SA Footy

So, try this one.
I would like the leading 28 players in the history of VFL / AFL football in terms of finals appearances?
You need 24 finals matches (more than a complete season of home and away footy), to make the equal bottom rungs of this ladder.

Have filled in the missing four.

1. Michael Tuck, 39 with Hawthorn
2. Gordon Coventry, 31 with Collingwood
3. Leigh Matthews, 29 with Hawthorn
4. Bruce Doull, 29 with Carlton
5. Wayne Schimmelbusch, 29 with North Melbourne
6. Bill Hutchison, 28 with Essendon
7. Chris Mew, 28 with Hawthorn
8. Gary Ayres, 28 with Hawthorn
9. Harry Collier, 27 with Collingwood
10. Dick Reynolds, 27 with Essendon
11. Kevin Bartlett, 27 with Richmond
12. Martin Pike, 27 with Melbourne, North Melbourne and Brisbane
13. Albert Collier, 26 with Collingwood
14. Dermott Brereton, 26 with Hawthorn
15. Stephen Silvagni, 26 with Carlton
16. Rod McGregor, 25 with Carlton
17. David Dench, 25 with North Melbourne
18. Chris Langford, 25 with Hawthorn
19. Dean Kemp, 25 with West Coast
20. John Blakey, 25 with Fitzroy and North Melbourne
21. Jack Titus, 24 with Richmond
22. Brent Crosswell, 24 with Carlton and North Melbourne
23. Rodney Eade, 24 with Hawthorn
24. Robert DiPierdomenico, 24 with Hawthorn
25. Craig Bradley, 24 with Carlton
26. Guy McKenna, 24 with West Coast
27. Gavin Wanganeen, 24 with Essendon and Port Adelaide
28. Glenn Archer, 24 with North Melbourne

Tuck
dunstall
Plattern

24 games or more

From Carlton I'd go Craig Bradley, Rod McGregor, Stephen Silvagni & Bruce Doull...

IIRC we have a heap just below 24, Jezza, Jones, Big Nic, Swan, Harry & Souths....

norm11 wrote:Tuck
dunstall
Plattern

Yes, no, no

Francis Bourke, KB, Dick Clay & Green from Richmond ?

SJABC wrote:24 games or more

From Carlton I'd go Craig Bradley, Rod McGregor, Stephen Silvagni & Bruce Doull...

IIRC we have a heap just below 24, Jezza, Jones, Big Nic, Swan, Harry & Souths....

Bradley, McGregor, Silvagni and Doull all correct

Dermott Brereton
Gary Ayres
Leigh Matthews
Coventry x 2
Collier x 2
Voss
Akermanis
Mew
Dipper
Tuck - would be numero uno I would think
Langford

SJABC wrote:Francis Bourke, KB, Dick Clay & Green from Richmond ?

Bartlett only one correct in that group.

Hird

John Beckwith, Barrassi, McMahen from Melbourne ?

Dogwatcher wrote:Dermott Brereton
Gary Ayres
Leigh Matthews
Coventry x 2
Collier x 2
Voss
Akermanis
Mew
Dipper
Tuck - would be numero uno I would think
Langford

Brereton, yes
Ayres yes
Matthews yes
One coventry right and one wrong
Both colliers, yes
Voss no
aker no
Mew yes
Dipper yes
Langford yes

Ablett

Dogwatcher wrote:Hird

nope, injured too much

SJABC wrote:John Beckwith, Barrassi, McMahen from Melbourne ?

Nope, surprisingly none qualified

norm11 wrote:Ablett

Nope, none of them. Not Gary, Gary jrn, Nathan, Len, Geoff, Kevin, Luke or any other Ablett I may have missed. However, Gary's finals v Melbourne, Essendon and Hawthorn in 1989 should count for about 8 finals played by any other player.

rogernumber10 wrote:

norm11 wrote:Ablett

Nope, none of them. Not Gary, Gary jrn, Nathan, Len, Geoff, Kevin, Luke or any other Ablett I may have missed. However, Gary's finals v Melbourne, Essendon and Hawthorn in 1989 should count for about 8 finals played by any other player.

Sorry should have helped out there i did mean gary snr

Craig Braddley

Keane of the Merv ?

SJABC wrote:Keane of the Merv ?

Sadly no, but would have been a highly deserving inclusion in my view.

norm11 wrote:

rogernumber10 wrote:

norm11 wrote:Ablett

Nope, none of them. Not Gary, Gary jrn, Nathan, Len, Geoff, Kevin, Luke or any other Ablett I may have missed. However, Gary's finals v Melbourne, Essendon and Hawthorn in 1989 should count for about 8 finals played by any other player.

Sorry should have helped out there i did mean gary snr

Nonetheless it is a funny response!