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13/06/2026

1972: NORTH ARE CHAMPIONS OF AUSTRALIA!

1 minute and 30 seconds are all that anyone can find of this famous game, as SANFL premiers North Adelaide, defeat VFL premiers Carlton by a single point at Adelaide Oval.

Drop us a line if you happen to have more footage from this match... We won't be waiting up...

FINAL SCORE:
1972 Champions of Australia Final
North Adelaide 10.13.73 d Carlton 10.12.72

12/06/2026

1976 GRAND FINAL: "STURT'S FINEST HOUR"

Highlights from this famous game, underdogs Sturt easily defeat Port in front of the largest SANFL crowd ever. Official crowd was 66,897 although it's generally accepted there were at least 76,000 were in attendance.

FINAL SCORE:
1976 Grand Final Sturt 17.14 116 d Port 10.15 75

11/06/2026

1981 ROUND 1: NORWOOD AND STURT DRAW AT THE PARADE!

Channel 9 Footy Show highlights from this game played in front of 10,448 fans at Norwood Oval.

FINAL SCORE:
1981 Round 1 Norwood 19.11 125 drew Sturt 19.11 125

10/06/2026

1981 ROUND 21: SOUTH SEAL DOUBLE CHANCE WITH BIG WIN OVER STURT!

Channel 9 Footy Show highlights of this game from Football Park, as South get home by 49 points.

FINAL SCORE:
1981 Round 21 South 25.11.161 d Sturt 16.16.112

09/06/2026

1970: LINDSAY HEAD RETIRES!

West Torrens legend and triple Magarey Medalist Lindsay Head announces his retirement in 1970.

PLAYING RECORD
1952-1970 327 games, 525 goals

08/06/2026

1979 ROUND 1: DRAW WITH A GOAL UMPIRING BLUNDER!

Central and Torrens play out a Round 1 draw at Football Park. After the game Mike Coward takes viewers through an obvious goal umpiring error; Torren's Peter Phillipou kicks a point and is awarded a goal.

FINAL SCORES:
1979 Round 1 Central 14.14.98 drew Torrens 14.14.98

The full "Big Replay" coverage of this game is available on our YouTube channel.

07/06/2026

1979: SOUTH WIN A FLAG!

South play the first of their 2 grand finals for the year.
The 1979 NFL Championship Series was the 4th edition of the NFL Night Series, an NFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the SANFL, the VFA and QAFL.
This video features just over 4 minutes of highlights from the series grand final played under lights at Norwood Oval.

FINAL SCORES 1979 NFL Grand Final
South 7.9 51 d Norwood 5.10 40

06/06/2026

GRAHAM CORNES HIGHLIGHTS PACKAGE!

Cornes highlights package released to commemorate his 300th game in 1982. Footage from various games between 1977 and 1982.

05/06/2026

1977 GRAND FINAL: GLENELG BENCH AND 3/4 TIME HUDDLE

Footage of a tense Glenelg bench during this game, with Peter Marker (who missed the game) sitting next to Glenelg coach John Nicholls. Also features Nicholls addressing the Glenelg 3 quarter time huddle.

04/06/2026

MYSTERY FOOTAGE, CAN YOU HELP?

The footage is a silent clip from a South versus Central game at Adelaide Oval. Seems to have been from 1964, 65 or 66.
Featured players include South players Kantilla (number 3), Alf Skuse (7) and Central players Sonny Morey (5), possibly Gary Window (2).

Can you tell us the year and round number (please provide some logic for your answer)?

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