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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Will Ashcroft is the youngest V/AFL player to win a BnF in a premiership year since Marcus Bontempelli in 2016 #AFL

Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

UPDATE: Winning BnFs in the #AFL era 1x: 230 players 2x: 74 players 3x: 34 players 4x: 16 players 5x: 8 players 6x: GAblettJnr NBuckley MPavlich NRiewoldt LNeale 7x: Scott West, MARCUS BONTEMPELLI, ZACH MERRETT #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Youngest V/AFL players to win 3 club Best and Fairests 20 years old: Des Fothergill 21 years old: John Murphy HARRY SHEEZEL 22 years old: Dick Reynolds Kevin Murray Glen Jakovich Leigh Matthews Bob Skilton #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

List of people to finish last in their first year as a V/AFL senior coach and first in their last year CHRIS FAGAN #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Winning BnFs in the #AFL era 1x: 228 players 2x: 75 players 3x: 33 players 4x: 16 players 5x: 8 players 6x: GAblettJnr NBuckley ZMerrett LNeale MPavlich NRiewoldt 7x: Scott West, MARCUS BONTEMPELLI #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Lowest percentage of game time in front on the scoreboard across the finals series by #AFL premiers this century 39.7% - BRIS 2026 42.8% - syd 2005 50.6% - wce 2018 56.2% - rich 2020 56.9% - bris 2024 57.4% - bris 2025 #AFLFinals #AFLGF

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Three time V/AFL premiership players sorted youngest to oldest 20y 81d - Albert Collier 20y 198d - Alex Lang 20y 322d - Len Murphy 21y 139d - LOGAN MORRIS ... 35y 176d - Les Hughes 35y 229d - Percy Parratt 37y 189d - Jim Flynn 37y 229d - DAYNE ZORKO #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jaspa Fletcher is the 24th person to have played in a Grand Final in each of their first 4 V/AFL seasons John Platten (1986-89) the only other member of that group to achieve the feat in the last 66 years #AFL #AFLFinals #AFLGF

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Players to win a V/AFL premiership the year after winning a V/AFL wooden spoon Jack McDonough 1904 Ern Hazel 1911 Norm Turnbull 1921 Shane Clayton 1999 OSCAR ALLEN 2026 #AFLFinals #AFLGF #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

V/AFL players with premierships in each of their first 3 years Les Beck 1906-08 Fred Jinks 1906-08 Alex Lang 1906-08 Len Murphy 1928-30 Syd Anderson 1939-41 Jack O'Keefe 1939-41 Trevor Johnson 1955-57 LOGAN MORRIS 2024-26 #AFLFinals #AFLGF

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

V/AFL flags for BRIS Won their 1st in a year ending in 1 Won their 2nd in a year ending in 2 Won their 3rd in a year ending in 3 Won their 4th in a year ending in 4 Won their 5th in a year ending in 5 Won their 6th in a year ending in 6 #AFLGF

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Darcy Fort a 3x premiership player His last 6 seasons in finals 2021 - listed in 2 as emergency (GEEL) 2022 - 2 as emergency, played SF (BRIS) 2023 - 3 as emergency 2024 - 3 as emergency, played GF 2025 - played all 4 finals 2026 - played all 4 finals #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Quickest players from V/AFL debut to play in 18 finals 4y 25d - DARCY WILMOT 5y 8d - Dermott Brereton 5y 133d - Paul Puopolo 5y 133d - Isaac Smith 5y 153d - Malcolm Blight 5y 162d - Wayne Schimmelbusch 5y 169d - Dean Kemp #AFLFreoLions #AFLFinals #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fewest games to win three Premierships in the AFL era 70 - Nathan Broad 71 - LOGAN MORRIS 75 - Brad Hill 76 - Jonathan Brown 80 - KAI LOHMANN 82 - Toby Nankervis 83 - DARCY FORT #AFLFreoLions #AFLGF #AFLFinals #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fewest games to win two Premierships in the AFL era 20 - Marlion Pickett - RICH 2019,20 27 - TY GALLOP - BRIS 2025-26 31 - Simon Goodwin - ADEL 1997-98 37 - Kane Johnson - ADEL 1997-98 42 - Liam Baker - RICH 2019-20 45 - Logan Morris - Bris 2024-25 #AFLGF #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Most V/AFL Premierships as Captain 4 - Syd Coventry 4 - Dick Reynolds 4 - Michael Tuck 3 - Allan La Fontaine 3 - John Nicholls 3 - Michael Voss 3 - Luke Hodge 3 - Trent Cotchin 3 - HARRIS ANDREWS #AFLGF #AFLFinals #AFLFreoLions #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

