Today’s news 10th may 2025 Saturday

Labor have more seats then Tony Abbott did in 2013 at least 91 possibly more. Blues stun saints. Rahitohs stun broncos and titans stun knights in the nrl. The libs have no quality leadership options while Labor have demoted the wrong ministers. With the upcoming switch two they should make it playable without the issues of the joycons not working well needing to be unattached and then working for 30 seconds.

afl 2024 summary

season summary

richmond fall to last with two wins swans cats and port are the main contenders with hawks, lions and dogs raising late to make finals.

interesting freo

it was between them and dons both late sliders to miss the 8 finishing 10th after being top 4 a few weeks to go.

finals summary

hawks got to semi and lost to port but it was the lions from 5th who who 4 finals to beat the swans easily for their 4th flag.

hawthorn summary

back in hte finals made the semi against port from a 0-5 and 1-6 start very impressive.

premiers brisbane

long way down but 14 and a half wins and 4 finals won them the flag.

afl 2023 summary

season summary

roos (20 straight loses at one stage) and eagles (Wooden spooners) hopeless pies and lions were the front runners.

hawthorn summary

hawks beat both top contenders but only 7 wins (2 against the non-top two or bottom 2 sides) finished 16th.

finals summary

pies win 16th flag over lions despite the bllues and giants resurging in finals.

interesting carlton

gone for monst of the year got to 5th and made prelim but lost to lions.

premires collingwood

dominant but not perfect repeating 2010 in last loses to hawks and lions but still beat the later in the finall

afl 2022 summary

season summary

back to normal cats dominate port slump and roos last with them and eagles hopeless.

hawthorn summary

no change really from 2021. at least won on easter monday against cats.

interesting carlton

after years of poor footy lost 8th at the end finishing 9th.

finals summary

cats easily win 10th flag beating swans in grand.

premires geelong

16 straigth wins more then enough for flag

afl 2021 summary

another covid ruined year.

season summary

dees emerged out of nowhere to finish on top roos get first wooden spoon sinc e 72.

hawthorn summary

down until a late surge at least drew with dees and beat the other grand finalist.

finals summary

dogs come from 5th to again sneak into grand but dees break their 57 year drought by 74.

interesting bulldogs

from 5th to rnuners up crazy year.

premiers melbourne

dominant late in the year despite that draw against hawks and easily won flag after half time for their 13th.

afl 2020 summary

5 less games and messed up due to covid.

season summary

port and lions main contenders tigers and cats also dangerous. crows last for only time.

hawthorn summary

3 early wins including tigers and lions but then fall apart finishing 15th with 5 wins.

interesting sydney

awful year 16th 5 wins

finals summary

tigers and cats sneak into grand with tigers winning their 13th over cats.

premiers richmond

12 and a half wins lost to lions ni qual final but then won 3 finals to win flag.

afl 2019 summary

season summary

lions tigers and cats looked best with the suns losing 18 straight to be last.

hawthorn summary

a repat of 99 great ersume strong finish but left it to late finishing 9th.

finals summary

the tigers get their 2nd in 3 years beating gws who were way off the pace ut then won 3 finals by 89 points.

interesing gws

6th with 13 wins several bad late loses beat dogs, lions and pies but lost to tigers in grand.

premiers richmond

3rd with 9 striaght wins and 3 finals to win the flag.

afl 2018 summary

season summary

this was the tigers to lose or the eagles, pies hawks and dees other contenders. blues last. lions improving barely.

finals summary

an unlikely grand fnial with eagles v pies after the pies stun tigers but the eagles get their 4th flag (first interstate in 6 years and most recenet against an victorain oppoonent) by 4 points.

hawthorn summary

finished 4th entered finals in form but went out to tigers and dees.

interesitng richmond

only lost in 4 of 5 trips and the prelim to collingwood.

premiers west coast

lead most of the year finished 2nd and won flag.

afl 2017 summary

season summary

swans plumit early but still get 6th roos drop to 15th wooden spoon goes to lions crows on top with giants tigers and cats other contenders.

hawthorn summary

dropping to 12th with 10 and a half wins lucky not to be worse.

finals summary

the tigers pull it off first in 37 years over crows by 8 goals in grand final.

intersting sydney

start 0-6 and make the semis losing to ctas.

richmond premiers

a big drought breaker set up with a late run and 3 finals.

afl 2016 summary

season summary

roos start best but barely hold 8th over saints with the hawks finishing 3rd between swans and cats but gws made finals for first time in 4th but its anyone guess.

finals summary

how did the bulldogs come from 7th to win their 2nd flag over swans (who lost first final) by 22 points well they went to perth and stunned eagles then beat the hawks (3 time regining premiers) then beat gws and then the swans wow.

interesting north

how to do you go from 9-0 to finish 8th with 12 wins losing to crows in elim final don’t know.

hawthorn summary

dominated till round 20 when thety lost to the dees finished 3rd but lost two straight loses to end their title defence.

prmeires bulldogs

after losing to 16th freo in last home and away and finishing 7th no one thought they would win one final much less four to win their 2nd flag.

afl 2015 summary

season summary

the perth sides dominate but the hawks are still up there blues finish last.

finals summary

all thoughts were on all perth grand but the hawks stop both of them to win their 13th flag over eagles by 46 with roos getting to prelim from 8th.

interesting north

scraped home into 8 then stun tigers and swans but lost to eagles.

hawthorn premiers

most recent to date winning 16 games after a slow start and recover from first ewek to beat eagles.

afl 2014 summary

season summary

same 4 as last year dominate with the tigers getting 8th in a ridicilous run. saints got laast.

finals summary

port and roos nearly make grand from outside top 4 but it was hawks v swans with hawks winninig their 12th flag and back to back by 63.

interesting richmond

started 3-10 and then won 9 straight only lose to elim final to port.

premirs hawthorn

a great start and strong year and smashed swans for the flag bonus.

afl 2013 summary

season summary

this was the hawks to lose 19 home and away wins cats and freo the other main contenders dons missed out because of disqualification giants finish last.

finals summary

tigers went out week one after not being in finals for twelve years. cats got to play a final at geelong adn still lost to freo who made the grand against the hawks with the hawks winning flag 11 by 15.

interesting freo

first grand final for them (only to date) and a good year finishing 3rd and winning a final at geelong not good enough.

premiers hawthorn

only losing to geelong twice finally breaking the kennet curse in the prelim and to richmond once a strong flag year.

afl 2012 summary

season summary

gws joined and finished last. hawks, crows and swans main contenders.

interesting carlton

looked good and then fall in a heap finishing 10th with 11 wins.

finals summary

hawks and swans made grand with swans getting a controversal advantage helping htem win their 2nd/5th falg (depending if you count south) by 10 points.

hawthorn summary

slow start but after round 9 were the dominant team unlucky to lose grand.

premires sydney

a lot of legticamancy quesitons especially for some of their last home and away loses (two of which to teams htey beat in hte finals) but can’t change them win the flag unforutantely.

afl 2011 summary

season summary

gold coast joined finishing last sparing port from their first wooden spoon pies cats anf hawks dominate with eagles jumping to 4th.

finals summary

pies and cats easily make grand with cats winniign their 8th flag by 38.

west coast interesting

a big jump to 17 wins and 4th but lost to cats in prelim.

hawthorn summary

5 of 6 loses to pies and cats (other to crows in round 1) 3 poitns short of grand pretty good.

premires geelong

last remarkabel winnning streak ended by dons only lost 3 games and only team to beat pies on the way to the cats flag.

afl 2010 summary

season summary

in a unuusual year eagles got their first wooden spoon. with pies saints and cats agin the main contenders.

finals summary

the third dranw grand was between pies and saints with pies wininng the replay their 15th.

hawthorn summary

1-6 start (6 loses in a row) and still got to 7th lost to freo in elim final.

interesting adeliade

a random pick start 0-6 and missed bottom 4.

premeirs collignwood

only shaky sign a ronud 10 loss to inconsistant lions (only win for them in 14 games) won 17 and a half and the flag.

afl 2009 summary

season summary

hawks plumit saints and cats dominate with saints (20 wins 19 to start) and cats (18 wins) dees got last.

hawthorn usmmary

losing 5 of their last 6 only winnning 9 but only missing finals due to a brute named matthew lloyd isn’t good.

finals summary

saints and cats got to grand conivcingly with the cats wining their 8th flag by 2 goals (should have been 1 point).

interesting collingwood

slow starters 3-5 and then only losing to hawks and dogs pre finals then didn’t do well in finals.

premirs geelong

13 straight wins to start then very inconsistant but picked up when it mattered to win from 2nd.

afl 2008 summary

season summary

the cats completly dominate with the hawsk and dogs only falling away late a 86 point loss to 8th place pies there only loss in the home and away. dees finish last with eagles and port having massive slides.

interesting carlton

after a club record 14 straight lsoes recovered to iinish 11th with 10 wins fevola kicking 99.

finals summary

the hawks and cats easily make grand with the hawks winning by 26 in a mjarou pset.

premiers hawthorn

started 9-0 and then got inconsistant fighting dogs for 2nd but then beat them saints and cats to win the flag from 2nd.

afl 2007 summary

season summary

geelong come out of no where to dominate with the power, roos eagles and hawks looking like the challengers tigers got last.

finals summary

geelong had the 5th and 6th 100 plus finals wins (and only two in the same year ever) only barely got to grand against pies but then win by 119 the biggest grand final margin ever over power.

hawthorn summary

finished 5th and beat crows but lost to roos.

interesting north

start 0-3 got to 12-5 and finished 4th but had two horrible finals loses losing the prelim to port.

premiers geelong

started 2-3 and then only lost to port in round 21 statring one of many lomng winning runs.

afl 2006 season

season summary

the dons nose dive to 15th barely avoiding last. the crows eagles and swans again the main contenders with freo 3rd.

hawthorn summary

started 4-1 ended with 4 wins in a row lost 12 out of 13 mid season to finish 11th.

finals summary

the top 4 all interstate for the only time with the flag going to west coast over sydney by 1 point.

interesting freo

average until a 9 game wining streak got them to 3rd but lost to the swans in the prelim.

premiers west coast

for 9 rounds only lost to freo then got very inconsistent and lucky before a strong finish and recovering from the swans loss to win.

afl 2005 summary

season summary

eagles lead till the crows pass them with saints and swans in good form as well cats, dees roos and power the other finalists lions drop to 11th with the blues getting last.

hawthorn summary

one more win one better position but still had good scalps in dees, freo, lions and dons as well as blues.

interesting bulldogs

came out of no where mutliple times to be less than a goal out of finals in 9th.

finals summary

the swans got there in ridicilious fashion losing to eagles week one 23 down comeback against cats 7 unanswered goals against saints in last quarter and thn beat the eagles in the grand by 4.

premiers sydney

72 years for the swans without one and only got there with a bit of luck avoiding the crows in the finals and some remarkable wins.

afl 2004 summary

season summary

port topped for the third year runnnig handlign saints dees and cats rising and lions pies dropped to 13th and the spoon went to richmond who lost 14 striaght at the end.

hawthorn summary

disaster stun dees in round 1 froe in round 8 dogs in round 19 and tigers in round 21 only getting 2nd last.

finals summary

port and lions made the grand (first of 4 all interstate ever) with the saints having gehrig kick 100 goals in the finals for the last time. port won the flag by 40 their only to date.

interesting geelong

started 1-4 but didn’t lose in victoria between round 3 and the prelim final which they lost to brisbane.

premiers port

after 3 near misses had one less than home and away win but still dominated finals fo win the flag.

afl 2003 summary

season summary

all interstate teams made the finals only pies and dons the exceptions. dogs got last with 3 and a half wins.

interesitng st kilda

a big jump from bottom 2 to 11th with 11 wins several big scalps as well especially the lions in round 11.

hawthorn summary

hopeless till round 11 then almost untouchable wining 9 of 12 to finish 9th with 12 wins normally enough.

finals usmmary

the lions and pies caught up to port and made the grand with the lions despite losing the qual final beating the pies by 50.

premiers brisbane

for 10 roudns looked unbeatable (only losing to swans drawing with roos) then got shaky several times but earned the first 3 peat in 46 years.

afl 2002 summary

season summary

port and brisbane dominated with the blues getting their first wooden spoon on 3 wins.

hawthorn summary

finished 10th up and down all year not consistatn tenough.

finals summary

the pies come out of nowhere due to a late slump to make the grand but lose to lions by 9 points.

interesting geelong

7 wins in a row and still only get 9th crazy.

premiers brisbane

only one home loss had a 20 game winnign streak end in perth won flag in a close one.

afl 2001 summary

season summary

this was the dons to lose until brisbane arrived port and hawks also got good years while the tigers made 4th. freo won the wooden spoon only beating top 8 sides hawks and crows.

finals summary

the dons v lions grnad was always expected (hawks almost stopepd it in the prelim) with brisbane winning their first flag by 26.

interesting sydney

3 wins 5 loses 3 wins 2 loses 5 wins 3 losses in 4 games lost to hawks in elim.

hawthorn summary

started 8-0 then fell in a heap only getting 13 home and away wins but then beat swans and power and nearly knocked dons off in the finals.

brisbane premiers

until round 7 when they won in sydney had won at home lost on the road therre round 9 loss to the crows (their 5th and last) was their only home loss then won 16 striaght to get their first flag.

afl 2000 summary

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.

afl 1999 summary

the end of the century.

season summary

dons and after a slow start roos and lions dominate with the dogs rounding out the 4 eagles dominated early but dropped to 5th blues, power and swan sround out the 8 edging the hawks saints and cats.. crows drop to 13th pies got last.

hawthorn summary

a crazy year brownlow pre season champion biggest comeback ever (for two years) against saints in round 12 5 striaght wins to end but missed out by half a game.

interesting geelong honorable metnions west coast st kilda

5 striaght wins then 9 straight losee beat the pies lost two and then nearly got back into the 8 only losing round 21 to hawks.

finals summary

the roos got there easily but in a major uspet they would play and beat the blues who stunned the dons in a prelim but the roos got their 4th flag by 35 points.

premires north

awful strart 1-3 and only lost to the dogs in round 15 dons in round 17 after that to win the flag.

afl 1998 summary

season summary

this was the roos to lose after beating dogs for 1st with the dees jumpign to 4th behind swans, crows saints eagles and dons made the 8 tigers just missed out agian.

hawthorn summary

last most of the year then won 5 striaght to finish 13th.

carlton interesting

a similar year to the hawks beat the crows in round 1 than lost 8 straight still got 11th with 9 wins.

