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FINALS WEEK ONE, AUGUST 27-29, 2021

TRIPLE TON: Tom Hawkins will this week become the sixth Geelong player to reach 300 games.

FEATURES

FINALS FRENZY

The first week of finals will be played in Adelaide and Launceston after a thrilling end to the regular season.

ASHLEY BROWNE reports.

HALL OF FAME

The Australian Football Hall of Fame has welcomed two Legends and four inductees, including the first woman to be inducted.

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MIGHTY MAX DELIVERS IN DREAM FINALE

I think they’ll be incredibly proud of their team and their club MELBOURNE COACH SIMON GOODWIN’S MESSAGETO SUPPORTERS AFTER THE DEMONS FINISHED ON TOP OF THE LADDER

EPIC FINISH: Max Gawn’s after-the-siren goal saw the Demons finish on top for the first time since 1964, much to the delight of his teammates (inset).

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he final round of 1987 has long been considered to be the gold standard when it comes to closing out the home and away season.

But it might have finally met its match last weekend.

Melbourne skipper Max Gawn’s match-winning goal after the final siren at GMHBA Stadium, which handed the Demons a four-point win over Geelong and gave them their first minor premiership in 57 years, was the final act of a most magical and special 24 hours of football.

Coming after a brutal few days on the COVID front, football provided a welcome salve for much of the nation.

It started at Marvel Stadium last Friday night when the Western Bulldogs squandered a bright start and a three-goal lead in the final quarter to lose by two points.

A flying shot at goal just before the siren from Bailey Smith fell just short.

The net result was handing the Power a home final and leaving the Dogs to sweat out the following evening’s Brisbane-West Coast game to see if their double-chance was preserved.

And for much of that match it was. The Eagles were depleted, but they were plucky. For the Lions, the result was irrelevant.

All that mattered was the margin, which needed to be around five goals for the Lions to jump ahead of the Dogs into the top four.

Brisbane pressed repeatedly in the last few minutes, ahead by 31 points, but still needing one more point to move the percentage needle to where it needed to be.

Lions coach Chris Fagan, watching helplessly from the boundary, thought their hopes were dashed.

But with less than 30 seconds remaining, Lions forward Lincoln McCarthy snapped a point to extend the lead to 32 points and the 21,000 fans at the Gabba – who had all done the maths – exploded with joy.

u The sum total of six points has decided the make-up of this year’s top four after last week’s enthralling finish to the home and away season.

After trailing for most of the night, Port Adelaide secured a home final with a two-point win over the Western Bulldogs, who dug themselves into a hole over the final three rounds.

The loss consigned the Bulldogs to fifth spot after the

Brisbane Lions jumped into fourth place with a 38-point win over West Coast last Saturday.

But the most dramatic finish came later that night when Geelong, after leading by as much as 44 points in the third quarter, was mown down by a fast-finishing Melbourne.

Max Gawn’s heroics – the Demons skipper booted a goal after the siren to give his side a four-point win –

That’s for every fan who has been embarrassed to wear the Melbourne logo CHRISTIAN PETRACCA

For Bulldog supporters watching on from home, it was the second punch to the guts in as many days.

All eyes then turned to Geelong.

Top spot for the winner. Away to Port Adelaide for the loser.

The Cats were brilliant in the second quarter and at one stage their lead blew out to 44 points.

But the Demons worked their way back in spectacular fashion and kicked 6.2 to 0.2 in the final quarter to snatch the win and the spoils that went with it.

It was Melbourne’s finest home and away win since the 1987 final round victory at Whitten Oval that broke their finals drought.

And the symbolism was incredible. It was 10 years ago that the Demons experienced their darkest hour, losing to Geelong at Geelong by 187 points.

rocketed Melbourne to the top of the ladder.

We are now set for an intriguing opening week of finals with the Demons taking on the Lions and the Power hosting the Cats in the two qualifying finals.

Outside the top four, the elimination finals will command all-star billing as the Bulldogs take on Essendon, while there will be no love lost in the

match-up between the two Sydney sides.

Both the Swans and Giants have been solid performers at the pointy end of the season.

They have met in finals twice before with the Giants successful in both – the 2016 qualifying final and the 2018 elimination final.

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TEAGUE DECISION DELAYED

ONE WEEK at a TIME HIGH DRAMA: Charlie Cameron put the icing on the cake with a goal after the siren as the Lions clinched a top-four spot.

It has been a slow climb back since that day, but the mood of the red and blue faithful was best summed up by star midfielder Christian Petracca, who told Channel Seven while close to tears afterwards, “That’s for every Melbourne fan who has been embarrassed to wear the Melbourne logo.”

The omens for Melbourne are everywhere. That minor premiership in 1964 led to the actual premiership four weeks later, and the club has not won another one since.

Gawn’s kick after the siren was the first to clinch top spot in that manner since Stephen Kernahan did so for Carlton in 1987. The Blues also went on from there to win the premiership.

So much changed over the last five minutes of each of those games that had there been no change to the scores, the top five would have been Geelong, Western Bulldogs, Port Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane.

And no recap of the final round can leave out the events at the MCG that kick-started ‘Super Saturday’.

Hawthorn, in Alastair Clarkson’s final game as coach and Shaun Burgoyne’s last as a player, somehow blew a 31-point lead well into time-on to draw with Richmond, which was farewelling David Astbury and Bachar Houli.

With no pre-finals bye, the finals combatants get straight back into it.

Which after the events of last weekend, just adds further to the theatre of it all.

Two finals in Adelaide to start with and two in Launceston, of all places. It is the season that keeps on giving.

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here’s a bit more grunt about the GWS Giants these days.

They’re more John Deere and less Ferrari.

And it is typified by their round 23 NAB AFL Rising Star nominee, Connor Idun.

The former Drysdale product, who was a fourth-round selection at the 2018 NAB AFL Draft via the Geelong Falcons, made just three appearances in his first two seasons, but emerged this season playing 20 of a possible 22 home and away games.

He is primarily a lockdown, medium-sized defender who has averaged 12.6 disposals game. But where he has been elite is some of his defensive acts – he is averaging 4.3 one-percenters, 3.4 spoils and 2.2 one-on-one wins a game.

It is the sort of hardness sorely lacking at the Giants until this year, but has made him one of the first players selected by Leon Cameron every week.

The winner of the 2021 NAB AFL Rising Star award was announced on Thursday night after the Record had gone to print. There will be extensive coverage of the Rising Star and other award winners in next week’s edition.

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u David Teague turned up to work at Ikon Park last Monday thinking it might have been his last day in the job.

The Carlton coach might yet save his job, with new president Luke Sayers and his board keen for Teague to walk them through what was a disappointing 8-14 campaign and to marry that up with the findings of the independent review of the club’s football department.

Teague has received strong support across the coaching fraternity, including Alastair Clarkson and Damien Hardwick.

Leading football number cruncher Josh Kay noted that Teague’s 21-29 record through 50 games was better than Clarkson (18-32) and Hardwick (16-33-1).

If the Blues do move on from Teague, former St Kilda and Fremantle coach Ross Lyon shapes as his likely replacement, although the Blues will check with Clarkson whether his plan to take a sabbatical is locked in stone.

Former Brisbane premiership forward Craig McRae, currently an assistant at Hawthorn after distinguished stints at the Magpies and Richmond, is the favourite to land the Collingwood job ahead of Don Pyke, Adam Kingsley and interim coach Robert Harvey.

At Hawthorn, the Clarkson era is over and Sam Mitchell is already taking charge.

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FINALS WEEK 1 ONE WEEK at a TIME MILESTONES 300 GAMES

Tom Hawkins GEELONG

CLUB GAMES RECORD Joel Selwood GEELONG

Selwood is on 331 games.

Corey Enright holds the record with 332 games.

AFL LIFE MEMBERSHIP

Luke Beveridge WB/MELB/STK

118 premiership games and 16 pre-season games as a Melbourne/Western Bulldogs/St Kilda player, plus 156 premiership games and nine pre-season games as coach of the Western Bulldogs

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Tom Jonas

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180 premiership games, 19 pre-season games

150 GAMES Charlie Cameron

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1000 CAREER GOALS Lance Franklin

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CHAMPION CAT LIVED UP TO THE HYPE

MAKING HIS MARK: Tom Hawkins will become just the sixth Cat to play 300 games; (below) Hawkins in his 2007 debut game.

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he hype around Tom Hawkins when he made his debut was incredible.

The father-son pathway had already delivered so much for the Cats and when young Tom, son of ‘Jumping’ Jack Hawkins, came to the club in the summer of 2006, supporters were beside themselves with excitement.

A strapping key forward, his game had been refined at the notable finishing schools of Melbourne Grammar and the Sandringham Dragons before he arrived at Kardinia Park.

The 2007 season was supposed to be a development year. But the Cats couldn’t help themselves and selected Hawkins in just the second game of the season against Carlton, and after six marks and three goals, the rave reviews started rolling in.

Mike Sheahan, the elder statesman of AFL journalism, even went with the “remember where you were” line in the next day’s Herald Sun. Truth was, like so many young key forwards, Hawkins was a bit coltish and needed time.

He couldn’t keep his spot in the all-conquering 2007 team and a mid-season foot injury brought him undone the following year.

But from 2009 he became the focal point of Geelong’s forward line and, really, he has been as good as advertised and worth the hype.

He has been durable and consistent, but there have also been sustained periods of excellence.

He was a premiership player in 2009 and 2011 and the Cats’ best and fairest in 2012, the year he was first named an All-Australian.

His 2019 and 2020 campaigns were terrific, both ending with All-Australian selection, and last year he collected the Coleman Medal.

There has been the odd blemish; he runs a fine line on the disciplinary front and his absence

GEELONG 300-GAME PLAYERS GAMES 332 331 325 305 300

PLAYER Corey Enright Joel Selwood Ian Nankervis Jimmy Bartel John Newman

from the 2019 preliminary final through suspension hurt the Cats.

But, at 33, he remains a major weapon. His strength and body work, his willingness to play as a second ruckman as required and his ability to kick an important goal are critical. He continues to track above average for disposals, goals, marks and tackles.

This weekend, Hawkins becomes the sixth Geelong player to reach 300 games.

He is contracted until the end of next season, by which time he will trail only Corey Enright, Ian Nankervis and Joel Selwood – whose 332nd game this weekend will equal the club record – on the all-time games list at the Cats. But the record could be his one day.

“I would resist the temptation to talk about the legacy he’s going to leave,” Geelong coach Chris Scott said.

“We’ve got a fair bit of time before his career is actually over.

“It’s a huge achievement. He’s fairly fundamental to what we have done at this footy club over the last 10 to 15 years.

“I think it’s fitting that his 300th game comes in such an important game for the club.”

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TOM HAWKINS

Born: July 21, 1988 Recruited from: Finley (NSW)/ Melbourne Grammar (Vic)/ Sandringham U18 Debut: Round 2, 2007, v Carlton Height: 198cm Weight: 102kg Games: 299 Goals: 657 Honours: best and fairest 2012; 2nd best and fairest 2014, 2020; All-Australian 2012, 2019, 2020; leading goalkicker 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020; Coleman Medal 2020; pre-season premiership 2009; premierships 2009, 2011.

Brownlow Medal: career votes 52.

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This time 25 years ago, Footscray Football Club was down and just about out. At the end of 1996, then president Peter Gordon and his board had run out of spark and were bereft of fresh ideas.

Could a new group save the club and take it in a different direction? ASHLEY BROWNE revisits those tumultuous few months where a football club was reborn before our very eyes.

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THE KEY PLAYERS

DAVID SMORGON: Businessman, former board member and passionate supporter.

ALAN JOHNSTONE: Former board member and, through Penfold Motors, a long-time club sponsor.

RAY BAXTER: 80-game player between 1958 and 1964 and later chairman of LeasePlan Australia.

RICK KENNEDY: 158-game player between 1981 and 1991, later match committee chairman and successful businessman.

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Footscray finished the 1996 season second last on the ladder.

It had no money and not much hope. How did your taskforce become involved?

RICK KENNEDY: It all started with some supporters who called me and said the club was in a bit of trouble and that we should approach Ray Baxter to become president because he was a man of stature and great wisdom. And after we met with Ray at the Geebung Polo Club (a Hawthorn hotel), we thought we’d call a few people like Alan and David. There were about 10 of us at the first meeting and then the group grew.

DAVID SMORGON: There was enormous pressure on the Bulldogs because we had debts. (President) Peter Gordon and his team had run out of puff. They had tried everything and I don’t think anyone was really keen for the Bulldogs to stay in Melbourne and that was the environment we started addressing.

If we didn’t do anything, the club would be merged or move interstate and we wouldn’t have had a say in anything.

Once you took charge, you had so many fundamental decisions to make, starting with moving from Whitten Oval to Princes Park (then Optus Oval).

ALAN JOHNSTONE: There was a problem with the council and the lease arrangement. And the AFL told us we had to be out of there within a couple of years.

KENNEDY: The stands were fire hazards and the facilities were very ordinary.

SMORGON: Drunks and sex workers used to operate out of the car park at the back of the grandstand.

The offices were rat-infested.

We were nowhere near what other clubs had.

