.Welcome back to the Electrical power Rankings.Sydney's spectacular loss implies footy record is actually right now versus all of them, along with a brand new fancied Grand Final match-up. However what about the side that shattered the Swans?What are the Energy Positions? This is our effort to rank every AFL club coming from best to worst. Our company take success and reductions in to profile, yet additionally the high quality of opponent dealt with and whether teams are actually very likely to acquire healthier and/or enhance going ahead. It's a bit 'that's scorching and also who is actually certainly not' component predictive, part evaluation of what's happened. If Group A towers Group B, our team will possibly hint A to win if they were playing at a neutral location this weekend.Watch Carlton v Hawthorn sunshine 1:10 PM AEST|EXCLUSIVELY LIVE & ad-break free of cost, available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free difficulty today > Round 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Specify a deposit limit.All opportunities AEST.Lions decide on Saints apart in demolition|01:021. BRISBANE COUGARS (13-6-1, 125.1%) Recently: Positioned 1st, def Street Kilda by 85 ptsThis full week: GWS Giants at the Gabba, Saturday 1:45 pm2. WESTERN SIDE BULLDOGS (12-8, 122.4%) Last week: Ranked second, def Melbourne through 51 ptsThis week: Adelaide Crows at Adelaide Oval, Sunday 4:10 pmWith the Swans falling off a cliff, if we must forecast a Grand Final right now, this would certainly be it. It might certainly not even be actually achievable - if the Bulldogs can not fracture the top four, they could be on an unavoidable collision course in a prelim. But in a pair of games that our company presumed were possible fruit peels, both they and Brisbane were prevalent. The Canines' defence is actually exceptional right now despite all their employees concerns, No. 2 for factors allowed as well as No. 1 for points made it possible for coming from turnovers over the final six weeks, while the Lions have lifted during that team over that duration as well (and also they horribly required to). Offered how properly Brisbane are going you really have to wonder, would certainly they be the absolutely leading banner much-loved immediately if they hadn't copped so many ACL traumas? To become in this position offered those impacts is actually extremely exceptional, and also the Bulldogs are actually as close to a significant banner opponent as they have actually been actually for several years. What our company've found out over the last couple of seasons is actually that the AFL's efforts to bring competitive balance mean teams can truly get going mid-season and also rise right into the premiership race - our team must quit eliminating talented listings when they start slowly.Kingy discharges on 'worrying' Swans|03:523. SYDNEY SWANS (14-6, 126.1%) Last week: Ranked third, shed to Slot Adelaide by 112 ptsNo concern where you look, Saturday night was actually embarrassingly poor. There are just a few comparables to THIS kind of reduction for an ultimate premier, however none of them were this bad. In fact no V/AFL premier has actually dropped an activity by much more than one hundred factors that time, as well as the largest reduction by an ultimate premier in the AFL age was actually Port Adelaide obtaining pushed through 92 points versus the Kangaroos in Sphere 8, 2004. The larger trouble is actually that this isn't nearly the last pair of weeks over the last 6 they are actually 17th for objected to things, 18th for groundball acquires, 18th for clearances, 17th for factors coming from turn over differential as well as 15th for pressure ranking. A blowout loss will blow those statistics out also however they possess absolutely nothing like a premier's profile given that the start of July. So why perform our company still possess all of them third? Well you don't rest a million games clear atop the step ladder for no explanation possibly the rest of the AFL has found all of them out but our company still possess some peace of mind the Swans may find something close to their best. And also they should still finish top 2, which sets them up as well as possible.This full week: Collingwood at the SCG, Friday 7:40 pmLongmire counters at "egoistic" reviews|01:004. PORT ADELAIDE (13-7, 113.6%) Recently: Positioned 9th, def Sydney through 112 ptsUnfortunately for the Energy, when you succeed a game by THAT much, the story is regularly about the losing team and just how the hell they were that poor. Thus permit's offer Slot some should have approval, because they are absolutely appearing like a top-four group at the moment, and may be severe! Over the final 6 full weeks they're No. 2 in the AFL for aspects racked up, No. 1 for aspects versus, No. 3 for opposed things and No. 3 for spaces - yes the enormity of the Sydney gain tosses those stats out a bit, yet they've precisely located some genuine kind. And if they've closed the space between where they were actually, in that 5th to 8th bracket, to the bottom end of the leading four they're really in the prelim ultimate nationality. Which would be actually a fair result given the basic vibe of aggravation this time possesses or else held.This full week: Melbourne at the MCG, Sunday 7:30 pm5. FREMANTLE (12-7-1, 116.7%) Last week: Positioned 4th, shed to Essendon by 1 ptIt should be acquiring frustrating for Dockers enthusiasts - their group has actually dropped 4 video games they led at three-quarter-time this year, 2 greater than anybody else. And it would've been a handy win over the Bombing planes also, given the Swans' reduction previously on the weekend. Regardless of them having to face three groups sitting over them on the step ladder over the final 3 