Sadly the five day marathon of footy has drawn to a close. In a round which had more twists and turns than the latest GoT episode let’s recap the Anzac weekend through the opinionated scope of the Twittesphere!
Yet again, Round 6 of the AFL gave us plenty to Tweet about and it’s all here in another epic edition of Around the Tweets!
SUNDAY TWILIGHT
Geelong 15-14 (104) def. West Coast 7-4 (46)
The Cats celebrated their 2009 premiership team by making light work of the 2018 premiers in 58-point drumming!
GIVING GARRY – Garry Ablett Jnr may have plenty of harsh critics in the stands, but he’s making just as many mates on the ground putting five teammates through on goal.
With a career-high five goal assists, Gary Ablett Jnr moves into third on the all-time table.
(Note: Goal assists were first recorded in 2003.)#AFLCatsEagles #WeAreGeelong pic.twitter.com/slNpFLr0lB
— Geelong Cats (@GeelongCats) April 28, 2019
CAT FACTS – #1 scoring, #1 defending, #1 humility, #1 booed player?
https://twitter.com/drunk_logic/status/1122430797875519489
LOST IN TRANSIT? – West Coast yet to arrive in Geelong for their game last Sunday…
To be fair, West Coast did charter the Wright Brothers plane to Geelong, it took them several days to get there from Perth and the boys are a bit tired. #AFLCatsEagles pic.twitter.com/LxtWsbz4sZ
— Neds (@NedsAus) April 28, 2019
SUNDAY ARVO
Hawthorn 13-15 (93) def. Carlton 13-10 (88)
Carlton choke on their 6-goal halftime lead!
Jaeger comes to the party, has blues heads spinning!
Jaeger O'Meara has pieced together one of the most dominant midfield performances of the year.
43 disposals
24 contested possessions
9 clearances
6 inside 50s
1 goal
10 score involvements* 15 more disposals than any other player and career-high#AFLHawksBlues
— Adam White (@White_Adam) April 28, 2019
“Dear @HawthornFC, there are not enough Jaeger O’Meara’s. Please create three. I am not a crackpot.” #AFLHawksBlues #TheMightyFighting pic.twitter.com/Djd3XFmw5c
— Andrew Johnston (@ARJ7X) April 28, 2019
Carlton fail to win back-to-back premierships..
Was always going be to tough for Carlton to back up after winning the premiership last week #AFLHawksBlues
— Ronny Lerner (@RonnyLerner) April 28, 2019
SATURDAY NIGHT
Fremantle 13-10 (88) def. Western Bulldogs 9-15 (69)
Dockers put down Dogs as Mundy hits three hundy!
Mundy finally logs ample frequent flyer points to secure enough Perth-Bali return flight to tie him over during retirement.
Most kilometres traveled in planes for @AFL games
860,998 – Matthew Pavlich
749,278 – DAVID MUNDY
749,260 – Glen Jakovich
727,530 – Dean Cox
717,228 – Guy McKenna
@freodockers #AFLFreoDogs #Mundy3Hundy— Swamp (@sirswampthing) April 27, 2019
No Bulldogs fans at the ground to Boo Mundy during his milestone game…
Well done Dav Mundy on 300. absolute superstar player who just continues to get it done #AFLFreoDogs
— Scott Pendlebury (@SP_10) April 27, 2019
Respect to @westernbulldogs for staying on the ground while @davemundy16 got chaired off. 👏 #aflfreodogs #Mundy3hundy
— MITCH (@mitchthomas87) April 27, 2019
Sydney Swans 12-7 (79) def.by. GWS Giants 18-12 (120)
Sydney bleeds…Orange!
Cameron hits his weekly quota of snags
Complete list of players with 3+ goals in every match in 2019
JEREMY CAMERONComplete list of players with 2+ goals in every match in 2019
JEREMY CAMERON@GWSGIANTS #AFLSwansGiants @AFL
— Swamp (@sirswampthing) April 27, 2019
Toby Greene is mistaken for Garry Ablett Jnr by Swans fans.
https://twitter.com/leachitup/status/1122072803224633344
Poor man’s Judd justifies Swans no show with a list of bucks and bulls.
Swans fans, don’t be too discouraged by our loss tonight. We had a lot of young players in the team tonight who are still getting better and we were also missing a bunch of experienced, premiership winning players.
We’ll improve, we’ll get there!#ProudlySydney #AFLSwansGiants pic.twitter.com/Ca2QjcjiYX— L Juddy (@l_juddy) April 27, 2019
SATURDAY ARVO
St Kilda 10-8 (68) def.by. Adelaide 15-7 (97)
The Saints slow their march.
The Bull does his best to promotion crowd participation
Class #AFLSaintsCrows pic.twitter.com/Tig0QRiaR9
— Darren (@Allkai) April 27, 2019
Tex puts on his best performance since his Twitter feud with Nick Kyrgios.
TEX ON FIRE! 🔥#AFLSaintsCrows pic.twitter.com/sAeVZdCDqx
— AFL (@AFL) April 27, 2019
Texan on fireeee 🔥🔥 #AFLSaintsCrows
— Paul Seedsman (@paulseed40) April 27, 2019
SATURDAY MIDDAY
Gold Coast 9-8 (62) def.by. Brisbane 16-15 (111)
The mighty Brisbane Lions (proudly sponsored by NEDS) extinguish the Suns in a QClash blowout.
