AFL Mackay

Amateur Australian rules football competition

AFL MackayMost recent season or competition:
2024 AFL Queensland season

Formerly| Mackay Australian Football League
Sport| Australian rules football
Founded| 1970
Divisions| (3) Senior Men, Senior Women, Reserve Men
No. of teams| 6
Country| Australia
Most recent
champion(s)| Senior Men: Eastern Swans Senior Women: Bakers Creek
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Most titles| Senior Men: North Mackay Saints (12) MJ Miller Medal: John Price (3: 2006, 2007, 2008), Desmond Hayes (3: 2010, 2015, 2016)
Sponsor(s)| Allied Pickford's
Official website| Official AFL Mackay Website

AFL Mackay is an amateur Australian rules football competition formed as the Mackay Australian Football League in 1970. It is headquartered in the city of Mackay with further clubs in Airlie Beach, Bakers Creek and Moranbah. The representative team is known as the Crows. The Premier division is now sponsored by Allied Pickfords Australia (renaming it to Allied Pickfords Cup)

## History

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The first Australian rules football matches in Mackay were held in 1885, however most clubs in the region later adopted rugby rules.[1] It would be almost a century before regular competition would again be played in the region.

The Mackay Australian Football League began in 1970 with founding clubs being the East Mackay Demons, West Mackay Magpies (later Walkerston), and North Mackay Colts.

* 1971 Bakers Creek join.
* 1975 Moranbah join.
* 1977 Mackay City join.
* 1980 Dysart join.
* 1982 Middlemount join. Dysart and Middlemount, along with Moranbah, move to the Central Highlands AFL as shift work made it difficult to consistently field teams
* 1983 Trend United break away from North Mackay
* 1985 Airlie Beach come into the competition. They change their name to Whitsunday in 1990.
* 1987 East Mackay and Trend United amalgamate to become known as Eastern Swans.
* 1989 Moranbah return but the same problems arise and in 1993 again returned to the central highlands.
* 1990 Mackay City change their name to Northern Beaches and then back to Mackay City in 1998.
* 2011 Andergrove Kangaroos joined the competition, changed their name to the Northern Beaches Magpies in 2012, and then to the Mackay Magpies in 2015.

## Clubs

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### Senior

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30km
19miles

Sarina

Moranbah

Whitsunday

Mackay City clubs (right)

Club locations - Greater Mackay (Yellow = Junior only)

4km
2.5miles

North Mackay

Mackay City

Mackay

Eastern Swans

Bakers Creek

Club locations - Mackay City

Club  | Colours  | Nickname  | Home Ground  | Former League  | Est.  | Years in MAFL  | MAFL Senior Premierships  | Notes

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Bakers Creek  |  | Tigers | Etwell Park, Bakers Creek | –  | 1971  | 1971–  | 9 | 1971, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999  |
Eastern Swans  |  | Swans[2] | Rogers Oval, South Mackay | –  | 1970  | 1970–  | 7 | 1970, 1973, 1980, 1988, 1998, 2009, 2015, 2024  |
Mackay  |  | Magpies | Magpies Sports Park, Glenella | –  | 2011  | 2011– | 0 | \-  |
Mackay City  |  | Hawks | Harrup Park, South Mackay | –  | 1977  | 1977–1978, 1980– | 8 | 1985, 1986, 1997, 2000, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016  |
Moranbah  |  | Bulldogs | Stevenson Sports Park, Moranbah | CHAFL | 1975  | 1975–1982, 1989–1991, 2006–  | 3 | 1977, 1978, 2014  | Don't field senior men's team
North Mackay  |  | Saints | Zeolla Park, Beaconsfield | –  | 1970  | 1970–  | 14 | 1974, 1976, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023  |
Whitsunday  |  | Sea Eagles | Whitsundays Sports Park, Jubilee Pocket | –  | 1985  | 1985– | 10 | 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2017, 2018  | Don't field reserve men's team