finals summary

roos easily made grand but the crows snuck there despite losing to the dees in week 1 before betaing swans dogs and roos to win the flag by 35 to go back to back.

adeliade premiers

no one saw that coming from 5th and a first week loss to win the flag over the roos.

afl 1997 summary

season summary

out of no where the saints went from last twice to 15-7 and first ahead of the cats on percentage dogs jumped from 15th to 3rd crows, eagles, swans, roos and the newly merged brisbane lions who edge new team port for 8th with freo and blues failign to win the last spot as well dees got last on four wins despite beating roos in round 1 costing freo 8th in round 22.

hawthorn summary

8 straight loses after 5 striaght wins saw them finish 15th on 8 wins.

finals summary

all expected a saints v dogs grand no the crows win their first flag winning 4 finals beating saints by 31 in the grand.

interesting st kilda

1-4 sttart to top the ladder beating the lions and roos before losing to the crows in the grand.

premiers adeliade

13 wins and a long way off the pace finishing 4th but won all 4 finals to win their first flag.

afl 1996 summary

season summary

this was the 100th year with the swans topping the ladder for the first time in 51 years with the bears (3rd) losing the last game to collingwood not getting 1st for the first time roos (2nd) eagles (4th) blues (5th) dons (6th) cats (7th) and hawks (8th) lions won only 1 game over freo before being disolved at the end of the year.

interesting freo

only won 7 games in 13th losing to fitzryo in round 8 for the only time won the rematch in round 22.

finals usmmary

swans can’t win legit beating hawks and dons post siren while the roos got their fairly and deserved their 3rd flag by 43 points.

hawthorn summary

come from an awful start to fight tigers for 8th and get their and lost controversally to the swans after the siren.

premeris north

16 wins and a dominant finals won their 3rd flag.

afl 1995 summary

freo joined

season summary

carlton were way ahead four games ahead of 2nd place cats, tigers (15 and a half) dons (14 and 2 draw) eagles and roos (14 wins) dogs (11 and a half) and for the first time bears (10 wins) more on then that in intrestnig section.

hawthorn summary

misisng the 8 for the first time since 81 losing their last 7 finishing only above fitzroy in 15th only 7 wins.

interestnig brisbane

were 14th with 4 wins with 7 weeks to go only losing to the blues once and the bibggest 3/4 time comeback against the hawks in round 16 sneaking nito 8th but lost to the blues in the first week.

finals summary

the blues and cats easily made the grand only upset was the roos over tigers wek one thet blues won their 16th flag easily.

carlton premiers

only lost twice to swans (12th) and saints (14th) in rounds 8 and 9 for their 16th flag.

afl 1994 summary

first top 8

season summary

eagles and blues dominate and then the last six spots went to the wire with roos, cats dogs and hawks (13 wins), dees and pies round out the 8 over tigers on percentage, fitzryo avoid last for the last time swans get their most recent wooden spoon dons slump to 10th.

richmond interesting

a big rise finishing 9th on 12 wins

finals summary

what a first week cats beat dogs post siren hawks lose to roos in extra time dees stun blues (knocking hawks out) and eagles (1st) barely beat pies (8th) the semis saw dees and cats progress cats agin win post siren against roos while eagles smash dees and cats then by 80 to win the flag (biggest interstate margin).

hawthorn summary

all over the place but 13 wins was enough for 6th but lost to roos in extra time in the first week due to dees winnig.

premiers west coast

always one or two winning 16 games and 3 finals to win flag.

afl 1993 summary

only 20 games each

season summary

only 3 teams bears, tigers and swans didn’t win half their games (swans only won one aganist the dees in round 13) bears and tigers 4 each. fitzroy had their last ok year 10 wins. the 6 were dons, blues (13 and a half) roos and hawks (13 wins) fighting for the lead and crows (first time) and eagles (12 wins edging cats and pies.

intersting fitzroy

their last ok year finishing 11th with 10 wins out of 20 not enough for finals but still good for them.

finals summary

crows repeated their first win beat the hawks in their first final while the roos were kncoked out by the eagles. the dons and blues made the grand both survviving the crows in tihrillers the dons got their 15th flag by 45 points.

hawthorn summary

close to the top all year 13 wins and 4th but los to the crows the first week.

essendon premiers summary

the dons had a bit of luck to get on top and lost the qual final but still won the flag.

afl 1992 summary

season summary

an unusal finals group with the dogs (2nd 16 wins) and saints (6th 14 wins) joining cats (1st) pies (3rd both 16 wins) eagles (15 and a half) and hawks (14 wins). swans last 3 and a half wins.

interesting carlton

a much improved team who got 14 wins but a lost to west coast in the last game ended their hopes.

finals summary

the hawks run ended against the eagles while the saints ended the pies season cats beat dogs. dogs end saints and eagles beat cats. cats beat dogs but the flag left victoria for the first time by the eagles winning by 28 (regardless it would have left melbourne for the first time since 63 anyway).

hawthorn summayr

another strong year but the end of the goldern era finishing 5th and losing elim final to eagles.

premiers west coast

half a game off the lead and won 3 finals to get their first flag.

afl 1991 summary

adealide crows join and the first top 6.

season summary

west coast dominate finishing on 19 wins (but a last loss to fitzroy saving them form last). hawks and cats (16 wins) a much improved saints (14 and a half first finals appearence since 73) dees and dons (13 wins) just ahead of the pies roos (12 wins0) and crows (10 wins) also interetsting.

finals summary

the eagles lost the first interstate final to the hawks. controversy saw the cats knock the saints out and dees kncok dons out due to unfair fixturing the eagles and hawks made the grand with the hawks winning their 9th over the first interstate grand finalist by 53 points.

interesting st kilda

a return to finals with 14 and a half wins best since 1971 and first appearence since 73..

premiers hawthorn

after an 86 point loss to the new team the hawks were 2nd or 3rd most of the year and then beat eagles twice and cats (in the semi) to win their 9th flag by 53 points.

afl 1990 summary

season summary

after 7 straight grands the hawks barely made the 5 finishing 5th with the dons (17 wins) pies eagles and dees (16 wins) hawks (14 wins) were the 5 ahead of roos and dogs. bears got last with four wins.

interesting north

an weird start is why they are the interesting team winning 12 games beating tigers by 141 the highlight.

finals summary

hawks had their run ended by the dees while the pies and eagles drew pies won the replay and then beat hte dons who beat the eagles in the prelim but the pies won their 14th flag by 8 goals over the dons.

hawthorn summary

looked gone till 8 stragiht wins got them into the finals losing to the dees in michael tucks record 404th game.

collingwood premires summary

last loss to hawks in round 20 eagles in the qual final was a draw but then won the flag easily 16 home and away wins.

vfl 1989 summaary

last year before it becomes the afl.

season summary

the hawks again dominated 19 wins despite a shock loss to the bears late in the year joining them were the dons, cats dees and pies iin finals with the spoon going to richmond with the bears finsihing above eagles for the first of only two times.

interesting west coast

an awful season only picking up towards the end winning 7 games only kicking 1.12 in one goal and finishing 11th.

finals summary

after the dons beat the cats in the qual final by 76 points and lost to the hawks in the semi it was only a question of if the dons would win by as much well the margin was bigger in the prelim but it was reversed the cats won by 94 (a 170 point turn around in two weeks) and in one of the all time grands the hawks won their 8th flag holding on by a goal.

hawthorn summary premiers

ony the bears loss in round 20 was disappointing for the back to back premiers.

vfl 1988 summary

season summary

this was the hawks to lose 19 wins well ahead of pies and blues with eagles and dees rounding out the 5 saints last for fifth time in 6 years.

finals summary

dees v hawks grand after the dees used an unfair advantage of home gronud to beat eagles than knock blues and pies out but the hawks win by a record 16 goals in the grand.

interesting melbourne

till round 16 were 2nd than lost 5 striaght but then won 4 in a row including 3 finals but couldn’t beat the hawks.

premiers hawthorn

no question most dominant hawks side ever only losing 3 games and biggest win in a grand final.

vfl 1987 summary

season summary

eagles and bears join despite early success the bears finish 13th the eagles just miss the finals in 8th with cats and dogs missing out as well to the dees for the first time since 64 blues and hawks and swans again dominate with roos 4th.

finals summary

the dees destroy roos and swans by neraly 200 between the two wins but its hawks v blues after the hawks edge dees in the prleim with the blues winnign their 15th flag by 33.

interesting melbourne

almost gone after ronud 16 to less than a kick from the grand final what a year 6 wins in a row to end the home and away two big finals wins.

hawthorn summary

17 wins and a massive finals win over swans 99 points wasn’t enoough losing to the blues in the grand.

carlton premiers

very good year 18 wins and two finals.

vfl 1986 summary

season summary

hawks topped the ladder from the swans blues lions and dons with pies and roos just missing out it was the swans first as sydney and lions last as fitzroy finals appearence saints got their 4th straight wooden spoon with 2 wins last year of 12 clubs.

finals summary

the blues suddenly became the team to beat in the semi over the hawks but the hawks rebounded against lions and blues to win their 6th flag.

interestnig fitzroy

thier last finals appearence from 4th beat dons and swans but loss to hawk in the prelim 13 home and away wins.

permiers hawthorn

apart from the semi looked hard to beat and won the flag in 18 home and away wins.

vfl 1985 summary

season summary

the dons dominate again but the dogs in their 60th flag suddenly got 2nd with the roos 5th and saints last hawks nad blues round out the 5.

finals summary

its again hawks v dons after the hawks beat dogs in the prelim only time hawks, dogs and roos are in the last 4 together dons win by 13 goals their 14th flag.

interesting footscray

always 2nd or 3rd 16 wins and a prelim a great year for them.

hawthorn summary

a draw with the roos half way got them 3rd with 15 and a half wins and another loss to essendon in the grand.

premiers essendon

rarely struggled 3 games clear and another flag.

vfl 1984 summary

season summary

hawks and dons dominate with the dons leading on 18 wins to 17. blues pies and a late resurgent lions round out the 5 with the roos falling from 1st to 11th only above saints on perecntage to avoid last.

finals summary

the lions run ended against the pies who also beat blues but it was clearly hawks v dons grand coming (dons won prelim by 133 a record for a final) and dons win their 13th in a classic from 23 down at 3/4 time by 4 goals.

interesting fitzroy

10th with 6 games to go won 6 striaght but lost the elim final.

hawthorn summary

always top two 17 wins just didn’t get the job done on the day.

premiers essendon

18 wins had a bit of luck but still got there.

vfl 1983 summary

season summary

the roos topped the ladder 16 wins despite losing to 3rd place lions by 150 poitns (15 wins for lions) hawks (2nd) dons (4th) and blues (5th) are the other finalists saints last with 5 wins.

finals summary

the roos and lions crash out while its hawks v dons with the hawks smahsing them by 83 points for their 5th flag.

interesting essendon

despite being one game off the lead 15 wins and 4th was good and finally had a good finals run stopped in the grand by the hawks.

hawthorn summary premiers

great year and earned their 5th flag from 2nd.

vfl 1982 summary

south become sydney.

season summary

the swnas got 7th after the move with the tigers again dominant with hawks, blues roos and dons the other finalists dogs got last.

interesting collingwood

sliding from 4 loses in 5 grand finals to 10th with 6 wins and never being competitive.

finals summary

the tigers and blues make the grand with the dons not winning a final again with the blues getting their 14th passing the pies for the most.

hawthorn summary

a strong year but poor finals saw them go out to the blues in the prelim from 2nd with 17 wins.

premiers carlton

3rd with 15 and a half wins and a semi loss didn’t cost them the flag against the tigers.

vfl 1981 summary

season summary

apart from the dons rising to 4th and lions to 5th it was between the blues and pies with the cats also in the running tigers and hawks just miss out with last going to the dees with 1 win.

hawthorn summary

dropped out of 5 in round 21 finished on 13 wins not enough finishing 6th.

finals summary

the cats aleast won the qualifing over pies but again it was blues v pies with the blues winnign their 13th flag by 20 points.

interesintg geelong

two poor finals campaigns after finishing top 3 isn’t good reading for their supporters 16 home and away wins.

premiers carlton

the blues had a great year but never had the flag certain till the end 17 home and awy wins.

vfl 1980 summary

season summary

the tigers looked good but a shock loss lead to them finishing 3rd behind cats and blues with the roos and pies rounding out the 5. lions dropped to last.

interesting south

13 wins and 6th last respectable year before they move.

hawthorn summary

another poor season 8th with 10 wins (twice as many as 9th).

finals summary

the only time the top two cats and blues both fail to win a final leading to the tigers winining their 10th over the pies by 81.

premiers richmond

had some massive wins but drew with sturrgling saints and lost to the swnas 16 and a half home and away wins and 3 finals got them the flag.

vfl 1979 summary

season summary

the lions emerged out of nowhere having the biggest win ever 190 over the dees (breaking the pies record of 178 oer the saints) and finishing 4th as the hawks slide pies roos dons and blues the other finalists. saints last on 3 wins.

hawthorn summary

big slump no where near finals 10 wins and 7th.

finals summary

lions break a 28 year drought over dons but the pies knock them out the roos lost the prleim to the pies but the blues win from 1st agianst the pies.

interesting fitzroy

what a comeback record breaking year 15 wins and semis (first finals since 1960) and the biggest win ever over the dees but lost to the pies in the semi.

premeirs carlton

their 11th flag was dominant only one poor loss to cats of their 3 and only kicked less than 100 twice to win the flag.

vfl 1978 summary

season summary

hawks and roos again dominate with the blues pies and cats rounding out the 5 jsut ahead of saints. dees got wooden spoon.

interesting st kilda

from last to just short of finals a big improvement not even a 40 point win over blues in last game was enough.

finals summary

the hwaks and roos play again in grand with the hawks winning their 4th flag

hawthorn summary premiers

always the roos main rival and got the job done when it mattered for their 4th flag.

vfl 1977 summary

season summary

in a massive reversal the pies finish on top ahead of hawks roos tigers and for the last time as south the swans as the finalists.saints are last with 3 wins and two draws.

finals summary

swans go out to tigers who lose to roos who knock the hawks out making it pies v roos and for the 2nd time ever we have a drawn grand the roos win the replay for flag two.

interesting south

finlaly getting back into the finals even they went out week one is an acomplishment but not much remarkable about their run.

hawthorn sumamary

a 4th prelim in a row wasn’t enough for a grand less than a goal in the major semi loss was critical to costin them.

