Whateley in a Snapshot | Monday (21.09.26)
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What were the key moments and controversies of the AFL preliminary final?
I'm Gerard Waitley. Here's a snapshot of Monday, September 21. Your snap judgements from an unforgettable preliminary final.
I reckon that was the best game. I wasn't there. I was at like a watch party, raw deal watch party in Brisbane. And my mates probably missed the badges, but it was absolute scenes. I did want to say hard luck to Hawthorne, though. The game clearly could have gone either way. But how good for fourth straight grand finals. eight grand finals in the last 25 years and going for another three-peat. Let the debate begin now about which three-peat side, if the Lions do make it, win it, of course, which three-peat side's better. My snap judgment is this could be the last to cross the divide this week. I actually felt a bit sorry for him last week. You gave him a bit of a pasting. But this week, Gerard, a lazy 97,040 goals kicked.
It's the best prelim, or at least in the conversation. I mean, you could say to Vossie, So what did you get up to this weekend? Anything exciting? Tell them to sell many tickets. I mean, the NRL could never do what we so matter-of-factly do, and so casually as well. Like you said to Vossie last week, it's what we do. On Saturday night, I was there, Brisbane Hawthorne, 97,000 fans, one of the greatest atmospheres I've ever experienced. And gee, I loved seeing the Hawks lose. The noise was relentless. Tension was unbelievable, Gerrard. Every single person in the ground was completely invested in the game. which brings me to one of my sporting hates, mate, which is cannot stand the Mexican way in sporting events.
They do it when the crowd are not invested. At the NFL last week, I was there at the G. I love my Steelers, but despite what the media have made out, the atmosphere there was lacking. People were making paper aeroplanes from the placards, launching from level four. Not a Brisbane and Hawthorne, Gerrard. No need for that. In front of 97,000 fans, we lived and died with every possession. That's the beauty of our game, mate, the AFL. Great crowds. We don't need to do Mexican waves, Gerrard. We're too busy holding our breath. You say it's a free kick against Germany. Okay, fair enough. It's very interesting to say it's a free kick. When I watched the VFL yesterday, Box Hill winning, which is great, and exactly the same decision, one guy is holding the arm of a Box Hill player, and it's a throw-up.
So I know you're probably going to say to me you haven't seen the footage. It's very interesting, isn't it? One decision costs a team for a grand final berth, and then we've got this other decision with the throw-up. in the VFL grand final. Extraordinary.
Adam Simpson shared
his view on the Lions' victory over the Hawks. Yeah, well, when games are high-scoring, and just the day was the day too, wasn't it? 25 degrees, no breeze. Five o'clock was a good start. It was a really good start. So the twilight nature of it all, I'm not saying that's what the grand final should be, but... Just the build-up was there. You can sense it was going to be a good game just with the conditions more than anything. And then, I mean, the coaching's the coaching. The talent just took over in the end. And both forward lines were so efficient, in particular the last quarter. Just went in. They scored 70% of the time, Hawthorne, in that last quarter. And we'll get into that a little bit later. But there was the occasion.
There was the what's on the line. And there was the performance the players put on the show, Gerard. And the freedom within a discipline nature of a style of play wasn't stifled, was it? It wasn't like, let's shut this down. It was like, we're going to have to take this on to win. And credit to both coaches and in particular the players who all, for the most part, you say 90% of the players stood up on the big stage. And Simmo on the suspension of Lockie Neal.
Why do fans dislike the ‘Mexican wave’ style at Australian sporting events?
If you look at the vision, I'm sure someone will pick this up, 10 metres after the collision happens, Lockie suggests to Guinevan he's taken a dive. I don't know what the – they must do it in soccer where he's put his arms up and flopped it down and has gone, you took a dive then.
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