The four finals between Western Bulldogs and West Coast have now seen one victory to the Bulldogs in Melbourne (1998) and one in Perth (2016), with West Coast has also having one victory in Melbourne (1999) and one victory in Perth (2006).
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So just seen on channel 7 that Bulldogs have lost their last 7 preliminary finals in a row since 1985.
Did not realise it was so many.
Really is quite a hoodoo when you look at the losing run.
Essendon lost many Elimination Finals in a row before they eventually won one in 1983 to break an Elimination Final hoodoo. Richmond lost 3 in a row recently but still not as many as the Essendon losing streak in 1970s to early 80s.
Collingwood could not win a grand final for more games than Dogs have lost preliminary finals between 1960s to 1990s.
Geelong had a losing streak of grand finals that was giving it a crack until 2007 changed that all.
This Dogs losing run of preliminary finals has a chance to end next week.
Going to be an interesting week for this club with that history in their face.
So just seen on channel 7 that Bulldogs have lost their last 7 preliminary finals in a row since 1985.
Did not realise it was so many.
Really is quite a hoodoo when you look at the losing run.
One interesting current finals hoodoo is that of the Adelaide Crows. Eighteen seasons have been completed since the Crows swamped North Melbourne in the 1998 Grand Final and the Crows have qualified for the finals in eleven of them, but have not qualified for a Grand Final in any of these finals series. While the Bulldogs have obviously not played in a Grand Final since 1961, their finals appearances have been far more spread out and they had a number of finals droughts (1961-1974, 1976-1985 & 1985-1992) in this time. I cannot recall a team qualifying for so many finals series in much fewer years and not making a single Grand Final. North Melbourne have a similar hoodoo since winning the 1999 premiership, failing to qualify for any Grand Finals in nine of the 17 seasons since then that the Kangaroos have made the finals.
Geelong will play either Sydney or Adelaide in next week's Preliminary Final. Whichever team it plays, it will result in the end of one streak and the continuation of another.
Geelong and South Melbourne/Sydney have played each other since 1897 but have only met 3 times in finals:
- 1914 Semi Final
- 1934 Preliminary Final
- 2005 Semi Final (the Nick Davis match)
Since the 2005 meeting, Geelong and Sydney have contested the same finals series 7 times (2007,2008,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014) but never met again. 2016 may be number 8.
- Geelong has never beaten South Melbourne/Sydney or Adelaide in a finals match
Did Selwood and/or Dangerwood break any stats records tonight? I didn't follow the numbers during the game.
Selwood broke the record for most contested possessions in a final for one.
I disagree. I'd put my house on no one having ever had 26 contested possessions in a final before 1999.I think it needs to be pointed out Joel Selwood, has the most contested possessions since the stat was recorded. This is less than two decades worth of stats to go on. There was about 100 seasons of finals before that , that we have no idea of how many contested possessions where in each final played.