premiers north

a slow start never deters them as they win a histroical grand against regining wooden spooners collingwood on a 2nd attempt.

vfl 1976 summary

season summary

a slow start didn’t cost the roos another shot behind hawks and blues. cats and dogs roundout the 5. in historical season the pies got last with a record 6 wins.

interestnig collingwood

a record year for their first wooden spoon falling behind the lions at the wrong moment.

finals summary

blues again crash out as the hawks and roos play off with the hawks winninng their 3rd flag by 30 points.

premiers hawthorn

poor home and away finish would have worries but still got their 3rd flag beating roos twice in the finals.

vfl 1975 summary

season summary

after a very bad start the roos got 3rd behind dominant hawks and blues. tigers and pies round out the 5 over the saints and dogs.

finals summary

the roos got hteir from 3rd with the blues crashing out in straight loses to win their first flag over the hawks tigers got to a prelim.

interesitng carlton

lost 5 of their last 6 counting finals only beatnig dogs in that run after having a top two spot secured.

hawthorn summary

were dominant until 3 straight loses last win before prelim round 19 118 over the cats they got to the grand but lost to the roos.

premires north

the last victroian tema to win the flag for the first time and started 0-4 and 2-5 before dominating their way to their first flag. not losing after round 12.

vfl 1974 summary

season summary

the hawks and roos bounced back to be the tigers main rivals rouding the 5 are the pies and supprisingly dogs well ahead of cas with the blues dropping to 7th the saints started a long finals drought in 10th dees got in last.

interesting st kilda

3 wins in the first 4 weeks before a long slump a 93 ponit loss to roos in round 6 was the begingin of the end only winning 7 games.

finals summary

the tigers went back to back over the roos with the hawks being the prelim loser pies semi loser dogs elim loser.

hawthorn summary

was always 2nd or 3rd best and lost to the roos in the prelim a 3rd loss in 4 games to them 15 home and away wins.

premiers richmond

a last round loss to the dogs was the end of their loses they had a good lead and beat roos twice for the flag.

vfl 1973 summary

season summary

the colliewabbles is a thing topping the lader with the blues and tigers the main contenders rounding out the 5 dons and saints with an imrpoved roos and hawks just missing out.

interesting north

after one win all of 72 they nearly got back into the finals being just in and out all year only missed out by half a game.

hawthorn summary

a littleu unlucky another close to finals just miss out year finishing 7th.

finals summary

saitns knokc dons out but go out to blues the pies go out in straight loses so its tigers v blues with the tigers getting revenge for their 8th flag.

permiers richmond

17 hame and away wins and a flawless finals run got them their from 2nd despite losing last home and away game to the dogs.

vfl 1972 summary

first year of the top 5.

season summary

blues and tigers run away with the season 18 wins each (blues got first because of a draw) pies saints and an improved dons round out the 5 with the hawks just missing out and north getting last for the last time till 2021 only winning 1 game.

hawthorn summary

a strong year only dropping out of the 5 very late in hte year even leading after round 7 but 6th doesn’t make finals.

finals summary

saints knock dons and pies out while the tigers make the grand against the blues (who beat the siants in the prelim) in the highest scorin grand ever the blues win their 11th flag 177 to 150.

interesting st kilda

always in contention and got within 16 of the grand but it was a long road to get there even getting 4th was hard for them.

premiers carlton

only lost to tigers twice after ronud 10 but got the flag the hard way in a high scoring grand final.

vfl 1971 summary

season summary

hawks dominate with the dees and pies the main rivals falling off dees not even making the 4 at all fishing 7th pies 4th behind saints and tigers. dons finish 11th their worse for a long time but the swans fall from finalists to last with 3 wins.

interesting melbourne

won 8 of their first 9 before sliding substantionally only beating bottom two swans and dons also cats and a draw with roos from the last 13 games saw them finish 7th.

finals summary

the hawks got their beating the saints in the semi (who had to beat tgirs in the prelim) and a come from behind permership over the saints.

hawthorn summary

only lost 3 games for the year to the dogs in round 6, tigers in round 10 and blues in round 20 to finish well clear and survived two saints scares for their 2nd flag.

vfl 1970 summary

22 games each till 2022 (except 1993 and 2020)

season summary

the blues and pies again dominate but a shock is that south are back in finals for the first time since 1945 finishing 4th behind hte saints..

hawthorn summary

not a great year 10 wins and 8th good perecntage but run too late.

finals summary

saints end souths hopes but its between the blues and pies with the blues winning their 10th flag by 10 points form 44 down.

interesting south

until round 22 looked like they might win a final a big loss to the pies and a semi loss to the saints ended their season 4th was their best finish till they move to sydney in the 80s.

premiers carlton

top two all year but got lucky in the finals having to come back from a semi loss to the pies and a 44 point defecit in the grand to them to win their 10th flag.

vfl 1969 summary

season summary

this was a 5 team battle with the hawks missing on percentage to tigers the others were blues, pies and cats with last going to the dees with 3 wins.

hawthorn summary

an awful percentage cost the hawks 4th losing to cats and tigers late in the season was the difference.

finals summary

the tigers had the first 100 plus finals win 118 over the cats on the way to their 7th flag stunning pies adn blues to win the flag.

interestnig collingwood

they lead the home and away season but lost both fnials to lose the prelim.

premiers richmond

a lucky run to a dominnat finals saw them win from 4th last loss ronud 16 to the linos.

vfl 1968 summary

20 games each.

season summary

dons returned to form with blues cats and saints the 4 dons won 16 and a half last was north with 3 wins.

hawthorn summary

finished 6th with 9 wins and a draw struggled early and never caught up.

interesitng richmond

they missed the finals after the flag by half a game despite ending with 6 striaght wins finishing 5th.

finals summary

the blues won the flag over the dons beating them twice the dons prelim win over cats was their last any finals win in 15 years the grand final margin 3 ponts.

premiers carlton

lost to tigers in round 2, dons in round 3 (kicking 1.11) and ronud 14 (ending a 10 game winingn streak.)hawks in round 15 and dogs in round 16 beofre winning 6 striaght to win their 9th flag.

vfl 1967 summary

season summary

the saints drop to 5th after thier only flag instead its tigers, blues pies nd cats the 4 with the dogs getting their 2nd wooden spoon.

hawthorn summary

after beating swans in round 1 got lucky to avoid last, beating lions in round 7, swans in round 12, cats in ronud 14 (big upset), and lions in ruond 18 to save them from last finishing 10th.

interesting st kilda

a poor title defence but only missed the 4 by a game and percentage in the end.

finals summary

tigers beat blues who lost to cats making it tigers v cats with the tigers winning their first flag since 1943 by 9 points their 6th overall.

premiers richmond

a strong year losing only 3 games to dons in round 12, pies in ruond 8, and dogs in round 2 (upset of the year) beat blues and cats to win the flag.

vfl 1966 summary

season summary

the saints finished 2nd one game behind the pies with the dons and cats again making up the 4 with the wooden spoon going to lions with 1 win the dees got 11th.

hawthorn summary

another bad year only beating dees in round 2, lions in round 8, blues in round 9, roos in round 15 dogs in round 16 to finish 9th.

interesiing richmond

a strong year only just to miss the 4 by half a gaem wtih a better percentage losing to the cats in round 16 was the difference.

finals summary

the saints pull off their only flag despite losing the semi to the pies they beat the dons and pies by a point to win their first flag.

premiers st kilda

started 8-0 before losing to tigers and pies back to back other loses to blues in round 13 cats in round 15 to finish 2nd lost semi to pies but won the flag beating dons in prelim and pies by a point in the grand.

vfl 1965 summary

season summary

st kilda had their best year yet winning their first minor premership on 14 wins ahead of pies cats and dons with the dees plumting late to finish 7th and the hawks getting their most recent wooden spoon with 4 wins.

hawthorn summary

only beating lions in round 4, dogs in round 6, and the repeat fixtures in round 15 and 17 but got the wooden spoon.

finals summary

the dons beat the other three finalists to snatch their 11th flag over the saints who are one of only two teams without a flag the other the roos.

interesting melbourne

after the flag they dominated early winning 8 straight and then lost 8 out of 10 to finish 7th.

premiers essendon

lost to tigers in round 4, swans in round 6, blues in round 7, pies in round 9, tiges in round 15, blues in round 18 won the flag with a convicing finals campaign.

vfl 1964 summary

season summary

again a 5 team race with the dees stelaing first with a controversal round 17 win over the hawks who finished 5th by one kick. the pies cats and dons are the other finalists lions had the last winless season ever.

hawthorn summary

very unlucky to miss the finals losing only 5 games to the roos in round 4, dees in round 6, cats in round 9, saints in round 14 and the controversal dees loss in ronud 17.

finals summary

cats beat dons but lose to pies who had lost to the dees in the semi the dees who won the semi easily had to win the flag controversally by the same player who beat the hawks late in the season winning the game in the same fashion the dees 12th and last for 57 years.

interesting geelong

a strong season losing to dons in round 4, before leading half way getting to 10-1 before losing to dees and pies drawing with dons in round 15, and saints in round 18 to finsih 4th beat dons lose to pies in finals.

premiers melbourne

controversy aside they had a strong year losing to cats in ronud 1, saints in round 4, dons in round 16 and dogs in round 18 two of their last 3 wins over the hawks and pies were controversal but got their 12th flag.

vfl 1963 summary

season summary

the top 5 were only half a game apart with the hawks returning to form beating the cats on percentage with dees saints and dons with the later missing out on percentage and they had great precentages the blues finished distant 6th. lions got last with 1 win.

interesting carlton

after runners up last time started 5-0 before losing to cats in round 6, pies in round 8, than hawks and dees the next two weeks and than roos a win over lions broke the drouht but saints ended their hopes in round 13 two wins before losing to tigers and cats edned their season 6th.

finals summary

cats win their 6th flag beating hawks twice hawks beat dees in prelim after the dees beat the saints.

hawthorn summary

lost to dons in round 1, dees in round 2, before dominanting drew wth cats i n round 7, dons in round 12 and cats in ronud 18 to finish on top but lost to the catws in the semi beating dees in the prelim but lost to the cats in the grand.

premiers geelong

lost to dons in ronud 2, drew with hawks in round 7, lost to dees in ronud 8, lions in round 10 (only win all year for them), and saints in round 16 before beating hawks in twice in the finals.

vfl 1962 summary

season summary

after the flag the hawks drop to 9th with the dogs and saints not remaining finalists either instead dons, cats dees and blues are the 4 with swans finnishing last with 3 wins.

hawthorn summary

what a lsump only beating pies in round 2, tigers in round 5, dons in round 8, swans in round 10, and tigers in round 16 only 5 wins finishing 9th.

interesting footscray

they can’t finish strongly after making the grand (it takes till 2022 to make the finals after a grand final) winning 11 games losing to dees in round 3, dons in round 6, blues in round 9, cats (by 71) in round 11, dees in round 14, saints in round 16 and pies in round 18 but did stun dons in round 17 to finish 5th.

finals summary

the dons easily made the grand beating the cats but it was the blues who made the grand but the dons beat them for their 11th flag.

premiers essendon

a dominant year only losing twice to hawks in round 8 and dogs in ronud 17 dominating the season.

vfl 1961 summary

season summary

what an interersting finals group hawks overcame a slow start to lead on 14 wins ahead of dees by a game and a half (who had 11 of the 12 flags of the finalists going in) with the saints and dogs on 11 wins rounding out the 4 ahead of lions and cats by half a game roos finished last one game from 9th with pies, tigers and swans all having bad years.

finals summary

the hawks finally pulled it off beating dees in the semi who lost to the dogs who had a miracle final run ended by the hawks who finally iwn their first flag (before the roos and saints get on the board)

interesint st kilda

finally breaking a 22 year finals drought losing to blues in round 1, dons in round 2, before 6 straigth wins losing to pies in round 9 lions in round 11, blues in round 12 , cats in ronud 14 kept the tigers goalless in round 16, before lose to hawks in round 17 but lost to dogs in the semi.

premiers hawthorn

for the first time i don’t need to right a seperate premiers and hawks section as they are the premiers losing to swans in round 1, dons in round 5 due to poor kicking saints in round 6, dogs in round 8 before winning a club record 12 straight wins to win the flag.

vfl 1960 season summary

season summary

dees again lead with 14 wins with the lions level dons and pies rounded out the 4 edging the hawks for 4th. richmond got last with two wins and 2 draws. dogs got off last after their first wooden spoon the year before.

hawthorn summary

started 0-5 and last but nearly made the finals only lions and dons beat them after that they also finally won at victoria park over the pies but couldn’t close the percenage gap.

finals summary

the dees 5th flag in 6 years came against the 4th place pies who knocked the dons and lions out of the finals the dees won easily though their 11th.

interesting fitzroy

very close to a minor premership in their last finals appearence till 79 after a poor loss to the pies to start cats in round 3, saints in round7 ,and dees in round 9 9 striaght wins before going out in straight loses.

preimres melbourne

again the best side losing 4 games to pies in round 4, and then the last 3 home and away games to hawks, tigers (wooden spooners) and dons. but beat lions and pies to win the flag.

vfl 1959 season summary

season summary

the pies started 0-5 but made the 4 (only one of three finalists to start that way and none till 2017) but were 3rd behind dees and blues but ahead of dons. roos blew a storng start 6-0 and 8-1 and 9-3 and 10-4 before losing all the rest to finish 6th.

hawthorn summary

one spot lower but same 50/50 record won 3 striaght early but were never consistant enough. finishing 7th.

finals summary

the dons made the grand against the dees but the dees win their 10th flag by 37.

interesting collingwood

not much to say 0-5 start and a round 8 loss the lions before 10 straight wins got them to the semi but lost to the dons.

premiers melbourne

not as good as the year before home and away wise but still did enough losing to lionis in round 3, blues in round 5, pies in round 13 drew with lions in round 14, and dogs in round 15 before recovering to beat blues and dongs to win the flag.

vfl 1958 summary

season summary

this was the dees to lose finishing 3 and a half games clear of pies and lions with roos rouding out the 4 with dons hawks and blues being the next 3 and cats gettnig their most recent wooden spoon with 4 wins.

hawthorn summary

fell back to earth with 9 wins finishing 6th on the ladder looked good early but never consistant enough for finals.

finals summary

dees easily made the grand beating the pies who they had to play again who beat the roos who beat the lions in a massive boilover the pies remain the only team to do a 4 peat ending the dees run at 3 by 3 goals in a crazy grand final.

