.Welcome back to the Power Rankings.Sydney's staggering reduction means footy record is currently versus them, with a brand new fancied having Grand Final match. Yet what regarding the side that smashed the Swans?What are the Electrical Power Positions? This is our effort to rate every AFL club coming from absolute best to worst. We take wins and reductions in to account, but additionally the premium of adversary dealt with as well as whether groups are probably to get far healthier and/or strengthen going ahead. It's a bit 'who's scorching and also who's not' part predictive, part evaluation of what is actually taken place. If Team A towers Crew B, our experts 'd possibly tip A to win if they were actually playing at a neutral place this weekend.Watch Carlton v Hawthorn SUN 1:10 PM AEST|SPECIFICALLY LIVE & ad-break free of charge, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your cost-free ordeal today > Round 22WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Prepare a down payment limit.All times AEST.Lions select Saints apart in demolition|01:021. BRISBANE LIONS (13-6-1, 125.1%) Recently: Placed 1st, def St Kilda through 85 ptsThis full week: GWS Giants at the Gabba, Saturday 1:45 pm2. WESTERN BULLDOGS (12-8, 122.4%) Recently: Placed 2nd, def Melbourne through 51 ptsThis week: Adelaide Crows at Adelaide Oval, Sunday 4:10 pmWith the Swans decreasing a high cliff, if our experts had to anticipate a Grand Final at this moment, this would be it. It may certainly not even be feasible - if the Bulldogs can't split the top four, they could be on an inescapable clash in a prelim. However in a set of games that we presumed were possible fruit peelings, both they and Brisbane were actually dominant. The Pet dogs' support is actually magnificent today in spite of all their personnel concerns, No. 2 for aspects allowed and also No. 1 for points permitted coming from turnovers over the final six full weeks, while the Lions have actually elevated in that division over that duration at the same time (as well as they severely required to). Provided just how effectively Brisbane are going you really have to ask yourself, will they be the totally dominant flag favorite at the moment if they had not copped numerous ACL injuries? To be in this particular posture given those impacts is extremely excellent, as well as the Bulldogs are as near to a major banner competitor as they've been actually for many years. What our team've learned over the final couple of periods is that the AFL's initiatives to bring reasonable harmony imply staffs may really get going mid-season and surge right into the premiership ethnicity - our company must quit dismissing skilled checklists when they begin slowly.Kingy lets loose on 'scary' Swans|03:523. SYDNEY SWANS (14-6, 126.1%) Last week: Ranked third, shed to Port Adelaide through 112 ptsNo matter where you look, Saturday night was actually embarrassingly poor. There are only a few comparables to THIS form of loss for a resulting premier, however none were this bad. Actually no V/AFL premier has shed a video game through more than one hundred factors that season, and the most significant reduction by an ultimate premier in the AFL period was Slot Adelaide acquiring pumped through 92 factors versus the Kangaroos in Around 8, 2004. The much bigger issue is actually that this isn't just about the last two weeks over the final six they're 17th for objected to possessions, 18th for groundball acquires, 18th for clearances, 17th for points from turn over differential and also 15th for stress ranking. A blowout reduction will definitely blow those stats out too yet they have nothing like a premier's profile page since the beginning of July. Thus why do our team still have them 3rd? Well you do not rest a million activities very clear atop the ladder for no cause possibly the rest of the AFL has actually located them out yet our team still possess some assurance the Swans may locate one thing near their absolute best. And they must still end up top 2, which specifies them up and also possible.This week: Collingwood at the SCG, Friday 7:40 pmLongmire counters at "self-seeking" comments|01:004. PORT ADELAIDE (13-7, 113.6%) Last week: Rated 9th, def Sydney by 112 ptsUnfortunately for the Power, when you gain a game by THAT a lot, the tale is always about the dropping team and also how the hell they were that poor. Thus allow's provide Port some ought to have praise, since they are actually genuinely resembling a top-four group now, and might be major! Over the final 6 weeks they are actually No. 2 in the AFL for points scored, No. 1 for factors against, No. 3 for contested properties as well as No. 3 for allowances - yes the size of the Sydney gain throws those stats out a small amount, but they have actually clearly discovered some actual form. And if they have actually shut the void in between where they were actually, during that 5th to 8th brace, down end of the best four they're absolutely in the prelim ultimate ethnicity. Which would be actually a pretty good result given the general vibe of frustration this time has typically held.This week: Melbourne at the MCG, Saturday 7:30 pm5. FREMANTLE (12-7-1, 116.7%) Recently: Positioned fourth, shed to Essendon through 1 ptIt should be actually acquiring annoying for Dockers fans - their staff has dropped 4 video games they led at three-quarter-time this year, 2 greater than anybody else. And it would certainly've been actually a convenient draw the Bombers too, provided the Swans' reduction earlier on the weekend break. Regardless of all of them having to deal with three groups resting over all of them on the ladder over the last 3 full weeks we're certainly not also concerned they truly must succeed their 2 staying home video games, which will suffice to participate