season summary
this was one of the most dominant sesaons ever with the pies having the only home and away undefeated season ever their 20 game wininng streak is the 2nd most ever (beaten by the cats in the 50s only) equaled twice the other finalists are the blues (15 wins), tigers (12 and a half) and saints (12 wins) with the dees just missing out by half a game. north got the wooden spoon
hawthorn season
a long winless run ended in round 7 against south after losing to the cats they beat the lions and roos to get a bit of breaving space off the bottom a late win over the dogs secured 10th (their only win in the last 8 games) finishing above the lions for the first time and the roos.
finals summary
the blues knocked the saints out while the pies had their run ended in the semi by thet tigers who also knocked the blues out in another upset meaning for the fifth time in a decade its pies v tigers with the pies being the 2nd team after the blues to do a 3 peat their 8th overall by 29 points.
interesting season st kilda
were inconsistant loses to south in round 2 and cats in round 3 had them in trouble a 2 point loss to the dees in round 6 had them in trouble and pies loss in round 8 had them way back when the blues beat them in round 9 they were 4-5 then only lost one m ore home and away game in round 11 to richmond a 7 game winning streak normally wouldn’t be enough but the dees late slump saved them but the blues beat them in the semi.
premiers collingwood
they dominated the whole season going the home and away undefeated something no one has done since amazingly a gf rematch/preview in round 1 wasn’t enoguh to have them in the 4 the whole season they had one loss to the tigers in the semi for the whole year winning the flag over said team their 9th.