9. They would recover to win seven games in a row before Riewoldt's return, and finished third on the ladder with a record of 1561. EVERY CATS PLAYER RATED Super Stengle, Danger brings his bestEVERY SWANS PLAYER RATED Skipper battles, Chad stands tall. Hawkins started the run with back-to-back goals out of the ruck inside 50, before Selwood and Dangerfield's commanding midfield performances led to more opportunities. 1. Dont panic! the late Ken Judge screamed at his teammates. Across the 111 Grand Finals in VFL/AFL history - excluding the two replays - only 18 of them, or about 1-in-6, has seen the team finishing 1st on the home-and-away ladder play the team finishing 3rd. Embracing the chaos, Collingwood prove theyre more than black and white contenders | Jonathan Horn, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. I was 11, and caught in the spell of Ablett and Brereton. This game often . The two teams alternated goals throughout the final term. In driving rain, two crack sides at the peak of their powers went goal for goal. The younger generation of football fans are inclined to question the reverence for this game. It was the ninth time that Collingwood won both the premiership and the minor premiership in the same year, but the first time since 1930. If it is a valid email, your password will be reset and emailed to you. Photograph: Joe Castro/AAP. [25] The scheduling of several AFL post-season events was also affected: Collingwood's Copeland Trophy presentation was rescheduled to December, and the start of trade week and the fatherson bidding meeting were moved from 4 to 5 October (with trade week shortened by one day). Nonetheless, a triple premiership Cat. New to Kayo? After 198 regular season matches, 1,188 Brownlow Medal votes, 4,575 regular season goals (and a further 172 goals in the finals series) and another season impacted by COVID-19, we have finally, very nearly, reached the end of the road. Passwords are encrypted before being stored in our system (we cannot see what your password is). Note: this article covers both the drawn grand final and the grand final replay. Surely, too, for captain Joel Selwood, who secured his fourth premiership but first as skipper in a brilliant 26-disposal typically hard-edged performance. 49 7.7 Friday 16 September Geelong Cats v Brisbane Lions W 78 11.12 72 10.12 Saturday 3 September Geelong Cats v Collingwood W 131 19.17 46 7.4 Saturday 20 August Geelong Cats v West Coast Eagles W 59 9.5 119 18.11 Saturday 13 August Gold Coast Suns v Geelong Cats W 110 17.8 65 10.5 Saturday 6 August Geelong Cats v St Kilda W 95 14.11 94 14.10 [2] Mooney and Geelong coach Mark Thompson were both criticised in the media for their response to the free kick, but neither was penalised by the AFL. 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Adelaide defeated by Richmond at MCG Grand Final Saturday, 30th September 2017 AFL match statistics . Rob O'Gorman 11. During that flurry, Chris Judd injured his shoulder. Johnson scored a goal for Collingwood in the 12th minute, and the Magpies led 140 after twenty minutes. Perhaps, I thought, more recent history would show a stronger link between ladder position difference and margin. This chart shows that there is a slight increase in the difference between the expected number of points that the higher-placed team will score relative to the lower-placed team as the gap in their respective ladder positions increases, but it's only half a goal per ladder position. Looking just at the last 20 years, an increase in the difference of 1 ladder position has been worth only 1.7 points in increased expected margin. Beautiful moment at the start of the second term, booting his 50th goal for the season an achievement that appeared so unlikely 12 months ago. Joel Selwood gets emotional as he conjures a stunning major in the final stages to mark another incredible achievement. And in one of the most clutch moments in the history of the game, Dom Sheed executed the perfect football kick. Only one match is left to be played in this season and it'll be to decide the AFL premiers for season 2021. This Premiership is SHEEDYS Premiership! Lou Richards cried. Geelong is ranked first with 25.8 points a game, with Sydney (24.9) not far behind. Passwords are encrypted before being stored in our system (we cannot see what your password is). Collingwood midfielders Dane Swan (39 disposals, 3 goals), and Scott Pendlebury (30 disposals and 2 goals) controlled the game. My earliest memory is from this game, which is a worry. AWST 12:30 pm - WA. The draw immediately sparked debate about the practice of staging a full-length replay instead of playing extra time. Every Geelong player rated out of 10 from the Grand Final against Sydney. They conceded 76 points from intercepts in round two against the Swans their most this season. As I wrapped my arm around one distraught son, Greg Baum wrote in the Age, I felt his tears run down my sleeve. The match ended in a draw, with both teams scoring 68 points. What a player. Cookies will be used for the identification of users if the "Remember me on this computer" option is checked. [29] From there, Collingwood's victory was never in doubt. Despite being underdogs, the Bulldogs started the match well. St Kilda entered the season after having won the 2009 minor premiership with the club's best ever home and away record of 202, but losing the grand final to Geelong by two goals. A very credible case could be made that this was the best grand final of all. While the veterans starred, young gun Tyson Stengle capped off one of the stories of the AFL season with an epic. Smith added another long goal before Stengle kicked two of his own, his fourth coming from