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I notice that West Coast’s Greg Clark hasn’t won a match in his 19-game career. Who holds the record for most matches without ever winning a game?

ALAN HARPER, POOWONG, VIC

LE: The good news for Greg Clark he still has 21 matches to go to equal University’s Lester Kelly record of 40 games without a win. If Clark were to finish his career now, he would join a list of 18 players that have never won an AFL/VFL game over 19 career matches. Current players Adam Tomlinson (21 games), Nick Haynes (15), Ben King (15), Flynn Perez (15) and Lachie Whitfield (15) took some time to record their first career win. St Kilda defender Ted Hall holds the record for most matches before his first win with a crazy 62-match streak! Carlton’s Eric Cochran holds the record for playing the most games without losing a match in his career with nine. But if current Port Adelaide pair Francis Evans and Dylan Williams were to stop playing now, they would overtake Cochran and create a new AFL/VFL record with 12 and 11 respectively.

Never Won A Match

ROUND 14, 2022

u Richmond opened the final bye round with a strong 15-point win over fellow finals aspirant Carlton in front of 50,741 fans at the MCG on Thursday night.

Never Lost A Match

Midfielder Dion Prestia (31 disposals) starred for the Tigers with the win lifting Richmond from ninth to sixth. Essendon put a dent in St Kilda’s finals hopes, upsetting the Saints by 35 points at Marvel Stadium on Friday night. The following day, Port Adelaide secured a home win over the Sydney Swans by 23 points with Ollie Wines (35 disposals) back to his Brownlow Medal-winning form and in-form forward Todd Marshall kicking four goals. West Coast rolled out a cavalcade of former stars as part of its 1992 premiership celebrations, but Geelong – the club the Eagles downed in the decider 30 years ago –held on for a three-goal win. Tom Hawkins kicked three goals, including the 700th of his career. The Western Bulldogs won a shootout against GWS despite Toby Greene kicking a career-high seven goals for the Giants. Gold Coast stayed in finals contention with a 43-point win over Adelaide.

CAN YOU ASSIST?

played only one AFL match back in 2015. His grandfather Ian Cooper played 69 games and kicked 31 goals for St Kilda between 1964-69.

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St Kilda defeated Sydney at the SCG for the first time since which year?

A 2004 B 2009 C 2014 D 2019

The opening quarter was the Swans’ first scoreless term since which year?

A 1992 B 1997 C 2005 D 2009

How many times had this previously happened at the SCG?

A 6 B 4 C 2 D 0

Who extended his lead in the AFLCA Player of the Year after another masterclass last Friday night?

A Marcus Bontempelli

B Connor Rozee C Zak Butters

D Tim English

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Who kicked two late goals to thwart a Bulldogs’ comeback?

A S am Powell-Pepper

B D arcy Byrne-Jones

C J ason Horne-Francis

D J eremy Finlayson