All tricks no kicks, footy observer ‘Rohan’ reckons modern footy is more thrill than skill.
Don't have any stats to back it up, but purely from observation, boy, kicking skills have been abysmal this season. #AFLSunsLions
— Rohan Connolly (@rohan_connolly) April 27, 2019
Scotty Cummings with the Zinger! QClash should be played at the G.
They should take the Q Clash off these two teams. #AFLSunsLions
— Scotty Cummings (@ScottyCummings_) April 27, 2019
FRIDAY NIGHT
Port Adelaide 12-16 (88) def. North Melbourne 11-6 (72)
North Melbourne Rue missed opportunities.
10 Questions Science have no answers for:
#1 – Is Xavier Duursma the love child of Robin Hood & Egg Boy???
Has anyone ever seen Xavier Duursma and ‘Eggboy’ in the same room? 🤔#AFLPowerNorth pic.twitter.com/Vsngv35uuR
— Paul White (@Tigerwhite1977) April 26, 2019
Are you 👍 or 👎 on Xavier Duursma’s bow and arrow celebration? 🏹 #AFLPowerNorth #AFL pic.twitter.com/ma5DfiFxv6
— SportsbyFry (@sportsbyfry) April 26, 2019
Former Port “Champion” Booed despite Bucks stand for change.
https://twitter.com/pascarooba/status/1121735065866657793
Shame on those who booed this haircut. #AFLPowerNorth pic.twitter.com/oNi86998gh
— O'Shanassy Street (@Oshanassystreet) April 26, 2019
ANZAC DAY CLASSIC
Essendon 10-9 (69) def.by. Collingwood 10-13 (73)
Essendon 10-9 (69) def.by. Collingwood 10-13 (73)
The Collingwood umPIES get the job done in a 4-point Anzac Day thriller!
The umpires honour the men and women who have served with a moment of whistle silence during the 4th quarter.
umpires ruining another game. Hey steve hocking! How about you actually take responsibility for the shit umpiring rather than dishing it off to a disgruntled and bemused fan base u cunt.#AFLDonsPies
— Educatednuffy (@educatednuffy) April 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/staffo_sez/status/1121321653911244800
https://twitter.com/tajevans1/status/1121317055980945408
I've got a rule idea for the #AFL How about we pay a free kick if a player who had prior opportunity gets tackled and doesn't dispose of the ball correctly? We can call it holding the ball, and the umpires can make a sweeping motion with their arms. Great theatre.#AFLDonsPies
— Power Pig (@PowerPigDT) April 25, 2019
Collingwood fans with some short memories..
Booed Nick Riewoldt at the 2010 Grand Final Parade.. Please climb off those high horses 🙏#AFLDonsPies
— Benny Mc (@bennymc7) April 25, 2019
Bucks stands up for the umpires (Pendles) – “Shame on anyone that booed a champion.
Collingwood fans would’ve never booed Heppell…
Pies fans-
Booed Goodes
Booed Dom Sheed
Booed Riewoldt at the grand final parade
Booed Lenny Hayes (a champion) when he won the norm smith medal.Hypocritical much?#AFLDonsPies #booing #buckley
— puntrdend🐯 (@puntrdend17) April 25, 2019
Nobody was booing Pendlebury you fucking arseclown. Fans were booing because they just got fucken robbed #AFLDonsPies
— David Kock and Phanny (@stupidbomberfan) April 25, 2019
BT boycotts Anzac Day following the late out of Orazio Fantasia
ANZAC DAY EVE
Richmond 12-13 (85) def. Melbourne 6-6 (42)
The Tigers put on a hell of a performance against the dull Demons.
Dees fans turn on their own!
https://twitter.com/maddydickson16/status/1121021084667531264
Do not get me started on Petracca has anyone peaked higher as an 18 year old… #AFLTigersDees
— Josh Turville (@turvs1) April 24, 2019
Has anyone got a spare forward line lying around? #AFLTigersDees
— Titus O'Reily (@TitusOReily) April 24, 2019
Tiges now a chance without Rance!
Wins for RICH without Alex Rance in the side
3 in the past 12 days
2 in the 3,176 days before that
@Richmond_FC #AFLTigersDees @AFL— Swamp (@sirswampthing) April 24, 2019
Stacks on! Sydney all the talk in Melbourne…
SYDNEY STACK 😤
Watch #AFLTigersDees on 7. pic.twitter.com/nhEccCuk5c
— 7AFL (@7AFL) April 24, 2019
Absolutely stunning from Sydney Stack #AFLTigersDees
— Campbell brown (@Browndogg_30x) April 24, 2019
Sydney Stack with the cult hero trifecta – speccy mark, hip and shoulder, massive torp. #AFLTigersDees @afl @Richmond_FC
— Hambones (@hambones87) April 24, 2019
High Stack ✈️#AFLTigersDees #gotiges pic.twitter.com/o5eZcx7LP7
— Richmond FC 🐯 (@Richmond_FC) April 24, 2019