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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 2d

There have been 22 V/AFL sides whose highest scoring quarter of the season was in Q1 of their opening match

3 of the 22 went on to win the flag
1912 ess - 6.6 (42)
2016 wbd - 7.1 (43)
2020 rich - 7.2 (44)

#AFL

Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 4d

V/AFL sides whose highest scoring quarter of the season was in Q4 of the Grand Final
1985 ess - 11.3 (69)
1994 wce - 8.5 (53)
2021 melb - 9.3 (57)
2025 BRIS - 9.5 (59)

#AFL #AFLGF

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 2d

AFLW players to have played in wins v all 18 clubs
Libby Birch
Emily Bates
Greta Bodey
Jaimee Lambert
Jesse Wardlaw

AFLW players to have played in losses v all 18 clubs
Caitlin Greiser
KATHERINE SMITH

#AFLWCatsGiants #AFLW

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 2d

Most points scored in an #AFLW H&A season
99.69 (663) - 2025 NTH (9 games)
96.80 (656) - 2024 nth (11)
93.95 (653) - 2023 melb (10)
85.101 (611) - 2024 bris (11)
89.65 (599) - 2023 adel (10)
85.87 (597) - 2024 haw (11)

#AFLWTigersNorth

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 3d

Of the 2,532 people to have played 100+ V/ #AFL
games, 12 got from debut to game #100 without missing a game

Of the 4 people to have played 100+ #AFLW games, 3 got from debut to game #100 without missing a game

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 4d

V/AFL sides whose highest scoring quarter of the season was in Q4 of the Grand Final
1985 ess - 11.3 (69)
1994 wce - 8.5 (53)
2021 melb - 9.3 (57)
2025 BRIS - 9.5 (59)

#AFL #AFLGF

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 5d

Playing in a V/AFL premiership & then immediately going to the team that won the wooden spoon that same year
1975 - John Rantall - nth sth
1975 - Barry Goodingham - nth sth
1979 - Alex Jesaulenko - carl stk
2019 - Brandon Ellis - rich gcs
2025 - BRANDON STARCEVICH - BRIS WCE

#AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 5d

Oscar Allen is the first player to go from the club that won that year's wooden spoon to the club that won that year's premiership since Nathan Bassett at the end of the 1997 season

#AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 8d

Highest scores by sides sitting 18th on #AFLW ladder
16.12 (108) - 2025 R03 port v gcs
8.10 (58) - 2025 R08 RICH v ADEL
9.3 (57) - 2024 R04 wbd v coll
7.10 (52) - 2025 R04 gcs v gws
7.8 (50) - 2024 R08 gcs v syd
8.2 (50) - 2025 R05 gws v wbd

#AFLWTigersCrows

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 8d

Average age of top 5 in 2025 club B&Fs (sorted oldest to youngest)
29 - CARL
28 - GEEL WBD MELB
27 - COLL HAW RICH SYD
26 - ADEL NTH PORT GCS
25 - STK GWS ESS
24 - BRIS FREM
23 - WCE

#AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 8d

The 2025 #AFLW ladder
Top spot has won 7 games
Bottom spot has won 5

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 10d

Most games in jumper numbers by surnames at V/AFL clubs
659 - #1 SILVAGNI at CARL
541 - #26 Hawkins at GEEL
459 - #30 Scarlett at GEEL
402 - #22 Shaw at COLL

(QUAL: multiple players wearing jumper)

#AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 11d

Most podium finishes in ESS B&Fs
9 - ZACH MERRETT
9 - Bill Hutchison
8 - Dick Reynolds
8 - Jack Clarke
7 - James Hird
6 - Simon Madden
6 - Tim Watson
6 - Gary O'Donnell
6 - Dyson Heppell

#AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 13d

Most games as the starting sub
24 - Jarryd Lyons
23 - Luke Breust
22 - Quinton Narkle
21 - Aaron Young
20 - Jonathan Simpkin

Most games subbed out
19 - Matt Taberner
14 - Rhys Stanley
14 - David Hale
12 - Charlie Dixon
11 - 7 players

#AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 14d

Longest streaks of games polling AFL Coaches votes
13 - Patrick Dangerfield, Nat Fyfe, Maddy Prespakis
14
15 - Emily Bates, Scott Pendlebury
16
17 - Ally Anderson
18 - Ebony Marinoff
19 - Trent Cotchin
20
21
22
23 - Jasmine Garner
24
25 - ASH RIDDELL

#AFLW #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 14d

Clubs in the #AFL era to concede their highest score for the year in the Grand Final
1991 - wce
1995 - geel
1996 - syd
2007 - port
2014 - syd
2021 - wbd
2022 - syd
2025 - GEEL

#AFLGF #AFLFinals

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 15d

Players in the #AFL era to win a premiership after being listed as an OUT for the previous year's Grand Final
Robert Copeland
Michael Braun
Rowan Jones
David Wojcinski
Jack Graham
OSCAR McINERNEY

#AFLGF #AFLFinals

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 16d

Longest consecutive game streaks for BRIS
170 - Marcus Ashcroft
145 - Charlie Cameron
112 - Jack Redden
107 - Simon Black
103 - Nigel Lappin
100 - ALLY ANDERSON

#AFLWLionsTigers #AFLW #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 16d

Longest consecutive game streaks for ADEL
131 - Ben Keays
100 - EBONY MARINOFF
99 - Scott Thompson
98 - Ben Hart
97 - Andrew McLeod
93 - Sam Jacobs

#AFLWCrowsSwans #AFLW #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 16d

Biggest 3QT deficits overcome to win #AFLW matches
27 pts - STK v PORT 2025 R07
22 pts - port v haw 2025 SF
20 pts - stk v coll 2023 R04
18 pts - frem v melb 2024 R04
17 pts - wce v stk 2025 R03
17 pts - bris v adel 2025 R04

#AFLWPowerSaints

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