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Article by Jake Niall – realfooty.com.au WITH minutes remaining in the 1989 grand final, battered Hawthorn was running out of legs and players; surging Geelong was running out of time. Yet the Hawks never resorted to what would now be considered percentage football. Would the match be so famous if they had? Hawthorn was exhausted [...]

So there I am on Friday afternoon and I don’t know if I can be bothered going to the footy. After all, it’s a hassle getting to the Dome that early and it’s only delayed by an hour on tv. But (Shane) Richo was keen and I mustered my enthusiasm. The traffic was ridiculous because [...]