AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 12

This week…

We are at the end of a shitload of games in a row:

 

and at the beginning of a NEW shitload of games in a row!

 

Welcome to Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat!

 

We finally get a bit of a break as the AFL goes to a traditional schedule for Round 13, which will be the Doug Nicholls Round.  I still have not seen anything coming out from the AFL talking about any special guernseys coming out for this year.  I’ll keep you posted on that if I see anything.  In the meantime, I ordered myself a beautiful long-sleeved 2020 Geelong Indigenous Guernsey. Isn’t she a beauty?

We’ll see how long it takes for it to arrive…

Here are the results and highlights from Round Twelve:

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Sydney Swans 66 v GWS Giants 25 at Optus Stadium

This was the surprise of the round.  The Giants matched their lowest ever total, set in the Grand Final last year.

Friday, August 14, 2020

Geelong Cats 91 v Port Adelaide Power 31 at Metricon Stadium

This was a very pleasant surprise. The score is deceiving because a brutal fourth killed the Power.

North Melbourne Kangaroos 52 v Brisbane Lions 53 at Metricon Stadium

The Roos gave the Lions all they could handle.  One missed kick in the end was the difference.

Saturday, August 15, 2020

Melbourne Demons 100 v Collingwood Magpies 44 at The Gabba

I have no idea what’s happened to the Pies.  This loss was shocking. 

 

Fremantle Dockers 36 v Carlton Blues 40 at Optus Stadium

This one came down to a kick After The Siren in a crazy and controversial last two minutes:

Here are the full-game highlights:

Western Bulldogs 111 v Adelaide Crows 54 at Metricon Stadium

The Doggies had complete control the entire game and should have won by more. 

St. Kilda Saints 68 v Essendon Bombers 33 at The Gabba

This was a big win after last week’s loss to the Cats for the Saints. The Bombers, meanwhile, are lost.

Sunday, August 16, 2020

West Coast Eagles 81 v Hawthorn Hawks 49 at Optus Stadium

It was a nice and easy win for the Eagles, who are Premiership favourites. 

Monday, August 17, 2020

Richmond Tigers 53 v Gold Coast Suns 32 at The Gabba

It was close for three quarters, but then the Tigers’ experience overwhelmed the young Suns. 

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Let’s take a look at the ladder, shall we?

 

P TEAM W L T PTS %
1 Port Adelaide Power 9 3 0 36 127.5
2 Brisbane Lions 9 3 0 36 118.3
3 Geelong Cats 8 4 0 32 138.5
4 West Coast Eagles 8 3 0 32 121.1
5 St. Kilda Saints 8 4 0 32 115.8
6 Richmond Tigers 7 4 1 30 119.0
7 Collingwood Magpies 6 5 1 26 104.9
8 Melbourne Demons 6 5 0 24 118.2
9 GWS Giants 6 5 0 24 98.2
10 Western Bulldogs 6 6 0 24 97.9
11 Essendon Bombers 5 5 1 22 86.1
12 Carlton Blues 5 6 0 20 95.5
13 Gold Coast Suns 4 7 1 18 98.0
14 Fremantle Dockers 4 7 0 16 88.3
15 Sydney Swans 4 7 0 16 84.8
16 Hawthorn Hawks 4 7 0 16 82.5
17 North Melbourne Kangaroos 3 9 0 12 83.1
18 Adelaide Crows 0 12 0 0 54.7

 

 

Here is the Balls GraphTM:

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Footy Tipping Contest

 

Here is where we are after Round Twelve:

 

P TIPPER Round
Tips
Round
Margin
Total Tips Total Margin
1 BFC 6 60 72 243
2 SonOfSpam 5 61 71 296
3 Dolph Ucker 6 56 71 301
4 Litre_cola 5 54 68 276
5 BALLS 5 55 67 296
6 6 72 66 392
7 Yeah Right 5 41 63 280
8 Sunrisesunrise 6 91 63 433
9 BC Dick 6 41 62 286
10 WhyEaglesWhy 7 41 59 291
11 Game Time Decision 4 63 56 376
12 Maestro 6 41 51 287
13 Reverend Mayhem 2 41 44 272
14 Sharkbait 2 41 44 438

 

 

Thanks to Sydney, there were no perfect scores this week. Congratulations to WhyEaglesWhy for getting the week’s top score!  For the first time all year, we did not have any movement in the ladder as all positions remained the same!

As always,

DON’T FORGET TO PUT THE FOOTY TIPS IN!