RAY BAXTER: We had a meeting with (AFL CEO) Ross Oakley and he said you really only have one choice and that was to go to Optus Oval.

You didn’t have a captain or a coach.

KENNEDY: They were the two big decisions we had to make and we made them early with Terry Wallace as coach and Chris Grant staying because he was being very heavily courted by Port Adelaide.

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RE-BIRTH OF THE BULLDOGS: (clockwise from top) key players Chris Grant and Luke Darcy; new coach Terry Wallace; the one-off farewell game at Whitten Oval in 1997.

SMORGON: We also had 22 players out of contract and we knew players such as Rohan Smith and Brad Johnson would follow ‘Granty’ out the door if he left. We sat down with Chris and we shared a vision with him of what the club could look like. And it was a leap of faith for him to accept it.

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SMORGON: Note the Footscray Hospital is now the Western General Hospital, Footscray Council is now the Maribyrnong Council, so there is plenty of evidence around that the name change was necessary.

How supportive were the banks?

SMORGON: When I was announced as president, I got a call from the Commonwealth Bank. I went to a bank office on the 34th floor, a guy lifted up the shutters and handed me an envelope. I said I wanted a face-to-face meeting, but the bloke said, ‘There’s no point having a meeting, Mr Smorgon. Read the letter.’ So, I read the letter – it said there would be no more support for the club and they wanted to be repaid within seven days. I was shocked. I wondered what the hell I had got myself involved with.

(Wallace replaced Alan Joyce as interim coach in 1996), but David, Alan and Ray didn’t know him, so we organised a meeting and they effectively interviewed him.

SMORGON: He was the only guy we interviewed because, frankly, we didn’t have any other options.

JOHNSTONE: We offered him $80,000, plus incentives, and he earned them all because we played in a preliminary final the next year.

And then you changed the name of the club.

SMORGON: We looked at the western region of Melbourne and where the growth was going to be over the next 20 years. We needed to represent the entire western region.

We can’t be ‘Western Footscray’, but then someone said, ‘How about the Western Bulldogs?’ And it was so obvious. We white-boarded logos and jumper designs and we all got very excited about it. To change the name from Footscray was the most difficult thing to do. But if we didn’t, I’m not sure how viable we would have remained. We did cop abuse and threats from people. I’m pleased it has stood the test of time.

BAXTER: And putting ‘FFC’ on the back of the jumper pacified a lot of people.

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NEW NAME, NEW HOME: The move to Princes Park started disastrously for the renamed Western Bulldogs, losing an ‘unlosable game’ against the Dockers; (inset) new president David Smorgon; (below right) Bulldogs icon Charlie Sutton.

JOHNSTONE: We were after some sponsors and we’d spoken to the ANZ and they agreed to give us $50,000 for one year only in 1997.

I was in the car with David and Rick on our way to meet with them and confirm the deal when (interim chief executive) John Pollock rang and said we might be in trouble because there were $400,000 worth of cheques bouncing all over Melbourne. I said to David, ‘You might have to come with me because we won’t be talking to them about a sponsorship anymore, you and I might have to be the guarantors for a $500,000 overdraft.’ They agreed to do it and to some degree we owe the ANZ our gratitude for saving the club.

questions and nobody put their hand up. Finally, Luke Darcy put his hand up and said that he wants us to be better than every other club, when at that time we were the worst. I asked what we could do to help. He said that they had to pay $4 a week for Musashi energy drinks when players at every other club got them for free. I knew that would be my first big test with the players, so I rang Musashi, got them on as a sponsor and a few days later I told Terry the news and he told me to come to pre-season training and announce it to the players as the first example of doing for them what we said we would. That helped break down the barriers and from that stage the relationship was pretty strong.

How deeply were the AFL involved as you went about saving the club?

SMORGON: I tried to keep in touch as often as I could because we were dependent on them for much of our funding. But this was the time before equalisation. There was a gun at our head. We knew that the West Australian Commission member Terry O’Connor thought there were too many clubs in Melbourne and he was very powerful. But we also knew that the new Docklands Stadium would open in a few years and that would hopefully be our salvation. Optus Oval was good for us in the interim.

We made two preliminary finals playing from there and it became a bit of a cauldron for the Bulldogs.

Were there early signs of progress?

SMORGON: I struggled with it.

Membership didn’t noticeably improve. We were all out there trying to find people with some money. Not many wanted to put their hands in their pockets and sponsors were very light on

SMORGON: I don’t think the AFL would have let us continue without the help of the ANZ. I think we would have thrown the keys back.

As mentioned, you had 22 players out of contract. When did you start meeting with them and how did you sell your vision for the club to them?

SMORGON: I won’t forget the first time we addressed the players. I outlined to them our values and that there were going to be some changes. I then asked for some

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because we were an unknown quantity. We didn’t have the best name around town and people didn’t know if we’d have a future, so why would they support our brand even if it was a new brand.

KENNEDY: It was hand-to-mouth stuff. Constant survival.

JOHNSTONE: The coach was very enthusiastic and introduced a lot of blue sky because he was very innovative.

SMORGON: We had a big family day at Whitten Oval where we launched the Western Bulldogs and Charlie Sutton spoke and he was very encouraging. He was still seen as a leader. But there were individuals in the coterie groups who didn’t like the name change, didn’t like that we were an unelected group and didn’t support what we were trying to do.

It was the night I put my credit card on the bar SMORGON ON THE DOGS’ FAMOUS WIN OVER WEST COAST IN 1997

The team famously beat West Coast in Perth on a Friday night, during which Terry Wallace gave an interview during the final quarter. Was that the night the Western Bulldogs finally arrived?

What happened during the opening game of the season, where so much of your work was nearly undone in one afternoon.

SMORGON: We lost to Fremantle by four points at Optus Oval in the last 30 seconds when (Docker) Winston Abraham kicked a goal from 65m

out. That was bad enough. But what I didn’t know until after the game was that we had locked out hundreds of our members because we were charging them a $25 surcharge on top of their membership. Nobody knew what to do, or how to handle it. We had a board meeting the following morning because we were a club out of control. We had lost the unlosable game and had a few hundred fans saying they would never buy a membership again.

We went on the front foot, we were honest, we said it was our first day and we apologised. The press got stuck into us and it was a very testing time.

WORTH THE WAIT: The Bulldogs celebrate their historic 2016 premiership win.

SMORGON: It was the night I put my credit card on the bar. But that was the defining moment. It was after that people genuinely started to show us some respect.

KENNEDY: That time was all a bit of blur, but we were still doing

so much behind the scenes to keep things afloat, to support the on-field team and making sure everything was right with them.

I have a memory of that entire year being in survival mode, albeit we were playing good football.

BAXTER: It was a slog for the whole year until we made the finals. Then there was a feeling that we perhaps could do something.

SMORGON: I was very concerned about the wins and losses because that impacted membership, sponsorship and what the AFL was going to say. I looked upon every match as a business opportunity.

How many bums on seats were there? How many memberships did we sell? It was hard to relax and enjoy the game because it was about survival and if the members didn’t turn up, we wouldn’t pay the bills. But we had some great players and we were in premiership contention right up until the 30-minute mark of the final quarter of the preliminary final.

You began to dream of a Cinderella premiership, but it ended when Adelaide beat you after a final-quarter comeback in that preliminary final. How harsh a football lesson was that?

SMORGON: I turned to Ray at threequarter time and said, ‘Can you believe it? We’re going to make the (expletive) Grand Final!’ He said to me, ‘Hang on ‘Smorgo’, there’s 30 minutes to go. Anything can happen.’ And he was right. I still have visions of being one of the first in the rooms, of grown men walking in stunned and speechless and most on the verge of crying.

I went into the players’ room and we sat there silently for a time, then the media wanted to come in. The captain didn’t want to talk. The coach didn’t want to talk. But then I realised that there were thousands of people who came on the journey with us and they wanted to hear from someone. I knew I had to do something. I can’t remember what I said but I had to give some hope.

The pleasing thing was that in the days and weeks afterwards I heard from members and supporters who were listening who thanked me for my words and who promised to re-sign. And that’s when I began to understand the passion people have for their football club and what a loss in a preliminary final meant for everyone. @hashbrowne

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t’s a familiar story when you trace the background of Melbourne star Clayton Oliver as he prepared to enter the AFL system at the end of the 2015 season.

Oliver was not on the radar coming into his draft year and, like many young hopefuls, the negatives appeared to outweigh the positives.

Yes, he was a contested ball-winner for the Murray Bushrangers in the under-18 NAB League and was described as playing in the same mould as Carlton’s Patrick Cripps, who was starting to make an impact after being drafted two years prior.

But there were question marks over Oliver’s endurance and body size. He wasn’t super quick and he had a tendency to give away too many free kicks.

The second half of 2015 proved a game and career-changer for the youngster from Mooroopna in northern Victoria.

He won the Morrish Medal as best player in the NAB League, played some senior footy for Mooroopna and tested well at the Draft Combine.

Suddenly, he was well and truly on the radar and the Demons swooped, selecting him with their

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Oliver made his debut in the opening round of 2016, winning a NAB AFL Rising Star nomination in the process, and went on to play 13 games.

By the following season, he was an established member of Melbourne’s midfield and is now considered one of the AFL’s elite on-ballers.

Oliver won the Demons’ best and fairest in 2017 and 2019 (tied with Max Gawn) and was named All-Australian in 2018.

His numbers in 2021 suggest more individual honours will follow but, more importantly, Oliver will be one of the key players driving Melbourne’s premiership quest.

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Born: July 22, 1997 Recruited from: Mooroopna (Vic)/ Bendigo U18/ Murray U18 Debut: Round 1, 2016, v GWS Giants Height: 187cm Weight: 88kg Games: 121 Goals: 38 Brownlow Medal: career votes 54.

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famous father has been a millstone around the neck of many an emerging young player.

But in the case of star Bulldog Tom Liberatore, the deeds of his father Tony have proved to be an inspiration, and a family tradition of guts and determination lives on today.

Tony Liberatore was a hard-nosed competitor who overcame concerns that he was too small (163cm) to make the big time.

He started at North Melbourne, but never played a senior game and made his way to the Bulldogs in 1986. But he was consigned to mainly reserve

grade level between 1986-89 and won two competition best player awards (Gardiner Medal) in 1986 and 1988, having previously won the under-19 competition award – the Morrish Medal – when he was at North in 1984.

But it all clicked from 1990 and by 1992 he claimed the game’s highest individual honour, the Brownlow Medal.

He retired on 283 games at the end of 2002, but the Liberatore link to the Bulldogs was only another eight years away.

Tom was taken at No. 4 as a father-son selection in the 2010 NAB AFL Draft and Bulldogs fans got to

see ‘Libba Mark II’ – a much taller version at 184cm – as soon as the opening round of 2011.

And just like his famous father, the honours and accolades followed.

Second in the best and fairest in 2013, Tom won the award outright in 2014, but his crowning glory came in 2016 when he featured in the Bulldogs’ drought-breaking premiership.

It was a sustained performance from Liberatore and his Bulldogs teammates as they claimed the club’s second flag and first since 1954.

Who knows, his second premiership medal might be a few weeks away?

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Born: May 16, 1992 Recruited from: St Bernard’s (Vic)/ Calder U18 Debut: Round 1, 2011, v Essendon Height: 184cm Weight: 85kg Games: 169 Goals: 62 Brownlow Medal: career votes 22.

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON: Tom and Tony Liberatore after the Bulldogs’ 2016 premiership.

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OLLIE WINES KEY STATS DISPOSALS 34 CONTESTED POSSESSIONS 17 TACKLES 9 INSIDE 50S

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Just as he started back in March, Wines finished the home and away season with a bang in the two-point victory over the Western Bulldogs.

The Power needed to win to clinch a home final, but found themselves trailing the Dogs by 19 points at half-time.

They made some headway in the third term and went into the final change 11 points down.

Enter Wines.

The 26-year-old vice-captain helped drag the Power over the line with 12 final-term touches, eight of which were contested, plus four tackles, three clearances and a crucial goal.

As has been the case all season, he formed a damaging midfield duo with Travis Boak, who was superb with 31 touches, six inside 50s and two goals.

The pair combined for a massive 65 disposals (with 27 contested possessions), as well as 11 inside 50s, nine clearances and three vital goals.

Wines has enjoyed such a season that Power great Kane Cornes believes he could be in the mix for a couple of huge individual accolades.

“He may have pinched the Brownlow Medal,” Cornes said on SEN SA Breakfast.

“Ollie Wines would have got the three (votes). Will that be the difference in a very close Brownlow Medal count?

“He’s had a massive year. He’ll probably win the best and fairest at Port Adelaide.”

ANDREW SLEVISON

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or the second successive year , the Australian Football Hall of Fame induction was a virtual/TV event, but it didn’t lessen the honour bestowed on two Legends and four inductees.

For the first time since the inaugural Hall of Fame ceremony in 1996, more than one player was elevated to Legend status.

Jack Oatey and Merv McIntosh – giants of the game in South Australia and Western Australia respectively – joined that prestigious group, taking the number of Legends to 31.

The criteria that a Legend must “have caused the game to change significantly for the better” applies to both Oatey and McIntosh.

Like fellow Legend Norm Smith, Oatey was a more than useful player, but later a giant of the coaching caper.

