Winning the comp from 5-8

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Kiraz Crazy

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Has any AFL team won the comp from 5-8?

Im asking this because our (new) finals system has been there for afl for a while..
 
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Am pretty sure no bottom 4 side has one the AFL Premiership since its intro in 2000.
 

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I think in the current afl format a team made the prelim final from 5th but not the big show.....Adelaide or west coast I think........
 

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Difference with the afl is though it seems to be just 4 strong teams then 4 average teams

Compared to the nrl ATM anyone that made top 8 had a realistic chance of winning the comp
 

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No AFL team has won it from outside the top 4 in the current format. The last team to win from outside the top 4 was us in 1995 when we won it from 6th. They used the same format as now back then with the only exception being they don't cross over in week 3. So for instance the old format would've been exactly the same as now but the Bulldogs-Manly winner would've played Souths in week 3 not Penrith.
 

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Difference with the afl is though it seems to be just 4 strong teams then 4 average teams

Compared to the nrl ATM anyone that made top 8 had a realistic chance of winning the comp
that's true...in afl the top 4 are clearly better than 5-8, unlike nrl. Don't think its so impossible to win from 5-8, u just have to win 4 weekly matches in the finals in a row against good teams. We won 7 in a row earlier in the year and that included top teams.
 

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that's true...in afl the top 4 are clearly better than 5-8, unlike nrl. Don't think its so impossible to win from 5-8, u just have to win 4 weekly matches in the finals in a row against good teams. We won 7 in a row earlier in the year and that included top teams.
It is definitely a tonne harder from 5th-8th though. Much harder to win 4 in a row than 3.
 

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1998 : Adelaide won it from 5th using McIntyre system. Lost to 4th in the first week, then beat 3rd, 2nd and Minor Premiers to win it.
 

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Get rid of this BS Thread!! does not belong here, we support the Dogs and NRL.
 

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Get rid of this BS Thread!! does not belong here, we support the Dogs and NRL.
The title possibly isn't the best, I can't think of a better one though. But this thread is definitely related to the bulldogs IMO. He wasn't trying to drum up an afl conversation, just checking if any team from that sport who has had our current form for longer than we have has ever pulled off what we are trying too.
 

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It is definitely a tonne harder from 5th-8th though. Much harder to win 4 in a row than 3.
Sure its harder to win from 5-8 but they talk like it's impossible, which it isn't imo
 

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The title possibly isn't the best, I can't think of a better one though. But this thread is definitely related to the bulldogs IMO. He wasn't trying to drum up an afl conversation, just checking if any team from that sport who has had our current form for longer than we have has ever pulled off what we are trying too.
You miss the point, the title AND the posts are indirectly promoting another code of football, this thread belongs in Rugby League in General.
 

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didn't we win it from 6th in 1995?
Sure did. That was the same system we use now. But you always hear that nobody has ever won the NRL from outside top 4. That's because it was still ARL back then
 

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i think we are going to get an all 5-8 grand final
 

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You miss the point, the title AND the posts are indirectly promoting another code of football, this thread belongs in Rugby League in General.
Mate im just asking if it has happened in afl cause it hasnt since 2012 for nrl (when it started for us)

Would you prefer if i said "has any non nrl comp using our system...." like seriously relax
 
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