Tag: AFL

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 83.94 points per team, as six out of 18 team scored 68 points or less.
Average Winning Margin: 32.33 points per game, which is understandable, as four out of nine games had a margin of 40 points or more.

Points of Interest

Adam Cerra (Carlton) played his 150^th AFL game and kicked a goal in the first quarter.

Mitch McGovern (Carlton) played his 150^th AFL game and kicked a couple of goals in the first quarter.

Angus Anderson (Collingwood) played his first AFL game.

Andrew Brayshaw (Fremantle Dockers) has played 100 successive AFL games.

Jake Melksham (Melbourne Demons) played his 250^th AFL game.

Essendon won their first game in 323 games, with an outstanding performance against Melbourne Demons. Archie Roberts (Essendon) had 42 disposals.

Sam Darcy (Western Bulldogs) kicked his 100^th goal in the 50^th AFL game of his career.

Jai Newcombe (Hawthorn) had a career high 14 clearances against Western Bulldogs.

Shannon Neale (Geelong Cats) played his 50^th AFL game.

Jayden Laverde (GWS Giants) played his 150^th AFL game.

Jack Higgins (St Kilda) played his 150^th AFL game.

Highlights

Alex Neal-Bullen (Adelaide Crows) kicked a great set shot from nearly 50 in the first quarter, which was followed up by two goals from the pocket by Josh Rachele. Neale-Bullen kicked a great goal from the pocket in the third quarter against Carlton.

Jordan Dawson (Adelaide Crows) kicked an unbelievable goal outside 50 early in the second quarter.

Matthew Johnson (Fremantle Dockers) gave them a five-point lead late in the game against Collingwood.

Luke Davies-Uniacke (North Melbourne) kicked a great goal with a snap in the third quarter against Brisbane Lions. Cooper Trembath took a great mark later in that quarter.

Lincoln McCarthy (Brisbane Lions) kicked a clever goal from the pocket in the fourth quarter against North Melbourne.

Zach Merrett (Essendon) kicked a brilliant snap from the pocket to give them a 28-point lead in the fourth quarter against Melbourne Demons. Archer May kicked a set shot from outside 50.

Harvey Langford (Melbourne Demons) kicked a brilliant goal in the fourth quarter against Essendon.

Malcolm Rosas (Sydney Swans) kicked an outstanding goal from the pocket in the third quarter against Gold Coast Suns.

Will Graham (Gold Coast Suns) kicked a goal from a set shot outside 50 in the fourth quarter against Sydney Swans.

Jack Gunston (Hawthorn) kicked his third goal of the game from a set shot outside 50, in the second quarter against Western Bulldogs.

Willem Duursma (West Coast Eagles) kicked an amazing goal in the second quarter against Geelong Cats.

Mykelti Lefau (Richmond) kicked a freakish goal in the third quarter against GWS Giants.

Darcy Byrne-Jones (Port Adelaide) kicked a great goal from a set shot near 50 metres on a tough angle in the second quarter against St Kilda.

Jason Horne-Francis (Port Adelaide) kicked a phenomenal set shot goal in the third quarter against St Kilda.

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Facts and Figures

Average Score: 87.57 points per team, even though only three out of 16 teams scored over 100 points.
Average Winning Margin: 36.38 points per game, which is understandable given Sydney Swans defeated West Coast Eagles by 128 points.
Teams that had a Bye: GWS Giants and St Kilda

Points of Interest

Nic Newman (Carlton) played his first AFL game in 573 days.

Chayce Jones (Adelaide Crows) played his 100^th game.

Jordon Sweet (Port Adelaide) played his 50^th game.

Tom Papley (Sydney Swans) played his 200^th game.

Sydney Swans had their biggest away win in their history, with a 128-point win over West Coast Eagles.

Zeke Uwland (Gold Coast Suns) kicked the first goal of his career, as did Lachlan Gulbin.

Aaron Naughton (Western Bulldogs) kicked the 300^th goal of his career.

Essendon lost their 17^th game in a row.

Sam Mitchell coached his 100th game in the AFL.

Jarman Impey played his 150th game for Hawthorn.

Jack Martin (Geelong Cats) kicked his 150th goal of his career.

Highlights

Will Ashcroft (Brisbane Lions) kicked a freakish goal on his non dominant left foot from the pocket in the second quarter.

Harry Sheezel (North Melbourne) kicked an incredible goal in the fourth quarter against Carlton.

Fremantle Dockers captain Alex Pearce smothered a kick from James Peatling (Adelaide Crows) late in the game.

Maurice Rioli (Richmond) took an amazing mark in the second quarter against Port Adelaide.

Isaac Heeney (Sydney Swans) took an incredible mark near quarter time and kicked four high quality goals for the game.

Christian Salem (Melbourne Demons) kicked a great snap, which made the deficit seven points at quarter time against Gold Coast Suns.

Jake Melksham (Melbourne Demons) took a spectacular mark in the third quarter.

Oliver Dempsey (Geelong Cats) kicked a great set shot goal from outside 50 from a tough angle in the second quarter against Hawthorn. Nick Watson (Hawthorn) kicked the next goal on his non dominant left foot.

Josh Weddle (Hawthorn) kicked an amazing goal from a set shot on a tough angle in the third quarter.

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Facts and Figures

Average Score: 79.79 points per team, which is understandable, as only three out 14 teams scored 100 points or more.
Average Winning Margin: 24.43 points per game, which is the case, as only three out of seven games had a margin of 33 points or more.
Teams that had a Bye: Gold Coast Suns, Hawthorn, Sydney Swans and Western Bulldogs

Points of Interest

Tom Stewart of Geelong Cats kicked his seventh career goal.

Mark O’Connor of Geelong Cats played his 150^th game.

Geelong Cats won their 15^th game in a row against Adelaide Crows at GHMBA Stadium.

Oscar Steene of Collingwood kicked a goal in his first AFL game.

Jake Stringer kicked his 400^th goal in the AFL.

Brisbane Lions had their first goalless first quarter since Round 2, 2018.

Sean Darcy of Fremantle Dockers kicked the 50^th goal of his AFL career.

Fremantle Dockers kicked their equal most behinds in a game, with 25!

Tom Blamires of North Melbourne kicked his first goal in the AFL, near the end of the third quarter.

Despite North Melbourne failing to kick a goal in the fourth quarter, they had their first win against Essendon since 2016.

Essendon have had 16 straight losses.

Melbourne Demons captain Max Gawn played his 250^th game, so did Tom McDonald.

Kysaiah Pickett of the Demons had 33 disposals. It was the first time in his career he had more than 29 disposals.

Highlights

Nick Murray of Adelaide Crows kicked an outstanding goal from outside 50 late in the game against Geelong Cats.

Alix Tauru of St Kilda kicked a goal from outside 50 metres near three quarter time, against Brisbane Lions.

Mitch Owens of St Kilda kicked a fantastic goal from outside 50 metres in the fourth quarter.

Jaspa Fletcher of Brisbane Lions kicked a remarkable goal in the fourth quarter.

Isaiah Dudley of Fremantle Dockers did brilliantly to tackle Sam Banks of Richmond and kick a goal from the resultant free kick in the second quarter.

Jye Amiss kicked an impressive goal in the third quarter for Fremantle Dockers.

Jake Waterman of West Coast Eagles kicked a couple of freakish goals from set shots.

Kysaiah Pickett of Melbourne Demons kicked a spectacular goal from outside 50.

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