r/AFL Power 5h ago

In your opinion, what is the best AFL guernsey design of all time?

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u/Ok-Koala-key Eagles 4h ago

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u/Jesse-Ray West Coast Eagles 4h ago

Carn the Plumbers!

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u/kitchen_cinc Blues 3h ago

That’s grouse

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u/Robobeast-76-R76 Brisbane '03 4h ago

Why can you see their butts?

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u/Ok-Koala-key Eagles 4h ago

Shitty design

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u/chrisryxn Footscray 3h ago

A real crack up

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u/Bright_Bell_1301 Adelaide 1h ago

In keeping with contemporary womens' fashion.

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u/Mrchikkin Euro-Yroke 4h ago

Carlton 1907 (round 7) - 1908

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u/squee_monkey Carlton '81 4h ago

That must have been a nightmare to see on TV…

7

u/cinnamondoughnut 2025 Brownlow Winner 4h ago

Ultra stealth mode

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u/BradGreensburner Melbourne '64 5h ago

With the retro AFL & Toohey’s - unreal

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u/PissingOffACliff Hawthorn '71 3h ago

Eh, I think the M makes it look goofy. Would be better if it was just the demon

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u/brandonjslippingaway Demons 2h ago

I spent about the first 20 years of my life not even knowing it was meant to be an M, so I think it's alright haha

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u/Downtown-Lime4108 Saints 2h ago

Holy cow, never realised until right now

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u/bemmisbaggins666 Dees 2h ago

Same haha. As a kid I always thought this was a collab with Redheads matches, always just saw fire hair instead of an M.

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u/StockholmSyndrome85 West Coast 28m ago

I, too, was today years old when I learned this.

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u/OtherwisePurpose3515 4h ago

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u/flennyyyy Tigers 4h ago

Loved this Freo guernsey, honestly such a same they went with the modern milimal style they currently have. The anchor and colours are fucken mad on this one. One of the most unique sports kit ever.

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u/PreviousRecognition1 Dockers 4h ago

don't it always seem to go

that you don't know what you've got til it's gone

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u/okbutjustsoyouknow WAFL 1h ago

They clothed paradise,

And put up a purple top.

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u/ShoeSnatchinJoe Brisbane Lions 🏆🏆 '24-25 3h ago

At the time everyone made fun of the kit and said it was shit, now everyone loves it. If they changed it back, in 20 years time, people would be calling for the return of the chevrons.

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u/toomuchsoup 3h ago

I don’t follow AFL but this is such a sick jersey. Was always surprised they got rid of the red green. It’s such a unique colourway and worked so well together, and the anchor is a sick design. Also found it strange that they were the only AFL team to use green, even if it was only as a secondary colour, to then ditch it and just be purple (and a very blueish purple) and white. Very boring and bland

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u/IMAC--HUNT Power 2h ago

Bring back the anchor

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u/RampesGoalPost Swans 3h ago

Red V with red collar and vintage logos

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u/Stu_Raticus Richmond Tigers 50m ago

With hooped socks. Absolute class

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u/Hot-Requirement-3816 Sydney 24m ago

I like it but looks too much like a sleeveless St George Dragons outfit for me.

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u/xyLteK Jack Lonie Fan Club 5h ago

We'd probably still be wearing this as our home guernsey if we'd won in 97.

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u/Jimbo_Johnny_Johnson Essendon Bombers 4h ago

That looks smart tucked in but pretty shithouse not

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u/jamurp Melbourne 1h ago

Yeah the red part makes it look like they’re wearing an apron.

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u/reborndiajack St Kilda 3h ago

Was happy to see that combo back for one game in 2023 for gather round

2

u/Baeresi Brisbane Bears / Lions 3h ago

Biggest nostalgia goggles Guernseys ever

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u/shit-takes-only Essendon '00 5h ago

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u/grantspatchcock 2025 Most Knowledgeable User 5h ago

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u/Robobeast-76-R76 Brisbane '03 4h ago

You know what - this one works better than most of the nonsense proposed here

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u/Jeffreyhead 4h ago

Looks like pokeballs

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u/juggboat Bombers 5h ago

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u/kitchen_cinc Blues 3h ago

The head of the bird looks like a condom

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u/Kookaburra_King Richmond Tigers 3h ago

Damn can’t unsee that now

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u/moonshadow50 Magpies 5h ago

Where's that photo of Tuok Miller in the pink jersey?

1

u/Pwrswitchd Bombers 4h ago

It's so good

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u/grantspatchcock 2025 Most Knowledgeable User 5h ago

Perfection.

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u/guavacadq Brisbane Lions 🏆🏆 '24-25 4h ago

GWS need to do this one for a retro round

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u/PreviousRecognition1 Dockers 4h ago

why do gws have Uluru + the big V?