V/AFL sides to lose the Grand Final after leading at 3QT 1899 sth v fitz 1918 coll v sth 1921 carl v rich 1943 ess v rich 1947 ess v carl 1969 carl v rich 1970 coll v carl 1971 stk v haw 1981 coll v carl 1984 haw v ess 2009 stk v geel 2026 FREM v BRIS #AFLGF #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There have been 2 new names added to the list of V/@AFL premiership surnames Allen Draper #AFLGF #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

V/AFL players to win multiple premierships while still a teenager Alex Lang 1906-07 Doug Gillespie 1906-07 Albert Collier 1927-28 Len Murphy 1928-29 Hassa Mann 1959-60 LEVI ASHCROFT 2025-26 #AFLGF #AFLFinals #AFLFreoLions #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Marcus & Will Ashcroft become the first father and son pairing to both be V/AFL triple premiership players #AFLFinals #AFLGF #AFLFreoLions #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Scores in the 2026 Grand Final Before Wharfie Time FREM 12.17 (89) BRIS 10.12 (72) After Wharfie Time BRIS 4.0 (24) FREM 0.0 (0) #AFLGF #AFLFinals #AFLFreoLions #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tallest combined heights for opposing captains in a V/AFL Grand Final 403cm - 2023 coll v bris Darcy Moore & Harris Andrews 403cm - 2021 melb v wbd Max Gawn & Marcus Bontempelli 401cm - 2026 FREM v BRIS ALEX PEARCE & HARRIS ANDREWS #AFLFinals #AFLFreoLions #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

374 games of prior finals experience for BRIS today is the 2nd most for any side in a V/AFL game GEEL in the 2022 GF had 381 #AFLFinals #AFLGF

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The 2026 #AFLFreoLions Grand Final is V/AFL game #17,056 V/AFL game #41 where both sides have gone into the match with an unchanged line-up 7 of the 41 games are Grand Finals #AFLGF #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Most V/AFL Finals kicking 1+ goals 28 - Gordon Coventry 27 - CHARLIE CAMERON 26 - Tom Hawkins 23 - Lance Franklin 23 - Leigh Matthews 23 - Kevin Bartlett 23 - Jason Akermanis 22 - Jack Titus 22 - Dick Lee #AFLFreoLions #AFLFinals #AFLGF #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Highest number of former players from the same team to play in a V/AFL Grand Final side 4 - GEEL in 1995 (ex NTH) Tim McGrath Liam Pickering Brad Sholl Leigh Tudor 4 - FREM in 2026 (ex MELB) LUKE JACKSON OSCAR McDONALD JUDD McVEE COREY WAGNER #AFLFinals #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

V/AFL Grand Finals with the score level at HT 1905 - coll v fitz 1909 - sth v carl 2025 - geel v bris 2026 - FREM v BRIS #AFLFreoLions #AFLGF #AFLFinals

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lowest highest margin in a Grand Final 10 goals into the game (since 1999) 7 pts - 2026 FREM & BRIS 8 pts - 2002 coll & bris 10 pts - 2025 geel & bris 12 pts - 2023 coll & bris 12 pts - 2009 stk & geel 12 pts - 1999 nth & carl #AFLFinals #AFLFreoLions #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

V/@AFL sides whose first meeting in a final was a GF 1898 fitz & ess 1899 fitz & sth 1900 melb & fitz 1904 fitz & carl 1907 carl & sth 1961 haw & wbd 1965 ess & stk 1983 haw & ess 1996 nth & syd 1997 adel & stk 1998 adel & nth 2002 bris & coll 2017 rich & adel 2026 FREM & BRIS

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

With Patrick Voss kicking the first score of the game, FREM have spent more time in front on the scoreboard in the 2026 GF than they did in 2013 #AFLFinals #AFLFreoLions #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

BRIS players to kick the opening goal of a V/AFL Grand Final 2001 - Alastair Lynch 2003 - Alastair Lynch 2026 - CHARLIE CAMERON #AFL #AFLFinals #AFLFreoLions

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Surnames appearing in a V/AFL Grand Final for the first time Allen Amiss Draper Dudley Erasmus Frederick McVee Switkowski Treacy Wagner #AFL #AFLFinals #AFLFreoLions

