St Kilda failed to convert on the scoreboard due to inaccurate kicking: despite entering the forward 50-metres arc on 14 occasions to Geelong's two during a sustained period of midfield dominance, they only registered 2.2 (14), with goals to Brendon Goddard in the 13th minute and Hayes in the 20th minute; while Geelong was able to counterattack with one goal to Joel Selwood in the 18th minute. Picture: AFL Photos, Brandan Parfitt celebrates a Geelong goal against Sydney in the 2022 AFL Grand Final. 4, An unheralded star of this Cats backline and a deserving premiership player. His run and carry, as well as his ability to finish in front of goal, was brilliant. He may well be a Norm Smith Medallist very shortly. [4] Collingwood progressed to the Preliminary Final against Geelong. West Coasts fast and dominant midfield were quick and ferocious at the start of the match and the likes of Adam Goodes and Brett Kirk got the Swans back in the game when it looked beyond doubt as Sydney trailed by 24 points at half-time. In fact, most of the Sydney Swans v West Coast Eagles matches from the mid-2000s were epic, thrillers in an era were defensive, low-scoring, flooding football was all the rage. Melbourne defeats Western Bulldogs at Optus Stadium Grand Final Saturday, 25th September 2021 AFL match statistics . 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He's poached it from Dangerfield, who shrugged off about three tackles to get his snap away. Spare a thought for Mick Martyn, he played one of his best games but couldnt do anything about Leigh Tudors wobbly kick that resulted in Gary Ablett taking the mark and having a shot after the siren. The Hawks regained the lead and were never headed again. While the veterans starred, young gun Tyson Stengle capped off one of the stories of the AFL season with an epic. The traditional grand final motorcade, which was controversially omitted from the 2007 pre-match entertainment, returned, honouring the 2008 Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees, individual award winners and retiring players with over 200 games' experience, as well as Olympic and Paralympic gold medallists. A quick one out of the guts for the Swans, and Warner's bomb just about clears the hands on the line. All data entered is sent securely via SSL to our system. The premiership cup was brought onto the field twice: once by captains and administrators from football clubs affected by the 2009 Victorian bushfires, and then later via zip-line by Adelaide Crows champion Mark Ricciuto. Many regard Wayne Careys efforts in the third quarter as one of the greatest of his stellar on-field career. Top-scored with 4.3 to cap off an incredible comeback story. Franklin is a cousin of Melbourne forward Jeff Garlett and former Fremantle defender Dale Kickett. Looking just at the Grand Finals since 1990, the percentages for First (65%) and Second Quarters (73%) are lower, but a startling 96% of eventual winners have led at the final change. It allowed the Cats to stage a final quarter comeback, but it was a case of too little, too late as Hawthorn would win by six points and claim back-to-back premierships in one the toughest and high-scoring Grand Finals of all-time. Both sides entered the match undefeated with 130 records, and a record Etihad Stadium crowd saw St Kilda win the match by six points, with Michael Gardiner kicking the winning goal in the dying minutes. Thanks again, see you next time! Tom Hawkins 8Had one of the more unusual starts to a match we've seen, booting not just the first goal, but the second from throw-in ruck contests inside 50. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. 7, Colossal. One of the defence team who would have been very happy to have not seen much of the ball. Kicked two goals himself and went at 100 per cent by foot. Abbreviations key #=Jumper GM=Games played KI=Kicks MK=Marks HB=Handballs DI=Disposals DA=Disposal average GL=Goals BH=Behinds HO=Hit outs TK=Tackles RB=Rebound 50s The AFL Grand Final is a draw! Geelong's Harry Taylor was third, receiving a single set of three votes for his job shutting down St Kilda's Nick Riewoldt. Carey would kick four goals in the third quarter but the end-to-end goal-for-goal attack of the match would see North only reduce Geelongs lead to 18 points at the final break. Geelong won the AFL premiership, for the second time in three years, following their twelve-point win over St