While the veterans starred, young gun Tyson Stengle capped off one of the stories of the AFL season with an epic. This was a Grand Final Bloods bath from start to end. Although slightly shorter than Cameron, Rampe has the speed to go with 'Jezza', and the discipline to stay with him, as he roams up the field. The 2005 grand final is the more famous and replayed game, but this was a better one. He had 12 touches in the first term he had 12 for the entire preliminary final four intercepts and three score involvements to set the tone. Statistics show Geelong is 5-4 in games where the opposition pressure rating is more than 180. Come the Grand Final, it seems, some of your pedigree follows you onto the park, but much of it wanders off for a good bark and a long lie down. A premiership player in his 250th game not a bad day to say the least. Yes, Ive left out 1972, 2005 and 2016. 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. The Saints kicked two goals in five minutes through Goddard and Gilbert to close the gap to seven points in the 22nd minute. It was Geelongs perfect day and it meant there were some ridiculously high player ratings scores across the board. Most Goals in AFL/VFL history. Beautiful moment at the start of the second term, booting his 50th goal for the season an achievement that appeared so unlikely 12 months ago. [24] The Chris Mainwaring Legends Match, which raises money for Perth's Telethon was moved to 9 October. Collingwood won the replay by 56 points to become the 2010 premiers. 8 2. You are advised to change this password after using it to sign in again. Sydney v Hawthorn - Sat, 27-Sep-2014 2:30 PM - Match Stats - AFL Tables Rob O'Gorman 11. . Alex Whetton 20. Collingwood Betting Odds: Win 1.61, Line -9.5 @ 1.92, St Kilda Betting Odds: Win 2.38, Line +9.5 @ 1.92. It is the third time in 2022 they have cracked 200. Lenny Hayes was instrumental in St Kilda's clearance work, acting as third-man-up in the ruck contests and collecting ten disposals. In the 18 Grand Finals to date that have involved the teams from 1st and 3rd, the minor premier has an 11-7 record, which represents a 61% success rate. Originally from Northam, Western Australia, Davis played for Perth before being drafted by Collingwood in the 1999 National draft. 6, Tagged by Ryan Clarke, as expected. Added another in the second term. [29] From there, Collingwood's victory was never in doubt. It was a dominant performance and the reason why they're the $1.55 favourites, but they'll need to turn away an impressive Sydney Swans outfit. [16], Chaired by Brad Scott, the voters and their choices were as follows:[18]. The first score was registered in the 5th minute, a goal from a set shot by Tyson Goldsack. - Cam Guthrie has turned the ball over with every 8.41 disposals, the second-best ratio of the top-50 ball-winners in the League. The 10 best AFL grand finals of the last 50 years - sorted Collingwood won the minor premiership, followed by 2009 Grand finalists Geelong and St Kilda, while giving Western Bulldogs a second chance spot in the top four. So dominant was Collingwood in the second quarter that St Kilda managed only two shots on goal, both set shots from outside 50 metres: one goal to Koschitzke in the 12th minute, and one from Peake in the 21st minute which fell short and was rebounded. 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. Carlton: 11.16 (82) def. Sydney entered as narrow favourites, having won its last five games, and with full forward Daniel Bradshaw and goalsneak Ben McGlynn back into the side. 2022 AFL Grand Final: When and Where You Can Watch Live, Free. Emails will only be used for identification purposes and for the resetting of forgotten passwords. The official crowd of 100,016 was the highest since the 1986 VFL Grand Final, exceeding the crowd of the 2008 AFL Grand Final by only four people. Couldve really put himself in Norm Smith Medal contention if hed kicked straight. 9, Looked assured in defence, as he has done all finals series, especially early in the game. One conclusion I'd draw from the table above is that ladder position is important, but only mildly so, in predicting the winner of the Grand 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. 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. Sydney scored the first four goals of the game, and maintained that advantage at half time, but Carlton scored five unanswered goals in the third quarter to lead by seven points at three-quarter time. Are you OK? his direct opponent Adam Goodes asked. Was just as influential in the ruck, neutralising Tom Hickeys influence consistently. Continued his awesome finish to the finals series, pulling off some terrific one-percenters to put teammates to advantage. Nick Foot 3. Saturday, 30th September 2017, 2:30 PM AEST, Adelaide Betting Odds: Win 1.75, Line -7 @ 1.95, Richmond Betting Odds: Win 2.25, Line +6 @ 1.95. Collingwood v St Kilda - Sat, 25-Sep-2010 2:30 PM - AFL Tables Seemed to run with Tom Papley for large stints of the match and had him well beaten. 