many incidents in it? I know there have been some matches with a few talking points in it in recent times (i.e. Round 7 @ Woodville last year) , but these incidents were full blooded, and the threat of serious injury were quite real.

I think it goes to show the lack of big brawls, cheap shots and king hits of the SANFL in perhaps the last 15 years.

Others which of course will be brought up include the 1983 match between Glenelg and Port at Glenelg; the 1991 Grand Final; 1988 pre match brawl between Norwood and Central. Are there others that stand out; and when was the last truly big brawl, complete with haymakers and point scoring punches?

[Big Phil]

There was a Central v North (?) game at Adelaide Oval a few years ago, from memory, where a fight late in the 2nd term saw a few kids linining up along the fence line ready for mini-league found themselves right amongst the action.

There have been a couple of big fights at Coopers Stadium through the 2000's between Central and Norwood - on and off the field !!!

[CENTURION]

started by the Norwood skinheads, of course.

[stampy]

spelly i dont reckon that holds a candle to some of the stuff that happened in the 3 GFs between the bays and cocks

[spell_check]

Yes, particularly the whole of the 1987 GF and the third quarter of 1985.

[CENTURION]

what about Westies this year!!

[Macca19]

The game is too sanitised to have games like that 1987 match anymore. Cant even remember the last time Port played in a game like that.

[ORDoubleBlues]

Remember a final between West and Port in 1998 that got quite spiteful after half time.

[Magpiespower]

Remember a final between West and Port in 1998 that got quite spiteful after half time.

Prelim.

Darren Smith's last game.

Missed out on the GF because of some fisticuffs...

[schimma]

How about elim final a few years back west and norwood was it. SAm Jones going nuts.

[Big Phil]

How about elim final a few years back west and norwood was it. Sam Jones going nuts.

Got sent off didn't he? Reported twice in the one game from memory?

[GWW]

Watching "The Way it Was" for the 1987 season; it highlighted a match between West and Glenelg in Round 21. (Go to 57:11)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BHi08Zpb3E

And I thought it was only Port games that included that much rough play

Noticed John Roberts kick his 100th goal on that video and some pretty happy North supporters enter the field of play at about 1hr 40 seconds. I wonder if he was the difference in North overcoming the Bays in the GF that year.

[85 WAS A GOOD YEAR]

Wasn't there a nasty final where Steven Simms lost the plot while playing for North Adelaide？May have been against Westies ？

[GWW]

Yeah, '91 grand final. Fitzsimmons and Sims were main culprits from memory.

[robranisgod]

Yeah, '91 grand final. Fitzsimmons and Sims were main culprits from memory.

Glenn Goss, Bruce Lindner, Matthew Simpson, Kim Klomp and Tim Perkins were to the forefront also

[Blacky]

Matthew Simpson was king hit from memory

[robranisgod]

Matthew Simpson was king hit from memory

Yes, but he had been involved in some fairly ordinary incidents prior to the king hit. You only have to look at the replay of the game to see that he would have been suspended for a number of games if the trial by video was as stringent then as it is now. In fact it was always alleged that he nearly lost his job at a prominent SA college because of some of his actions in the first quarter. It was further alleged that it was only the pleadings of Darel Hart that saved Simpson from being dismissed.

[Blacky]

Matthew Simpson was king hit from memory

Yes, but he had been involved in some fairly ordinary incidents prior to the king hit. You only have to look at the replay of the game to see that he would have been suspended for a number of games if the trial by video was as stringent then as it is now. In fact it was always alleged that he nearly lost his job at a prominent SA college because of some of his actions in the first quarter. It was further alleged that it was only the pleadings of Darel Hart that saved Simpson from being dismissed.

so thats good enough for a king hit is
gutless act by a a gutless coward

[The Sleeping Giant]

Yep. Deserved it.

[robranisgod]

Matthew Simpson was king hit from memory

Yes, but he had been involved in some fairly ordinary incidents prior to the king hit. You only have to look at the replay of the game to see that he would have been suspended for a number of games if the trial by video was as stringent then as it is now. In fact it was always alleged that he nearly lost his job at a prominent SA college because of some of his actions in the first quarter. It was further alleged that it was only the pleadings of Darel Hart that saved Simpson from being dismissed.

so thats good enough for a king hit is
gutless act by a a gutless coward

No one said that it was good enough for a king hit. All I am saying watch the replay and then say that Simpson didn't do some things that he would not have been very proud of himself. It could be said that the gutless eye gouger was smacked by the gutless king hitter.