The AFL home and away season has ended and the finals teams are off this weekend. The AFL has made a smart move by letting the women debut this weekend. The AFLW will have a ten week season with finals in November. Now that every AFL team has an AFLW counterpart, maybe they can haveContinue reading “AFLW debuts this weekend”
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AFL finals are set.
With the regular season done, a week off before the finals begin. Geelong will play Collingwood and Melbourne will host Sydney in a lose and you still get a home game but not a week off scenario. Meanwhile, Richmond travels to Brisbane and the Western Bulldogs go really west to take on Fremantle in aContinue reading “AFL finals are set.”
AFL down to last round
With one week to go, the finalists are all but decided, but the seedings are not. Geelong is the number one seed and will get a double chance with both games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Cats will need that second chance because of the week off before the finals and their legendary inabilityContinue reading “AFL down to last round”
Cats, Pies on a roll
Geelong and Collingwood won this week, with each team now on an eleven game winning streak. The Magpies are now second, a game behind Geelong. If they hold their positions, they could meet in the Grand Final with 15 game winning streaks. This would be the first time in the 127 year history of theContinue reading “Cats, Pies on a roll”
Freo Falling
No, that is not a typo. Three weeks ago Fremantle looked like they were going to finish in top four and get a double chance with the second finals game guaranteed to be at home. Since then, with two losses and a draw, they may miss the finals altogether. The Dockers are in sixth placeContinue reading “Freo Falling”
Cats win, clinch finals berth.
Geelong beat the Western Bulldogs 94-66 and guaranteed a place in the finals. Because the Bulldogs were the ninth place team after the loss, Melbourne and Collingwood also clinched finals berths with victories this morning. Brisbane can do the same tonight if they win. The pretenders are dropping like flies. St. Kilda’s win over HawthornContinue reading “Cats win, clinch finals berth.”
Cats alone atop the ladder
Geelong won in a shootout over Port Adelaide 106-94. The close score lowered the Cats’ scoring percentage, which is the only tiebreaker if teams have the same win-loss record. Fortunately Melbourne’s game with the Western Bulldogs was closer with a 110-100 score. Melbourne lost the game, leaving the Cats a full game ahead of MelbourneContinue reading “Cats alone atop the ladder”
AFL round 19
Richmond starts the round tonight by hosting Fremantle. The visiting Dockers are trying to hang on to fourth place and a double chance in the finals. The Tigers may be hosting, but they are playing at Marvel Stadium, better known as the Telstra Dump. Richmond is now simply trying to make the finals after losingContinue reading “AFL round 19”
The Run Home
The AFL is down to the last five weeks and the race for the flag is heating up. Two teams are 13-4, three are 12-5, and two are 11-6. With two games between them and the next pack, these teams know they will be in the finals and are jockeying for position. The top twoContinue reading “The Run Home”
Buffs win
I went to Tulsa yesterday to watch the Tulsa Buffaloes win over North Texas. The Devils had their opportunities, but inaccurate kicking cost them the game. ad realized the road construction in Owasso that was in the northbound lanes was now in the southbound lanes. I got off work Saturday morning and left at 9amContinue reading “Buffs win”
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