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Today's Essendon vs Adelaide match will be the second meeting of the two teams to take place on March 13. The first came in 2013, when the Bombers defeated the Crows by 35 points in their opening round encounter. — Andrew Gigacz
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Happy 150th birthday to Essendon's Dave Ferguson. Ferguson played two games for the 'Same Old', one in 1897 and the other in 1898. Both were wins. — Andrew Gigacz
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Across 16,633 matches over 129 V/AFL seasons, 20.3 has been registered as a final score just once. It was recorded by Fremantle in 2000. The reverse score, 3.20, has never been recorded. — Andrew Gigacz
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The Western Bulldogs' Lachie McNeil made his AFL debut on this day four years ago. McNeil has now played 55 games, and has kicked 27 goals. — Andrew Gigacz
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The highest winning margin recorded in any of the 11 AFL men's and women's matches played on March 18 is 54 points. It was recorded by Melbourne's women's team in 2017, and by Port Adelaide's men's team in 2023. — Andrew Gigacz
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Jarman Impey made his AFL debut on this day 10 years ago. Impey played 75 games for Port Adelaide and has now played 124 for Hawthorn, taking his league total to 199. — Andrew Gigacz
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The closest of the six men's and four women's AFL matches played on March 16 came on this day seven years ago when Western Bulldogs held off Melbourne at Whitten Oval to win by two points in the AFLW. — Andrew Gigacz
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Sydney's James Rowbottom laid 13 tackles on Magpie players on this day last year. Five years earlier on the same date, Geelong's Renee Garing went one better. She recorded 14 tackles in the Cats' win over GWS. — Andrew Gigacz
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Five AFLW matches have been played on March 14, with the closest of those coming on this day in 2021. The match saw Brisbane hold off Collingwood at Whitten Oval to win by three points. — Andrew Gigacz
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Collingwood's Josh Fraser made his AFL debut on this day in 2000. Fraser went on to play 200 games for the Magpies, before adding 18 more to his tally at Gold Coast. — Andrew Gigacz
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Only a single AFL men's match has ever been played on March 12. It came on this day 25 years ago when St Kilda hosted Sydney at Docklands. The Swans defeated the Saints by 34 points. — Andrew Gigacz
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Melbourne's Shelley Heath made her AFLW debut on this day six years ago. Heath has now played 64 games for the Demons, including the 2022B Grand Final win over Brisbane. — Andrew Gigacz
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Only two games of AFL football have ever been played on March 8, both having very close finishes. In 2000 Richmond beat Melbourne by two points at the MCG and last year Brisbane held off Carlton to win by one point. — Andrew Gigacz
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Melbourne and Collingwood have twice crossed swords in AFLW matches played on February 28. The Demons had a 20-point win over the Pies on this day in 2020, but the tables were turned a year later, with Collingwood victorious by 35 points. — Andrew Gigacz
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The closest of any of the four AFLW matches played on February 25 came on this day six years ago when North Melbourne held on to beat Melbourne by four points at Casey Fields. — Andrew Gigacz
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On this day in 2018 the Western Bulldogs registered what was then the highest-ever score in an AFLW match. The Dogs kicked 12.14.86 to thrash Carlton by 73 points, with Brooke Lochland kicking seven goals, an AFLW record that still stands. — Andrew Gigacz
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Hawthorn's Bob Sellers was born 120 years ago today. Sellers played 98 games for the Mayblooms over 10 years, including the club's inaugural VFL match in Round 1, 1925. — Andrew Gigacz
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Gold Coast has been involved in two of the four AFLW matches played on February 22, and both ended in a draw. In 2020 the Suns and Brisbane both finished on 4.4.28 at Carrara. Two years later, the Suns and Bulldogs tied at the same venue, 6.5.41 apiece. — Andrew Gigacz
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Happy 153rd birthday to Carlton's Henry Dunne. A carryover Blue from the VFA era, Dunne played 24 matches for Carlton in the first two VFL seasons, including the inaugural match in 1897. — Andrew Gigacz
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The biggest winning margin in any of the four AFLW matches played on February 20 came on this day in 2021 when Fremantle defeated Gold Coast by 46 points. Kiara Bowers laid 15 tackles for the winners, eight more than any other player on the ground.— Andrew Gigacz
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Kicking off a premiership defence with five wins on the trot is a good thing, yeah? Maybe not, says Gigs.
Andrew Gigacz | 21 Apr 2022
Men's AFL is back, and so is Micro Noises. Andrew Gigacz looks at Hawthorn's one-point win and invokes Mozart to describe Gold Coast's AFLW loss.
Andrew Gigacz | 24 Mar 2021
Media Release: Eight new members have been inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
AFL Media | 14 Jun 2022
In response to a question from a fan, Andrew Gigacz looks at past V/AFL teams that have flown out of the blocks before falling short of finals.
Andrew Gigacz | 10 Jun 2022
A summary of the awards and honours bestowed in the 2021 AFL season, compiled by Andrew Gigacz.
Andrew Gigacz | 10 Oct 2021