interesting north

a return to finals supprised many since their 1950 runners up it was their first appearence and one of the worse percentages ever for a finalist 92.7 partly from a 20 goal loss to the lions first up and a round 3 loss to the dees hurt their percentage round 4 loss o dogs than a 10 goal loss to the hawks had them 11th with a awful percentage it took till round 8 for a good margin win (3rd in a row of 6) before losing to lions in round 12 which was the next time they dropped out of the 4 getting it back the next week but losing it in round 16 and holding off the dons for 4th in round 17. beat the lions in the semi but lost to pies in the prelim.

premiers collingwood

lost to dons in round 4, roos in round 7, dees in round 10, lions in round 14, dons in round 15 and roos in the last round lost the semi to the dees but beat the roos and dees to win the flag their 13th.

vfl 1957 summary

season summary

while the dees again topped the ladder with 12 and a half wins the biggest story is the hawks finally made the finals finishing 3rd behind the dons but ahead of the blues on percentage. the cats won the wooden spoon with 5 and a half wins. it was very even.

finals summary

the hawks opened their first finals campaign beating the blues but the dons stunned the dees who had to beat the hawks in a prelim and the dons in the grand to do a 3 peat. their 9th overall.

interesting essendon

a round 3 loss to the dees was their first round 6 to the hawks to the blues in ronud 7 tigers in round 10 roos in round 11 had them falling out of contention dees also beat them in round 14 and hawks in ronud 17 got 2nd with 7 loses unusally bad but stunned the dees in the semi but couldn’t repeat in the grand.

hawthorn summary

what a season losing to roos in round 3, cats in round 5, before getting on top by the half way mark than 4 striaght loses to saints, pies and blues and tigers had them looking like they’d fall short 4 striaght wins got the hawks to 2nd but a last round loss to the dogs cost them 2nd they beat the blues in their finals debut but lost to the dees in the prelim.

premiers melbourne

a shock loss to the lions started their title defence lost to the hawks in ronud 4, tigers in round 7, drew with pies in round 13 now on top, lost to hawks in round 15 and south in round 17 only sealing first when they won the last game (with hawks and blues still a chance at that point) they lost to dons in semi but beat hawks and dons to win the flag.

vfl 1956 summary

season summary

same odminant teams except the dons drop to 6th behind the blues with the dees leading by 3 games over pies and cats with the dogs 4th. north finished last with 3 wins.

hawthorn summary

2nd highest finish yet with less wins then the two years before beating tigers in ruond 2. south in round 4. saints in round 5. dogs in round 6. roos in round 9. drew in round 15 with south beat saints in round 16 lions in round 18 to finish 7th.

finals summary

dogs stunned the cats for their first ever minor semi upset win but lost to the pies in the prelim who lost to the dees in the other finals for the dees 8th flag.

interesting footscray

average year lost to dees in round 3 pies in round 4. hawks in round 6 blues in round 7. before a 5 game winning streak ended by the saints in round 13. pies knokced them to 5th in round 15 and needed a miracle after losing to swans in round 16 which they got and did knock the cats ou before losing to pies.

premiers melbourne

last time it was 10-0 this time 13-0 only dogs in round 14 and cats in round 16 could beat them on hteir way back to back flags.

vfl 1955 summary

season summary

the dees continued to streghten topping the ladder from the pies and cats by one game with the dons edging dogs for 4th saints got last with 1 win.

hawthorn summary

another 8 win season which is an improvement sort of wins over blues in round 2,swans in round3 , pies in round 4, dons in round 7, tigers in round 8 to knock on the door of the 4 saints in round 10, lions in round 12 but again finishing a year is hard only one more win over swans in round 14 saw them finish 8th.

finals summary

dees beat pies twice (who beat cats who beat dons in the other finals) to win their 7th flag begining the most dominant period for a long time.

interesting essendon

only just got 4th losing to dogs in round 4, dees in round 5, pies in round 6, hawks in round 7 which put them 2 games off the pace cats in round 10,, it took till round 15 to get 4th briefly and a loss to the dees in round 16 left them and the dogs nek and neck but scrapde in on percentage but lost to the cats in the semi.

premiers melbourne

dominated starting 10-0 before the pies ended that run than lost in rounds 13 and 14 to cats and dogs before winnign the rest beating the pies twice to win the flag.

vfl 1954 summary

season summary

after a slump from the pies the cats looked like the best on 13 wins with dogs, roos (first time two 1925 entrants made the finals) and dees are the 4 with tigers dons and pies all missing out by one game lions edge saints to avoid last with 4 and a half wins each.

hawthorn summary

a much improved season winning against saints in round 2, dees in round 3 (first better than equal record in 11 years probably). cats in round 5, tigers in round 6, swans in round 8 (getting to 4th highest in 11 years). lions in round 11. saints in round 13 and tigers in round 17 (costing tigers finals hopes) to fiinish 9th.

finals summary

the cats crashed out in straight loses with the dees beating the roos in a semi making the grand dogs v dees and on their frist attempt the dogs win their first flag by 51 (double the dees score in fact).

interesing melbourne

after a disasterous few years they started with a loss to the pies an early loss to hawks in round 3 had worries as to the saints in round 6 dons in round 9, dogs in round 10 (losing the gf preview), pies in round 12 and lions in round 15 saw them lucky to get 4th but beat roos and cats to make the grand htey lost to the dogz.

premiers footscray

after finally winning a semi they went one better despite losing to wooden spooners saints in ronud 1 and tigers in round 2. before 6 striaght wins some by big margins (87 over south) cats broke that run in round 9. other loses to pies in round 11 tigers in round 13 bliues in round 15 and a draw with roos in round 16 had many worried but dominated the finals beating cats and dees for their first flag.

vfl 1953 summary

season summary

for most of the year the cats again dominating getting their run to 23 games (Still the record) before losing 3 of their last 5 but still topped the ladder over pies dogs and dons the other finalists with the hawks claiming last jsut from dees and tigers.

hawthorn summary

anohtrer poor year only beatnig blues in round 6, dees in round 10 and swans in round 15 finishing last.

finals summary

the pies stun the cats while the dogs end their finals drought over dons but lose to the cats but the pies win their 12th flag by 12 points.

interesting season geelong

well you don’t break the all time win streak record and not win the flag again well they did only losing to the pies in round 14, dons in round 15 and swans in round 17 before losing to the pies in the semi beat the dogs in the prelim but lost to pies again in the grand.

premiers collingwood

stunned by roos in round 2, cats in ronud 3, dons in round 10 lions in round 11 but broke cats in round 14 before beating them twice in finals for their 12th flag.

vfl 1952 summary

season summary

geelong started a dominant run 16 and a half wins pies lions and blues the other finalists. saints got last on two wins there was 19 games.

hawthorn summary

after a awful loss to the pies and starting 0-2 before beating dees in round 3, swans in round 4 (getting to 7th). saints in round 9, dogs in round 12, swans in round 16 to finish 11th with 5 wins.

interesting melbourne

after a massive drop almost got back to finals finishing 6th with 3 loses ending their season.

finals summary

geelong easily won the flag over pies twice the lions beat the blues but lost to pies in the prelim.

premiers geelong

only dropping two games to dons in round 8 (in brisbane), blues in round 7 and a draw in round 11 again to dons before winning 10 straight including two finals over pies for their 5th flag (thier only back to back to date).

vfl 1951 summary

season summary

cats and pies dominate but the dons could do a 3 peat with hte dogs other finalist last was a massive slider melbourne only one win (against blues in round 6).

hawthorn summary

a round 3 win over saints broke a 22 game losing streak dogs in round 6 lions in round 10, dees in round 11 before losing 7 straight to finish 11th.

interesting fitzroy

an unusual year won 4 straight before losing to blues in round 5, north in round 7, drew with swans in ronud 9, loss to hawks in round 10, cats in round 13, before drawing with blues and loss to roos and dons to finish 5th.

finals summary

the cats beat the pies (who went out in straight loses to the dons as well) as the cats beat the dons by 11 for their 4th flag first in 14 years.

premiers geelong

lost to lions in round 2, pies in round 3 and round 14 (after 10 straight wins) and dos in round 16 showing nerves but beat pies and dons to win their 4th flag.

vfl 1950 summary

season summary

dons dominate losing only 1 game (one of two times for them the other 50 years later exactly 2000) 3 ahead of north with dees and cats the other finalists.hawks end winless.

hawthorn summary

no wins no comment best effort 9 loss to swans in round 17 porbably.

finals summary

cats stun dees but the roos stun the cats after losing to dons being the first 1925 entrant to mkae the grand but dons still got their 10th flag by 38 points.

interesting geelong

they scraped into the 4 losing to dons in round 3, pies in round 5, tigers in round 7, roos in round 8, blues in round 9, dons in round 14, saints and tigers in last two rounds beat dees in seim but lost to roos in prelim.

premiers essendon

one of the more dominant years for their 10th flag losing once to the roos in round 6 who they beat 3 times including the grand fnial for their 10th flag.

vfl 1949 summary

season summary

north finished on top for the first time ahead of blues, pies and dons by one game 14 wins to 13. dees were 5th on 12 wins with the hawks last on 3 wins.

hawthorn summary

4 big loses meant they were playing catch up all year and not winning till round 9 over the dogs, saints in roudnd 11, roos in round 17 but dropped below saints late for last place.

finals summary

the roos crashed out in straight losees with the dons wining the flag from 4th smashing pies beaing roos and smashing blues for the flag.

interesting season north

pre finals had their best year losing to pies in round 1, dons in ronud 2, blues in round 8, dons in round 13, and hawks in round 17 (rare last beating 1st) they lost two finals to blues and dons costing them the flag.

premiers essendon

lost to blues in round 4, pies in round 6, dees in round 7, swans in ronud 9, lions in round 10, and cats in round 11 (by 95 points) beefore winning 11 straight including 3 finals for their 9th flag.

vfl 1948 summary

season summary

this was the dons to lose 16 and a half wins on top well ahead of dees and pies (13 wins each) and dogs (12 wins) edging tigers. saints last two wins. blues drop to 6th due to slow start.

hawthorn summary

a tough draw playing the two regining grand finalists saw them start 0-3 before beagting north again fighting them for 10th most of the year beat cats in round 6, saints in round 8 (above the blues at this stage the regining premiers), lions in round 16, cats in round 17 to finish 11th.

interesting carlton

dropping to 2-6 and only winning 10 goals not a good year for the regining premiers.

finals summary

the dons easily made the grand over the dees who beat the pies (who beat the dogs in the semi) but in an historical grand final it was a draw between dons and dees with the dees winning their 6th flag by 39 in the replay.

premiers melbourne

loss to dons in round 1 lions in round 3, pies in round 8, dogs in round 9, dons in round 12, tigers in round 14 before 5 striaght wins got them 2nd and a criticial double chance after losing the semi to the dons before beatnig the pies drawing and beating the dons for the flag.

vfl 1947 summary

season summary

the last five premiers were the 4 with blues (15 wins) dons (14 wins) lions (13 wins) and tigers (12 wins) (dons won both 42 and 46). pies dees and cats all just missed out with last going to saints one win and a draw.

hawthorn summary

barely better beating saints in round 4, tigers in round 5 (38 point upset), roos in round 8 (who they thought to avoid 2nd last) and saints in round 15 to finish 11th.

interesting geelong

after 3 bottom 3 finishes since the war only missed 4th by a game despite finishing 7th winning 11 games .losing to dees in round 2 pies in round 3 dons in round 4, tigers in round 6, blues in round 8, lions in round 11, pies in round 14, dons in round 15 beofre winning 4 straight to nearly get there.

finals summary

lions knock tigers out while blues beat dons who beat lions but the blues win the closest grand final yet 1 point tied with 1899 for their 8th flag.

premiers carlton

loss to swans in round 2, pies in round 9, dons in round 16, cats in round 19 but were always close to the top and beat dons in two finals to win the flag.

vfl 1946 summary

season summary

only the pies returned to finals finishing 2nd on 13 wins behind the dons (15 wins) ahead of dogs and dees on perecntage hawks finished last on 3 wins.

hawthorn summary

only beat dees in round 6 roos in round 9 and cats in round 13 barley lead cats and saints to avoid last until the end when they dropped to last.

finals summary

aftet the dogs lost theier first final for the 4th tiem (still no finals wins) the dons and pies tied the pies went out in straight loses (for the 2nd year in a row) making it dons v dees with the odns winning by 63 points

interesting season melbourne

they returned to form making the 4 for the first time since there 3 peat losing to dons in round 3 dogs in round 5 (by over 10 goals) hawks in round 6 lions in round 7 looking gone at that point roos in round 8 sitting 9th but won 10 out of 11 swans in round 15 the exception won agianst dogs and pies but couldn’t beat dons in grand final.

premiers essendon

a close loss to the dogs started the season which decided the lead for the first half of the year a massive upset loss to the cats in round 10 cost them going on top when the dogs had their first loss got the lead in round 12 beating the dogs other losses dees in round 14 and lions in round 16 drew the semi but then won their way to their 8th flag.

vfl 1945 summary

season summary

south had their last good season for ages topping the ladder on 16 wins out of 20 one more than the pies with the roos making the 4 for the first time on 13 wins same as blues with the dogs just missing out saints got the wooden spoon with two wins.

hawthorn summary

an early upset against the blues in round 2 was the highlight starting 1-10 didn’t help before stunning the dons in round 12 other wins over saints in round 14 tigers in round 16 catsi in round 17 roos in round 19 to finish 10th.

finals summary

swans beat pies in the major semi but the blues came out of nowhere beating the other three finalists including the swans in the grand to win their 7th flag.

interesting season north

aftera 0-2 start losing to pies and tigers suddenly became dangerous with a 7 game winning streak before losing to blues in round 10 and pies in round 12 tigers in ruond 13 swans in round 17 and hawks in ronud 19 (amazingly almost reversing two years earlier when the roos cost the hawks 4th) but got the spot finishing 3rd but lost to blues in the semi.

premiers carlton

after a awful start losing their first 3 including a 100 point loss to dons in round 3 hawks and dees also beat them a round 6 loss to pies round 7 to tigers had them playing catch up in 9th after losing to dogs in round 9 but won 10 out of 11 losing to the dons in round 14 and then won all 3 finals to win the flag.

vfl 1944 summary

season summary

a back to normal season had all 12 teams with the cats not recovering from their down time to finish last with 1 win. hawks dropped back to 11th with the 4 only chcange was dogs replace blues and lions getting 2nd dons 3rd.

