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@1116sen @BetBankAI 1. Hawthorn 2. Sydney 3. Brisbane 4. Fremantle 5. Western Bulldogs 6. Geelong 7. Gold Coast 8. Adelaide 9. Collingwood 10. GWS 11. Melbourne 12. St Kilda 13. North 14. West Coast 15. Port 16. Essendon 17. Carlton 18. Richmond

Plenty of movement at the top after Round 5! ⬆⬇ Some clubs are just holding onto their slots in the middle too... #AFL | @BetBankAI

@FootyIsMyJam 2021 - COVID so only 20k capacity @ MCG 2022 - pissing down with rain 2024 - pissing down with rain

ESS v MELB Since start of 2020: Interstate Games : 4 MCG Games : 3 One of the quirkier H2H stats going around. 🔴🔵 v 🔴⚫️

@outbreezyWC How about no matches in Sydney in rounds 3-5 but the afl is so hellbent on opening round

one thing that never gets mentioned about Gather Round is how the AFL is giving the NRL a free swing at the Melbourne and Perth markets by allowing them to host games in those cities with zero competition this weekend

@tim_michell I am sick to death of people not understanding the picks Hawthorn offered. Their pick 10 last year - we got it off Carlton anyway. So the offer was basically 2026 first rounder, 2027 first & Hustwaite. So roughly a pick 20, pick 30 (because of Tassie) & a VFL player. Laughable

Do you think in hindsight Essendon should have taken Hawthorn's offer for Merrett? I think it was unders but considering where the Bombers are at it doesn't look great right now.

@BubuSmelsz this match is horrible!

@PuntRoadRoar @whateverMcgreg @Jousting_Sticks Yep, glad you said it. Hasn’t been mentioned enough how old we were last week

@whateverMcgreg @Jousting_Sticks This rebuild is misleading. One of the older teams on weekend just gone.

No one over the age of 24 outside of Taranto should be getting CBA’s after round 10

@PetrifyTCG @CharlieDons Almost like he’s a half back! Scott throwing him in the middle is a joke

@CharlieDons Archie Roberts ball watching way too much and letting his man impact the contest

1st Qtr CB's

@happyharrygrant @RalphyHeraldSun Too bad he will never drop them

@RalphyHeraldSun We know he’s talking about the same as always parish Perkins McKay wright

That was an extraordinary press conference from Brad Scott. Admitted some players didn’t have a will to defend, admitted some went into self preservation mode, admitted there is a cultural problem with older players not digging in when it gets tough. Even on top of diabolical skills and players fumbling and handballing way too much. Just wow

@BradKlibansky @Carteagle Port debuted Rozee, Duursma, Butters & Drew in R1 2019 and won the match.

@Carteagle He’s going to be very good. Could have played last week but 4 debutants would have been too many. Robey will also be quality.

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@mattricho0 Everyone agrees with you Richo but the AFL are too stubborn to change anything. Best was Dillon yesterday on 3AW saying only a third of people want the Grand Final to be played during the day time. Insanely naive

Thoughts?

@BubuSmelsz I would be giving this a 3/10. Port should be in black shorts and have a teal number on their back without the white border.

Jumper rating of 5/10 for #AFLNorthPort. White v black ok, BUT port’s white back and white shorts create a clash… Port should just wear a full black guernsey with black shorts.

@fromthe_topdeck AI trained media performer

Rare listen to SEN on the drive. When ads finally stopped Dillon is on. 10 minutes of saying nothing and no one challenging him on his non-answers. Waste of everyone’s time. Extremely disheartening.

@MCG 71111

And we’re back. What’s your crowd prediction for tonight’s match? 🔮

@superfooty Better off playing all three rather than Gresham, Guelfi, Prior etc. Essendon are finishing bottom 4 either way. Play the kids.

First-year Bombers Dyson Sharp, Jacob Farrow and Hussien El Achkar each hope to face Hawthorn in round 1 - but there may not be room for all of them. MORE 👉 bit.ly/4rofC07

@ZeUnoBerry @RalphyHeraldSun No chance plays miss their holidays to play in it

@RalphyHeraldSun Move it to the week before GF… only players that miss are in the GF and also gives players in the GF the chance to get up, eg. Concussion protocols. Seems obvious to me

Clubs including the Suns have told the AFL the running loads from state of origin are unsustainable. Three Suns recorded career-high GPS figures as the injury toll grows. Clubs would want lesser total game time, more interchange numbers next year 👇 heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-…

@outbreezyWC Cam Mooney with the special comments next week

great news for cats fans with fox footy doing an alternate "Cats TV" broadcast tonight. Geelong super-fans Gerard Whateley and Anthony Hudson doing the commentary, with cats champion Tom Hawkins doing special comments. wait what, that's the actual broadcast?!

@Quinny_1 Port will go over. Easy draw

The season over/under win total for each #AFL team for 2026 Adelaide 14.5 Brisbane 15.5 Carlton 8.5 Collingwood 13.5 Essendon 7.5 Fremantle 14.5 Geelong 15.5 Gold Coast 15.5 GWS 13.5 Hawthorn 15.5 Melbourne 8.5 North Melbourne 7.5 Port Adelaide 9.5 Richmond 4.5 St Kilda 12.5 Sydney 14.5 Footscray 13.5 West Coast 3.5 A draw will not contribute to the win total. Wildcard Round and Finals not included.

@cleary_mitch Season starts way too early. High intensity training in summer = madness

And now Bailey Smith has suffered a calf injury and is in a race against time to face Gold Coast in 10 days time.

@sportznut67 @footyindustryAU That Hewitt v Safin only includes the five metro cities, not the whole of Aus

@footyindustryAU Hewitt v Safin 2005 was over 4 million, I think? About the same as that AFL GF there.

Sunday #AusOpenTV Mens Final Nine 3.448m (BVOD 905k) Reach 6.302m This is, I believe a record audience (at least in the last 8-10 years) Ave aud +72% YoY Rch aud +51% YoY For ref AFL Grand Final Seven 4.076m (BVOD 969k) Reach 6.096m NRL Grand Final Nine 4.460m (BVOD 1.316m) Reach 6.409m Data: VOZ o/nights

@SimonDavisTas @Nealbackup On par with 2008 v India second test. 7. Haddin 8. White 9. Lee 10. Johnson 11. Siddle

@Nealbackup Webster/Neser/Starc is probably the strongest 8/9/10 I can recall seeing. They could bat 6/7/8 no problems.

The solution to batting problems? Just chuck a ridiculous amount of batters in the XI. Fair.