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- Mar 2, 2015
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If Melbourne win, we will have had 8 different grand finalists in the past 4 years, in other words 4 years without a repeat grand finalist.
Hawks, Eagles, Dogs, Swans, Tigers, Crows, Pies and Demons.
When did we last have such a streak?
There has never been a streak of 8 different grand finalists over 4 years.
The longest streak is 6 different grand finalists over 3 years, which has now happened 8 times.
The first was:
1944 Fitzroy v Richmond, 1945 Carlton v South Melbourne, 1946 Essendon v Melbourne
This was followed by;
1960 Melbourne v Collingwood, 1961 Hawthorn v Footscray, 1962 Essendon v Carlton; which overlapped with
1962 Essendon v Carlton, 1963 Geelong v Hawthorn, 1964 Melbourne v Collingwood; and
1963 Geelong v Hawthorn, 1964 Melbourne v Collingwood, 1965 Essendon v St. Kilda
This was immediately followed by:
1966 St. Kilda v Collingwood, 1967 Richmond v Geelong. 1968 Carlton v Essendon
More recent instances are:
1995 Carlton v Geelong, 1996 North Melbourne v Sydney, 1997 Adelaide v St. Kilda
2015 Hawthorn v West Coast, 2016 Western Bulldogs v Sydney, 2017 Richmond v Adelaide
(and the current) 2016 Western Bulldogs v Sydney, 2017 Richmond v Adelaide, 2018 Collingwood v West Coast