hawthorn summary

an awful slump only beating cats and saints in rounds 3 and 4 and a draw with saints in round 15 saw them finish 11th.

interesting season north

a year after the hawks got 5th the roos had their top half finish 6th with 10 wins inclduing scalps of richmond and acrlton but not remarkable.

finals summary

dogs go out first week again while the lions won the semi leading to a grand against the tigers who beat the dons in the prelim the lions win the grand their 8th and last flag before they merge with brisbane in the 90s.

premires fitzroy

a strong year losing to tigers in round 4, dogs in round 5, drew with dons in round 9, lose to blues in round 10 and saints in round 12 (biggest shock loss) 8 striaght wins including two finals got them thier 8th and last flag.

vfl 1943 summary

geelong were still out with the saints last at the mid point not being able to finish their season.

sesaon summary

it was between south and saints for last with the saints getting it on the last day south acctually got above pies with a strong finish though the supprises were the lions (3rd) and hawks (5th) probably helped by the war this was the hawks best year till the 50s and an indication of things to come for the lions. blues dons and tigers the other finalists.

hawthorn summary

acctually won over half there games for the first time and almost made the finals lose to the dons in round 2 tigers in round 8, blues in round 10, dons in round 12, blues in round 13 and a critical last ronud loss to the roos (only non-finalist to beat the hawks) cost them 4th finishing 5th.

finals summary

lions knock blues out but it was a reversal of 42 dons win the semi over tigers but the tigers win their 5th flag over the dons.

interesting fitzroy

big imporvers 2 close wins bfore losing to hawks in round 4 (bye was in round 2) blues in round 8 dons in rund 11 and 13 and a shock to the pies in round 15 finishing 3rd beating blues but losing to tigers.

premiers richmond

loss to the blues in round 1, dons in round 4, lions in round 6 and 12, and hawks in round 14 but made ground on dons to finish on top but the dons won the semi after beating lions in prelim tigers got revenge for their 5th flag.

vfl 1942 summary

geelong were out due to the war.

season summary

the collapse of the pies and dees was the main story with the pies finishing 2nd last with two wins due to the shorter season one more than the last place hawks and the dees fnishing 8th after 3 straight flags. dons and tigers were the best sides joining them in finals were south and footscray edging the blues for 4th in a close battle.

hawthorn summary

one win for the whole year and bottom 2 again most of the year that win came in round 5 at home against the pies (first win against them i think it takes another 18 years for an awaay win over them). and finished last.

finals summary

dogs again go out week 1 to the swans tigers make the grand first but the dons beat the swans and then get revenge on the tigers for the semi for their 7th flag.

interesting season south

after 6 years out of it including 2 wooden spoons suddenly became a threat again only losing 4 home and away games to north in ronud 4 lions in round 6 dons in round 11 and blues in round 13 to finish 3rd beat the dogs in the semi but lost to the dons in the prelim.

premiers essendon

continued to build on their 41 return to form winning their first seven to lead early before a shock loss to saints in round 9 (each team had one bye minimum) dees in round 12 and blues in round 14 finsihed on top lost semi to the tigers but beat swans and got revnege in the grand final for their 7th flag.

vfl 1941 summary

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.

vfl 1940 summary

season summary

again the dees finished on top after a slow start tigers dons and cats are the other finalists north got the wooden spoon behind the saints.

hawthorn summary

acctually got on top against the roos in round 1 lost 4 straight then stun the regining premiers dees by 6 but were last afer round 9 before stunning the blues a round 13 win over the saints kept them safe by beating the tigers and swans beat the lions last round to finish 9th.

interesting season collingwood

after 5 straight grands they fell in a heep winning only 8 games and finishing 8th

and really inconsistant.

finals summary

tigers stun dees who beat dons and then get revnege on the tigers for their 4th flag.

premiers melbourne

again start with a loss to the dons a round 6 loss to the hawks in round 10 kicked 151 but lost to the cats and round 15 to blues lost the semi but still won the flag their 4th and back to back.

vfl 1939 summary

season summary

the dees and saints emerged as supprise contenders finsihing 1st and 4th respecitvely joining pies and tigers in the finals with only the blues getting close form outside the 4. south again finish last.

hawthorn summary

beat roos in round 2 cats in round 3 drew with lions in round 4 and blues in round 5 for their best run yet getting to 4th for the first time a round 7 win over the dogs kept them in touch but 7 striaght loses before beating the lions in round 15 ended their hopes dropping to 10th with that their only win after round 7.

finals summary

saints had their last finals win for 26 years ni the semi against the tigers while the pies made the grand for the 5th straight year against the dees with the dees winning their third flag.

interesting season st kilda

their only good year of the 30s and their last finals appearence till the 60s lost to dees in round 3 dons in round 5 getting to 1st with 8 straight wins before a slump losing to dees pies and dons before winning their last 2 and the semi but lost to pies in prelim.

premiers melbourne

a round 1 loss to the tigers was a good omen beat swans by over 100 their run ended against the blues in round 9 and dons in round 13 beat the pies twice in finals to win their 3rd flag.

vfl 1938 summary

season summary

after getting close a few times the dogs finally made the 4 finishing 3rd behind bluies and cats but ahead of pies for finals souths nose dive contniues finishing last with two wins.

hawthorn summary

beat dees in round 2 tigers in round 5 south in round 6 and again in round 17 finishing 11th.

finals summary

pies stun dogs and cats to make grand against blues who broke a supprising 23 year drought by 15 points their 6th overall.

interesting season footscray

they finally made the 4 despite late loses to cats and saints got a home final for their effort but lost to the pies in their finals debut 13 wins is a good showing though.

premiers carlton

had the best most consistant season that year despite two one point wins in rounds 2 and 3 their first loss was to the dees in round 6 other loses to tigers in round 13 and pies in round 16 beat cats and pies to win the flag.

vfl 1937 summary

season summary

after severla years of the same teams dominating out of nowhere the cats and dees were the dominant sides 15 wins each pies and itgers round out the 4 beating blues and saints with swans dropping to 9th with the wooden spoon going to north.

hawthorn summary

an round 1 win over the roos and a 55-0 lead over the saints made them look good but than lost to the saints by 13 in a record reversal starting a losing streak of five droppoing to last before beating the tigers two more loses before beating the dogs to get off the bottom and a round 12 over the roos kept them off the bottom two more wins got them 8th over lions and swans and dons 7 total

interesting season south

what a slump for the swans taking till round 6 to beat the hawks for their first win had a draw before that round 8 over the roos kept them alive and dogs and saints beofre another slump only winnign one of their last 6 after a round 12 win over blues beating the dons in round 17.

finals summary

pies nearly got a 3 peat beating dees and tigers (who were inconsistant) but the cats beat the dees and pies to win their 3rd flag.

premiers geelong

a round 1 loss to the pies wouldn’t mkae them worried but a round 3 loss to dons had them not look as good their round 6 loss to tigers was their last winning 14 striaght to get their 3rd flag.

vfl 1936 summary

season summary

swans and pies again dominate finishing top two by miles in that order 16 and 15 wins respectively blues and dees round out the 4 with the dees for the first time since 1928 in the finals. lions become only the 4th team in a decade to get a wooden spoon with two wins (and only the 2nd after the dons who didn’t join in 1925).

hawthorn summary

beat the dogs in round 2 smashed cats in round 7 beat lions in round 9 roos in round 11 dogs in round 13 stunning tigers in round 16 (who missed the 4 for the first time in 10 years) to finish 9th.

finals summary

dees beat blues but loss to swans who lost twice to the pies giving the pies flag 11 and back to back (they haven’t gone back to back since) by 11 points.

interesting season melbourne

a suprise improver lost first up to the swans got smashedb by cats in round 3 pies in round 7 but since gained 4th a round 11 win over the tigrs made 3rd look quite possible at 9-3 but lions and cats beat them saw then drop to 5th but 3 wins in a row got them back to 4th but lost the last game to the pies beat the blues in the semi but lost to swans in prelim.

premiers collingwood

a 1 point loss to blues in round 17 cost them 1st other loses swans in round 10 and cats the next week sitll look dominant and beat swans twice in finals to win their 11th flag.

vfl 1935 summary

season summary

south rebounded to top the ladder on 16 wins with pies 14 wins and 2 draws blues 14 wins and a draw and tigers 12 wins the other finalistts st kilda just missed out with north only winning 1 game getting their 5th wooden spoon and 2nd in a row.

hawthorn summary

a better year beating roos first up before 10 straight loses had the hawks in 11th before beating the roos again before winning thier last 3 over dons, cats and lions to finish 10th.

interesting season st kilda

after back to back loses against lions and dons few had them getting to 5th an early scalp of the cats showed they had some potentional but a round 5 loss to the blues and round 7 loss to the pies meant they were playing catch up a round 10 loss to south didn’t help but got within percentage with 3 games to go winniing their next 5 but lost 2 of their last 3 to the blues and pies to just miss out.

finals summary

tigers almost got to the grand again knocking blues out but the swans and pies ended up being the grand finalists with the pies winning flag 10 over the swans despite losing the semi to them by 20 points.

premiers collingwood

an early draw with the lions in round 2 might have raised red flags but always looked like fighting south for the flag they lost to the blues in round 9 got smashed by swans in ruond 12 and a shock draw with the dees in round 16 lost the semi to south but beat tigers and south for the flag.

vfl 1934 summary

season summary

richmond geelong and south were the dominant teams again with the pies the other finalist a game and a half ahead of the blues north returned to an expansion team wooden spoon after essendon broke the run of the new teams getting it the year before going winless.

hawthorn summary

started iwth threee big margin loses and it took till round 6 against the dogs to win a game they beat the roos in round 10 and the dons in round 15 to finish 11th.

finals summary

the cats crashed out in straight loses to the tigers and swans (who beat pies in the semi) with the tigers in their 7th grand in 8 years won their 4th flag total and their 2nd in that period getting revenge on the swans for the year before by 39 points.

interesting season geelong

on top with a game to go only to lose the last game to south and both finals to go out in a prelim after a dominant season other loses were to the dons and blues and drew with pies between rounds 4 and 6 befoer 11 straight wins.

premiers richmond

loses to pies in round 4 cats in round 9 and suprisingly dees in round 12 before winning their last 8 to win the flag.

vfl 1933 summary

season summary

once again the tigers looked dominant topping the table on 15 wins two more than south and carlton with the cats rounding out the 4 with the pies missing the finals for the first time since 1924 in 6th, essendon got their last pre drugs saga wooden spoon (before 2016) after the hawks won their last game.

hawthorn summary

after scraping home over the saints to start it was a long season both their remaining wins were against the dons the last ronud win was enough to get off the bottom with only 3 wins.

interesting season footscray

supprisingly close to finals again only a game out but had no chance going into last round finishing 7th a loss to the saints in round 17 the nail in the coffin.

finals summary

cats beat blues while swans beat tigers. tigers beat cats making their 6th grand in 7 years and their 6th grand final loss in the last decade this time to the swans giving south their 3rd and last flag before they move to sydney in the 80s.

premiers summary south

their loses to the blues in round 1 pies in round 3 cats in round 7 tigers in round 8 had them out of the 4 and lions in rond 9 haf them 8th then won 11 striaght including two finals to win the flag including a 109 point win over the cats at the end of the home and away season.

vfl 1932 summary

season summary

despite a strong start the cats didn’t get to defend their flag finishing 5th with a good percentage the dogs dropped to 7th the dees who had been close finished 9th above hawks lions and saints by one gamewith the hawks recording their 4th wooden spoon even though the lions were last with two games to go. carlton, richmond, collingwood and south (first time in 8 years) Were the 4. north had their best yet 8th.

hawthorn summary

only beat dees in round 3 saints in round 13 and dogs in round 11 were always near last and finished last.

finals summary

pies beat swans in semi but the tigers and blues earned their grand final spots with the tigers recording their 3rd llag after 5 runners up in 8 years.

interesting season south

started 10-0 after years of irrelevancy but couldn’t keep it up but it took till round 14 loss to the dogs for worries to happen essendon in round 16 their other shock loss the others including the semi were to finalists losing to the pies in the semi.

premiers richmond

their 3rd flag came from 2nd an interestnig year drawing the grand final rematch early on but were always up there 14 and a half home and away wins and two finals over the blues got them there.

vfl 1931 summary

the finals system changed for that year to 1 v 2 and 3 v 4 semis a prelim between the loser of 1 v 2 and winner of 3 of 4 winner plays the other semi winner.

season summary

after a poor 1930 finals the tigers looked dominant beating hte roos (who got another wooden spoon) by 168 early on but somehow at the end the cats finished 1st on percentage 15 wins each. the blues and pies rounded out the 4 edging the dogs who in only their 7th year won 12 games and just missed out.

hawthorn summary

a few close loses to start had them 0-6 before beating the dons and lions their biggest win margin wise in round 10 over the roos 12 goals was their last win finishing 11th with 3 wins (Which is 3 more than the last place roos)

interesting season footscray

a better percentage was all they needed for finals losing by 7 goals to the tigers in round 3 didn’t help dees and blues beat them in round 5 and 6 before a costly 4 point loss to the pies in round 9 had them 2 games out of the 4 and lost to the cats the next week and then the dons before not putting a foot wrong in the last 7 weeks to get within percentage of 4th but not enough.

finals summary

blues knocked pies out while tigers beat cats the cats knocked the blues out than got revenge on richmond for their 2nd flag.

premiers geelong

losing the gf rematch in round 1 wasn’t too bad but a close loss to the dees in round 3 made their run remarkable winning 11 straight to lead after ronud 14 but a low scoring loss to the blues had them briefly 2nd but regained it with a 27 point win over the tigers in the last round (who then got revenge in the semi) but a win over the blues and then the tigers in the grand got them their 2nd flag.

vfl 1930 summary

season summary

all eyes were on if the pies could break the all time record and do a 4 peat with 15 wins got them 1st ahead of the blues on percentage way ahead of the tigers and cats the other finalists by 4 games dees just missed out on percentage again with late loses as was the dons by a game. north recorded their 3rd wooden spoon.

hawthorn summary

a round 1 win over the saints (first time they won in round 1) had a little bit of hope but hten returned to mediocrity close loses to the pies and blues didn’t hurt but poor loss to the dons and tigers a 1 point loss to the dogs showed the hawks aren’t fully easy beats but a big loss to south who were winless before that before finally breaking through to stun the cats (first win against an eventual finalist and grand finalist) beating the roos in round 10 got them safety from last other wins over the dogs in round 13 and won the last 2 over the roos and a big shock win knocking the dees out of the 4 despite finishing 10th above the other expansion teams dogs and roos.

