Editing Geelong Football Club (section)

=== Hawthorn ===
{{Further|Kennett curse}}
The rivalry between Hawthorn and Geelong is defined by two Grand Finals: those of 1989 and 2008. In the [[1989 VFL Grand Final|1989 Grand Final]], Geelong played the man, resulting in major injuries for several Hawks players, [[Mark Yeates (Australian rules footballer)|Mark Yeates]] knocking out [[Dermott Brereton]] at the opening bounce; Hawthorn controlled the game, leading by approximately 40 points for most of the match; in the last quarter, Geelong almost managed to come from behind to win, but fell short by six points. In the [[2008 AFL Grand Final|2008 Grand Final]], Geelong was the heavily backed favourite and had lost only one match for the season, but lost by 26 points; Geelong then won its next eleven matches against Hawthorn over the following five years, under a curse, which was dubbed the "[[Kennett curse]]" which was attributed to disrespectful comments made by Hawthorn president [[Jeff Kennett]] following the 2008 Grand Final. It was later revealed that after the 2008 grand final, Paul Chapman initiated a pact between other Geelong players to never lose to Hawthorn again. The curse was broken in a preliminary final in 2013, after Paul Chapman played his final match for Geelong the previous week. Hawthorn went on to win the next three premierships. In 2016 Geelong again defeated Hawthorn in the qualifying final. In twenty matches between the two sides between 2008 and 2017, twelve were decided by less than ten points, with Geelong victorious in eleven of those twelve matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://finalsiren.com/PreviousGames.asp?Team1ID=4&Team2ID=16&Go=Go|title=Head to Head Between Geelong and Hawthorn|work=finalsiren.com|access-date=21 August 2016}}</ref>