in finals, and also also on 13 and an one-half succeeds their superb portion will in fact perform some really good holding off Essendon. This isn't the Freo of recent - they're No. 1 for aspects scored over the last 6 weeks, as well as it's the first time because 2013 they have actually been No. 1 in the comp over any type of six-week period.This full week: Geelong at Optus Coliseum, Sunday 4:35 pmEmmett handed ban for dangerous deal with|00:226. GWS GIANTS (13-7, 111.2%) Last week: Positioned 8th, def Hawthorn by 2 ptsThey looked no place near it with three quarters versus the Hawks, however at that point reminded every person of the value of superstars. Toby Greene is actually pretty excellent, it appears. Potential Coleman winner Jesse Hogan has actually been wonderful for 18 months. And also Brent Daniels, among their more underrated celebrities during their current results, was a substantial factor in the comeback with an immense 12 last-quarter fingertips. Given the Lions' protective absentees exists some chance Hogan as well as the staff obtain the Brisbane back six and also draw a serious trouble on Sunday? They are actually gon na require to gain another game to play finals footy (and also it may also be strict on 14 victories) so they may too obtain it carried out ASAP.This week: Brisbane Lions at the Gabba, Sunday 1:45 pmKingsley stirs up balanced GWS settings|02:167. CARLTON (12-8, 112.1%) Last week: Rated 5th, lost to Collingwood through 3 ptsWe're mosting likely to always keep counting on cry till they push our hand, because there's still so much going their way. Yes they've dropped 4 of their final 5 video games, but 3 of those were actually merely through a couple of goals, as well as final Saturday evening was actually essentially made a decision by a kick. Maybe a lot more notably they are actually still the No. 1 crew in the AFL for factors coming from turn over differential - the most crucial racking up resource. An enormous 19 of the last twenty staffs to rate No. 1 because stat have made an initial ultimate or even better. They are actually unfair, due to the fact that they're 16th for points from clearances over the last 6 full weeks, but you prefer to be actually turnover-focused (as they are this year) than stoppage-focused (as they were actually in 2015). It would certainly join a calamity if this staff overlooked the eight, provided the assumptions as well as where they were just a month earlier, yet if they lose to the Hawks the probability is live.This week: Hawthorn at the MCG, Sunday 1:10 pm8. GEELONG (13-7, 108.9%) Recently: Placed sixth, def Adelaide through 5 ptsFunny exactly how the Pussy-cats are actually each fairly well-placed in a limited finals ethnicity and also offering our team much less peace of mind in their premium simultaneously. The margin most likely shouldn't have been actually quite that tight versus Adelaide, but it was actually, and also we perhaps need to have to quit discussing Kardinia Park as a fortress - provided they're 5-3 in your home, 2 of those success obtaining singular finger scopes. However again, they're well-placed on 13 triumphes and also along with West Coast in your home to come in the ultimate sphere. Pinch a win over the Dockers or Street Kilda just before that, as well as they are actually well as well as truly safe in the eight. There are still some causes for confidence, like Patrick Dangerfield discovering type as well as the midfield performing effectively general against the Crows, plus the support has actually risen well over the final six full weeks (No. 5 for points yielded). Yet despite the fact that the top 4 is actually available, they do not believe that a best 4 team.This week: Fremantle at Optus Coliseum, Saturday 4:35 pmRobbo discloses Tomahawks' highest qualities|03:489. HAWTHORN (11-9, 104.1%) Recently: Rated 7th, lost to GWS through 2 ptsSunday's video game is actually the best important for any kind of one crew our team have actually viewed so far in 2024. That's since Hawthorn's result against Carlton will effectively decide their period. They have actually received an agape course to 14 success along with a victory, and no team has also overlooked the top 8 with thirteen victories just before. Yet shed and they are actually most likely heading to be two video games out of the 8 with pair of to play, a practically unrecoverable placement. They are still carrying out a lot right however the complication we understood about entering the time, their protection, is striking at a hard time - over the last six full weeks they are actually No. 1 for inside 50s against, but 17th for scores per inside 50 versus. So teams may not be getting it down there certainly much, but when they perform, they are actually scoring at will. There is actually a bit of tragedy during that however it is actually certainly not all luck. As our company have actually composed before, even when the Hawks overlook the finals this period has been actually awesome, yet jeez it 'd be frustrating when they are actually so near to some of the greatest tales in years.This week: Carlton at the MCG, Sunday 1:10 pm10. ESSENDON (11-8-1, 95.9%) Last week: Rated 12th, def Fremantle by 1 ptTurns out our experts forgot exactly how essential Darcy Church is actually to this group. After a quiet 1st activity back he was enormous against a star-studded Freo midfield. Along with him this period, the Bombing planes are actually +20 for spaces and +18 from facility allowances without him they're -17 as well as +4 specifically. That gain Freo could obtain all of them into the finals however there's additionally a real chance somebody overlooks along with 14 victories, specifically if the Hawks beat Carlton this weekend break, and also for the Bombers their draw as well as their bad portion