interesting season melbourne

4 weeks to go they were likely to be a threat to the pies (who started their slump by beating the dees in round 15) while they beat the blues the next week they were up there until the hawks stunned them at the end dropping them to 5th.

finals summary

when the pies beat perenial oppoent the tigers a 4 peat looked like a formality but the blues got stunned by the cats than the cats forced the pies to a grand final in the prelim but the pies got the job done wininng 4 in a row the only afl team to do so and their 9th overall.

premiers collingwood

only lost 4 games the last before the prelim in round 10 to the blues before that round 4 to the cats and round 5 supprisingly to the lions but looked vulnerable after losing the prelim but still got the job done.

vfl 1929 summary

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.

vfl 1928 summary

season summary

it was a 3 team race between the pies tigers and dees with the blues edging dons and saints for 4th hawks got last winless with the dogs being the first 1925 entrant not to be bottom 3 finishing 7th.

hawthorn summary

not much to say failing to win a game all season and rarely coming close.

interesitng season footscary

it was that or st kilda (6th) they showed a lot of improvemnet a early win at geelong after two close loses a lot of close games and inconsistency cost them apart from big wins over the other new teams after a win over carlton had 4 in a row and were 4th

but a mid year slump cost them ending 7th 9-9.

finals summary

the first ever finals draw in the semi between the pies and the dees was the only thing of note the pies beat the dees in the replay and the tigers in the grand final for the 2nd year running for their 8th flag and 2nd in a row.

premiers collingwood

3 loses to the tigers in round 3 a massive shock to the cats in round 12 and the blues in round 18 drew the semi with the dees before beating them and the igers for the flag.

vfl 1927 summary

season summary

this was the start of the pies dominance winning 15 games one more than tigers and cats and two more than the blues hawks got the wooden spoon with only 1 win and the roos lost 14 straight the dees slipped from premiers to 5th.

hawthorn summary

an awful year taking ages to win a game one win over the roos for the year in round 15 and finishing last.

finals summary

richmond and collignwood made the grand beating the cats and blues with the pies winning their 7th flag by 12 points 2.13 25 to 1.7 13.

interesting season carlton

after a close loss to the swans to start they were in the top 5 most of the year in contention losing to the cats in round 4 dees in round 10 south again in round 12 and cats in round 15. they lost the semi to richmond.

premiers collingwood

after two runners up they dominanted again losing to tigers in round 3 blues in round 9 and lions in round 16 in a big upset they beat the cats and tigers to win the flag.

vfl 1926 summary

season summary

the same 4 dominated but in a different order the pies cats dees and dons were the 4 with the roos going winless (one draw against the hawks) with the new sides the bottom 3. south finished 5th on percentage from the dons.

hawthorn summary

a early win over the roos gave a little hope theyd get out of the bottom 2 in round 7 had their biggest scalp yet fitzroy their only win against an established side this time one more win over the dogs in round 16 and a draw with the roos in round 13 saw them finish 11th.

interesting season south

early loses to tigers and saints and blues had their season looking doubtful when they lost to the pies in round 6 and dees in round 7 were 2-5 and looking done but then won 10 out of 11 to just miss finals 1 goal loss to the pies in round 17 after 9 wins in a row broke their chances.

finals summary

despite being long odds the dons stun the cats and just falling short of the dees who beat the pies in the other semi meaning the dees would play the pies in the grand with the dees winning their 2nd flag.

premiers melbourne

after an unlucky 25 they fell to the blues in round 2 pies in round 4 geelong in round 10 a week after a 141 point win over the hawks. and pies again in round 15 they dominated the finals for their 2nd flag from 3rd.

vfl 1925 summary

three new teams hawthorn, north and footscrary joined the competition

season summary

this was a five team battle with the lions missing out on the 4 despite north winning their first game over the cats in round 1 the new teams didn’t start well finishing bottom 3 with the hawks getting the wooden spoon the blues were worse of the old teams finishing 9th only above north on percentage the 4 were geelong (cats), collingwood essendon and an improved melbourne not in that order.

hawthorns season

every year i will give you a round up of the hawks year while they didn’t look good early losing their first 4 supprisingly coming closest to beating the pies in round 3 level at 3/4 time and losing by 17 in round 5 they had their first win over the dogs their first win over an established side was in round 13 over the saints by 3 points one more win over the roos the other new team got the hawks last with 3 wins.

finals summary

both semis were upests pies knocking dons out while the dees beat cats the pies beat the dees but the cats finally got their first flag over the pies by 10 points.

interesting season melbourne

a strong season losing to the pies in round 2 wasn’t bad their next blemish a draw with the tigers in round 6 a 4 goal loss to the cats in round 9 lost them ground in 3rd pies beat them again in round 13 in round 16 had a shock loss to north not the roos biggest upset win of the season amazingly they stunned the cats in the semi but lost to the pies in a prelim.

premiers geelong

had a dominant year after a loss to the roos in round 1 only losing to the saints in round 14 after that (a week after the saints were the only established side to lose to the hawks) by 11 points. they finished 1st but lost to the dees in the first week before beating the pies in the grand final.

vfl 1924 summary

season summary

essendons controversal dominance based on onec they were secured another flag they acted crazily sort of tanking the last final and a game against a new side about to join footscray they topped the ladder the only team who have done round robbin finals to get another shot as south and lions missed it before and tigers didn’t exist in 1897 saints got the wooden spoon.

interesitng season geelong

after stuning the tigers lost 3 straight than 3 striaght wins never consistant and finish 5th.

finals summary

they went back to a round robbin with the dons having the flga sealed with a game to go which they lose to the tigers but held the lead on percentage and no grand final from the tigers.

premiers season essendon

supprising failed to win the first two games against pies and blues before winning 3 in a row before losing to lions a loss to the swans in round 12 and than a last round loss to the dees (which saved them from last) saw them on top with 11 and a half wins wins over lions and swans in the first two meant a loss to the tigers didn’t cost them their 6th flag.

vfl 1923 summary

season summary

after a dream improvemnent the dons did one better finishing two games ahead of fitzroy at the top with south and geelong rounding out the 4 with the blues slumping to 7th and the pies missing out as well tigers even finishing second last above the dees.

interesting season st kilda

early signs were all over the place stunning the blues in round 2 after losing to the dons in round 1 wins over pies and tigers had them looking threatening for once but loses to the dees (last team to do so) and the cats had worries after a 6 goal loss to the lions and the bye had their season in doubt than stunning wins over swans and dons had their season back alive beating the blues as well after a loss to the pies and beating the tigers they were in the 4 beating the dees in round 14 had them 3rd but fail to win again and finish 6th.

finals summary

lions knock cats out but the swans stun the dons but the lions beat the swans but its the dons who get redemption to win their 5th flag over the lions.

premiers season essendon

started dominant winning 4 straight before losing to the lions their only loss before the roiund 9 bye. a shock loss to the saints getting 1 goal 12 embarrased them a loss to the lions again in round 14 had some worried before the grand final despite not losing a game till the semi to the swans but earned the grand final spot against the lions wining their 5th flag.

vfl 1922 summary

season summary

essendon equaled their own record for the biggest rise from last to 2nd (they did the same in 1908) finishing below the pies who had 12 wins dons 10 and a half ahaed of lions on percentage with the blues rounding out the 4 3 games ahead of regining premiers the tigers who were way off the pace the wooden spoon went to south 4 years after thier previous flag.

finals summary

dons beat the blues but its the lions (fitzroy) who dominate the finals from 3rd beating the pies, dons and then the pies again to get flag number 7 by 11 points.

interesting season essendon

what a comeback from last to prelim finalists only drawing with the lions in the first 7 weeks winning the other 6 it was the pies who broke the run leading to a form slump losing to blues and seller dwellers swans and cats. and yet 4 wins in a row almost got them 1st losing to the pies in the last game decided 1st place they won the semi over the blues but lost to the lions in a prelim.

premiers season fitzroy

while finals never looked unlikely a flag was not likely most of the year in the first half of the year their non wins were against the other finals taking to ronud 11 to win against the blues to break that run their other loss was to the tigers in round 15 finishing 3rd but haivng a flawless finals campaign was enough to get them their 7th flag.

vfl 1921 summary

season summary

this was between carlton and richmond with the blues only losing one game but drawing twice in back to back rounds to the lions (they also had their one loss too them) and swans while the tigers looked strong for back to back wuth 12 wins 3 more than the other finalists pies and cats with essendon getting their 3rd wooden spoon out of no where with 3 wins and 2 draws.

interesting season fitzroy

a poor start to the season proved costly but they were the only team to beat the blues in the home and away season and not lose to them the draw with the blues was their first none loss in round 4 and had no wins before the round 6 bye and lost to the dees after the bye but a win over the pies in round 10 got them back on track to finish 5th with 6 wins and 2 draws.

fianls summary

tigers and blues easily made grand final with the tigers neednig to win twice which they manage to go back to back their 2nd overall.

premiers summary richmond

aftera round 1 loss to the blues they looked good despite a round 4 loss to the cats 4 wins in a row leading to the bye had them well in the running before anothre loss to the blues and a round 12 loss to the lions before winning 5 straight and all 3 finals to go back to back.

afl 2025 round 9 preview

round 8 results

essendon 65-62 north

st kilda 94-33 freo

bulldogs 131-41 port

adelaide 110-50 carlton

collingwood 87-90 geelong

west coast 76-108 melbourne

sydney 87-73 gws

hawks 109-44 richmond

brisbane 66-49 gold coast

ladder

PositionTeamPlayedWinLossDraw%WonPointsForAgainstPercentageMovementStreak
1Brisbane Lions871087.50%28723632114.40%+1Won 2
2Collingwood Magpies862075.00%24735552133.15%-1Lost 1
3Hawthorn Hawks862075.00%24766610125.57%+1Won 2
4Gold Coast Suns752071.43%20723515140.39%-1Lost 1
5Adelaide Crows853062.50%20829629131.80%+0Won 1
6Western Bulldogs853062.50%20815641127.15%+2Won 3
7Geelong Cats853062.50%20755643117.42%+0Won 1
8GWS Giants844050.00%16675587114.99%-2Lost 3
9Fremantle Dockers844050.00%1666067997.20%+0Lost 1
10St Kilda Saints844050.00%1669973994.59%+3Won 1
11Essendon Bombers743057.14%1656163388.63%+1Won 1
12Port Adelaide Power844050.00%1666175287.90%-2Lost 1
13Carlton Blues835037.50%12668615108.62%-2Lost 1
14Sydney Swans835037.50%1266468397.22%+0Won 1
15Melbourne Demons835037.50%1260373981.60%+0Won 3
16Richmond Tigers826025.00%852783163.42%+0Lost 2
17North Melbourne Kangaroos817012.50%466286676.44%+0Lost 6
18West Coast Eagles80800.00%051889857.68%+0Lost 8

round 9 matches

freo v collinwood optus stadium thursday night the pies were unlucky last week but are playing better than the inconsistant freo. tip collingwood

st kilda v carlton marvel friday night the saints are more consistant and if you think the blues beating the cats is a reason to pick them the saints did as well. tip st kilda

melbourne v hawthorn mcg saturday no way i am going against the hawks despite the dees revival. tip hawthorn

essendon v sydney marvel saturday dons are not doing that well despite winning last week and the swans showed improvement. tip sydney

gold coast v bulldogs tio saturday night this is a hard one but since the suns have only beaten one decent side afirly (not counting the crows as that was controversal) and on form the dogs are playing well. tip bulldogs

port v adelaide adelaide oval saturday night crows are better at home (it is the local rival clash). tip adelaide

richmond v west coast mcg sunday tigers to get 3 wins before another team has one who would have thought. tip richmond

geelong v gws ghmba sunday can’t belive how far the giants have dropped. tip geelong

north v brisbane ninja stadium (hobart?) 17th v first even in hobart no chance. tip brisbane

vfl 1920 summary

season summary

only two teams dominanted the home and away the tigers (richmond) and lions (Fitzroy) losing two games each for the year with pies and blues rounding out the 4 way ahead of south (3 games). saints finished last on two wins.

finals summary

the pies stunned the lions but the tigers got revenge for 1919 in their 2nd of 5 grand finals between them in a decade by 17 points (pies had to beat blues in a final having stunned the tigers in the earlier semi)

interesting season fitzroy

loss to richmond in round 1 and essendon in round 7 before a disasterous finals campaign losing to the pies in the semi,.

premiers richmond

they dominated apart from a loss to the blues in the semi lions in round 10 and the blues the week after and again in the semi still deserved their first flag.

vfl 1919 summary

season summary

the dees were back and winless the big improver was richmond finishing 4th ina normal season for the first time collingwood (First) south and carlton were the other 4.

finals summary

richmodn nearly had the first flag of a expansion side beating the swans and pies but the pies snuck through for their 5th flag by 25 points first of 4 grand finals in a decade between these two sides (all won by collingwood)

interesting season richmond

got lucky to make the finals when they lost the last game to the blues spared by the lions losing to the pies they had a good season but not remarkable till the finals where they took out the ereginign premiers but could only beat the pies of the two they needed.

premiers collingwood

their peak was in roudn 16 smashing the blues by 67 8 straigth wins inot the finals before that prelim looss to richmond still a dominant 5th flag.

vfl 1918 summary

season summary

saints and dons rejoined with the later claiming the wooden spoon and suprisingly st kilda finished 4th behind south collingwood and carlton interestingly the cats were last by two games with two weeks to go and stunned carlton and st kilda to get off last reversing 1915. swans had their best year only losing 1 game all year

finals summary

pies and swans made the grand with the swans gettting their 2nd flag over the pies.

interesitng season st kilda

their good was good but their bad saw them lose to both bottom 2 sides yet were the only team to beat the swans in round 4 a 10 goal loss to hte pies was their worse a few impressive wins got them to 4th but lost to the piees.

premiers south

this is the most dominant swans side ever only losing by 5 points to the saints early on and won 12 straight towards the flag a pretty convicing run.

vfl 1917 summary

season summary

geelong and south rejoined with the cats starting slow but just missing the finals to fitzroy while south had a strong return getting 3rd to the pies with the blues finishing 2nd. richmond got the wooden spoon.

finals summary

lions almost steal naother flag beating blues and pies but the pies had the right to challenge and won their 4th flag by 35 points.

intereesting season south

started well till losing to ronud 4 to the pies starte d a 3 game losing streak hit incosnistency and finishing 3rd with 9 wins but lost the semi to the pies badly.