Kilda in the grand final. [19] After receiving the ball from teammate Shannon Byrnes, Geelong forward Travis Varcoe managed to handball to Chapman, who kicked a left-foot goal past St Kilda's Jason Blake's outstretched hands. Tom Hawkins earns the first two goals of the Grand Final after some typically brilliant work in these ruck contests, Isaac Smith snares a pair of goals in the opening term as the Cats look ominous early, Hayden McLean stems the bleeding for Sydney with this dazzling grab and finish, Swans young gun Chad Warner refuses to go down and provides Callum Mills for an awesome finish, Geelong continues to pile on more pain as Isaac Smith nails his third in some style, Watch Geelong's press conference after the Grand Final match against Sydney, Watch Sydney's press conference after the Grand Final match against Geelong, Extended highlights of the Cats and Swans clash in the Grand Final, VFLW superstar Sergeant Rhiannon Busch joins the crew for Yokayi Footy's Anzac Day special, highlighted by Charlie Cameron's incredible haul, From college basketball to the biggest stage in the AFL, enjoy Mason Cox's career highlights, Enjoy the thrilling final moments between Adelaide and Collingwood in round seven, Collingwood small defender John Noble drifts forward and nails this mighty kick on the run late in the game, All 18 club presidents have backed Tasmania's bid for the competition's 19th licence, meaning the state is one step closer to its own team, Jack Hayes will be sidelined for another couple of months due to a hamstring injury, Suns spearhead says he has no intention of leaving Gold Coast, Roy, Calvin and Warnie reveal their early trades for round eight, Access All Areas look at the contentious decisions during Collingwood's miracle win over the Crows, thanks to Crypto.com, Round seven AFL Rising Star nominee Finn Callaghan discusses his season so far with Cal Twomey, All the action from the state leagues around the country. The MCG and everyone watching is in a state of shock. If this is to be his final game, this goal right here will be the perfect way to say goodbye. 7, MOMENTS THAT MADE GF: Swans stars brutal afternoon; goal that brought the MCG to tears, THANK GOD FOR ROBBIE WILLIAMS: Boring GF tests fans in anti-climax to classic AFL finals, NEXT LEVEL: Cats explode in 33-year first Grand Final bloodbath, ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY: Swans GF nightmare laid bare as big Cat bench presses hapless rival, LOVE YOU WARNIE: Robbies perfect tribute to late great spin king, Aussie music legend, Geelongs most improved player this season and barely put a foot wrong all season and on Grand Final day. Grand Final, MCG, Attendance: 97302: Saturday, 29th September 2007, 2:30 PM AEST: Team: Q1: Q2: Q3: Q4: Final: Geelong: 5.7 11.13 18.17 24.19 163 Port Adelaide: 2.2 4.3 5.5 6.8 44 Adelaide progressed to a Semi-final against Collingwood; Essendon was eliminated. Tony Lockett is the league record-holder for the most goals kicked in the history of the VFL/AFL, with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games, starting in 1983 with the St Kilda Football Club and ending in 2002 with the Sydney Swans. We'll be back better for it next year.". The game he was referring to was the Essendon v (then known as) Kangaroos clash at the MCG. It was the 112th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League),[1] staged to determine the Premiers for the 2008 AFL season. Both teams kicked a total of 16 goals in the last quarter alone. This grand final appearance was the sixteenth in Geelong's history and its third in succession. The 51,878 people who were at the MCG and the very few who happened to have C7 Sport on Optus Vision back in the day witnessed one of the greatest games theyll ever see. And a special word is reserved for Joel Selwood: "Sometimes you've got to pinch yourself when you share the field with giants of the game, and you're an absolute giant. Please enter the email you registered your account with. Geelong's K-Rock provided local coverage with commentary from Anthony Mithen and Ian Cohen. Hawthorn would come back from 49 points down and win the game 26-15 (171) to Geelong 25-13 (163). Heading into this game, both St. Kilda and Geelong started the 2009 season undefeated 13-0. They may not be in the NRL, but the Newtown Jets are more popular than ever! No retirement announcement, just a lot of class. Adelaide dominated the first quarter, kicking six goals to one, and partway into the second quarter, Adelaide's lead reached 32 points. The top four teams in the eight receive what is popularly known as the "double chance" when they play in week-one qualifying finals. Essendon and Carlton have been premiers 16 times. Breaking Magpie hearts, yet again. From Tom Atkins to Zach Tuohy, we assess all the Geelong players in their huge Grand Final win. The same trends continued into the early third quarter, with Geelong winning in the midfield but faltering in the forward-line. