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Today three of the major leagues have a 'Battle of the Big Cats' game scheduled between the Tigers and Lions. In the AFL the Richmond Tigers play the Brisbane Lions; in the VFL the Werribee Tigers are matched with the Coburg Tigers; while in the WAFL there is a game between the Claremont Tigers and the Subiaco Lions.

Unfortunately there are no Lions in the SANFL and no longer any Tigers in the NEAFL, so Glenelg and Brisbane Reserves don't get a similar game in these leagues.

Unless there is some wildlife/conservation theme that led to all these Tigers vs. Lions games being scheduled on the same day, this is an amazing coincidence in the fixtures and something that wouldn't come up very often.
 
Today three of the major leagues have a 'Battle of the Big Cats' game scheduled between the Tigers and Lions. In the AFL the Richmond Tigers play the Brisbane Lions; in the VFL the Werribee Tigers are matched with the Coburg Tigers; while in the WAFL there is a game between the Claremont Tigers and the Subiaco Lions.

Unfortunately there are no Lions in the SANFL and no longer any Tigers in the NEAFL, so Glenelg and Brisbane Reserves don't get a similar game in these leagues.

Unless there is some wildlife/conservation theme that led to all these Tigers vs. Lions games being scheduled on the same day, this is an amazing coincidence in the fixtures and something that wouldn't come up very often.
The SANFL does have the Panthers (South Adelaide), however, so there can still be a 'Battle of the Big Cats' with the Tigers (Glenelg).
 

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Sydney had a younger side on weekend than expansion club GWS.
Average age of GWS side 24.99 years old.
Gold Coast youngest side on weekend with average age 23.32 years old.
 
Sydney had a younger side on weekend than expansion club GWS.
Average age of GWS side 24.99 years old.
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R18, 2016 - GWS - average age 24y 360d
R18, 2016 - Swans - average age 24y 147d
 
Essendon rising each week.:( Next: Ade (a), Geel, GC, WB (all Etihad), Carl (MCG)

Most consecutive losses by a Vic club (exc. Nth, SM, StK):
51 - University (club record)
27 - Hawthorn, Fitzroy
22 - Hawthorn
21 - Fitzroy
20 - Melbourne
19 - Melbourne
18 - University
17 - Melbourne
16 - Geelong, Hawthorn, Fitzroy
15 - Essendon*, Richmond
14 - Carlton (2), Essendon (2), Richmond, Melbourne, Footscray
13 - Geelong (2), Collingwood, Richmond

If Essendon manage to lose their last 5 games, which is very possible, it will be very interesting to see their 2017 draw for the first few rounds:

( 9th) 26 - Sydney
(10th) 23 - St Kilda
(11th) 22 - Hawthorn
(12th) 21 - Fitzroy, St Kilda, Gold Coast, GWS
(16th) 20 - Essendon*, Melbourne
 
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MOST H&A WINS IN x SEASONS:
1 - 21 wins - Essendon (2000), Geelong (2008)
2 - 39 wins (avg. 19.50) - Essendon ('99/'00) [18/21], Geelong ('07/'08) [18/21], Geelong ('08/'09) [21/18]
3 - 57 wins (avg. 19.00) - Geelong ('07-'09) [18/21/18]
4 - 75 wins (avg. 18.75) - Geelong ('08-'11) [21/18/17/19]
5 - 93 wins (avg. 18.60) - Geelong ('07-'11) [18/21/18/17/19]
6 - 108 wins (avg. 18.00) - Geelong ('07-'12) [18/21/18/17/19/15]
7* - 126 wins (avg. 18.00) - Geelong ('07-'13) [18/21/18/17/19/15/18]
8** - 143 wins (avg. 17.88) - Geelong ('07-'14) [18/21/18/17/19/15/18/17]

To equal these records, Hawthorn (101-26):
* must go 25-2 between now and the end of the 2017 H&A season
** must go 42-7 between now and the end of the 2018 H&A season
 
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Gerald Healy (211 games, 1979-1990) ...
- kicked 4+ goals 18 times in his career (8 twice, 5 five times, and 4 eleven times)
- interestingly, 12 of those occurred in an 18 game stretch in 1982, including all of his bags of 5 and 8 goals
- that stretch of 74 goals from Rounds 4 to 22 (5,3,5,8,4,5,4,3,5,4,2,1,2,2,4,4,5,8)
- that year (77 goals) and the following year (37 goals) were the only times he kicked 30 goals in a season
 
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In their last 15 games:
- Fitzroy wins (1) ; Essendon wins (0)
- Fitzroy >100 (2) ; Essendon >100 (0)

In their last 25 games:
- Essendon wins (2) :thumbsu: ; Fitzroy wins (1)
- Fitzroy >100 (4) ; Essendon >100 (1*)

* will be 0 if held below 100 for next 2 rounds
 
In Tony Lockett's first 100 games, he kicked 10 or more goals ....... once!

