{"id":680058,"date":"2026-05-19T04:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/680058\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T04:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T04:32:11","slug":"afl-2026-power-rankings-after-round-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/680058\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL 2026 Power Rankings after Round 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and welcome back to the Power Rankings. See our ranking of every AFL club from best to worst after Round 10 below!<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot of change among the top 10 teams, with two teams both sliding three spots while new flag contenders emerge.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of every round of the AFL Premiership Season LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports | <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/afl?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkafl-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779017096_680_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>How do the Power Rankings work? We take wins and losses into account, but also the quality of opposition faced and whether teams are likely to get healthier and\/or improve going forward. It\u2019s a little bit \u2018who\u2019s hot and who\u2019s not\u2019; part predictive, part analysis of what\u2019s happened. If Team A is above Team B, we\u2019d probably tip A to win if they were playing at a neutral venue this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>All times AEST.<\/p>\n<p>Cox hails Swans win over Pies | 10:04<\/p>\n<p>1. SYDNEY SWANS (9-1, 152.2%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 1st, defeated Collingwood by 6 points<\/p>\n<p>The wins keep on coming for the Swans, albeit the past two over North Melbourne (+8 points) and Collingwood (+6) have been hard work. The Sydney believer would tell you the team won in a different fashion on Friday night, defeating the Magpies with good old-fashioned surge footy on a \u2018win ugly\u2019 night with their lowest score of the season (81 points) so far. The Sydney doubter, though, would tell you the Magpies might\u2019ve set a blueprint for other teams to overcome and thwart the Swans\u2019 scintillating high-handball corridor game \u2014 a style that might struggled to stand up in highly-contested, high-stakes finals. Nonetheless, the numbers don\u2019t lie. Sydney sits on top of the ladder with nine wins and clearly the best percentage in the competition. And as revealed on Fox Footy\u2019s On The Couch on Monday night, the Swans are one of just two teams in Champion Data\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/afl\/afl-news-2026-premiership-window-revealed-after-round-10-with-just-sydney-and-gold-coast-the-only-two-teams-in-it-at-this-stage\/news-story\/75f9b7b3c438878356dad082cdc87980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Premiership Window after Round 10<\/a>, ranked first in the league for points scored and second for least points conceded. But Dean Cox\u2019s side faces arguably its biggest challenge yet this weekend: Geelong in Geelong. Beat the Cats on their home turf \u2014 a task the Dockers weren\u2019t able to do in Round 1 \u2014 and the Swans\u2019 premiership favouritism only strengthens.<\/p>\n<p>This week: Geelong Cats at GMHBA Stadium, Saturday at 4.15pm<\/p>\n<p>Voss bags four in opening half | 00:57<\/p>\n<p>2. WALYALUP (9-1, 134.9%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 4th, defeated Essendon by 43 points<\/p>\n<p>Nine in a row. Nine in a row! It\u2019s a streak that\u2019s been coming for a while, for the talent on this Fremantle list \u2014 which really has no chasms \u2014 has been well documented across the past few years. Now they\u2019re winning in different ways. In Rounds 4 and 5, Justin Longmuir\u2019s side trailed Adelaide and Collingwood respectively in the final quarter, before kicking two late goals to seal consecutive tight victories. Against the Western Bulldogs in Round 8, the Dockers trailed by 26 points midway through the second term, kicked 11 of the game\u2019s next 13 games then saw off a late Bulldogs fightback to claim a 12-point win. Against a flag fancy in Hawthorn, Freo turned a 22-point third-quarter deficit into a 15-point win. Then against Essendon on Sunday, the Dockers blitzed Essendon with a 10-goal to one first half in wet conditions then, shrewdly, managed the game time of stars like Luke Jackson and Caleb Serong in the second half when the win was secured. As Fox Footy\u2019s David