2011 Geelong defeated Collingwood by 38 points. 2010 AFL finals series - Wikipedia [3] St Kilda advanced to the preliminary final to play the winner of the first semi-final (Western Bulldogs), while Geelong advanced to the second semi-final against Fremantle. Nudging this for the Saturday arvo matinee, Grand Final History: A Look at Ladder Positions. Copyright 2006-2023, Tony Corke. Emails will NOT be used for the sending of unsolicited, spam or promotional materials. Five goals were kicked in the last 10 minutes, which was unusual for this rivalry. St Kilda and Collingwood players after the 2010 AFL grand final ended in a draw. 7, Started as the Cats sub. Scoring progression; St Kilda Time Score Time Geelong; 1st quarter (30m 36s) 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 2m 35s: Max Rooke goal : 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 7m 47s: Cameron Mooney goal: Adam Schneider behind Carlton captain Chris Judd was instrumental in Carlton's third-quarter fightback, while Marc Murphy was damaging through the midfield and Andrew Walker, who had played mainly in defence during the season, played forward and scored three goals. - These are the two highest-scoring first-quarter teams in the League. St Kilda advanced to its second consecutive Grand Final. Embracing the chaos, Collingwood prove theyre more than black and white contenders | Jonathan Horn, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Was important early in helping the Cats lock the ball in their front yarn. The first photo shows Greg Dear, not Greg Dean as an earlier version said. And it was. This page is a collection of VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics. During that flurry, Chris Judd injured his shoulder. The Cats saluted for this year's premiership on Saturday, completing a dominant season in equally as destructive fashion against Sydney with an 81-point win at the MCG. Sydney by eight points. It wasn't as if everything was falling Geelong's way the Cats had forced it this way with a brutal beginning. Im not sure Ive ever seen more crestfallen supporters as the Collingwood fans that day. Collingwood midfielders Dane Swan (39 disposals, 3 goals), and Scott Pendlebury (30 disposals and 2 goals) controlled the game. AFL Match Statistics : St Kilda defeated by Geelong at MCG Grand Final Think about it that's almost two entire seasons of playing purely finals football. Sydney and Fremantle, the only non-Victorian clubs in the finals series, finished equal on points, but Sydney earned a game against Carlton on percentage. 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. The matches were the first occasion when a clash guernsey was required in a grand final since the introduction of them in the 1990s, with St Kilda (being the lower ranked team on the ladder) required to wear its predominantly white clash guernsey due to their home guernsey clashing with Collingwood, who began wearing a predominantly black home guernsey in 2001. They conceded 76 points from intercepts in round two against the Swans their most this season. Collingwood took an eight-point lead into three-quarter time. The teams were even in both clearances and contested disposals, and both managed six shots on goal. [2008 Player Statistics] Round: Grand Final Venue: M.C.G.Date: Sat, 27-Sep-2008 2:30 PM Attendance:100012 Geelong 5.3.33 6.12.48 9.18.72 11.23.89 Hawthorn 5.2.32 8.3.51 14.5.89 18.7.115 Qrt margin GE by 1 HW by 3 HW by 17 HW by 26 Qrt scores GE 33-32 HW 19-15 HW 38-24 HW 26-17 Field umpires Scott McLaren(320), Shaun Ryan(136), Michael Vozzo(214) 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. Leigh Fisher 4. It was only the third drawn grand final in AFL history, and the crowd of 100,016 - the highest for a VFL/AFL match in 24 years - who had spent the afternoon cheering and barracking with full voice . [14] The American said, "It is a great honour to be invited to perform at such an historic event in Australian footballI am incredibly fortunate to have been available for this once-in-a-lifetime experience to share my music with my fans." The Grand Final was back at the MCG for the first time since 2019, with Robbie Williams producing the greatest pre-game entertainment footy has seen. September 22, 2010. Andrew Stephens 13. This game had the lot momentum shifts, unlikely cameos and a last-minute sealer. Emails will only be used for identification purposes and for the resetting of forgotten passwords. Geelong advanced to its fourth consecutive preliminary final, and the third of those to be played against Collingwood. Goals were scored by Thomas (5th minute), Dal Santo (7th minute), O'Brien (12th minute, with the assistance of a 50-metre penalty), Milne (13th minute), Wellingham (17th minute), Milne again (25th minute), and finally Sidebottom (27th minute). We just dig deep, use it as motivation and go again. They did, and won the next three flags. Far more common, as you'd expect, has been a matchup between the teams from 1st and 2nd on the ladder. 