Wedgie wrote: 
OMG! I have made it into SA Footy folklore!
I'm now famous!
Seriously, Norwood more than deserved the win on Saturday. North were decidedly lax all day, were 2nd to the ball throughout (beside from maybe the 2nd half of the last quarter) & insisted on playing a handball-happy game out of defence, which more often than not led to turnovers. Norwood adopted a more simple game plan of simply putting boot to ball which given the inclement conditions was by far the better way of going about things. For most of the match they had loose men everywhere.
It was still great to see a game of local SANFL footy in the company of the North Grogs. You could stand without anyone tell you off. You could drink bourbon out of a can. You could say "**** off you cnut umpire!" & not have security want to chuck you out!

Yes, the pace was definitely a step slower than AFL level, but even on a wet day there was not the level of ball-ups & players diving on the ball in a pack situation. Not once did I see Norwood try and chip the ball around to defend their lead. Nor did I see North do the same to stop Norwood's momentum when they were controlling the game in the 2nd & 3rd quarters. you can say that in modern-day AFL parlance the footy I was watching was a tad nieve. I won't. I'll just call it good honest attractive attacking footy. Footy that has not changed horribly much over the years. Footy that is still more or less the game you watched when you were little tackers growing up. For that alone it must be protected & preserved!
I hope the Swans are over there again in a final again. Would love to get to see North Adelaide going around once again!
cheers from sunny Sydney!
JF