The two most lopsided statistics were: clearances, which St Kilda won 4638, despite having ten fewer than Collingwood in the second quarter, and inside-50s, which Collingwood dominated 6235. AFL Match Statistics : Richmond defeats Geelong at Gabba Grand Final He went into an AFL function room, where he found a woman sitting alone, crying. 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. 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. Part-time ruckman Jason Blake assumed much of the ruck responsibility following Michael Gardiner's injury. 10 THINGS WE LEARNED Danger's elusive premiership, Selwood's touching tribute. [28] This would mean that Leon Davis, who would be replaced for the replay, would eventually receive a medallion (although he did not receive one during the match-day ceremony). This system is different from the McIntyre final eight system, which was previously used by the AFL Collingwood defeated St Kilda by 56 points, marking Collingwood's fifteenth VFL/AFL premiership victory and their first since 1990. Started on the bench but had an immediate impact when he came on, showing awesome pressure at the coalface. AFL Match Statistics : Collingwood defeats St Kilda at MCG Grand Final With the blare of the final siren, the 2010 AFL Grand Final was brought to a close with neither Collingwood nor St Kilda victorious. The Cats have won 15 games straight and the Swans are on a nine-game streak, with both teams showing little sign of weakness as 2022 has drawn to a close. This year, of course, will be the nineteenth. Round 2: Sydney 17.5 (107) def. New to Kayo? The first was held on 25 September 2010. Teams from 3rd and 4th positions have each made about the same number of appearances, winning a spot about 1 year in 4. Phenomenal. Collingwood built a big lead early in the game, and Geelong was never able to bring the game back to competitive. THE DEPTH TEST How the less-storied names stack up on Grand Final day. All of the key statistics (contested possessions, inside-50s, tackles) except for clearances were fairly even through the quarter. Surely this one was sweeter, given the Cats' close runs and near misses in previous campaigns. But these things are subjective and this column is an indulgence. 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. Picture: Getty Images, Geelong celebrates its 2022 premiership win after the Toyota AFL Grand Final victory over Sydney. [1] It was the last grand final to be replayed prior to the introduction of extra time.[2]. Girls, he said. . 7, Cometh the big stage, cometh the captain. Supported operating systems - Android 7+ and iOS 11+, Check out all the important stats that matter ahead of Saturday's premiership decider. The 2022 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football match contested between Geelong and the Sydney Swans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24 September 2022. [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. In driving rain, two crack sides at the peak of their powers went goal for goal. . 2018 AFL grand final stats. Collingwood Betting Odds: Win 2.06, Line +2.5 @ 1.92, Geelong Betting Odds: Win 1.80, Line -2.5 @ 1.92. 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. No grand final had richer storylines from Dippers audibly hissing lungs, to Dermott Breretons ruptured kidney, to Gary Ablett thanking his saviour. Now, like pretty much everyone else at the MCG, Elsie had her head in her hands. Geelong hammered Brisbane in its preliminary final to advance, while Sydney squeaked home against Collingwood. After 198 regular season matches, 1,188 Brownlow Medal votes, 4,575 regular season goals (and a further 172 goals in the finals series) and another season impacted by COVID-19, we have finally, very nearly, reached the end of the road. Across the 111 Grand Finals in VFL/AFL history - excluding the two replays - only 18 of them, or about 1-in-6, has seen the team finishing 1st on the home-and-away ladder play the team finishing 3rd. 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. 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. Most pundits thought he was primed for this Grand Final and those takes were justified. 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. 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. GeelongLook no further than skipper Joel Selwood. View Advanced Stats . Got free as often as possible to set Geelong up off half-back. Curtis Deboy 12. 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. SydneyGeelong has a handful of individuals that need close attention, but none more so than red-hot forward Jeremy Cameron. Used the ball well by foot. Think about it that's almost two entire seasons of playing purely finals football. 