7, Cometh the big stage, cometh the captain. And the 34-year-old, with 354 games alongside his name, is not exactly limping to the line either, showing in both matches this September he still has a significant contribution to make at the coalface. VFAUA presidents; VFAUA Life Members; Grand Final Umpires 1903 - 1988 The winners of those matches move on to the Grand Final at the MCG in Melbourne.[1]. Overall, Collingwood managed ten shots at goal, but took many from long distance, which affected their overall accuracy: their total score for the quarter was 3.6 (24) with one out on the full. However, after Collingwood and St Kilda drew in the grand final, the series was extended to five weeks, ending on 2 October, with the first Grand Final replay since 1977 (and the last, due to rules changes in 2016). View Advanced Stats . Brendan Hosking 17. Within two minutes, Dawes kicked a goal from about 40m out near the boundary line to stretch the margin to 47 points. 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. There were the fresher faces, like Sam De Koning, Zach Guthrie and Brad Close who all paid their way, and Tyson Stengle? Lance Franklin was held to four kicks and one behind in his sixth Grand Final and was jeered late in the game. Kicked two goals himself and went at 100 per cent by foot. But the Swans fought and harassed their way to an upset win. Swans young gun Chad Warner refuses to go down and provides Callum Mills for an awesome finish. Oh, mate, I don't know if we've ever seen 44 blokes go to war like that. Geelong's Paul Chapman celebrates after defeating Collingwood at the MCG in the 2011 grand final. In the 12th minute, Robert Eddy hit the post from a long tight set shot won after catching O'Brien holding the ball; the Saints then scored goals through Hayes in the 14th minute, and Milne in the 15th minute off the ensuing centre break to bring the margin back to one point. Find out how each teams season is shaping up! Geelongs Paul Chapman celebrates after defeating Collingwood at the MCG in the 2011 grand final. Both grand finals were held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne. Not his most influential game but was still solid in defence when the ball was in his area. Hawkins started the run with back-to-back goals out of the ruck inside 50, before Selwood and Dangerfield's commanding midfield performances led to more opportunities. Smith added another long goal before Stengle kicked two of his own, his fourth coming from the boundary line in front of a Geelong faithful that has embraced the former Crows and Tigers small forward from the moment they recruited him last year for a last chance. 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. AFL Match Statistics : Richmond defeats Geelong at Gabba Grand Final Saturday, 24th October 2020 Advanced stats available for this page. Send us feedback or report a mistake on this page. 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. - The Swans recorded a Pressure Factor of 203 against Collingwood last week. At the other end of the ground it's the lung-busting repeat sprints of players like Gryan Miers, Brad Close and Gary Rohan that help the Cats get more players to each contest and then allows them to quickly transition either into attack or defence. Picture: AFL Photos, Cameron Ling with the premiership cup after the 2011 Grand Final between Geelong and Collingwood. This gave St Kilda its first lead of the game, after Collingwood had been leading since the opening goal, 20 seconds into the game. Johnson scored a goal for Collingwood in the 12th minute, and the Magpies led 140 after twenty minutes. Picture: AFL Photos, Geelong captain Joel Selwood on the final siren against Brisbane in the 2022 preliminary final. Former Geelong premiership captain Cameron Ling will present the cup if the Cats get up, while Sydney champion and Brownlow medallist Paul Kelly will do so if the Swans salute. In driving rain, two crack sides at the peak of their powers went goal for goal. From there, Geelong was never seriously challenged, eventually winning by 69 points. There have been 15 Grand Finals of this type, five of them occurring since 1980 (1982, 1997, 2001, 2004 and 2011). 