In 1897 and 1924 there were no grand finals and instead the premier was decided by a finals play-off. List of AFL Grand Final Winners - Topend Sports Who's your tip? This was Hawthorns seventh Grand Final appearance on the trot, but they were yet to achieve back-to-back premierships. Playing on the wing and a little off half-back, Duncan's hard running helped set the tone, booting a goal from his 27 disposals and 13 marks. as he received his medallion has been replayed and paraphrased frequently over the following seasons. Franklin is a cousin of Melbourne forward Jeff Garlett and former Fremantle defender Dale Kickett. AFLW Season 6 Match Centre: ADEL v MELB Stoic and silky, Tuohy turned in a standard performance. 2009 Ladder # Team P W D L Home Away GF-BF For GA-BA Agn % Pts; 1: St Kilda: 22: 20 : 2: 10-0-1: 10-0-1: 322.265 (55%) 2197: . Geelong defeated by Hawthorn at MCG Grand Final Saturday, 27th September 2008 AFL match statistics . Everyone has seen FOX Footys list of the best Grand Finals, and quite frankly, the final list makes you question if democracy actually works. Collingwood managed to get some breathing space kicking two goals late in the third quarter and leading by 21 points at the final break. 2020 AFL TV Ratings - Sports Industry AU First qualifying final (St Kilda vs. Collingwood), Second qualifying final (Geelong vs. Western Bulldogs), First elimination final (Adelaide vs. Essendon), Second elimination final (Brisbane vs. Carlton), First semi-final (Collingwood vs. Adelaide), Second semi-final (Western Bulldogs vs. Brisbane), First preliminary final (St Kilda vs. Western Bulldogs), Second preliminary final (Geelong vs. Collingwood), Real Footy: Race for the AFL flag comes alive, 24 Aug 2009, "Triple M's Call Of Jack Anthony's Goal To Win Collingwood A Semi-final At The Death", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2009_AFL_finals_series&oldid=1147147026, Articles with dead external links from September 2021, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 29 March 2023, at 03:52. The Cats went into half-time with a 24 point lead. From that point forward, St Kilda dominated the middle part of the quarter, asserting an advantage in the midfield, particularly through the influence of Lenny Hayes who tallied 11 disposals for the quarter. Especially strong in the clearances and in his delivery inside 50. Elimination Final: Adelaide: 4.3 12.4 18.9 26.10 : 166: Fri 04-Sep-2009 7:45 PM . Another great premiership player story. Petracca became tied Simon Black's record VFL/AFL grand final disposal count, finishing with 39 disposals and two goals in a phenomenal performance. This means that even if a top-four team loses in the first week, it still remains in the finals, playing a semi-final the next week against the winner of an elimination final. Then Milburn, believing (incorrectly, according to replays) that he had touched Koschitzke's kick off the boot, made an obscene gesture to goal umpire, giving away a free kick for demonstrative abuse on the goal line; Schneider took the free kick and kicked the easy goal to give St Kilda a six-point half-time lead. Hawthorn held celebrations for its members in both Victoria and Tasmania, Sunday at Glenferrie Oval and Monday in Hobart and Launceston, in the latter of which it plays four home games each season. The 2008 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football match contested between the Geelong Football Club and the Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 2008. #AFLGF. The AFL has since changed the rules, but the 2010 Grand Final Draw was a moment in time youll never, ever forget. It was attended by 100,012 spectators,[5] the first crowd to exceed 100,000 for a VFL/AFL game since the 1986 VFL Grand Final. Geelong progressed to a Preliminary Final, which would be against Collingwood, and the Bulldogs progressed to a Semi-Final against Brisbane. The Qantas choir performed "I Still Call Australia Home", and the national anthem was performed a cappella by the cast of Jersey Boys. "To our boys, I'm so proud of your efforts all year and today. Live Scores & Stats: AFL Live Ladder : Essendon defeats Melbourne Grand Final, Saturday, 2nd September 2000 : Team: Q1: Q2: Q3: Q4: Final: Essendon: 4.8 10.16 16.17 19.21 135 Melbourne: 3.3 Geelong played the man and not the ball in the first quarter, whereas Hawthorn kicked eight goals and went into quarter time with a 40 point lead. Stuart Dew went forward, and either scored or assisted with three goals in just 2:47 of playing time late in the quarter to open up a five-goal lead. The emotion is pouring out of the MCG now. The MCG was jam-packed as thousands upon thousands of fans had to be turned away at the gates before the match even got started. Hawthorn's Luke Hodge was the winner of the Norm Smith Medal for best afield, just edging out Geelong's Gary Ablett. They have to come back and play the following week. That's it from the blog! Picture: AFL Photos, Geelong's Patrick Dangerfield in action against Sydney in the 2022 Grand Final. St Kilda became the first team to lose a grand final from a three-quarter time lead since Hawthorn in 1984; and Geelong became the first team to ever win a grand final after losing the first three quarters (albeit losing them only by 2, 1 and 4 points, respectively). North kicked