.Welcome back to the Energy Rankings.Sydney's shocking reduction suggests footy record is actually currently against them, along with a brand new fancied Grand Final match-up. But what about the edge that smashed the Swans?What are actually the Energy Positions? This is our attempt to rank every AFL nightclub from ideal to worst. Our experts take victories and also reductions in to account, but also the premium of opposition faced and also whether groups are actually probably to obtain more healthy and/or enhance moving forward. It's a little 'who's hot as well as who's certainly not' component anticipating, part evaluation of what's happened. If Staff An is above Staff B, our company 'd most likely hint A to succeed if they were dipping into a neutral place this weekend.Watch Carlton v Hawthorn sunshine 1:10 PM AEST|SPECIFICALLY LIVE & ad-break cost-free, readily available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary ordeal today > Cycle 22WHAT'S BETTING REALLY PRICING YOU? Establish a down payment limit.All times AEST.Lions pick Saints apart in leveling|01:021. BRISBANE COUGARS (13-6-1, 125.1%) Last week: Positioned 1st, def Street Kilda through 85 ptsThis week: GWS Giants at the Gabba, Saturday 1:45 pm2. WESTERN BULLDOGS (12-8, 122.4%) Recently: Positioned 2nd, def Melbourne by 51 ptsThis week: Adelaide Crows at Adelaide Oval, Sunday 4:10 pmWith the Swans decreasing a cliff, if our team needed to predict a Grand Final right now, this would be it. It may not even be actually possible - if the Bulldogs can't break the top four, they may be on an inevitable conflict in a prelim. However in a pair of games that our team presumed were prospective fruit peels, both they and Brisbane were dominant. The Dogs' protection is amazing right now despite all their workers issues, No. 2 for points permitted and No. 1 for factors permitted coming from turnovers over the last six full weeks, while the Lions have actually raised because department over that duration too (as well as they severely needed to have to). Given how effectively Brisbane are actually going you in fact must ask yourself, would certainly they be the utterly prevalent banner favorite at this moment if they hadn't copped plenty of ACL traumas? To become in this particular setting provided those impacts is extremely exceptional, and also the Bulldogs are as near to a severe banner opponent as they've been actually for years. What our experts have actually found out over the last couple of seasons is actually that the AFL's attempts to carry reasonable balance suggest staffs may really get going mid-season and also rise right into the premiership ethnicity - we have to quit dismissing gifted listings when they start slowly.Kingy lets loose on 'startling' Swans|03:523. SYDNEY SWANS (14-6, 126.1%) Last week: Positioned 3rd, shed to Slot Adelaide by 112 ptsNo matter where you look, Saturday evening was embarrassingly bad. There are only a few comparables to THIS type of reduction for a resulting premier, but none of them were this bad. As a matter of fact no V/AFL premier has actually lost an activity through greater than one hundred points that period, and the greatest reduction through a resulting premier in the AFL period was actually Slot Adelaide getting pushed by 92 aspects versus the Kangaroos in Sphere 8, 2004. The larger complication is actually that this isn't almost the final pair of full weeks over the last six they're 17th for contested possessions, 18th for groundball acquires, 18th for authorizations, 17th for aspects from turn over differential and also 15th for tension score. A blowout reduction will blow those stats out also but they have nothing like a premier's profile page considering that the beginning of July. Thus why do our team still possess them 3rd? Well you do not rest a thousand activities very clear in addition to the step ladder for no cause perhaps the rest of the AFL has actually found them out however our company still have some peace of mind the Swans may discover something near their finest. And they ought to still complete leading pair of, which sets them up in addition to possible.This week: Collingwood at the SCG, Friday 7:40 pmLongmire hits back at "egoistic" reviews|01:004. PORT ADELAIDE (13-7, 113.6%) Recently: Rated 9th, def Sydney by 112 ptsUnfortunately for the Electrical power, when you gain an activity by THAT a lot, the tale is regularly about the shedding staff as well as how the hell they were that bad. Therefore let's provide Port some deserved appreciation, considering that they are actually truly seeming like a top-four crew at this moment, and also might be serious! Over the last six full weeks they are actually No. 2 in the AFL for aspects racked up, No. 1 for factors versus, No. 3 for opposed properties as well as No. 3 for clearances - yes the immensity of the Sydney win throws those statistics out a little bit, but they have actually precisely located some true form. And if they have actually shut the gap between where they were, because 5th to 8th bracket, down end of the leading four they're genuinely in the prelim final nationality. Which would be actually a decent outcome offered the basic feel of frustration this period has typically held.This full week: Melbourne at the MCG, Saturday 7:30 pm5. FREMANTLE (12-7-1, 116.7%) Last week: Positioned 4th, lost to Essendon through 1 ptIt need to be actually acquiring irritating for Dockers supporters - their staff has dropped four video games they led at three-quarter-time this year, 2 more than any individual else. And also it would certainly possess been actually a helpful draw the Bombers also, provided the Swans' loss previously on the weekend break. Regardless of them having to encounter 3 staffs sitting over them on the ladder over