'JUST BROKE ME': AFL world loses it over Cats' 'amazing' Grand Final act with legend's son 1. CROWNING MOMENT Superstar Cat finally gets his premiership medallion. 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). They overcame a heavily favoured Geelong team by four points in their qualifying final, and had a comfortable 24-point win over the Western Bulldogs in the preliminary final to advance to the grand final. All data entered is sent securely via SSL to our system. Every Geelong player rated out of 10 from the Grand Final against Sydney. Huge scalp on a huge stage. St Kilda defeated by Geelong at MCG Grand Final Saturday, 26th September 2009 AFL match statistics . Part-time ruckman Jason Blake assumed much of the ruck responsibility following Michael Gardiner's injury. [11] The network had only broadcast the match following an agreement that would see them, along with Network Ten (which had been contracted under the current deal to telecast the event in 2007, 2009 and 2011), share the rights to the match every year, with the other network broadcasting the pre-season grand final and the Brownlow Medal presentation that year as well. The teams also met in the first round of the preseason competition which St Kilda won by 1 point. Like previous weeks, started in the ruck at centre bounces but pushed into defence when the ball was in Geelongs forward half. AWST 12:30 pm - WA. Chad Warner One of the few winners on a nightmare day for his team. Football had never seen anyone like Kevin Sheedy. The Australian Football League's 2010 finals series determined the top eight final positions of the 2010 AFL season. Making the Cats' accountable will be crucial, so Tom Hickey's ruck-work, the ball-winning of Luke Parker and Callum Mills and the breakaway speed of Chad Warner and Tom Papley will all be vital. Emails will NOT be used for the sending of unsolicited, spam or promotional materials. - Geelong has outscored opponents by 25.5 a game from intercept possessions to rank first in the competition. Geelong and Sydney do battle at the MCG on the final Saturday in September, bidding to be crowned the 2022 premier. For the grand final replay, Lionel Richie was announced to perform the pre-match, as well as the post-match, entertainment. AEST 2:30 pm - ACT, NSW, QLD, TAS, VIC. Grand Final Geelong Cats v Sydney Swans, There is currently no interchange bench data available for this match, There is currently no recent form available for this match, There are currently no Stats available for this Match, Tom Papley in action during the 2022 Grand Final between Sydney and Geelong. Collingwood omitted out-of-form Leon Davis, who was replaced by defender Tyson Goldsack. Geelong is ranked first with 25.8 points a game, with Sydney (24.9) not far behind. First and second goalkicker, quintessentially grabbing the ball out of the ruck from a forward 50 stoppage and snapping two classy majors. Resilience, stoicism, staunchness, a little gallows humour, phlegmatism, but also inextinguishable hope: this is how our club has shaped us.. It was that sort of day. Despite being underdogs, the Bulldogs started the match well. Scott Pendlebury was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player in the grand final replay, earning ten votes; he accumulated 29 disposals, seven marks and laid eleven tackles. Riewoldt would get one more chance to get a goal at the last minute, but his 45-metre kick missed to the left. Sydney recorded a memorable elimination final win against Carlton at ANZ Stadium by five points. The series was scheduled to occur over four weekends in September 2010, culminating with the 114th AFL/VFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 25 September 2010. But up until three quarter time, it was the highest standard grand final Ive seen. It was the Bulldogs' third consecutive preliminary final loss, marked the final game of retiring captain Brad Johnson. In the third quarter, Nick Riewoldt inspired the Saints to a seven-goals-to-one quarter, opening up a 31-point lead from which the Bulldogs could not recover. Carltons captain-coach was writhing in the MCG mud, his ankle shattered. This year, of course, will be the nineteenth. The premiership was decided by a full replay on 2 October 2010. The first was held on 25 September 2010. Curtis Deboy 12. >> Get all your LIVE scores and stats on the go with the AFL Live Official AppCATS v SWANS Follow it LIVE. The first score of the quarter was not until the 9th minute, when Davis crumbed a goal from a stoppage, extending the margin to 14 points. AFL Match Statistics : Collingwood defeated by Geelong at MCG Grand