.Welcome back to the Power Rankings.Sydney's staggering loss implies footy background is actually currently versus them, along with a new fancied having Grand Final match-up. But what concerning the edge that shattered the Swans?What are actually the Electrical Power Rankings? This is our try to rate every AFL nightclub coming from ideal to worst. Our experts take wins and also losses into profile, but additionally the high quality of adversary dealt with and whether groups are actually most likely to get healthier and/or strengthen going ahead. It is actually a little 'that is actually warm and that is actually certainly not' part predictive, part study of what's taken place. If Group An is above Group B, our team will most likely hint A to gain if they were actually playing at a neutral location this weekend.Watch Carlton v Hawthorn SUN 1:10 PM AEST|ONLY LIVE & ad-break complimentary, offered on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary ordeal today > Cycle 22WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Prepare a down payment limit.All times AEST.Lions decide on Saints apart in demolition|01:021. BRISBANE COUGARS (13-6-1, 125.1%) Last week: Ranked 1st, def Street Kilda by 85 ptsThis week: GWS Giants at the Gabba, Sunday 1:45 pm2. WESTERN BULLDOGS (12-8, 122.4%) Last week: Positioned 2nd, def Melbourne by 51 ptsThis full week: Adelaide Crows at Adelaide Oval, Sunday 4:10 pmWith the Swans decreasing a high cliff, if our company needed to predict a Grand Final immediately, this would certainly be it. It might not even be feasible - if the Bulldogs can't split the top 4, they might be on an unavoidable conflict in a prelim. But in a pair of video games that our team presumed were actually possible fruit peels, both they and Brisbane were dominant. The Dogs' protection is exceptional at this moment in spite of all their staffs problems, No. 2 for points allowed as well as No. 1 for factors permitted coming from turnovers over the last 6 weeks, while the Lions have raised because division over that duration at the same time (as well as they severely needed to have to). Offered just how well Brisbane are actually going you in fact have to ponder, will they be actually the absolutely leading banner favourite right now if they hadn't copped a lot of ACL traumas? To become within this placement provided those impacts is quite impressive, and also the Bulldogs are actually as close to a major flag competitor as they have actually been for several years. What our team have actually know over the last handful of times is that the AFL's attempts to deliver very competitive balance indicate staffs may definitely start mid-season and also rise right into the premiership ethnicity - our team need to quit ruling out skilled checklists when they start slowly.Kingy unleashes on 'scary' Swans|03:523. SYDNEY SWANS (14-6, 126.1%) Last week: Rated 3rd, lost to Port Adelaide by 112 ptsNo matter where you look, Sunday evening was embarrassingly unsatisfactory. There are only a few comparables to THIS type of loss for an eventual premier, yet none of them were this negative. As a matter of fact no V/AFL premier has shed an activity by more than one hundred points that period, as well as the largest loss through an ultimate premier in the AFL era was actually Port Adelaide getting pumped by 92 factors against the Kangaroos in Around 8, 2004. The greater concern is that this isn't almost the last two full weeks over the final 6 they are actually 17th for contested belongings, 18th for groundball acquires, 18th for approvals, 17th for points coming from turn over differential as well as 15th for tension score. A blowout reduction will definitely blow those statistics out too yet they possess nothing like a premier's account due to the fact that the start of July. Therefore why do our experts still have them 3rd? Well you do not sit a million activities crystal clear in addition to the ladder for no factor perhaps the remainder of the AFL has discovered all of them out but we still possess some peace of mind the Swans may discover one thing near their finest. As well as they need to still complete best pair of, which specifies all of them up along with possible.This week: Collingwood at the SCG, Friday 7:40 pmLongmire hits back at "self-centered" remarks|01:004. PORT ADELAIDE (13-7, 113.6%) Last week: Ranked 9th, def Sydney through 112 ptsUnfortunately