AFL turns back the clock on preliminary final and squanders a chance to build the game

By Tim Lane
Updated September 17 2016 - 1:13pm, first published 12:26pm
Bulldogs players celebratie a goal. Photo: AFL Media/Getty Images
Bulldogs players celebratie a goal. Photo: AFL Media/Getty Images

A crowd of 87,823 on Friday night – for a couple of late-starters to the competition who once played perennial catch-up – was a stunning result. Almost as stunning as the one posted on the MCG scoreboard by night's end.

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