UNBELEIVABLE!!!
THE DOGGIES HAVE DONE THE IMPOSSIBLE!!!
Essendon 3.2 7.3 11.7 12.9 12.9 81
W.Bulldogs 4.1 7.3 9.4 14.8 14.8 92
Suck on that one Essendon!!!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Australian rules football people, in case you didnt know.
I’ll take it your a bulldogs fan?
Good grief! It’s bad enough I have to put up with my noisy ranting flatmates while the game is playing! Do I have to see it on the boards as well?
Does this mean Essendon won’t be in the Finals? This is their first loss, isn’t it?
Damn. I went last week, but this was better. Libba, what a champion.
I still think the Dons will win.
picmr
Could you explain the scoring system to an ignorant American?
Looking at the OP, it would appear the final score was 92-81, with the scoring taking place over 5 periods? But how does a team score 14.8 points? Not to mention the fact that the numbers don’t even come close to adding up…
Help?
I watched this game. Wasn’t it bloody marvellous? I have been waiting for someone to knock Essendon off since about week five of the season.
ReservoirDog, Aussie Rules Footy is a unique game that has everything Gridiron doesn’t - action, speed, excitement, athleticism, blood and guts…
The scoring system is quite simple. At either end of the field there is a set of four posts, the middle pair are taller than the outer pair. A ball kicked between the middle posts scores a goal, which is worth six points. A ball kicked between a middle post and an outer post scores a behind, worth one point. A ball that crosses the goal line which is not kicked, or was last touched by a player of the defending team, also scores a behind. Scores are always read as goals + behinds = points.
Hence the score line from the game in question was:
Essendon: 12 goals, 9 behinds (81 points)
Bulldogs: 14 goals, 8 behinds (92 points)
Incidentally, as the game is played over four 25 minute quarters, it is customary for to full final score line to show a progress score from the end of each quarter.
Hope that explains it better. BTW, I think Aussie Rules is broadcast somewhere on TV in the US. If you could get a chance to look at a couple of games, you’ll probably work it out for yourself, as well as enjoy a spectacular sport.
Thank you.
I’ve been waiting for them to fall for ages now too. But I greet thi sloss with mixed feelings. Now they’re going to be hungrier and now what defeat tastes like. I think I would have preferred to see them lose in the finals. To be honest (and it galls me to admit it) I can’t see them losing the flag this year.
sigh
dpr, I’m inclined to agree with you, but it’s nice to know they can be beaten. As a non-Victorian, I have always gone with the underdogs.