six behinds four from Arnold Briedis whereas the Magpies were able to cut the Roos lead to just two points at half-time. It was the team's first appearance in a grand final since winning the 1991 AFL Grand Final. They say the 90s was the decade that delivered and in terms of the ultimate 1990s game of Australian Rules Football, this was the one that takes the cake. Essendon was playing in its first final since 2004. The grand final was played in warm conditions under sunny skies at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with conditions reaching 27C. Gary Rohan 4A quieter match from the third tall with seven disposals and one behind, but showed a serious set of heels at time. Deserves a premiership medallion after being a key member of the Cats on-ball brigade for many years. Max Holmes out, Mark O'Connor in for Geelong, ABC to rely on public interest defence against former soldier Heston Russell, 'Jailing is failing' the Northern Territory as alliance warns incarceration rates are five times national average, Australian Olympian Harry Garside arrested over alleged domestic violence, German zoo welcomes first polar bear cub in 21 years, Natascha Lechner died minutes after using frog poison in 'Kambo' vomiting ritual, inquest told. He played one senior game for the Perth Football Club in 2004, kicking one goal, and represented Western Australia at the 2004 AFL Under 18 Championships. Cats destroy Swans to win first AFL premiership in 11 years Jeremy Cameron 6Early on looked a step behind the pace, with Robbie Fox competing well against the dynamic spearhead. Dangerfield has SIX goal assists now! CLASSY CAT MAKES HISTORY Isaac Smith's medal win one for the ages, Isaac Smith notches three goals in one of his all-time best performances to be awarded the Norm Smith Medal. From there, the Cats were in the process of moving the ball forward when the final siren sounded. . This page is a collection of VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics.The Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990, is the elite national competition in men's Australian rules football.Each year, the premiership is awarded to the club that wins the AFL Grand Final.The grand final has been played in all VFL/AFL seasons except for 1897 and . Geelong was missing defending and eventual Leigh Matthews Trophy winner Gary Ablett, Jr., but defeated Hawthorn 12.16 (88) to 11.11 (77). They lead by 74 points, HT: The Cats lead by 36 points at the long break, QT: Geelong explode out to a 35-point lead. In the end, Collingwood's Jack Anthony kicked the game-winning goal from a controversial free kick with only fifteen seconds remaining. A selfless handball from Patrick Dangerfield sets up Jeremy Cameron for his first goal of the game. Carltons Brent Croswell received a free-kick from 30 meters out from a high tackle and put Carlton in front for the first time all day, deep into time-on. [9] St Kilda's 2009 team was arguably the best defensive team of the modern era; it conceded only 64 points per game in the home-and-away season which, as of 2022, remains the lowest by any team in a conventional season since 1966.N 1[10] They accounted for Collingwood by 28 points in their qualifying final and won a hard-fought and low scoring preliminary final against the Western Bulldogs by seven points to earn their place in the grand final. This is clearly an unpopular opinion, but the 2018 AFL Grand Final is extremely overrated. With nine seconds remaining, Justin Koschitzke got his boot to a broken marking contest in the goal square, just eluding the diving hands of Darren Milburn's attempted smother, to tie the scores. Mark Blicavs 8Played his usual unusual role of midfielder/ruck to perfection. St Kilda progressed directly to the Preliminary Final, where it faced the Western Bulldogs in the First Preliminary Final. Wasn't the best game of footy we have seen this year (but in fairness, that is an impossibly high bar), but this feels like a particularly special one for Geelong and some of the great players of our game. They convincingly beat the Western Bulldogs by 51 points in their qualifying final,[4] which earned them a week's rest and home preliminary final, in which they beat St Kilda by 54 points. Grand Final, MCG, Attendance: 99251: Saturday, 26th September 2009, 2:30 PM AEST: Team: Q1: Q2: Q3: Q4: Final: St Kilda: 3.2 7.7 9.11 9.14 68 Geelong: 3.0 7.1 9.4 12.8 80 The Saints' home-and-away season was the best in its history, winning the first 19 games to record the longest winning streak in the club's history, before losing consecutive late season games to finished on top of the ladder with a 202 record and the McClelland Trophy for the first time since 1997. The Bulldogs kept St Kilda goalless in the first quarter, to lead by 15 points. The Cats scored two goals against the run of play in the final minute of playing time to reduce the margin to 17 points at three quarter time. Rhys Stanley 6Played a ruck/defensive role, as he did last week. Television still did delayed telecasts of games back then and contractual obligations required the game not be moved to the MCG, resulting in the match start time being moved from the traditional 2:10 pm to 3:10 pm to satisfy broadcaster Channel 7. Jack Henry 7Like his defensive counterparts, didn't see a heap of the ball, but he probably won't mind that at all. John Farnham then sang "You're the Voice", joined later by Seymour and Barnes. 