 

 

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I’ve been providing, for your advanced Tipping reference, the schedule for the next few rounds (All times Pacific). Here then are the game schedules for the rest of the year: 

 

Round Thirteen

Friday, August 21, 2020

2:50 AM – Gold Coast Suns v Carlton Blues at TIO Stadium (Northern Territory)

8:45 PM – Western Bulldogs v Melbourne Demons at Metricon Stadium 

11:35 PM – Port Adelaide Power v Hawthorn Hawks at Adelaide Oval

Saturday, August 22, 2020

2:40 AM – Essendon Bombers v Richmond Tigers at TIO Stadium (Northern Territory)

3:10 AM – Fremantle Dockers v Sydney Swans at Optus Stadium

8:05 PM – Adelaide Crows v Geelong Cats at Adelaide Oval

10:35 PM –  Brisbane Lions v St. Kilda Saints at The Gabba

Sunday, August 23, 2020

1:10 AM – West Coast Eagles v GWS Giants at Optus Stadium

Monday, August 24, 2020

2:10 AM – Collingwood Magpies v North Melbourne Kangaroos at The Gabba

 

Round Fourteen

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

11:40 PM – Hawthorn Hawks v Essendon Bombers at Adelaide Oval

Thursday, August 27, 2020

2:10 AM – Richmond Tigers v West Coast Eagles at Metricon Stadium

Friday, August 28, 2020

2:50 AM – Western Bulldogs v Geelong Cats at Metricon Stadium

8:45 PM – Port Adelaide Power v Sydney Swans at Adelaide Oval

11:35 PM – Fremantle Dockers v GWS Giants at Optus Stadium

Saturday, August 29, 2020

2:40 AM – Melbourne Demons v St. Kilda Saints at TIO Traeger Park, NT

10:35 PM – Carlton Blues v Collingwood Magpies at The Gabba

Sunday, August 30, 2020

1:10 AM – Gold Coast Suns v North Melbourne Kangaroos at Metricon Stadium

Round 14 Byes:  Adelaide Crows and Brisbane Lions

 

Round Fifteen

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

12:40 AM – Hawthorn Hawks v Adelaide Crows at Adelaide Oval

3:10 AM – West Coast Eagles v Essendon Bombers at The Gabba

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

2:10 AM – Richmond Tigers v Fremantle Dockers at Metricon Stadium

11:40 PM – Sydney Swans v Melbourne Demons at Cazaly’s Stadium, Cairns

Thursday, September 3, 2020

2:10 AM – GWS Giants v Carlton Blues at Metricon Stadium

Friday, September 4, 2020

2:50 AM – Brisbane Lions v Collingwood Magpies at The Gabba

Round 15 Byes: Gold Coast Suns, North Melbourne Kangaroos, Port Adelaide Power, Western Bulldogs, Geelong Cats, and St. Kilda Saints

 

Round Sixteen

Saturday, September 5, 2020

2:40 AM – North Melbourne Kangaroos v Port Adelaide Power at Metricon Stadium

8:05 PM – St. Kilda Saints v Hawthorn Hawks at Metricon Stadium

10:35 PM – Geelong Cats v Essendon Bombers at The Gabba

Sunday, September 6, 2020

1:10 AM – Western Bulldogs v West Coast Eagles at Metricon Stadium

Monday, September 7, 2020

2:10 AM – Melbourne Demons v Fremantle Dockers at Cazaly’s Stadium, Cairns

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

12:40 AM – Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants at Adelaide Oval

3:10 AM – Carlton Blues v Sydney Swans at Metricon Stadium

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

2:10 AM – Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns at The Gabba

Round 16 Byes:  Collingwood Magpies and Richmond Tigers

 

Round Seventeen

Thursday, September 10, 2020

2:10 AM – St. Kilda Saints v West Coast Eagles at The Gabba

Friday, September 11, 2020

2:50 AM – Geelong Cats v Richmond Tigers at Metricon Stadium

8:45 PM – North Melbourne Kangaroos v Fremantle Dockers at Metricon Stadium

11:35 PM – Port Adelaide Power v Essendon Bombers at Adelaide Oval

Saturday, September 12, 2020

2:40 AM – GWS Giants v Melbourne Demons at The Gabba

8:05 PM – Carlton Blues v Adelaide Crows at Metricon Stadium

10:35 PM – Hawthorn Hawks v Western Bulldogs at Adelaide Oval

Sunday, September 13, 2020

1:10 AM – Sydney Swans v Bribane Lions at Cazaly’s Stadium, Cairns

Monday, September 14, 2020

2:10 AM – Collingwood Magpies v Gold Coast Suns at The Gabba

 

Round Eighteen (Dates and Times TBD)

Adelaide Crows v Richmond Tigers

Brisbane Lions v Carlton Blues

Collingwood Magpies v Port Adelaide Power

Essendon Bombers v Melbourne Demons

Fremantle Dockers v Western Bulldogs

Hawthorn Hawks v Gold Coast Suns

North Melbourne Kangaroos v West Coast Eagles

St. Kilda Saints v GWS Giants

Sydney Swans v Geelong Cats

The postponed Essendon-Melbourne game will be made up in Round 18.  

