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Chris Shinners takes readers on a 50km walk to visit
every VFL ground in Melbourne within a day HERE

 

ROUND 8

Collingwood 15.3.93 drew with Hawthorn 13.15.93
Western Bulldogs 15.12.102 d by Fremantle 17.12.114
Adelaide 11.10.76 d Port Adelaide 11.9.75
Essendon 11.13.79 d by Brisbane 22.11.143
West Coast 13.10.88 d by Richmond 15.9.99
Geelong 21.9.135 d North Melbourne 13.8.86
Carlton 9.15.69 d by St Kilda 16.12.108
Sydney 19.17.131 d Melbourne 17.12.114
Gold Coast 11.17.83 d GWS 8.15.63

 ROUNDS 1-7

 

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