King declared on First Crack, the Dockers are clearly playing with a \u201clong game\u201d mindset, for they know they\u2019re primed. They sit just outside Champion Data\u2019s Premiership Window \u2014 they are seventh for points scored \u2014 but have averaged 101.2 points from their past five games, plus they now have the best defence in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>This week: St Kilda at Optus Stadium, Friday at 8.30pm<\/p>\n<p>Mannagh flying thanks to new mindset | 00:47<\/p>\n<p>3. GEELONG CATS (7-3, 123.5%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 5th, defeated Brisbane Lions by 41 points<\/p>\n<p>You could argue the Cats\u2019 win over the Lions was the most impressive by any team so far this season. Against reigning premiers Brisbane at The Gabba off a five-day break, the Cats produced an almighty, powerful performance as Shaun Mannagh and Bailey Smith ran amok, Tom Stewart quintessentially controlled the backline and the forward line found its rhythm. As Gerard Whateley said on Fox Footy\u2019s AFL 360 on Monday night, this was the ultimate \u201cflex\u201d from the Cats. Geelong has now won five of its past six matches by an average margin of 53 points \u2014 and in those games, it\u2019s averaged 125.4 points in those five wins. The Cats are ranked third in the AFL for attack, but seventh for defence \u2014 hence they\u2019re not officially in the Premiership Window. But they\u2019re trending in the right direction, conceding 76.2 points on average across the past six weeks. Do the Cats go into Saturday\u2019s blockbuster against Sydney \u2014 and my word what a shame this game clashes with Scott Pendlebury\u2019s milestone match \u2014 as favourites? The fact it\u2019s at GMHBA Stadium and their recent formline has been more convincing than the Swans, you\u2019d have to say yes.<\/p>\n<p>This week: Sydney Swans at GMHBA Stadium, Saturday at 4.15pm<\/p>\n<p>Is it time to worry about the Lions? | 07:55<\/p>\n<p>4. BRISBANE LIONS (6-4, 116.6%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 3rd, lost to Geelong Cats by 41 points<\/p>\n<p>Time to ring the alarm bells? Maybe we need more evidence. After all, the Lions have still won six of their past eight games. But it was the manner \u2014 or Mannagh, excuse the pun \u2014 in which they lost to Geelong by 41 points that concerned dual premiership Kangaroo David King the most. After their 2024 premiership, the Lions were conceding four more points per game by Round 10, 2025 \u2013 ranked seventh at the time \u2013 but they \u201cheld ground\u201d. That\u2019s not quite what\u2019s happening this year, with Brisbane conceding nearly two more goals per game than it did last year, dropping from sixth to 10th in the competition for defence. It\u2019s why they sit outside the official Premiership Window, despite having the league\u2019s second-best offence. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/afl\/afl-2026-brisbane-lions-defensive-problems-first-crack-analysis-video-david-king-latest-news\/news-story\/20b604743dbd18bacbac24b9361dc6d6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Speaking on First Crack, King said<\/a>: \u201cThe \u2018she\u2019ll be right\u2019 approach doesn\u2019t ring true to me, when you look at the defensive side of the game \u2026 This, to me, is a point in time where, if you are to win three (premierships) in a row, you need to stamp this (out) now.\u201d Three huge games before the Lions\u2019 bye loom: The Giants (ENGIE Stadium), Fremantle and Gold Coast (People First Stadium). Lose two of those and we might be talking about the back-to-back premiers as a \u2018good wildcard team\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>This week: GWS Giants at ENGIE Stadium, Sunday at 12.30pm<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They just looked a little more hungry&#8217; | 04:24<\/p>\n<p>5. HAWTHORN (6-3-1, 110.2%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 2nd, lost to Melbourne by 39 points<\/p>\n<p>A three-place drop for the Hawks, who\u2019ve been exposed defensively in the past three weeks. They conceded 93 points in the draw against Collingwood, 88 points in the loss to fast-finishing Fremantle and a whopping 120 points in the loss to the red-hot Demons, who put 12 goals on Sam Mitchell\u2019s side in the second half. Triple premiership Tiger Jack Riewoldt told On The Couch the Demons \u201coutran\u201d Hawthorn and \u201cbullied them as well around the ball\u201d. Mitchell shared a similar sentiment, telling reporters post-game: \u201cThey just looked a little bit more hungry than we did today, you can\u2019t win many games at this level of footy if you\u2019re outhunted by the opposition.