Picture: Michael Klein. Scores were level and extra-time loomed until a hurried snap from Leigh Tudor floated over the head of despairing Roo full-back Mick Martyn into the hands of Gary Ablett in the goal square. But Tiger champion Kevin Bartlett snapped a freakish goal to seal the deal, the siren sounding seconds after the next centre bounce.Gary Buckenara's post-siren goal to win the game after young Irishman Jim Stynes ran across the mark to concede a 15-metre penalty is a famous moment. North skipper Wayne Carey, in one of the great finals performances, booted six. Geelong found another gear and led by 12 points entering time-on.
Darren Jarman, replacing Modra in the square, took charge, putting his side in front with under two minutes to play, Chris Grant and Paul Hudson combining to fluff one last chance for the Dogs.Geelong were without star full-forward Doug Wade and ruckman Graham "Polly" Farmer, but the Cats started well and led by 18 points at half-time. AFL finals 2015: The burning questions of preliminary final week ... Have your say on who will win this weekend’s preliminary finals and why. Perhaps that's a consequence of two preliminary finals rather than just one over the past couple of decades, but the vast majority of my favourites are still fresh in most football tragic's memories.There's been incredible comebacks, desperately close finishes and individual heroics. But Anthony Koutoufides produced one of the great finals quarters for the Blues. AFL finals 2015: The greatest preliminary finals of all time. Indeed, for a while there in the 1990s, preliminary finals consistently proved better games than those which decided the premiership a week later.So sit back, reminisce, argue the toss and re-live my top 10 preliminary finals of all time.Not only the best preliminary final, but the single greatest game of football I've witnessed. Essendon's "Baby Bombers" appeared completely overawed as the Crows, with six goals from Tony Modra and a great roving display by Tony McGuinness, surged to a 42-point half-time lead. This is also known as Online Behavioural Advertising. He was held goalless against Sydney in the qualifying final, but kicked multiple goals in his last six matches prior to that.A dominant individual performance against Hawthorn could be enough to take Fremantle to the big dance.A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. AFL finals 2015: West Coast Eagles defeat North Melbourne at Subiaco Oval in preliminary final
But the Tigers had one by half-time when they trailed by six goals.
The Bombers clawed their way back, however, and Michael Symons' checkside put the Dons two goals up with only four minutes left. On 17 September 2015, the league announced that Australian singer Kate Ceberano would perform the … The Blues were rank outsiders against the accomplished Dons, but led by four goals at half-time. A late goal to Collingwood's Alan Atkinson made the difference just one point to Richmond.
Johnson, 30, did not feature in Fremantle’s unsuccessful 2014 finals series due to a similar back problem. And from 55 metres, Lockett kicked the most valuable behind of his career.The Hawks dominated early, Sam Mitchell and Jordan Lewis starring, and led by 17 points at the last change, the Pies having managed only five goals. But the Dons found something, kicking six goals to one in the third term. He also missed nine weeks this year due to an ongoing hamstring injury.NORTH MELBOURNE has concerns over key position players at either end of the field, but both Daw trained with the 25-man squad on Friday morning, but spent the majority of the session working with the forwards group and not with ruckman Todd Goldstein.His inclusion at training comes as experienced forward Petrie recovers from both a knock on the knee and a head collision suffered against Sydney.“The fact that he came back on the ground and performed really well suggests that he will be fine,” Roos coach Brad Scott said earlier in the week.Meanwhile, defender Tarrant was a late withdrawal from the Roos team that recorded an upset victory over the Swans in last week’s semi final due to groin tightness.However, he has also been given the green light by Scott.“I think Robbie will be okay. Geelong then slammed on seven unanswered goals. With 20 seconds remaining, young Swan Wade Chapman found Tony Lockett on a lead. Avatar Roar Guru . But Sydney weren't done with. If you were one of the punters that chased the odds and went for either Hawthorn or North Melbourne you would have lucked out. Or is he hoping to overload the forward line with talls?WEST COAST has had a fortnight to stress over the fitness of midfielders Both missed the Eagles’ qualifying final victory over the Hawks — Priddis with a quad strain and Masten with a hamstring — but both have declared they are right to go on Saturday night.“I’m 100 per cent ready to go,” Priddis said earlier this week. Lance Franklin, with four minutes left, dribbled through an amazing goal from the boundary line, the Hawks momentarily regaining the lead. It was veteran Tim Watson who clinched victory, chasing his own wayward kick and snapping from 40 metres out. But a snap from the Pies' Luke Ball put them in front again, and a desperate tackle by Dale Thomas on Cyril Rioli in the last minute was the final nail.Geelong had enjoyed a week off and was unbackable flag favourite, Collingwood had won an extra-time semi-final in Perth.
A multi-AFL Media Association award-winner known for his passion and love of the game, he analyses the AFL for the newspaper and contributes a blog and weekly video, "Footy Fix", for The Age's football website, Real Footy.AFL finals 2015: The greatest preliminary finals of all timeTim McGrath celebrates the after-the-siren goal by Gary Ablett while North Melbourne's Wayne Carey looks on.Carlton players celebrate after the final siren in their 1999 preliminary final win over Essendon.Jim Stynes and Melbourne coach John Northey after losing the 1987 preliminary final.Carlton coach Ken Hands (fourth from left) cheers from the bench as Carlton defeat Geelong in the 1962 replay. A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size. It was the first preliminary final draw, the Blues winning an equally dramatic replay by just five points.Rohan Connolly, a senior football writer for The Age and radio broadcaster with sports radio station 1116 SEN, has been covering the game since 1983. He recalled the 201cm Both were surprising inclusions. But the Cats could never break clear of the gritty Pies, leading by only five points at the last change.