2002 Norm Smith Medal winner Nathan Buckley will present this year's medal. St Kilda won in an upset against Geelong in the qualifying final. The 2010 decider was telecast nationwide by the Seven Network, on their main channel as well as the new high-definition (HD) digital channel 7mate. 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. Sam Reid, who has been dealing with an adductor injury this week, will take his place, with Braeden Campbell named Sydney's medi-sub. Five goals were kicked in the last 10 minutes, which was unusual for this rivalry. It was Geelongs perfect day and it meant there were some ridiculously high player ratings scores across the board. Grand finals - AFLUA Over an 18-month period, these two teams met six times, with a cumulative margin of 13 points. Games in Victoria are played at the MCG, regardless of the team's usual home ground, if a crowd larger than the seating capacity of Etihad Stadium (53,359) is expected. 'WE MADE A MISTAKE' Shattered Longmire laments Reid gamble. The Bulldogs advance to their third consecutive preliminary final, a rematch of the 2009 preliminary final against St Kilda. Still worth all those first-round picks he cost them 5, Isaac Norm Smith. And it was. Isaac Smith snares a pair of goals in the opening term as the Cats look ominous early. [16], Chaired by Brad Scott, the voters and their choices were as follows:[18]. From the moment the ball clears the centre of the ground, Rhys Stanley drops into defence allowing Mark Blicavs to take over in the ruck and thus helping to free up intercept kings Tom Stewart and Sam De Koning. The statistics of the match, unlike the drawn grand final, were mostly dominated by Collingwood. 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). This gave St Kilda its first lead of the game, after Collingwood had been leading since the opening goal, 20 seconds into the game. At one stage, Collingwood led by over 80 points, before Geelong scored 8 second half goals to finish 41 points behind, meaning they missed out on competing in the AFL Grand Final for the first time since 2007. 1,360. THE MOMENT Tomahawk's brute power blows Swans away. Over four million will watch the AFL Grand Final at the MCG on Saturday 24 September, slightly fewer will. 2022 AFL Grand Final: When and Where You Can Watch Live, Free Whilst their rates of appearance are very similar, their success rates are vastly different, with teams from 3rd winning 46% of the Grand Finals they've made, and those from 4th winning only 27% of them. This article was amended on 19 September 2022. 7, What a yarn. 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If youre still a sceptic, Tony Wilsons book 1989: The Great Grand Final should sway you. 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. Hawthorn finished 7th despite a poor start to the season. . Nudging this for the Saturday arvo matinee, Grand Final History: A Look at Ladder Positions. Chris Donlon 2. Was just as influential in the ruck, neutralising Tom Hickeys influence consistently. [9], The matches were the second and third grand finals contested by the two clubs. AFL Match Statistics : Adelaide defeated by Richmond at MCG Grand Final - The Swans recorded a Pressure Factor of 203 against Collingwood last week. [29] Steele Sidebottom (26 disposals, two goals) was a close second, with eight votes. Daniel Johanson 7. Tried to get the Swans going in the second term with an eight-disposal first quarter. 2011 Geelong defeated Collingwood by 38 points. AFL Grand Final Tips & Predictions - GoBet Far more common, as you'd expect, has been a matchup between the teams from 1st . The draw immediately sparked debate about the practice of staging a full-length replay instead of playing extra time. 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). It was the 127th grand final of the Australian Football League (AFL), staged to determine the premiers of the 2022 AFL season.The match, attended by 100,024 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 81 points, marking the club . 6, The firestarter. CROWNING MOMENT Superstar Cat finally gets his premiership medallion. 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. First and second goalkicker, quintessentially grabbing the ball out of the ruck from a forward 50 stoppage and snapping two classy majors. Picture: AFL Photos, Jack Riewoldt celebrates Richmond's 2019 Grand Final win with a packed MCG crowd. As I wrapped my arm around one distraught son, Greg Baum wrote in the Age, I felt his tears run down my sleeve. While the veterans starred, young gun Tyson Stengle capped off one of the stories of the AFL season with an epic. 