full weeks our team're certainly not too interested they truly ought to gain their pair of remaining home activities, which would suffice to play finals, and also also on 13 and also a half gains their superb percentage will actually perform some really good holding off Essendon. This isn't the Freo of recent - they're No. 1 for factors racked up over the last six weeks, and it's the very first time considering that 2013 they have actually been No. 1 in the comp over any six-week period.This full week: Geelong at Optus Arena, Sunday 4:35 pmEmmett handed ban for unsafe deal with|00:226. GWS GIANTS (13-7, 111.2%) Recently: Ranked 8th, def Hawthorn through 2 ptsThey looked nowhere near it via 3 one-fourths against the Hawks, but after that advised every person of the value of celebrities. Toby Greene is actually quite great, it appears. Possible Coleman winner Jesse Hogan has actually been actually awesome for 18 months. As well as even Brent Daniels, some of their more underrated superstars throughout their current effectiveness, was a huge think about the comeback along with a tremendous 12 last-quarter disposals. Provided the Lions' defensive absentees exists some chance Hogan and the team acquire the Brisbane back 6 and draw a significant trouble on Saturday? They're gon na need to gain another activity to participate in finals footy (as well as it may also be limited on 14 success) so they may as well obtain it performed ASAP.This week: Brisbane Lions at the Gabba, Saturday 1:45 pmKingsley kindles healthy GWS settings|02:167. CARLTON (12-8, 112.1%) Recently: Ranked 5th, shed to Collingwood through 3 ptsWe're mosting likely to always keep believing in cry until they force our palm, because there's still so much going their means. Yes they have actually dropped 4 of their final 5 video games, yet three of those were just through a number of targets, and also last Sunday evening was actually made a decision through a zing. Perhaps much more notably they are actually still the No. 1 staff in the AFL for points from turn over differential - the best significant racking up resource. A whopping 19 of the last 20 teams to rate No. 1 during that stat have made a preliminary ultimate or much better. They are actually unfair, considering that they're 16th for aspects coming from allowances over the last 6 full weeks, however you 'd rather be actually turnover-focused (as they are this year) than stoppage-focused (as they were in 2014). It would join a disaster if this team skipped the 8, given the assumptions and also where they were simply a month ago, but if they lose to the Hawks the possibility is live.This week: Hawthorn at the MCG, Sunday 1:10 pm8. GEELONG (13-7, 108.9%) Recently: Positioned sixth, def Adelaide by 5 ptsFunny how the Kitties are each pretty well-placed in a tight finals nationality and also giving our company less assurance in their premium together. The margin possibly shouldn't have been very that limited versus Adelaide, however it was, and we perhaps need to stop talking about Kardinia Park as a citadel - provided they're 5-3 in the home, 2 of those success coming by solitary digit margins. But again, they're well-placed on thirteen triumphes and with West Shoreline in your home ahead in the final round. Squeeze a draw the Dockers or Street Kilda just before that, as well as they are actually well and genuinely secure in the eight. There are still some reasons for self-confidence, like Patrick Dangerfield discovering kind and also the midfield conducting quite possibly total against the Crows, plus the defence has risen well over the last 6 weeks (No. 5 for points yielded). But despite the fact that the top 4 is accessible, they do not seem like a leading four team.This full week: Fremantle at Optus Arena, Saturday 4:35 pmRobbo reveals Tomahawks' highests|03:489. HAWTHORN (11-9, 104.1%) Recently: Placed 7th, shed to GWS through 2 ptsSunday's activity is the absolute most essential for any sort of one team our team've observed up until now in 2024. That's given that Hawthorn's outcome versus Carlton are going to efficiently decide their period. They've received an agape pathway to 14 wins with a triumph, and also no staff has even overlooked the leading eight along with 13 wins before. However lose and they're possibly heading to be pair of games out of the eight with two to play, a practically unrealizable posture. They are still carrying out a whole lot right yet the problem we understood regarding coming into the period, their defence, is striking at a hard time - over the last 6 full weeks they are actually No. 1 for inside fifties versus, but 17th for credit ratings every inside fifty against. So crews aren't ascertaining there certainly a lot, but when they perform, they're scoring at will. There's a bit of misfortune in that but it's certainly not all fortune. As our team've created before, even though the Hawks miss the finals this period has actually been actually amazing, however jeez it will be disheartening when they are actually therefore near one of the greatest accounts in years.This full week: Carlton at the MCG, Sunday 1:10 pm10. ESSENDON (11-8-1, 95.9%) Recently: Rated 12th, def Fremantle by 1 ptTurns out we forgot how essential Darcy Church is to this group. After a peaceful initial activity back he was actually huge versus a star-studded Freo midfield. With him this time, the Bombers are +20 for allowances as well as +18 coming from facility open spaces without him they are actually -17 and +4 specifically. That gain Freo could acquire them right into the finals yet there is actually likewise a real odds someone overlooks along with 14 triumphes, particularly if the Hawks trumped Carlton this weekend break, and for the Bombers their draw and also their