\u201d There\u2019s issues at the coalface, so Will Day can\u2019t come back fast enough. But he\u2019ll start back in the VFL this week \u2014 and considering his injury history, Hawthorn will surely take a conservative approach. If the Hawks are a genuine top-six side \u2014 like we still believe they are, hence their No.5 ranking \u2014 they win their next three games against Adelaide (UTAS Stadium), St Kilda (Marvel Stadium) and Western Bulldogs (MCG) before their bye. A couple of losses, though, will have us reassessing. <\/p>\n<p>This week: Adelaide Crows at UTAS Stadium, Thursday at 7.30pm<\/p>\n<p>Hardwick hails suns resilience | 04:44<\/p>\n<p>6. GOLD COAST SUNS (7-3, 119.9%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 7th, defeated to Port Adelaide by 25 points<\/p>\n<p>The Suns\u2019 love affair with Darwin continues \u2014 a 10th straight TIO Stadium AFL win. Although you sense they\u2019d hit the wall in the final term as the Power mounted a mini comeback. But the fact the Suns were two men down for the entire second half due to injuries to Lachie Weller (hamstring) and Will Graham (concussion), it\u2019s no wonder Damien Hardwick was \u201creally, really proud\u201d of his team. After conceding over 100 points in four straight games \u2014 which led to three losses \u2014 the Suns have adjusted defensively in the past three weeks, conceding 63, 60 and 73 points to the Giants, Saints and Power respectively. It\u2019s why they\u2019re just one of two teams, alongside Sydney, to be in the Premiership Window after Round 10. So despite their flaky nature, the Suns are still well placed for a top-six finish. A banana peel game against the Kangaroos looms this weekend, but claim that and they get to their bye at 8-3 with a percentage likely over 120. But it\u2019ll be in the weeks after their bye where they\u2019ll be truly judged, with a four-game stretch against the Lions, Cats (GMHBA Stadium), Hawks and Dockers (Optus Stadium). <\/p>\n<p>This week: North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium, Saturday at 1.15pm<\/p>\n<p>Finals now a reality for daring Dees? | 11:00<\/p>\n<p>7. NARRM (7-3, 107.6%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 9th, defeated Hawthorn by 39 points<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want us to be box office,\u201d Demons coach Steven King declared after his side defeated Hawthorn by 39 points in a statement win. And box office they\u2019ve, remarkably, become. The Dees have kicked over 100 points in seven matches and scored 99 on one of the three other occasions they fell short of three figures. King has Melbourne playing a markedly different style than 12 months ago and trusts it will continue to stand up against the competition\u2019s best. King told reporters: \u201cI said from day one I wanted to be a team that could kick 100 points every game and challenge the opposition. I hope we\u2019re playing a brand of footy that even neutrals would come and watch and go: \u2018Gee, that\u2019s exciting to watch and that\u2019s attractive footy.\u2019\u201d While it\u2019s all well and good to have such offensive power, it\u2019s defensively where the jury is still out and, ultimately, will be truly tested come September \u2014 for it looks like the Demons are genuinely finals-bound. The Dees have still conceded over 100 points in five of their 10 games this season. It\u2019s why they\u2019re not in the Champion Data Premiership Window \u2014 they\u2019re 13th for points allowed \u2014 because finals footy isn\u2019t shootout footy. Still, their draw up looks good. In fact they should start favourites in six of their next eight matches. That could get them to 16(!) wins after Round 19, before a true litmus test against the Cats, Suns and Dockers. The Dare to Dreamons, hey?<\/p>\n<p>This week: Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium, Sunday at 3.15pm<\/p>\n<p>Ah Chee ready to return for Crows | 00:45<\/p>\n<p>8. KUWARNA (6-4, 109.7%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 10th, defeated North Melbourne by 68 points<\/p>\n<p>Fox Footy\u2019s Ken Hinkley said it best at half-time: \u201c\u201cCrows, welcome back to the season.\u201d Because we mightn\u2019t see a better quarter by any team this season. Adelaide\u2019s almighty second-term blitz against North Melbourne was Matthew Nicks\u2019 side at its best: 10.4 to 0.2, +74 disposals, +21 contested possessions and, just as impressively, +17 tackles. Roos coach Alastair Clarkson said: \u201cThat second quarter was some of the best footy I\u2019ve seen by a team for a long time.