And like Smith, he is recognised on Grand Final day.

The best player in the AFL Grand Final receives the Norm Smith Medal and the best player in the SANFL Grand Final receives the Jack Oatey Medal.

McIntosh becomes the third WA Legend behind Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer and Barry Cable. The former Perth star is football royalty in the west and Legend status sits comfortably alongside his name.

Among this year’s inductees is Debbie Lee, a nod to the growing impact of the women’s game. Player, coach, administrator, she has done it all and is the first female to be inducted – and the good thing is she won’t be the last.

Robert Wiley was another star of WA football who also had a significant impact at Richmond where he played in the Tigers’ 1980 premiership, following ultimate success with Perth in the WAFL in 1976 and 1977.

Former St Kilda captain Nathan Burke finally received his due recognition. There was no fiercer competitor than Burke, as evidenced by the bent nose and helmet he sported for most of his career.

And Chris Judd was a no-brainer, having completed the five-year eligibility criteria since retiring in 2015. A Brownlow medallist for two clubs – West Coast and Carlton – Judd was the complete package when it came to modern-day midfielders.

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GENTLE GIANT: Standing an imposing 198cm, Merv McIntosh was at one stage rated the best player in the land.

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MERV McINTOSH GIANT OF THE WEST

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hink of Australia in 1947 and, more specifically, think of the rudimentary telecommunications and media infrastructure of the time.

No TV. Not much in the way of radio. No national newspapers.

What happened in a city might often stay in a city, especially one as far flung from the rest of the country as Perth.

Yet in 1947, The Sporting Globe, the Melbourne-based bi-weekly newspaper, nominated Merv McIntosh as the best player in the country.

Words of his deeds as Perth’s No. 1 ruckman, less than two seasons after he returned from active service as an infantryman in New Guinea, made its way across the Nullarbor.

Standing at 198cm, he was a giant of West Australian football, literally and physically.

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Reports from the time would marvel at his strength and determination and his brilliant football brain. Unusually for such a big man, he boasted exquisite skills.

“He could short pass as daintily and turn as nimbly as any footballer of more reasonable proportions,” one reporter wrote.

“He was a gentle giant. He was always described that way,” said Kay Vallance, the oldest of his six children. Among them is former Australian netball coach Jill McIntosh.

“He had these really large hands. You’d see them around a ball and he would carry it like it was nothing.

“He was never involved in altercations with other players. He did what he did, and he was very fair.”

McIntosh played three seasons for Perth, went off to war and then returned to play a further 10 years.

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MERV McINTOSH Club: Perth Born: November 25, 1922 Died: May 3, 2010 Recruited from: Maddington (WA) Playing career: 1939-41, 1945-55 Games: 217 Goals: 79 Player honours: Sandover Medal 1948, 1953, 1954; best and fairest 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954; premiership 1955; West Australian representative (24 games); All-Australian (carnival) 1953; Tassie Medal 1953; Simpson Medal 1952, 1953, 1955; Perth Team of the Century; WA Hall of Fame (Legend).

He won three Sandover Medals and a host of other awards that were prestigious in their time, including Simpson and Tassie Medals.

He was an All-Australian selection in 1953 and won his club’s best and fairest on seven occasions.

Many say he saved his best game for last.

Perth entered the 1955 WAFL Grand Final against East Fremantle looking for its first premiership since 1907, and all seemed lost when the Redlegs (now Demons) trailed by 34 points at half-time.

But they came storming back in the third term to trail by two points at the final change.

Kicking into a howling gale, they hit the front in the final term and then held on grimly.

McIntosh took charge in the final five minutes, locking the ball in the dead pocket and repeatedly knocking it out of bounds to preserve a two-point lead.

“We got away with it,” he told reporters after a performance in which he had 45 hit-outs and 24 possessions.

It was one of the great final acts in football history, anytime, anywhere.

McIntosh ran a successful garage while playing football, so was never tempted to try his luck in Victoria.

The largest offer he ever received was to move to Tasmania, but not even the prospect of making 20 pounds a game, plus suitable employment, tempted him.

McIntosh was an inaugural member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and is a Legend of the West Australian Football Hall of Fame.

He is the third West Australian-born champion to become a Legend in the Australian Football Hall of Fame, joining Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer and Barry Cable.

“It was just great to see that he had been finally acknowledged as playing a big part in football in Australia,” Vallance said.

“There were people along the way who said he should be a Legend. Other players from the time said he should be.

“It is good to think that another West Australian has been elevated.

Cable, Farmer and now Dad and that really is such an honour.”

ASHLEY BROWNE

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SKILLS AND TEAMWORK: Jack Oatey changed the way the game was played in South Australia, turning Sturt from an also-ran into a powerhouse.

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t the end of every game of footy, it’s the scoreboard that settles the last of the arguments that might have been running up to the final siren.

It’s always been about the ‘W’ and the ‘L’.

For newly-elevated Legend of the Game, Jack Oatey, the scoreboard is emphatic.

u Most wins as a coach in the 144-year history of the SANFL (521). u Most premierships as a coach (10, equal with John Cahill).

More than a quarter of a century after his passing, it’s undeniable Oatey was successful, but he is a Legend because he changed the way success was achieved in South Australian football, and altered the very nature of how the game was played in the state.

Skilled and tough, he was a four-time best and fairest and was named first rover in Norwood’s team of the century during a career interrupted by World War II. He was a five-time premiership player at Norwood, and led the Redlegs to three flags as captain-coach in 1946, ’48 and ’50.

From there, it was a short stint with West Adelaide that included a Grand Final loss against his great rival Fos Williams, before a 21-year association with Sturt.

It was here the direction of the game in South Australia changed forever.

The Double Blues were a down-trodden club when Oatey walked into Unley for the 1962 season, having just claimed their fifth wooden spoon in the two decades since their last premiership during the war years.

Once nicknamed ‘Bull’ as a child for an occasional propensity to be involved in a school fracas, Oatey turned an also-ran into a powerhouse with seven premierships and an extraordinary win rate beyond 67 per cent.

Teamwork, playing the ball and perfection of all the skills were the major parts of his coaching mantra.

Kick with both feet, but kick well always to the team’s advantage, not just for territory.

Use handball, not just as a last resort, but as an attacking weapon.

Son Peter, now rising 75, began his league career with a now-struggling Norwood still

living at home while his father was about to embark on five successive premierships from 1966-70.

If that was difficult for Peter, elder son Robert, an outstanding player and SANFL Hall of Famer who was named as second rover to his father in the Norwood Team of the Century, was coach of the Redlegs in this period and regularly getting schooled by his father twice a year.

“Port Adelaide was the great team of the 1950s and early 1960s, a very great team, and they were powerful, tough, physical and strictly disciplined by Fos Williams,” Peter said.

“Dad absolutely believed in discipline, but his discipline particularly involved teamwork and the requirement to perfect your skills.

“Whenever I played against Port, it would be a tough, hard, physical contest.

“A game against Sturt was always physical at close quarters, but you always felt like you just couldn’t quite lay your hands on the ball because they constantly moved it so quickly and so well down the ground.

“You were always a step or two behind them, or in the wrong place no matter what you tried, because their kicking and their handball skills were a step above every other team in the league.”

Sturt kept winning and winning – seven flags in 11 years at its highpoint between 1966-76 – until other sides had spent the time perfecting their skills to be able to compete.

Oatey’s teams would never kick deep to pockets intentionally and forwards were never to lead wide.

Too hard to kick goals from there.

Set-ups at ruck contests were perfected with the combination of Rick Davies, Paul Bagshaw and Mick Nunan nigh on unstoppable.

The Eastern grandstand at the redeveloped Adelaide Oval is named in his honour, while the best player in the SANFL Grand Final wins the Jack Oatey Medal, an honour instituted while Oatey was still active within the league four decades ago.

This highest honour brings back only good memories for Peter.

“It’s a fitting tribute for someone who dedicated his life to the game and people in football,” Peter said.

PATRICK KEANE

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JACK OATEY

Clubs: Norwood, Norwood-North, South Melbourne, West Adelaide, Sturt Born: August 29, 1920 Died: February 26, 1994 Recruited from: Maitland (SA) Playing career: 1940-52 Games: 186 (Norwood 162, Norwood-North 19, South Melbourne 5) Goals: 237 (Norwood218, Norwood-North 15, South Melbourne 4) Player honours: 2nd Magarey Medal 1941; Norwood best and fairest 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945; Norwood premierships 1941, 1943, 1946 (playing-coach), 1948 (playing coach), 1950 (playing coach); Norwood captain 1945-52; South Australian representative (7 games, 5 goals); Norwood Team of the Century (captain-coach); SA Hall of Fame.

Coaching record: Norwood 1945-56 (229 games, 148 wins, 80 losses, 1 draw), premierships 1946, 1948, 1950; West Adelaide 1957-60 (87 games, 59 wins, 28 losses); Sturt 1962-82 (470 games, 314 wins, 152 losses, 4 draws), premierships 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976; South Australia 1949, 1950, 1959; Norwood Team of the Century (captain-coach); Sturt Team of the Century (coach); SA Hall of Fame; Jack Oatey Medal awarded to best on ground in SANFL Grand Final.

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ULTRA-CONSISTENT: Nathan Burke was one of the first “magnets” put on the board at selection every week throughout his 323-game career.

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athan Burke’s first thought after hearing from AFL Commission chairman Richard Goyder to congratulate him on his induction into the Australian Football Hall of Fame was the same as many over the journey to have received the same phone call.

Why me?

Burke played with some magnificent footballers at St Kilda during the 1990s when the Saints were a very good team.

Goalkicking record-holder Tony Lockett is a Legend. Dual Brownlow medallist Robert Harvey was a first-choice inductee in 2012.

And there are others who haven’t yet made it and it doesn’t sit all that comfortably with him.

“I’m extremely honoured,” he said.

“There’s some pretty good players in there and you are humbled to be part of it.

“But it’s a bit daunting as well.

There are some players I played with who absolutely should be in there – Stewart Loewe, Nicky Winmar, Danny Frawley – and you start to think maybe I don’t deserve it as much as them.”

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Burke was a hard-working, prolific midfielder through 323 games for the Saints between 1987 and 2003. But he laughed when asked to describe how Burke the coach would scout Burke the player.

“I had seven coaches in my career and every time I had a new one, they’d move me to the backline,” he said.

“But after half a season or so, I’d move back to the midfield and it would go from there.

“Hopefully I was one of those players who, when you went to pick the team, the magnet just got put up there straight away.

“The reason why is because you know what you are going to get out of that player and that player is consistent and you might be able to use that player in a few different spots.”

By his own admission, Burke was gifted a few games early in his career by his first coach Darrel Baldock. Teammate Ken Sheldon then became coach and he encouraged Burke to set his sights on becoming more than a “good, ordinary player”.

Part of that was a permanent move to the midfield and the other

part was to do something about the head knocks that were forcing him to spend too much time on the bench.

Burke wasn’t getting regularly concussed, but knocks to the head were causing him to get migraines, so from 1992 he wore a helmet.

“It wasn’t something I wanted to do, but when it’s put to you that you either wear a helmet or you won’t be able to play football, then you have no choice,” he said.

It might have helped his football because he was at his best through the middle part of the decade.

In 1996, he came second in the Brownlow Medal in what was the most logjammed leaderboard imaginable. James Hird, Michael Voss and the ineligible Corey McKernan finished tied on 21, with Burke and Chris Grant a vote behind. Garry Hocking was one vote further back.

It was one of a few ‘if onlys’ of his career. There was the 1997 Grand Final in which St Kilda blew a 13-point half-time lead to Adelaide, but he maintains the one that got away might have been in 1991 when Lockett booted nine goals in the elimination final against Geelong but the Saints lost by seven points.

Thanks to a flawed finals system, the fourth-placed St Kilda was eliminated right away.

But he loved 1990s footy all the same.

“One-on-one contests. You knew on the Tuesday who you were going to line up on the weekend.

That was your opponent. And you got judged on whether or not that opponent beat you,” he said.

Burke has enjoyed a great football life. In addition to a Hall of Fame-worthy playing career, he has worked in the media and was a member of the old Match Review Panel.

But the satisfaction he gains from his current role as the Western Bulldogs’ AFLW coach matches what fulfilled him from his playing days or anything subsequent.

“I look back when I was 17 or 18 and wanted to make my way into the League and there are so many people wanting to do the same,” he said.

“I wouldn’t say it has reinvigorated my love for footy – I have always loved it – but it has reinvigorated my excitement for footy.”

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NATHAN BURKE

Club: St Kilda Born: February 6, 1970 Recruited from: Pines (Vic) Playing career: 1987-2003 Games: 323 Goals: 124 Player honours: best and fairest 1993, 1996, 1999; All-Australian 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999; captain 1996-2000; Victorian representative (11 games); St Kilda Team of the Century.

ASHLEY BROWNE

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AFL RECORD HALL OF FAME

ELECTRIFYING: Chris Judd was a champion of two clubs – West Coast and Carlton – winning Brownlows at both.

CHRIS JUDD TWO-CLUB JUDD A STAR

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hese days, he likes to be called ‘dad’.