6, One of the Cats best players during the finals series. Channel 7 got bang for their buck as one of the most dramatic games in the history of Australian Rules Football played out. He couldnt give a stuff about his stats sheet. No game or Grand Final has had more of an impact on the game of Australian Rules Football as we know it than the 1970 Grand Final between Carlton and Collingwood. Picture: AFL Photos, Brandan Parfitt celebrates a Geelong goal against Sydney in the 2022 AFL Grand Final. It allowed the Cats to stage a final quarter comeback, but it was a case of too little, too late as Hawthorn would win by six points and claim back-to-back premierships in one the toughest and high-scoring Grand Finals of all-time. "Geelong wins second AFL flag in three years", Geelong defeat St Kilda by 12 points in thrilling AFL grand final, "Dreaded statistical turnaround in the AFL as the kick gets the boot", "Geelong runaway favourites in AFL Grand Final betting", "AFL needs to commit more to score review rather than rely heavily on broadcaster's vision", "Mid-year summit that landed Geelong a flag", "Great grand final - and an even better fence", "Cats the last ones standing in epic battle", Geelong win 2009 Australian Football League Grand Final, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2009_AFL_Grand_Final&oldid=1145794845, This page was last edited on 21 March 2023, at 01:14. FROM PURGATORY TO HEAVEN Tyson Stengle's amazing year, Tyson Stengle adds to his amazing season with two more mesmerising majors in the Grand Final. Isaac Smith 9 Wound back the clock with one of his best Grand Final performances, having won three flags at Hawthorn in the mid-2010s. The 21minutes that followed were a tough battle which yielded only five behinds: the first two to St Kilda, and the next three to Geelong, tying the scores at 67 apiece. AFLW Match Highlights: Adelaide v Melbourne. The Bulldogs eventually won by 51 points to progress to the Preliminary Final against St Kilda. The third quarter was an even and lower-scoring contest. The likes of Sav Rocca, Shannon Grant and Jess Sinclair dominated as the all-conquering Bombers of the time were made to look like witches hats. In the 24th minute,[13] with less than five minutes of play remaining,[14][15] Geelong's Steve Johnson had the ball in defence and kicked the ball towards Ablett, who had found space in the centre circle. [12] Fifteen seconds of game time later, a clean centre clearance finished with a goal to Paul Chapman, and a 12-point lead to Geelong. Patrick Dangerfield has done it at last. Geelong's Mooney goaled in the eighth minute the quarter from a solid contested mark at the top of the goal square, and Saints' captain Nick Riewoldt did likewise in the tenth minute. The Cats are 2:34 away from glory. If it is a valid email, your password will be reset and emailed to you. Andrew Embley kicked two memorable goals from down the MCG wing and went on to win the Norm Smith Medal. Isaac Smith has won the Norm Smith Medal! Geelong v Port Adelaide - Sat, 29-Sep-2007 2:30 PM - AFL Tables Tyson Stengle 9 Excellent defensive pressure as always, and his ability to execute from the toughest angles set him apart. The North players copped an almighty spray from coach Ron Barassi at half-time, but it was to no avail. No, but they've got your measure", "Geelong star Paul Chapman says Cats never want to lose to Hawthorn again", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008_AFL_Grand_Final&oldid=1148024823, Powderfinger AC/DC, Ian Moss, Lucy Durack and Amanda Harrison, Hodge, Brown, Ellis, Sewell, Crawford, Dew, Rioli, Osborne, Williams, Sam Mitchell (Haw), unduly rough play against Gary Ablett (Gee), This page was last edited on 3 April 2023, at 16:28. Nonetheless, a triple premiership Cat. Theres no doubting that the 2005 encounter between the two teams is more iconic given Leo Barrys epic mark in the dying minutes to end the Swans 72-year premiership drought, but in terms of a football contest, the 2006 version is far superior. Sat, 1-Oct-2011 2:30 PM - Match Stats - AFL Tables Chris Scott 9Made the extraordinarily tough (but correct) call not to bring in a proppy Max Holmes, replacing him with Mark O'Connor. We are licensed and regulated by the Northern Territory Government, and secured In the 29th minute, Stephen Milne took a long kick into a largely open forward line towards the unguarded goals for St Kilda, but it was a tumbling kick and Scarlett was able to comfortably rush it through for a behind. FT: Geelong are AFL premiers for 2022! The 2006 Grand Final saw more one on one contests, not that ugly pressing style that the Swans of that era were famous for and I would highly recommend it in your viewing list of Classic Footy replays. The match, attended by 99,251 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 12 points, marking the club's eighth VFL/AFL premiership victory. Kicked two from his 18. He out-muscled Tom Hickey not once but twice tosnap Geelong's first two goals. What did the AFL Punters learn from it? Check out the five moments that stole the grand final spotlight. Emails will only be used for identification purposes and for the resetting of forgotten passwords.