That was game #75 when he kicked 12.3 out of St Kilda's 14.8.
 

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Who owns the record for 9 seasons?

Geelong drop off then but do they still hold it?
Yeah, easily.

9 - 154.5 wins (avg. 17.17) - Geelong ('07-'15) [18/21/18/17/19/15/18/17/11.5]
Hawthorn are currently on 139 and can go to 144 if they win their next 5 games.

10 - 166.5* wins so far - Geelong ('07-'16') [18/21/18/17/19/15/18/17/11.5/12*]
If Geelong can win 4 of their last 5 games this year, they will have averaged more than 17 wins over 10 seasons!!!
They probably should get there: Dogs (h), Bombers (Etihad), Tigers (MCG), Lions (a), Dees (h)
 
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R18, 2016 - GWS - average age 24y 360d
R18, 2016 - Swans - average age 24y 147d

It was relevant to what I observed.
If you curious about all of them this is what I can share of what I found yesterday.

Nth 27.28 average years old. 1 teenager and 3 players below 23 years old
Hawks 27.07 average years old, 0 teenagers and 4 players below 23 years old
The remaining 16 clubs had those figures in relation to what I was looking over for my own interest.
Geelong 26.27, 1 and 4
West Coast 25.92, 1 and 4
Fremantle, 25.84, 0 and 6
Adelaide 25.27, 0 and 7
Port 25.09, 0 and 7
Saints 25.05, 1 and 8
GWS 24.99, 0 and 6
Dogs 24.93, 1 and 6
Pies 24.66, 1 and 8
Carlton 24.63, 3 and 8
Swans 24.41, 1 and 8
Tigers 24.23, 1 and 8
Essendon 24.19, 3 and 10
Melbourne 23.71, 1 and 12
Brisbane 23.46, 6 and 11
Gold Coast 23.32, 4 and 9


The most interesting surprise as I posted yesterday was to find GWS fielded an older team than Swans and are now in the top half of oldest teams in the league. It really highlights in their fifth season they are no longer some young side with limited experience and have slowly but surely got their list age profile in a position of removing the training wheels and a genuine premiership contender not be taken lightly.

Other things of note are both Queensland based clubs youngest teams in the league and Melbourne have over half their team on weekend under 23 year olds. The most of any club in league and setting it up nicely to pass on baton to next coach to make them a finalist in 2017.
 
Yeah, easily.

9 - 154.5 wins (avg. 17.17) - Geelong ('07-'15) [18/21/18/17/19/15/18/17/11.5]
Hawthorn are currently on 139 and can go to 144 if they win their next 5 games.

10 - 166.5* wins so far - Geelong ('07-'16') [18/21/18/17/19/15/18/17/11.5/12*]
If Geelong can win 4 of their last 5 games this year, they will have averaged more than 17 wins over 10 seasons!!!
They probably should get there: Dogs (h), Bombers (Etihad), Tigers (MCG), Lions (a), Dees (h)

I calculate Hawks 1982-1990 have 151.5 wins over 9 seasons. Add on 1991 and it's 165.5 wins over 10 seasons. So it's pretty close.

If you use win percentage to adjust for different season lengths then the Melbourne 1950s and Collingwood 1920s might come into play too.

Eg Collingwood went at 86.7% over 5 seasons. Geelong only 84.5%.
 
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Andrew Mackie played in his 50th career defeat at the hands of the Hawks...in his 217th game. Would he have played the most games of anyone before reaching that mark of defeats?

After 217 games:
Joel Selwood (R13, 2016): 167W 49L 1D (less losses)
Andrew Mackie (R22, 2014): 167W 50L

After 218 games:
Andrew Mackie (R23, 2014): 168W 50L (more wins)
Joel Selwood (R14, 2016): 167W 50L 1D
 
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On Bounce they mentioned Boomer had been in wins with margins starting from 1 point all the way to 57 points.

Michael Tuck, who surely will never have his tally of played wins (302) ever be exceeded, i wonder what his incremental margins of victory from 1 point goes up to? I doubt Joel Selwood will play until he's 36 or more, as i'd suggest he'd be the youngest player with the greatest number of wins so far.

Edit.....Noting that Selwood has played in 169 wins, the same as Matthew Pavlich, who has played in 129 extra defeats. Pav's 349 games are without a draw, that would be quite unique in itself for such a large career tally would it?
 
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