afl 1996 grand final

north v sydney

roos win the flag over swans by 43 showing that playing fair is the best way also counting the swans handouts they have had as not fair either and the cost of living allowance in the future.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
North Melbourne	3.2	8.7	12.14	19.17	131	Sat 28-Sep-1996 2:45 pm	M.C.G.	93,102
Sydney	6.2	8.5	9.7	13.10	88	North Melbourne won by 43 points

1997 has a new team port adelaide (will call them port to avoid confusion i think) a renmaed team (western bulldogs used to be footscray) and a merged team (brisbane lions).

round 1

north v melbourne

collingwood v port

western bulldogs v freemantle

st kilda v hawthorn gor

west coast v sydney

adelaide v brisbane

richmond v geelong

essendon v carlton

i will note that essendon have not won after the siren since 1913 (which is the longest run currrently of that).