Mini-Match: Sydney v West Coast, Grand Final 2006 | AFL 

My son was born that year, and it was close. My son won. :)

Agree. QF 2005 = WC 69-65 Syd GF 2005 = Syd 58-54 WC R15 2006 = WC 67-65 Syd QF 2006 = WC 84-85 Syd GF 2006 = Syd 84-85 WC R1 2007 = Syd 73-74 WC

2006 perhaps. 2005 no.

Who do you barrack 2006 was way better

Both great.

Both were good. 2018 the best Ive seen though.

All the grand finals are great minus any grand finals that eagles lost

They are hopeless today.

@@hihenry8129 i think thats what he's suggesting henry

@Soussy 05 still has the vibe a lot more, I honestly don't know what it is but something about it feels very 00s

Cox is the separator there. If you went midfield trio you could also do Voss, Black, Akermanis. All Brownlows. Then Lappin is the next behind them who almost won a Brownlow too (like Kerr). Ruck dept is the differentiator.

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@@OldFossil best comment ive ever seen

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Not to mention the midfield also had Chad Fletcher, who was an All-Australian. You can see his quality watching these highlights.

What about 2016 Bulldogs vs Swans?

@@chesslegend4005 Bulldogs are Victorian...

@@footyecstatics5306 Originally they are but in 2016 they weren’t, and the swans used to be South Melbourne.

@@chesslegend4005 How are they not Victorian? How was 2016 any different to any other year in their existence since 1877 where they originated and based in Footscray?

@@footyecstatics5306 The Swans Were Based in South Melbourne.

Nah it was obvious to outsiders that it was easily the best and hardest rivalry in those mid '00s years. Really fitting that they won one premiership each it would've been a travesty if either team won both, they were that evenly matched. A couple of other classic battles including a qualifying final were probably even better matches.

Literally went like 7 games in a row with the game being decided by under a goal. Qualifying finals and home-and-away games included in this era.

Tim Lane, Quarters, Steven Silvagni too. Wasn’t the biggest fan of Michael Christian at the time but he was still much better than today’s commentators.

Yeah. Missed 10s afl coverage. The 10’s afl have revitalised it’s coverage. Sadly 10 no longer have the rights

we all do mate, we all do!

Yeah for sure it was planned, Worsfold is looking right at someone as soon as he raises the cup and gestures for him to come up first, and the rest of the team waits a few seconds before they jump up. All the photos show Judd and Cousins with the cup, I've never even seen a photo of Judd and Worsfold with the cup. The pics really sum up the difference between Judd and Cousins, with Judd his usual cool, calm and collected self, and Cousins going off as we would expect.

A torp from the centre square?

@@doylersafl8728 nah, I would still say that this beats that

@@Jaydenloa2003 that is honestly one of my favourite grand final moments of all time, but I guess since it was in the first it should be lower? idk. I'm a cats fan so I don't know what to think about it in comparison

IMONSMOKO in my opinion, the best Grand Final ever was the drawn one in 2010.

2012 is better

@@joshlynch6 a game with no winner is always a great one. Smh

Karma.

2012 > 2006 and 2010 draw

Most of the Swans Eagles games from that era were boring as batshit, Grand Finals included

@@mabiorcholappreciationpage fkn 🤡

@@xSnappa I'm just telling it as it is mate. Swans played the most mind numbingly boring footy in the mid 2000s, and the Eagles played into it every time

I can think of many way better Grand Finals than the twin shitfests of 2005 and 2006

@@mabiorcholappreciationpage like?

@@mabiorcholappreciationpage I understand if you don't like 2005 but 2006 was great! nothing wrong with it at all, one of the best of the 00s easily.

Like the 2015 Grand Final where they lost by 46 points?

@@debuthunter5389 like in 2018 when they beat the pies by 5 against all odds

@@doylersafl8728 - i know but he said "always"

@@debuthunter5389 I think when he said always, he didn't specifically mean every single time, he meant usually

@@doylersafl8728 - Ah maybe... but.... the meaning of always copied and pasted: "at all times; on all occasions." Haha

Haha and for us eagles supporters its the other way around.... 2005 was the most devastating for us and 2006 was the greatest. Although, I think the 2018 one may have pipped 2006 for us eagles supporters now. Nothing better than seeing Collingwood heartbreak!!

2005 is so far from being the greatest grand final ever that it isn't funny. That game was on a 2013 Grand Final level of boring

@@mabiorcholappreciationpage just like the 2019 granny then?

For me 2018 is better than 2006, but not by much

Well done for being first

it was the 00s, you know how umpires stink now? yeah in the 00s there favourite thing to do was ignore holding the balls