After a fight lasting many decades, another rejection from the AFL might see Tasmania beaten once and for all.
Tasmania's win over Victoria consolidated a growing belief in the state that it deserved a place in a competition that was beginning to expand to include other traditional football heartlands, like South Australia and Western Australia.
His son Graeme Gorringe recalls his dad's connection to The Map and his experiences representing Tasmania."What he'd say was, money would be the problem. The mainland wants this and want that and want something else and they're never satisfied. The more you give them the more they want."Graeme is 85 now, but a life working on a dairy and apple farm in the state's Huon Valley has left him with a rubigold shine.
At the time, VFL club Fitzroy was in a precarious financial position, prompting it to sign a deal to play three matches in Hobart during the 1991 season. Fitzroy chairman Leon Wiegard delivered a speech to the room, skewering persistent talk of his team being moved out of Melbourne.
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