### Juniors only

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Club  | Colours  | Nickname  | Home Ground  | Est.  | Years in MAFL

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Sarina  |  | Demons | Brewers Park, Sarina | 2010  | 2010-

### Former

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Club  | Colours  | Nickname  | Home Ground  | Est.  | Years in MAFL  | MAFL Senior Premierships  | Fate

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Alligator Creek  |  | Bombers |  |  | ? | Juniors only | Folded
Dysart  |  | Swans |  | 1980  | 1980-1982  | 0 | \-  | Formed Central Highlands AFL in 1983
Pioneer Valley  |  | Power | Etwell Park, Bakers Creek |  | ?-2018 | Juniors only | Merged with Bakers Creek in 2019
Middlemount  |  | Kangaroos |  | 1982  | 1982  | 0 | \-  | Formed Central Highlands AFL in 1983
Trend United  |  | Swans |  | 1983 | 1983–1986 | 1 | 1984 | Split from North Mackay in 1983. Merged with East Mackay to form Eastern Swans in 1987
Walkerston  |  | Magpies |  |  | 1971–1986 | 1 | 1975 | Folded after 1986 season

## MJ Miller Medal

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The MJ Miller Medal is awarded to the best & fairest player as voted by the umpires in the senior men's competition. The award is named after Mick Miller; formerly of the Walkerston Magpies, who was a driving force behind the introduction of AFL to the Mackay Region.

Previous Winners:

* 1970 Dave Synnott (North Mackay)
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974 Frank Zeolla (North Mackay)
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985 Wayne Aspland (Whitsunday bloods)
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989

* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997 Peter Morris (North Mackay Saints)
* 1998 Robert Wells (Northern Beaches Lions)
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004 Tyrone Kovacs (Whitsunday Sea Eagles)
* 2005 Ben Hazell (Eastern Swans)
* 2006 John Price (North Mackay Saints)
* 2007 John Price (North Mackay Saints)
* 2008 John Price (North Mackay Saints)
* 2009 Paul Branchflower (Whitsunday)
* 2010 Desmond Hayes (Mackay City Hawks)
* 2011 Heath Thiele (Andergrove Kangaroos)
* 2012 Mark Savikauskas (Eastern Swans)
* 2013 Blake Miles (North Mackay Saints)
* 2014 Nathan Peters (North Mackay Saints)
* 2015 Desmond Hayes (Mackay City Hawks)
* 2016 Desmond Hayes (Mackay City Hawks)
* 2017 James Gallagher (North Mackay Saints)
* 2018 Cameron Hill (North Mackay Saints)
* 2019 Darcy Mealy (Eastern Swans)
* 2020 Braeden Ebert (Mackay Magpies)
* 2021 Alec Townsend (North Mackay Saints)
* 2022 David Manning (Eastern Swans)
* 2023 Steven Pugh (North Mackay Saints)
* 2023 Jacob Wilson (North Mackay Saints)
* 2024 Chris Endres (Eastern Swans)

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## Premiers

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* 1970 East Mackay
* 1971 Bakers Creek
* 1972 Bakers Creek
* 1973 East Mackay
* 1974 North Mackay
* 1975 Walkerston
* 1976 North Mackay
* 1977 Moranbah
* 1978 Moranbah
* 1979 Bakers Creek
* 1980 East Mackay
* 1981 Bakers Creek
* 1982 Mackay City
* 1983 North Mackay
* 1984 Trend United
* 1985 Mackay City
* 1986 Mackay City

* 1987 North Mackay
* 1988 Eastern Swans[3]
* 1989 Bakers Creek
* 1990 Bakers Creek
* 1991 Bakers Creek
* 1992 Bakers Creek
* 1993 Whitsunday
* 1994 Whitsunday
* 1995 Whitsunday
* 1996 Whitsunday
* 1997 Northern Beaches
* 1998 Eastern Swans
* 1999 Bakers Creek
* 2000 Mackay City
* 2001 North Mackay
* 2002 North Mackay
* 2003 North Mackay

