This was the same winning margin as the Second Semi Final also played at the MCG two weeks earlier between these teams which Collingwood won 17.16 (118) to 17.6 (108). [2], Thereafter, Collingwood steadied, and the second half of the third quarter was a much more even contest. Courtesy: Seven Network, Nine Network, Vera Kinnear, 3AW. Speaking about the incident forty years later in an interview for the Herald Sun, McKenna recalled that: I don't remember much after that and nothing from halftime. But make no mistake the 1970 team was the one, a team I think compares with the best teams in my lifetime," Waters says. Hopkins kicked his third goal in the 10th minute after receiving a handpass from Robert Walls, who had marked at half-forward; and in the 12th minute, Walls marked at half forward again, this time playing on and kicking the goal himself. An insight into Dennis Cometti's 40-year career in sports broadcasting. Captain Terry Waters says the folklore that suggests champagne bottles were being uncorked is rubbish. These include choice moments from the iconic HSV7 and rarely-seen GTV9 broadcasts, unseen angles of the game from both The Big Game (1970) and Barry Thomas’ unused camerawork for Movietone Productions, and memorable excerpts from the radio commentary boxes of 3KZ and 3AW. WARNING: This article may contain names, images or voices of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The match was won by Carlton by a margin of 10 points, marking that club's 10th premiership victory. During the home-and-away season, Collingwood and Carlton had played each other twice. Courtesy: Seven Network, Nine Network, Vera Kinnear, 3AW and Cinesound Movietone Productions. The 1970 Grand Final between Collingwood and Carlton was considered to be the most memorable Grand Final in VFL/AFL history. The club doctor wanted to take me off, but Bobby Rose wouldn't hear of it," McKenna says. The 1970 Victorian Football League Grand Final was held on 26 September 1970 between Carlton and Collingwood. The 1970 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on 26 September 1970. In the critical passage of play in the 28th minute, Peter McKenna claimed an overhead mark in the forward-line, having gotten his hands to the ball but just been spoiled from behind, but the umpire called play-on; ten seconds later, Carlton had cleared to centre half-forward, where Jesaulenko gathered and kicked towards the vacant goal, and the ball took four bounces and went through for a goal to put Carlton 11 points ahead. So that game we had to handball. Nevertheless, the nickname has continued to be used for the club when it fails to match expectations in finals.Note 1 Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924. That should have been 8.4 and 14.9 and the game would have been over.". I reminded them of the game out at Hawthorn, where prior to this game our handball was down. Carlton's recovery in the 1970 grand final symbolized this transition perfectly: falling 44 points behind in the first half playing "old football", then recovering to win playing "new football" in the second half. With the two rival commercial networks now broadcasting the game live into the harbour city, The Age reported that some locals were opting to fly north to watch the game on television, as the $51 Qantas return flight to Sydney was cheaper than what some ‘scalpers’ (ticket touts) were asking. Leading ball winners for Carlton were Crosswell with 23 (17 kicks and 6 handballs), McKay 20 (18 and 2) and Waite 19 (10 and 9). A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. [8], During the break, champion Carlton coach Ron Barassi instructed his players to handball and play on at all costs, instituting a strategy to try to nullify Collingwood's long kicking game. The 1970 Collingwood team had a lot of ball players with great skill, but not too many who would start something," Tuddenham says. The two clubs faced each other again in the second semi-final, which was a closely fought battle won by Collingwood 17.16 (118) d. 17.6 (108). [8], During the break, champion Carlton coach Ron Barassi instructed his players to handball and play on at all costs, instituting a strategy to try to nullify Collingwood's long kicking game. Substitute Ted Hopkins kicked the first two, roving the ball from broken marking contests in the goal square in the 3rd and 4th minutes of the quarter. [13][2], Grand final of the 1970 Victorian Football League season. In the 8th minute, Brent Crosswell kicked a goal from a high tackle free kick. Multiple cameras covering the VFL Grand Final, Melbourne Cricket Ground. The birth of modern football. More than 30 years after the game, good friends Jesaulenko and Williamson joined Bert Newton on the Good Morning Australia couch to recreate the special moment: Good Morning Australia: Summer Series, 6 January 2004.

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