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Mic wrote:Based on this year's, it might be time to end state games.

A North supporter told me that both Ramsey and Harvey ended the game on the bench, injured. Does anyone know if this is true and if so how bad are the injuries.
If true that would take North's injury list above 20 players again.

Mic wrote:Based on this year's, it might be time to end state games.

Gut feel is if it puts the players in front of the AFL recruiters then the players will want it to go ahead.

robranisgod wrote:

Mic wrote:Based on this year's, it might be time to end state games.

A North supporter told me that both Ramsey and Harvey ended the game on the bench, injured. Does anyone know if this is true and if so how bad are the injuries.
If true that would take North's injury list above 20 players again.

Saw a photo of the team celebrating after the game. Ramsey had a jacket on and Harvey isn't in the photo.

Knowing our luck this year, it's probably true.

Maybe we should have taken advantage of our very low amount of injuries last year...

Mic wrote:

robranisgod wrote:

Mic wrote:Based on this year's, it might be time to end state games.

A North supporter told me that both Ramsey and Harvey ended the game on the bench, injured. Does anyone know if this is true and if so how bad are the injuries.
If true that would take North's injury list above 20 players again.

Saw a photo of the team celebrating after the game. Ramsey had a jacket on and Harvey isn't in the photo.

Knowing our luck this year, it's probably true.

Maybe we should have taken advantage of our very low amount of injuries last year...

We did until we copped two game ending injuries in the first quarter of the Grand Final. They weren't stars who were injured but it did limit our bench.
It is not an excuse, North still should have won the GF.

Pity there wasn't a 19th man lurking around

whybother wrote:Pity there wasn't a 19th man lurking around

Like there was for Norwood in the 1982 Second Semi Final.

robranisgod wrote:

whybother wrote:Pity there wasn't a 19th man lurking around

Like there was for Norwood in the 1982 Second Semi Final.

In the 1982 Second Semi Final between Norwood and Port, Norwood had 19 players on the field for about the first minute of the last quarter. It was discovered when the Norwood officials realised that they only had one player on the interchange bench - there were only two interchange players back in those days of course - and no players down in the rooms. So they immediately dragged Andrew Aish off the field to rectify the problem.
All good, except that Aish didn't exit the oval through the interchange gate, and so the Port interchange official went and spoke to Stan Wickham (SANFL interchange steward) and advised him that Aish couldn't go back onto the ground.

Norwood went on to win the game, and it wasn't until sometime after the final siren that Port realised about the 19 players on the ground. When they were made aware of it they elected not to pursue the matter as they believed they'd lost fair and square.
Info supplied by Brian from the Roost Nth Adel history forum.

nwdfanparade wrote:

robranisgod wrote:

whybother wrote:Pity there wasn't a 19th man lurking around

Like there was for Norwood in the 1982 Second Semi Final.

In the 1982 Second Semi Final between Norwood and Port, Norwood had 19 players on the field for about the first minute of the last quarter. It was discovered when the Norwood officials realised that they only had one player on the interchange bench - there were only two interchange players back in those days of course - and no players down in the rooms. So they immediately dragged Andrew Aish off the field to rectify the problem.
All good, except that Aish didn't exit the oval through the interchange gate, and so the Port interchange official went and spoke to Stan Wickham (SANFL interchange steward) and advised him that Aish couldn't go back onto the ground.

Norwood went on to win the game, and it wasn't until sometime after the final siren that Port realised about the 19 players on the ground. When they were made aware of it they elected not to pursue the matter as they believed they'd lost fair and square.
Info supplied by Brian from the Roost Nth Adel history forum.

Not sure about the Rule back then, but, now, if the Captain, VC or Runner doesn't ask for a count - too bad

whybother wrote:Pity there wasn't a 19th man lurking around

Or another club to merge with (although we throw that idea around a couple decades ago).