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Geelong are champions for 2022, and they couldn't be more worthy of the honour. We got quality people involved, and we kept perservering. Details about next week later tonight. Q4: 3 mins remaining: Geelong 19.13 (127) v 7.4 (46) Sydney: The Cats are still competing and running like the game is in the balance. The Bulldogs kept St Kilda goalless in the first quarter, to lead by 15 points. The MCG was jam-packed as thousands upon thousands of fans had to be turned away at the gates before the match even got started. . Kangaroos 25. 6, Tagged by Ryan Clarke, as expected. This match was a low scoring, defensive struggle in cold, wet conditions. Contributing strongly for the Saints were Hayes, Gram, Luke Ball, Jones, Montagna, Steven Baker and Brendon Goddard; Goddard continued playing with a broken nose and a fractured collarbone, sustained in separate incidents during the game. (Its fair to say, that style of play has had a resurgence in season 2020 as well.). Emails will only be used for identification purposes and for the resetting of forgotten passwords. They lead by 74 points, HT: The Cats lead by 36 points at the long break, QT: Geelong explode out to a 35-point lead. Melbourne ($1.67) is the favourite to beat the Bulldogs ($2.25) in the 2021 Grand Final, according to Pointsbet. Isaac Smith has won the Norm Smith Medal! Hawthorn defenders made a clear effort to rush behinds whenever there was any applied pressure from the Geelong forwards, which was reflected in Geelong's inability to defend against Hawthorn's rebounds. In the spirit of reconciliation the AFL acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. At the age of 15, he won a sports scholarship and boarded at Wesley College. In 1897 and 1924 there were no grand finals and instead the premier was decided by a finals play-off. Arguably, the most iconic moment of the game happened in the very first minute when Geelongs Mark Yeates gave Hawthorns Dermott Brereton an almighty shirtfront that has become as legendary as the game itself. Playing on the wing and a little off half-back, Duncan's hard running helped set the tone, booting a goal from his 27 disposals and 13 marks. Now a two-time premiership coach, 11 years apart, in a show of incredible longevity at the top level. Tyson Stengle has done it, against all odds. From there, the Cats were in the process of moving the ball forward when the final siren sounded. FT: Geelong are AFL premiers for 2022! Joel Selwood has done it again. The most talked about and celebrated Grand Final of the last 50 years, the 1989 encounter between the Hawks and the Cats comes in at number two. Rhys Stanley 6Played a ruck/defensive role, as he did last week. St Kilda kicked six goals to three in the second half to win by 28 points. Three-time premiership Hawk Isaac Smith was unstoppable, booting three goals to go with 14 score involvements and 32 disposals to claim the Norm Smith Medal. Back on ANZAC Day 1995, Collingwood and Essendon met for the first time these two clubs had this standalone fixture. Mark Blicavs 8Played his usual unusual role of midfielder/ruck to perfection. The 2008 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football match contested between the Geelong Football Club and the Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 2008. and managed to spoil the kick. Brad Close 7Was one of Geelong's best when the heat was on, typifying its ferocious attack on the footy and connection with teammates. No game or Grand Final has had more of an impact on the game of Australian Rules Football as we know it than the 1970 Grand Final between Carlton and Collingwood. John Farnham then sang "You're the Voice", joined later by Seymour and Barnes. In 1948 and 1977 there were grand final replays after initial draws. Like previous weeks, started in the ruck at centre