am Bays wrote:Adelaide Hawk wrote:
That's very true, but that WA side was pretty good too. I recall that game and Brian Peake was an absolute superstar that day. Their ruckmen were Graham Moss and Stephen Michael, and other notable players like Rod Wiley, Phil Kelly, John Duckworth, Joe McKay, Doug Green etc. A very talented line up.
Players who were not able to make that team included Ross Glendinnig, Jim Sewell, Peter Featherby and Brian Adamson. WA had awesome talent in those days, IMHO clearly the number 1 state in Aussie Rules at the time.
Didn't WA beat Victoria that year??? As A/Hawk said losing to that WA side was not something to go kicking 10 shades of sh!t out of the cat over. Not sure they were the best state but they were a pretty fair side. Did Buckanara and Narkle play for them too that day???
Yes, Narkle played but Buckenara didn't. I should qualify my statement, it was based on the fact that over the next 5 or so years, WA produced an incredible number of players who became stars. It seemed every player from WA made an instant impact on the game in the VFL and at state level, you can throw in Bosustow, Hunter, Hardie, Krakouer brothers, etc.
Can't recall the exact season, it was in the late 1970s when WA defeated the Vics in the first ever State of Origin match by 10-15 goals. SA's turn came from the mid 80s when we unleashed Platten, Kernahan. Bradley, Motley, etc onto the unsuspecting Victorian public.