In his time, Chris Judd was routinely called ‘spectacular’, ‘brilliant’, ‘unstoppable’, ‘electrifying’ and more.

He was every bit of those descriptors, and then some, across a startling CV that includes a Norm Smith Medal, dual Brownlow Medals, a premiership as captain, multiple best and fairests at each of his two clubs West Coast and Carlton and multiple All-Australian selections, including the captaincy.

For the man himself, it seems a long time ago now he began a career that sees him as the first inductee into the Hall of Fame from the 2001 ‘Super Draft’, but induction is an honour that puts a last full stop on his time as footballer, and has him

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happy to just be dad and husband these days.

“I was very fortunate to have the career I had and very proud with what I was able to do,” Judd said.

“Once you’re out of playing for a few years now, it sometime feels like footy was a whole other lifetime.

“These days, I’m just dad and that’s exactly who I want to be as you go to the next stage of your life, and it can feel like my time in footy happened to a whole different person, but I had an amazing time running around in my 20s trying to be the best player I could be.”

He was two players. Two very different players, but each equally dominant.

Judd Mark I, at the Eagles, exploded out of stoppages and was gone before you knew he had

u FACT FILE

CHRIS JUDD

Clubs: West Coast Eagles, Carlton Born: September 8, 1983 Recruited from: East Sandringham (Vic)/ Caulfield Grammar (Vic)/ Sandringham U18/ West Coast Eagles Playing career: 2002-15 Games: 279 (WCE 134, Carl 145) Goals: 228 (WCE 138, Carl 90) Player honours: Brownlow Medal 2004 (WCE), 2010 (Carl); WCE best and fairest 2004, 2006; Carl best and fairest: 2008, 2009, 2010; WCE premiership 2006 (captain); Norm Smith Medal 2005; All-Australian 2004, 2006, 2008 (captain), 2009 (vice-captain), 2010, 2011 (vice-captain); AFLPA MVP 2006, 2011; captain 2006-07 (WCE), 2008-12 (Carl).

the ball, swerving, sidestepping, sprinting and bouncing at top pace in a full-blooded assault at the goals.

Judd Mark II, at Carlton and now a senior player, was an inside-game machine, winning the ball consistently and seeking to lead a down-trodden big club back to the summit.

“I felt as if I had two careers, not just because I was at the two clubs, but the way I changed how I played as I got older,” he said.

“At the Eagles, I was a young kid with the physical freedom to just go out and play and I had some unbelievable role models in how to train hard and be at your peak, and I basically went full bore at it non-stop, until I pretty much broke my body.”

That ‘break’, a serious groin injury that hobbled him terribly through 2007 as he was preparing for life back in Melbourne, taught him a lesson he never forgot about his limits, but steeled him to come back and be great again.

“I was a different player at Carlton, and we didn’t have the same ultimate success, but I had a wonderful time being at a big Melbourne club,” he said.

“We were fighting our way back after being down a long time, we won some big MCG finals and we improved.”

As his playing days become more distant, he’s opened up more and cherishes the relationships at both clubs.

“I played with great players at both clubs, and everybody can name those great players, but equally importantly I played with guys who did great things at both clubs because they were prepared to be about team and be selfless,” he said.

Self-deprecating still for much of the chat, the honour is keenly felt, even if he can’t avoid a shot across his own bows.

“Speaking to the family after I got told (of his induction), it’s almost like the full stop on my football,” he said.

“It’s a great honour and to get that phone call was very special.

“It’s probably good it comes a fair few years after you retire, both to reflect on what it means, and it also lets people forget how bad you were right at the end of your career.

“Nobody makes the Hall of Fame on how they played in their last few games.”

After about 270 stellar games, a few quiet ones can be excused for a deserving entrant into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

PATRICK KEANE

AFL RECORD SEN.com.au

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A LIFE’S MISSION: Debbie Lee has played a pivotol role in getting women’s football to where it is today.

DEBBIE LEE WOMEN’S CRUSADER

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efore Debbie Lee discussed the thrill, the joy and the honour she felt at becoming the first woman to be inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame, came the history lesson.

And a necessary one at that.

Before the time of AFLW, women’s footy was unglamorous, unpopular and, in the eyes of many, unwarranted.

Lee grew up in Pascoe Vale and couldn’t help but fall in love with the game she played with her brothers and their mates in the streets.

When they moved out of the house, she continued to kick a ball to herself in the same streets, but as she recalled: “Every time a car came past, I’d run into the bushes because I didn’t want to be ridiculed.”

Still, she tapped into the local women’s footy scene and found her mark as a player known for her physicality.

“I also played a high level of basketball, so I was able to read the ball and read the play really well,” she said.

“Kicking was not my strength.

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the play and the physicality were probably my attributes.

“When you’re teaching yourself at an early age, that is the best you can do.”

She was actually a superstar.

A five-time Helen Lambert medallist for the Victorian women’s competition best and fairest, a seven-time club best and fairest, a dual Lisa Hardeman medallist for best-on-ground in the Grand Final, a triple premiership player, a six-time All-Australian and 16-time Victorian representative.

But the hard yards came trying to grow women’s football. She tells how everything was a battle – equipment, uniforms and investment.

“There was no support. We were an afterthought and there weren’t the platforms whereby you could engage women,” Lee said.

“It was ridiculed. If the media did an article, it was always about a poor image of the game or a woman getting her hair pulled. It was just horrific. It was a poor indictment on where the community and footy were at.”

The low point? That would have been one day at Sunshine in 1993, having convinced many of her sporting friends to play a game of footy.

u FACT FILE

DEBBIE LEE

Born: 1974 VWFL Games: 302 Player honours: Helen Helen Lambert Medal (competition best and fairest) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001; seven club best and fairests; Lisa Hardeman Medal (best on ground in Grand Final) 1991, 2004; East Brunswick Scorpions premiership 1991; St Albans Spurs premierships 2004 (captain), 2011; six times All-Australian; St Albans Spurs captain 1991-2004; Victorian representative (16 games); Victorian captain (six times).

Off-field achievements: Sunshine YCW Spurs founder (first team in the western suburbs) in 1993; Debbie Lee Medal awarded to best player at the AFL National Championships; Debbie Lee Rising Star Medal awarded to the best first-year player in the VFLW; VWFL Life Member; VWFL President 2004-12 (playing president); St Albans Football Club founder/executive board member; AFL Victoria Strategic Advisory Group member 2013; senior coach St Albans Spurs; AFL Women’s Advisory Group member; Women’s Football Operations Manager, Melbourne Football Club; Women’s General Manager, Western Bulldogs Football Club; AFLW Competitions Committee member (current).

“We ran out that day in T-shirts with sticky-taped numbers and bike shorts and then the boys turned up and their form of ‘support’ was to sit in the spa and drink copious amounts of alcohol,” she said.

“I felt a sense of guilt because I had invited these women down to support my mission and my ambition, only to put them in a really horrible situation where they did not feel safe, or comfortable.

“They just wanted to have a kick of the footy, but they were abused, sworn at and discriminated against.”

But the darkest hour comes just before the dawn.

That day generated a sense of community and Lee built the Sunshine YCW Spurs from scratch.

She became the VWFL president (while still playing) and in 2013 part of a group that began serious dialogue with the AFL, led by visionary Commission member Sam Mostyn and supportive and progressive AFL executives such as Grant Williams.

That spawned the first of several Melbourne-Western Bulldogs exhibition matches.

“We were able to have the best 44 players running around the MCG,” Lee said.

“We had to show the influencers and the decision-makers the game and, once we did that, they came and saw the women, the skills and the passion and that really fast-tracked us to where the AFLW is today.”

Lee has since made the game her professional career. She started with Melbourne in an administrative role, is now the general manager of women’s football at the Western Bulldogs and a member of the AFLW competition committee.

She can exhale now. The struggle was worth it.

“I dreamt it would become a televised, fully-fledged competition. But we probably got there quicker than I expected,” she said.

And she can reflect on how pivotal she was getting the women’s game to where it is today and, in particular, the esteemed place she now holds in its history.

“It’s nice to be acknowledged, but the most important thing is that I won’t be the last,” she said.

“I don’t think I will be.”

ASHLEY BROWNE

AFL RECORD SEN.com.au

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CHAMPION QUALITIES: Robert Wiley was the epitomy of the ‘goalkicking rover’.

ROBERT WILEY WIZARD OF THE WEST

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he football vernacular changes in the way the game itself changes over time.

Where once on the ground lived spearheads, half-back flankers and wingmen, those same types of players now exist as key talls, intercepting defenders and outside mids.

No matter how players are named across the game’s history, you can still quickly identify who the best ones are, once you watch a game for a quarter or two. Great players stand out quickly.

Among the most valuable in any team is that player who can regularly win a clearance in the middle, has beautiful skills, can run all day around the ground until he exhausts his opponent and still chime in with key goals when he finds himself up forward.

In the 1970s, this rare combination of champion qualities was the ‘goalkicking rover’ and if your team

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had a great one, it was odds on you had a very good team as a result.

Robert Wiley is now in the Hall of Fame – a master of all these facets and a champion – and Perth in the WAFL and Richmond in the VFL are thankful to this day for his exploits.

In his first five years for Perth from 1974, he claimed the best and fairest award every season, and was a key part of back-to-back flags in 1976-77, the last premierships to this day won by the Demons.

It was a long-term dream to try himself in the VFL, having grown up watching The Winners, and another flag followed in 1980 with the dominant Tigers.

He returned home to WA to win three more best and fairests with Perth, for eight overall as an official Club Legend, and in his twilight, played the debut year with West Coast in 1987.

Across more than 300 games in the WAFL/VFL, state football and that single year of an emerging national

competition as a veteran nearing retirement, he was a key midfielder who averaged nearly two goals a game.

Skilful, tireless and dangerous.

Could never be left alone, lest he win a game, as South Australia found to its eternal disappointment in the centenary state game of 1977 at Football Park when he ruined home state celebrations by setting up the winning play for WA and a first victory in Adelaide for the Sandgropers for nearly 40 years.

Football has left him with a lifetime of memories.

“To get a call from (AFL Commission chairman) Richard Goyder, I honestly nearly drove off the road,” Wiley said, recounting the day he received news of his induction.

“Football has been wonderful for me. The people you meet, the opportunities you receive, the friendships and memories that you carry with you.

“There’s just so much to be thankful for, and so many people to acknowledge among family and friends who have helped me so much across my life.”

As a boy, constant kick-to-kick in the street soon had him at local Manning Football Club, and admiring the heroes of the WAFL. “(Former West Perth and East Perth star) Ray Marinko was my hero and dad arranging for me to go into the rooms and meet him was the biggest thing in my life as a young boy,” Wiley said.

“As I was growing up, I was always kicking a ball, constantly trying to work on my game and always trying to kick a goal, be it in a competition at training, or just in the street, because you could always be more valuable if you could help your team score as a midfielder.”

Wiley is still working with young players, after time at both West Coast and Carlton in coaching roles, and a long association with his great friend Mick Malthouse.

“I played my time and I loved it,” he said.

“You don’t expect things such as this, even if I had always hoped it may come one day, but I’m sure my father John, mother Gwen and late wife Marcia would be amazingly proud of this honour and I’m also thrilled for my sisters Sue, Jenny and Mandy as well my daughters Jessica, Emily and Kate and my partner Evangelea.”

u FACT FILE

ROBERT WILEY

Clubs: Perth, Richmond, West Coast Eagles Born: March 24, 1955 Recruited from: Manning (WA) Playing career: 1974-88 Games: 292 (Perth 179, Rich 95, WCE 18) Goals: 569 (Perth 418, Rich 127, WCE 24) Player honours: Perth best and fairest 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986; Perth leading goalkicker 1976, 1977; Perth premierships 1976, 1977; Rich premiership 1980; All-Australian 1984, 1986; WA representative (14 games); Victorian representative (2 games); Perth captain 1985-86; Perth Team of the Century; Perth Hall of Fame Legend; WAFL Hall of Fame.

Coaching record: Perth 1988 (captain-coach), 1989; East Fremantle 2016-18.

PATRICK KEANE

AFL RECORD SEN.com.au

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QUESTIONS?

Ask Col via email at col.hutchinson@afl.com.au or write to him at AFL House, PO Box 1449, GPO, Melbourne, VIC 3001

ANSWER MAN I was surprised to learn that Robert Walls was only 18 when he played in a premiership.

Who is the youngest to play in a premiership team?

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YOUNG GUNS: Murray Weideman, being carried off after the 1958 Grand Final, and Demon Brian Leahy (inset) were both just 17 when they played in premierships.

COLLEEN BARRY, RENMARK, SA GP: Murray Weideman was 17 years and 222 days old when Collingwood won the flag in 1953.

And when the Pies repeated the feat in 1958, Weideman became the youngest premiership captain.

In 1968, Robert Walls played in Carlton’s first premiership in 21 years, and it led to the club winning three flags in five years.

The 1960s were unusual in that players aged 17 or 18 appeared in five premiership teams, and three of those teams fielded two each. Dustin Fletcher was only 18 when he played in Essendon’s 1993 flag. He continued his career at the Bombers, finishing his 400th and last match as the second-oldest player in history, aged 40 years and 23 days.

