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Dogs sting the Blues – again!

For the sixth time, the Bulldogs and Blues were entwined in a last-round battle for finals in 2022. Andrew Gigacz looks at all six chapters of this ongoing saga.

Equal opportunity for Cazaly and co

The list of two-club V/AFL players runs into the thousands but only 62 of those, Andrew Gigacz reveals, have played exactly the same number of games for each of their clubs.

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The one and only... Joe O'Grady

On his 150th birthday, Andrew Gigacz looks back at the career of St Kilda's Joe O'Grady, whose career and life were tragically cut short by illness.

| 15 Sep 2022

Two-Way Traffic: Port Adelaide⇄Richmond

Ahead of Thursday's Richmond vs Port Adelaide match, Andrew Gigacz looks at the 11 footballers who have turned out for both clubs.

| 7 Jun 2022

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Treasure Trove

Fitzroy premiers

The Age's football correspondent Pivot, reports on Fitzroy's Grand Final win over Collingwood in 1922 to claim its seventh VFL premiership.

| 5 Apr 2022

Melbourne's 1933 plan succeeded

The Herald's Bert Barclay looks at how the foundations of Melbourne's 1939 premiership-winning team were laid in 1933 by 'Checker' Hughes and Percy Page.

| 7 Oct 2021

Obituaries

The death of Ted Fleming

The Riverine Herald and Table Talk staff writers report on the tragic death of Ted Fleming, former Melbourne and University player in the VFL.

| 5 May 2022

On this day 70 years ago, North Adelaide claimed the SANFL premiership by thrashing Norwood by 108 points in the 1952 at Adelaide Oval. The winning margin was the highest in a SANFL Grand Final until 2004. — Andrew Gigacz

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Geelong v Sydney R5, 1982

The 2022 AFL Grand Finalists – Geelong and the Swans – met on a gloomy April day at Kardinia Park in 1982, and the match was a thriller.

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AFL 2022 Season

For a complete summary of the 2022 AFL season, including the fixture, results and ladder, click here.

2022 AFL Ladder

#	Club	P	Pts	%
1	Geelong	22	72	144.22
2	Melbourne	22	64	130.55
3	Sydney	22	64	127.91
4	Collingwood	22	64	104.31
5	Fremantle	22	62	117.03
6	Brisbane	22	60	119.34
7	Richmond	22	54	121.63
8	Western Bulldogs	22	48	108.89
9	Carlton	22	48	108.34
10	St. Kilda	22	44	99.30
11	Port Adelaide	22	40	110.26
12	Gold Coast	22	40	102.80
13	Hawthorn	22	32	89.75
14	Adelaide	22	32	86.66
15	Essendon	22	28	83.23
16	Greater Western Sydney	22	24	84.64
17	West Coast	22	8	59.82
18	North Melbourne	22	8	55.78

On this day in Footy

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1919:

51,798 attended Richmond vs. Collingwood at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)

1930:

Albert 'Leeter' Collier played his 100^th V/AFL game: Collingwood vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, PF)

1907:

Stan Judkins (Northcote, Richmond) born

1942:

David Sykes (Fitzroy) born

1946:

Ricky Watt (Collingwood, Coburg, Penguin, East Devonport) born

1949:

Tony Lloyd (Sturt) born

1953:

James 'Jock' McHale (Collingwood) died

1967:

Horrie Jones (Collingwood) died

1974:

Gerald Ryan (South Melbourne) died

1985:

Norm Harris (Fitzroy) died

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Micro Noises 207: Will it end in tears?

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

Micro Noises 206: Mozart madness

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

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