1971 Rothmans Channel 7 Cup

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1971 Rothmans Channel 7 Cup
Tournament details
Dates9–11 October 1971
Teams 8
Venue(s) 1  (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Hawthorn (1st title)
Runners-up Claremont
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Attendance72,500 (6,042 per match)

The 1971 Rothmans Channel 7 Cup was a one-off WANFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the VFL, the SANFL and the WANFL.

West Australian Football League

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Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

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Australian Football League Australian rules football competition

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Contents

The Tournament was held as a testimonial to celebrate the of Graham 'Polly' Farmer who was retiring at the end of the 1971 WANFL season, with the matches being play as Lightning matches of two 25 minute quarters with time-on. [1]

The 1971 WANFL season was the 87th season of the various incarnations of the Western Australian National Football League, and the forty-first under that moniker.

Lightning football is a shortened variation of Australian rules football, often played at half of the duration of a full match.

Qualified Teams

TeamNicknameLeagueQualification
Hawthorn Hawks VFL Winners of the 1971 Victorian Football League
Richmond Tigers VFL Third Place in the 1971 Victorian Football League 1
North Adelaide Roosters SANFL Winners of the 1971 South Australian National Football League
Port Adelaide Magpies SANFL Runners-Up in the 1971 South Australian National Football League
West Perth Falcons WANFL Winners of the 1971 Western Australian National Football League
East Perth Royals WANFL Runners-Up in the 1971 Western Australian National Football League
East Fremantle Sharks WANFL Third Place in the 1971 Western Australian National Football League
Claremont Tigers WANFL Fourth Place in the 1971 Western Australian National Football League
2 Replaced St Kilda, the 1971 Victorian Football League Runners-Up who declined to participate.

Venues

Perth
Subiaco Oval
Capacity: 53,000
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Knockout stage

Round 1

Loser's Playoffs

Semi Finals

Ranking Playoffs

Rothmans Channel 7 Cup Final

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References

  1. ↑ "Rothmans Channel 7 Cup". Full Points Footy. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "46-point win over Claremont in Perth final". The Age . 12 October 1971.
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