Grand Final Replay
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In Australian rules football, a Grand Final Replay is necessitated when the Grand Final is drawn. Grand Final Replays are played at the same location and time the week after the drawn game.
History of Replays
Drawn games in the home and away season are recorded as drawn games in the ladder. However, until 1994, Australian football had no structure in place to break a tied finals game. As such, the teams would reconvene the following week to replay their game, pushing back the schedule by one week. This caused controversy in 1990, when a drawn qualifying final between Collingwood and West Coast meant the minor premiers Essendon had a two-weekend bye instead of one. Insisting that the extended layoff had caused their losses to Collingwood, both in the Second Semi-Final and in the Grand Final, the AFL initiated the use of extra time to decide drawn finals. The extra time rule applies in all finals games, except for the Grand Final; Grand Final Replays are still used for drawn Grand Finals.Rugby league has also employed replays of finals in the past. However, the recent introduction of extra time into all rugby league matches has made Grand Final Replays a thing of the past.
Australian Football Grand Final Replays
- 1894, SANFL
- * Grand Final: Norwood 4.8 drew South Adelaide 4.8
- * Grand Final Replay: Norwood 4.7 d. South Adelaide 3.5
- 1919, SANFL
- * Grand Final: Sturt 5.9.39 drew North Adelaide 5.9.39
- * Grand Final Replay: Sturt 3.5.23 d. North Adelaide 2.6.18
- 1948, VFL
- * Grand Final: Essendon 7.27.69 drew Melbourne 10.9.69
- * Grand Final Replay: Melbourne 13.11.89 d. Essendon 7.8.50
- 1958, VFA
- * Grand Final: Williamstown drew Moorabbin
- * Grand Final Replay: Williamstown d. Moorabbin
- 1977, VFL
- * Grand Final: Collingwood 10.16.76 drew North Melbourne 9.22.76
- * Grand Final Replay: North Melbourne 21.25.151 d. Collingwood 19.10.124
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