Western Bulldogs

Six thousand, two hundred and three days. And counting. The wait will continue for at least another year for Essendon, whose finals win drought will extend to 18 years and whose season is over after being outclassed by the Western Bulldogs in a drenched …

Bulldogs too good in the wet, ending Essendon's season again in the first week of finals ESSENDON'S finals curse has stretched to six straight elimination final losses as the Western Bulldogs ran away 13.

The Western Bulldogs have produced an eight-goal-to-none second half to register a 49-point AFL elimination final victory over Essendon in Launceston.

Watch every 2021 Toyota AFL Finals Series match before Grand Final. Live & Ad-Break Free on Kayo. New to Kayo? Try 14-days free > The Lions are set to welcome the Bulldogs to the Gabba on Saturday, having earned the right to host a home semi-final.

Essendon star Darcy Parish has continued his remarkable 2021 season, putting together a finals quarter for the ages in a bid to will his side to victory against the Western Bulldogs during Sunday’s Elimination Final.

The Western Bulldogs have stumbled into the finals, literally tumbling out of the top four via losses in the last three rounds to finish fifth. Essendon are in form and playing with little expectation,

ANOTHER classy and disciplined performance has secured Melbourne a preliminary final spot after beating Brisbane 13.15 (93) to 9.6 (60) at Adelaide Oval. The Lions will now face off against the winner of Sunday's Western Bulldogs and Essendon clash in a do …

And yet it might not even be the piece de resistance of Rutten’s 2021 coaching repitoir – that honour could go to setting the stage for Jake Stringer to become the best player in the competition right now,

From a potential first minor premiership to facing the threat of an AFL elimination final exit for the third year in a row, the Western Bulldogs' slide has been seriously dramatic. Despite three straight defeats to end the home-and-away season,

"You feel the lift in intensity and the lift in focus to the game so it's exciting." This iteration of the Bombers, much like the vaunted Baby Bombers in 2000, are a young team on the rise. Playing with speed and crisp ball movement,