premiers collingwood

loses to the blues in round 2 a strange draw with last place tigers in round 6 a loss in south in round 9 and blues again in round 12 and cats in round 15 were there blemishes and a prelim loss to fitzroy but won the flag the next week easily.

vfl 1916 summary

season summary

only 4 teams richmond, fitzroy carlton and collingwodo played due to the war and after a strong start fitrzoy were last but were a finalist due to only 4 clubs carlton looked good for a 3 peat with the pies 2nd tigers 3rd.

finals summary

well thel ions suddenly become the premiers for the 6th time passing the blues for the most beating them in the grand and final after beating the pies in the semi more on that in the permiers seciton.

interesting season carlton

after a round 1 loss to the lions they were rarely touched till the finals ony losing once to the pies by 1 point they beat the tigers in a semi but lost to the lions twice costing them the flag.

premiers season fitzroy

two wins and a draw to start looked good and then didn’t win till the finals which they only made on a technicality and then won the flag winning 3 finals crazy.their 6th.

vfl 1915 summary

season summary

with only 9 teams they had byes and the return of the dominance of pies blues and lions top 3 and a supprise 4th being melbourne for the first time in a long time edging south with geelong droppgin from 4th to last a reverse of melbourne get the wooden spoon.

finals summary

blues ruin dees fairytail while lions stun pies blues than beat lions and pies to go back to back their 5th overall.

interesting season melbourne

a poor perecntage wasn’t fatal nor was 3 loses in 5 games to start than 6 wins in a row only broken by a bye had them 2nd all of a sudden but lost 3 of thier last 5 to finish 5th and lose to the blues.

premiers summary carlton

a draw with fitzroy in round 1 wasn’t a worry they also lost in round 10 to them and a loss to essendon in round 4 they just mised first to the pies but won all 3 finals to win their 5th flag.

vfl 1914 season

season summary

two draws started the season which was universitys last year going winlesss with the dees only beating them saints dropped to 7th with fitzroy being 3rd behind carlton and south. geelong round out the 4 edging the pies. essendon (6th) and richmond (8th) Round out the ladder.

finals summary

south and carlton beat the cats and lions to make the grand final play off swans won the first but the blues who won the minor premership the right to challenge and win their 4th flag.

interesting season geelong

a early draw with the dons and early loss to tigers would have been unremarkable and apart from a win over the blues weren’t in the running really till the 2nd half of the year their spot wasn’t sealed till a last win over the pies got them 4th but lost to swans in semi.

premeiers carlton

first half of the year were a struggler but than won 12 straight including the semi but lost to the swans in the final before beating them for the flag their 4th.

vfl 1913 summary

season summary

in a crazy year fitzroy returned to form topping the table with 16 wins only losnig to geelong and st kilda speaking of the later the saints were a suprise 4th with 11 wins behind south (14 and a half) and collingwood (13 wins). geelong were the closest with a game out with essendon and carlton lsumping substationaly to 6th (carlton) and 8th (essendon who only beat winless university after the siren their only win ever after the siren to date).

finals summary

in a massive shock saints beat swans to earn the right to play the lions twice for the flag they won the first but the rematch was disasterous till the last quarter when 4 goals in a row nearly won the saints their first flag but the lions got the last 2 to win by 13 points.

interesting season st kilda

the first half of the year was another unremarkable year sitting 6-6 before a 5 game winning streak and than gettintg smashed by the cats but it was enough to finish 4th and a shock win over the swans and the lions but failed to win the flag over the lions.

premiers season fitzroy

their 5th flag was obvious for most of the year a early loss to st kilda and a rare loss to geelong in round 12 but a win over the pies in the semi guranteed them a chance at the flag and won an early remarkable grand final.

vfl 1912 summary

season summary

university had their last win over the tigers amazingly the pies were the last team below them when they had a win on the board ever thet pies were the big sliders to 7th being replaced in the fianls by geelong despite a good start the dons finished 3rd behind swans and blues ahead of the cats.

finals summary

poor kicking knoced the cats out of the running losnig to the blues who lost to the dons who would go back to back for the first time and their 4th overall with wins over the blues as well as swans twice.

interesting season geelong

early on few predicted them to be the ones who broke the run of the same 4 losing to the lions in round 3 proof in point but a round 5 win over the dons showed signs but inconsistant loses like to the saints in ronud 11 meant they looked like they were filing the numbers and the loss to the blues in the finals knocked them out

premieres season essendon

after a 4 game winning streak they hit inconsistency two loss to the saints who weren’t clsoe to the 4 proof in point but a strong finals campaign got them their 4th flag and 2nd in a row.

vfl 1911 season summary

season summary

university become irrelvant only winning 1 game over the saints in round 3 giving them their first of four wooden spoons saints only one other win. essendon after a few close runs topped the ladder ahead of south, carlton and collingwood again the same 4 for the 3rd year running just in a different order.

interesting season geelong

just a random pick a early loss to the saints and an inconsistent season was theirs drawing with the dees an early win over the pies the reginign premiers and the blues with a lot of inconsistency in fact the dons are the only top 5 side they didn’t beat despite finishing 6th.

finals summary

pies stun the swans in the semi but its the dons to lose beating the blues and pies for their 3rd premership.

premiers summary essendon

a round 1 draw with the blues was their only slip up till round 9 against the swans a week later lost to the blues but then won 8 straight and get revenge on the blues in the semi from behind then beat the pies by a goal for the flag.

vfl 1910 summary

season summary

for the fifth year in a row all money was on the blues to win the flag topping the table with 15 wins but a shock loss to winless st kilda in the final round would have some worried both their other loses were to essendon who were 4th behind pies and swans as well a much improved cats got 5th with university winning more than half their games for only time with 10 wins 6th st kilda got the wooden spoon.

interesting season university

they looked like breaking through for a finals berth getting a record of 9-4 at one point they won 5 straight at one point but failed to beat a top 4 side and finished 6th.

finals summary

blues never recovered losnig the semi to south but had the right to challenge the pies who beat the dons and swans but the pies were too good for their 3rd flag by 14 pooints.

premiers season collingwood

early loses to the blues in round 1 and dons in round 4 would have some worries a upset loss to the cats i n round 9 had some worried and a loss to the blues the next week and the swans in round 11 but entered finals on a 7 game winning streak and beat the 3 other finalists to win the flag.

vfl 1909 summary

season summary

after a slow start the blues looked like they would be a genuine contender for a 4 peat only losing the pies once after round 4 despite being second on 14 wins behind south on percentage collingwood (12 wins and 2 draws) and essendon (11 wins) rounded outt the 4 edging the dees by half a game with unievrsity (7 wins and 2 draws) also having two draws half a game bheind fitzroy. richmond 6 wins included a stunnning upset over south but the wooden spoon race was controversal with a saints win over the cats overturned giving the wooden spoon to the saints as a result.

interestin gseason university

after a massive upset over the blues they droppped shock loses to tigers and saints before stuninng dons and beating cats but dropped their next 3 to the pies, swans and dees. a upset win over the lions kept them alive but lost to the lbues before back to back wins over tigers and saints had them in the running but their last win was in round 14 over the cats two draws their best result against the pies (they never beat them) saw them finish 7th.

finals summary

blues and swans easily made the grand with them having to play twice due to the swans being first but the blues won the first game the swans though broke the blues run at 3 flags in a row by 2 points to open their premiership account.

premiers season south

started well wining 5 in a row before a shock loss to the tigers their next loss in round 11 to the blues looked in trouble after losnig to lions and pies in rounds 13 and 14 but then won 4 in a row to hold hte lead over the blues after beating the pies in the semi had to win the 2nd final to win the flag over the blues.

vfl 1908 summary

season summary

with richmond and university joining few had the cats winning the wooden spoon especially beating the pies in round 1 (they only won one more game) the blues dominated and looked like the biggest threat for a 3 peat yet with a resurgent essendon their main opposition finishing 3 games below the blues but 4 games ahead of 3rd place saints and 4th place pies. swans just missed out with university (8 wins) and richmond (6 wins) not embarrasing in their first year.

interesting season richmond

in their first year they beat the dees to start took till round 5 for win 2 against the cats. 5 straight loses had them wooden spoon favourites despite a 1 game lead over the cats until beating university in round 11 they backed it up against fitzroy in a big upset shock wins over finalists pies and saints later on got them to 9th with 6 wins.

finals summary

carlton and essendon easily got past the semis meanign the dons are only one of two teams ever to be grand finalists after being wooden spooners (the other collingwood in 1977 who failed to win the flag as well) but the blues got their 3 peat by 9 points.

premiers summary carlton

in one of the earliest most dominant displays they only lost one game to essendon in round 12 clearly the flag favourites and didn’t disappoint.

vfl 1907 summary

season summary

after 6 rounds the saints were on top undefeated two games clear having not played finals than they dropped off and another supprsiing challenger to the blues emerged in south who had not finished top 4 yet either at the end of the season they were 2nd and 3rd behind the blues with the pies rounding out the 4. with the lions nose diving to last for the first time from 4 striaght grand finals but with odds and evens could change.

odds and evens summary

lions suddenly turned around winning all 3 to give the spoon to the dons with the lions finishing 5th the top 4 unchanged.

finals summary

south and blues easily beat pies and saints with the blues going back to back over the swans (the 2nd of many runners up for south and sydney over the years).

most interesting st kilda

tihs is out of respect for them finally having a finals berth and a good year would have considered lions and swans as well for obvious reasons. a 6-0 start had people thinking they would acctaully get to the grand only winning one of their next 8 against last place essendon in round 10 and only lead melbourne on percentage at the end of the rregular season but two more wins was enoough to secure 3rd passing th epies but lost to the blues in the semi.

premiers carlton

after a bad loss to the saints to start they won 3 straight before losing to swans the other losees in round 9 to the cats and round 15 to the swans who they would beat in the grand having beat the saints in the semis to go back to back.

odds and evens end after this season so its similar finals system till 1931 (except 1924) and two new clubs richmond and university.

vfl 1906 summary

season summary

this was by far the worse season yet by a team not st kilda with the dees only winning 1 game the next worse was 4 wins (dees only win round 4 against south by 5 points). until a late slump the blues were the team to beat but the lions still looked dangerous for a 3 peat essendon and collingwood again rounded out the 4 with no chance of a change going into odds and evens.

odds and evens summary

pies replacing dons in 3rd was the only change really.

interesting season south

stunning dons and pies gave them false hope early their first loss was the dees only win for the year starting a 5 game losing streak to blues, cats, lions and dons followed by a 10 goal loss to the pies ending finals hopes and then the saints beat them meaning they lost to everyone once before beating the dees than a big upset win over flag favourites blues a 10 goal win over cats gave them hope but a loss to the lions ended their hopes a upset win over dons in the odds wasn’t enouogh to make 3 games up and the blues ended slim chance.

finals summary

blues and lions made the grand easily with the bllues ending the lions run of flags by 49 points to win their first flag.

premeriers summary carlton

a dominant season losing to the dons in round 7 swans in round 12 and lions in round 13 but weren’t certain for their first flag nutil the grand final.

vfl 1905 summary

season summary

this was another common season for the early years with collingwood dominating winning 12 straight from round 2 to 13 with fitzroy still a threat to go back to back. carlton and essendon are the others in the box seat with south still a chance st kilda got anohter wooden spoon.

odds and evens summary

st kildas 10 goal win over geelong was the only upset saving them from the 8th wooden spoon which meant to melbourne. the final four are collingwood, fitzroy, carlton and essendon.

finals summary

a shock loss to carlton had collingwood worried but it wass fitzroy who would beat th eother three finalists to win their 4th flag.

most interesting season collingwood

the pies after losing to the lions in round 1 looked very dominant one more loss to the dons in round 14 before finals when everything went wrong losing to the blues in the semi gurranteed a grand final for fininshing 1st but lost to the lions.

premiers summary fitzroy

started with 7 striaght wins and were on track to go back to back a round 8 loss to the pies wasn’t a concern beating the saints the next week but than a poor loss to geelong and a close loss to carlton a late draw with south didn’t cost them 2nd one more loss again to geelong in the odds and evens didn’t cost them 2nd and won against the dons, blues and pies to win the flag their 4th.

vfl 1904 summary

season summary

this was pretty even with fitzory topping with 10 wins 4 loses but have competition from carlton and south with collingwood in 4th at this stage saints got wooden spoon 7 but had 3 wins.

odds and even

south plumit to 5th with their spot going to the dons.

interesting season south

after a poor loss to the dons and only goal against the blues they become a threat winnning 4 straight before a 1 point loss to the lions and a round 9 loss to blues before 4 in a row almost had them safe but only more win against the saints wasn’t enough to hold 4th on percentage

finals summary

lions and blues made the grand beating dons and pies with the lions winning their 3rd flag by 4 goals over the blues.

premiers summary fitzroy

had one of the biggest grand final preview wins to start 94 points over the blues 3 big wins started before losing to the pies got to 7-1 before losing to the saints in a biggerupest then the year before. other loses to pies in round 11 and cats in round 13. a critical 61 point loss to the dons in the final even game was their last loss 5 losses is rare for 1st place though in the home and away even since.

vfl 1903 summary

season summary

for the first time ever the saints don’t finish last and the blues are in the 4 the saints still have a finals chance going into odds and evens fighting the cats for 4th while the blues are 3rd and safe. the dons the most consistant team yet drop to 6th with south getting their first wooden spoon. pies and lions dominate again.

odds and evens summary

only note is the cats secured 4th winning 2 to the saints one no position changes.

most interesting season st kilda

after 2 wins in 6 years they won 7 and a draw in a crazy boost and their first win (over the dees was in round 6). by beating south and cats had a record 3 wins in a row for them they archived it again in rounds 12-14 incldunig the biggest upset yet over the lions finishing 5th with a late win over the dees.

finals summary

collingwood ended the blues fairytale whiile the lions smashed cats to play the grand which the pies went back to back by 2 points.

premiers summary collingwood

after a shock loss to carlton to start they only lost one other game in round 4 to the lions there 15 game winning streak was the most at this stag.e

vfl 1902 summary

season summary

after 5 years of the same bottom 2 the blues finally broke through to finish 6th above south and st kilda going into odds and evens with saints again winless at the other end the pies and dons again dominated with fitzroy and melbourne rounding out the 4 before odds and evens.

odds and evens summary

nothing much of note other than the dees pulling ahead of the cats who fell to 7th with south getting 5th and the blues best yet 6th.

