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The Kennett curse was the name given to Australian Football League club 's dominance against rivals in the period between Hawthorn's upset win against Geelong in the 2008 AFL Grand Final〔(The Kennett curse - AFL.com.au )〕〔(It's no monkey, that's a gorilla | Geelong, VIC, Australia )〕 and Hawthorn's win in the 2013 preliminary finals.〔(Hawthorn edges Geelong to book place in AFL grand final and lift Kennett curse ), ''ABC Grandstand Sport (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)'', 20 September 2013〕 ==Background== Geelong and Hawthorn contested the 2008 AFL Grand Final.〔(Hawks set up dream final with Cats - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) )〕 Geelong went into the match as the favourites; they were the defending premiers, and had lost only one match for the entire season;〔(Preview of AFL grand final: stats, profiles and analysis | The Roar )〕 however, Hawthorn prevailed by 26 points to claim its 10th premiership.〔(Hawks rise over Cats to claim premiership - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) )〕 Ahead of the teams' first round meeting at the start of the 2009 season, then-Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett publicly questioned Geelong's mental drive to defeat Hawthorn.〔(Geelong lacks drive: Jeff Kennett | Herald Sun )〕 Additionally, following the upset Grand Final loss, Geelong players made a private pact, which was later made public by Paul Chapman, to never again lose to Hawthorn.〔(Forget The Kennett Curse, it should be renamed the Chapman Factor | News.com.au )〕〔(Geelong star Paul Chapman says Cats never want to lose to Hawthorn again | Herald Sun )〕 Following Kennett's comments, Geelong won the match in Round 1, 2009,〔(Cats escape to avenge grand final heartbreak - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) )〕 and proceeded to defeat Hawthorn in eleven successive matches: a run that included a number of remarkable games. Kennett's demeaning comments in 2009 came to be seen as the initiating event of a curse on Hawthorn, dubbed by fans and media as the "Kennett curse". Kennett himself (who stepped down from the Hawthorn presidency in 2011) said in 2013 that while he was not proud of what he had said, he did not wish he could take it back.〔(Hex gets Wiki guernsey ) Peter Hanlon (3 July 2013)〕 The curse ended when Hawthorn defeated Geelong in the 2013 First Preliminary Final, after Kennett's reign as Hawthorn president had ended, knocking Geelong out of the finals (Hawthorn won the Grand Final the next week to claim the Premiership). None of the eleven intervening matches which Geelong won were "sudden death" as such; the only final among them, the 2011 Second Qualifying Final, allowed the loser a second chance. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kennett curse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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