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[j s]

js, I missed this game, I was in Noosa with a bridge group and remember trying to get scores. I think u are correct about the mud, with Hird kicking a point late in the match for a draw.

I'm pretty sure it's not the scoreboard wrong game however. I was at that game and I clearly remember Matty Nicks riskily clearing the ball from the goal line when he could have rushed it over for a behind. The details are sketchy in my mind and I can't remember the significance of that particular piece of play, but I remember it as confirmation at the time that the players themselves were aware the scoreboard was wrong.

Yeah - I think it might be R15 1997 that I'm thinking of.

[laughingnome]

AFL Superstars
1998 Round 9: Sydney v Hawthorn

1.30am – 3.45am
Monday 16 November 2009

I can't remember how this one played out off-hand. "Superstars" probably implies a Lockett v Dunstall type match...

[Wardy]

They have Footy Flashbacks on every Saturday & Sunday Morning as well and I was treated to two of the best Grandfinals between Carlton and Collingwood -1970, with "The" Jezza mark, a very skinny kid called Robert Walls along with John Nicolls who had the biggest thighs & matching shorts I have ever seen, and of course there was coach Barassi. The second was the 1979 granny - which was my fave as I had a chance to perv on my teenage crush once again - Carltons Mark McClure - god he was georgous then - but like all of us who are getting on a bit - he's gone to seed - there was Harms, Doull (who I swear has had that bald bit his entire life!), Marcou, Jezza, Southby and the list goes on. I have to say our current AFL chairman & former Blues ruckman, Mike Fitzpatrick had the best set of guns - whoa!!!! They also showed the 1996 Grand final on Saturday as well (but I couldnt watch the second half!) - So I guess if you want to have a lazy cuppa infront of the box on a Saturday and Sunday morning - switch over to Seven2. At the very least its a bit of a footy nostalgia fix and you get to see what the fans were like back then - beer CANS in hand and you could light up a fag as well.

[ScottH]

See Puffing paddling Plugger

IIRC this was the start of a very special season.

AFL Frantic Finishes

1996 Round 4: Richmond v Sydney
3.30am – 6am 7TWO
Wednesday 25 November 2009

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The Richmond Tigers take on the Sydney Swans at Waverley Park. Hosted by Sandy Roberts.

[Triple B]

See Puffing paddling Plugger

IIRC this was the start of a very special season.

Yep.

Couple of other highlights were Hayden Kennedy giving us a gift when he awarded Dunks a softish free with minutes left after Richo took him out/illegally shepherded him on the goal-line. Aaron Sandilands wouldn't have been tall enough to touch the ball. Pretty dumb by Richo, but that sort of mirrored his career I guess. I'm still waiting for Kennedy to give us another soft free......14 seasons and counting

This was also the game that Scott Direen's AFL career effectively finished after Troy Gray delivered a hospital crossfield pass and Direen caught a very heavy hip and shoulder and missed the next 2-3 months. Never really came back the same player imo. I would love to clone his kick-in skills.....best in the comp at the time and undoubtedly the best the Swans have had in the past 20 odd years.

[ScottH]

Yep.

Couple of other highlights were Hayden Kennedy giving us a gift when he awarded Dunks a softish free with minutes left after Richo took him out/illegally shepherded him on the goal-line. Aaron Sandilands wouldn't have been tall enough to touch the ball. Pretty dumb by Richo, but that sort of mirrored his career I guess. I'm still waiting for Kennedy to give us another soft free......14 seasons and counting

This was also the game that Scott Direen's AFL career effectively finished after Troy Gray delivered a hospital crossfield pass and Direen caught a very heavy hip and shoulder and missed the next 2-3 months. Never really came back the same player imo. I would love to clone his kick-in skills.....best in the comp at the time and undoubtedly the best the Swans have had in the past 20 odd years.

Yep remember that, was considered controversial at the time. That was moments b4 pluggers run.

Ahh, that explains the loss of Direen in the Bombers game. I started watching this last night. They made mention that Grant had replaced Direen as the designated kicker.

