Andrew Collins (left) Greg Dear (centre) and Gary Ayres (right) of Hawthorn celebrate after winning the AFL grand final between the Hawks and Geelong Cats at the MCG in 1989. es, Ive left out 1972, 2005 and 2016. Used the ball well by foot. A . Carlton legend John Nicholls will present the Jock McHale Medal to the winning coach. Within a few days of the grand final, the organisers of several events already scheduled for 2 October made the commercial decision to reschedule their events to avoid a clash with the replay. They won the clearances 166, and won the inside-50s 215, giving St Kilda almost no opportunity to score. Was important early in helping the Cats lock the ball in their front yarn. Home-state advantage goes to the team with the higher seed in the first two weeks, to the qualifying final winners in the third week. Hawthorn arguably played better football throughout 2012 than in their four premiership years. Think about it that's almost two entire seasons of playing purely finals football. Rain was forecast towards the end of the match, but did not arrive until after the match had finished.[15]. In a tight final quarter, the Bulldogs opened up a 13-point lead, and while Sydney brought the margin back to 5 points, the Bulldogs held on for the victory. Fremantle built a 42-point lead at three-quarter time, while Hawthorn's goalkicking accuracy was poor, scoring 1.11 (17) in the first half. 8 2. [21][22] The Victorian Racing Club moved the Turnbull Stakes to 3 October. Continued his awesome finish to the finals series, pulling off some terrific one-percenters to put teammates to advantage. Rampe could do worse than watch Brisbane Lion Darcy Gardiner's performance on Cameron last week, after keeping him to one goal from 12 touches. Emails will only be used for identification purposes and for the resetting of forgotten passwords. It's war today. (Note that the finals systems have, especially in the early days of footy, been fairly complex, so not all 6ths are created equal.). Collingwood was 27 points up, and the footy writer Rohan Connolly remembers a Magpie fan in the outer popping the cork on a bottle of champagne (there was a one slab, two bottle limit in those days). [33], On Monday 13 December, the AFL commission discussed the possibility of introducing extra time to decide future drawn grand finals, but ultimately decided to retain the full grand final replay. Although controversial, the free kick was deemed to be correct. A premiership player in his 250th game not a bad day to say the least. The Swans had entered the game on a nine-match winning streak after last week's one-point thriller against Collingwood, but that proved to be their limit as they were outplayed by the season's best side. 'JUST BROKE ME': AFL world loses it over Cats' 'amazing' Grand Final act with legend's son 1. The winners of those matches move on to the Grand Final at the MCG in Melbourne.[1]. Please enter the email you registered your account with. Ive always felt the loudest noise Ive ever heard in football was when Leon Baker kicked that first goal in the last quarter, Terry Wallace said years later. They conceded 76 points from intercepts in round two against the Swans their most this season. TV AND RADIO:Click here for broadcast guide. After a close first quarter, Sydney dominated the second quarter, kicking five goals in a row to lead by as much as 30 points. It turns out that ladder position - or, more correctly, the difference in ladder position between the two grand finalists - is also a very poor predictor of the margin in the Grand Final. Perhaps, I thought, more recent history would show a stronger link between ladder position difference and margin. View Advanced Stats . In the 19th minute, Riewoldt had a 45-metre snap shot at the goals from a stoppage which was bouncing towards the goals, but was touched on the line by a desperate dive from Maxwell, levelling the scores at 61 apiece. It was the ninth time that Collingwood won both the premiership and the minor premiership in the same year, but the first time since 1930. The Cats' comprehensive win carried storylines everywhere: from the mature-age recruits who dominated, such as Isaac Smith and his three-goal and 32-disposal performance. If it is a valid email, your password will be reset and emailed to you. Collingwood advanced to the preliminary final to play the winner of the second semi-final (Geelong), and the Bulldogs advanced to the first semi-final against Sydney. [2010 Player Statistics] Round: Grand Final Venue: M.C.G.Date: Sat, 2-Oct-2010 2:30 PM Attendance:93853 Collingwood 3.2.20 6.5.41 11.8.74 16.12.108 St Kilda 0.2.2 1.8.14 4.9.33 7.10.52 Qrt margin CW by 18 CW by 27 CW by 41 CW by 56 Qrt scores CW 20-2 CW 21-12 CW 33-19 CW 34-19 Field umpires Ray Chamberlain(139), Shaun Ryan(188), Brett Rosebury(201) Under previous rules, players would not have received premiership medallions unless they were present in the team that won the premiership-deciding game. It's not too often you come back to fight another war a week later. This means that even if a top-four team loses in the first week, it still remains in the finals, playing a semi-final the next week against the winner of an elimination final. They won it without Andrew Gaff, Nic Naitanui and Brad Sheppard. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our . On Monday 4 October, the Match Review Panel charged St Kilda's Adam Schneider with striking Brent Macaffer in the third quarter of the replay. - Geelong has outscored opponents by 25.5 a game from intercept possessions to rank first in the competition. Geelong dominated the disposal count, recording 484 disposals (the highest ever in a final) to Fremantle's 287. St Kilda advanced to its second consecutive Grand Final. He would turn up to Hawthorn training, sit on the fence, and eyeball them. Grand Final Legends; AFLUA Hall of Fame; Team of the Century; Reserve Grade UA. Leigh Fisher 4. AFL Match Statistics : Collingwood defeated by Geelong at MCG Grand Final Saturday, 1st October 2011 Advanced stats available for this page. Passwords are encrypted before being stored in our system (we cannot see what your password is). Ray Chamberlain 19. Sportsbet's Nathan Brown, Brendon Goddard and Matthew Richardson preview the