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Over the last month, the Australian football season has wrapped up with Grand Finals across the length and breadth of the country. The feast of footy was most commonly observed with the duplicity of a drawn AFL Grand Final and subsequent replay.
However, at the second tier or state league level, there were some beauties as well that drew pretty good crowds and lived up to the expectation on the paddock.
In Perth, 2 weeks back the WAFL Grand Final had to contend with the AFL preliminary final weekend. Despite this, a crowd of just under 25,000 turned up and witnessed Swan Districts sneak past Claremont for a 1 point win, 15.10.100 to 15.9.99.
Andrew Krakouer led the way with 4 goals and now finds himself on the verge of a genuine personal recovery and a resumed AFL career.
AFL Grand Final weekend, and for that matter NRL Grand Final Sunday, overshadowed for many the SANFL Grand Final last Sunday afternoon at AAMI Stadium in Adelaide. However, a more than respectable 34,355 patrons rocked up and saw a 6 point win to Central’s (9 of last 11, a true ‘dynasty’) over Norwood.
The irony is that the worst crowd and greatest margin of the second tier leagues was the VFL Grand Final, which saw North Ballarat ‘three-peat’ with a 47 point win over the Northern Bullants.
I’m yet to see the crowd figure published, but those in attendance would be surprised if it exceeded 10,000.
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