Youngest Premiership Teams - Since 1980

[angelopetraglia]

Bulldogs 3rd youngest since 1980.

Rank Year Days Team Year
1 24y 57d, COLL 2010
2 24y 106d, ESS 1993
3 24y 145d, WB 2016
4 24y 166d, WC 1992
5 24y 197d, CARL 1987
6 24y 219d, HAW 2008
7 24y 286d, ADEL 1997
8 25y 32d, ADEL 1998
9 25y 39d, ESS 1984
10 25y 56d, COLL 1990
11 25y 84d, WC 2006
12 25y 92d, CARL 1981
13 25y 117d, RICH 1980
14 25y 119d, WC 1994
15 25y 151d, BL 2001
16 25y 180d, HAW 1983
17 25y 180d, GEEL 2007
18 25y 237d, NM 1999
19 25y 241d, ESS 2000
20 25y 273d, SYD 2005
21 25y 288d, HAW 1986
22 25y 289d, ESS 1985
23 25y 314d, CARL 1982
24 26y 47d, NM 1996
25 26y 132d, BL 2002
26 26y 133d, HAW 1989
27 26y 136d, HAW 1988
28 26y 166d, HAW 1991
29 26y 183d, SYD 2012
30 26y 259d, GEEL 2009
31 26y 264d, BL 2003
32 26y 279d, HAW 2013
33 26y 282d, CARL 1995
34 26y 294d, HAW 2014
35 27y 3d, PA 2004
36 27y 100d, GEEL 2011
37 27y 304d, HAW 2015

[Twodogs]

Re: Youngest Premiership Teams - Since 1980

We should have dropped Matty Boyd or Dale Morris and bought in the youngest guy on the list. That would have got us accross the line.

[Bulldog Joe]

Re: Youngest Premiership Teams - Since 1980

List highlights how well Nathan Buckley has looked after the list he inherited.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Youngest Premiership Teams - Since 1980

List highlights how well Nathan Buckley has looked after the list he inherited.

This. Add in their trades and he'd have already been sacked at any other club. Now he's throwing big money at elderly free agents...

[angelopetraglia]

Re: Youngest Premiership Teams - Since 1980

It does give us hope moving forward for sure.

Pies 2010 did stuff it up. But, they still made the GF in 2011 (in front at 3/4 time and only lost three games in 2011, all to Geelong) and made the Prelim in 2012.

Ess 1993 didn't capitalise immediately, but with a core group of '93 players were minor Premiers in '99, '00 and '01. '00 was the most dominant year I have ever seen in the AFL.

WC 1992 They won the flag in 1994 and then made the finals for seven more consecutive years.

Blues 1987 Were competitive moving forward. Played in the GF in 1993 and only lost two games in 1995 on the road to another Premiership.

Hawks 2008 We all know the story. Had a minor hiccup. But then with the same core group played in 4 GFs in a row for a threepeat.

[Remi Moses]

Re: Youngest Premiership Teams - Since 1980

The Malthouse v Buckley situation cost the pies a second .
They just de-railed the whole joint

[The Doctor]

Re: Youngest Premiership Teams - Since 1980

The Malthouse v Buckley situation cost the pies a second .
They just de-railed the whole joint

Eddie presided over this debacle. All so he could continue to have his bromance with Nafan. Malthouse had them flying. Eddie should be held accountable. But then again they're Collingwood so who cares

[Twodogs]

Re: Youngest Premiership Teams - Since 1980

The Malthouse v Buckley situation cost the pies a second .
They just de-railed the whole joint

It all became about Buckley this and Malthose that. I'm not the greatest Mick Malthouse fan but letting Bucks undermine him like that was a stupid thing to for Eddie to do. Malthouse had that team humming like a top and shafting him was the height of stupidity.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Youngest Premiership Teams - Since 1980

Eddie presided over this debacle. All so he could continue to have his bromance with Nafan. Malthouse had them flying. Eddie should be held accountable. But then again they're Collingwood so who cares

I'm sure Eddie already told his puppet board to review everything and clear him. So it's all clear.

[Twodogs]

Re: Youngest Premiership Teams - Since 1980

It does give us hope moving forward for sure.

Pies 2010 did stuff it up. But, they still made the GF in 2011 (in front at 3/4 time and only lost three games in 2011, all to Geelong) and made the Prelim in 2012.

Ess 1993 didn't capitalise immediately, but with a core group of '93 players were minor Premiers in '99, '00 and '01. '00 was the most dominant year I have ever seen in the AFL.

WC 1992 They won the flag in 1994 and then made the finals for seven more consecutive years.

Blues 1987 Were competitive moving forward. Played in the GF in 1993 and only lost two games in 1995 on the road to another Premiership.

Hawks 2008 We all know the story. Had a minor hiccup. But then with the same core group played in 4 GFs in a row for a threepeat.

That 1995 Carlton team was pretty good. I think it went 20 and 2.

We made the finals in 1995. Were they the one when Gary Lyon kicked 10 goals and David Schwartz 30 marks ar CHF?

[Bornadog]

Re: Youngest Premiership Teams - Since 1980

That 1995 Carlton team was pretty good. I think it went 20 and 2.

We made the finals in 1995. Were they the one when Gary Lyon kicked 10 goals and David Schwartz 30 marks ar CHF?

That was 1994

[Webby]

Re: Youngest Premiership Teams - Since 1980

Little known fact is that in 1995, the Carlton Football Club had 17 players play more than 17 games and used 32 in total.
In 2002, the Lions used 30 players.
In 2000, Essendon used 31.

I believe we used 39 this year and that's five more than any premiership team in history.

Imagine if we'd had virtually no injuries for the year! We'd have gone close to undefeated..