
- Aug 17, 2006
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Each AFL club’s best win of the last 25 years
The most memorable triumphs since 2000.

Grand Final wins excluded. I'd probably argue that the list should be limited to H&A wins then, as surely if you exclude Grand Finals, the next best win would be a PF, then a QF/SF and so on. But anyway...
Do you agree with the choice for your club? And if a final has been selected for your club, what would you choose if it was H&A wins only?
Adelaide: 2022 Showdown
Brisbane: 2013 v Geelong
Carlton: 2013 Elimination Final v Richmond
Collingwood: 2022 v Carlton
Essendon: 2009 Anzac Day v Collingwood
Fremantle: 2013 Qualification Final v Geelong
Geelong: 2012 v Hawthorn
Gold Coast: 2018 v Sydney
GWS Giants: 2019 Preliminary Final v Collingwood
Hawthorn: 2013 Preliminary Final v Geelong
Melbourne: 2021 v Geelong
North Melbourne: 2014 Elimination Final v Essendon
Port Adelaide: 2013 Showdown v Adelaide
Richmond: 2017 Qualifying Final v Geelong
St Kilda: 2009 v Geelong
Sydney: 2005 Semi Final v Geelong
West Coast: 2006 v Geelong
Western Bulldogs: 2016 Preliminary Final v GWS
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Kind of flattering/hilarious that eight of the other 17 clubs have wins against Geelong nominated as their most memorable.
For Geelong, The 2012 Hawkins goal after the siren was unbelievable and the culmination of an amazing see-sawing game, but I'd have to give the nod to the Jimmy Bartel point after the siren against Hawthorn in 2009. We'd hit the skids after the famous loss to St Kilda (the first time two 14-0 teams had met) and were trailing all day against the Hawks, who were fighting to stay in top eight contention. And, oh, we'd lost both key defenders to injury during the game, so Darren Milburn and Andrew Mackie were matching up on Buddy and Roughead.
On paper, the result didn't change where either side finished in 2009, but I'll always believe that it was much bigger than that and for Geelong, it was the boost we needed as we started to fall off St Kilda's pace during that season. It gave us the belief that we were still good enough to get it done.
Along with Bartel's point after the siren, the match was also famous for being arguably Selwood's greatest AFL game to that point in his career and for Josh Kennedy opting to handball to Franklin with the scores level in the dying stages and Franklin ultimately being wrapped up by Mackie and not getting a shot off. It would have been a big call for Kennedy to have a ping on his left on the run from about 45 out, he would have been torn to shreds if he'd put it out on the full. Ultimately probably the right decision by Kennedy and just a fantastic run down tackle by Mackie.