for the Energy, when you win a game by THAT considerably, the tale is constantly regarding the losing crew and also how the heck they were that bad. So let's provide Slot some ought to have approval, due to the fact that they are actually genuinely resembling a top-four group immediately, and might be severe! Over the final six full weeks they're No. 2 in the AFL for points scored, No. 1 for factors against, No. 3 for disputed belongings and No. 3 for clearances - yes the size of the Sydney succeed tosses those stats out a bit, however they have actually precisely found some genuine kind. As well as if they've closed the gap in between where they were actually, in that 5th to 8th bracket, to the bottom end of the best four they are actually genuinely in the prelim final race. Which will be actually a good outcome offered the basic atmosphere of aggravation this time possesses otherwise held.This week: Melbourne at the MCG, Saturday 7:30 pm5. FREMANTLE (12-7-1, 116.7%) Last week: Ranked 4th, lost to Essendon by 1 ptIt should be acquiring irritating for Dockers supporters - their staff has lost 4 activities they led at three-quarter-time this year, pair of greater than any person else. As well as it will've been a helpful win over the Bombers as well, given the Swans' loss previously on the weekend. In spite of them having to deal with three staffs sitting above them on the step ladder over the ultimate three full weeks our experts are actually certainly not too interested they actually should succeed their 2 staying home games, which would be enough to play finals, and also also on 13 and also a fifty percent gains their excellent percentage will in fact carry out some good holding off Essendon. This isn't the Freo of recent - they're No. 1 for points scored over the final 6 weeks, and it is actually the first time because 2013 they've been No. 1 in the compensation over any six-week period.This week: Geelong at Optus Arena, Sunday 4:35 pmEmmett handed restriction for risky take on|00:226. GWS GIANTS (13-7, 111.2%) Last week: Placed 8th, def Hawthorn by 2 ptsThey appeared nowhere near it through 3 fourths against the Hawks, however after that reminded everyone of the worth of celebrities. Toby Greene is rather excellent, it turns out. Prospective Coleman victor Jesse Hogan has been excellent for 18 months. And even Brent Daniels, among their more underrated superstars during their latest results, was actually a substantial consider the comeback along with an enormous 12 last-quarter disposals. Offered the Lions' defensive absentees exists some possibility Hogan and also the team obtain the Brisbane back 6 and also take a serious distress on Saturday? They are actually gon na need to win one more activity to participate in finals footy (and it may also be tight on 14 success) so they may also obtain it done ASAP.This full week: Brisbane Lions at the Gabba, Sunday 1:45 pmKingsley kindles healthy and balanced GWS settings|02:167. CARLTON (12-8, 112.1%) Last week: Rated 5th, dropped to Collingwood by 3 ptsWe are actually heading to keep counting on the Blues up until they compel our palm, considering that there is actually still a lot going their method. Yes they have actually shed 4 of their last five activities, yet 3 of those were simply through a number of goals, and also final Saturday evening was actually literally chosen by a zing. Possibly a lot more notably they are actually still the No. 1 team in the AFL for factors from turnover differential - the best essential racking up resource. A tremendous 19 of the last twenty staffs to rank No. 1 in that stat have made a preparatory final or even better. They are actually prejudiced, due to the fact that they're 16th for aspects coming from spaces over the final 6 full weeks, however you prefer to be actually turnover-focused (as they are this year) than stoppage-focused (as they were in 2014). It will be close to a catastrophe if this group missed out on the 8, given the expectations and where they were actually only a month back, however if they shed to the Hawks the opportunity is actually live.This week: Hawthorn at the MCG, Sunday 1:10 pm8. GEELONG (13-7, 108.9%) Last week: Ranked sixth, def Adelaide by 5 ptsFunny just how the Cats are both rather well-placed in a limited finals ethnicity and providing our company much less peace of mind in their top quality simultaneously. The frame perhaps shouldn't