SANFL live stream replay: Woodville-West Torrens and Glenelg clash in SANFL Anzac Day grand final rematch

The SANFL grand final rematch has been decided by less than a kick after a gripping finish on Anzac Day. Re-live the action in our full match replay.

Glenelg and Woodville-West Torrens have played out a thrilling Anzac Day clash with the Tigers pulling off a five-point victory.

In a clash between two of the SANFL’s highly-fancied premiership contenters – live streamed by The Advertiser – the Tigers held off a surging Eagles outfit to exact some revenge for last year’s grand final defeat.

Glenelg led by three goals at the last change following a tightly-contested affair, before the reigning premiers made a fourth-quarter charge at Woodville Oval.

But the Bays, led by Sam Durdin, Matt Snook and Lachie Hosie (four goals), had enough to prevail 13.6 (84) to 12.7 (79).

Daniel Menzel and Zane Williams both booted five goals for the Eagles in a fighting performance.

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Glenelg coach Brett Hand (left) with Semaphore Port Adelaide RSL Club president Derek Meadows and Eagles coach Jade Sheedy at the Semaphore War Memorial. Picture: Matt Loxton

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The pain from its grand final nightmare lingers but Glenelg says it is more concerned with finding consistency than exacting some revenge against Woodville-West Torrens in Monday’s Anzac Day SANFL grand final rematch.

The Tigers, who were shockingly upset by a whopping 67 points in last year’s decider after losing only one minor round game for the season, have earned a reputation as “comeback kings’’ following scintillating second halves against strong Sturt and Adelaide sides in the past two weeks, which has left them as the only unbeaten team after three rounds.

Glenelg will have the chance to continue that run against the Eagles in their highly-anticipated clash at Woodville Oval.

The Anzac Day match will be live streamed on The Advertiser website from 2.10pm.

But Glenelg coach Brett Hand knows premierships aren’t won in spurts – as the Tigers found out last year when they also made a habit of giving the opposition head starts before storming home – prompting him to call for a four-quarter effort against the competition powerhouse that has won the past two flags.

Glenelg is gaining a reputation as comeback kings after winning from tough positions last week against Adelaide and in round two against Sturt. Picture: Brenton Edwards

“We want to put more consistent performances together,’’ he said.

“It was nice to play a quarter like we did last week (the third) but you can’t win games at the back end of the year by playing only one (good) quarter of footy, so that gives us something to work on.

“Our consistency within games has been a bit of a concern, letting the opposition kick a series of unanswered goals, and our leaders and players are aware of that.’’

Glenelg fought back from a 34-point deficit in the third quarter to beat an improved Sturt at Unley in round two and then came from 41 points behind against Adelaide in the third term last week to win by 15 points.

It produced an exhilarating third quarter, kicking 10 goals to the Crows’ nil.

Hand described playing on Anzac Day as “a privilege for our footy club’’ and said that while the Tigers were meeting the Eagles for the first time since losing last year’s second semi and grand finals to them, those results would not be a major motivating factor in the Anzac Day clash at Woodville Oval.

Eagles coach Jade Sheedy (right) holds high regard for the traditional Anzac Day clash. Picture: Matt Loxton

“Every game is different and we take it one game at a time,’’ he said.

“We weren’t very good in last year’s grand final and credit to ‘Sheeds’ (Eagles coach Jade Sheedy) and his team because they were fantastic.

“You always want to play better than you did the last time but this is a different season, we have a different team, a different look, and are viewing the game as just another chance to play against a high quality team.’’

Sheedy, whose side has a 2-1 win-loss record, described the traditional Anzac Day clash between the previous year’s grand finalists as “one of the great days on the footy calendar’’.

He described the Eagles’ form as “okay’’ as they find their “connection’’ after losing Magarey Medallist James Tsitas (Gold Coast) and Jack Oatey Medallist Jack Hayes (St Kilda) to the AFL and bringing in key recruits Connor Ballenden (Brisbane), Dylan Clarke (Essendon), Mitch Duval (West Adelaide) and Jarred Allmond (North Adelaide).

“Our connection as a footy club probably isn’t quite there yet but we are working really hard on it,’’ Sheedy said.

“We had our challenges at this stage last year as well, so our challenge is to find our best mix and then play our best footy.

“I think Glenelg is currently the best team in the competition and arguably was last year too, they are a formidable team, so we’ve got our work cut out and will need to plan and execute well.’’

The Bob Quinn Medal will be awarded to the player adjudged best afield while war veterans will be admitted free, as well as getting a free beer and pie to enjoy the game.

Catch all the action on advertiser.com.au in our live stream from 2.10pm Monday.