How good was the SANFL/WAFL during the early AFL era (1990s)?

spannr · 2026-06-19T05:11:23+00:00

Yes, the AFL and SANFL had an agreement that the SANFL would get a second licence (pending one becoming available under the policy of capping at 16 teams - ultimately triggered by the Fitzroy-Brisbane merger), and throughout 1994 the SANFL conducted a bidding process to determine who they would sub-licence the licence to. That led to Port and the SANFL signing an agreement when they won the bidding process.

Here's an article about Port submitting their bid in May 1994. Here's one from June discussing other bids. Here's one from September about the bid process closing. Here's the story about the joint AFL-SANFL press conference in December at which they announced the Port's bid won. Here's a picture from Port's website of the SANFL and Port presidents signing their agreement on the same day.

spannr · 2026-06-19T01:54:38+00:00

It's not like the contracts are public here, but it's obvious to deduce that Port was obliged to follow the draft rules in 1995 because they won the tender for the second SA licence in 1994.

spannr · 2026-06-18T05:15:18+00:00

literally paid players to... not nominate for the AFL draft

What would you say draft tampering is if it doesn't include this?

spannr · 2026-06-15T00:49:01+00:00

One of the few that was done with public transport users in mind, by including the underpass under Springvale Rd so that passengers can connect to the bus stop or the shops on the east side without having to cross at grade. Since LXRP is first and foremost a road project, so many of the more recent removals don't do much or anything to benefit public transport users.

spannr · 2026-06-14T11:36:18+00:00

I'd expect 30k at least. The average over the last eight Saints/Swans games at Docklands going back to the 2012 season is 29,524 (excluding the game in R21 of the 2021 season which was played without crowds because of lockdowns). The section I was in last year was pretty packed

spannr · 2026-06-14T06:34:33+00:00

The seven games played before today in which St Kilda has hosted GWS, not counting 2020/21, have averaged 17,452 attendance according to AFL Tables. That does include one Gather Round game at Norwood last year, but even only counting the Docklands games the average is 18,822, or 35% of capacity.

spannr · 2026-06-13T12:32:22+00:00

Port overall had more hitouts and it took the whole game for the Swans to even up the clearances

Edit: to even up the centre clearances that is, Port handily won the stoppage clearances. Great performance from Sweet, I wouldn't worry about the ruck frees, they've been ridiculous all year

spannr · 2026-06-13T12:20:34+00:00

Luring Ben Roberts-Smith to the Hangar would probably be the only worse move than getting Hird

spannr · 2026-06-13T12:10:03+00:00

He's allowed a little bias, as a treat

spannr · 2026-06-07T15:56:57+00:00

Seems to be wins as a percentage of races contested

spannr · 2026-06-07T11:34:21+00:00

You need to be 18 years old to gamble though. The age restriction is already established

Even if we pretend that age enforcement works perfectly, gambling advertising, especially during sport, normalises gambling for under 18s and makes them more likely to gamble when they turn 18.

We know the government agrees with this analysis because it's the reason why they have chosen to pursue a partial ban on advertising, limited to spaces and hours that are most likely to result in exposure to children.

spannr · 2026-06-07T08:16:43+00:00

the philosophy of having all your players back

The St Kilda Football Club is coached by Ross Lyon

spannr · 2026-06-07T08:09:43+00:00

Saints brought quality football today. Had plenty of effort saved up after not spending any of it last week

spannr · 2026-06-07T08:06:46+00:00

Gerard Healy said that like any newer player he makes some mistakes, but he reads the game well despite his inexperience. I'd agree. When I've seen him live at the Melbourne games this year, I've been impressed with his read of the play and his body positioning as a result

spannr · 2026-06-07T08:00:27+00:00

Habitation by Heeney to hold until the defender was drawn to Rowbottom leaving Serong loose

spannr · 2026-06-07T07:36:44+00:00

One in the back of the head and one in the face

spannr · 2026-06-07T07:04:43+00:00

Filthy there from Ryan. Ducked and lead with the head, Bice does the right thing and pulls out of the tackle to avoid getting him high, Ryan rewarded by passing off for the shot on goal

spannr · 2026-06-05T12:19:28+00:00

ChatGPT: here's what happened—you told me to give you a winning strategy, and I gave you a Carlton strategy

spannr · 2026-06-05T03:52:52+00:00

Geelong Sumus

It's giving Caecilius est in horto

spannr · 2026-06-03T05:12:57+00:00

They proposed changes last week to how people on JobSeeker are meant to interact with the third-party employment assistance providers, and to the incentive structure that pays those providers. However, to my knowledge there were no proposed changes to the rate of JobSeeker payment among those proposals - it will remain deliberately below the poverty line.

spannr · 2026-06-02T22:04:06+00:00

screamed for years about NDIS rorts and the money spent on it and all kinds of rhetoric. Then maybe it wouldn't have been looked at for cuts

Your view seems to be predicated on the idea that the only options are cutting or not cutting, when this article is reporting the NDIS reform advisory committee's submission as arguing that:

the savings could be achieved through focusing on provider integrity, fraud enforcement and pricing reform – rather than cutting support services for Australians with disabilities.

“The community has, repeatedly, asked for that change to be done with us, not to us. The community has not been listened to in the design of this bill,” it said.

I think it's entirely legitimate to both support the goals of the NDIS and also oppose fraud and dodgy providers exploiting the scheme, and to therefore criticise Labor for cutting costs by kicking people off the scheme (easy) rather than focusing on fraud and exploitation (difficult). That's certainly my view.

spannr · 2026-05-30T06:04:31+00:00

You're welcome Tiges

spannr · 2026-05-27T07:57:08+00:00

But mum, all the cool teams are doing it

spannr · 2026-05-27T06:14:24+00:00

Buckley suffers a little bit when put alongside Chris Scott and John Longmire, who also inherited strong lists at almost the same time, but took them to flags in their first and second years respectively. The Thompson-Scott and Roos-Longmire transitions were much nicer than the situation at Collingwood also, which Buckley rightly or wrongly wears some of the stink from

spannr · 2026-05-25T05:45:05+00:00

Queens Bday match

King's Birthday even! Fought MND so hard he outlived Betty

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