Rivalries in the Australian Football League won by Sydney, 2013 Qualifying Final won by Hawthorn and 2014 Grand Final which was won by Hawthorn. While the St Kilda Football Club have tasted little success in the history of Australian Rules football, only acquiring one premiership in 1966 against the Collingwood Football Club, St Kilda have been a strong team in the modern era of the AFL. This is demonstrated no better than the clashes with Geelong during the 2000s and 2010s. The seasons between 2005-2011, both clubs were powerhouses, with St Kilda and Geelong both at the top of the AFL ladder during the 2009 Home
1944 VFL Grand Final other. 1944 VFL Grand Final The 1944 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Junction Oval in Melbourne on 30 September 1944. It was the 48th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1944 VFL season. The match, attended by 43,000 spectators, was won by Fitzroy by a margin of 15 points, marking that club's first premiership since 1922, and its eighth (and final) premiership. This was the last Grand Final to have two captain-coaches playing against