\u201d Is it the turning point quarter that genuinely kickstarts the Crows in 2026? If it is, at least Adelaide is still coming from a solid foundation at 6-4. They\u2019ve conceded 75, 61 and 65 points in the past three weeks \u2014 although those opponents have been the Power, Tigers and Kangaroos, so we\u2019re not getting too ahead of ourselves. But you sense a win over Hawthorn on Thursday night in Tassie \u2014 a venue the Hawks have won their past 11 matches at \u2014 before their mid-season bye would truly set the Crows up for a top-six tilt and rid of them \u2018good wildcard team\u2019 territory.<\/p>\n<p>This week: Hawthorn at UTAS Stadium, Thursday at 7.30pm<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They overwhelmed us&#8217; | 10:49<\/p>\n<p>9. WESTERN BULLDOGS (5-5, 91.7%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 6th, lost to Carlton by 12 points<\/p>\n<p>Dear oh dear, it\u2019s fallen in a heap quickly. After Round 4, the Dogs were the league\u2019s remaining unbeaten team, had recorded their best start to a season since 2021 and sat No.1 in our Power Rankings. Five losses in six weeks later, they\u2019ve dropped a whopping eight spots. The optimist would say there\u2019s been some defensive improvement in the past two weeks, restricting the Power to 72 points and Carlton 74. The pessimist would simply say: \u201cThey lost to Carlton.\u201d Yes there are big personnel and availability issues \u2014 hopefully star ruck Tim English will clear concussion protocols this week \u2014 but some players are out of form. What\u2019s happened to Ed Richards and Rhylee West? Is Joel Freijah being played out of position? But as AFL 360 co-host Gerard Whateley said on Monday night, the Dogs \u2014 who sit 11th for points scored and 11th for points conceded \u2014 are \u201cclinging to 10th and everything from the early part of the season had dissolved\u201d. Whateley added: \u201cThey\u2019ve got the triple threat going now. They\u2019ve got injury, which is substantial. They\u2019ve got injured players who aren\u2019t able to perform to their levels. And they\u2019re not good at anything currently.\u201d Maybe they\u2019re just an \u2018good wildcard team\u2019 destined to finish between seventh and 10th? If they\u2019re better than that, they\u2019re picking up a few wins in the lead-up to their Round 16 bye, with matches against Melbourne (5th on the ladder), Collingwood (11th), Hawthorn (6th), Adelaide (8th) and St Kilda (9th). But on recent form, the Dogs wouldn\u2019t go into too many of those five games starting as favourites.<\/p>\n<p>This week: Melbourne at Marvel Stadium, Sunday at 3.15pm<\/p>\n<p>Pendlebury speaks on milestone match | 02:44<\/p>\n<p>10. COLLINGWOOD (4-5-1, 99.1%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 8th, lost to Sydney Swans by 6 points<\/p>\n<p>Happy Pendles week! But could the Pies be the hardest team to rank of all 18 clubs? Some would point to last week\u2019s gallant loss to ladder-leaders Sydney and argue the Magpies deserve to be higher than the Bulldogs on these Power Rankings. For Collingwood, at one stage, seemed destined for one of the season\u2019s great upsets \u2014 two weeks after their draw with Hawthorn. But these types of Collingwood performances have been scattered among poor losses to Brisbane and Geelong, as well as a near-loss to Carlton. They have the potential to be better than an \u2018good wildcard team\u2019, but there still seems to be too many holes in their profile. The Magpies\u2019 solid defensive game remains their trademark \u2014 they\u2019re fourth for least points conceded this year \u2014 but their lack of scoring power \u2014 14th(!) for points scored \u2014 remains a significant flaw that doesn\u2019t look like correcting anytime soon. The Collingwood credentials conversation, however, takes a back seat this week as the club prepares to celebrate Scott Pendlebury\u2019s record-breaking 433rd match against West Coast. The Pies, no doubt, will do a cracking job honouring their legendary No.10 and should be too strong for the Eagles. Should be.