A few of the best stats to come from Saturday's Grand Final, including some real quirky ones.
JOELong
Joel Selwood broke the record for most finals played in V/AFL history with 40 finals.
Selwood became the first Geelong player in V/AFL history to win four premierships
Selwood has now won the same number of premierships combined between Adelaide, Fremantle, Gold Coast, GWS Giants, Port Adelaide and St Kilda.
Highway to the Danger Zone
Patrick Dangerfield became the second player in V/AFL history to win his first premiership after playing 300+ career matches.
305-Shane Crawford
303-Patrick Dangerfield
Isaac ‘Norm’ Smith
Isaac Smith became the oldest player to win the Norm Smith at the age of 33y and 268d. 62 days older than previous record holder Kevin Bartlett at the age of 33y 206d.
Smith also became the first player in V/AFL history to win a premiership at Hawthorn and Geelong.
First Smith to win the Norm Smith Medallist.
The Guthries
In 2011 Cameron Guthrie was an emergency for the Grand Final.
In 2020 Cameron played in his Grand Final, while younger brother Zach, was one of the emergencies on the night.
In 2022 they became the 24th set of brothers to win a premiership.
The Super Subs
2011: Mitch Duncan came on 10 disposals, 1 goal
2022: Brandon Parfitt came on 8 disposals, 1 goal
Brandan Parfitt becomes the first medical sub/23rd player to play on field for a premiership side in V/AFL history.
By The Numbers
It’s been a while since we’ve seen these jumper numbers play in a premiership side for the Cats:
16 - Sam De Koning 2022
16 - John Hyde 1952
18 - Tyson Stengle 2022
18 - Gordon Goninon 1952
32 - Gryan Miers 2022
32 - Loy Stewart 1951
Short Time Coming
Two years ago, Tom Atkins and Brad Close were both emergencies for the 2020 Grand Final, now they are premiership players.
The Coach
The Grand Final win was Chris Scott's 200th win as coach.
Team Stats
It was Geelong’s highest quarter time score in their history 6.5 (41). It was also the highest first-quarter score by a team in a V/AFL Grand Final since Hawthorn in 1989 8.4 (52).
This was Geelong's third highest score in a Grand Final in V/AFL history.
24.19 (163) 2007
21.12 (138) 1989
20.13 (133) 2022
It was the fourth time in Geelong's history that they have played in front 100,000 fans in a Grand Final.
The Quirky Ones
New Monarchs, Same Team, Same Result.
Grand Finals under the past 3 British monarchs:
King George VI
1937
Geelong v Collingwood
Geelong won by 32
Queen Elizabeth II
1952
Geelong v Collingwood
Geelong won by 46
King Charles III
2022
Geelong v Sydney
Geelong won by 81
The People's Ground
Saturday’s crowd was the highest crowd number for a Grand Final since 1986.
Players that have represented Geelong that played in front of 100,000 fans on multiple times:
2x JOEL SELWOOD
2x Graham "Polly" Farmer
2x Bill Goggin
2x Gordon Hynes
2x Tony Polinelli
2x John Sharrock
2x Doug Wade
2x Peter Walker
2x Roy West
