Rupert My Boy wrote:NM, no Anzac day game will pull anything more than the normal crowds if the SAAFL allows it to be as they have for 2008.
Refer to my post on the subject of Anzac day games, 1 per grade is ample but the SAAFL now must set the format of either the GF replay or similar. This year has become a farce, without question!!!!
Don't know about GF replays for SAAFL Rupert, mainly because the 2 teams going up aren't going to necessarily be the game of the round, if that makes sense? ie: SMOSH v Athelstone would not make a good Anzac day clash in div 2, Athelstone and PNU WOULD though as they are old enemies. (sorry for not using a div 1 example but Districts and Seaton would make the perfect game, so it defeated my purpose).. if a club can make a few extra bucks by moving a game to Anzac day then so be it I reckon.
A game we had v Athelstone a couple of years back had over 2000 and it wasn't even a final, nor was it ANZAC Day. If a div has rivalries, let them play on ANZAC Day, after all, that was the ANZAC tradition is about, battles with the old foe.