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    AFL Finals 2015

    Coming to an end now, but ES2 are showing highlights from the semi final at the moment. Never really watched AFL before but it looks damn good fun. And this Luke Breust player for Hawthorne seems pretty handy.

    #2
    AFL Finals 2015

    Ah, hadn't realised that they had reached that stage.

    How I miss Melbourne Arab's weekly updates on St Kilda and things AFL.

    Hawthorn/Freemantle in one semi; West Coast/North Melbourne in the other.

    Should be entertaining and close. Three of those teams were the top three during the regular season; the Kangaroos are the 8th seeded outsiders.

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      #3
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      Bit of inconsequential controversy in this Hawthorn-Crows game. That lad Breust had a score ruled out by the video umpire as they didn't think he made contact with the ball just as it was going towards the line, but I thought you could just see it wobble a little. Inconsequential, though, as Hawthorn have/had a massive lead.

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        #4
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        A Freemantle-West Coast Grand Final would go down really well in Melbourne...

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          #5
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          Fremantle

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            #6
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            Are Fremantle another new team? Don't remember them from before.

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              #7
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              1995, so more of the Adelaide (90), Brisbane (96) and Port Adelaide (97) expansion era than the more recent one that saw Gold Coast (2011) and Greater Western Sydney (2012) join the league

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                #8
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                Were Brisbane expansion? I thought they were either Footscray or Fitzroy. But it is hard to keep up.

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                  #9
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                  Sort of.

                  The current Brisbane club is the product of a merger between Brisbane Bears (expansion in 1987) and Fitzroy.

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                    #10
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                    I always used to support Carlton, but they don't even seem to have made the playoffs this year.

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                      #11
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                      Grew up as a Carlton Blue. They've sucked for years.

                      I indeed miss MA about as much as anyone.

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                        #12
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                        trimster wrote: A Freemantle-West Coast Grand Final would go down really well in Melbourne...
                        They'll still watch it, I'm sure, and the Victorian government / tourist board will be pleased at all the out of towners heading in for it, they seem to thrive on that sort of thing.

                        Without attempting to bring everything back to Rugby League, there's a strong possibility of an equivalent in the NRL this year - there'll be at least one non Sydney team in the final, and most probably two.

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                          #13
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                          Hawthorn into a fourth Grand Final in row. Hopefully the Eagles can join them. Whatever happens, it has been a amazing effort by West Coast. They have had two of their best defenders missing all year and a third either out or playing with a damaged shoulder.

                          Jack Darling was also missing for a chunk of the season and Natanui missed crucial games because of the death of his mother.

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                            #14
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                            8 mins of highlights on the AFL site here: http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2015/26/fre-v-haw

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                              #15
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                              Eagles overcome a 19 point deficit at quarter time to run over the Roos. Hawthorn hot favourites for next. Incredible effort by the Eagles who most experts didn't pick for the top eight even before the injuries to Brown and Mackenzie.

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                                #16
                                AFL Finals 2015

                                As the Grand Final approaches here's a doco on one the greatest ever grand finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j1H9e0iG7s

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                                  #17
                                  AFL Finals 2015

                                  Fuck football.

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                                    #18
                                    AFL Finals 2015

                                    Another one-sided Grand Final! Same as last year... and the pre-match entertainment seems to get worse every year too.

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                                      #19
                                      AFL Finals 2015

                                      Eagles have a pattern of lose one, win one. Amazing effort to get there this year. Very disappointing on the day though.

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