1990 SANFL All-Stars | |||||
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Date | 21 May 1990 | ||||
Stadium | Football Park | ||||
Umpires | Rick Kinnear, Mark Mackie | ||||
Broadcast in Australia | |||||
Network | NWS-9 |
The City v Country West End Challenge was a one-off all-star game between two representative sides organised by the South Australian National Football League in the absence of a State of Origin game in 1990. [1] [2]
The match was played on 21 May 1990 at Football Park in West Lakes, South Australia, Australia, between The Advertiser Country All-Stars and The News City All-Stars. The Country All-Stars won the match by 41 points.
Coach: John Cahill
Coach: Graham Cornes
The Fos Williams Medal for best on ground was awarded to Andrew Jarman. [3]
This match is notable as it was the final representative game involving the SANFL prior to the introduction of the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League the following season. 30 players from this game were included on AFL lists in 1991, along with the coach of the City All-Stars, Graham Cornes being appointed the inaugural coach of Adelaide. Overall, 1,869 AFL games would be amassed following this event from players who played in this game.
Name | Later clubs | Post-1990 AFL Games |
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Bruce Abernethy | 11 | |
David Brown | Port Adelaide | 91 |
Trevor Clisby | 0 | |
Grantley Fielke | 24 | |
Scott Hodges | Port Adelaide | 38 |
Andrew Jarman | 110 | |
Scott Lee | 86 | |
Bruce Lindsay | 6 | |
Matthew Liptak | 116 | |
Peter McIntyre | 14 | |
Romano Negri | 6 | |
Andrew Payze | 14 | |
Alan Schwartz | 0 | |
Stephen Schwerdt | 25 | |
Nigel Smart | 278 | |
Darren Smith | 9 | |
Robbie Thompson | 5 | |
Simon Tregenza | 106 | |
Tom Warhurst Jr. | 2 |
Name | 1991 Club | Later clubs | Post-1990 AFL Games |
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Richard Champion | Brisbane Bears | Brisbane Lions | 183 |
Troy Clarke | Brisbane Bears | 68 | |
John Fidge | Essendon | 0 | |
David Hynes | West Coast | Fremantle | 86 |
Allen Jakovich | Melbourne | Footscray | 54 |
Darren Jarman | Hawthorn | Adelaide | 230 |
Gilbert McAdam | St Kilda | Brisbane Bears | 111 |
Matthew Robran | Hawthorn | Adelaide | 137 |
Laurence Schache | Brisbane Bears | 29 | |
Justin Staritski | North Melbourne | Collingwood | 26 |
Greg Whittlesea | Hawthorn | 4 |
Twelve players, and both coaches, from this game have been inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame. In 2007, Darren Jarman was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame, whilst both coaches also have this honour.
Name | South Australian Football Hall of Fame | Australian Football Hall of Fame |
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Bruce Abernethy | 2007 | |
John Cahill (Country Coach) | 2002 | 2002 |
Graham Cornes (City Coach) | 2002 | 2012 |
Grantley Fielke | 2002 | |
Scott Hodges | 2007 | |
Andrew Jarman | 2007 | |
Darren Jarman | 2006 | 2007 |
Bruce Lindsay | 2004 | |
John Paynter | 2015 | |
Greg Phillips | 2002 | |
Michael Redden | 2002 | |
Nigel Smart | 2008 | |
Darren Smith | 2018 | |
Stephen Williams | 2016 |
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