Barry Breen’s 1966 Grand Final had a fairytale ending. With scores level late in the game against Collingwood, teenager Breen’s snap shot bounced through for a behind, giving St Kilda its only premiership.

YOUNGEST PREMIERSHIP PLAYERS SEASON

AGE

PLAYER

CLUB

OPPONENT

17 yrs 222 days

Murray Weideman

Collingwood

Geelong

1953

17 yrs 233 days

Brian Leahy

Melbourne

Collingwood

1960

17 yrs 234 days

Cameron Clayton

Richmond

North Melbourne

1974

17 yrs 319 days

Charlie Payne

Essendon

Carlton

1962

17 yrs 359 days

Allan Davis

St Kilda

Collingwood

1966

18 yrs 51 days

Brent Crosswell

Carlton

Essendon

1968

18 yrs 69 days

Robert Walls

Carlton

Essendon

1968

18 yrs 108 days

Ted Leehane

Essendon

Richmond

1942

18 yrs 141 days

Dustin Fletcher

Essendon

Carlton

1993

18 yrs 174 days

Rodney Eade

Hawthorn

North Melbourne

1976

18 yrs 182 days

Bryan Kenneally

Melbourne

Collingwood

1960

18 yrs 218 days

Ken Bennett

Collingwood

Melbourne

1958

18 yrs 232 days

Noel Carter

Richmond

Carlton

1973

18 yrs 260 days

Barry Breen

St Kilda

Collingwood

1966

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CAN YOU ASSIST? u We are keen to know the preferred kicking foot of the following Grand Final players since the end of World War II – Carlton: Charlie McInnes, Mick Price, Arthur Sanger, Ron Savage, Clinton Wines (all 1945); Jack Bennett, Vin Brown (1945 and 1947); George Bailey, Fred Fitzgibbon, Alan Greenshields (1947); Jim Clark (1945, 1947, 1949); Ritchie Green, Doug Williams (1947, 1949); Frank Bateman, Geoff Brockenshire, Arthur Hodgson (1949); Berkley Cox (1962).

Essendon: Alan Dale, Bill Snell (1950-51); Keith McDonald (1951); Neil Evans, Bruce Lake (1962).

If you can assist, contact Col Hutchinson at col.hutchinson@afl.com.au.

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of the finals in 1983, Hawthorn (second) and Fitzroy (third) met in the qualifying final at the MCG. Going into the match, Fitzroy’s Bernie ‘Superboot’ Quinlan had 106 goals for the season, which included nine against Hawthorn in round 12.

In a high-scoring game, an experienced Hawks team led by 21 points at three-quarter time.

Quinlan had three goals to that stage, but in the final quarter he was at his best, adding four more by the 21-minute mark with strong marking and magnificent kicking.

His fifth for the quarter, and eighth for the match, was one of the great finals goals.

He grabbed the ball from a throw-in and, despite being surrounded

by Hawthorn defenders, snapped truly on his left foot to put the Lions in front by four points.

Soon after, Hawthorn’s Richard Loveridge goaled from a free kick to give the Hawks the lead and they held on for a four-point win.

Three weeks later, Hawthorn won its fifth VFL flag, while Fitzroy finished the season in fourth position.

MARK GENGE

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Email Mark Genge, AFL Historian, at mark.genge@afl.com.au.

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2021 LEAGUE LEADERS DISPOSALS

KICKS

Disposing of the ball via a handball or kick.

PLAYER

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Disposing of the ball by foot.

MTS AVE EFF %

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MTS AVE EFF %

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PLAYER

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1 T.Mitchell (Haw)

22 34.3 74.5

1 D.Rich (Bris)

22 21.6 76.8

1 T.Mitchell (Haw)

22 19.7 82.0

1 T.Stewart (Geel)

20 8.9

2 J.Macrae (WB)

22 33.8 76.2

2 A.Hall (NM)

20 21.2 72.8

2 R.Laird (Adel)

22 17.7 82.1

2 J.Rotham (WCE)

19 8.5

3 O.Wines (PA)

22 32.1 68.6

3 J.Ziebell (NM)

21 20.3 84.7

3 J.Macrae (WB)

22 17.5 86.2

3 D.Moore (Coll)

13 8.2

4 R.Laird (Adel)

22 32 70.6

4 T.Stewart (Geel)

20 18.9 84.4

4 C.Oliver (Melb)

22 17.4 80.7

4 H.Andrews (Bris)

21 8.1

5 T.Miller (Geel)

21 31.8 71.6

5 J.Short (Rich)

22 18.7 78.8

5 O.Wines (PA)

22 16.8 85.4

5 J.Lukosius (Geel)

22 7.8

6 C.Oliver (Melb)

22 31.6 69.8

6 J.Lloyd (Syd)

21 18.4 84.8

6 S.Walsh (Carl)

22 16.3 83.8

6 S.Docherty (Carl)

14 7.6

7 Z.Merrett (Ess)

22 31.5 74.9

7 S.Docherty (Carl)

14 18 78.6

7 T.Miller (Geel)

21 15.9 77.2

7 L.Henderson (Geel)

18 7.6

8 D.Parish (Ess)

22 30.3 72.4

8 L.Ryan (Frem)

19 17.5 84.9

8 Z.Merrett (Ess)

22 15.9 86.5

8 J.Weitering (Carl)

22 7.6

9 C.Guthrie (Geel)

20 30 74.1

9 J.Lukosius (Geel)

22 17.4 72.5

9 D.Parish (Ess)

22 15.8 82.4

9 C.Mayne (Coll)

17 7.5

10 S.Walsh (Carl)

22 29.8 74.4

10 S.Hurn (WCE)

15 17.3 85.8

10 P.Cripps (Carl)

20 15.3 79.7

10 A.Hall (NM)

20 7.5

SCORE INVOLVEMENTS

Scoring chains where the player had a disposal, hit-out to advantage, kick-in or knock-on.

PLAYER

AFL PLAYER RATINGS

As seen on AFL.com.au.

The most advanced metric of player performance available using data from 2021.

MTS AVE

PLAYER

MTS AVE

HIT-OUTS TO ADVANTAGE

CENTRE CLEARANCES

STOPPAGE CLEARANCES

A hit-out that reaches an intended teammate.

The first kick or effective handball in a chain that clears the centre bounce area.

The first kick or effective handball in a chain that clears the ball-up or throw-in area.

PLAYER

MTS AVE

PLAYER

MTS AVE

PLAYER

MTS AVE

1 T.Greene (GWS)

17 8.4

1 N.Naitanui (WCE)

22 18.7

1 N.Naitanui (WCE)

22 12.3

1 T.Adams (Coll)

14 3.9

1 C.Oliver (Melb)

22 4.7

2 D.Zorko (Bris)

21 8.2

2 J.Stringer (Ess)

18 17.4

2 B.Grundy (Coll)

20 10.7

2 D.Parish (Ess)

22 3.8

2 N.Naitanui (WCE)

22 4.7

3 C.Petracca (Melb)

22 7.9

3 M.Bontempelli (WB) 22 17.1

3 M.Gawn (Melb)

22 10.3

3 B.Cunnington (NM) 15 3.7

3 T.Liberatore (WB)

21 4.7 21 4.1

4 T.Walker (Adel)

17 7.8

4 C.Oliver (Melb)

22 17

4 S.Darcy (Frem)

21 10

4 E.Yeo (WCE)

12 3.7

4 J.Hopper (GWS)

5 D.Parish (Ess)

22 7.6

5 J.Macrae (WB)

22 16.8

5 M.Pittonet (Carl)

13 9.9

5 J.Stringer (Ess)

18 3.3

5 H.Greenwood (Geel) 15 4

6 N.Fyfe (Frem)

15 7.6

6 B.Cunnington (NM) 15 3.9

6 D.Zorko (Bris)

21 16.8

6 O.McInerney (Bris)

21 9.3

6 T.Liberatore (WB)

21 3.2

7 M.Bontempelli (WB) 22 7.5

7 D.Martin (Rich)

16 16.6

7 T.Goldstein (NM)

22 9.1

7 J.Macrae (WB)

22 3

7 R.Laird (Adel)

8 T.Hawkins (Geel)

22 7.3

8 T.Liberatore (WB)

21 16.5

8 P.Ryder (StK)

12 8.9

8 T.Boak (PA)

21 3

8 L.Dunstan (StK)

12 3.8

9 C.Oliver (Melb)

22 7.2

9 T.Miller (Geel)

21 16.2

9 S.Mumford (GWS)

12 8.2

9 R.Laird (Adel)

22 2.9

9 J.Macrae (WB)

22 3.8

10 C.Wingard (Haw)

16 7.1

10 D.Parish (Ess)

22 16.1

10 R.O'Brien (Adel)

20 8.2

10 C.Oliver (Melb)

22 2.9

10 C.Guthrie (Geel)

20 3.8

METRES GAINED

Distance gained with the ball by running, kicking or handballing, combining measures towards and away from goal.

CONTESTED MARKS A mark under physical pressure of an opponent or in a pack.

PLAYER

MTS AVE

INSIDE 50s

Moving the ball from the midfield into the forward zone. Excludes multiple entries within the same chain of possession.

PLAYER

MTS AVE

PRESSURE POINTS

Weighted sum of pressure acts – 3.75 for physical pressure, 2.25 for closing, 1.5 for chasing and 1.2 for corralling.

PLAYER

MTS AVE

22 3.9

TACKLES

Using physical contact to prevent an opponent in possession of the ball from getting an effective disposal.

PLAYER

MTS AVE

PLAYER

MTS AVE

1 A.Hall (NM)

20 651

1 H.McKay (Carl)

19 2.6

1 C.Petracca (Melb)

22 6.7

1 H.Greenwood (Geel) 15 67.2

1 H.Greenwood (Geel) 15 8.7

2 D.Rich (Bris)

22 634

2 C.Dixon (PA)

22 2.5

2 D.Zorko (Bris)

21 6.6

2 J.Viney (Melb)

12 65.2

2 J.Steele (StK)

3 J.Lukosius (Geel)

22 626

3 A.Naughton (WB)

21 2.4

3 M.Bontempelli (WB) 22 6.6

3 J.Steele (StK)

22 64.7

3 J.Viney (Melb)

12 7.4

4 B.Smith (Adel)

21 616

4 M.King (StK)

20 2.4

4 D.Parish (Ess)

22 6

4 W.Drew (PA)

22 62.2

4 T.Miller (Geel)

21 7.1

5 P.Seedsman (Adel)

22 606

5 M.Gawn (Melb)

22 2.3

5 P.Seedsman (Adel)

22 5.7

5 D.Zorko (Bris)

21 61.4

5 W.Drew (PA)

22 6.6

6 J.Short (Rich)

22 555

6 D.Cameron (Coll)

18 2.2

6 Z.Merrett (Ess)

22 5.5

6 J.Lyons (Bris)

22 60.5

6 J.Lyons (Bris)

22 6.5

7 M.Bontempelli (WB) 22 546

7 D.McStay (Bris)

18 2.1

7 B.Keays (Adel)

22 5.4

7 J.Graham (Rich)

22 60.5

7 D.Zorko (Bris)

21 6.2

8 B.Dale (WB)

22 528

8 M.Flynn (GWS)

12 2.1

8 D.Martin (Rich)

16 5.3

8 T.Miller (Geel)

21 60.4

8 B.Keays (Adel)

22 6

22 8.4

9 D.Zorko (Bris)

21 522

9 R.Marshall (StK)

13 2.1

9 E.Yeo (WCE)

12 5.3

9 B.Keays (Adel)

22 60.4

9 J.Rowbottom (Syd)

16 6

10 L.Ryan (Frem)

19 520

10 H.Andrews (Bris)

21 2

10 C.Oliver (Melb)

22 5.2

10 T.Liberatore (WB)

21 59.8

10 R.Laird (Adel)

22 5.9

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PREMIERSHIP SEASON LADDER AFTER ROUND 23, 2021 P

W

L

D

Gls

For Beh

Pts

Gls

Against Beh Pts

Mtch Home Away Form Scores pts W L D W L D W/L High Low

%

Av margin W < 7 L < 7 Pls Rnd 23 1st Yr Qtrs 4th W L pts pts used 2020 Players Won Qtrs W

