I think the goal where Nathan Wilson took the kick in, ran the length of the ground and then kicked an 80 metre bomb is also worth a mention.North - Home - WIN
North's backline of circus rejects and cardboard standees fails to contain a rampant Jesse Hogan, who kicks a career high 15 goals. A returning Nathan Fyfe leads from the front with 30 disposals and four goals.
GC - away - WIN
A returning Harley Bennell stars with 27 touches, six clearances and three goals. The WA football community stifles it's collective laughter at Brad Hardie's resulting brain aneurism in the commentary box.
St Kilda - home - WIN
Ross Lyon's masterstroke of playing a Hill brother on each wing leaves the Saints single-paced midfield unable to cope. Dan Hannebery collects roughly $89877897798 for each of his 16 disposals. He smiles knowingly.
Eagles - away - WIN
Inspired by the unintentional comedy of a returning Andrew Gaff flinching and falling over after attempting to square up to Freo Rookie (insert pick 14 here), Rory Lobb wins his first Glendenning-Allan medal and leads Fremantle to a famous two-point victory in one of the greatest Derbies ever. The West and Channel Seven lead with a tear-filled Gaff family, upset by the Freo Cheersquad's decision to chant "lock her up" whenever Andrew went near the ball.
Giants - away - WIN
Joel Hamling blankets Jeremy Cameron, who responds with a wild haymaker after three and a half goalless quarters. It's his most accurate shot on a day where he kicks 0.7 and the Giants go down by three goals.
Dogs - home - WIN
Played as a small forward for the first time since his arrival at Fremantle, an ebullient Brandon Matera kicks his seventh goal to win the Len Hall game after the siren for the Dockers.
Adelaide - away - WIN
With a bad hair day keeping Bryce Gibbs out of the game, Andrew Brayshaw goes on the warparth, registering a record breaking 30 tackles to go with 30 disposals. Adelaide's other midfielders (brown shoes, guy with haircut, exciting but injury prone recruit) at a loss to explain what went wrong.
Richmond - home - WIN
Freo by 18. Hamling and Alex Pearce's shutdown of Tom Lynch and Jack Reiwoldt is so complete, Hardwick flies home without them, mistakenly thinking he'd left them in Melbourne.
Essendon - away - WIN
Fremantle's mosquito fleet has a day out, with Walters, Langdon and Colyer kicking three goals apiece in a 10 goal demolition of the Bombers. The loss, Essendon's first for the year, sees the wheels fall off. Again.
Brisbane - home - WIN
Connor Blakely's 38 touch, 10 tackle, three goal game cements his status as Lachie Neale's taller, younger and better-looking replacement.
Pies - away - LOSS
A clear free kick is missed and Mason Cox goals late in the game to give the Pies the win. Umpire Dean Margetts is found to have failed so badly, he's permanently removed from league duties.
Power - home - WIN
Bouncing back from the Margetts induced heartbreak, Adam Cerra's skillful inside and outside work sees him collect 32 disposals. His delivery gives Jesse Hogan his second 10-goal haul in purple.
Melbourne - away - WIN
Freo's six-goal win sees Sean Darcy complete a rare double, beating Max Gawn both on the ground and in a drinking contest later that night.
Carlton - home - WIN
Think last year's game, but no Carlton goals for the whole four quarters. Mitch McGovern wonders what might have been.
Eagles - home - WIN
Andrew Gaff's decision to square up to a purple-clad auskicker at half time inspires a second half comeback from an unusually quiet Freo midfield. Adam Cerra continues his stunning run home, cementing his Brownlow favouritism.
Hawks - away - LOSS
Seriously, **** Tasmania and everything about having to fly and play there.
Swans - home - WIN
Bradley Hill 30 touches. Rory Lobb five goals. Sydney no answers. Buddy straight to the high rollers room at Crown, where he's later spotted with what appears to be a lot of powdered sugar in his moustache. The fat bastard loves his doughnuts.
Dogs - away - WIN
In a move teased but not executed until the time was right, Brennan Cox is swung out of the backline. He responds with six goals.
Cats - home - WIN
Stephen Hill dials back the clock to his 2013 heroics, streaming down the Optus Stadium wing on an unopposed 50m run to kick the winning goal for Freo.
St Kilda - away - WIN
Freo records it's highest ever win with an 178-point romp over the hapless Saints. The Saints highlights are later used as b-roll in films designed to horrify teenagers into avoiding alcohol. Hanneberry collects another $253747885 match payment for 14 touches and a goal, and is starting to realise he's on a pretty good wicket.
Bombers - home - WIN
In a performance described as transcendent, Cam McCarthy tops off a season of solid contributions up forward with a career best 14 goals.
Port - away - LOSS
We can't win them all.
Luke Ryan’s 26 kick, 100% disposal efficiency game was something too.
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