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1280:1980
1275:1979
1155:GFL2
859:387
831:2024
822:284
801:18–6
794:2023
778:291
757:12–8
750:2022
741:162
720:12–8
713:2021
698:2020
689:406
661:2019
648:488
620:2018
611:428
583:2017
574:340
546:2016
532:QF:
526:218
523:527
505:24–4
498:2015
489:442
453:2014
443:PR:
437:247
416:24–2
409:2013
396:332
375:24–4
365:GFL2
323:Year
289:1983
279:GFL2
138:The
102:none
34:1982
1384:GFL
1045:GFL
856:301
835:4th
819:389
798:2nd
782:Won
775:391
754:3rd
738:270
717:4th
686:263
665:6th
645:403
624:3rd
608:307
587:5th
571:492
550:4th
530:Won
502:2nd
486:464
465:5th
458:GFL
441:Won
434:506
413:1st
393:585
372:1st
353:PA
258:GFL
1565::
1033::
956:.
892:^
853:6
844:12
816:3
807:12
772:4
763:10
735:4
726:10
692:—
683:9
674:14
642:6
633:14
614:—
605:8
596:14
568:6
559:14
520:2
514:12
511:14
492:—
483:8
474:14
431:1
425:12
422:13
390:2
384:12
381:14
350:PF
347:L
150:,
1021:e
1014:t
1007:v
971:.
850:–
847:6
813:–
810:9
769:0
766:6
732:0
729:6
680:0
677:5
639:0
636:8
602:0
599:6
565:0
562:8
517:0
480:0
477:6
428:0
387:0
344:D
341:W
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