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Hi guys, just wondering if you could settle a bet...when were the Grand Finalists, from the previous year, awarded the honour of playing the ANZAC Day games. I thought it has been this way for a long time...friend thinks mid 90's. Ta.

Found an answer myself:

SANFL Grand Final Replays on ANZAC Day are as follows:

ANZAC DAY GRAND FINAL RE-MATCHES:
Year Game Ground
1948 Norwood 18-16 d West 11-20 (Adelaide)
1954 Port 11-11 d West Torrens 10-8 (Adelaide)
1956 Port 13-18 d Norwood 7-15 (Adelaide)
1958 Port 13-19 d Norwood 10-8 (Adelaide)
1959 West 12-11 dPort 10-19 (Richmond)
1960 West 10-12 d Port 9-14 (Adelaide)
1961 North 16-11 d Norwood 12-10 (Adelaide)
1963 West 12-10 d Port 11-15 (Adelaide)
1964 Port 11-14 d North 12-3 (Adelaide)
1965 South 14-9d Port 9-6 (Adelaide)
1966 Port 12-15 d Sturt 11-17 (Adelaide)
1967 Sturt 14-12 d Port 10-13 (Adelaide)
1968 Port 13-11 d Sturt 10-10 (Adelaide)
1969 Sturt 18-15 d Port 10-6 (Adelaide)
1970 Sturt 14-22 d Glenelg 12-6 (Adelaide)
1971 Sturt 10-10 d Glenelg 8-7 (Adelaide)
1972 Port 14-12 d North 11-11 (Adelaide)
1973 Port 19-10 d North 15-13 (Adelaide)
1974 Glenelg 24-21 d North 14-14 (Adelaide)
1975 Glenelg 16-14 d Sturt 12-16 (Aami)
1976 Glenelg 17-26 d Norwood 15-9 (Aami)
1977 Port 21-9 d Sturt 11-9 (Aami)
1978 Glenelg 18-14 d Port 7-6 (Aami)
1979 Norwood 20-17 d Sturt 12-14 (Aami)
1980 Port 11-17 d South 8-11 (Aami)
1981 Port 15-8 d Norwood 8-14 (Aami)
1982 Glenelg 12-9 Tied Port 11-15 (Aami)
1983 Norwood 29-14 d Glenelg 12-12 (Aami)
1984 Sturt 19-28 d West 19-8 (Aami)
1985 Norwood 23-14 d Port 19-13 (Aami)
1991 Port 13-14 d Glenelg 10-10 (Aami)
1995 Port 18-15 d Eagles 10-14 (Aami)
1998 Port 11-10 d Norwood 8-13 (Adelaide)
1999 Port 16-7 d Sturt 12-13 (Adelaide)
2001 Central 13-16 d Eagles 11-12 (Adelaide)
2002 Central 16-11 d Eagles 5-7 (Adelaide)
2003 Central 11-12 d Sturt 6-9 (Adelaide)
2004 Central 19-9 d West 10-8 (Adelaide)
2005 Eagles 16-22 d Central 6-8 (Adelaide)
2006 Eagles 16-15 d Central 13-10 (Adelaide)
2007 Central 23-13 d Eagles 11-3 (Thebarton)
2008 Central 12-12 d North 9-11 (Adelaide)
2009 Central 21-8 d Glenelg 7-8 (Adelaide)
2010 Sturt 19-9 d Central 8-8 (Elizabeth)
2011 Central 16-11 d Norwood 9-10 (Adelaide)
2012 Central 13-6 d Eagles 12-6 (Woodville)
2013 Norwood v West (Norwood)
2014 North 14-7-91 d Norwood 9-16-70 (Adelaide)

1954 edited by Mod for accuracy

So Friday was North's first win in an Anzac Day rematch in 53 years. And I was at both games. That is a long time between victories.

Off topic I know, but I often wonder why such strong teams fall away the next season. Sturt were almost unbeatable in 78, but I've got the feeling they fell way off that level in 79?

JK wrote:Off topic I know, but I often wonder why such strong teams fall away the next season. Sturt were almost unbeatable in 78, but I've got the feeling they fell way off that level in 79?

They kept getting Des Foster in games...

am Bays wrote:

JK wrote:Off topic I know, but I often wonder why such strong teams fall away the next season. Sturt were almost unbeatable in 78, but I've got the feeling they fell way off that level in 79?

They kept getting Des Foster in games...

Yep that would do it. Great man Dessy

I believe the new clubrooms will be named after him ...

The Des Foster 1978 Clubrooms

1954 match mentioned above can't have been a GF replay as West Torrens won '53 Premiership.

Just the other day watched the 1982 Anzac day game between Port and Glenelg, well the one hour highlights package of the game as shown on seven that day. On a good old beta tape too-loved it! What a roler coaster ride, with Port snatching a draw after the siren.

Aerie wrote:1954 match mentioned above can't have been a GF replay as West Torrens won '53 Premiership.

The 1954 West should actually be West Torrens, that is the match. It actually wasn't played on the 25th, but the Monday holiday the following day. The first time a Sunday Anzac Day match was held was in 2010, The years when there were no 25th of April matches after 1947 (the first being in 1948) are: 1948, 1954, 1965, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1993, 1999 and 2004.

matt35 wrote:Just the other day watched the 1982 Anzac day game between Port and Glenelg, well the one hour highlights package of the game as shown on seven that day. On a good old beta tape too-loved it! What a roler coaster ride, with Port snatching a draw after the siren.

Dodgy free kick to Porplysia, was almost Des Foster like

I see Centrals played in 12 in a row, Wow,
Who did that programming

Amazingly Centrals had the same record in these matches as G/F with losses to the same teams but in different years

daysofourlives wrote:I see Centrals played in 12 in a row, Wow,
Who did that programming

Keep those precious memories ...