have been fairly that strict against Adelaide, but it was actually, and also our experts perhaps need to stop talking about Kardinia Park as a citadel - provided they are actually 5-3 in the house, 2 of those wins coming by solitary finger margins. Yet once again, they are actually well-placed on thirteen success and also along with West Coast in your home ahead in the ultimate sphere. Squeeze a sway the Dockers or even Street Kilda before that, and also they are actually effectively and absolutely secure in the eight. There are still some causes for self-confidence, like Patrick Dangerfield discovering kind as well as the midfield conducting quite possibly total against the Crows, plus the protection has risen more than the last six full weeks (No. 5 for aspects yielded). However even though the leading four is available, they do not believe that a best four team.This week: Fremantle at Optus Coliseum, Sunday 4:35 pmRobbo exposes Tomahawks' highest qualities|03:489. HAWTHORN (11-9, 104.1%) Recently: Placed 7th, lost to GWS by 2 ptsSunday's game is actually one of the most necessary for any type of one group our team've viewed up until now in 2024. That is actually because Hawthorn's outcome against Carlton are going to effectively choose their season. They've received a wide-open road to 14 victories along with a victory, as well as no team has actually also missed the leading eight with 13 victories prior to. Yet lose and also they are actually possibly mosting likely to be two games out of the eight with 2 to participate in, a nearly unrecoverable posture. They are actually still performing a lot right yet the issue we understood concerning coming into the period, their defence, is striking at a hard time - over the final 6 weeks they're No. 1 for inside 50s against, but 17th for scores every inside fifty against. So groups may not be ascertaining there a lot, however when they do, they're scoring at last will and testament. There's a little bad luck in that but it is actually not all fortune. As our company have actually written before, even if the Hawks overlook the finals this time has been fabulous, however jeez it would certainly be actually irritating when they are actually therefore near among the most ideal tales in years.This week: Carlton at the MCG, Sunday 1:10 pm10. ESSENDON (11-8-1, 95.9%) Last week: Placed 12th, def Fremantle by 1 ptTurns out we failed to remember just how important Darcy Church is actually to this crew. After a peaceful initial activity back he was actually huge versus a star-studded Freo midfield. Along with him this period, the Bombing planes are +20 for spaces and also +18 from centre allowances without him they are actually -17 as well as +4 specifically. That gain Freo could possibly obtain all of them right into the finals however there's also a legitimate opportunity somebody overlooks along with 14 victories, especially if the Hawks trumped Carlton this weekend break, as well as for the Bombing planes their draw as well as their unsatisfactory percent possess the very same result of making all of them shed tiebreakers. It would certainly be quite severe if they won thirteen as well as a half video games and also missed out however simultaneously, this is what occurs when you drop to non-finalists Melbourne, Adelaide and also Street Kilda - you join them.This full week: Gold Coastline Suns at Wonder Stadium, Sunday 7:30 pm' He is actually covering all of them coming from the pressure'|03:0311. COLLINGWOOD (10-8-2, 100.2%) Last week: Rated 13th, def Carlton by 2 ptsSo the question is, are they back? They need to have to be near their best to bring in the 8 from here - Melbourne won't be playing for anything in Cycle 24 so you would certainly assume the Magpies win that people, however experiencing the best pair of over the upcoming pair of full weeks is pretty tough. Maybe they've timed this encounter Sydney well, yet our team're certainly not certain Collingwood is good enough to beat the ladder forerunners, also in this particular stressed condition. It deserves keeping in mind the Magpies are actually simply 16th for inside 50s over the final six full weeks, but third for ratings per inside 50, so effectiveness is actually maintaining them going. Their protection has actually been no place near good enough over that time frame so they're visiting need to have to take their opportunities to quit the