Any reason for that? It can be easily two losses for your team.
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I mean when Brisbane won three in a row they got dealt two trips to Perth in the opening nine rounds.
As a general rule of thumb clubs don't go to Perth twice a year.
But WA come to clubs every 2nd week
Thanks for the clarification. Essendon, North Melbourne, Sydney and the Giant were in WA twice in the 2015 home and away season. Would that count?
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There are 20 games in Perth against non-WA teams to share amongst 16 clubs. Ergo 4 teams travel to Perth twice every single year. In fact, for the 2004 season 6 teams (or 42% of non-WA teams) travelled to Perth twice. 3 of those teams made the trip twice in the space of 9 rounds.
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That would be us then. Eagles and Freo alternate first round home games. It's our turn for the home game.
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Simply put the fixture shouldn't be used as an equalisation mechanism.
We need 22 teams.
We need 22 teams.
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So far the hardest draw recorded is Collingwood in 2012. There were no restrictions or guidelines in place at that point and the hardest possible group of 5 teams we could play twice amassed 80 wins between them. The teams we did draw twice had 79 wins between them.
This beats out Hawthorn's 2013 draw in which they faced teams who won 76 games the previous year out of a maximum of 79.
I think it was these two ridiculously hard draws one after another that led to the drawing up of the current regulations.
However in 2016 it is possible for Adelaide or North to get teams twice that won 80 games this year while for Hawthorn the maximum will be 78.
This is due to a quirk this year with both 5th and 6th losing their elimination finals, so it is now possible for Hawthorn, West Coast, Fremantle, North, Sydney or Adelaide to play the other 5 teams that finished in the Top 6 after the Home and Away season twice. This is because Richmond and the Bulldogs are now considered part of the 7th-12th group of teams as the AFL divide the competition into 3 groups of 6 based on the ladder after the finals.
1, travel factor - still not equal?
2. 22 teams implies 21 rounds?
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No leaks yet? usually a week out there are 1 or 2 leaks.
Well Rumours on here that Caro says Lions play the Eagles round 1 and another top 4 team (highly likely it's North) in round 2.
The reason for less leaks is that trade period normally finishes 2 weeks before the draw comes out.
Boo hoo, in 2012 Richmond played all 8 finalists inside the first 10 rounds after finishing 12th in 2011.
Finally some leaks - according to 7 news tonight:
- Tigers vs Blues season opener, no Good Friday game next season
- Tigers vs Pies round 2 Friday night
- GF rematch Round 2 @ MCG on Sunday afternoon
- Thursday night matches rounds 14-17 (Crows vs Roos @ AO round 14 and Swans vs Hawks @ SCG round 17 are two of them)
- Dogs and Crows will feature more prominently in prime time matches
- Tigers vs Blues season opener, no Good Friday game next season
- Tigers vs Pies round 2 Friday night
- GF rematch Round 2 @ MCG on Sunday afternoon
- Thursday night matches rounds 14-17 (Crows vs Roos @ AO round 14 and Swans vs Hawks @ SCG round 17 are two of them)
- Dogs and Crows will feature more prominently in prime time matches
Early GF rematches are stupid.
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At least WCE get to play at the G normally thrown in Tassie from memory.
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Some forward thinking in action here.
Wait all summer and then watch (or not watch) the bottom side in the opener. Can they be serious?
manicmagpie
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Also according to Caro, Collingwood to play Sydney in Round 1 at, wait for it, everybody's favourite pile of crap, ANZ Stadium.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/one-more-year-for-anz-stadium-deal-20151023-gkhdc3.html
Should guarantee a decent crowd (before either teams dip) but I agree
The concept of a GF replay is stupid anyway as its a bit of a falsehood for the victor (especially if the victor is the team that lost the GF)
...at least thats how I felt in round 7 2013 anyway
Cry me a river, you have to play everyone eventually so what does it matter if you play them early doors or late in the season, just deal with it instead of whinging about it.
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