raboyle
7 Oct 2002, 19:44
Hi Footy fans...
That's it. The SANFL Season is finished and the for the first time in 26 years the Thomas Seymour-Hill trophy will head back to Unley as Sturt broke the Bulldogs hold on the premiership cup in the SANFL Smoke-Free League 2002 Grand Final.
On a windy Sunday afternoon at AAMI Stadium, the hot-favourites were out-ran, out-muscled and out-done at every turn and it showed on the scoreboard with the Double Blues playing a blitzing style of football which the Central players could not counter.
With no Chris Threadgold at the helm, it was up to Seamus Maloney to lead the Blues into the game... but it didn't matter. The Blues hit the Bulldogs hard. Marco Bello had very little impact, the Gowans brothers unable to keep their opponents away from the ball and no dominant goal scorer really hurt the Dogs.
The Blues set it all up with an eight-goal first half and continued the trend up to the end of the day with six more with a bit of inaccuracy the only thing giving any hope of a Bulldog comeback. But the Blues ran out winners by 47 points.
Sunday October 6
SANFL Grand Final
Sturt 13.14 (92)
Central District 6.9 (45)
Crowd: 35,187 at AAMI Stadium
The Jack Oatey Medallist was Matthew Powell of Sturt.
Football in South Australia is now finished for the year, so it's another agonizing wait for the next season, so lets begin the countdown!
Until then... see you in SANFL Season 2003!
That's it. The SANFL Season is finished and the for the first time in 26 years the Thomas Seymour-Hill trophy will head back to Unley as Sturt broke the Bulldogs hold on the premiership cup in the SANFL Smoke-Free League 2002 Grand Final.
On a windy Sunday afternoon at AAMI Stadium, the hot-favourites were out-ran, out-muscled and out-done at every turn and it showed on the scoreboard with the Double Blues playing a blitzing style of football which the Central players could not counter.
With no Chris Threadgold at the helm, it was up to Seamus Maloney to lead the Blues into the game... but it didn't matter. The Blues hit the Bulldogs hard. Marco Bello had very little impact, the Gowans brothers unable to keep their opponents away from the ball and no dominant goal scorer really hurt the Dogs.
The Blues set it all up with an eight-goal first half and continued the trend up to the end of the day with six more with a bit of inaccuracy the only thing giving any hope of a Bulldog comeback. But the Blues ran out winners by 47 points.
Sunday October 6
SANFL Grand Final
Sturt 13.14 (92)
Central District 6.9 (45)
Crowd: 35,187 at AAMI Stadium
The Jack Oatey Medallist was Matthew Powell of Sturt.
Football in South Australia is now finished for the year, so it's another agonizing wait for the next season, so lets begin the countdown!
Until then... see you in SANFL Season 2003!