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. Hard to believe this kid is only 21. Collingwood: 11.11 (77) Venue: MCG (Crowd: 113,545) Norm Smith Medal: Wayne Harmes - Carlton Carltons captain-coach was writhing in the MCG mud, his ankle shattered. 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. Not his most influential game but was still solid in defence when the ball was in his area. Brent Macaffer scored a crumbing goal for Collingwood from the goal square a minute later to extend the margin to 19 points. 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. Tyson Stengle adds to his amazing season with two more mesmerising majors in the Grand Final. 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. Please enter the email you registered your account with. The premiership is usually decided by a single match; however, as the first grand final ended in a draw, a grand final replay was played the following week and was won by Collingwood. Please enter the email you registered your account with. [4] Collingwood progressed to the grand final after comfortable victories in the qualifying final against the Western Bulldogs by 62 points, and then against Geelong in the preliminary final by 41 points. He would turn up to Hawthorn training, sit on the fence, and eyeball them. Ray Chamberlain 19. EVERY CATS PLAYER RATED Super Stengle, Danger brings his bestEVERY SWANS PLAYER RATED Skipper battles, Chad stands tall. Overall, the minor premiers have missed only 13 of the Grand Finals and have won 62% of those they've been in. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Tyson Stengle of the Cats celebrates a goal during the 2022 AFL Grand Final match between the Geelong Cats and the Sydney Swans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on September 24, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. Collingwood midfielders Dane Swan (39 disposals, 3 goals), and Scott Pendlebury (30 disposals and 2 goals) controlled the game. 2010 AFL Grand Final - Wikipedia Picture: AFL Photos, Cameron Ling with the premiership cup after the 2011 Grand Final between Geelong and Collingwood. This game often . Collingwood won the replay the following week. 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. If it is a valid email, your password will be reset and emailed to you. Start your free trial now >, BLOODBATH: Cats crush woeful Swans as 10th flag cements superstars legacies, CATS PLAYER RATINGS:Story of season gets perfect ending; colossal stars epic GF, SWANS PLAYER RATINGS: Horror day as SEVENTEEN players cop fails, RESUME GROWS: Cats veteran adds prestigious Norm Smith to his remarkable medal cabinet, SELWOOD STARS: Tears flow as Cats champions finally claim flag they deserved, ALL-TIME SELECTION STINKER: Swan shouldnt be playing as bold GF play backfires, JUST BROKE ME:AFL world loses it over Cats amazing Grand Final act with legends son, The dominant ruck on the ground. Rain was forecast towards the end of the match, but did not arrive until after the match had finished.[15]. 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 . The scores haven't been level at the . You are advised to change this password after using it to sign in again. Two teams on two long winning streaks, but there can be only one winner when Geelong and Sydney square off in Saturday's Grand Final. The top four teams in the eight receive what is popularly known as the "double chance" when they play in week-one qualifying finals. Tagger Adam McPhee was particularly influential on Luke Hodge, holding the former Norm Smith medallist to only five disposals in the first three-quarters. Had Robbie Fox for company and was generally well held. They were a good side at the beginning (of the year) but they've just got stronger than everThey're the best Collingwood team since the 1920s and 1930s. - These are the two highest-scoring first-quarter teams in the League. 5, Another Stephen Wells diamond in the rough find. New to Kayo? The match was also broadcast for the first time in 3D. Can statistics predict the AFL Grand Final winner? The last 10 premiers West Coast Eagles Ben Cousin (left) and captain Chris Judd celebrate winning the 2006 grand final in 2006. 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. The loss was the final game for Sydney captain Brett Kirk and coach Paul Roos, who had both pre-announced their retirements at the end of the season. 