1990 AFL finals series

January 2017 September 2016 September 2016 The 1990 finals series was the first finals series to be played under the newly renamed Australian Football League. The series was scheduled to occur over four weekends in September 1990, culminating with the 94th AFL/VFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29 September 1990. However, after Collingwood and West Coast drew in the qualifying final, the series was extended to five weeks, ending on 6 October. Collingwood would eventually go on to win the 1990 Premiership, breaking a famous 32-year drought marked by numerous Grand Final losses. The finals system AFL finals series This was the 18th and final season in which the McIntyre final five system would be used. With the introduction of the Adelaide Crows the following season, the system would expand to become a final six.Lynda Carroll 29 August 2012 The evolution of the VFL/AFL finals https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/758299/the-evolution-of-the-vflafl-finals 23 February 2024 melbournefc.com.au en Qualification Ladder won the minor premiership with 17 wins, followed by Col, and on 16 wins each. Reigning premiers rounded out the Top Five with 14 wins. Finals The opening qualifying final between Col and WC ended in a draw, resulting in the game being replayed the following week and all remaining finals being pushed back by a week. The AFL changed the rules for the following year to instead play extra time in the event of a draw in a minor final.Ben Collins Suma's boot: When the Pies and Eagles were drawn together https://www.afl.com.au/news/48703/sumas-boot-when-the-pies-and-eagles-were-drawn-together afl.com.au 23 February 2024 en 4 September 2018 The Grand Final replay rule remained in place until 2016.Twomey Callum No more Grand Final replays as AFL Commission agrees to 'golden score' https://www.afl.com.au/news/152817/no-more-grand-final-replays afl.com.au 23 February 2024 en 19 April 2016 Qualifying Finals (Collingwood v West Coast) Qualifying Final Col 3.6 (24) 7.11 (53) 10.12 (72) 13.12 (90) D WC 3.1 (19) 6.5 (41) 10.10 (70) 13.12 (90) Waverley Park Sep 08, 1990 54,816 Match report Qualifying Final Replay (Collingwood v West Coast) Qualifying Final Col 8.1 (49) 12.6 (78) 14.9 (93) 19.12 (126) H WC 2.1 (13) 4.5 (29) 9.9 (63) 9.13 (67) Waverley Park Sep. 15 1990 53,520 Brown (4), Daicos (4), Crosisca (2), Francis (2), Manson (2), McGuane, Christian, Kelly, Millane, Russell Sumich (4), Keene (2), Kemp, Langdon, Turley Elimination final (Melbourne v Hawthorn) Elimination Final 1.2 (8) 3.6 (24) 9.10 (64) 10.13 (73) H 2.6 (18) 4.7 (31) 5.10 (40) 8.16 (64) MCG Sep. 09, 1990 74,954 Rowan Sawers, Peter Carey Bennett (4), Stretch (2), Fishold, Healy, Jackson, Spalding Brereton (2), Dunstall (2), Hall (2), Platten, Pritchard First Semi-Final (West Coast v Melbourne) 1st semi-Final WC 4.2 (26) 10.5 (65) 16.10 (106) 19.16 (130) H 2.1 (13) 2.8 (20) 8.9 (57) 15.10 (100) Waverley Park Sep. 22, 1990 43,458 Rowan Sawers, Denis Rich Chris Waterman 6, Peter Sumich 4, Stevan Jackson 3, Chris Mainwaring 2, Laurie Keene, Dean Kemp, Karl Langdon, Chris Lewis 1 Rod Grinter 4 Darren Bennett, Ricky Jackson, Graeme Yeats 2, Tony Campbell, Simon Eishold, Greg Healy, Earl Spalding, Stephen Tingay 1 Second Semi-Final (Collingwood v Essendon) 2nd semi-Final Col 4.5 (29) 7.7 (49) 12.8 (80) 17.15 (117) H 2.3 (15) 5.7 (37) 7.10 (52) 7.12 (54) Melbourne Cricket Ground September 23, 1990 91,555 Peter Carey, Bryan Sheehan Gavin Brown 5Doug Barwick, Peter Daicos 3Scott Russell, Craig Starcevich 2Gavin Crosisca, Tony Francis 1 Paul Salmon 3Mark Harvey, Derek Kickett, Mark Thompson, Paul Vander Haar 1 Preliminary final (Essendon v West Coast) Preliminary final 4.1 (25) 11.3 (69) 13.10 (88) 18.13 (121) H 1.2 (8) 5.3 (33) 6.8 (44) 8.10 (58) Waverley Park 29 September, 2:30pm 55,813 Carey, Sheehan Harvey, Ezard 3 Vander Haar, Salmon, Madden 2 Long, Bewick, Kickett, Anderson, Watson, Manning 1 Jackson 3 Sumich 2 Mainwaring, Langdon, Heady 1 Madden, T. Daniher, Anderson, Grenvold, Ezard, Hamilton, Bewick Mainwaring, Lewis, Scott, Hart, Heady, Brennan, McKenna Seven Network Grand Final (Collingwood v Essendon) 1990 AFL Grand Final 1990 AFL Grand Final Saturday, 6 October 2:30pm Col Tony Shaw Leigh Matthews 2.5 (17) 8.9 (57) 11.10 (76) 13.11 (89) Brown 2, Barwick 2, Crosisca 2, Russell 2, Daicos 2, Monkhorst, Starcevich, McGuane Shaw, Russell, Monkhorst, Millane, Francis, Kerrison, Starcevich, Crosisca, McGuane Brown (concussion), Starcevich (concussion) See Tribunal H Tim Watson Kevin Sheedy 2.2 (14) 3.5 (23) 5.6 (36) 5.11 (41) Salmon 2, Kickett, Somerville, Grenvold Watson, Sporn, T. Daniher, Kickett, Ezard, O'Donnell Nil See Tribunal MCG 98,944 Match report Sawers, Rich Norm Smith Medal Tony Shaw Seven Network Normie Rowe Match was also broadcast on 3AW and 3LO radio See also 1990 AFL season Notes and references AFL Finals Series Afl Finals Series, 1990