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Essendon will play finals football in 2004 following a gritty 17-point win over a defiant Western Bulldogs at The Dome today. It wasn’t pretty but it got the result Kevin Sheedy was hoping for - it now means the Bombers will face Melbourne in an elimination final next week at the MCG. Matthew Lloyd only just missed out on claiming his fourth Coleman Medal, kicking six goals for the day.
Essendon will take on Melbourne at the MCG next Saturday afternoon in an Elimination Final after securing a finals berth courtesy of a hard fought 17-point win over the Western Bulldogs today. And it could be a very different Essendon side that takes the field with up to five players possibly returning from injury.
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