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In the R6 2024 game between Carlton and GWS both teams had three players who kicked three goals: Curnow, McKay & De Koning for the Blues and Hogan, Kelly & Riccardi for the Giants. Surely this is unique? Also the game was decided by approximately three goals - nineteen points. All the GWS...

18 goals kicked to the Punt Rd end vs 4 goals to the city end?

The hype on the 2006 National Draft just looks bewildering now with hindsight. Scott Gumbleton at #2, Lachlan Hansen at #3 and don’t forget Mitch Thorpe at #6 who played just two games. Also Gibbs was certainly a good player but hardly a breathtaking performer. He won one B&F and never made the...

Just a few quick things from the most recent episode. The 2011 GF margin was 38 points; Benny thought it was that but Kingy thought it was 37. It reminded me of a fun fact about the final score of that game being 119 to 81 and Jimmy B winning the NSM that day and also in his 250th game the...

It’s kind of quirky that IMO that he doesn’t have a “real” Coleman. He won it in the goofball 2020 season, so you know … Garry Lyon on the May 10 2021 episode of On the Couch made the case that he was undeniably the best key forward in the last five years using this evidence -

Both teams started the next season with two losses …

Surely what you’re about to read has already been mentioned in the near 2k posts in this thread? Here goes … Leigh Matthews had a very quirky run against Essendon in GFs. In different roles and with multiple clubs he only competed against the Bombers when he was involved in the last game of...

This is the transcript from a portion of an episode about CTE of a hella legit science podcast. Enjoy.

FWIW the concussion-to-depression/suicide link doesn’t exist. Retired NFL players were found to actually have lower levels of depression and suicide than the general population.

Also following both the 1980 and 1990 GFs the winners and the losers of these games end up in the same spots nine and ten years later respectively. 1980 GF - Richmond d Collingwood. Richmond in 1989 finishes last on the ladder and the next year Collingwood wins the premiership. 1990 GF -...

With Hawthorn yesterday acquiring Jack Ginnivan and then taking Jack Gunston in their next trade it must be the first time a club has ever recruited two players in a row with the same first name who have surnames that start and finish with the same letters. 🤔 😎

2022 & 2023 GF similarities The phrase “sweet sixteen” was applied in the coverage of both victories - Geelong for their consecutive wins and Collingwood for their cup count. For the first time in seventy years both teams won their first flag outside the odd/even numbering they had become...

Fun fact - if Collingwood win the GF it will be their first AFL flag without replay finals games.

An omen for Collingwood for seven days from now - In the AFL era Collingwood has contested 6 GFs (not including the now outlawed 2010 replay situation - we could modify it to “won 6 PFs prior to this season”) for a record of 2 wins and 4 losses. Collingwood in GFs after the Cats were in the...

Credit: Footy Classified On September 22 2023 Craig McRae will coach his 50th game on his 50th birthday.

In the modern 14+ team expansion era Melbourne and Carlton have met in September four times. On every occasion the lower ranked team has been victorious. 1988 PF - Melbourne (5th) d Carlton (3rd) 1994 QF - Melbourne (7th) d Carlton (2nd) 2000 QF - Melbourne (3rd) d Carlton (2nd) 2023 SF -...

Collingwood finished on top of the ladder in both of the seasons when West Coast finished on the bottom: 2010 and 2023.

Mildly interesting coincidence. Isaac Smith’s undeniable best performance for the season in both 2022 and 2023 occurred in his team’s last game. FWIW his R24 2023 performance was his equal career high for disposals with 36. So he should rescind his retirement?

👍 Interesting. IIRC this is similar to what happened with 2022 #1 ND selection Aaron Cadman.

Ineligible 1990s Geelong player Paul Brown’s son Tom is in his second season on the Richmond list.

Warren T‘s father played 19 games for Collingwood in the early 70s. Now he is in his early 70s. :) He was 19cm shorter than his son. Woz would have been taller than his father at about the time he turned 12. :think: Gary Tredrea Born:6-Oct-1951 (Debut:18y 327d Last:20y 325d) Height:175 cm...

Francis Bourke’s son David was probably 4-5 inches taller than his dad. The Abletts are an interesting group. IIRC Gaz Snr was 185cm, Jnr was 182 but Nathan was 195. Joe Daniher at 200cm would tower over his father. Tom Hawkins too. Mark and Rod Blake would be about the same I assume. Marc...

So Dunc’s dad played just 6 WAFL games? I thought I read somewhere that he played >200. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ Although I did give an “IIRC” in the claim. 😎 Sorry about that. I knew his father played in the WAFL, didn’t have the surname Duncan and didn’t represent East Perth like Mitch did. I was...

Here’s an interesting one. Brisbane player Darcy Wilmot’s father played five games for Collingwood all in 1980 while aged 23. Darcy wasn’t born until 2003 and debuted in 2022. Has there ever been a bigger gap than the 42 years between these two? FWIW Gary Ablett Snr only retired in 1997 and...

First and last GFs he played in were against Geelong. —————— IMO there’s a pretty killer coincidence that was only missed by the smallest possible margin. The only two players who participated in both the 2008 and 2022 GFs were Lance Franklin and Joel Selwood. Career games - Joel Selwood...

Again yesterday the Lions @ the Gabba defeated opponent’s score was 53. The last three Gabba visiting teams have lost and have have been the last three clubs to win MCG premierships. They also scored 53, 35 and 53 points. On the flip side Brisbane’s last two MCG appearances were losses and...

The R18 2023 Sydney vs Western Bulldogs encounter was John Longmire’s 300th game as an AFL coach and Luke Beveridge’s 200th.

The R16 and R17 2023 Brisbane games: Lions 134 d Tigers 53 Lions 116 d Eagles 35 Same margin of 81 points. The defeated teams’ scores were numerical inversions. All four scores involved the digits adding up to eight.

I’m confused. Who made that claim? Please quote the relevant post/s. I think everyone knows how utterly amazing it is that Marlion received Norm Smith votes in his first AFL game. However his recent form is very unimpressive with him being Richmond’s 20th best player last night and...

Update. According to an article I read after I made this post it claimed he would automatically qualify for a one year extension if he played two more games. Since then he has played against Brisbane and has not been dropped for tonight thus making him no longer uncontracted; if that reporting...