1 Melbourne

22 17 4

1

270 268 1888

211

177 1443 130.84

70

7 3 1 10 1 0

4W

128

55

28

11

1

1

34

9

2

55

13

2 Port Adelaide

22 17

5

0

276

228 1884 210

232 1492 126.27

68

8 3 0 9 2 0

6W

140

44

32

31

4

0

35

1

5

51

13

3 Geelong Cats

22 16 6

0

269

231 1845 205 226 1456 126.72

64

9 2 0 7 4 0

1L

136

50

30

17

3

2

35

4

4

52

14

3W

142

54

44

19

1

1

32

2

3

56

15

3L

167

37

40

16

0

2

41

7

6

52

12

4 Brisbane Lions

22 15

7

0

313

213 1599 133.27

60

9 2 0 6 5 0

5 Western Bulldogs

22 15

7

0

288 266 1994 215

211

1501 132.84

60

7 4 0 8 3 0

6 Sydney Swans

22 15

7

0

293 228 1986 237

234 1656 119.93

60

9 2 0 6 5 0

2W

136

51

30

18

2

2

37

16

3

52

13

7 GWS Giants

22 11 10

1

258 220 1768 255 243 1773

99.72

46

4 7 0 7 3 1

3W

107

56

22

25

2

2

39

10

6

44

8

8 Essendon

22 11 11

0

287

231 1953 261

224 1790

109.11

44

5 6 0 6 5 0

3W

143

45

37

22

0

3

37

13

7

47

14

9 West Coast Eagles

22 10 12 0

257

210 1752 274

236 1880

93.19

40

7 4 0 3 8 0

4L

132

26

29

35

1

0

37

5

3

44

10

10 St Kilda

22 10 12 0

237

222 1644 260 236 1796

91.54

40

5 6 0 5 6 0

1W

128

33

29

37

0

1

39

6

5

42

11

11 Fremantle

22 10 12 0

219

264 1578 265

235 1825

86.47

40

7 4 0 3 8 0

1L

108

31

23

39

2

0

39

12

5

39

6

253

225 1743 258

12 Richmond

22 9 12

13 Carlton

22 8 14 0

1

253 2131

231

232 1780

97.92

38

6 4 1 3 8 0

1D

134

22

31

26

1

3

40

3

7

40

13

250 246 1746 288 244 1972

88.54

32

3 8 0 5 6 0

3L

123

44

22

29

0

0

39

11

3

36

8

14 Hawthorn

22 7

13 2

239

195 1629 282

220 1912

85.20

32

4 7 0 3 6 2

1D

102

46

16

30

2

1

38

15

8

32

8

15 Adelaide Crows

22 7

15 0

230 236 1616 287

249 1971

81.99

28

5 6 0 2 9 0

1W

109

21

19

32

2

3

37

18

9

32

11

16 Gold Coast Suns

22 7

15 0

201

224 1430 268

255 1863

76.76

28

4 7 0 3 8 0

2L

113

30

27

41

1

0

38

14

3

37

10

17 Collingwood

22 6 16 0

225

207 1557 269 204 1818

85.64

24

1 10 0 5 6 0

3L

106

42

20

23

1

2

39

8

9

32

9

18 North Melbourne

22 4 17

210

198 1458 299

70.27

18

1 9 1 3 8 0

4L

116

39

16

40

0

0

38

17

6

31

7

5

Leigh Haussen

1

281 2075

AFL UMPIRES 2021 1

Chris Donlon

Games 351 Finals 15

6

Dean Margetts

Games 377 Finals 12

11

Curtis Deboy

Games 129 Finals 4

16

Brendan Hosking

Games 186 Finals 2

21

Simon Meredith

Games 411 Finals 36

26

Craig Fleer

Paul Rebeschini

Games 21 Finals 0

umpire.afl

Nick Foot

Games 171 Finals 2

7

Jeff Dalgleish

Games 237 Finals 6

12

Andrew Stephens

Games 151 Finals 3

17

John Howorth

Games 42 Finals 0

22

Nathan Williamson

Games 108 Finals 2

27

Games 161 Finals 5

31

2

Andre Gianfagna

Games 64 Finals 1

32

Jacob Mollison

Games 279 Finals 4

3

Leigh Fisher

Games 174 Finals 1

8

Brett Rosebury

Games 455 Finals 44

13

Nick Brown

Games 83 Finals 0

18

Ray Chamberlain

Games 352 Finals 29

23

Robert Findlay

Games 276 Finals 8

28

Cameron Dore

Games 40 Finals 0

33

Brent Wallace

Games 85 Finals 0

4

Justin Power

Games 44 Finals 0

9

Matt Stevic

Games 423 Finals 45

14

Hayden Gavine

Games 91 Finals 1

19

Alex Whetton

Games 53 Finals 0

24

David Harris

Games 153 Finals 1

29

Andrew Heffernan

Games 18 Finals 0

34

Games 83 Finals 0

10

Robert O’Gorman

Games 148 Finals 1

15

Mathew Nicholls

Games 379 Finals 27

20

Jamie Broadbent

Games 23 Finals 0

25

Nathan Toner

Games 5 Finals 0

30

Dan Johanson

Games 22 Finals 0

Eleni Glouftsis

Games 51 Finals 0

ROOKIES: Andrew Adair, Matthew Baigent, Peter Bailes, Tom Bryce, Jordan Fry, Dean Garroway, Courtney Gibson, Louis Jago, Nicholas Jankovskis, Giles Lewis, Nicholas McGinness, Chris Melin, Michael Pell, Luke Porter, Martin Rodger, Leighton Rowe, Gabby Simmonds, James Strybos, Nathan Toner. BOUNDARY: Jordan Andrews, Michael Baker, Michael Barlow, Adam Bastick, Peter Bock, Chris Bull, Ian Burrows, Sean Burton, Adam Coote, Patrick Cran, Damien Cusack, Brett Dalgleish, Chris Delany, Patrick Dineen, Nathan Doig, Chris Esler, Daniel Field-Read, Joshua Furman, Josh Garrett, Christopher Gordon, Patrick Jackson, Matthew Jenkinson, Matthew Konetschka, Drew Kowalski, Mitchell Le Fevre, Tim Lougoon, Ben MacDonald, Damien Main, Michael Marantelli, Josh Mather, Jason Moore, Sean Moylan, Lachlan Rayner, Adam Reardon, Michael Saunders, James Scully, Sam Stagg, Nick Swanson, Shane Thiele, Mark Thomson, Matthew Tomkins, David Wood. GOAL: Steven Axon, Jesse Baird, Dylan Benwell, Sally Boud, Matthew Bridges, Peter Challen, Alex Chisholm, Michael Craig, Matthew Dervan, Luke Edwards, Mark Ensbey, Daniel Hoskin, Sam Hunter, Brodie Kenny-Bell, Matt Maclure, Angus McKenzie-Wills, Alistair Meldrum, Steven Piperno, Simon Plumridge, David Rodan, Chelsea Roffey, Brett Rogers, Sam Walsh, Stephen Williams, Daniel Wilson, Adam Wojcik, Jason Yazdani (rookie).

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2021 TOYOTA AFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON ROUND 1

Thursday, March 18 Rich 15.15 (105) v Carl 11.14 (80) (MCG) (N) Friday, March 19 Coll 7.11 (53) v WB 10.9 (69) (MCG) (N) Saturday, March 20 Melb 11.14 (80) v Frem 8.10 (58) (MCG) Adel 15.13 (103) v Geel 13.13 (91) (AO) (T) Ess 13.13 (91) v Haw 14.8 (92) (MRVL) (N) BL 14.10 (94) v Syd 19.11 (125) (G) (N) Sunday, March 21 NM 9.11 (65) v PA 17.15 (117) (MRVL) GWS 11.12 (78) v StK 13.8 (86) (GS) WCE 12.11 (83) v GCS 8.10 (58) (OS) (T)

ROUND 2

Thursday, March 25 Carl 13.7 (85) v Coll 16.10 (106) (MCG) (N) Friday, March 26 Geel 12.9 (81) v BL 11.14 (80) (GMHBA) (N) Saturday, March 27 Syd 18.13 (121) v Adel 11.22 (88) (SCG) PA 18.11 (119) v Ess 9.11 (65) (AO) (T) St K 11.7 (73) v Melb 12.19 (91) (MRVL) (N) GCS 14.14 (98) v NM 5.9 (39) (MS) (N) Sunday, March 28 Haw 7.7 (49) v Rich 11.12 (78) (MCG) WB 14.16 (100) v WCE 14.9 (93) (MRVL) Frem 11.21 (87) v GWS 7.14 (56) (OS) (T)

ROUND 3

Thursday, April 1 Coll 11.6 (72) v BL 11.7 (73) (MRVL) (N) Friday, April 2 NM 5.9 (39) v WB 25.17 (167) (MRVL) (T) Adel 14.11 (95) v GCS 12.13 (85) (AO) (N) Saturday, April 3 Rich 10.12 (72) v Syd 17.15 (117) (MCG) Ess 22.11 (143) v StK 9.14 (68) (MRVL) (T) WCE 16.12 (108) v PA 11.5 (71) (OS) (N) Sunday, April 4 Carl 16.13 (109) v Frem 9.10 (64) (MRVL) GWS 11.2 (68) v Melb 15.12 (102) (MO) (N) Monday, April 5 Geel 10.9 (69) v Haw 9.10 (64) (MCG)

ROUND 4

Thursday, April 8 Syd 11.17 (83) v Ess 12.8 (80) (SCG) (N) Friday, April 9 PA 11.13 (79) v Rich 11.11 (77) (AO) (N) Saturday, April 10 WB 10.13 (73) v BL 8.6 (54) (MARS) StK 15.12 (102) v WCE 13.4 (82)(MRVL) (T) GCS 8.11 (59) v Carl 9.16 (70) (MS) (N) Coll 9.6 (60) v GWS 14.6 (90) (MCG) (N) Sunday, April 11 NM 10.8 (68) v Adel 16.13 (109) (MRVL) Melb 12.13 (85) v Geel 9.6 (60) (MCG) Frem 13.18 (96) v Haw 12.9 (81) (OS) (T)

ROUND 5

Thursday, April 15 StK 7.6 (48) v Rich 20.14 (134) (MRVL) (N) Friday, April 16 WCE 16.7 (103) v Coll 11.10 (76) (OS) (N) Saturday, April 17 WB 17.16 (118) v GCS 8.8 (56) (MRVL) Syd 10.9 (69) v GWS 9.17 (71) (SCG) Carl 9.14 (68) v PA 15.6 (96) (MCG) (N) BL 15.12 (102) v Ess 6.9 (45) (G) (N) Sunday, April 18 Adel 11.6 (72) v Frem 12.12 (84) (AO) Haw 8.6 (54) v Melb 15.14 (104) (MCG) Geel 10.17 (77) v NM 7.5 (47) (GMHBA) (T)

ROUND 6

Friday, April 23 GWS 9.11 (65) v WB 15.14 (104) (MO) (N) Saturday, April 24 Geel 21.10 (136) v WCE 5.9 (39) (GMHBA) GCS 15.10 (100) v Syd 9.6 (60) (MS) Carl 12.13 (85) v BL 15.13 (103) (MRVL) (T) Melb 12.10 (82) v Rich 6.12 (48) (MCG) (N) Frem 14.15 (99) v NM 6.12 (48) (OS) (N) Sunday, April 25 Haw 15.12 (102) v Adel 16.3 (99) (UTAS) Coll 13.7 (85) v Ess 16.13 (109) (MCG) PA 14.9 (93) v StK 5.9 (39) (AO) (N)

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ROUND 7

Friday, April 30 Rich 11.11 (77) v WB 7.13 (55) (MCG) (N) Saturday, May 1 Coll 7.13 (55) v GCS 12.7 (79) (MCG) Adel 4.15 (39) v GWS 15.16 (106) (AO) StK 19.14 (128) v Haw 9.5 (59) (MRVL) (T) BL 13.15 (93) v PA 5.14 (44) (G) (N) Syd 14.6 (90) v Geel 12.16 (88) (SCG) (N) Sunday, May 2 NM 11.7 (73) v Melb 16.7 (103) (BA) Ess 16.11 (107) v Carl 19.9 (123) (MCG) WCE 20.12 (132) v Frem 11.7 (73) (OS)

ROUND 8

Friday, May 7 Rich 9.9 (63) v Geel 19.12 (126) (MCG) (N) Saturday, May 8 GWS 16.11 (107) v Ess 16.9 (105) (GS) GCS 7.12 (54) v StK 8.15 (63) (MS) NM 11.10 (76) v Coll 14.10 (94) (MRVL) (T) Melb 10.7 (67) v Syd 8.10 (58) (MCG) (N) PA 12.15 (87) v Adel 5.8 (38) (AO) (N) Sunday, May 9 Haw 8.12 (60) v WCE 14.14 (98) (MCG) WB 16.11 (107) v Carl 13.13 (91) (MRVL) BL 14.11 (95) v Frem 10.11 (71) (G)

ROUND 13

Thursday, June 10 PA 14.7 (91) v Geel 17.10 (112) (AO) (N) Friday, June 11 Syd 7.9 (51) v Haw 14.5 (89) (SCG) (N) Saturday, June 12 Frem 11.10 (76) v GCS 6.13 (49) (OS) (T) StK 8.12 (60) v Adel 9.12 (66) (CS) (N) Sunday, June 13 NM 14.10 (94) v GWS 14.10 (94) (BA) WCE 13.7 (85) v Rich 12.9 (81) (OS) (N) Monday, June 14 Melb 9.9 (63) v Coll 11.14 (80) (SCG) Byes: Brisbane Lions, Carlton, Essendon, Western Bulldogs

ROUND 14

Friday, June 18 Geel 12.11 (83) v WB 11.12 (78) (GMHBA) (N) Saturday, June 19 GCS 4.7 (31) v PA 12.9 (81) (MS) NM 6.9 (45) v BL 9.14 (68) (BA) (T) GWS 16.6 (102) v Carl 9.12 (66) (GS) (N) Sunday, June 20 Haw 10.13 (73) v Ess 13.8 (86) (UTAS) Byes: Adelaide Crows, Collingwood, Fremantle, Melbourne, Richmond, St Kilda, Sydney Swans, West Coast Eagles