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. [29] St Kilda had four shots at goal for three goals, while Collingwood had eight for five goals, and a rushed behind. Emails will NOT be used for the sending of unsolicited, spam or promotional materials. No grand final gets in your marrow quite like 1989. In the second week, the winners of the qualifying finals receive a bye to the third week. [29], Collingwood was still the strong favourite with bookmakers for the replay, although the odds had tightened since the drawn match: major bookmakers were offering odds of around $1.60 for a Collingwood win in the replay, compared with $1.40$1.45 for the grand final. Took plenty of marks and used the ball efficiently by foot. This year, of course, will be the nineteenth. 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. Geelong player ratings for the Grand Final. Hawthorn kicked four goals to two in the final quarter, but Fremantle withstood the minor challenge to win and advance to the second semi-final against Geelong. What's more, this difference explains only about half of one percentage of the variability in that margin. [17] Brendon Goddard placed second with seven votes, while Dale Thomas came third with six votes, receiving the most Norm Smith votes of any Collingwood player. Later, North coach Ron Barassi gathered his players and their partners in the rooms. Collingwood v St Kilda - Sat, 2-Oct-2010 2:30 PM - Match Stats - AFL Tables It took Koschitzke to end that streak, after marking the ball from a Riewoldt kick from the centre square. It's war today. They are considered the 114th and 115th grand finals of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League),Note 1 and were staged to determine the premiers for the 2010 AFL season. He couldnt give a stuff about his stats sheet. 6, As hes done several times this year, got better as the game wore on after a quiet first half. During that flurry, Chris Judd injured his shoulder. But up until three quarter time, it was the highest standard grand final Ive seen. Emails will NOT be used for the sending of unsolicited, spam or promotional materials. This game had the lot momentum shifts, unlikely cameos and a last-minute sealer. The first photo shows Greg Dear, not Greg Dean as an earlier version said. Alex Jesaulenko of Carlton competes in the 1979 VFL grand final between the Blues and Collingwood Magpies at the MCG in 1979. 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. - Lance Franklin has won just two of his past 17 offensive one-on-one contests, losing nine. Passwords are encrypted before being stored in our system (we cannot see what your password is). St Kilda won in Round 3 at Etihad Stadium, 10.9 (69) to an inaccurate 4.17 (41), although Riewoldt was badly injured during the match. It wasn't as if everything was falling Geelong's way the Cats had forced it this way with a brutal beginning. Barrel a torpedo into the second tier of the Ponsford Stand of course. Originally from Northam, Western Australia, Davis played for Perth before being drafted by Collingwood in the 1999 National draft. Geelongs Paul Chapman celebrates after defeating Collingwood at the MCG in the 2011 grand final. Despite being underdogs, the Bulldogs started the match well. In that intense, maniacally competitive environment of a grand final, his values did not change, Judd later wrote. [25] The scheduling of several AFL post-season events was also affected: Collingwood's Copeland Trophy presentation was rescheduled to December, and the start of trade week and the fatherson bidding meeting were moved from 4 to 5 October (with trade week shortened by one day). It was won by Luke Miles from the St Kilda Football Club, with Tim Golds from the Greater Western Sydney Giants and Lewis Jetta from the Sydney Swans finishing second and third respectively. It was the awakening of this sleeping giant.. Geelong advanced to its fourth consecutive preliminary final, and the third of those to be played against Collingwood. Stiff to miss the Norm Smith medal, but he couldnt care finally a premiership player. Had more contested possessions, clearances and score assists than any other player on the field and was especially dominant in the second term. The rebound from that mark ended with Hayes taking a long shot towards Milne from 60 metres, but the kick eluded Milne and bounced through for a behind, tying the game at 68 apiece in the 30th minute. It was a first quarter that will live on in the memories of Cats fans forever. The 120-49 victory over the Brisbane Lions is an excellent form guide for the AFL Grand Final on Saturday. A four-time premiership player and now a premiership captain. [31] Up until the 11th minute, Collingwood won the inside-50s 61. The only previous encounter was the 1966 grand final in which St Kilda won its only premiership, winning by a single point 10.14 (74) to 10.13 (73). 