At the beginning of the AFL finals series the nation celebrated something truly rare — every single State in the league was represented come September.

The success of the game’s nationwide reach appeared evident but now, two weeks later, here we are going into the preliminary finals at the MCG with the usual suspects from Victoria.

Collingwood, Geelong, Hawthorn, plus Brisbane have dominated the end of September for the past two decades, and again are the the last four standing.

It might be the AFL from March to August but we should probably look at reverting to calling it the VFL by September.

As interstate fans again argue what could have been, Collingwood, Geelong, Hawthorn and Brisbane fans will again take their seats at the MCG as if it’s a God-given right.

The four teams fightin

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