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The 2016 AFL First Preliminary Final was an Australian rules football match contested between the Greater Western Sydney Giants and Western Bulldogs at Spotless Stadium on 24 September 2016. It was staged as part of the 2016 AFL finals series to determine which of the two clubs would qualify for that season's Grand Final .
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.
Involvement and attendance in Australian Rules reached record levels in Western Australia 2004. The total attendance, including AFL games was a record 1,030,000. The 2005 WAFL grand final between South Fremantle and Claremont attracted 22,570 to Subiaco Oval.
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 Greater Western Sydney Giants' 2016 season is the club's fifth season in the Australian Football League (AFL). [1] The Giants finished in fourth place at the end of the 2016 season , [ 2 ] and won their first ever finals game.
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 Sydney Swans have dominated most of the rivalry, holding a 16–10 advantage over the Giants and winning eight of the twenty-five games by at least 30 points; however, the tide started to turn in 2014, with the last 22 meetings being near-evenly split since the start of 2014, with the Giants winning a historic qualifying final in 2016 [47 ...
The game is held at the loser of the first qualifying final's home ground. [note 1] The second semi-final is between the loser of the second qualifying final and the winner of the second elimination final at the second qualifying final loser's home ground. [note 1] The winners of the semi-finals play the winners of the qualifying finals. The ...