Stastically speaking, teams that start a season 0-3 in the 18-team era (2012-23) have only qualified for finals 6.2% of the time and none have gone on to finish top 4 or play in the grand final. In the top 8 finals era (1994-2023) teams that start 0-3 have made the finals 15.4% of the time, have finished in the top 4 just 2.8% of the time and have never made the grand final.
Reigning grand finalists Collingwood and Brisbane are both staring down the barrel of 0-3 starts to their season and if it happens to both then history suggests they are unlikely to even make the finals, let alone finish in the top 4.
Are we about to see a changing of the guard at the top end of the AFL?
Reigning grand finalists Collingwood and Brisbane are both staring down the barrel of 0-3 starts to their season and if it happens to both then history suggests they are unlikely to even make the finals, let alone finish in the top 4.
Are we about to see a changing of the guard at the top end of the AFL?
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