Grand Final between the Cats and Swans at the MCG. This page is a collection of VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics. In St Kilda's case, their six shots yielded 3.3 (21), while in Collingwood's case, they yielded only 0.5 (5)including hitting the post once, two falling short and then getting touched through for behinds, and one falling short and being marked by an opponent for no score. Still worth all those first-round picks he cost them 5, Isaac Norm Smith. Leon Davis (born 17 June 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). [30], Prior to the first bounce, Nick Maxwell of Collingwood won the coin toss, and chose to kick to the (western) City End. Later, North coach Ron Barassi gathered his players and their partners in the rooms. The teams were even in both clearances and contested disposals, and both managed six shots on goal. Hayden Gavine 15. Collingwood Betting Odds: Win 1.61, Line -9.5 @ 1.92, St Kilda Betting Odds: Win 2.38, Line +9.5 @ 1.92. Geelong scored eight goals to Fremantle's one in the first quarter of their semi-final to take a 42-point lead into quarter time. They had met in a total of nine finals, of which St Kilda has won six, including the last five in a row, dating back to the 1966 grand final.Note 3 Between them, Collingwood and St Kilda fielded only three players who had previously won a premiership: Darren Jolly (Collingwood), Adam Schneider and Sean Dempster (both St Kilda)all three played in Sydney's 2005 premiership team five years earlier.[10]. Sydney was in control of the match from early in the second quarter, with Isaac Heeney kicking five goals, Franklin four and Will Hayward three to go along with Callum Mills' 29 disposals. It was the Bulldogs' third consecutive preliminary final loss, marked the final game of retiring captain Brad Johnson. The game was attended by 100,016 spectators. Midway through the quarter, Gardiner left the field injured, leaving St Kilda (who had omitted back-up ruckman Ben McEvoy for the game) without a recognised ruckman. [2014 Player Statistics] Round: Grand Final Venue: M.C.G.Date: Sat, 27-Sep-2014 2:30 PM Attendance:99454 Sydney 2.3.15 5.3.33 8.5.53 11.8.74 Hawthorn 5.5.35 11.9.75 16.11.107 21.11.137 Qrt margin HW by 20 HW by 42 HW by 54 HW by 63 Qrt scores HW 35-15 HW 40-18 HW 32-20 HW 30-21 Field umpires ]]. The half-time entertainment will feature Australian artists G-Flip, the Temper Trap and Goanna, that will include Christine Anu, Emma Donovan, Tasman Keith and William Barton. Brent Macaffer scored a crumbing goal for Collingwood from the goal square a minute later to extend the margin to 19 points. The 2010 radio broadcasters include Triple M, SEN 1116, 3AW, 774 ABC Melbourne, 95.5 K-Rock, NIRS, FIVEaa, 6PR and Crocmedia. Send us feedback or report a mistake on this page. How the Swans attempt to slow down Tom Hawkins and Jeremy Cameron will be fascinating, with Dan Rampe, along with Tom and Paddy McCartin all critical. It was a first quarter that will live on in the memories of Cats fans forever. St Kilda entered the season after having won the 2009 minor premiership with the club's best ever home and away record of 202, but losing the grand final to Geelong by two goals. If you ever want an example of what football can do to people and how much it means, look at the footage of the old Saints fans in the stands afterwards. He went into an AFL function room, where he found a woman sitting alone, crying. Five goals were kicked in the last 10 minutes, which was unusual for this rivalry. Are you OK? his direct opponent Adam Goodes asked. Each year, the premiership is awarded to the club that wins the AFL Grand Final. In the second week, the winners of the qualifying finals receive a bye to the third week. We all took different things from it. Although it's a Grand Final and there are dozens of worthy storylines, the magnitude of Selwood's record-breaking 40th Finals appearance should not be lost. . Disbelief. 8, It was ominous early when he was able to find so much space, as Duncan is the last player you want to have a stack of uncontested possessions. The camera had previously been trialled by the Nine Network during its coverage of Friday Night Football in 2004, as well as the Rugby League State of Origin. Goals were scored by Cloke in the 3rd minute, Macaffer in the 18th minute from a holding the ball free kick against Eddy and 50-metre penalty against Ray, and O'Brien in the 26th minute; of their remaining shots, three fell short and were touched or rushed for behinds, while Cloke missed two relatively easy shotsone from a 25-metre set shot directly in front and one from a snap shot 30 metres outin the final two minutes of the quarter. [23] Cricket Victoria delayed the opening of the Victorian Premier Cricket season to the following weekend. Swan was instrumental at stoppages in the second quarter, and Thomas and Maxwell were both crucial at forcing rebounds. Matt Stevic 10. A very drunk uncle rose from the couch at home BURY HIM! he boomed. St Kilda won in an upset against Geelong in the qualifying final. The first final marked the 41st time Collingwood has contested the VFL/AFL grand final,[7] and the first time since the club lost back-to-back grand finals in 2002 and 2003. Picture: Michael Willson/AFL Photos, Max Holmes (hamstring) will miss the clash, How the less-storied names stack up on Grand Final day, Sydney 17.5 (107) def. [34] The provision for a grand final replay was eventually removed, and replaced with extra time, starting from the 2016 season, making 2010's game the last grand final replay in the league's history. Ultimate AFL Grand Final preview: Why Cats, Swans can and can't win the flag . The grand final replay was played on a day without cloud, with the temperature around 20C for most of the game. 9, Was given the job on Lance Franklin and blanketed the Swans superstar. I was 11, and caught in the spell of Ablett and Brereton. All data entered is sent securely via SSL to our system. In Round 16 at the MCG, Collingwood was a comfortable winner over St Kilda by the score 15.10 (100) versus 6.16 (52). Yes, Ive left out 1972, 2005 and 2016. - The Swans recorded a Pressure Factor of 203 against Collingwood last week. 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