ROUND 15

ROUND 9

Thursday, June 24 BL 13.16 (94) v Geel 7.8 (50) (G) (N) Friday, June 25 Rich 2.10 (22) v StK 9.8 (62) (MCG) (N) Saturday, June 26 NM 9.18 (72) v GCS 9.9 (63) (BA) Coll 12.7 (79) v Frem 14.7 (91) (MRVL) (T) PA 12.9 (81) v Syd 10.11 (71) (AO) (N) Ess 8.9 (57) v Melb 9.14 (68) (MCG) (N) Sunday, June 27 GWS 11.6 (72) v Haw 13.12 (90) (MCG) WCE 6.7 (43) v WB 13.20 (98) (OS) Carl 12.11 (83) v Adel 10.13 (73) (MRVL) (T)

ROUND 10

Thursday, July 1 GCS 10.17 (77) v Rich 10.7 (67) (MRVL) (N) Friday, July 2 Geel 15.8 (98) v Ess 8.9 (57) (GMHBA) (N) Saturday, July 3 Melb 7.13 (55) v GWS 9.10 (64) (MCG) Adel 8.11 (59) v BL 17.9 (111) (AO) Haw 7.11 (53) v PA 13.9 (87) (MRVL) (N) Frem 8.16 (64) v Carl 12.8 (80) (MCG) (N) Sunday, July 4 Syd 18.10 (118) v WCE 3.8 (26) (GMHBA) Coll 8.13 (61) v StK 10.10 (70) (MCG) WB 16.12 (108) v NM 11.13 (79) (MRVL) (T)

Friday, May 14 StK 5.17 (47) v Geel 10.8 (68) (MRVL) (N) Saturday, May 15 Syd 10.12 (72) v Coll 5.12 (42) (SCG) Haw 12.8 (80) v NM 13.9 (87) (UTAS) GCS 7.9 (51) v BL 19.10 (124) (MS) (T) Rich 13.9 (87) v GWS 12.11 (83) (MRVL) (N) PA 12.5 (77) v WB 15.6 (96) (AO) (N) Sunday, May 16 Ess 10.8 (68) v Frem 8.13 (61) (MRVL) Melb 13.16 (94) v Carl 10.8 (68) (MCG) WCE 16.10 (106) v Adel 11.10 (76) (OS) Friday, May 21 BL15.12 (102) v Rich 11.8 (74) (G) (N) Saturday, May 22 Carl 13.8 (86) v Haw 9.9 (63) (MCG) Geel 14.7 (91) v GCS 8.9 (57) (GMHBA) Adel 15.6 (96) v Melb 14.11 (95) (AO) (T) WB 21.18 (144) v StK 5.3 (33) (MRVL) (N) Frem 12.14 (86) v Syd 13.6 (84) (OS) (N) Sunday, May 23 GWS 13.15 (93) v WCE 11.11 (77) (GS) Coll 8.10 (58) v PA 8.11 (59) (MCG) Ess 22.9 (141) v NM 10.9 (69) (MRVL) (T)

ROUND 11

Friday, May 28 WB 8.11 (59) v Melb 13.9 (87) (MRVL) (N) Saturday, May 29 Coll 6.15 (51) v Geel 8.13 (61) (MCG) BL 19.15 (129) v GWS 10.5 (65) (G) StK 12.16 (88) v NM 10.8 (68) (MRVL) (T) GCS 17.11 (113) v Haw 11.10 (76) (SCG) (N) WCE 11.5 (71) v Ess 12.15 (87) (OS) (N) Sunday, May 30 Rich 17.9 (111) v Adel 12.11 (83) (GS) Syd 15.10 (100) v Carl 11.12 (78) (SCG) PA 18.7 (115) v Frem 9.15 (69) (AO) (T)

ROUND 12

Friday, June 4 Melb 14.13 (97) v BL 11.9 (75) (GS) (N) Saturday, June 5 Syd 13.14 (92) v StK 12.11 (83) (SCG) Adel 10.13 (73) v Coll 12.6 (78) (AO) T Ess 12.12 (84) v Rich 19.9 (123) (OS) (N) Sunday, June 6 Carl 10.13 (73) v WCE 14.11 (95) (SCG) Frem 9.11 (65) v WB 13.15 (93) (OS) (T) Byes: Geelong Cats, Gold Coast Suns, GWS Giants, Hawthorn, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide

ROUND 16

ROUND 17

Thursday, July 8 PA 8.7 (55) v Melb 12.14 (86) (AO) (N) Friday, July 9 Ess 11.18 (84) v Adel 2.9 (21) (MRVL) (N) Saturday, July 10 Haw 6.10 (46) v Frem 16.12 (108) (UTAS) Carl 5.14 (44) v Geel 10.10 (70) (MCG) (T) BL 8.15 (63) v StK 14.11 (95) (MS) (N) Sunday, July 11 GWS 9.10 (64) v GCS 10.5 (65) (MARS) WB 8.12 (60) v Syd 11.13 (79) (MRVL) Rich 11.5 (71) v Coll 13.9 (87) (MCG) (T) Monday, July 12 WCE 8.12 (60) v NM 10.10 (70) (OS) (T)

ROUND 18

Thursday, July 15 Frem 3.13 (31) v Geel 14.16 (100) (OS) (N) Friday, July 16 Rich 16.10 (106) v BL 13.8 (86) (MS) (N) Saturday, July 17 StK 8.13 (61) v PA 10.14 (74) (MRVL) GCS 11.13 (79) v WB 14.6 (90) (MS) (T) Melb 11.13 (79) v Haw 12.7 (79) (MCG) (T) Sunday, July 18 NM 11.8 (74) v Ess 13.14 (92) (MS) Coll 9.8 (62) v Carl 13.13 (91) (MCG) Adel 8.8 (56) v WCE 14.14 (98) (AO) (T) GWS 11.6 (72) v Syd 15.8 (98) (MS) (N)

ROUND 19

Friday, July 23 PA 14.13 (97) v Coll 10.9 (69) (MRVL) (N) Saturday, July 24 Carl 11.11 (77) v NM 18.8 (116) (MRVL) BL 17.18 (120) v GCS 10.11 (71) (G) WCE 14.10 (94) v StK 13.8 (86) (OS) Melb 9.11 (65) v WB 13.7 (85) (MCG) (N) Adel 16.6 (102) v Haw 13.5 (83) (MRVL) (N) Sunday, July 25 Syd 14.14 (98) v Frem 8.10 (58) (MS) Geel 15.5 (95) v Rich 8.9 (57) (MCG) Ess 7.11 (53) v GWS 9.12 (66) (MS)

ROUND 20

Friday, July 30 StK 12.9 (81) v Carl 18.4 (112) (MRVL) (N) Saturday, July 31 WB 15.15 (105) v Adel 8.8 (56) (MARS) NM 6.6 (42) v Geel 8.14 (62) (BA) Coll 14.6 (90) v WCE 6.9 (45) (MCG) (T) Sunday, August 1 GCS 4.6 (30) v Melb 18.20 (128) (MRVL) Haw 14.8 (92) v BL 12.8 (80) (UTAS) Ess 16.6 (102) v Syd 17.7 (109) (MCG) GWS 11.7 (73) v PA 15.10 (100) (MRVL) (T) Frem 7.13 (55) v Rich 6.15 (51) (OS) (T)

ROUND 21

Friday, August 6 Geel 8.17 (65) v GWS 13.6 (84) (GMHBA) (N) Saturday, August 7 Carl 8.9 (57) v GCS 11.10 (76) (MRVL) Rich 13.11 (89) v NM 8.8 (56) (MCG) (T) Adel 7.9 (51) v PA 7.13 (55) (AO) (N) StK 14.9 (93) v Syd 10.4 (64) (MRVL) (N) Sunday, August 8 Haw 15.7 (97) v Coll 12.6 (78) (MCG) WB 12.12 (84) v Ess 15.7 (97) (MRVL) Frem 8.6 (54) v BL 18.10 (118) (OS) Monday, August 9 WCE 9.9 (63) v Melb 10.12 (72) (OS) (N)

ROUND 22

Friday, August 13 GWS 16.10 (106) v Rich 10.7 (67) (MRVL) (N) Saturday, August 14 Haw 9.10 (64) v WB 5.7 (37) (UTAS) Geel 13.7 (85) v StK 11.5 (71) (GMHBA) (T) PA 21.14 (140) v Carl 5.15 (45) (AO) (T) BL 22.10 (145) v Coll 8.9 (57) (G) (N) NM 12.5 (77) v Syd 13.13 (91) (MRVL) (N) Sunday, August 15 Melb 16.8 (104) v Adel 9.9 (63) (MCG) GCS 4.6 (30) v Ess 14.14 (98) (GMHBA) Frem 12.7 (79) v WCE 9.10 (64) (OS)

ROUND 23

Friday, August 20 WB 10.4 (64) v PA 9.12 (66) (MRVL) (N) Saturday, August 21 Rich 12.11 (83) v Haw 12.11 (83) (MCG) Syd 21.10 (136) v GCS 6.13 (49) (MRVL) BL 19.11 (125) v WCE 13.9 (87) (G) (T) Geel 12.5 (77) v Melb 12.9 (81) (GMHBA) (N) Carl 11.9 (75) v GWS 12.17 (89) (MRVL) (N) Sunday, August 22 StK 17.5 (107) v Frem 6.13 (49) Ess 16.6 (102) v Coll 9.10 (64) (MCG) Adel 13.20 (98) v NM 8.6 (54) (AO) (T)

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SCOREBOARD – ROUND 23 Port Adelaide 1.3 1.8 6.10 9.12 (66) Western Bulldogs 4.1 5.3 9.3 10.4 (64) BEST: Port Adelaide – Boak, Wines, Gray, Lycett, Rozee, Amon.

Western Bulldogs – Macrae, Hunter, Daniel, Dale, B. Smith, Treloar.

GOALS: Port Adelaide – Rozee 2, Ladhams 2, Boak 2, Gray 2, Wines.

Western Bulldogs – English 2, Bontempelli, Naughton, Dunkley, Johannisen, Weightman, Vandermeer, Hunter, Treloar.

Substitutes: Western Bulldogs – Schache (unused). Port Adelaide – Mayes (replaced Georgiades).

Umpires: R. Chamberlain, C. Deboy, S. Meredith.

Crowd: No crowd permitted at Marvel Stadium.

Richmond 3.2 4.6 6.10 12.11 (83) Hawthorn 2.2 6.6 9.8 12.11 (83) BEST: Richmond – Ross, Short, Astbury, Lynch, Bolton. Hawthorn – Wingard, T. Mitchell, O’Meara, Nash, McEvoy.

GOALS: Richmond – Riewoldt 3, Lynch 3, Bolton 2, Stack 2, Castagna, Chol. Hawthorn – Brockman 3, Wingard 2, Phillips 2, Lewis 2, Hanrahan, Nash, Scrimshaw.

Substitutes: Richmond – Aarts (replaced Dow). Hawthorn – Newcombe (replaced Koschitzke).

Umpires: L. Fisher, M. Nicholls, J. Power.

Crowd: No crowd permitted at the MCG. Sydney Swans 6.4 9.7 13.7 21.10 (136) Gold Coast Suns 0.4 3.8 5.9 6.13 (49) BEST: Sydney Swans – Franklin, Dawson, Heeney, Hickey, Parker, McInerney, Lloyd. Gold Coast Suns – Miller, King, Anderson, Harbrow, Fiorini.

GOALS: Sydney Swans – Franklin 6, Papley 3, Heeney 3, Wicks 2, McLean 2, Mills, Dawson, Gulden, Hickey, Rowbottom. Gold Coast Suns – King 4, Corbett, Sexton.

Substitutes: Sydney Swans – Fox (replaced Mills). Gold Coast Suns – Sharp (replaced Harbrow).

Umpires: C. Donlon, L. Haussen, A. Heffernan.

Crowd: No crowd permitted at Marvel Stadium.

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Brisbane Lions 7.2 10.4 13.6 19.11 (125) West Coast Eagles 3.3 8.5 10.7 13.9 (87) BEST: Brisbane Lions – Zorko, Rich, Daniher, Adams, Neale, K. Coleman.

West Coast Eagles – Naitanui, Yeo, Shuey, Sheed, Ryan.

GOALS: Brisbane Lions – Daniher 4, J. Berry 3, Cameron 3, McCarthy 2, McStay 2, Lyons, McCluggage, Neale, Rich, Zorko. West Coast Eagles – Darling 3, Ryan 3, Cripps 2, Vardy 2, Allen, Jones, Waterman.

Substitutes: Brisbane Lions – Mathieson (unused). West Coast Eagles – Petruccelle (replaced Allen).

Umpires: N. Brown, J. Dalgleish, D. Johanson.

Crowd: 21,845 at the Gabba Melbourne 2.3 3.5 6.7 12.9 (81) Geelong Cats 2.1 10.2 12.3 12.5 (77) BEST: Melbourne – Oliver, Petracca, Gawn, Salem, Lever, Pickett.

Geelong Cats – Selwood, Dangerfield, Hawkins, Smith, Henderson, C. Guthrie.

