What They Can Do Next Week

Sandy Roberts, a commentator for the AFL once said these words; "We'll se what the Dogs will do next week". This was refering to the Western Bulldogs in the 1997 premliminary final against the Adelaide Crows. The Bulldogs, up by 22 going into the 4th quater, were taken down by Adelaide after scoring 6 points to Adelaides 30. However, during the dying minutes of the clock, a Western Bulldogs player named Chris Grant almost scored a goal, but using his right foot to kick left stumbled him, and he went across for a point. This timeline will look at the history of the AFL if a late goal was scored by Chris Grant and one of the best teams of the late 90's got to the finals.

Overview
Shortly before the end of the second preliminary final of the 1997 season, Adelaide held the front by 3 points. The Bulldogs had finally got their chance at goal, winning the hitout at the center and sending it along towards their foward 50. The ball was then kicked deep into the Bulldogs 50 and knocked by a Adelaide player. As the ball rolled towards the goals, Chris Grant picked the ball up and hit it onto his left boot as it passed two Adelaide players and rolled into goal. The Bulldogs now infront by 3, won the hitout again and kicked the ball towards their 50, but the ball was marked by a Crows player and kicked to the outside, and as Adelaide began to pick up momentum, the siren rang out, and the Western Bulldgos were in their first Grand Final since 1954. The Western Bulldogs went into the Grand Finals looking like premiership favourites, and they delivered. They won all quaters, and the final score against the runners-up, St. Kilds, was 22.15 (147) to 14.11 (95).