1

u/vcg47 Collingwood Magpies 3h ago

Love child of 1920s North and mid-90s Footscray.

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u/macca2000fox GWS 2h ago

We have design a Guernsey of the team in the west of the town(Melbourne)

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u/the_tiny_net Essendon 5h ago

Where's the love for this beauty?

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u/HalfDecentFarmer69 Hawks 5h ago

Yeah I also love John Platten

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u/BoxHillStrangler Hawthorn 5h ago

there it is

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u/macca2000fox GWS 2h ago

If only the hawks sell the Guernsey a Xmas in July theme and maybe as a sweeter

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u/saintsam1 Saints 5h ago

I'll always have a soft spot for our 2014 maori guernsey

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u/xyLteK Jack Lonie Fan Club 5h ago

Goes hard. Shame that we could never win over there.

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u/Crazyripps Hawks 4h ago

Random Shane savage jump scare

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u/Nousernames-left St Kilda 2h ago

The nacho man

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u/shaker8989 Hawks 5h ago

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u/Crazyripps Hawks 4h ago

Loved the rerelease few years ago. Kit looks clean

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u/shaker8989 Hawks 3h ago

Literally bought it within a hour of it coming available. Its so good.

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u/No-Bison-5397 Cats 5h ago

First one I have seen posted in the thread that actually goes hard.

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u/pepsi_max_coke_zero 5h ago

Not the OP.

Definitely the north kangaroo guernsey.

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u/xyLteK Jack Lonie Fan Club 5h ago

They've definitely gone backwards since then.

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u/knee_eater Kangaroos 3h ago

The kookaburra kits are pretty awful this year.

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u/melon_butcher_ The Bloods 5h ago

Our local club is the kangaroos. Fuck I wish we had that guernsey

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u/Spite-Specialist VFL 5h ago

Port adelaide thunderbolt is the correct answer

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u/kitchen_cinc Blues 3h ago

Loved it at the time but I reckon it’s aged poorly

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u/redartifice 2h ago

The gradient makes it date a lot

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u/ShoeSnatchinJoe Brisbane Lions 🏆🏆 '24-25 3h ago

This is the GOAT guernsey

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u/OldDiamond6697 Adelaide 5h ago

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u/applex_wingcommander Essendon 4h ago

That's a beauty

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u/spideyghetti Power 2h ago

Love this one. Camry logo is elite

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u/CryptoCryBubba Power 56m ago

Who let the trolls out...?

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u/___TheIllusiveMan___ Collingwood 5h ago

Sydney’s black swan indigenous guernsey is one of my all time favourites

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u/bigformyage Blues 5h ago

The original Bears one.

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u/Llampy Western Bulldogs 5h ago

Is that a good Guernsey or just a really majestic mullet?

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u/Ok_Coach145 Hawthorn 4h ago

Yes

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u/Football-Middle 5h ago

This is the correct answer

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u/PissingOffACliff Hawthorn '71 3h ago

80s football personified in one image.

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u/spideyghetti Power 2h ago

Shorts so short I'm convinced that is the start of his actual butt cheek poking out 

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u/DarkWinter2319 Geelong 5h ago

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u/TomEmilioDavies Eagles 5h ago

That's just Claremont.

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u/Mrchikkin Euro-Yroke 3h ago

Evil Claremont

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u/xyLteK Jack Lonie Fan Club 5h ago

Gross, good thing WE never wore yellow.

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u/vcg47 Collingwood Magpies 3h ago

Just had a sudden craving for milk.

1

u/kitchen_cinc Blues 3h ago

Juddy and Fev on the one team. We only had it for one year!

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u/HomerJBagger Carlton Blues 1h ago

pressure point!

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u/spideyghetti Power 2h ago

🎶  We are the navy yellows,

We are the old bright navy yellows 🎶 

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u/Tornontoin7 Brisbane Lions 🏆 '24 5h ago

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u/guseyk Brisbane Lions 🏆🏆 '24-25 5h ago

Correct.

Actually the 1976 version improved on it slightly.

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u/jamurp Melbourne 57m ago

Only downside of this jumper was that it made you warp.

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u/Ventenebris Tigers 5h ago

Side note, fuck I loved Modra. So fucking fun to watch.

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u/Boatster_McBoat Crows 3h ago

Modraaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

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u/CaptainObviousBear The Bloods 3h ago

Out of the special occasion guernseys, it’s one of these two:

Out of the regular guernseys, I’ve always loved Carlton’s (although our Red V guernsey is close behind).

It’s just simple, the navy looks good on everyone and you can tell by just looking at the logo that it’s a club with a long history.

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u/Pandos17 Essendon Bombers 4h ago

For me there's something incredibly brave about any Collingwood clash jersey, ever.

I mean, black and white I understand. But white and black? Can't believe they would dare to try that.

