The deluxe edition of the famous 1976 grand final released to commemorate the 20th anniversary in 1996. Includes team song, 1996 interviews with Sandy Nelson, Rick Davies, Kym Klomp and Paul Bagshaw. The full match plus presentations and lap of honour plus several interviews in the change rooms post match with Davies, Nunan, Klomp and others. Concludes with promo for a video dedicated to Rick Davies, entitled "Jumbo Prince".
Match report:
Sturt captain held aloft the TS Hill premiership trophy and proclaimed, “This is the finest hour in the history of the Sturt Football Club”. After 7 premierships in Sturt’s golden era, who among us were going to argue with him. Port Adelaide had been the best performed team all season, but if you ever needed to see a team reach their peak on the day, this was it.
Port led early but Sturt took control in the 2nd term, leading by 22 points. They consolidated their lead at ¾ time and played all over Port in the final quarter to win by 41 points.
One defining moment of the game came in the final term when the game still needed to be won. Bagshaw leapt high to take a grab and boot the goal which sealed the win for the Blues.
The ubiquitous Rick Davies was superhuman, taking marks all around the ground and the skipper Bagshaw was high in the best players.
The highest crowd ever assembled for an SANFL Grand Final was recorded on this day. 66,897 people witnessed the game, a number of them seated on the ground outside the boundary line.
The loss served as a wake up call for Port Adelaide who where about to embark upon yet another successful era in the club’s history, and remarkably for Sturt, the powerhouse of the past decade, they would not win another premiership for 26 years.
Review courtesy of Adelaide Hawke from BigFooty.
Негізгі бет Спорт 1976 Grand Final Sturt 17.14 116 d Port Adelaide 10.15 75
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