{"id":226360,"date":"2025-10-20T01:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T01:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/226360\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T01:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T01:25:09","slug":"where-your-afl-club-sits-in-the-mcclelland-trophy-race-afl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/226360\/","title":{"rendered":"Where your AFL club sits in the McClelland Trophy race – AFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brisbane, Hawthorn and Adelaide are the leading contenders for the coveted McClelland Trophy as the AFLW season nears its conclusion.<\/p>\n

The award hands the winning club a $1 million prize to be split evenly between the men’s and women’s football programs.<\/p>\n

Following each respective finals series for both competitions, clubs are assigned a ranking from 1 to 18 in reverse order \u2013 the team claiming the premiership securing 18 points, down to the 18th team receiving 1 point.<\/p>\n

In the AFL<\/a>, Brisbane saluted for the second consecutive season, meaning they received the maximum of 18 points. West Coast claimed the wooden spoon as well as a measly solitary point.<\/p>\n

Currently in the AFLW competition, North Melbourne and Melbourne rank the highest, with the Kangaroos currently undefeated after 10 rounds.<\/p>\n

However, following closely behind are the Hawks and Lions to round out the top four of the ladder, providing them with more points contributed to the McClelland Trophy race.<\/p>\n

As it stands, Brisbane (33) holds a two-point lead over Hawthorn (31), while Adelaide (26)\u00a0 needs a big finish to its women’s season to be a chance.<\/p>\n

The Crows sit seventh on the ladder with two weeks remaining before finals, and will need to remain in the hunt for a premiership to be in contention for the major prize.<\/p>\n

AFL
\nAFLW (Round 10)
\nLeaders<\/p>\n

18 \u2013 Brisbane
\n18 \u2013 North Melbourne
\n33 \u2013 Brisbane<\/p>\n

17 \u2013 Geelong
\n17 \u2013 Melbourne
\n31 \u2013 Hawthorn<\/p>\n

16 \u2013 Collingwood
\n16 \u2013 Hawthorn
\n26 \u2013 Adelaide<\/p>\n

15 \u2013 Hawthorn
\n15 \u2013 Brisbane
\n23 \u2013 Geelong<\/p>\n

14 \u2013 Adelaide
\n14 \u2013 St Kilda
\n22 \u2013 Melbourne<\/p>\n

13 \u2013 Gold Coast Suns<\/a>
\n13 \u2013 West Coast
\n21 \u2013 St Kilda<\/p>\n

12 \u2013 GWS Giants<\/a>
\n12 \u2013 Adelaide<\/p>\n

11 \u2013 Fremantle
\n11 \u2013 Carlton
\n20 \u2013 Fremantle<\/p>\n

10 \u2013 Western Bulldogs<\/a>
\n10 \u2013 Sydney
\n19 \u2013 Carlton<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 Sydney
\n9 \u2013 Fremantle
\n19 \u2013 Sydney<\/p>\n

8 \u2013 Carlton
\n8 \u2013\u00a0Western Bulldogs<\/a><\/p>\n

7 \u2013 St Kilda
\n7 \u2013 Port Adelaide<\/p>\n

6 \u2013 Port Adelaide
\n6 \u2013 Geelong
\n16 \u2013 GWS Giants<\/a><\/p>\n

5 \u2013 Melbourne
\n5 \u2013 Essendon
\n14 \u2013 Gold Coast Suns<\/a><\/p>\n

4 \u2013 Essendon
\n4 \u2013 GWS Giants<\/a>
\n14 \u2013 West Coast<\/p>\n

3 \u2013 North Melbourne
\n3 \u2013 Richmond<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 Richmond
\n2 \u2013 Collingwood
\n9 \u2013 Essendon<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 West Coast
\n1 \u2013 Gold Coast Suns<\/a>
\n5 \u2013 Richmond<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

The McClelland Trophy was introduced to football ahead of the 2023 season, but has undergone recent change.<\/p>\n

The award initially favoured home and away season results, which put into question who the deserved winner was.<\/p>\n

Melbourne won the inaugural trophy after strong campaigns across both football sides despite not winning the premiership in either competition. They finished second in the women’s competition and fourth in the men’s. Both teams exited in straight sets.<\/p>\n

In 2023, Brisbane lost the men’s premiership to Collingwood in the grand final, but saluted in the women’s with a 17-point win over North Melbourne.<\/p>\n

Hawthorn was the 2024 recipient of the trophy following a second-place finish in AFLW and a seventh-place finish in the men’s league.<\/p>\n

Ironically, the Hawks lost the semi-final to Port Adelaide in both games. Once again, Brisbane would go on to play in both deciders for a pair of mixed results. The men’s defeated Sydney while the women’s were avenged by the Kangaroos.<\/p>\n

It forced a change to the criteria<\/a>.<\/p>\n

McClelland Trophy adjustments:<\/p>\n

At the conclusion of finals for each competition, each club will be assigned a ranking from 1 to 18 in reverse order, with the team finishing first receiving 18 points, down to the team finishing 18th\u00a0receiving 1 point. The highest combined ranking score will win the trophy.
\nWhere two teams are knocked out in the same week of finals, the club that finished higher on the ladder at the end of the home and away season will be given a higher ranking (consistent with the methodology used for the draft order and weighted rule).
\nIn the event that two or more clubs have the equal highest combined ranking score, the current methodology will be used as a tiebreaker \u2013 i.e. number of trophy points and then combined percentage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brisbane, Hawthorn and Adelaide are the leading contenders for the coveted McClelland Trophy as the AFLW season nears…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-226360","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}