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Since the 2016 AFL finals series, it has been standard to schedule a one-week break between the final round of the AFL season and the first week of finals, [13] introduced to encourage teams participating in the finals to field their strongest side possible ahead of their first final, and to dissuade clubs assured of finals places from resting ...
The 2016 AFL season was the 120th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989.
The 2016 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between Sydney and the Western Bulldogs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1 October 2016. It was the 121st annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), [1] staged to determine the premiers of the 2016 AFL season.
The 2016 Geelong Football Club season is currently the club's 117th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the 17th season.
The St Kilda Football Club has fared relatively well since the league became known as the AFL prior to the start of the 1990 premiership season (formerly the VFL, whose first season was 1897, a season in which St Kilda participated and finished 8th out of 8 with no wins). The team have made the finals series eleven times.
Hawthorn entered the season as the three-time defending AFL premiers, having won back-to-back-to-back AFL premierships. Hawthorn improved on its 16–6 record in 2015, finishing in 3rd with a 17–5 record. The 19 point win over Carlton in round 19 clinched a finals series appearance for the 7th consecutive season.
The 2016 AFL season was the 120th season in the Australian Football League contested by ... Record: Ref. Home ... Paul Roos Award for Best Player in a Finals Series: ...
TV audiences during the 2022 AFL season totalled 125.4 million viewers, with an average of 537,000 people watching each match; the TV audience for the 2023 AFL Grand Final was 4.98 million—plus an additional 756,000 on 7plus, for a total of 5.736 million [93] [94] [95] —and the game was seen by 100,024 stadium spectators, which was exactly ...