Finals schedule

[Suma Magic]

Things now becoming clearer about which games will be played when. Still a lot to be decided about positions.

If Freo and West Coast finish 1/2, then one QF1 will be played on the Saturday (so 1st place avoids back-to-back 6 day breaks) and QF2 on the Friday. The rest of the finals works around that.

After having done the ladder predictor, I have it working like this (I've assumed higher finishing team wins each final):

Week 1

Friday night: QF2 - West Coast v Hawthorn (Subiaco)
Saturday afternoon: QF1 - Fremantle v Sydney (Subiaco)
Saturday night: EF2 - Richmond v North Melbourne (MCG)
Sunday afternoon: EF1 - Western Bulldogs v Adelaide (MCG/Etihad)

Week 2

Friday night: SF2 - Hawthorn v Richmond (MCG)
Saturday night: SF1 - Sydney v Western Bulldogs (SCG)

Week 3

Friday night: PF1 - Fremantle v Hawthorn (Subiaco)
Saturday afternoon: PF2 - West Coast v Sydney (Subiaco)

Week 4

Saturday afternoon: Grand final

 

[kreuze_missile]

Congratulations Fremantle 2015 premiers

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Aw, sounds like even by making finals we need to finish fourth and manage somehow to beat Freo to get our first Friday night since 2011.

 

[Kwality]

Gone early Suma, its not over yet.

 

[X_box_X]

That would be a nightmare draw for Hawthorn.

 

[joop]

That would be a nightmare draw for Hawthorn.

It'd be a dream seeing hawthorn get that draw.

 

[Suma Magic]

Gone early Suma, its not over yet.

More talking about when games are played, rather than finishing positions. We could easily get third, in which case Hawks would host us on the Saturday you'd think. Or we could finish lower than that.
But if we get second then I think those dates would be locked in.

 

[BigVic]

Hawks and Swans forced to travel to Perth twice.

 

[SuperSub17]

Aw, sounds like even by making finals we need to finish fourth and manage somehow to beat Freo to get our first Friday night since 2011.

Or you could finish 6th/7th and win the EF.

Oh and you played Friday nights against Collingwood and Geelong in 2012.

 

[jwint43]

I don't care how good you are, winning twice in Perth in 3 weeks is almost impossible

 

[random260]

Nooo

I think we will lose to Hawks then we vs tigers!!!!! * we might lose.....

 

[nickrebellious]

I don't care how good you are, winning twice in Perth in 3 weeks is almost impossible

I'd say it's impossible.

 

[giggler99]

Both Perth qualifiers will be at night, no why the AFL will have a day final in Perth.

 

[ilikepotatoes]

I don't care how good you are, winning twice in Perth in 3 weeks is almost impossible

Can't be that hard, Freo and the Eagles do it quite often.

 

[The GOAT]

I don't care how good you are, winning twice in Perth in 3 weeks is almost impossible

Agreed. Fortunately Hawthorn only needs to win once in Perth in 3 weeks, which is very possible

 

[Suma Magic]

Both Perth qualifiers will be at night, no why the AFL will have a day final in Perth.

Why?

They may be choosing between West Coast v Hawthorn or Richmond v North for the night game. Not sure why one would be that much more preferable to over-ride the consideration of a team traveling home on the day of their Saturday QF.

 

[SgtSchulz]

Pls port are a monty for finals

 

[VFL13]

Crows vs west coast gf is a certainty lads

 

[treefingers]

I don't care how good you are, winning twice in Perth in 3 weeks is almost impossible

It's impossible because if we win the first one, we won't travel to Perth again. So you are correct

 

[Craze]

I really think this year is the best chance in a while for a bolter from 5-8 making the GF. No offence to Freo and WCE, but there's not much separating 1-8. Actually form-wise Adelaide are right up there, as are the dogs.

Next year will also be very interesting because you'd expect Port and Gold Coast to kick on, and the Giants to improve again (and they'll all get favourable draws).

 

[X_box_X]

I am tipping Hawthorn to follow in Geelong's footsteps of 2010.

Geelong had also made three consecutive Grand Finals, and got bundled out by the eventual premiers in the PF.

 

[Bulldog1954]

They only need to schedule 3 games - the Dogs no doubt are already set in stone for Sunday. They'll just need to work out someone to replace Carlton for the Friday night game

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

Crows will get the Saturday afternoon game I reckon due to the travel factor, regardless of where it's played.

 

[EssendonNick]

I always find the AFL finals system weird how assuming all the higher placed teams win, 2nd gets the easier prelim on paper than 1st.

 

[Suma Magic]

Crows will get the Saturday afternoon game I reckon due to the travel factor, regardless of where it's played.

If you work backwards from week 3, you'll see that EF1 has to be on Sunday.