The 1989 SANFL Grand Final was an

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game contested between the

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and the

North Adelaide Football Club North Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Roosters, is an Australian rules football club affiliated with the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and SANFL Women's League (SANFLW). The club plays its home games at Prospect Oval, ...

, held at

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on 7 October 1989. It was the 88th annual

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of the

South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport. Originally formed as the ...

, staged to determined the premiers of the

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. The match, attended by 50,487 spectators, was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 94 points, marking that clubs twenty-ninth premiership. Played in blustery conditions the normally precise North Adelaide could not hit the mark with their passes and were dominated at ground level by a well coached Port Adelaide. In a pre-game press conference before the game North Adelaide coach Mick Nunan quipped that "We have one goal in mind". North Adelaide would end up only kicking one for the whole Grand Final. Game entertainment was provided by the Pembroke Girls choir, under the direction of Mr. Colin Curtis.

Scorecard

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