<\/p>\n<p>This week: West Coast Eagles at MCG, Saturday at 4.35pm<\/p>\n<p>Ross Lyon pleased with Saints&#8217; composure | 07:30<\/p>\n<p>11. EURO-YROKE (5.5, 112.8%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 11th, defeated Richmond by 36 points<\/p>\n<p>The Saints did what they had to do against the Tigers to make it three wins from their past four games. The big positives were the performances of Hugo Garcia and Max Hall, who thrived with more on-ball minutes in the absence of Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera. It means when the Saints superstar returns from his calf issue, he might be able to rest deep forward more, which will give the Saints an edge and dynamic that\u2019ll be tough to counter. St Kild, surprisingly, isn\u2019t too far away from Champion Data\u2019s Premiership Window, as they have the league\u2019s fifth-best defence and eighth-best offence, meaning Ross Lyon\u2019s team is just two attack ranking spots away from the window. Nonetheless, the Saints\u2019 past three wins have been against the Eagles (15th), Blues (16th) and Tigers (18th) \u2014 all clubs they should be beating. It\u2019s why the Saints aren\u2019t out of \u2018good wildcard team\u2019 territory. We must wait until the Saints\u2019 Round 16 bye to truly assess their credentials, for they have a season-defining fixture ahead: Fremantle (Optus Stadium), Hawthorn, Sydney (SCG), GWS Giants and Western Bulldogs. Emerge from that run with at least three wins and we might be talking about the Saints in a different light.<\/p>\n<p>This week: Fremantle at Optus Stadium, Friday at 8.30pm<\/p>\n<p>Carr finds positives in late surge | 05:42<\/p>\n<p>12. YARTAPUULTI (3-7, 105.2%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 12th, lost to Gold Coast Suns by 25 points<\/p>\n<p>Colleague Max Laughton, who usually puts this column together with his unique flair and spin, interrupted his mid-season overseas sojourn to offer this to the wonderful people of X: \u201cPort currently having the best \u2018look impressive but don\u2019t actually win too many games, for draft reasons\u2019 season I\u2019ve seen in a long time.\u201d This was in the wake of the Power\u2019s latest plucky loss to the Suns, in which they should\u2019ve won by around two-and-a-half goals on expected score. Yet Josh Carr\u2019s side has now recorded five losses from their past six games by an average losing margin of nine points. Their percentage (105.2%) is actually ranked 10th in the competition, yet they sit 14th on the ladder. So our No.12 Power Rankings spot still feels apt, even though a lot of the numbers suggest they\u2019re in the \u2018good wildcard team\u2019 conversation. A good opportunity to bank two wins either side of their bye, with games coming up against the Blues and Eagles. But, of course, Dougie Cochrane \u2026<\/p>\n<p>This week: Carlton at Adelaide Oval, Saturday at 7.35pm<\/p>\n<p>Adam Kingsley addresses Giants&#8217; concerns | 06:14<\/p>\n<p>13. GWS GIANTS (4-6, 90.1%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 13th, lost to West Coast Eagles by 17 points<\/p>\n<p>AFL 360 co-host Garry Lyon on Monday night suggested the Giants\u2019 loss to West Coast was \u201cone of the losses of the year\u201d \u2014 and not in a good way. Because the Giants, no matter how hard they\u2019ve been hit by injury this year, simply had to win that game in Perth to be a finals contender. Now at 4-6, they mightn\u2019t even be in \u2018good wildcard team\u2019 territory. And there\u2019s a good chance they\u2019re 4-8 at their mid-season bye, with tough games against Brisbane and Melbourne. Key pillars Jesse Hogan and Sam Taylor can\u2019t come back quick enough.<\/p>\n<p>This week: Brisbane Lions at ENGIE Stadium, Sunday at 12.30pm<\/p>\n<p>Clarkson: &#8216;Game over at half time&#8217; | 08:28<\/p>\n<p>14. NORTH MELBOURNE (4-6, 96.7%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 14th, lost to Adelaide Crows by 68 points<\/p>\n<p>Surely, surely, the Kangaroos are past a quarter\/performance like that on Saturday? Yet here we are highlighting a horrific second quarter that saw the Roos concede 10 goals to zip and lose both the disposal (-41) and tackle (-17) counts on their way to a 68-point loss. For all the promise they\u2019d shown against in plucky losses to the Lions, Giants, Cats and Swans, the Roos took a significant step backwards against Adelaide. And, ultimately, their defence remains a big issue, for they\u2019ve conceded an average of 114 points in their past five losses. They should be a \u2018good wildcard team\u2019 with an upward trajectory, but it\u2019s still too tough to trust them. The upside is that after tough games against the Suns and Dockers, North faces the Eagles, Tigers, Bombers and Power across a four-game stretch, meaning they could enter the final two months of the season with a relatively even win-loss ratio.