Other way around, Carlton need to beat GWS to keep them in 9th place?
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Looks like #1 pick is West Coastâs!
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The Eagles finish last after losing to Adelaide by 45 points at home. After a fairly even first three quarters, the Crows kicked six unanswered goals in the final term.
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Port Adelaideâs Zak Butters has won ABC Radioâs Footballer of the Year award for 2023. He received three votes in the Powerâs 31-point win over Richmond this afternoon to finish on 32 votes, five ahead of Western Bulldogs captain Marcus Bontempelli who didnât get a vote last night, even though his team beat Geelong.
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Melbourne will play against Collingwood in the 1st Qualifying Final, after beating the Sydney Swans by 21 points at the SCG. Despite Sydneyâs surge in the 3rd quarter, Melbourne piled on 5 unanswered goals to secure the victory at the SCG. The Sydney Swans will have to play an away elimination final, pending on the results against Carlton and GWS.
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GWS have ended Western Bulldogsâ finals hopes with a 32-point win over Carlton in the final game of the home and away season at Marvel Stadium tonight, also ending the Bluesâ nine game winning streak. The Giants blew the game wide open with seven consecutive goals from the middle of the third quarter to the middle of the final quarter.
GWS finish 7th and will face St Kilda in an elimination final. Sydney dropped to 8th and will play Carlton in the other elimination final.
In the qualifying finals, Collingwood will host Melbourne at the MCG, while Brisbane will play against Port Adelaide at The Gabba.
Carlton forward Charlie Curnow finished with three goals and claimed his second Coleman Medal. He kicked 78 goals this season, with Adelaideâs Taylor Walker second on 76, and North Melbourneâs Nick Larkey third on 71.
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Hereâs the fixture:
WEEK ONE FINALS FIXTURE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
First qualifying final
Collingwood v Melbourne at the MCG, 7.20pm AESTFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
First elimination final
Carlton v Sydney at the MCG, 7.50pm AESTSATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
Second elimination final
St Kilda v Greater Western Sydney at the MCG, 3.20pm AESTSecond qualifying final
Brisbane v Port Adelaide at the Gabba, 7.25pm AEST
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A bit surprised they didnât go Fri night, Sat arvo, Sat night and Sunday arvo.
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Clash with AFLW one would assume, they had to account for that in last years finals series.
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True, good to see they are giving it Sunday to itself.
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The AFL this morning appointed Laura Kane as executive general manager of football.
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History has been made with all 18 teams represented in the AFLâs initial All Australian squad for the first time in league history.
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Adam Simpson is staying on as Senior Coach of the West Coast Eagles going into 2024 
âAt the meeting today the Board unanimously agreed that Adam will remain as senior coach,â Chairman Paul Fitzpatrick said today.
âNo one knows our playing list better than Adam and he has already steered us through the first phase of the rebuild. We are confident he can take us forward and take us where we aspire to be.
âAdam is central to our development plans to assist the clubâs rise up the ladder.â
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Why?
The whole point of the pre finals bye is so that they can schedule the Thursday final in the first week, and have done so every year since implementing it.
Thatâs like saying you were surprised the greens didnât win a majority in the lower houseâŚ
I didnât think that was it, I thought it was so players could freshen up and deal with any niggling injuries, and it would stop clubs resting so many players in the final round like so many NRL teams are (sadly) doing this weekend.
The AFL has also had Thursday night games this year without needing a bye beforehand.
Yes they did, but none of those teams played the Sunday before. The bye allows the AFL to stretch out the final round (see Carlton v GWS) and give maximum flexibility to schedule whatever team they want on the Thursday night 10 days later.
Just follow the money, has nothing to do with giving players a freshen up (even if thatâs what the PR machine spins for you)
They should have been playing more Thursday night games during the home and away season then!
They would, but theyâre limited by the number of 5 day breaks per team (currently 1)
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The 2023 AFL Awards night was held at Centrepiece building at Melbourne Park tonight.
List of winners:
AFL Rising Star: Harry Sheezel (North Melbourne)
AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year: Zak Butters (Port Adelaide)
AFL Coaches Association Best Young Player Award: Nick Daicos (Collingwood)
AFL Players Association Most Courageous Player: Zak Butters
AFL Players Association Best First Year Player: Nick Daicos
AFL Players Association Most Valuable Player - Leigh Matthews Trophy: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)
AFL Players Association Best Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Carlton forward Charlie Curnow was presented with his second consecutive Coleman Medal during the ceremony, as the leading goalkicker for the 2023 season.
AFL.com.auâs Sarah Black was also recognised by the AFLPA, taking out the Grant Hattam Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism for her article on Renee Garingâs journey back to AFLW after giving birth.
The 2023 All-Australian Team
The 2023 AFL All-Australian umpires were also named, with Robert Findlay (field), Matthew Konetschka (boundary) and Adam Wojcik (goal) all honoured.
UPDATED 10.10pm AEST
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