Can you imagine driving down Invermay road with UTAS Stadium dressed in red, white and black?
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Invermay road has been temporarily renamed to St Kilda boulevard and the Hawks are just an also ran in a state most parochial about their mighty Saints.
Perhaps the Saints' fortunes would have mirrored the Hawks' glory years between 2008 and 2015, built at least in some part on the fortress they created in Launceston, as well.
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Looking at the front page of The Examiner on this day in 2001 one could have expected to be living within this parallel universe, alas here we are watching a St Kilda team whose sole premiership came in 1966 and who has not played at what was then known as York Park since 2006.
"A deal that will see St Kilda play two roster games in Launceston from next season is expected to be clinched tomorrow," the paper read.
"It is understood that a St Kilda board meeting last night endorsed the plan and the Saints, the AFL and the Tasmanian government will sign off tomorrow."
St Kilda were expected to be about $500,000 better off as part of the deal while hopes were the membership footing Hawthorn had created in the north of the state would be mirrored by a second team.
All told, the Saints played eight matches at the venue that were completely overshadowed by the infamous sirengate game played between them and Fremantle in round five, 2006.
Meanwhile, the now behemoth Tasmanian salmon producer Tassal was placed into receivership after the ANZ demanded it immediately repay a $32 million debt.
"We had two horrendous years with high record water temperatures restricting fish growth and then there was a problem because the market did not like 2kg rather than 4kg fish," Mr Watson said.
The company was instantly appointed to receivers and Tassal chairman Richard Watson said the 4000 owners of 35 million shares would lose their money.
The Tasmanian government was set to lose about $1 million in shares bought in 1987 by the Gray government as a result.
Tassal had struggled to be profitable over a number of years prior to it going into receivership with a $5 million profit after tax in 1993 its all-time high water mark.
Almost 20 years later, the company has a net income exceeding $58 million.
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