most interesting sesaon carlton

after a goalless loss to sotuh in round 2 there was no indication of an improvemnet

and only beating saints befor e round 8 and then wins over geelong, south and saints before dees broke their run but big shock wins over dons and lions had finals not out of the question but only won 1 of their last 4 against the saints to finish 6th.

finals summary

the pies got stunned by the lions who fell to the dons who beat the dees but because the pies were on top they had the right to play the dons for the flag with collingwood getting their first premership by 33

premiers summary collingwood

were dominant 2 of theri 3 loses where to fitzroy the other was the gf rematch in round 6 and were close to the top of the ladder most of the year a dominant effort.

vfl 1901 season summary

the odds and evens remained but it became a sort of normal final 4 till 1907 when odds and evens ended.

season summary

geelong were the dominant team in the home and away season with only 2 loses while essendon and collingwood ceratin of finals with the last spot before odds ande evens leading being melbourne with south and fitzroy not out blues and saints are agani out of it (at least saints won their 2nd game ever).

odds and evens

a upset by fitzroy over collingwood with the dees falling twice giving the finals spot ot the lions with the pies dropping to 3rd geelongs loss to essendon played a roll in the finals system.

finals summary

geelong lost the semi to collingwood while essendon broke fitzroys run of grand finals by 1 meanign it is essendon v collingwood with the dons getting their 2nd flag by 27 points easily.

most interesting season geelong

despits losing to essendon and collingwood they were a storng tema most of the year and had a big lead blown in the finals.

premiers essendon

after a poor loss to the pies and a early loss to fizroy and geelong had them quite back with a 1-3 start. 3 straight wins before losing to the pies one more loss a shock to melbourne in round 12 but still finished 3rd won all three odd games and two finals to get their 2nd flag.

vfl 1900 summary

home and away summary

after a round 1 drought breaker by st kilda beating the dees for their first ever win (and only win of the season for them) in one of the games of the year fitzroy were again dominant with geelong and essendon looking like the main rivals 2 and 3 games back collingwood and south actually were equal with essendon but percenatage behind dees and blues took the other spot.

odds and even summary

in a big suprise essendon won the odds over fitzroy making a final against an even bigger supprise melbourne who won the evens due to a big win over st kilda on percentage from collingwood and geelong.

interesting season geelong

won their first four before losing to south and fitzroy bouned back to 6-2 ended 9-5 with loses to collingwood, essendon and melbourne the evens were unlucky on percentage a 17 point loss to the dees being the costly loss.

finals summary

dees who were longer odds than south the year before stun dons who can’t kick straight and then beat lions to win their first flag out of nowhere only winning after finals 10 out of 19 games.

premership season melbourne

after a shock 1 point loss to the saints that no one had done before and a early loss to the blues they looked like mid table at best. a 1-5 start looked like they had no chance before a 4 game winning streak had their season on track but lost 3 of their last 4 to finish 6th and held on to the even lead despite a 6 point loss to the pies. a close win over dons and then beat the lions to win the flag.

vfl 1899 summary

home and away summary

this was fitzroys to lose dominating the season while melbourne were the last team to lose in round 6 a week after beating fitzroy but they slumped in the 2nd half of the year so fitzroy 11 wins geelong (who kept saints to 2 behinds in last home and away game) collingwood 10 wins essendon 9 wins melbourne 8 wins south 5 wins (but there not done) carlton 3 wins st kilda winless again.

odds and even summary

fitzroy easily won the odds booking a grand final against south (how) south won all three even games so even they were 5th after odds and evens but under the controversal system will be thier oponents despite geelong keeping st kilda to an even lower score than round 14 thats right 1 behind to start the game was all they scored the 161 point margin was the record for a while.

grand final summary

as there was only one final i might just right a summary of fitzroys one point win over south to go back to back despite trailing by 14 at 1/4 time nad 7 at 3/4 time and only kicking 3 goals (3.9 to 3.8).

most interesting south

a big win over carlton started them well before loisng to fitzroy and being held goalless by essendon (in the 2nd lowest scoring gaem ever 1.9 to 0.9) and collingwood before beating st kilda and geelong in a upset. but loses to meloburne and a goalless effort in a loss to carlton had them worried as well as fitzroy and essendon and collingwood ending any hope of top 4. breaking their drought against st kilda but losing to geelnog had them 6th 4 games adrift of 5th before beating melbourne and then in the evens had a critical win over geelong securing them an advantage beating essendon and st kilda was enoguh for a grand final spot that they lose to fitzroty.

premiers fitzroy

fitzroy were better than 1898 losing to melbourne in a top of the table clash in round 5 geelong and collinwood their only blemishes and won the flag over south in a thrilling grand final.

vfl 1898 summary

there were 14 rounds (each team verse twice) then the odd teams and even teams verse with the best of them playing off for the right to play the minor premier (in the case the minor premier won the odds it went striaght to a grand final) this lasted till 1900.

home and away summary

apart from a first up upset by carlton over south the blues and saints were filling space again this season although the blues drew with dees when they were sliding. melbourne were acctually 3-0 but only managed two more wins to finish 6th two games ahead of carlton. south finished 5th despite kicking only one goal twice in a game but still won half. geelong were 4th 9-5 but the main contnders were essendon 11-3 on top who were the most dangerous again but a last round loss to collingwood who were slow starters but won 6 straight to get 2nd and a much improved fitzroy levle with collingwood but behind them on percentage.

odds and evens summary

the only upset was fitzroy beating essendon to win the odds group all the evens games went to script which meant fitzroy would play collingwood to see who will play essendon for the flag.

most interesting team melbourne

i only chose melbourne to avoid picking collingwood twice in a row they were the other major consideration

first two rounds they smashed saints and blues and looked like they might go far after beating collingwood in round 3 then things fall aprt losing to fizroy and essendon might be expected but 1.7 against south they bounce back to upset geelong and beat the saints a draw with carlton was their last non-loss till the evens win over the saints scoring less then 20 three times finishing 6-10-1 in 6th.

finals summary

fitzroy the only team with no finals experience beat the pies in the playoff and then beat the dons to win their first flag with only one goal between them after half time.

premiers fitzroy

after a poor loss to essendon in the gf preview to start a win over the pies gave some confidence beating the saints was obvious but then doubling the unbeaten dees and a win over the cats and blues means they were getting the job done but not preitly and big loses to south and the dons again had them dropping a loss to the pies in round 9 was their last of the year coming from 6th to finish 3rd with a 5 game winning streak won all the odd group games but had no major test till the last odd game against essendon which they won setting them up for a finals run beating the pies and dons.

vfl 1897 summary

this will be a slightly different go over of afl history in a few parts of each year this is partly although we will get to it eventually the hawks 100 years in the comp is why i decided to make another footy history this time which will be more general in a few parts of each year they are

home and away summary

hawthorn summary (hawks)

most interesting team summary (can’t be hawks or the team who wins the flag)

finals summary

permership team summary (obviously i remove a section the 13 times the hawks win the flag to date (hopefully 14 this year).

before 1925 the hawthorn summary will be missing as they didn’t have a team till then.

the starting clubs were carlton, collingwood, essendon. fitzroy, geelong, melbourne, south melbourne and st kilda.

lets get started

home and away summary

the first year of the vfl (the precursor to the afl) was dominated by 5 clubs in fact only once did a bottom 3 side at the end of the year not lose to a top 5 side and that was a south/fitzroy draw in round 7 (the next closest was the rematch a 1 point win to south). this was a critical game as it cost south the last finals spot. the interesting thing is geelong who start 0-3 (and were last after round 2) suddenly went on a tear to top the ladder on 11 wins 3 loses ahead of essendon (who lead the 2nd half of the year) on percentage and one game ahead of the last founding team to lose a game melbourne who were quite inconsistent late in the year with 3 striagth loses in roudns 7 to 9 but beat the dons to cost the later first. collingwood were the other finalist despite looking gone with 3 games to go being a game and a half and percentage behind south only to get ahead at the end they won 9 games to souths 8 and a half. fitzroy got 4 and a half wins and were on top after round 2 but had only played carlton and st kilda at that stage. carltons two wins were both against winless st kilda.

finals summary

for some reason this and 1924 they had a round robbin finals system as opposed to any sort of knockout version. the flag was decided mostly at corio when geelong lost to essendon by a goal (no other finals have been played at geelong except in 2013 when geelong lost to freo). collignwood did beat melbourne but they were both no match for essendon and geelong because essendon didn’t lose in the round robin they won the first flag the last final between them and melbourne had only 1 goal kicked (and 16 behinds) between them the lowest agrogiate game ever with the dons 1 goal the difference.

most interesting season collingwood

i considered south and melbourne as well.

they started well with wins over st kilda essendon and geelong but a loss to south in round 4 ended that run beating fitzroy and carlton between a loss to melbourne had them looking good for finals at the half way mark after beating st kilda in round 8 they were 2nd than fall into a heap losing 3 straight to essendon, geelong and south leaving them to do the top they were expected to against carlton and fitzroy somehow beat melbourne and hope south or geelong drop 2 games they got lucky beating melbourne as well as south dropping 2 of the last 3 to sneak into 4th. a thrilling win over melbourne again gave them hope for the first flag but loses to essendon and geelong saw them finish 3rd,

premieres essendon

started well winning at geelong but a surpise loss to the pies in their first home game would have some worries than they won 5 straight ending the dees unbeaten run in round 7 to top the ladder at that stage in a game at south they won with a score of 1 goal 13. a round 8 loss to geelong didn’t cost them the lead and then another 5 game winning streak ended with a loss to melbourne costing them 1st but a first up finals win at geelong secured them momentum the win over the pies all but guranteed them the flag and then only needing 1.8 the lowest winning score ever to win the flag over the dees.

today’s gospel reflection 4th may 2025 3rd sunday easter year c

john 21 1-19

this is an odd story of easter jesus appears in fron of his deciples and gave bread and fish to the deciples showing he still cares for his deciples and the deciples prove their loyality to the risen lord it is quite confusing the setting and a lot of it but proves that jesus still cares even as he is risen.

today’s news 4 may 2025 sunday

labor are back in power with an increased majroity in parliament knocking out both max chandler maher and peter dutton out of their own seats (shame we couldn’t get rid of dai le but theres a still chance we may unseat greens leader adam bhandt). melbourne have beatwen winless west coast port were no match for bulldogs crows smash blues and cats stun pies. tigers warriors and nights won in the nrl. arsenal got stunned by borumoth i think.

animal tf story stopping poachers

a dad wanted his daughter to see him hunt she was reluctant but her mum insisted on them bonding even though they didn’t get along not realising what would happen. on arrival at the reserve where hunting isn’t even legal they spoted a rhino the dad asked jessica the girl to run at the rhino and then lead him his way she initally refused until he threatened her. so she lied and went to it and saw the rhino was saugh but then saw her dad readying his gun she than without thinking run into the shot and luckily blocked it the bullet luckily didn’t hurt. the dad realising he didn’t have any more bullets went away jessica was ok except her hand was injured from the bulllet the rhino then got up looked at her and then licked clear the wound confusing jessica then she started feeling her body changing she run towards the water nearby as she got thirsty she now was a female rhino the other rhino a male thna spoke saying he got hurt protecting its family who were injured worse and wanted a companion who would care for him and be friends he says if she wants she can reutrn to being human when all the wouds are healed she agreed and would never see her dad again (he got arrested).

afl 2025 round 8 preview

round 7 results

Melbourne83   Richmond63  MCGThu 24 Apr 7:30pm AEST Stats Highlights
 Collingwood107   Essendon66  MCGFri 25 Apr 3:20pm AEST Stats Highlights
 Fremantle85   Adelaide67  Optus StadiumFri 25 Apr 6:10pm AWST Stats Highlights
 St Kilda73   Brisbane118  Marvel StadiumSat 26 Apr 1:20pm AEST Stats Highlights
 Port Adelaide97   North Melbourne88  Adelaide OvalSat 26 Apr 3:45pm ACST Stats Highlights
 GWS81   Western Bulldogs113  Manuka OvalSat 26 Apr 7:35pm AEST Stats Highlights
 Gold Coast117   Sydney79  People First StadiumSun 27 Apr 1:15pm AEST Stats
 Carlton94   Geelong76  MCGSun 27 Apr 3:20pm AEST Stats
 Hawthorn124   West Coast74  Marvel Stadium

ladder

RTeamPtsGWLD%
1Magpies247610140.26
2Lions247610112.69
3Suns206510150.11
4Hawks207520116.08
5Crows167430124.18
6Giants167430120.40
7Cats167430119.60
8Bulldogs167430114.00
9Dockers167430107.18
10Power16743099.84
11Blues127340122.38
12Bombers12633086.87
13Saints12734085.69
14Swans8725094.59
15Demons8725074.66
16Tigers8725066.90
17Kangaroos4716074.91
18Eagles0707055.95

round 8 preview

essendon v north marvel thursday night

the roos showed improvement last week and the dons seem to not smash them but i think the dons should win. tip essendon

st kilda v freo marvel friday night

tough match to pick but home ground advantage. tip st kilda

bulldogs v port mars saturday

dogs are in better form and consistant at the moment. tip bulldogs

adelaide v carlton adeliade oval saturday

crows at home but not as esay as two weeks ago. tip adelaide

collingwood v geelong mcg saturday

pies to continue their run. tip collingwood

west coast v melbourne optus saturday night

really hard one to pick but without a win the eagles aren’t convicing. tip melbourne

sydney v gws scg sunday

swans are on another hangover. tip gws

hawthorn v richmond mcg sunday

hawks to eclebrate 100 years with a win. tip hawthorn

brisbane v gold coast gabba sunday

lions to win biggest q clash yet. tip brisbane

today’s gospel refelction divine mercy sunday year c (2nd sunday of easter)

john 20 19-31

this is the story of when jesus appeared to his deciples just after his death and explains the forgiveness of sins and how one of th edeciples thomas wasn’t there and needed to see jesus to believe who later appeared to him. this is about being able to believe that jesus is the son of god and having life through his name thats acctually how the goespel story ends weirdly enough which is a great way of summing it up.

Today’s news 26th April 2025 Saturday

Collingwood have beaten essendon while freo beat Crows in the Anzac day games. Storm beat souths roosters stun dragons and warriors beat nights in nrl. Prepoll and postal needs to be reduced as we cant have a repeat of 2016 where the best option for pm won the day but lost due to late counting and crazy independents (i am referring to shorten) leading to one of the worse terms ever so avoid voting independents ahead of Labor (same with the greens don’t put them ahead of Labor) just vote Labor.