* 2004 Whitsunday
* 2005 Whitsunday
* 2006 Whitsunday
* 2007 North Mackay
* 2008 North Mackay
* 2009 Eastern Swans
* 2010 Whitsunday
* 2011 Mackay City
* 2012 Mackay City
* 2013 Mackay City
* 2014 Moranbah
* 2015 Eastern Swans
* 2016 Mackay City Hawks
* 2017 Whitsunday
* 2018 Whitsunday
* 2019 North Mackay
* 2020 North Mackay
* 2021 North Mackay
* 2022 North Mackay
* 2023 North Mackay
* 2024 Eastern Swans

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## Senior Mens Leading Goal Kickers

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1970 | David Synnott | North Mackay | 31
1971 | Mervyn Stevens | Bakers Creek | 66
1972 | Mervyn Stevens | Bakers Creek | 54
1973 | Mervyn Stevens | Bakers Creek | 105
1974 | Len Holland | North Mackay | 65
1975 | Mervyn Stevens | Bakers Creek | 65
1976 | Chris Mouat | Moranbah | 57
1977 | Chris Mouat | Moranbah | 113
1978 | Ronald Perkins | Moranbah | 59
1979 | Ness Berding | Moranbah | 102
1980 | Mervyn Stevens | Bakers Creek | 91
1981 | Kevin Kimber | Bakers Creek | 79
1982 | Mervyn Stevens | Mackay City | 151
1983 | Gary Chapman | Mackay City | 76
1984 | Peter Smith | Bakers Creek | 59
1985 | Allen Newman | Trend United | 99
1986 | Peter Smith | Bakers Creek | 105
1987 | Brian Park | Bakers Creek | 49
1988 | Peter Harris | Eastern Swans | 100
1989 | Anthony Baker | Bakers Creek | 216
1990 | Anthony Baker | Bakers Creek | 136
1991 | Peter Harris | North Mackay | 228
1992 | Geoffrey Reid | Eastern Swans | 89
1993 | Todd Watson | Whitsunday | 103
1994 | Damian Quirk | Whitsunday | 64
1995 | Paul Tascus | Whitsunday | 81
1996 | Ben Kingsley | Whitsunday | 50
1997 | Ty Miller | North Mackay | 53
1998 | Matt Cumming | Whitsunday | 47
1999 | Daniel Archer | Eastern Swans | 100
2000 | Barry Goodwin | Mackay City | 57
2001 | Greg Burdett | North Mackay | 40
2002 | Lenard Egan | North Mackay | 54
2003 | David Johnstone | Mackay City | 80
2004 | David Johnstone | Mackay City | 63
2005 | Sean Reilly | Mackay City | 60
2006 | Lenard Egan | North Mackay | 80
2007 | David Johnstone | Mackay City | 80
2008 | Craig Dowdell | North Mackay | 108
2009 | Grant Evans | Mackay City | 74
2010 | Joshua Murray | Bakers Creek | 56
2011 | Paul Cole | North Mackay | 104
2012 | Troy Weller | Whitsundays | 76
2013 | Michael Fisher | Moranbah Bulldogs | 76
2014 | Mathew Stephens | Mackay Hawks | 97
2015 | Brodie Saltmarsh | Mackay City Hawks | 65
2016 | Sean Reilly | Mackay City Hawks |
2017 | Brendan Riddle | North Mackay Saints | 71
2018 | Sean Reilly | Mackay City Hawks |
2019 | Samuel Dunbar | North Mackay Saints | 70
2020 | Benjamin Barba | Eastern Swans | 26
2021 | Benjamin Barba | Eastern Swans | 63
2022  | Cody Filewood  | North Mackay Saints  | 64
2023  | Cody Filewood  | North Mackay Saints  | 50
2024  | Joel Mitchell  | Mackay Magpies  | 58

## 2008 Ladder

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AFL Mackay  | Wins  | Byes  | Losses  | Draws  | For  | Against  | %  | Pts  |  | Final  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts

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North Mackay  | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2938 | 879 | 334.24% | 72 |  | 1st Semi | Eastern Swans | 13 | 9 | 87 | Mackay City | 12 | 14 | 86
Whitsundays  | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2752 | 1303 | 211.20% | 60 |  | 2nd Semi | North Mackay | 16 | 16 | 112 | Whitsundays | 8 | 10 | 58
Mackay City  | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2050 | 1680 | 122.02% | 48 |  | Preliminary | Eastern Swans | 18 | 6 | 114 | Whitsundays | 14 | 20 | 104
Eastern Swans  | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2109 | 2342 | 90.05% | 36 |  | Grand | North Mackay | 25 | 17 | 167 | Eastern Swans | 8 | 11 | 59
Moranbah | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1108 | 2468 | 44.89% | 16 |
Bakers Creek | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 942 | 3227 | 29.19% | 8 |

## 2009 Ladder

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AFL Mackay  | Wins  | Byes  | Losses  | Draws  | For  | Against  | %  | Pts  |  | Final  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts

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Whitsundays  | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2356 | 975 | 241.64% | 72 |  | 1st Semi | Eastern Swans | 21 | 6 | 132 | Bakers Creek | 5 | 7 | 37
Mackay City  | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2082 | 1234 | 168.72% | 44 |  | 2nd Semi | Whitsundays | 15 | 5 | 95 | Mackay City | 12 | 5 | 77
Eastern Swans  | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1558 | 1499 | 103.94% | 44 |  | Preliminary | Eastern Swans | 17 | 10 | 112 | Mackay City | 11 | 12 | 78
Bakers Creek  | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1331 | 1800 | 73.94% | 28 |  | Grand | Eastern Swans | 11 | 6 | 72 | Whitsundays | 9 | 9 | 63
North Mackay | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1443 | 1686 | 85.59% | 24 |
Moranbah | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 788 | 2364 | 33.33% | 4 |

## 2010 Ladder

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AFL Mackay  | Wins  | Byes  | Losses  | Draws  | For  | Against  | %  | Pts  |  | Final  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts

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Whitsundays  | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1713 | 850 | 201.53% | 60 |  | 1st Semi | North Mackay | 7 | 10 | 52 | Bakers Creek | 6 | 6 | 42
Mackay City  | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1875 | 784 | 239.16% | 56 |  | 2nd Semi | Mackay City | 11 | 9 | 75 | Whitsundays | 8 | 13 | 61
North Mackay  | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1494 | 1127 | 132.56% | 40 |  | Preliminary | Whitsundays | 17 | 18 | 120 | North Mackay | 6 | 4 | 40
Bakers Creek  | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1337 | 1187 | 112.64% | 32 |  | Grand | Whitsundays | 16 | 12 | 108 | Mackay City | 7 | 6 | 48
Eastern Swans | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1151 | 1547 | 74.40% | 24 |
Moranbah | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 511 | 2586 | 19.80% | 4 |

## 2011 Ladder

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AFL Mackay  | Wins  | Byes  | Losses  | Draws  | For  | Against  | %  | Pts  |  | Final  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts

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Mackay City  | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1958 | 434 | 451.15% | 64 |  | 1st Semi | Andergrove | 10 | 7 | 67 | Whitsundays | 6 | 4 | 40
North Mackay  | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1800 | 706 | 254.96% | 50 |  | 2nd Semi | Mackay City | 6 | 6 | 42 | North Mackay | 5 | 9 | 39
Andergrove  | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1084 | 1169 | 92.73% | 36 |  | Preliminary | North Mackay | 15 | 7 | 97 | Andergrove | 4 | 6 | 30
Whitsundays  | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 793 | 1122 | 70.68% | 34 |  | Grand | Mackay City | 9 | 13 | 67 | North Mackay | 3 | 9 | 27
Eastern Swans | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 867 | 1185 | 73.16% | 28 |
Moranbah | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 468 | 1624 | 28.82% | 12 |
Bakers Creek | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 304 | 1034 | 29.40% | 0 |

