season summary
once again the dees where a dominant side but it was the blues who got 1st on percentage from the dees and tigers with the dons rounding out the 4 a game ahead of the pies with the hawks getting the wooden spoon from caas and saints on percentage.
hawthorn summary
only beat cats in round 4 saints in round 11 and a too late win over swans in last game were bottom 2 all year and finished last.
finals summary
blues crashed out in straight loses rare for 1st as the dees and dons made the grand with the dees doing a 3 peat their 5th overall by 29 points.
interesting season essendon
after several poor years the dons returned to form despite an early loss to the blues in round 1 won 6 straight before losing to pies in round 8 dees in round 10 blues again in round 12 and tigers in round 15 knocked blues and tigers out of finals but coudln’t beat dees.
premiers melbourne
again lost in round 1 this time to lions than in round 6 to the dogs blues in round 7 and it looked like they might not get a chance for a 3 peat then 10 straight wins secured them top 2 depsite being on top lost to the blues in the last game to fall to 2nd but got revenge in the semi then beat dons in the grand.