Interesting Stat

[Mike_B]

Since the AFL finals series changed in 2000, 9 of the 10 losing qualifying finalists have bounced back the following week to win their semi-finals and qualify for the preliminary final - ie only one team finishing top 4 has gone out of the finals in 'straight sets'.

[NMWBloods]

Good stat. And the exception was Port in only their second finals series appearance. So the odds were that St Kilda would bounce back (and Geelong too).