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The 2020 Brownlow Medal count will be a virtual event on Sunday, October 18, on the Seven Network.

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The AFL has today released the fixturing policy for the 2020 Toyota AFL Finals Series. As per AFL rules at the completion of the Home and Away Matches, the first eight Clubs on the Final Premiership Ladder shall compete in the Finals Series under the Final Eight System. Week One Qualifying Final One (1 vs 4) Qualifying Final Two (2 vs 3) Elimination Final One (5 vs 8) Elimination Final Two (6 vs 7) Week Two Semi Final One (Loser of QF1 vs Winner of EF1) Semi Final Two (Loser of QF2 vs Winner of EF2) Week Three Preliminary Final One (Winner of QF1 vs Winner of SF2) Preliminary Final Two (Winner of QF2 vs Winner of SF1) Week Four 2020 Toyota AFL Grand Final (Winner of PF1 vs Winner of PF2) With the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the stadiums available to host matches, venues for the 2020 Finals Series Matches, including the 2020 Toyota AFL Grand Final, shall be determined by the AFL Commission in its absolute discretion. The following parameters shall apply in regard to all relevant circumstances including (but not limited to) the following: - The relative ranking of the two Clubs involved in a 2020 Finals Series Match based on ladder position at end of Home & Away Matches and, for Preliminary Finals, the winners of Week One Finals Series Matches; - The respective venue preference(s) of the Clubs (if any); - The requirements of any State or Territory Government for a Club or Clubs to quarantine prior to or after a match that might be scheduled in that State or Territory; - The forecast attendance for the Match with a view to maximising attendance; - The availability of potential venues. For clarity, the following examples will apply; - Port Adelaide finishing 1st or 2nd will play Week One of the Finals at Adelaide Oval. If they win, they will play a Preliminary Final at Adelaide Oval. If they lose, they will play a Semi Final at Adelaide Oval. - Brisbane Lions finishing 1st or 2nd will play Week One of the Finals at The Gabba. If they win, they will play a Preliminary Final at The Gabba. If they lose, they will play a Semi Final at The Gabba. - West Coast Eagles finishing 5th or 6th will play Week One finals in Western Australia. They, along with their opponent will be required to quarantine for a minimum of seven days in Western Australia leading into the match. Based on a 7-day quarantine period, a final is achievable in Week One given the bye weekend, but not in subsequent weeks. Under the quarantine requirement, both teams will only be allowed to leave their accommodation for training sessions and the match. - Richmond, Geelong Cats, St Kilda, Western Bulldogs, Collingwood finishing 5th or 6th will play Week One of the Finals at either Metricon Stadium, The Gabba or Adelaide Oval. Week One of the finals series will be held across three dates: - Thursday, October 1 (Night) - Friday, October 2 (Night) - Saturday, October 3 (Afternoon/twilight and night) The Week One finals fixtures for of the 2020 Toyota AFL Finals Series will be released following the conclusion of Round 18. The 2020 Toyota AFL Grand Final will be held at The Gabba on Saturday, October 24 at 6:30pm AEST (7:30pm AEDT). Ticketing information for 2020 Toyota AFL Finals Series matches will be released this week.

Also this strange tweet from the Crows.

Was the home team choice for the hubbing Vic teams to play anywhere in the non-COVID hotspot country (ie: Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth) or just a choice between the Gabba and Metricon? I doubt the AFL would let teams a Vic team drag Brisbane across the nullabor to Perth. Maybe Adelaide but not Perth. Having said that I also doubt the AFL would let you take their darling host the Lions away from Queensland.

We would be the team that finished on top of the Eagles but still had to go play them in Perth. Fly in Fly out mind you.

This will not be relevant to us.

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I guess we’ll find out soon.

He was almost being applauded for his efforts on the night. They were certainly laughing about it and not taking it seriously. Then again the AFL don't take it seriously by their own actions. Sure they talk a good game when it comes to wanting to stamp out gut punches and sling tackles and making the head sacrosanct but they always fail to follow up with sanctions that would deter that behaviour.

100% agree with this. If they are going to navigate away from what is currently happening to show a replay then they should have a picture in picture box with LIVE play. It's happening a lot this year and I suspect it is due to COVID reduction in production staff. Obviously this year the commentators and the production is all being done from Melbourne. Where is the production done in a normal year? From the ground or from another location?

Highest we can end up is 6th as we can't catch the Eagles on wins even if they lose to North (I couldn't even type that last part without laughing).

If the Grand Final is on the 24th of October then just by looking at the calendar there will be a week off between the season and the first week of finals. I guess that also allows another team time to quarantine in WA.

I thank them for their service but [censored] them anyway.

We don't actually need them to win by 10 goals but I'm happy for them to keep pegging away all game to get there. I don't think they will drop their heads if they are only 4 or 5 goals up. They might drop their heads if they are down by a few goals after half time. Again though we should not be relying on others doing our dirty work. If we fall short because another team doesn't win or win by enough then that is on us.

Having said that curse us for having to rely on any other teams but also [censored] the Eagles for not beating the Dogs the other week.

Exactly. This also works in our favour. If we are relying on the Giants winning then we want them to have incentive because we also need them to whittle away as much percentage as they can off the Saints. If they knew our result already and it meant they couldn't make the finals there is no incentive to win let alone win big.

Let's say the Dogs win and we lose, the Giants need to win by about 10 goals to overtake St. Kilda and make the finals. Bare with my thinking here. In my book that helps our case of making finals. It gives the Giants incentive to go out and smash the Saints helping us out with our percentage gap on the Saints. All we need to do then is [censored] win.