Has an AFL game ever ended 43-43?
It has. 43-43 has been a AFL final 2 times in 16,622 games. The first was Fitzroy and Sydney drew on June 22, 1897; the latest was Essendon and Geelong drew on August 1, 1964.
That makes 43-43 the 2421st most common final score out of 6,607 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 44-43 has happened never and 43-44 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 67 years, between 1897 and 1964.