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Without further ado, it’s

Balls’ Sechs

1- Adelaide may become the first team since the 1964 Fitzroy Lions (who later merged with the Brisbane Bears and became the Brisbane Lions) to go winless for an entire season.  They are that bad and they face Geelong, Richmond, GWS, Carlton, and Hawthorn to end the season.

2- The surprise of the Round for me was Collingwood getting thrashed by Melbourne.  The Pies are not that bad and the Demons are not that good. We’ll see if both teams head down the same path next round. 

3- The Lions almost gave the game away against the Roos.  It was a win, but it could not have given the Lions much confidence going into finals.  They need to play better if they hope to win a finals game. 

4- The Saints bounced back very nicely in taking care of the Bombers.  They were able to stop the Bombers from playing their style, which is similar to Richmond’s.  If they can do this in finals, they could go far.

5- The Hawks tried hard but it was too tall of a task to beat the Eagles at home.  The question now is whether they will start playing the kids and planning for next year.  And will there be a new coach?

6- We get one normal week before we start another Festival of Footy with games every day until the end of the regular season.  It’s going to be great!

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That’s all for this week.  

As discussed last week, Fox Sports has the rights to the AFL in the United States while TSN has the rights in Canada and the AFL is pressuring them to have more games available on the FS1, FS2, and TSN networks. Now is the perfect chance for you to see what all the fun is about! 

Not only that,  but ESPN has jumped back into the AFL pool! They’ll be broadcasting one game per week live on an ESPN network and streaming another live on ESPN3.

You can find the latest broadcast information on the Australian Football Association of North America website here.

Here is your Round 12 live broadcast schedule with North American broadcast partner:

Round Thirteen

Friday, August 21, 2020

2:50 AM – Gold Coast Suns v Carlton Blues at TIO Stadium (Northern Territory) (ESPN3, TSN5)

8:45 PM – Western Bulldogs v Melbourne Demons at Metricon Stadium (FS2)

11:35 PM – Port Adelaide Power v Hawthorn Hawks at Adelaide Oval (FS1, TSN5)

Saturday, August 22, 2020

2:40 AM – Essendon Bombers v Richmond Tigers at TIO Stadium (Northern Territory) (FS1, TSN1)

3:10 AM – Fremantle Dockers v Sydney Swans at Optus Stadium

8:05 PM – Adelaide Crows v Geelong Cats at Adelaide Oval

10:35 PM –  Brisbane Lions v St. Kilda Saints at The Gabba (FS2, TSN1)

Sunday, August 23, 2020

1:10 AM – West Coast Eagles v GWS Giants at Optus Stadium (FS2)

Monday, August 24, 2020

2:10 AM – Collingwood Magpies v North Melbourne Kangaroos at The Gabba (ESPN2, TSN5)

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Like before, the AFL Beat will have to run on a different schedule than normal in the next few weeks.  Here then are the publishing days and times for the next few weeks:

AFL Beat Round 13: Tuesday, August 25

AFL Beat Round 14: Monday, August 31

AFL Beat Round 15: Friday, September 4 (Another AFL Sexy Friday!)

AFL Beat Round 16: Wednesday, September 9

AFL Beat Round 17: Tuesday, September 15

See you next time!

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WhyEaglesWhy

Congrats on your win in the WEW-Balls Bowl! That was a frustrating game for sure. For most of it it felt like Port just needed one goal to make a game of it, and then Geelong just blew them out in the fourth. Nice win!

litre_cola

Saints in the Finals. Wont be there long internet friends.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Sharkbait

So if first place gets a gently used fleshlight, does last place get this fleshlight?
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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

This gif works every time!

Sharkbait

It’s the googly eyes that really bring it together

Game Time Decision

this GIF needs sound

SonOfSpam

Cue up the audio from “Anal Vixens 5” and it should work.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I think you can hear the voice (truck/exhaust/wet fart) in your head…….

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I can hear that to the tune of God Bless America.