bounces but pushed into defence when the ball was in Geelongs forward half. Geelong would match that feat for the first time since 1951-1953 and the second time in the club's history. St Kilda became the first team to lose a grand final from a three-quarter time lead since Hawthorn in 1984; and Geelong became the first team to ever win a grand final after losing the first three quarters (albeit losing them only by 2, 1 and 4 points, respectively). Found plenty of the ball with 17 disposals and 11 marks. Included a live performance by Powderfinger of their hit "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind", interspersed with a rendition of the AC/DC classic, "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)", including bagpipers. Veteran Patrick Dangerfield had 12 score involvements of his own, and 26 disposals, including a dominant third-quarter display with seven contested possessions, four inside 50s and four score involvements on his way to an elusive premiership. Dermott Brereton relives the very first Anzac Day game back in 1995. pic.twitter.com/9sDZC8k3PF. After quarter time the match was more even, and by three-quarter time, Geelong had extended its lead to only 35 points. Coverage telecast live and in HD (via One HD) on Channel Ten and One HD with commentators Stephen Quartermain (host), Tim Lane (commentator), Robert Walls (expert commentator), Luke Darcy (expert commentator), Mark Howard (boundary rider) and Andrew Maher (boundary rider). The game was a see-sawing affair, not only did Saverio Rocca kick nine goals in the match for the Pies but with Essendon six points up in the dying minutes of the game, Rocca kicked his ninth to level the scores. But Sam de Koning, this gun key defender, is now a goalscorer in a grand final. Abbreviations key #=Jumper GM=Games played KI=Kicks MK=Marks HB=Handballs DI=Disposals DA=Disposal average GL=Goals BH=Behinds HO=Hit outs TK=Tackles RB=Rebound 50s Wed be back to do it all over again the following week. The Cats came into the decider on a 15-match winning streak after finishing the season on top of the ladder, and were never threatened on their way to a 10th premiership in front of 100,024 spectators at the MCG, winning20.13 (133) to 8.4 (52). Geelong captain Tom Harley was concussed because of a clash of heads with Hawthorn's Williams and he left the ground. . To leave a comment on the blog, please log in or sign up for an ABC account. Added another in the second term. A celebration to remember! Every Geelong player rated out of 10 from the Grand Final against Sydney. A selfless handball from Patrick Dangerfield sets up Jeremy Cameron for his first goal of the game. Jake Kolodjashnij 7A very solid performance in defence, setting up the Cats well with plenty of rebound. Gold Coast is the only current team not to have played in a grand final. It's a raffle between Dangerfield and Smith IMO. Picture: AFL Photos, Geelong coach Cris Scott hugs Patrick Dangerfield after defeating Sydney in the 2022 AFL Grand Final. Live Scores & Stats: AFL Live Ladder : Essendon defeats Melbourne Grand Final, Saturday, 2nd September 2000 : Team: Q1: Q2: Q3: Q4: Final: Essendon: 4.8 10.16 16.17 19.21 135 Melbourne: 3.3 pic.twitter.com/OA7iYDGvS3, To the memory of Michael Williamson, whose call of Alex Jesaulenkos iconic mark in the 1970 Grand Final will live on forever.#BoundByBlue pic.twitter.com/GUlzEyV0Bs. Worked his way into the game and finished with an incredible curling bomb from 50m in the last quarter. 6, The late inclusion for the injured Max Holmes and started on a wing next to Justin McInerney. This page is a collection of VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics.The Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990, is the elite national competition in men's Australian rules football.Each year, the premiership is awarded to the club that wins the AFL Grand Final.The grand final has been played in all VFL/AFL seasons except for 1897 and . Brisbane progressed to a Semi-final against the Bulldogs; Carlton was eliminated. This attribute ultimately accounted for Geelong's triumph.