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Getting pumped for the GF. Predicting a narrow win for 🦁and Errol Gulden for Norm Smith. Disagree? Come at me
Instead we’ve the lions, power, swans and cats. Who were premiers in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007 respectively (with a cheeky eagles flag in 2006). edit: Or, to include repeats and losing the grand final: The 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 07 & 09 premiers, and, the 04, 06, 07 & 08 runners up are in the prelims this year. Not one GF in 9 years that didn’t have one of these four and only two that were win by another team.
> The Hawks travel to Adelaide Oval looking to continue their fairytale run while the Power are hoping to bounce back after a big qualifying final loss.
The Giants head to the SCG to take on the Swans with a spot in a Preliminary Final on the line.
The Bulldogs and Hawks - two of the in-form teams of the competition heading into September - clash at the MCG in front on over 97,000 fans with the loser's season over.
The Cats head to Adelaide Oval to take on the Power with a spot in a Preliminary Final on the line.
Predictions? Analysis? Anyone heading to a game? For anyone chiming in from a lemmy.world account, I think comment federation is still delayed by a week. Create an account on aussie.zone to share your thoughts before the games start. ##### Finals Week 1 **Thursday, September 5** Second qualifying final Port Adelaide v Geelong at Adelaide Oval, 7.10pm ACST **Friday, September 6** Second elimination final Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn at the MCG, 7.40pm AEST **Saturday, September 7** First qualifying final Sydney v Greater Western Sydney at the SCG, 3.20pm AEST First elimination final Brisbane v Carlton at the Gabba, 7.30pm AEST ##### Semi Finals Semi Final 1 - Port Adelaide v Hawthorn Friday September 13, 7.10pm ACST, Adelaide Oval Semi Final 2 - GWS GIANTS v Brisbane Lions Saturday, September 14, 7.30pm AEST, ENGIE Stadium
Beat Carlton. Beat Geelong. Beat Swans. Now beating the Demons easily. Those are their last four games. Did they change somehting in the past month? Coz they're currently the best team in it.
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cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/11231353 > If you have a kid/grandkid who loves footy, this is the time of year to take them. A single adult can take three kids to a game for the price of one ticket. > > For me today, the adult ticket was $58. With two kids, that worked out at less than $20 a ticket. > > Take your own snacks. Prices at the footy are actually offensive.
(Sorry Sydney fans) What an amazing finish by Freo. I was so sure it was going to be a draw.
Round 16 opens Friday evening with Brisbane taking on Melbourne at the Gabba. What are your predictions? **Friday June 28** Brisbane Lions v Melbourne 7:40pm AEST | Gabba **Saturday June 29** North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs 1:45pm AEST | Marvel Stadium Sydney Swans v Fremantle 1:45pm AEST | SCG Gold Coast SUNS v Collingwood 4:35pm AEST | People First Stadium Adelaide Crows v GWS GIANTS 7:30pm AEST | Adelaide Oval Geelong Cats v Essendon 7:30pm AEST | MCG **Sunday June 30** St Kilda v Port Adelaide 1:10pm AEST | Marvel Stadium Richmond v Carlton 3:20pm | MCG West Coast Eagles v Hawthorn 4:40pm AEST | Optus Stadium
Want to be an AFL media personality? It's easy — just follow the four-step Kane Cornes plan. 1) Look up which teams that lost on the weekend. 2) For each of the teams, come up with a reason why either: a) It's the players' fault. They're too lazy. Don't train hard enough. Don't put in enough effort! b) It's the players' fault. They're not skilled enough! c) It's the coach's fault. Bad tactics. Bad strategy. He's allowing those players to be lazy! d) It's the recruiter's fault. They picked/traded for the wrong players! 3) Get your producers to find a passage of play, interview, or press conference you can say backs up your claim. 4) Go on TV or radio and say what you think confidently, as if you're really pissed off about it. Yeah, the older Richmond players didn't show enough effort. You really don't care — you used to play for Port Adelaide after all. But you pretend you do on TV and the radio, because it makes great content. That's really all it takes, folks! [\#AFL](https://aus.social/tags/AFL) [#footy](https://aus.social/tags/footy) [@afl](https://aussie.zone/c/afl) [#Nine](https://aus.social/tags/Nine) [#KaneCornes](https://aus.social/tags/KaneCornes) [#Adelaide](https://aus.social/tags/Adelaide) [#Melbourne](https://aus.social/tags/Melbourne) [#SouthAustralia](https://aus.social/tags/SouthAustralia) [#Victoria](https://aus.social/tags/Victoria)
Wrong logo in the thumbnail for Carlton. Will probably get fixed.
Where to now for North? Smashed by a fairly ordinary Hawthorn side, with some big injuries including Day, Lewis, Jiath, Wingard, and Breust. The big question: Is the issue North's list? Or has the game gone past Clarko as a coach? "Meanwhile, North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson concedes his side is still a long way off the pace after forecasting the match would be an indicator of where his rebuilding outfit sits in its development. "He was left in no doubt and North has now lost 26 of 27 games since success in Clarkson's first two outings at the helm early last year." [https://www.afl.com.au/news/1113608](https://www.afl.com.au/news/1113608) [\#AFL](https://aus.social/tags/AFL) [@afl](https://aussie.zone/c/afl)
Hawthorn just being utterly outclassed by Gold Coast. Not sure if the return of Will Day will make a difference or if they need to go back to the draft, but they desperately need another quality midfielder. [#AFL](https://aus.social/tags/AFL) [@afl](https://aussie.zone/c/afl)
How the mighty have fallen. Reigning premiers Collingwood less than one goal ahead of a bottom-four side, in Hawthorn, in the fourth quarter. [\#AFL](https://aus.social/tags/AFL) [@afl](https://aussie.zone/c/afl)
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