D Kicket was making plenty of space in that game against his old side, A very young MOL, Plugger picking up a short kick on the bounce and handballing off to a flyin Maxfield who snapped whilst being tackled, the ball bounced through for the 1st goal of the game. Creswell hnadballs straight to a bomber who snap and misses. Grant kicks to Maxfield on the wing who takes off, kicks to Kickett, who misses the ball, regathers and fires off a quick HB to a fliying Maxfield, blonde mullet streaming behind who launches another attack.
Kelly playing on Hird. An almost 300 gamer Roos, complete with matressed thigh, playing all over the ground. The Luffster, a debuting Carey.

And I only saw 20 mins or so.

[mcs]

All I can say is hurry up and pull your finger out Prime and get 7two going here in Canberra. Sounds like lots of good footy matches from the past on there.

[SwansFan1972]

Yep remember that, was considered controversial at the time. That was moments b4 pluggers run.

Ahh, that explains the loss of Direen in the Bombers game. I started watching this last night. They made mention that Grant had replaced Direen as the designated kicker.

D Kicket was making plenty of space in that game against his old side, A very young MOL, Plugger picking up a short kick on the bounce and handballing off to a flyin Maxfield who snapped whilst being tackled, the ball bounced through for the 1st goal of the game. Creswell hnadballs straight to a bomber who snap and misses. Grant kicks to Maxfield on the wing who takes off, kicks to Kickett, who misses the ball, regathers and fires off a quick HB to a fliying Maxfield, blonde mullet streaming behind who launches another attack.
Kelly playing on Hird. An almost 300 gamer Roos, complete with matressed thigh, playing all over the ground. The Luffster, a debuting Carey.

And I only saw 20 mins or so.

Was the first ever AFL game I saw live (or at all really, never watched it on TV either).

A mate from work dragged a very reluctant and clueless spectator to a somewhat empty SCG. And we went on a $15 swans link ticket that included everything except an usher to your seat - they were that desperate to get people in.

We sat in the O'Reilly with a couple of old salts in front of us who gave up and left early into the last quarter ("we" were far enough behind to warrant getting an early bus apparently - to beat the 20 or so others who would be there) - not that we had any clue. We stayed.

Anyways, after that pair left everything went up a gear, it ended in a pretty exciting draw (only years later and much wiser did I appreciate whoever made the "like kissing your sister" analogy) - I found a new passion for a game I knew diddly about and we happily joined the ride for the rest of that amazing season and a pretty successful 13 years thereafter.

Ahhh, memories! love em.

[Damien]

7TWO and GO! have both been added to the Foxtel standard service. OneHD had already been added.

[AnnieH]

7TWO and GO! have both been added to the Foxtel standard service. OneHD had already been added.

FINALLY!!!

I'm happy as.

I taped a game earlier this week ... Rich V Syd at Waverly I think from R4 1996. It was a "fantastic finish", and I still have the last quarter to watch (SO DO NOT SPOIL IT FOR ME PLEASE).

Great game.

Richo ... a young 2 year player with long flowing locks.
Ben Holland ... 4th game and being touted as "the future of Richmond".
Luffy & Maxi ... had hair (and lots of it) - they looked like babies.
Nicksy ... 2nd gamer.
Plugger had kicked 5 up to 3/4 time.
Skinny little MickyO hardly touched the ball.
Kickett having a screamer.
Dunks probably the best marker on the day. If he played today's game, he'd be blacklisted!!
Direen taken off to hospital with suspected neck injuries.
Kels on the bottom of every pack.

I'm in footy heaven!!

[desredandwhite]

I'm pretty sure it's not the scoreboard wrong game however. I was at that game and I clearly remember Matty Nicks riskily clearing the ball from the goal line when he could have rushed it over for a behind. The details are sketchy in my mind and I can't remember the significance of that particular piece of play, but I remember it as confirmation at the time that the players themselves were aware the scoreboard was wrong.

It was Mark Orchard, down the Randwick end. This was my second game, I think R15, 97 sounds about right.

[Matt79]

7TWO and GO! have both been added to the Foxtel standard service. OneHD had already been added.

I cannot find ONEHD on fox?