The Aussie Rules Football Thread - The Greatest Game On Earth

[Crow Boy]

A career best seven goals from Ben McKinley at Subiaco Oval on Sunday enabled West Coast to all but end Essendon's chances of playing finals in 2008.

After opening up a 38-point lead at the long break, the Eagles repelled a second-half fightback from the tenacious Bombers, and ran out a 10-point winner to wrap up the AFL's Tom Wills Round.

WEST COAST 6.3 10.6 12.9 17.11 (113)

ESSENDON 3.2 4.4 9.7 16.7 (103)

[Crow Boy]

COLLINGWOOD have shaken off a brave Port Adelaide to run out commanding, if not totally convincing, 31-point winners at AAMI Stadium on Friday night.

The Magpies took control in the second half, kicking seven goals to two, to win the round 20 clash 16.10 (106) to 10.15 (75).

[Crow Boy]

For the first time in Adelaide’s history, the Crows have beaten Essendon in Melbourne.

The Crows 19.15 (129) beat Essendon 10.13 (73) at the Telstra Dome on Saturday afternoon.

[junki3korean]

swans missed too many goals......BUT as always geelong are too strong this year.

GEELONG 7.4 9.8 16.10 20.13 (133) SYDNEY 4.1 6.4 8.5 14.10 (94)

[Crow Boy]

swans missed too many goals......BUT as always geelong are too strong this year.

GEELONG 7.4 9.8 16.10 20.13 (133) SYDNEY 4.1 6.4 8.5 14.10 (94)

They are certainly looking the real deal for back to back premierships

Swans looked and were totally outclassed

CB

[junki3korean]

i`ll put money on them.....garry ablett jr is amazing! like father like son

[Crow Boy]

i`ll put money on them.....garry ablett jr is amazing! like father like son

Hopefully he will have a better sense of what is acceptable behaviour off field

CB

[junki3korean]

i`ll put money on them.....garry ablett jr is amazing! like father like son

Hopefully he will have a better sense of what is acceptable behaviour off field

CB

and barry hall needs a better sense of what is acceptable behaviour on field

Andy

[Crow Boy]

i`ll put money on them.....garry ablett jr is amazing! like father like son

Hopefully he will have a better sense of what is acceptable behaviour off field

CB

and barry hall needs a better sense of what is acceptable behaviour on field

Andy

Barry Hall jus needs better sense period. If he wasn't a footballer he would be digging roads or filling up a 6 by 6 jail cell.

Pity really because apparently he is a really nice guy but has too much size and too much attitude. Very easily angered and does not take criticism well.

sounds like me

CB

[junki3korean]

i heard barry hall might go to nfl as goal kicker.........hmm.....i`d like too see him punch some of them american guys

[ozzydom]

Strange, Crow Boy did not do his review of the weekends games, could it be that the Crows got spanked .

[junki3korean]

hmmm.....i was waiting for his reviews aswell......where u at crow?

[junki3korean]

great win for the swanies good luck for them next week for there home final......5th on the ladder is not to bad

BIG WIN TONGIHT THOUGH =)

Sydney Swans 3.3 7.8 12.9 17.12 (114)

Brisbane Lions 1.6 3.9 5.13 6.7 (53)

[Crow Boy]

Strange, Crow Boy did not do his review of the weekends games, could it be that the Crows got spanked .

It was more a case that no one seemed to care so I didn't bother

CB

[Crow Boy]

Fremantle has ended Collingwood's hopes of a top-four finish with a 24-point victory in a scrappy affair at Subiaco Oval on Friday night.

The home team gave its supporters something to look forward to for next season, with its young outfit easily accounting for the Pies,12.8 (80) to 8.8 (56)

This was a poor excuse of a game and a major blow to the Magpies hopes to play in the finals. For Freo the game mattered little but they played like they meant it, Collingwood on the other hand were very unimpressive.

CB

[Crow Boy]

North Melbourne may have thrown away the finals' double chance after it was outclassed by Port Adelaide at the MCG on Saturday.

Port won by 76 points, 23.10 (148) to 10.12 (72), which means if any of Adelaide, St Kilda or the Sydney Swans wins later in round 22, North will face a sudden-death final next weekend.

This game wasn't shown in Thailand which is a pity because it should have been a good game - turns out it was a major upset and will have major inpacts on a number of other sides

CB

[Crow Boy]

Geelong's 99-point demolition of the West Coast Eagles at Skilled Stadium on Saturday has seen them join Essendon as the only two clubs to have a 21-1 win/loss record at the end of the home-and-away season.

The Cats 24.20 (164) defeated West Coast 10.5 (65) to finish the season on top of the ladder with 84 points, giving the club its second McClelland Trophy in a row. Geelong has now won 40 of its past 42 matches, including its last 13 in a row – its fourth greatest winning streak.

After scores were level at quarter-time – both teams kicked 4.3 – Geelong blew the match away with eight goals to two in the second quarter. And from the final three terms, the Cats piled on 20 majors to six.

So dominant were the Cats, they amassed a whopping 451 disposals to 215 – each Geelong player recording at least 12 possessions, while they also sent the ball inside 50 on 66 occasions to 28.

It was the second time this season Geelong belted West Coast, having crushed the blue and gold at home in round 13 by 135 points. It meant the Cats achieved two 100-point-plus victories this season and two wins by 99 points.

The only blemish for Geelong was the report of small forward Mathew Stokes, who had his number taken in the third quarter for striking West Coast midfielder Chad Fletcher in the head.

[Crow Boy]

Heavy conditions and a committed Western Bulldogs have failed to dampen Adelaide's quest to grab a top-four spot at AAMI Stadium on Saturday evening.

