Quote ="jannerboyuk"the old aussie system had a champions challenge type thing in case of 'one' bad game. if the league leaders lost a semi or a final they could challenge the winners to another game - a grand final to finally decide the champions. only it had to be arranged a week after the normal final which was such a pain the booty they abandoned it and called the normal final a 'grand final'. maybe we could have that system? only joking.'"
That's not quite correct. What you call the normal final was replaced by the Preliminary Final, which was recognized from the start as being the game before the Grand Final. The Grand Final was always unique in having the potential to be a rematch between the top 2, who'd previously met earlier in the playoffs.
