current top 8 system introduced.
season summary
after heart break the dons only lost one game finishing 5 games clear of the blues at the top dees roos cats lions dogs and hawks the other finalists tigers 9th again with the spoon going to the saints.
finals summary
not much to say dons had hteir 2nd biggest finals win in the first week over the roos and smashed blues and dees to win the f,ag.
hawthorn summary
up and down got to 8th beat the cats week 1 but lost to roos in the semi a bit of an imporvemnt.
interesting bulldogs
all over the place not only did they end the blues 13 game winning streak in round 19 they were the only team to beat the dons in round 21 but only got 7th and went out to the lions week 1.
premiers essendon
11 points short of a 30-0 year (counting preseason) losing one game to the dogs in round 21 was all they did wrong.