Preliminary Finalists

[Bont2Bruce]

All four of the 2015 preliminary finalists have failed to make the 2016 preliminary finals.

Has that ever happened before?

 

[RogersResults]

All four of the 2015 preliminary finalists have failed to make the 2016 preliminary finals.

Has that ever happened before?

2006: Adelaide, Fremantle, Sydney, West Coast
2007: Collingwood, Geelong, Nth Melbourne, Port Adelaide

 

[ep2018]

With the dogs win last night, a prelim from 7th, now every ladder position has made a prelim with the current finals system.

 

[McCrann]

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With the dogs win last night, a prelim from 7th, now every ladder position has made a prelim with the current finals system.

Dogs have a good record of losing Preliminary Finals, though they've never lost one from 7th.

2016 (7th) - ???
2010 (4th)
2009 (3rd)
2008 (3rd)
1998 (2nd)
1997 (3rd)
1992 (2nd)
1985 (2nd)

Certainly finishing 2nd or 3rd on the ladder has been a curse for the Dogs!

 

[North park]

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Dogs have a good record of losing Preliminary Finals, though they've never lost one from 7th.

2016 (7th) - ???
2010 (4th)
2009 (3rd)
2008 (3rd)
1998 (2nd)
1997 (3rd)
1992 (2nd)
1985 (2nd)

Certainly finishing 2nd or 3rd on the ladder has been a curse for the Dogs!

Just posted this on another thread:

In each of those 7 years, the Bulldogs first finals match was a qualifying final, where they got a double chance if they lost. They did lose in 5 years (1985, 1992, 2008, 2009, 2010) and had to win a knock-out semi final in the second week to qualify for the preliminary final. In the other 2 years (1997, 1998), the Bulldogs won their first final and qualified directly for the preliminary final before losing.

This is the first year since 1961 the Bulldogs have made a preliminary final after playing a knock-out elimination final/semi final in the first week.

Maybe this is what is needed to break the hoodoo.

 

[red+black]

This is the first year since 1961 the Bulldogs have made a preliminary final after playing a knock-out elimination final/semi final in the first week.

Might be the year for new records. This is the first time ever that the Bulldogs have won finals in consecutive weeks.

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Still only happened twice since the introduction of two Prelims.

2006: West Coast, Sydney, Adelaide, Fremantle
2007: Geelong, Port Adelaide, North Melbourne, Collingwood

2015: Hawthorn, West Coast, Fremantle, North Melbourne
2016: Western Bulldogs, Sydney, Geelong, GWS