Which VFL team qualified for the semi-finals despite losing their last 9 games of the regular season .. they then won their semi-final and the preliminary final and, in the grand final, beat the minor premiers to win the premiership?

Hope to have an answer for this one tonight, George. Nothing springs immediately to mind. Do you have any idea of roughly when it happened?

I know Fitzroy won the flag from last place about 100 years ago, but there were only four teams in the comp that year. I think it was during WW1.

you got it, it's Fitzroy!
the season was 1916, complete results for the season are here

Wow! I got the answer without even realising it... I just put that Fitzroy trivia in there as a 'show-off' thing.

Hold up!!!!!!! 'Australian' and 'Rules' .......surely, two words that should never be uttered in the same sentence?

A conglomeration of Rugby, Football(Soccer ), Curling, Hurling, Lacrosse, American Football, Hockey, Ice-Hockey, Basketball, Tiddly-winks, Connect-4, Wrestling, et-al!

We used to play a variation of it in the playground, using any small projectile that we could find. Extremely violent game! However...........we could never find any shorts or vests 'tight' enough!

S'Funny............how the majority of minority sports never have 'English' in front of them?

wez