unsatisfactory portion have the same impact of creating all of them drop tiebreakers. It will be actually pretty harsh if they won thirteen and also a fifty percent activities as well as lost out but all at once, this is what happens when you lose to non-finalists Melbourne, Adelaide as well as St Kilda - you join them.This full week: Gold Shore Suns at Wonder Coliseum, Saturday 7:30 pm' He's protecting all of them coming from the stress'|03:0311. COLLINGWOOD (10-8-2, 100.2%) Last week: Rated 13th, def Carlton through 2 ptsSo the question is, are they back? They need to have to be near their greatest to bring in the eight from here - Melbourne will not be playing for just about anything in Round 24 so you 'd believe the Magpies succeed that one, yet encountering the top two over the following pair of weeks is actually quite difficult. Probably they've timed this encounter Sydney properly, but our company're not certain Collingwood suffices to defeat the ladder innovators, also within this damaged state. It deserves taking note the Magpies are actually only 16th for inside 50s over the final six full weeks, however third for ratings per inside 50, so effectiveness is keeping them going. Their protection has actually been actually nowhere near acceptable over that time frame so they are actually heading to require to take their odds to quit the Swans, and if they carry out, at that point the other opponents will definitely start to stress. Nobody wants to experience a brought back Magpies in September.This full week: Sydney Swans at the SCG, Friday 7:40 pmMagpies find finals identify against swans|00:3012. MELBOURNE (10-10, 97.9%) Recently: Rated 10th, lost to Western Bulldogs by 51 ptsFor the very first time this many years the Demons will move in to the AFL period's lifeless area, participating in out the string along with nothing at all on the line. In a way, being efficiently out of the finals nationality should be liberating - they can bet 2025, trialling gamers in brand-new placements and also delivering painful players in for very early surgical operations. It goes without saying check out Geelong and Fremantle, that turned very frustrating 2023 times in to most likely 2024 finals berths you can't suspend the potential of staffs who've had results to only recuperate a year later. Hell, Collingwood is actually the very best example. Every one of this is actually why our company are actually not worrying regarding Melbourne's circumstance certainly not till midway via following year, anyway.This week: Slot Adelaide at the MCG, Sunday 7:30 pm13. GOLD COASTLINES SUNS (9-11, 100.4%) Recently: Ranked 11th, shed to West Shore by 10 ptsTheir home-away crack is genuinely shocking. Home ground conveniences is meant to be worth a target or two - certainly not transform you coming from absolute rubbish into a top-four contender! We know our experts have actually been covering this all year yet the story has actually been the same all year ... similar to the account of 'kinda being in the blend with 5-6 cycles left behind and after that falling apart' has actually coincided for this entire club for time after period. Get a new gimmick!This week: Essendon at Wonder Stadium, Saturday 7:30 pmBuckley rules themself out of Eagles project|01:1814. ADELAIDE CROWS (7-12-1, 99.8%) Recently: Placed 15th, lost to Geelong through 5 ptsThis week: Western Bulldogs at Adelaide Oval, Sunday 4:10 pm15. ST KILDA (8-12, 94.9%) Last week: Positioned 14th, shed to Brisbane by 85 ptsThis full week: Richmond at Wonder Stadium, Sunday 3:20 pmWell, as our team stated recently, these groups never have the exact same result in the exact same weekend break! Therefore after Adelaide's loss on Saturday it is actually opportunity to check out ball games for the Saints' activity and-ah. Straight. Don't bother. Wherefore it costs the Crows perhaps weren't as good as the scoreboard suggested, acquiring bashed in the contest through a less-than-impressive Geelong midfield, so they were actually each substandard. Allow's find if either staff can easily play spoiler over the final 3 full weeks - the Saints could ruin Carlton or even Geelong's period, while the Crows can hurt the Dogs but additional significantly will really love to wreck Slot's. Riewoldt talks about Dusty's well known occupation|04:1316. WEST SHORELINE EAGLES (4-16, 70%) Last week: Ranked 18th, def Gold Coast through 10 ptsThis full week: North Melbourne at Blundstone Field, Saturday 1:45 pm17. NORTH MELBOURNE (3-17, 67%) Last week: Positioned 17th, def Richmond through 16 ptsThis week: West Coast Eagles at Blundstone Field, Sunday 1:45 pm18. RICHMOND (2-18, 64.7%) Last week: Rated 16th, shed to North Melbourne through 16 ptsThis week: St Kilda at Wonder Arena, Sunday 3:20 pmWell, the two-week Spoonbowl is actually possibly over, along with Richmond really deserving the gain North - they won the video game on expected credit rating, off the back of 60 inside 50s to 44 - but booting on their own right into the No. 1 selection. (Which is probably for the greatest lasting.) Though to become decent, it's possible the Kangaroos have in fact mastered goalkicking, given they're No. 1 in the AFL for accuracy this year. West Coastline on the other hand was appropriately impressive against a team playing for it season, along with a season-high tension rating and their third-best disputed things gain for the year. Considering that Jarrad Schofield consumed the Eagles have actually gone from 17th in the AFL for stress to eighth, which is a decent indicator they are actually playing for him. Now all eyes rely on North's try to finish outside the bottom pair of for the first time this years - while it would still drop to percent, they 'd be in a good setting along with a succeed in Hobart.