Footy is here and it's about time.
I think most of us weren't sure how this game was going to look and turn out to be but rest assured it was more than worth it, and something that can easily work in the long term.
On paper the Vics looked ridiculous and not that WA were any slouches themselves, but a midfield group of Bont, Butters, Diacos with a secondary unit of Serong, Merrett, McCluggage, Richards, Anderson and Rowell is stuff All-Australian teams are made of.
After a fast start for WA, they couldn't quite complete their numerous comebacks but the game was definitely competitive and how the AFL decide to rill with this going forward is anyone's guess.
When this was first announced might thought was to rotate teams as much as possible so that it's not always the Vics and then players like Bont/Daicos who would be in it every year start skipping years because the shine has worn off. If states plays every 3 - 4 years or so then that's 1, maybe 2 opportunities to represent your state so the hunger will be there every time it presents itself.
Unfortunately to make this a commercial success I suspect the AFL want it to be (and that's usually all they're interested in), they'll need the Vics in it 80% of the time.
From this game we look at:
- Richards Wing Run
- Buying Your Time for Your Midfielders to Reconnect
- Jackson Midfield Run
- Greene Exploiting the Stand Rule
- Gawn Takes His Defender
- WA Fat Side Line
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