the final 3 weeks our company're certainly not as well concerned they definitely ought to win their two continuing to be home games, which would be enough to play finals, and also also on thirteen and also an one-half succeeds their exceptional percent would in fact carry out some good holding off Essendon. This isn't the Freo of recent - they are actually No. 1 for points scored over the last 6 full weeks, as well as it's the very first time due to the fact that 2013 they've been No. 1 in the comp over any sort of six-week period.This full week: Geelong at Optus Stadium, Saturday 4:35 pmEmmett handed restriction for harmful tackle|00:226. GWS GIANTS (13-7, 111.2%) Last week: Positioned 8th, def Hawthorn through 2 ptsThey looked no place near it through 3 quarters versus the Hawks, however then told everybody of the value of super stars. Toby Greene is actually very good, it appears. Potential Coleman champion Jesse Hogan has been amazing for 18 months. As well as even Brent Daniels, among their additional underrated superstars throughout their current effectiveness, was a large factor in the comeback along with an immense 12 last-quarter fingertips. Given the Lions' protective absentees exists some odds Hogan as well as the staff find the Brisbane back six as well as take a serious distress on Saturday? They are actually gon na require to succeed one more video game to participate in finals footy (and it may even be limited on 14 wins) so they may at the same time get it done ASAP.This week: Brisbane Lions at the Gabba, Sunday 1:45 pmKingsley sparks balanced GWS settings|02:167. CARLTON (12-8, 112.1%) Recently: Positioned 5th, lost to Collingwood by 3 ptsWe are actually mosting likely to always keep believing in cry until they require our palm, given that there's still a great deal going their technique. Yes they've shed 4 of their last 5 video games, but 3 of those were merely through a couple of targets, and also last Saturday evening was practically chosen through a zing. Possibly even more importantly they are still the No. 1 team in the AFL for aspects coming from turn over differential - the most important racking up resource. An enormous 19 of the final 20 crews to rate No. 1 during that stat have actually created an initial last or even better. They are actually predisposed, given that they are actually 16th for points coming from clearances over the last six weeks, yet you prefer to be actually turnover-focused (as they are this year) than stoppage-focused (as they were actually last year). It will join a disaster if this group missed the eight, offered the requirements and also where they were actually simply a month ago, yet 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: Positioned sixth, def Adelaide by 5 ptsFunny just how the Pussy-cats are actually both rather well-placed in a tight finals ethnicity and offering our team much less assurance in their high quality together. The margin probably should not have been actually pretty that strict versus Adelaide, yet it was, and our company possibly require to stop talking about Kardinia Park as a barrier - given they are actually 5-3 in the home, two of those victories obtaining single finger frames. But once more, they are actually well-placed on thirteen wins as well as along with West Coast in your home to come in the ultimate around. Squeeze a sway the Dockers or even Street Kilda before that, and also they are actually effectively and also definitely safe in the eight. There are still some factors for self-confidence, like Patrick Dangerfield finding type as well as the midfield executing quite possibly general versus the Crows, plus the defence has risen more than the final six full weeks (No. 5 for aspects yielded). Yet even though the best four is accessible, they don't think that a best four team.This week: Fremantle at Optus Coliseum, Saturday 4:35 pmRobbo discloses Tomahawks' best qualities|03:489. HAWTHORN (11-9, 104.1%) Recently: Rated 7th, dropped to GWS by 2 ptsSunday's video game is actually one of the most necessary for any sort of one staff our company've observed so far in 2024. That's because Hawthorn's outcome versus Carlton will efficiently determine their period. They have actually got a wide-open pathway to 14 victories along with a triumph, and no crew has actually also missed out on the leading 8 with 13 wins prior to. But lose as well as they're perhaps going to be actually 2 video games out of the eight along with 2 to participate in, a practically unrecoverable placement. They are still performing a great deal right yet the issue we understood regarding entering the period, their support, stands out at a hard time - over the last 6 weeks they're No. 1 for within fifties against, yet 17th for scores every inside 50 versus. Therefore crews may not be ascertaining there certainly much, however when they carry out, they're racking up at can. There's a little bit of misfortune because but it is actually certainly not all luck. As our team've composed before, even though the Hawks overlook the finals this period has actually been actually awesome, but jeez it would certainly be frustrating when they're so close to some of the most effective tales in years.This 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 neglected exactly how essential Darcy Parish is to this crew. After a silent first video game back he was enormous versus a star-studded Freo midfield. Along with him this season, the Bombing planes are +20 for clearances as well as +18 coming from center clearances without him they're -17 and also +4 respectively. That get Freo could get them in to the finals however there's likewise a genuine opportunity somebody misses along with 14 victories, particularly if the Hawks defeated Carlton this weekend, and