It's AFL Finals Fever !!

The AFL 2006 Finals have arrived !!

How the Ladder finished.

Top 8 (Finalists).

West Coast Eagles on 68
Adelaide on 64
Fremantle on 60
Sydney Swans on 56
Collingwood on 56
St Kilda on 56
Melbourne on 54
Western Bulldogs on 52

And the rest.

Richmond on 44
Geelong on 42
Hawthorn on 36
Port Adelaide on 32
Brisbane Lions on 28
Kangaroos on 28
Essendon on 14
Carlton on 14

The Finals.

Friday 8 Sep 2006
St Kilda vs. Melbourne at M.C.G. 7:30pm AEST

Saturday 9 Sep 2006
Adelaide vs. Fremantle at AAMI Stadium 2:30pm ACST
West Coast Eagles vs. Sydney Swans at Subiaco Oval 5:30pm AWST

Sunday 10 Sep 2006
Collingwood vs. Western Bulldogs at M.C.G. 2:30pm AEST


The Finals Reviewed :


ST KILDA V MELBOURNE

WHERE & WHEN: MCG, Friday 8 September, 7:30pm

TV & RADIO: Channel 10 - Melbourne (7.30pm), Adelaide (6.30pm), Perth (7pm), Sydney (10.35pm), Brisbane (10.35pm), 3AW, Triple M, ABC Radio OUR COVERAGE: live scores, stats & audio, Game Day News Desk, match replay (24 hour delay)

HEAD TO HEAD: Played – 195, St Kilda – 77, Melbourne – 117, Drawn - 1

LAST TIME: Melbourne 15.13 (103) d St Kilda 13.12 (90), round 10, 2006, at the MCG. Demons skipper David Neitz kicked eight goals to lead the side to victory in his club record-breaking 273rd AFL match in the red and blue.


FIRST QUALIFYING FINAL:

WEST COAST EAGLES V SYDNEY

WHERE & WHEN: Saturday September 9 at Subiaco at 5.30pm (WST)

TV & RADIO: TV: Channel 10 - Melbourne (7pm), Adelaide (6.30pm), Perth (6pm), Sydney (7pm), Brisbane (7pm), Triple M, 3AW, 6PR, 5AAOUR COVERAGE: live scores, stats & audio, Game Day News Desk, match replay (24 hour delay)

HEAD TO HEAD: West Coast 16, Sydney 17

LAST TIME: West Coast Eagles 9.13 (67) d Sydney 9.11 (65) at Subiaco, round 15, 2006. The Eagles came from 32 points down at half-time to pinch the game when Tyson Stenglein's goal at the 29 minute mark of the final term, which only just avoided a lunging Craig Bolton in the goalsquare, gave the Eagles the lead for the first time.

FINALS HEAD TO HEAD: West Coast 1, Sydney 2


Elimination Final

COLLINGWOOD v WESTERN BULLDOGS

WHERE & WHEN: Elimination Final, MCG, 2.30 pm Sunday, 10 September

TV & RADIO: Channel Ten, ABC Radio, 3AW, Triple-M, NIRSOUR COVERAGE: live scores, stats & audio, Game Day News Desk, match replay (24 hour delay)

HEAD TO HEAD: Played: 138, Won: Collingwood - 99, Western Bulldogs - 38, Drawn: 1

LAST TIME: Collingwood 21.13 (139) def Western Bulldogs 16.9 (105), round nine, 2006 at the MCG. The Magpies had led all night in a tight contest but pulled away in the final term kicking 5.7 to 2.1 to win by 24 points with Anthony Rocca bagging five.



SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9
Adelaide vs Fremantle

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