Swans, and also if they carry out, at that point the various other challengers will start to fret. Nobody intends to deal with a brought back Magpies in September.This full week: Sydney Swans at the SCG, Friday 7:40 pmMagpies look for finals identify against swans|00:3012. MELBOURNE (10-10, 97.9%) Last week: Ranked 10th, lost to Western Bulldogs through 51 ptsFor the first time this years the Demons will move in to the AFL season's dead zone, participating in out the string along with nothing on the line. In such a way, being effectively out of the finals race should be clearing - they can play for 2025, trialling gamers in new placements and sending sore gamers in for very early surgeries. After all consider Geelong and Fremantle, that transformed incredibly unsatisfactory 2023 seasons right into very likely 2024 finals berths you can not pass over the capacity of teams who have actually had excellence to merely get better a year eventually. Hell, Collingwood is the most ideal instance. All of this is why our company are actually not running scared regarding Melbourne's circumstance not up until midway with next year, anyway.This week: Port Adelaide at the MCG, Saturday 7:30 pm13. GOLD COASTLINES SUNSHINES (9-11, 100.4%) Last week: Rated 11th, lost to West Shore through 10 ptsTheir home-away crack is absolutely astonishing. Home ground perk is actually intended to be worth a goal or 2 - not switch you from outright rubbish right into a top-four opponent! We know we have actually been actually discussing this all year however the tale has coincided all year ... similar to the story of 'kinda being in the combine with 5-6 rounds left behind and then falling apart' has actually been the same for this whole nightclub for season after time. Obtain a new gimmick!This full week: Essendon at Marvel Stadium, Sunday 7:30 pmBuckley rules themself out of Eagles work|01:1814. ADELAIDE CROWS (7-12-1, 99.8%) Recently: Positioned 15th, lost to Geelong by 5 ptsThis full week: Western Bulldogs at Adelaide Oval, Sunday 4:10 pm15. ST KILDA (8-12, 94.9%) Last week: Ranked 14th, lost to Brisbane by 85 ptsThis full week: Richmond at Wonder Arena, Sunday 3:20 pmWell, as our experts stated recently, these teams certainly never have the very same cause the very same weekend break! Thus after Adelaide's loss on Saturday it's time to check out the scores for the Saints' video game and-ah. Right. Don't bother. Of what it's worth the Crows possibly weren't like the scoreboard suggested, receiving belted in the competition through a less-than-impressive Geelong midfield, so they were actually both below par. Permit's observe if either staff may play looter over the last 3 full weeks - the Saints could mess up Carlton or Geelong's time, while the Crows could possibly harm the Canines however additional notably would love to wreck Slot's. Riewoldt discusses Dusty's famous profession|04:1316. WEST SHORELINE BALD EAGLES (4-16, 70%) Recently: Ranked 18th, def Gold Shoreline through 10 ptsThis full week: North Melbourne at Blundstone Field, Saturday 1:45 pm17. NORTH MELBOURNE (3-17, 67%) Last week: Placed 17th, def Richmond by 16 ptsThis week: West Coastline Eagles at Blundstone Stadium, Sunday 1:45 pm18. RICHMOND (2-18, 64.7%) Last week: Ranked 16th, shed to North Melbourne through 16 ptsThis full week: Street Kilda at Marvel Coliseum, Sunday 3:20 pmWell, the two-week Spoonbowl is actually possibly over, along with Richmond really deserving the draw North - they gained the activity on expected score, off the rear of 60 inside 50s to 44 - however kicking on their own right into the No. 1 pick. (Which is possibly for the very best long-lasting.) Though to become decent, it is actually possible the Kangaroos have actually mastered goalkicking, provided they're No. 1 in the AFL for accuracy this year. West Coast meanwhile was appropriately excellent versus a crew having fun for it period, along with a season-high stress rating and their third-best disputed properties gain for the year. Considering that Jarrad Schofield took control of the Eagles have actually gone coming from 17th in the AFL for tension to 8th, which is a pretty good sign they are actually betting him. Currently all eyes rely on North's effort to finish outside the bottom two for the first time this many years - while it will still go down to amount, they would certainly remain in a good posture along with a gain in Hobart.