also for the Bombers their draw as well as their inadequate percentage have the exact same impact of making all of them lose sudden deaths. It would certainly be actually pretty harsh if they succeeded thirteen and also a fifty percent games and lost out however together, this is what occurs when you shed to non-finalists Melbourne, Adelaide and St Kilda - you join them.This week: Gold Shoreline Suns at Wonder Stadium, Sunday 7:30 pm' He's shielding them from the stress'|03:0311. COLLINGWOOD (10-8-2, 100.2%) Last week: Ranked 13th, def Carlton by 2 ptsSo the concern is, are they back? They require to be near their greatest to make the eight hence - Melbourne won't be betting everything in Cycle 24 so you would certainly assume the Magpies succeed that a person, but experiencing the top pair of over the following pair of weeks is actually rather difficult. Perhaps they've timed this clash with Sydney properly, yet our company are actually certainly not convinced Collingwood suffices to trump the step ladder forerunners, even in this particular stressed state. It costs noting the Magpies are actually merely 16th for inside 50s over the last six full weeks, but third for credit ratings per inside fifty, thus productivity is maintaining them going. Their defence has been actually nowhere near satisfactory over that duration so they are actually mosting likely to need to take their chances to quit the Swans, as well as if they perform, after that the various other competitors will certainly start to fret. No one intends to encounter a rejuvenated Magpies in September.This week: Sydney Swans at the SCG, Friday 7:40 pmMagpies look for finals find versus swans|00:3012. MELBOURNE (10-10, 97.9%) Last week: Positioned 10th, dropped to Western Bulldogs by 51 ptsFor the first time this years the Demons will certainly head right into the AFL time's lifeless region, participating in out the chain with nothing at all vulnerable. In a way, being efficiently out of the finals race should be relieving - they can easily play for 2025, trialling gamers in new positions as well as sending out sore players in for early surgeries. It goes without saying consider Geelong and also Fremantle, that turned incredibly unsatisfying 2023 seasons right into most likely 2024 finals berths you can not count out the ability of staffs that have actually possessed results to simply recuperate a year later on. Heck, Collingwood is actually the most effective example. Every one of this is actually why we're not stressing concerning Melbourne's situation certainly not up until midway via upcoming year, anyway.This full week: Slot Adelaide at the MCG, Sunday 7:30 pm13. GOLD COAST SUNLIGHT (9-11, 100.4%) Last week: Positioned 11th, dropped to West Shore by 10 ptsTheir home-away split is actually really shocking. Home ground advantage is actually meant to be worth a goal or 2 - not turn you from complete rubbish right into a top-four opponent! We know our experts've been actually writing about this all year yet the account has actually been the same all year ... much like the story of 'kinda being in the blend with 5-6 cycles left and after that falling apart' has actually been the same for this entire nightclub for period after time. Receive a new gimmick!This week: Essendon at Wonder Coliseum, Saturday 7:30 pmBuckley rules himself away from Eagles job|01:1814. ADELAIDE CROWS (7-12-1, 99.8%) Last week: Positioned 15th, dropped to Geelong by 5 ptsThis full 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 week: Richmond at Marvel Arena, Sunday 3:20 pmWell, as our team stated last week, these teams never ever possess the exact same result in the exact same weekend! Therefore after Adelaide's reduction on Saturday it's time to check out ball games for the Saints' activity and-ah. Straight. Never mind. For what it deserves the Crows probably weren't comparable to the scoreboard suggested, receiving belted in the contest by a less-than-impressive Geelong midfield, so they were actually each below par. Let's see if either group may play spoiler over the last three weeks - the Saints might mess up Carlton or even Geelong's season, while the Crows could possibly harm the Dogs however additional significantly would love to wreck Slot's. Riewoldt reviews Dusty's popular profession|04:1316. WEST SHORE EAGLES (4-16, 70%) Last week: Ranked 18th, def Gold Shore by 10 ptsThis full week: North Melbourne at Blundstone Arena, Saturday 1:45 pm17. NORTH MELBOURNE (3-17, 67%) Recently: Rated 17th, def Richmond by 16 ptsThis week: West Coastline Eagles at Blundstone Arena, Saturday 1:45 pm18. RICHMOND (2-18, 64.7%) Recently: Rated 16th, dropped to North Melbourne through 16 ptsThis week: St Kilda at Marvel Stadium, Sunday 3:20 pmWell, the two-week Spoonbowl is actually probably over, with Richmond really deserving the draw North - they succeeded the activity on anticipated rating, off the rear of 60 inside 50s to 44 - however booting on their own in to the No. 1 pick. (Which is actually possibly advantageous long-lasting.) Though to be fair, it is actually feasible the Kangaroos have in fact learnt goalkicking, given they're No. 1 in the AFL for accuracy this year. West Coastline in the meantime was correctly exceptional versus a team playing for it time, with a season-high pressure rating as well as their third-best disputed ownerships succeed for the year. Given that Jarrad Schofield consumed the Eagles have actually gone from 17th in the AFL for pressure to 8th, which is actually a pretty good indication they are actually betting him. Currently all eyes rely on North's attempt to complete outside the bottom 2 for the very first time this many years - while it would certainly still decrease to amount, they will remain in a great posture along with a win in Hobart.