Whether it be a final five, six or eight, there have always been ... and it became known as the Page-McIntyre system, as it still reads in AFL records today. By the time McIntyre was credited ...

The AFL had woken up to the problems with the McIntyre final-eight system much earlier and introduced the current system in 2000. The new system provided greater rewards to the top four teams ...

Is 2025 already down to a two-horse race? Which clubs tick lots of the right boxes? And which club has a new unwanted tag?

If you were reading this column with the AFL fixture as it should ... 16 seasons under the current top eight system. The Bulldogs also made it to the final Saturday in September, in 2021, but ...

WHEN IS THE AFL GRAND FINAL? The AFL finals series got underway on Thursday September 5, following the pre-finals bye week. The 2023 AFL Grand Final is scheduled for Saturday September 28 ...

When asked if 2024 would be the last year of the normal finals system without a wildcard concept, AFL CEO Andrew Dillon ... is something we will look at but the final eight has been tried and ...