What makes a comeback legendary—and who really earned it in 2025
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We count down the top five AFL games of the 2025 premiership season—plus a bonus—through close finishes, wet-weather grit, pressure football, and a comeback that bent belief. We explain what each result revealed about system, adaptability, and leadership under heat.
• criteria set to home-and-away only, no finals
• Gold Coast v Adelaide one-point thriller and early-season identity
• North Melbourne v Brisbane 71–71 draw and proof of method
• Suns v Dockers in heavy conditions and adaptability
• Suns’ Friday night upset of Collingwood through pressure and tackling
• St Kilda’s…
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