The way the season ended, with heartbreak after a very good performance against Richmond, kind of summed up the year for the Dolphs.

From 18 games, 6 wins, 8 losses by less than five goals, 4 losses by a kick. The club was not far off challenging for finals this year, just a few moments here and there.

Wins over Essendon, North Melb, Carlton and Geelong meant a 4-5 record against AFL reserve teams, but 0-3 against aligned clubs and particularly 2-4 against stand alone clubs really hurt. The losses to Coburg and Port were low points.

SANFL - Sunday August 28 at Adelaide Oval (Live on 7plus at 12:30pm Melb Time)

ELIMINATION FINAL

Glenelg vs Sturt at 12:45pm Melbourne Time

QUALIFYING FINAL

Adelaide vs Norwood at 3:45pm Melbourne Time

WAFL ROUND 19

Game on 7plus from 4pm Melbourne Time (Sunday August 28)

South Fremantle vs East Perth

All other games live on AFL App on Saturday August 27 from 4pm Melbourne Time

SATURDAY AUGUST 27

1st QUALIFYING FINAL 

Casey Demons 15-9(99) def Sydney 7-10(52) at Casey Fields 1:05pm

2nd QUALIFYING FINAL

Brisbane 5-8(38) lost to Southport 12-15(87) at Moreton Bay Central 1:35pm

SUNDAY AUGUST 28

2nd ELIMINATION FINAL

Collingwood 10-8(68) lost to Carlton 15-10(100) at Victoria Park 1:35pm

1st ELIMINATION FINAL

Victorian Football League (VFL) Finals scenarios:

Locked in:
1v4 Casey Demons v Sydney Swans
2v3 Brisbane Lions v Southport Sharks

Tomorrow's scenarios:

Collingwood win
5v8 Collingwood v Richmond
6v7 Gold Coast v Box Hill Hawks

Carlton win by less than roughly 16 points
5v8 Gold Coast v Box Hill Hawks
6v7 Collingwood v Carlton

Carlton win by roughly 16 to 26 points
5v8 Gold Coast v Box Hill Hawks
6v7 Carlton v Collingwood

What a week its been in football..

After the glut of football news this week mainly around North Melb, Essendon, Clarkson, Sheedy and Rutten, a very alarming incident happened last night in the Melb vs Brisbane game.

The AFL is launching an investigation as to why a Brisbane player made a Melbourne player cry at three quarter time.  No, I didnt believe it either - had to check my diary to make sure its not 1st April! 

Every week there is something weird or crazy happening in the AFL universe,  but by golly, this will take some topping...

Adelaide: N/A 

Brisbane: N/A

Carlton: Lily Goss, Jessica Jones

Collingwood: Charlotte Taylor, Charlotte Blair

Essendon: Eloise Ashley-Cooper, Bella Ayre, Jorja Borg, Georgia Nanscawen, Renee Tierney, Danielle Marshall, Olivia Barton, Amber Clarke, Paige Scott, Mia Van Dyke, Amelia Radford, Alex Morcom, Stephanie Wales

Fremantle: N/A

Geelong: Mia Skinner, Kalani Scoullar, Melissa Bragg

Big news from AFL

Frankston captain Josh Newman has announced his retirement from VFL footy

he got an badly broken leg and ankle during Saturday’s game at Port Melbourne and is out of action for 12 months.

Wish Josh well for the future