AFL Round 9 Review (Season 2026)

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 86.33 points per team, seven of 18 teams scored at least 97 points.
Average Winning Margin: 22.44 points per game, five of nine games had a margin of 15 points or less.

Points of Interest

Jack Gunston became the first Hawthorn in player in Champion Data history to seven or more marks inside 50 in a half and five or more goals in a half; Gunston eclipsed both in the first half against Fremantle Dockers.

Fremantle Dockers won their eighth game in a row.

Matthew Kennedy (Western Bulldogs) played his 150th game.

Sam Durham (Essendon) played his 100th game.

West Coast Eagles are the only team to lose every first quarter this season.

Lachlan McAndrew (Adelaide Crows) kicked the first goal of his career.

Izak Rankine (Adelaide Crows) had a career high 33 disposals.

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AFL Round 9 Review (Season 2025)

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 82.39 points per team, despite that, only three teams scored over 100 points. Two of the three teams that scored over 100 points came in a game between GWS Giants and Geelong Cats.
Average Winning Margin: 10.33 points per game, which indicates there were extremely close games. The final game of the round between North Melbourne and Brisbane Lions who had a draw. It’s the closest AFL round of all time.
Round 9 (In a Nutshell): Round 9 was entertaining. Check out what transpired.

Round Highlights

There a few classic games of footy including Gold Coast Suns defeating the Western Bulldogs by a ten-point margin.

All three Sunday games had a combined margin of six points, including a draw between North Melbourne and Brisbane Lions.

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AFL Round 9 Review (Season 2024)

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 76.61 points per team, which is fairly low, when taking into account four out of 18 teams scored 100 points or more.
Average Winning Margin: 33.89 points per game, which indicates that there were relatively one-sided games. Despite that, surprisingly there were four games had a margin of six points or less, including a draw.
Round 9 (In a Nutshell): Round 9 was entertaining. Check out what transpired.

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