Category: AFL

AFL in a nutshell: Round 21 – Cats flex their muscles, Carlton give the Lions the Blues and surely Fraser has the gig

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 90.5 points per team, five of 18 teams score more than 104 points.
Average Winning Margin: 30.78 points per game, five of nine games had a margin of less than 20 points.

Fun Facts

Oliver Dempsey recorded a career high 29 disposals.

Geelong Cats were +18 groundball gets, their best of any game on record this season.

St Kilda have led 11 times at three quarter time and lost the game twice, this season. Both loses have been against Sydney Swans, the first in Round 13 and the other in Round 21.

For the eighth time this season Chad Warner has kicked two goals and had 20+ disposals.

Hawthorn have a 75% winning record in Launceston.

Carlton scored 154 points, that’s their highest score in 15 years.

Carlton had 16 individual goal kickers!

Adem Yze won his tenth game as Richmond coach.

Nick Watson has kicked at least two goals in his last 13 games.

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AFL in a nutshell: Round 20 – Pies fight back and make Crows flat, Dockers dominant in Western Derby and Saints march into the top ten thanks to freakish Nas performance

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 92 points per team, eight of 18 teams scored at least 105 points.
Average Winning Margin: 47.56 points per game, five of nine games had a margin of over 50 points.

Fun Facts

Taylor Walker (Adelaide Crows) kicked the 700th goal of his career.

Shannon Neale (Geelong Cats) kicked the 100th goal of his career.

Ben Keays (Adelaide Crows) played his 150th consecutive game.

Jordan De Goey (Collingwood) played his 200th game and Isaac Quaynor played his 150th game.

Dylan Stephens (North Melbourne) played his 100th game.

Adelaide Crows played in front of 50,109 people in their game against Collingwood at Adelaide Oval.

Fremantle Dockers recorded their biggest ever crowd for a home game, with a crowd of 56,616 people in attendance.

Fremantle Dockers have won five Western Derbies in a row.

Gold Coast Suns have lost nine games in a row.

Aaron Naughton (Western Bulldogs) has kicked at least a goal in 30 consecutive games.

Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera (St Kilda) became the first player to record three stats in the first three quarters: 30+ disposals, 750+ metres gained and 3+ goals.

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AFL in a nutshell: Round 19 – Cats back on track, Crows flying high, Dockers survive Power surge, Hawks make a statement and Bombers are off the bottom of the ladder

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 80.67 points per team, even though only six of 18 teams had a score of over 89 points.
Average Winning Margin: 23.78 points per game; four of nine games had a margin of less than 17 points.

Fun Facts

The last time St Kilda won in Geelong was 1999 and that streak continues.

Rowan Marshall had 26 contested possessions, which is a record for any St Kilda player in their history.

Adelaide Crows have trailed at three quarter time and won a game for the second time this season, in their win over the Sydney Swans.

The Crows have averaged 39 points from F50 stoppages in Round 18 and 19. The AFL average is eight points.

Fremantle Dockers have only won one of their past five first quarters.

Brisbane Lions have won six games in a row.

Gold Coast Suns have lost eight games in a row.

Essendon had a miraculous win against the Giants.

Richmond had -101 uncontested possessions v Hawthorn, their fifth worst return in the last five years.

Matthew Kennedy (Western Bulldogs) is one of the most underrated players in the competition.

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