2010 AFL finals series - Wikipedia [16] Hayes had 32 disposals, 12 tackles, five clearances, and five inside-50s. 4, An unheralded star of this Cats backline and a deserving premiership player. - Geelong has totally changed their playing style this year, going from 18th in 2021 for kicking forward, to fourth in 2022. After dominating the first nine minutes without getting the scoreboard reward, Geelong then banged home six goals in the next 21 minutes to set up a 35-point lead at quarter-time the biggest in a Grand Final since the 1989 classic. *West Coast held the lead for a total of nine minutes and four seconds. After a close first quarter, Sydney dominated the second quarter, kicking five goals in a row to lead by as much as 30 points. [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." Picture: AFL Photos, Geelong captain Joel Selwood on the final siren against Brisbane in the 2022 preliminary final. 49 7.7 Friday 16 September Geelong Cats v Brisbane Lions W 78 11.12 72 10.12 Saturday 3 September Geelong Cats v Collingwood W 131 19.17 46 7.4 Saturday 20 August Geelong Cats v West Coast Eagles W 59 9.5 119 18.11 Saturday 13 August Gold Coast Suns v Geelong Cats W 110 17.8 65 10.5 Saturday 6 August Geelong Cats v St Kilda W 95 14.11 94 14.10 The club was attempting to win its fifteenth VFL/AFL premiership, and its first since 1990. But the result was never really in doubt theyll say. Ahead of this years final on Saturday, Jonathan Horn looks back over 50 years of VFL and AFL to pick the most memorable, heartbreaking and exciting games. The younger generation of football fans are inclined to question the reverence for this game. The inaugural A-League derby clash between cross-town teams the Melbourne Victory and new franchise Melbourne Heart was postponed for 8 October to maximise promotion and publicity opportunities. More so than any other grand final, its like watching a completely different sport, mainly because of the state of the ground. It was amazing. Like previous weeks, started in the ruck at centre bounces but pushed into defence when the ball was in Geelongs forward half. Geelong and Sydney do battle at the MCG on the final Saturday in September, bidding to be crowned the 2022 premier. Collingwood won the replay by 56 points to become the 2010 premiers. Having berated senator Stephen Conroy for going the early crow, Eddie McGuire could no longer watch. Surely, too, for captain Joel Selwood, who secured his fourth premiership but first as skipper in a brilliant 26-disposal typically hard-edged performance. Matt Stevic 10. Collingwood entered the 2010 season after having lost its preliminary final in 2009 against eventual premiers Geelong. Collingwood and St Kilda met twice during the 2010 home-and-away season, each team winning once. ]]. Two more opportunities for Collingwood ended up behinds but kept the pressure on St Kilda. After Collingwood's complete dominance of the second quarter, the third quarter was much more closely contested. TV AND RADIO:Click here for broadcast guide. 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. Collingwood almost scored the opening goal in the first minute of the game, but an off-the-ball free kick against Dane Swan stripped Travis Cloke of a set shot from the goal square. For the grand final replay, Lionel Richie was announced to perform the pre-match, as well as the post-match, entertainment. Brett Rosebury 9. You are advised to change this password after using it to sign in again. On Tuesday 28 September, the AFL announced a rule change such that any player who had played in the drawn grand final but missed the replay, through omission or injury, would still receive a premiership medallion if his team was victorious. Had a big moment at the start of the third term, winning a free kick for holding the ball and converting his set-shot. Are you OK? his direct opponent Adam Goodes asked. 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. [31], St Kilda dominated in the first half of the second quarter, with a first score registered 33 seconds after the bounce. Lyrics for the two songs were performed by Matt Hetherington (for Collingwood) and Paris Wells (for St Kilda). Lenny Hayes won the Norm Smith Medal for the drawn grand final comfortably, with 13 of a possible 15 votes, named best on ground by four of the five voters. AFL Grand Final 2022 entertainment: Who is performing at the MCG on
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