the boundary line in front of a Geelong faithful that has embraced the former Crows and Tigers small forward from the moment they recruited him last year for a last chance. GeelongThe Cats love to overwhelm their opponents with superior numbers. Two teams on two long winning streaks, but there can be only one winner when Geelong and Sydney square off in Saturday's Grand Final. For example, only 69 of the 111 Grand Finals, or about 62%, have been won by the team finishing higher on the ladder. That was a tragedy, Alastair Clarkson said. Max Holmes (hamstring) will miss the clash, with Mark O'Connor coming into the Cats' 22 and Brandan Parfitt named the sub. Chad Warner (29 disposals, two goals) was among the few winners for the Swans, while Tom Papley tried hard. However, after Collingwood and St Kilda drew in the grand final, the series was extended to five weeks, ending on 2 October, with the first Grand Final replay since 1977 (and the last, due to rules changes in 2016). Collingwood made two changes to their preliminary final team, bringing in Leon Davis and Simon Prestigiacomo and omitting Tyson Goldsack and Nathan Brown. It was a first quarter that will live on in the memories of Cats fans forever. There have been 15 Grand Finals of this type, five of them occurring since 1980 (1982, 1997, 2001, 2004 and 2011). This was the third draw in a VFL/AFL grand final, the previous two occurring in 1948 and 1977. While the veterans starred, young gun Tyson Stengle capped off one of the stories of the AFL season with an epic Every Geelong player rated out of 10 from the Grand Final against Sydney. Goals were scored by Thomas (5th minute), Dal Santo (7th minute), O'Brien (12th minute, with the assistance of a 50-metre penalty), Milne (13th minute), Wellingham (17th minute), Milne again (25th minute), and finally Sidebottom (27th minute). Start your free trial now >, BLOODBATH: Cats crush woeful Swans as 10th flag cements superstars legacies, CATS PLAYER RATINGS:Story of season gets perfect ending; colossal stars epic GF, SWANS PLAYER RATINGS: Horror day as SEVENTEEN players cop fails, RESUME GROWS: Cats veteran adds prestigious Norm Smith to his remarkable medal cabinet, SELWOOD STARS: Tears flow as Cats champions finally claim flag they deserved, ALL-TIME SELECTION STINKER: Swan shouldnt be playing as bold GF play backfires, JUST BROKE ME:AFL world loses it over Cats amazing Grand Final act with legends son, The dominant ruck on the ground. But the result was never really in doubt theyll say. The Cats have capped a stellar season with a Grand Final thrashing of the Swans. It was the awakening of this sleeping giant.. [23] Cricket Victoria delayed the opening of the Victorian Premier Cricket season to the following weekend. Picture: Getty Images, Geelong celebrates its 2022 premiership win after the Toyota AFL Grand Final victory over Sydney. More so than any other grand final, its like watching a completely different sport, mainly because of the state of the ground. Smith's standout game was rewarded with a Norm Smith Medal, another astounding part of the game in his second season after crossing from Hawthorn where he was a key member of its triple-premiership teams form 2013-15. Andrew Collins (left) Greg Dear (centre) and Gary Ayres (right) of Hawthorn celebrate after winning the AFL grand final between the Hawks and Geelong Cats at the MCG in 1989. es, Ive left out 1972, 2005 and 2016. [34] The provision for a grand final replay was eventually removed, and replaced with extra time, starting from the 2016 season, making 2010's game the last grand final replay in the league's history. Isaac Smith snares a pair of goals in the opening term as the Cats look ominous early. After Collingwood's complete dominance of the second quarter, the third quarter was much more closely contested. Geelong scored eight goals to Fremantle's one in the first quarter of their semi-final to take a 42-point lead into quarter time. In Round 16 at the MCG, Collingwood was a comfortable winner over St Kilda by the score 15.10 (100) versus 6.16 (52). All packages include reserved seating for the 2023 Toyota AFL Grand Final. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. Grand Final Legends; AFLUA Hall of Fame; Team of the Century; Reserve Grade UA. View Advanced Stats . Most Goals in AFL/VFL history. It was the 127th grand final of the Australian Football League (AFL), staged to determine the premiers of the 2022 AFL season.The match, attended by 100,024 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 81 points, marking the club . Brent Macaffer scored a crumbing goal for Collingwood from the goal square a minute later to extend the margin to 19 points. If it is a valid email, your password will be reset and emailed to you. Picture: AFL Photos, Geelong captain Joel Selwood on the final siren against Brisbane in the 2022 preliminary final. Football had never seen anyone like Kevin Sheedy. The Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990, is the elite national competition in men's Australian rules football. [31] Up until the 11th minute, Collingwood won the inside-50s 61. Among the Cats leading tacklers and contested possession winners. [24] The Chris Mainwaring Legends Match, which raises money for Perth's Telethon was moved to 9 October. All data entered is sent securely via SSL to our system. The club was attempting to win its fifteenth VFL/AFL premiership, and its first since 1990. Leigh Fisher 4. Carlton legend John Nicholls will present the Jock McHale Medal to the winning coach. The half-time entertainment will feature Australian artists G-Flip, the Temper Trap and Goanna, that will include Christine Anu, Emma Donovan, Tasman Keith and William Barton.