[22]. Still worth all those first-round picks he cost them 5, Isaac Norm Smith. Kicked two from his 18. With nine seconds remaining, Justin Koschitzke got his boot to a broken marking contest in the goal square, just eluding the diving hands of Darren Milburn's attempted smother, to tie the scores. It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll), "Geelong overcome fast-starting Dogs to book grand final berth", "Hawthorn hammers Bulldogs in qualifying final", "Full Norm Smith Medal voting - AFL.com.au", Geelong lacks drive: Jeff Kennett | Herald Sun, "Geelong Cats got your tongue? Geelong was the first team since Essendon in 2000 to win both the pre-season premiership and the regular season premiership in the same season. The Dees had closed the gap to seven points in the final term, but Adelaide found a rare bit of space on the open side of the ground, coolly and calmly finding targets before Danielle Ponter's second - accelerating away . St Kilda progressed to the grand final for the first time since 1997. Longmires goal allowed North to regain the lead with just under five minutes left in the game. The Cats have won their tenth premiership and left the MCG in tears of joy. Picture: AFL Photos, Gryan Miers in action for Geelong against Sydney in the 2022 Grand Final. Collingwood made five changes (four because of injuries) to the team that lost to St Kilda. We are licensed and regulated by the Northern Territory Government, and secured Congratulations.". No goal today has been better, and no celebration has been more meaningful! This page is not available in other languages. It was the first grand final to be played since the death of cartoonist William Ellis Green (better known as WEG), who had been drawing victory posters after VFL/AFL grand finals since 1954. Both Geelong and North Melbourne were known for their high-scoring and attacking style of play at the time and this game was no exception. The next two quarters were even, but it was Geelongs efforts in the last term that saw them stage an almighty comeback, mostly thanks to the efforts of Gary Ablett Snr who kicked nine goals in one the greatest individual performances you will ever see on the football field. Gryan Miers 5Wasn't sighted overly often but provided a lot of buzz around the footy in attack. Dermott Brereton had broken ribs, Robert Diperdomenico played with a punctured lung, John Platten suffered a concussion and the then two-man bench resembled a hospital emergency ward. 6, The firestarter. The people have spoken, and these are the 10 best Grand Finals of all-time, as voted by you.Which games are too low, and which are too high? Geelong started strongly, with Max Rooke scoring the opening goal of the game in the 3rd minute after winning a holding the ball at centre half-forward against St Kilda's Raphael Clarke, and Cameron Mooney scoring another in the 8th minute. The Qantas choir performed "I Still Call Australia Home", and the national anthem was performed a cappella by the cast of Jersey Boys. The first quarter was close, but Adelaide dominated the game from that point forward: eight goals to two in the second quarter, six goals to three in the third quarter, and eight goals to two in the final quarter. "I reckon football reached its peak as a spectacle and aesthetically when St Kilda and Geelong met at Marvel and they were 13 and zip"RE-LIVE THE INCREDIBLE 2009 CLASH: https://t.co/Z2XhRitX41 #AFLSaintsCats. . The two teams had met only once during the season, in a Friday night game in Round 17. Cookies will be used for the identification of users if the "Remember me on this computer" option is checked. The Cats blew the Swans out of the water with a dominant six-goal-to-one first quarter, leading by 35 points at the first break. "It's coming home, back where it belongs.". St Kilda opened the second quarter better, and Sean Dempster kicked the first goal of the quarter from a high tackle free kick in the 4th minute; but again the Saints missed several relatively easy shots at goal from Schneider, Milne and McQualter, and after twelve minutes of strong play led by only ten points. [7] Playing as a loose defender, Hodge was instrumental in generating and directing the rebounds which Hawthorn dominated throughout the game, and in applying the defensive pressure which helped keep the Hawks in the game when the Cats' midfield was dominating the second quarter. Geelong defeated by Hawthorn at MCG Grand Final Saturday, 27th September 2008 AFL match statistics . EVERY SWAN RATED Skipper battles, Chad stands tall. Emails will only be used for identification purposes and for the resetting of forgotten passwords. Shane Crawford retired after the game setting a record for most games before playing in a Premiership (305 games); the sound bite of Crawford hijacking the microphone and shouting "That's what I'm talkin' about!" It was a highly anticipated grand final, eliciting memories of the classic 1989 VFL Grand Final played between the same teams, with Geelong entering the match as the favourites to win. 7, What a yarn. In the 24th minute,[13] with less than five minutes of play remaining,[14][15] Geelong's Steve Johnson had the ball in defence and kicked the ball towards Ablett, who had found space in the centre circle. 