Some stats from the first 6 AFLW seasons (2017-2022):
Progression of highest team score:
48 - Adelaide 7.6 (48) v GWS, Rd 1 2017
48 - Adelaide 7.6 (48) v Western Bulldogs, Rd 2 2017
54 - Carlton 8.6 (54) v Western Bulldogs, Rd 5 2017
55 - Collingwood 7.13 (55) v GWS, Rd 6 2017
70 - Melbourne...
There have been several threads on various unique/one-off/exhibition games that have been played, but I thought that having a thread dedicated to such games would be of benefit to researchers, historians and fans.
Here is one to start the list. When Victoria refused to play a State of Origin...
Robert Keeble’s St Kilda VFL career was the first 2 games of the 1985 VFL season. Unfortunately for Keeble, both games ended with the Saints losing by over 100 points:
Round 1 – Sydney 26.20 (176) defeated St Kilda 8.18 (66)
Round 2 – Carlton 25.19 (169) defeated St Kilda 2.17 (29)
Eddie Ford's...
I was watching on Youtube highlights of the SANFL, and noticed how much taller the goalposts at The Parade, Norwood's home ground were compared to the goalposts used at other SANFL venues. This got me thinking - what are the tallest goalposts at any Australian rules ground in Australia?
I would be interested to read about some of the more unusual and bizarre reasons for the abandonment/cancellation/suspension of games. I presume that in lower and country leagues there would be some very unusual reasons.
In Round 19 of the 1979 WAFL season, East Fremantle defeated Subiaco 40.11 (251) to 20.7 (127). This is still East Fremantle's record score in the WAFL, plus the match aggregate of 60.18 (378) is still the most points scored by both teams in a WAFL game. The other amazing feature of this game is...
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