have the same result of making all of them lose sudden deaths. It would certainly be actually quite severe if they won 13 as well as an one-half games as well as missed out yet at the same time, this is what occurs when you lose to non-finalists Melbourne, Adelaide and also Street Kilda - you participate in them.This full week: Gold Coast Suns at Marvel Coliseum, Saturday 7:30 pm' He is actually covering them coming from the stress'|03:0311. COLLINGWOOD (10-8-2, 100.2%) Last week: Rated 13th, def Carlton by 2 ptsSo the concern is actually, are they back? They require to become near their finest to bring in the 8 away - Melbourne won't be actually playing for anything in Round 24 so you will think the Magpies succeed that people, yet experiencing the leading two over the following pair of weeks is fairly tough. Maybe they've timed this clash with Sydney properly, but our team are actually not certain Collingwood is good enough to beat the step ladder forerunners, also in this particular damaged condition. It costs keeping in mind the Magpies are merely 16th for inside 50s over the last six full weeks, however third for ratings every inside fifty, so productivity is keeping them going. Their protection has actually been actually no place near adequate over that duration so they are actually mosting likely to need to take their possibilities to stop the Swans, and also if they carry out, at that point the other opponents will certainly start to stress. No one intends to face a brought back Magpies in September.This week: Sydney Swans at the SCG, Friday 7:40 pmMagpies find finals spot versus swans|00:3012. MELBOURNE (10-10, 97.9%) Recently: Placed 10th, lost to Western Bulldogs by 51 ptsFor the very first time this decade the Demons will certainly head right into the AFL period's lifeless zone, participating in out the chain along with nothing at all vulnerable. In a way, being effectively away from the finals ethnicity ought to be releasing - they can easily play for 2025, trialling gamers in brand-new postures as well as delivering sore gamers in for very early surgical procedures. Nevertheless examine Geelong and Fremantle, who turned very disappointing 2023 seasons right into likely 2024 finals berths you can't count out the capability of crews that have actually had effectiveness to merely rebound a year eventually. Hell, Collingwood is the very best example. Each one of this is actually why our team are actually certainly not running scared about Melbourne's condition certainly not till midway via upcoming year, anyway.This full week: Slot Adelaide at the MCG, Saturday 7:30 pm13. GOLD COAST SUNSHINES (9-11, 100.4%) Recently: Positioned 11th, dropped to West Shoreline through 10 ptsTheir home-away split is actually truly shocking. Home ground advantage is actually meant to become worth a target or two - certainly not transform you from absolute rubbish right into a top-four competitor! We understand we've been writing about this all year yet the account has been the same all year ... much like the story of 'kinda remaining in the combine with 5-6 rounds left and then breaking down' has coincided for this whole nightclub for season after season. Get a brand new gimmick!This full week: Essendon at Wonder Stadium, Sunday 7:30 pmBuckley regulations himself away from Eagles task|01:1814. ADELAIDE CROWS (7-12-1, 99.8%) Last week: Rated 15th, shed to Geelong by 5 ptsThis full week: Western Bulldogs at Adelaide Oval, Sunday 4:10 pm15. ST KILDA (8-12, 94.9%) Recently: Ranked 14th, dropped to Brisbane by 85 ptsThis full week: Richmond at Marvel Stadium, Sunday 3:20 pmWell, as our company pointed out last week, these staffs never have the very same result in the very same weekend break! So after Adelaide's reduction on Sunday it's opportunity to check out ball games for the Saints' game and-ah. Straight. Never mind. For what it's worth the Crows probably weren't as good as the scoreboard recommended, acquiring belted in the contest by a less-than-impressive Geelong midfield, so they were both wanting. Allow's observe if either staff may play spoiler over the last 3 weeks - the Saints might ruin Carlton or Geelong's season, while the Crows might harm the Dogs however additional essentially will really love to wreck Slot's. Riewoldt goes over Dusty's well known career|04:1316. WEST SHORELINE EAGLES (4-16, 70%) Last week: Ranked 18th, def Gold Coastline by 10 ptsThis full week: North Melbourne at Blundstone Arena, Saturday 1:45 pm17. NORTH MELBOURNE (3-17, 67%) Recently: Ranked 17th, def Richmond through 16 ptsThis week: West Coast Eagles at Blundstone Field, Sunday 1:45 pm18. RICHMOND (2-18, 64.7%) Recently: Placed 16th, shed to North Melbourne through 16 ptsThis week: Street Kilda at Wonder Stadium, Sunday 3:20 pmWell, the two-week Spoonbowl is actually probably over, with Richmond really deserving the draw North - they gained the game on assumed score, off the rear of 60 inside 50s to 44 - yet booting themselves in to the No. 1 selection. (Which is actually probably for the greatest long-term.) Though to become decent, it's possible the Kangaroos have really learnt goalkicking, offered they are actually No. 1 in the AFL for precision this year. West Shore at the same time was adequately outstanding versus a team having fun for it time, with a season-high pressure score and their third-best contended belongings gain for the year. Due to the fact that Jarrad Schofield took over the Eagles have actually gone from 17th in the AFL for pressure to 8th, which is a respectable indication they are actually playing for him. Right now all eyes look to North's effort to finish outside all-time low two for the very first time this decade - while it would certainly still go down to amount, they 'd reside in a great posture along with a gain in Hobart.