WAFL ROUND 20 East Fremantle 1.1 3.3 10.7 13.8 (86) East Perth 2.4 4.8 6.10 12.12 (84) BEST: East Fremantle – Boekhorst, Teakle, Dixon, Meade, O’Reilly. East Perth – Young, Willcocks, Jones, Scott, Lynch.

GOALS: East Fremantle – Dixon 3, O’Reilly 3, Kommer, Snadden, Boekhorst, Marsh, Jansen, English, Teakle. East Perth – Young 5, Simpson 3, Magro, Robertson, McGuire, Merritt.

Peel Thunder 1.5 2.9 6.12 10.16 (76) West Coast 5.2 9.5 10.7 11.8 (74) BEST: Peel Thunder – Randall, Hancock, Thorne, Brock, Hughes, Nesbitt.

West Coast – Williams, Ainsworth, Sumich, Deegan, Hug. GOALS: Peel Thunder – Thorne 2, Randall 2, Bell, Hancock, Lake, Sears, Hughes, Duman. West Coast – Williams 2, Nitschke 2, Winder, O’Neill, Ainsworth, Garlett, Marlin, Flint, Deegan.

West Perth 1.2 4.3 6.4 11.7 (73) South Fremantle 3.3 5.4 8.5 10.7 (67) BEST: West Perth – Black, Moulton, Riddoch, Kernutt, Munns. South Fremantle – Schloithe, Florenca, Maskos, Z. Strom, Dragovich.

GOALS: West Perth – Keitel 4, Riddoch 3, Lynch 2, Knott, Potente.

South Fremantle – Schloithe 2, Z. Strom 2, Shaw 2, Florenca, Ninyette, Donaldson, Schlensog.

Byes: Claremont, Perth, Subiaco, Swan Districts.

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GOALS: Melbourne – Pickett 3, B. Brown 2, Oliver 2, Spargo 2, Fritsch, Gawn, Viney. Geelong – Hawkins 4, Cameron 2, Rohan 2, Close, Dahlhaus, Dangerfield, Selwood.

Substitutes: Geelong Cats – Higgins (unused). Melbourne – Jordon (unused) Umpires: C. Fleer, J. Mollison, M. Stevic.

Crowd: No crowd permitted at GMHBA Stadium.

GWS Giants 1.3 6.5 9.10 12.17 (89) Carlton 2.4 6.6 7.7 11.9 (75) BEST: GWS Giants – Ward, Taranto, Kelly, Taylor, Hogan. Carlton – Walsh, E. Curnow, Kennedy, Newman, Weitering.

GOALS: GWS Giants – Hogan 3, Ward 2, Lloyd, Hopper, Perryman, Greene, Sproule, O’Halloran, Himmelberg. Carlton – E. Curnow 4, Casboult 2, Betts 2, Durdin, McGovern, Fisher.

Substitutes: Carlton – Dow (replaced Cripps). GWS Giants – Coniglio (replaced O’Halloran).

Umpires: H. Gavine, P. Rebeschini, A. Stephens.

Crowd: No crowd permitted at Marvel Stadium.

St Kilda 3.0 6.3 10.5 17.5 (107) Fremantle 1.4 3.5 4.8 6.13 (49) BEST: St Kilda – Steele, Marshall, Sharman, Sinclair, Hill, Crouch, Higgins.

Fremantle – Serong, Brayshaw, Young, Mundy, Crowden.

GOALS: St Kilda – Sharman 4, Membrey 3, Kent 2, Higgins 2, Butler 2, Bytel 2, Marshall 2. Fremantle – Crowden, Switkowski, Taberner, Henry, Banfield, Treacy.

Substitutes: St Kilda – Byrnes (replaced Hill). Fremantle – Western (replaced Switkowski).

Umpires: N. Foot, A. Gianfagna, N. Williamson.

Crowd: 3082 at Blundstone Arena.

Essendon 5.2 11.2 13.5 16.6 (102) Collingwood 4.2 5.4 7.8 9.10 (64) BEST: Essendon – Smith, Stringer, Wright, Redman, Merrett, Cutler.

Collingwood – Adams, Elliott, De Goey, Howe, Crisp, Daicos.

GOALS: Essendon – Wright 4, Waterman 4, Stringer 2, Smith 2, Redman 2, Perkins, Snelling. Collingwood – Elliott 4, Cameron, Daicos, De Goey, Thomas, Hoskin-Elliott.

Substitutes: Essendon – Cox (unused). Collingwood – McCreery (replaced Henry).

Umpires: R. Findlay, J. Howorth, B. Rosebury.

Crowd: No crowd permitted at the MCG. Adelaide Crows 4.6 5.9 8.15 13.20 (98) North Melbourne 2.1 2.3 5.4 8.6 (54) BEST: Adelaide Crows – Laird, Sloane, McAdam, Keays, Smith. North Melbourne – Hall, Thomas, Larkey, Simpkin.

GOALS: Adelaide Crows – McAdam 3, Keays 2, Seedsman, McHenry, Jones, Schoenberg, Thilthorpe, Mackay, Gollant, Lynch. North Melbourne – Larkey 3, Anderson, J. Walker, Thomas, Phillips, Scott.

Substitutes: Adelaide Crows – Rowe (unused). North Melbourne – Scott (replaced Zurhaar). Umpires: E. Glouftsis, R. O’Gorman, B. Wallace.

Crowd: 13,103 at Adelaide Oval.

STATE LEAGUE

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Club

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Clayton Oliver

Melbourne

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Marcus Bontempelli Western Bulldogs

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Touk Miller

Gold Coast Suns

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Ollie Wines

Port Adelaide

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Sam Walsh

Carlton

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Jack Steele

St Kilda

84

Zach Merrett

Essendon

76

Christian Petracca

Melbourne

73

Darcy Parish

Essendon

64

Rory Laird

Adelaide

Note: Leaderboard after the completion of round 21. Votes from round 22 and 23 will not be released until the announcement of the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year Award winner.

SANFL ROUND 18 (SPLIT RD) Port Adelaide 5.2 6.4 11.5 15.7 (97) South Adelaide 1.1 6.2 8.5 13.6 (84) BEST: Port Adelaide – Woodcock, Weidemann, Sutcliffe, Clurey, McEntee, Powell-Pepper. South Adelaide – Heaslip, Fitt, Broadbent, Skinner.

GOALS: Port Adelaide – Williams 3, Weidemann 3, McEntee 2, Powell-Pepper, Garner, Woodcock, Sutcliffe, Lord, Butcher, Aldridge. South Adelaide – Fitt 4, Wilkinson 3, Cross 2, Heaslip, Overall, Freitag, Broadbent.

Central District 4.3 8.5 10.8 11.9 (75) Adelaide Crows 1.2 3.2 3.4 6.6 (42) BEST: Central District – Presbury, Grace, J. Schiller, Patterson, Neagle.

Adelaide Crows – Borlase, Boyle, O. Davis, Tharaldsen, Sholl, Worrell.

GOALS: Central District – Lange 3, Fort 3, Grace 2, Barreau, O’Brien, Weaver.

Adelaide Crows – Newchurch, Clamp, McAsey, Murray, Sholl, Kennedy.

TSL ROUND 21

North Launceston 5.3 10.6 11.9 15.17 (107) Glenorchy 1.1 2.3 5.3 5.6 (36) BEST: North Launceston – Foon, Lee, Cox-Goodyer, Simpson, Avent, Pearce.

Glenorchy – Gunther, D. Joseph, Howard, Roberts, Wyatt, Kamaric.

GOALS: North Launceston – Leary 3, Cox-Goodyer 2, Avent 2, Bennett 2, Pearce 2, Edmunds, Simpson, Burt, Donnelly. Glenorchy – Gunther 4, Howard.

Clarence 2.1 6.2 8.11 12.14 (86) 2.1 5.2 6.5 7.9 (51) North Hobart BEST: Clarence – Garland, Gardner, Paprotny, Preshaw, Swinton, Howlett.

North Hobart – Smith, Kilpatrick, McGinniss, Sandric, Caswell.

GOALS: Clarence – Garland 6, McCallum 2, Howlett 2, Swinton, Preshaw.

North Hobart – Jackson, McCulloch, Splann, Pullen, Caswell.

Launceston 4.8 7.10 13.11 17.15 (117) Lauderdale 0.1 1.2 3.3 5.4 (34) BEST: Launceston – Palfreyman, Blackberry, Donnellan, Hinds, Brown.

Lauderdale – Christensen, Franklin, Poland, Siggins, Richmond, Paton.

GOALS: Launceston – Blackberry 4, Donnellan 3, Taylor 3, Smith 2, Palfreyman 2, Harper, House, Morris. Lauderdale – Stanley 2, McGuinness, Christensen, Raglione.

Bye: Tigers

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LEADING GOALKICKERS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Player Harry McKay Tom Hawkins Jack Riewoldt Taylor Walker Lance Franklin Josh Bruce Charlie Cameron Ben King Bayley Fritsch Charlie Dixon Joe Daniher Toby Greene Jack Darling Nick Larkey Tom Papley Josh Kennedy Aaron Naughton Jake Stringer Max King Matt Taberner Tom Lynch Kysaiah Pickett

Club Goals Behinds % (Carl) 58 33 63.7 (Geel) 54 33 62.0 (Rich) 51 29 63.8 (Adel) 48 29 62.3 (Syd) 48 23 67.6 (WB) 48 21 69.6 (BL) 47 31 60.3 (GCS) 47 25 65.3 (Melb) 47 20 70.1 (PA) 46 22 67.7 (BL) 45 31 59.2 (GWS) 42 40 51.2 (WCE) 42 19 68.9 (NM) 42 15 73.7 (Syd) 41 27 60.3 (WCE) 41 21 66.1 (WB) 40 38 51.3 (Ess) 39 17 69.6 (StK) 38 30 55.9 (Frem) 37 17 68.5 (Rich) 35 33 51.5 (Melb) 35 27 56.5

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What I’m thinking with Ashley Browne

Throwing a spanner in banner doesn’t work One of the great traditions of footy – the banner – has fallen victim to new game-day protocols.

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e are coming to the end of a second straight season that has tested the goodwill and the patience of thousands of supporters around Australia.

So much of what we love about the game, and the daily and weekly rituals of supporting the game and our clubs, have been taken away from us.

Footy behind closed doors is soulless and dispiriting.

There is no sense of occasion or theatre and it starts when the teams run out on to the ground.

Who would have thought that 22 grown men bursting through a wall of crepe paper and sticky tape – hours of work destroyed in just a few moments – was a tradition we want back as soon as possible?

Banners are part of what makes footy fun. And their place in the game has been celebrated by a wonderful new book – Footy Banners.

A Complete Run Through – written by Leigh Meyrick and Matthew Hagias that has just been released.

If ever a footy book was a labour of love, this was it. I’m not sure there would have been too many that were more fun to put together.

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Banners have evolved enormously from the early days when they were little more than strips of coloured streamers tied to the side of the players’ race.

By the early 1960s, as cheer squads became part and parcel of the game, banners became free standing, supported by poles.

Footage of the 1963 Grand Final is prefaced by TV entertainer ‘Happy’ Hammond breaking through the banner to lead Geelong out on to the MCG for the game against Hawthorn.

He had earlier serenaded the players on his piano accordion as they prepared in the dressing rooms.

Cats coach Bob Davis was not one to take footy, even the Grand Final, all that seriously.

Banners grew in size and importance through the 1970s and 1980s.

And they became the source of keen rivalry between the respective cheer squads as they competed over the size of the banners and the impact of their message.

If there was a golden era of footy banners, that was it.

The colours were bright, the images sparkling and the words were, well, interesting.

There was plenty of needle and several insults traded between clubs and, certainly, some of them would not pass muster during these more-enlightened times.

Over time, the interclub banter subsided, but the messaging would be pointed elsewhere.

Collingwood’s cheer squad railed against Victoria Park co-tenant

ADDING TO THE THEATRE: The Eagles burst through their banner before the 2018 Grand Final; (inset) banners produced plenty of banter between clubs; (below) the cover of the recently released book Footy Banners.

A Complete Run Through.

Banners are what makes footy fun

Fitzroy in the 1980s, labelling them “unwanted guests”.

A decade later, Fitzroy fans unleashed on all parties involved with the merger with Brisbane on a banner that started with: “Seduced

by North Melbourne …”

Over time, the fun with banners has given way to milestone recognition and sponsors plugs as well as key social messaging.

A shout out here to comedian and writer Danny McGinlay, who was given the job of writing the Western Bulldogs’ banner each week and did a masterful job.

For reasons best known to the club, he was then relieved of that duty, but he gets on social media every week to inform us of what the banner would say if he still had the job.

Where the banners have been mostly missed is during the finals.

They add immensely to the theatre and spectacle of September football, and especially the Grand Final.

The moment when the teams burst through the banner is when their fans truly pinch themselves that their team is in the big one.

Who knows if there will be banners at this year’s Grand Final? We can’t even say with any certainty where or when the game will be played.

COVID has brought changes to the game and winding some of them back will be all too hard.

But the banners remain integral to the fabric of the game, as Meyrick and Hagias have illustrated so well in their book.

They will be back in all their glory.

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