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Total #AFLFinals experience for the GF named 23s 374 - BRIS 136 - FREM Total #AFLGF experience 55 - BRIS (21 players) 5 - FREM (3) #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

UPDATE: Winner of the toss in each of the V/AFL Grand Finals BRIS have played in. Sorted chronologically, most recent last BRIS BRIS BRIS BRIS BRIS BRIS BRIS BRIS #AFLFreoLions #AFLGF #AFLFinals #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

At age 65y 95d, Chris Fagan becomes the oldest person to coach a side in a V/AFL Grand Final Takes the record from Chris Fagan (64y 96d) who took the record from Chris Fagan (63d 97d) who took the record from Chris Fagan (62d 99d) #AFLFinals #AFLGF #AFLFreoLions #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Most V/AFL Grand Final wins by surname 32 - Johnson 19 - Smith 19 - Brown 16 - Williams 15 - Jones 13 - Collins 12 - Collier #AFLGF #AFLFinals #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Winner of the toss in each of the V/AFL Grand Finals FREM have played in. Sorted chronologically, most recent last FREM #AFLFreoLions #AFLGF #AFLFinals

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Winner of the toss in each of the V/AFL Grand Finals BRIS have played in. Sorted chronologically, most recent last BRIS BRIS BRIS BRIS BRIS BRIS BRIS #AFLFreoLions #AFLGF #AFLFinals

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Players in their first V/AFL season to poll 3 Brownlow votes against both of the Grand Final sides JAGGA SMITH 2026 #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Most AFL Coaches votes polled in a season without polling any Brownlow votes 54 - WAYNE MILERA 2026 45 - Shane Edwards 2019 43 - Joel Bowden 2005 42 - Cale Hooker 2015 42 - Darcy Cameron 2025 39 - Tom Barrass 2022 38 - Steven May 2022 36 - Tom McDonald 2015 #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Earliest in #AFL era to poll 3 Brownlow votes in a game Debut Andrew Jarman Darryl White Scott Cummings Dean Polo 2nd game Brett Heady Matthew Mansfield Shane Crawford Adrian McAdam Scott Camporeale Mark McGough Matt Rowell Will Ashcroft JAGGA SMITH #Brownlow

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Most V/AFL seasons polling Brownlow votes 20 - SCOTT PENDLEBURY 20 - Robert Harvey 19 - Brent Harvey 18 - Gary Ablett jnr 18 - Dustin Fletcher #AFL #Brownlow

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Rhys Stanley calls time Players to have won a V/AFL Grand Final and a V/AFL Grand Final Sprint Geoff Ablett Jared Crouch Patrick Dangerfield Beau McCreery RHYS STANLEY #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

1st game missed by last 10 players standing from #AFLW 2017 R01 2022 s7 R8 Elise O'Dea 2023 R2 Paxy Paxman R8 Jess Dal Pos 2024 R2 Emily Bates R4 Ellie Blackburn 2025 R4 Nicola Stevens R4 Jasmine Garner 2026 R1 Ally Anderson R6 Libby Birch EBONY MARINOFF still hasn't missed

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Shortest players to kick 60+ goals in a V/AFL season 170cm - NICK WATSON 2026 171cm - Dick Harris 1937, 42-44 171cm - Bob Skilton 1959 171cm - Phil Matera 2003-04 174cm - Eddie Betts 2015-16 174cm - Jeff Farmer 2000 174cm - George Moloney 1931-33 #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

122 points for HAW in the 2026 PF is the highest losing score in an #AFL game since MELB in 2016 R03 with 131 pts (NTH scored 136) #AFLFinals

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Seasons where the two Qualifying Final winners both got knocked out in the Preliminary Final 2016 - geel & gws 2020 - port & bris 2026 - SYD & HAW #AFLHawksLions #AFLSwansFreo #AFLFinals #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The 2026 HAW & BRIS Prelim is the first V/AFL final where both sides scored 120+ points since the 1989 HAW v GEEL Grand Final #AFLHawksLions #AFLFinals #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

V/AFL Prelim Finals where both sides scored 100+ points 1939 coll v stk 1946 coll v melb 1948 melb v coll 1993 adel v ess 1994 nth v geel 1999 ess v carl 2000 melb v nth 2026 HAW v BRIS #AFLHawksLions #AFLFinals #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Dayne Zorko now holds the record for most V/AFL finals played after turning 30 23rd final, going past Michael Tuck's 22 Dayne Zorko also shares the record for fewest V/AFL finals played before turning 30 0 finals #AFLFinals #AFLHawksLions #AFL

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