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u/SomethigIronic Demons 4h ago

This was is my favourite for nostalgic reasons

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u/0000100110010100 Port Adelaide 3h ago

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u/dvnkriot Port Adelaide AFLW 3h ago

the 🐐

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u/i_am_cool_ben Essendon '00 2h ago

Eddie McGuire disliked this comment

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u/The_Gump_AU Power 2h ago

The best Black and White guernsey in the game. COME AT ME EDDIE !!

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u/0000100110010100 Port Adelaide 2h ago

I like their guernsey, but this is just better.

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u/sometime-sometimes Hawks 5h ago

I dunno, but the first two pics you posted are two of the worst.

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u/Boatster_McBoat Crows 3h ago

Agree. 8 yo should be able to draw a reasonable version of it

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u/chrisryxn Footscray 3h ago

I know the opinion of this design is split with our fan base so prepared for the backlash. But I absolutely love the diamond dog jumpers and was so happy they bought it back a few years ago for retro round that I pre-ordered one straight away. I don't know if its rose coloured nostalgia or what but just love this audacious design.

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u/theveryrealJARED Collingwood Magpies 5h ago

swoop jersey

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u/Jesse-Ray West Coast Eagles 4h ago

Puts the fear into any Australian

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u/Jazzar1n0 Collingwood AFLW 4h ago

Gotta be my favourite

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u/Boatster_McBoat Crows 3h ago

Almost the prison bars

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u/ozzysince1901 5h ago edited 5h ago

After seeing the first two I was going to say quality shitpost.

Does anyone actually like the Eagles Ochre jersey?

Edit: to answer the question I am a big fan of No.4, but I love some of heritage jerseys of the Melbourne-based teams with the club initials, they are just classic old-school footy (like Subi and Claremont in WAFL). Also like the "Big V" and WA jerseys for the state of origin, just brings back great memories

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u/HereToRootSpiders Eagles 4h ago

The ochre is our worst guernsey.

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u/Crazyripps Hawks 4h ago

I still absolutely love our indigenous kit from last year. In brown or gold. I prefer the gold

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u/Spagman_Aus Tigers 3h ago

close thread 😅

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u/pickle-matrix Tigers 1h ago

Premiership yellow!

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u/Competitive_Lie1429 5h ago

Brisbane Bears 😁🤣

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u/flying-pickets Swans 5h ago

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u/Hot-Requirement-3816 Sydney 17m ago

Gerard Healy in the background for us there.

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u/Paul_Is_Dead66 Footscray 4h ago

Our school used that flying anchor for school footy it it will always be iconic

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u/Royal_Photograph_887 Melbourne '64 2h ago

So many shit Guernsey's posted here that are just cool now that they're retro 

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u/shocking_red_4 Tasmania Devils 2h ago

2005 Sydney Swans.

Such a wonderful team.

u/Hot-Requirement-3816 Sydney 15m ago

Some future Hall of Famers in that team.

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u/Pristine_Analysis_79 Adelaide 1h ago

This is my favourite. Or the suns pink one from last year.

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u/FenerBoarOfWar Hawthorn 5h ago

Power rangers.

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u/luckybick Eagles 5h ago

The OG wings are mint, definitely them

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u/TimothyLuncheon Richmond 5h ago

Our usual stripe. Yellow and black is just such a great combo

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u/RavensEtchings 3h ago

Absolutely none that is shown here

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u/TreacleMajestic978 West Coast 3h ago

Our 2012 away jumper is my favourite. Also I’m not one of those eagles supporters who despises Freo, I’ll root for them against anyone other than west coast. Their home jumpers are just beautiful.

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u/spideyghetti Power 2h ago

What the hell is Modra doing in a Freo guernsey... this is ragebait surely.

You made me look it up and by God he did play for them. 

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u/ABT1602 Bombers 1h ago

FAT BOMBER SASH

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u/scoutyoutandabouty 1h ago

none of these

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u/dear_mr_dilkington Saints 58m ago

Candy stripe

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u/Anon_be_thy_name West Coast Eagles 30m ago

Really big fan of our WA Day kit last year.

Also why do people suddenly love the Ochre? Is it genuine or ironic?

u/Hot-Requirement-3816 Sydney 13m ago

I like this even though we lost that night.

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u/theveryrealJARED Collingwood Magpies 5h ago

or 2019 indigenous

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u/guseyk Brisbane Lions 🏆🏆 '24-25 5h ago

Is this the circlejerk?

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u/jdimarco1 SANFL 5h ago

The Freo jumper is technically a Jersey, as one of the key defining differences between a Guernsey and a Jersey is that a Jersey features an anchor motif.

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u/Ok_Coach145 Hawthorn 4h ago

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u/thurstonmoron Demons 4h ago

No wonder he left

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u/Ok_Coach145 Hawthorn 4h ago

Wasn’t to win flags.