9, Looked assured in defence, as he has done all finals series, especially early in the game. What's your favourite memory from the 1989 grand final? The 21minutes that followed were a tough battle which yielded only five behinds: the first two to St Kilda, and the next three to Geelong, tying the scores at 67 apiece. Can Cameron kick another? What did the AFL Punters learn from it? Geelongs score of 23-15 (163) would be the biggest losing score in league history, a total of 51 goals scored for the match also the highest aggregate score in the history of the VFL/AFL. Rose to the occasion and proved himself to be the best big-man at stoppage time. However, they did waste many of their inside-50s by missing relatively easy shots on goal and were unable to defend the fewer entries by Geelong. One of the great recruiting stories capped off with a flag. North dominated in the first quarter with an 18 point lead but in the second quarter, the Cats piled on seven unanswered goals with 1989 Brownlow Medalist Paul Couch dominating and the likes of Gary Ablett Snr, Billy Brownless and David Mensch kicking five goals between them. Then Milburn, believing (incorrectly, according to replays) that he had touched Koschitzke's kick off the boot, made an obscene gesture to goal umpire, giving away a free kick for demonstrative abuse on the goal line; Schneider took the free kick and kicked the easy goal to give St Kilda a six-point half-time lead. Eddie Betts is in the thick of it, with every Cats coach playing their part in this. Geelong defeats Port Adelaide at MCG Grand Final Saturday, 29th September 2007 AFL match statistics . We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. The Bulldogs had a strong fight-back in the final quarter, but missed many shots on goal, finishing with 4.6 to 1.3 for the quarter. Among the Cats leading tacklers and contested possession winners. After building a seventeen-point lead in the first half, the Western Bulldogs scored five goals to two in the third quarter to set up an unbeatable lead. [15] St Kilda's Zac Dawson had left his opponent Cameron Mooney and run a considerable distance from his own defence[16] They say the 90s was the decade that delivered and in terms of the ultimate 1990s game of Australian Rules Football, this was the one that takes the cake. Winners by 81 points, 3QT: The Cats will be premiers! In the third week, the winners of the semi-finals from week two play the winners of the qualifying finals in the first week. You are advised to change this password after using it to sign in again. Mark Seymour from Australian rock band Hunters and Collectors performed "Holy Grail" on stage, followed by Jimmy Barnes singing "No Second Prize". With the Magpie faithful cracking open the champagne at half-time to celebrate what they thought would be their 14th premiership, Carlton stunned them in the third quarter, kicking seven goals to Collingwoods one behind. Couldve really put himself in Norm Smith Medal contention if hed kicked straight. Most Goals in AFL/VFL history. [3] Leading up to the grand final, Geelong had won its past fifteen games. Geelong's twenty-three behinds included eleven rushed behinds by Hawthorn, some of which were deliberate, and some of which occurred directly from kick-ins. There were some near-perfect displays from the Cats in their epic Grand Final win over Sydney. | BEST MATCH EVER? The scores were level with 1:40 left on the clock. Was busy across half-forward and the wing early and found plenty of the footy. Only one team has won four consecutive grand finals, Collingwood in 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930. Geelong scored a goal from a Hawkins set shot in the second minute of the final quarter to bring the margin back to a single point. Hard to believe this kid is only 21. Saturday, 29th September 2007, 2:30 PM AEST.
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