The Crows made the most of the chance offered to them by losses to North Melbourne and Collingwood, and appear almost certain of a double shot in the finals following their tense nine-point victory over the Bulldogs.

Adelaide ran out winners in the dour clash, 10.16 (76) to 9.13 (67). But it was a close thing.

Again this game was not shown on TV in Thailand so I can't comment too much but it appears to have been a hard slog game.

Either way I will take the win and even be happy that the other team from South Oz came up also

CB

[Crow Boy]

Lance Franklin kicked his 100th goal, but rival spearhead Brendan Fevola finished one goal short of his ton as Hawthorn finished the home-and-away season on a high.

The Hawks coasted to a 79-point win, 24.15 (159) to 12.8 (80), but the result was of only passing interest as attention focused on the sparring between the Coleman Medal rivals.

[Crow Boy]

The Sydney Swans have taken a strong step towards silencing their doubters on the eve of the finals, comfortably accounting for the Brisbane Lions at the SCG on Saturday night.

After just two wins in eight weeks, the Swans responded with an intense display of their trademark football to lead at every change and win by 61 points – 17.12 (114) to 6.7 (53).

The win sends them to fifth spot on the ladder for now but, regardless of how St Kilda performs against Essendon on Sunday, the Swans are assured of a home final next week against North Melbourne or the Saints.

They can thank Port Adelaide and Fremantle for beating the Roos and Collingwood this round, however, the Swans will source more confidence from this performance after talk the 2005 premiers were facing the end of an era.

And it was a case of no Michael O'Loughlin, no Adam Goodes, no Ryan O'Keefe, no problem, as the Swans filled the void of its sidelined premiership players.

For the Lions, it's curtains on a season that produced some very good results and some disappointingly damaging ones after they looked finals-bound with six qualifying matches to play.

While the stats sheet indicates that frustrated Swans forward Barry Hall only had minimal impact, kicking one goal, he drew Lions defenders like a magnet with each contest which allowed his smaller, crumbing teammates to pounce and convert.

[djlowz]

i`ll put money on them.....garry ablett jr is amazing! like father like son

Grew up with little Gaz - he's a freak that's for sure. Watching his old man play was amazing, have never seen a gene with so much pure talent.

Crow Boy - very very unlucky for your mob not be lining up against my mob this weekend, I can't believe how much St.Kilda pumped Essendon by! Anyway you should do away with Collingwood nicely, but I think a Hawthorn or Bulldogs matchup will be hard for you to get through to the third round..

[Crow Boy]

HAWTHORN'S premiership dream is a step closer to reality after it advanced to a preliminary final with a 51-point demolition of the Western Bulldogs at the MCG on Friday night.

In front of a raucous 76,703 qualifying final crowd, the Hawks took control of the game midway through the first quarter and set about hammering home the advantage to win in fine style, 18.19 (127) to 11.10 (76).

The hawks get a rest next week and the dogs have a hard week ahead of them

CB

[Crow Boy]

Crow Boy - very very unlucky for your mob not be lining up against my mob this weekend, I can't believe how much St.Kilda pumped Essendon by! Anyway you should do away with Collingwood nicely, but I think a Hawthorn or Bulldogs matchup will be hard for you to get through to the third round..

I think we will beat Collingwood but am by no means certain of it. Next week it will probably be the dogs with them looking to keep their hopes alive.

CB

[junki3korean]

nice work by the swanies!

[junki3korean]

Sydney Swans 1.5 4.6 12.7 17.8 (110)

North Melbourne 4.1 6.4 10.5 11.9 (75)

big ups to goods ,played very well......to old???? dont think so

[Crow Boy]

HAWTHORN'S premiership dream is a step closer to reality after it advanced to a preliminary final with a 51-point demolition of the Western Bulldogs at the MCG on Friday night.

In front of a raucous 76,703 qualifying final crowd, the Hawks took control of the game midway through the first quarter and set about hammering home the advantage to win in fine style, 18.19 (127) to 11.10 (76).

[Crow Boy]

Collingwood, minus captain Scott Burns, has booked a spot in next week's semis after beating Adelaide by 31 points in a see-sawing elimination final at a sun-drenched AAMI Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

In a sometimes surreal encounter that saw 21 of the game's 33 goals kicked at the venue's northern end, the Magpies regrouped from a lacklustre second term to kick seven in the third and five in the fourth to post an emphatic victory – 19.11 (125) to 14.10 (94).

A week after a dismal performance against Fremantle in the west, Collingwood is now poised to meet St Kilda at the MCG.

[Crow Boy]

The Sdney Swans have found form when it mattered most, ending North Melbourne’s season with a superb second half in Saturday night’s elimination final at ANZ Stadium.

The Swans kicked 13 goals to five after the long break to romp to a 35-point win, 17.8 (110) to 11.9 (75), in a game that looked destined to be a low-scoring tussle.

They will now face the Western Bulldogs in a semi-final at the MCG on Friday night, while the Roos must confront the fact that their season is over, two weeks after fourth place appeared theirs for the taking.

[Crow Boy]

Geelong has chosen the perfect time to flex its collective muscle, annihilating St Kilda by 58 points in a one-sided first qualifying final at an overcast MCG on Sunday afternoon.

The Cats, who sealed the game with a spectacular nine goal to two third quarter, won 17.17 (119) to 8.13 (61) to book their place in a preliminary final, earning a week off in the process. St Kilda, which came into the match with understandable optimism after demolishing Essendon to claim a top-four spot last week, now have to back up to play Collingwood at the MCG in a knock-out semi-final next Saturday.

[Crow Boy]

Next Friday it is the Dogs v the Swans

and on Saturday it will be Collingwood v St Kilda

CB