## 2012 Ladder

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AFL Mackay  | Wins  | Byes  | Losses  | Draws  | For  | Against  | %  | Pts  |  | Final  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts

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Mackay City  | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1499 | 520 | 288.27% | 58 |  | 1st Semi | Eastern Swans | 17 | 7 | 109 | North Mackay | 8 | 5 | 53
Whitsundays  | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1513 | 659 | 229.59% | 56 |  | 2nd Semi | Whitsundays | 13 | 10 | 88 | Mackay City | 9 | 15 | 69
North Mackay  | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1187 | 873 | 135.97% | 48 |  | Preliminary | Mackay City | 10 | 14 | 74 | Eastern Swans | 8 | 5 | 53
Eastern Swans  | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1162 | 853 | 136.23% | 44 |  | Grand | Mackay City | 12 | 9 | 81 | Whitsundays | 9 | 6 | 60
Magpies Northern Beaches | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1030 | 864 | 119.21% | 38 |
Moranbah | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 700 | 1430 | 48.95% | 24 |
Bakers Creek | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 392 | 2284 | 17.16% | 12 |

## 2013 Ladder

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AFL Mackay  | Wins  | Byes  | Losses  | Draws  | For  | Against  | %  | Pts  |  | Final  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts

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Mackay City  | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2219 | 631 | 351.66% | 68 |  | 1st Semi | Moranbah | 14 | 15 | 99 | North Mackay | 15 | 4 | 94
Eastern Swans  | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1825 | 826 | 220.94% | 64 |  | 2nd Semi | Mackay City | 10 | 11 | 71 | Eastern Swans | 6 | 13 | 49
Moranbah  | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1887 | 940 | 200.74% | 56 |  | Preliminary | Eastern Swans | 7 | 9 | 51 | Moranbah | 5 | 13 | 43
North Mackay  | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1457 | 970 | 150.21% | 44 |  | Grand | Mackay City | 19 | 14 | 128 | Eastern Swans | 7 | 9 | 51
Whitsundays | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1118 | 1446 | 77.32% | 40 |
Magpies Northern Beaches | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 836 | 2165 | 38.60% | 24
Bakers Creek | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 507 | 2871 | 17.70% | 12

## 2014 Ladder

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AFL Mackay  | Wins  | Byes  | Losses  | Draws  | For  | Against  | %  | Pts  |  | Final  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts

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Mackay City  | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1748 | 644 | 271.43% | 60 |  | 1st Semi | Eastern Swans | 11 | 14 | 80 | North Mackay | 7 | 6 | 48
Moranbah  | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1620 | 794 | 204.03% | 56 |  | 2nd Semi | Moranbah | 17 | 6 | 108 | Mackay City | 8 | 13 | 61
North Mackay  | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1382 | 746 | 185.25% | 56 |  | Preliminary | Mackay City | 12 | 9 | 81 | Eastern Swans | 10 | 8 | 68
Eastern Swans  | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1378 | 992 | 138.91% | 44 |  | Grand | Moranbah | 12 | 8 | 80 | Mackay City | 9 | 11 | 65
Whitsundays | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 903 | 1371 | 65.86% | 28 |
Bakers Creek | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 583 | 1721 | 33.88% | 24 |
Magpies Northern Beaches | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 506 | 1852 | 27.32% | 12 |

## See also

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* Queensland portal
* Sports portal
* Australia portal

* Australian Rules football in Queensland

## League

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* Official AFL Mackay Website

## References

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1. ^ History of AFL in Queensland
2. ^ "Grand Final Report". Daily Mercury. Mackay, Queensland. 7 September 1987. p. 26.
3. ^ "Grand Final Report". Daily Mercury. Mackay, Queensland. 19 September 1988. p. 28.
4. ^ "none". Daily Mercury. Mackay, Queensland.

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