Coast’s not clear
HAWTHORN’S triple premiership player Josh Gibson believes West Coast are going to experience deja vu in Saturday’s AFL grand final.
Gibson was part of the Hawthorn side that lost to the Eagles in the 2015 qualifying final in Perth before redeeming themselves in the big one.
No team who have beaten an opponent in the first week of the finals and then faced them again in the grand final have won the premiership.
And Gibson believes that trend will continue when the Eagles take on the Pies on Saturday, even though their record this year is perfect when twin towers Josh Kennedy and Jack Darling play together.
“They are 12-0 when these guys play together but I do think they will be 12-1 after the weekend because there is a stat that says if you meet in the first week of finals and then you play each other again in the granny, the side that won that first one has never won the grand final,” Gibson said.