<\/p>\n<p>This week: Gold Coast Suns at Marvel Stadium, Saturday at 1.15pm<\/p>\n<p>Carlton welcome new coach with rare win | 02:07<\/p>\n<p>15. CARLTON (2-8, 81.8%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 15th, defeated Western Bulldogs by 12 points<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, well done Blues fans. Enjoy the four points \u2014 as you no doubt would\u2019ve \u2014 because that would\u2019ve been sweet after a tumultuous few weeks. Reality check? That win over the Dogs might\u2019ve been the definition of a sugar hit, for it was essentially the same Carlton players playing the same Carlton game plan, albeit just converting their opportunities when it mattered most in the final term. The challenge now is to take that momentum on the road and perform against a Port Adelaide side that has challenged some of the best teams in the league in recent weeks. <\/p>\n<p>This week: Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval, Saturday at 7.35pm<\/p>\n<p>Scott grilled on 2026 win-loss ratio | 04:03<\/p>\n<p>16. ESSENDON (1-9, 70.6%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 16th, lost to Fremantle by 43 points<\/p>\n<p>Just when the young Bombers tease you with a promising performance like the losses to the Suns and Giants, along comes a loss like the one to Fremantle on Sunday where they kick just 1.8 in the first half. Ultimately, the defensive numbers don\u2019t lie \u2014 and the Bombers have conceded over 100 points in each of their past five straight games. The pressure is building on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/afl\/teams\/essendon-bombers\/afl-2026-brad-scott-on-quarter-time-spray-in-essendons-loss-to-fremantle-future-contract-afl-360-video-latest-news\/news-story\/a98e8fe3e56723b4159ed7096572a2d6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">coach Brad Scott, who told AFL 360 on Monday night<\/a> \u201cit takes a special kind of lunatic to lead\u201d a club in this rebuild state, but declared: \u201cI intend to see it through.\u201d Whether the club\u2019s board, despite the public statements, feels the same might become clearer after Round 13, with the Bombers facing the Tigers (18th), Eagles (15th) and Blues (16th) across the next three weeks. The fans are already impatient and fed up, so it\u2019s grim to ponder how they might react to multiple uncompetitive performances against fellow lowly teams in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>This week: Richmond at MCG, Friday at 7.45pm<\/p>\n<p>McQualter speaks on &#8216;exceptional&#8217; Reid | 10:03<\/p>\n<p>17. WAALITJ MARAWAR (3-7, 64.2%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 18th, defeated GWS Giants by 17 points<\/p>\n<p>As AFL 360 co-host Gerard Whateley suggested on Monday night: \u201cYou\u2019ve just got to get a win from time to time.\u201d With the league\u2019s youngest list, the Eagles\u2019 progression won\u2019t be linear. There\u2019ll be dramatic fluctuations from like a 128-point loss to Sydney and an 11-point loss to a depleted Richmond, to a stirring 17-point win over the Giants. Powered by an inspirational two-goal, 34 disposal performance from Harley Reid, the Eagles stormed home with the final four goals of the match. The best aspect to Reid\u2019s game was that 60 per cent of his 34 touches were won in the forward half and that he had 12 inside 50s \u2014 six more than the next best on the ground. Next up? Scott Pendlebury\u2019s Pies at the MCG in the Collingwood legends 433rd game. And you know what? The Eagles have the chance to play ultimate party poopers \u2026<\/p>\n<p>This week: Collingwood at MCG, Saturday at 4.35pm <\/p>\n<p>Yze on on &#8216;scattered &amp; frantic&#8217; Tigers | 10:33<\/p>\n<p>18. RICHMOND (1-9, 60.9%)<\/p>\n<p>Last week: Ranked 17th, lost to St Kilda by 36 points<\/p>\n<p>Thank goodness Nick Vlastuin avoided suspension, for the Tigers would\u2019ve seriously been in VFL top-up territory considering the state of their injury list, which saw Campbell Gray (hamstring) added on the weekend. It\u2019s remarkable that at Round 11, we could have two lowly-ranked teams playing for the \u2018Player X Cup\u2019 \u2014 but that\u2019s the potential of Friday night\u2019s Bombers-Tigers game at the MCG. Lose to Essendon and the Tigers would go one game and significant percentage behind the Tigers. While club-tied stars Dougie Cochrane (Port Adelaide) and Cody Walker (Carlton) are widely regarded as the top two players in this year\u2019s draft, Northern Knights big man Harry Van Hattum is gaining momentum as the best player in the open draft.<\/p>\n<p>This week: Essendon at MCG, Friday at 7.45pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello and welcome back to the Power Rankings. 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