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Are AFL grand finals really the hardest game of the year? We checked the data

By Joel Garrett, Lecturer in Exercise Science and Physiology, Griffith University
Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, Adelaide University

Every September, Australian Football League (AFL) fans are told the same thing: the grand final is the hardest game of the year – faster, fiercer and more brutal than the matches that came before it.

It is something commentators, players…

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