Category: AFL

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 85.33 points per team, five of 18 teams scored over 100 points.
Average Winning Margin: 40.44 points per game, even though four of nine games had a margin of less than three goals.

Fun Facts

The Dockers are the first team that has gone goalless in the first half and scored 100 points in the second half.

Fremantle Dockers had their highest crowd of a home game that wasn’t a derby, in their comeback win, with 55,966 people in attendance.

Alastair Clarkson had a milestone 600^th VFL/AFL game as AFL player and coach.

The most VFL/AFL games by a grandfather, father and son trio record was broken by Sergio, Stephen and Jack Silvagni, with 696 games between them.

Melbourne Demons kicked over 100 points for the ninth time this season.

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Facts and Figures

Average Score: 88.56 points per team, eight of 18 teams scored more than 97 points.
Average Winning Margin: 26 points per game, three of the nine games had a margin of more than 34 points. On the other hand, two of nine games had a single figure margin.

Points of Interest

Oliver Florent (Carlton) played his 200^th game.

Nick Larkey (North Melbourne) played his 150^th game.

Ben Long (Gold Coast Suns) played his 150^th game.

Sam De Koning (Geelong Cats) and Oliver Henry played their 100^th game.

Bailey J. Williams (West Coast Eagles) played his 100^th game.

Ryley Sanders (Western Bulldogs) played his 50^th game.

Ben King (Gold Coast Suns) kicked the 300^th goal of his career.

Mark Blicavs (Geelong Cats) played his 308^th game, which is the equal most of any player drafted as a rookie, with Luke Breust.

Geelong Cats conceded 110 points at three quarter time, that is the highest score that they have conceded at GMHBA at three quarter time since, 2001.

Brisbane Lions had 17 less inside 50s against Geelong Cats, that was the seventh worst inside 50 differential for them in a win.

Gold Coast Suns lost their sixth successive game.

Fremantle Dockers winning streak of 14 games in a row came to an end.

There were 71 free kicks paid in the Port Adelaide and North Melbourne game.

Carlton won their seventh game in a row under interim coach Josh Fraser and now sit tenth on the ladder.

Continue reading “AFL in a nutshell: Round 17 – Carlton in seventh heaven, Steven King is a ‘genius’ of a coach and Tigers were tenacious in defeat”

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 84.64 points per team, only five of 14 teams scored over 95 points.
Average Winning Margin: 33.57 points per game, despite two of seven games having a margin of over 50 points.
Teams with a bye: Geelong Cats, Melbourne Demons, St Kilda, Western Bulldogs

Points of Interest

Nick Watson (Hawthorn) kicked his 100^th goal in the 58^th game of his career.

GWS Giants had their third consecutive loss.

West Coast Eagles had 16 players that have played less than 100 games, in their clash with Carlton.

Sam Grij (Richmond) kicked the first goal of his career.

Mitch Georgiades (Port Adelaide) kicked the 200^th goal of his career.

Jye Caldwell (Essendon) played his 100^th game.

Michael Frederick (Fremantle Dockers) kicked an equal career high four goals.

Continue reading “AFL in a nutshell: Round 16 – The Lions aren’t done yet and the Carlton captain remains positive “Eight games to go, who knows what we can do.””