Pre Round Discussion Thread: Round 2, 2025
Alright friends, Round 2 is here, the Tribunal has taken more souls, the Tasmanians have a mascot that shits out Sherrins, several clubs have had their seasons ended and I've got some gibberish to produce:
BYES FOR GWS AND GOLD COAST
Carlton returns to the scene of the great LOLing to play Hawthorn, with Charlie Curnow back in action for the first time since he was injured last year against Hawthorn, and let's be honest this seems the kind of game with no middle ground - Carlton respond to last week and win, or they get absolutely fucking killed
It's the Footscray Football Club's VFL/AFL 100th Anniversary Show on Friday night against Collingwood, featuring cameos from great heroes like Danny Del-Re, Daniel Southern, 'The Bald Eagle' Nathan Eagleton, Jose Romero, Doug Hawkins and Sedat Sir.
Essendon host Adelaide on a Saturday afternoon at the MCG, and for the history lovers this is the first time Essendon and Adelaide have played at the MCG since Round 14, 1995, when the Bombers won by 122 points, and the game marked the debut of a 17-year-old named Matthew Lloyd.
Wooden spoon contender Port Adelaide hosts Finals contender Richmond at the Adelaide Oval... we'll leave it at that.
St Kilda and Geelong get the Saturday evening game at Marvel, a game that the AFL decided not to fixture in for Round 23 as they had done in recent years
The Brisbane Lions host West Coast at the Gabba, Brisbane's first game at home since the premiership last year, and since Joe Daniher decided to Let It Go, and the Eagles will try to make it 2 arse-whippings from the Queensland teams in the space of a week.
North Melbourne host Melbourne at Marvel in Jack Darling's 300th game, a celebration as grand as Jack Macrae playing his 250th game in a St Kilda guernsey.
And Sydney travel to Perth to take on the slightly less disgraceful West Australian team in a bid to avoid going 0-3, while Fremantle try and avoid going 0-2, although if they do that they will actually get some coverage in The West Australian.
MILESTONES
Scott Pendlebury and Steele Sidebottom are due to play their 308th game as teammates, breaking the all-time record of 307 held by Tyson Edwards and Andrew McLeod
300 games for Jack Darling (298 for West Coast, 2 for North)
200 games for Jarman Impey (75 for Port Adelaide, 125 for Hawthorn)
100 games for Hunter Clark and Luke Jackson (52 for Melbourne, 48 for Fremantle2)