Luke Jackson celebrates a goal during the round 15 match between Fremantle and Geelong at Optus Stadium, on June 18, 2026. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
MORE games, more stars, more opportunities.<\/p>\n
After two enthralling wildcard finals, eight teams are left, with the qualifying and elimination finals to take place this week.<\/p>\n
PACK & PLAY Open your pack of stars NOW<\/a><\/p>\n For the tens of thousands embracing the AFL’s newest mini-game, Pack & Play, there are more chances to beat your friends, and you can treat every final, or every round, or the whole finals series, as a competition.<\/p>\n And with the top six teams back in action after a week off, some of the game’s biggest stars will be highly sought-after.<\/p>\n That includes the top averaging Fantasy player in 2026 \u2013 Geelong star Bailey Smith \u2013 and two others in the top five in Adelaide captain Jordan Dawson and Sydney ball-magnet Errol Gulden.<\/p>\n Jordan Dawson celebrates a goal during Adelaide’s clash against the Western Bulldogs in round 14, 2026. Picture: Getty Images<\/p>\n Pack & Play adds another layer of excitement to every match, giving fans the chance to open digital player packs, discover which players they’ve unlocked and follow the action in a whole new way.<\/p>\n Top 10 averaging players in action<\/p>\n Bailey Smith – 118.2 There is always a chance to differentiate yourself from the competition, or use your flips more strategically.<\/p>\n And some players have hit form in recent weeks and could also shape as targets.<\/p>\n Errol Gulden in action during Sydney’s clash against North Melbourne in round 24, 2026. Picture: Getty Images<\/p>\n Of the top 10 averaging players featuring this week, Smith, Dawson, Gulden, Will Ashcroft, Luke Jackson and Sam Walsh are also among the highest averaging across the last five games.<\/p>\n But Crows star Izak Rankine, Lions duo Dayne Zorko and Josh Dunkley and Carlton midfielder George Hewett have also found some form.<\/p>\n Last five games<\/p>\n Errol Gulden – 131.6 Interestingly, Jackson, Smith, Ashcroft and Dawson were the top-scorers across the previous meetings of this week’s match-ups.<\/p>\n Izak Rankine kicks the ball during Adelaide’s clash against West Coast in round 17, 2026. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n Smith’s last two scores against the Blues are 126-plus, while Dawson’s last four against the Bulldogs have been 119 or more.<\/p>\n The Fremantle-Hawthorn clash features an All-Australian category, while Sydney v Brisbane includes a Match Medallist category with several players in that game having lifted in a match where a best-on-ground medal has been up for grabs.<\/p>\n Previous meeting top scorers<\/p>\n Fremantle v Hawthorn: Luke Jackson 128, Karl Amon 114, Josh Battle 106, Caleb Serong 104, Jack Gunston 100 Missed out? Don’t fret. Last week saw Darcy Cameron (132) outscore Nick Daicos (115) in one category, and Sam Walsh (125) beat Max Gawn (97) by 28 points.<\/p>\n Pack & Play is a new match-by-match game running throughout this year’s finals, beginning with the wildcard clashes, but you can choose which match you play, or open packs for every final. Quick to play and easy to pick up, it’s a new way for every footy fan to be part of the action. Open your pack now<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luke Jackson celebrates a goal during the round 15 match between Fremantle and Geelong at Optus Stadium, on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-875484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875484","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=875484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Jordan Dawson – 112.9
Errol Gulden – 112.5
Will Ashcroft – 107.1
Marcus Bontempelli – 102.9
Luke Jackson – 102.8
Lachie Neale – 102.2
Brodie Grundy – 101.3
Ed Richards – 101.3
Sam Walsh – 99.5<\/p>\n
Izak Rankine – 131.0
Bailey Smith – 115.0
Will Ashcroft – 113.4
Jordan Dawson – 108.2
Luke Jackson – 106.6
Dayne Zorko – 103.8
Josh Dunkley – 102.8
Sam Walsh – 102.2
George Hewett – 102.2<\/p>\n
Geelong v Carlton: Bailey Smith 126, Sam Walsh 109, Nic Newman 109, Ollie Dempsey 97, Patrick Cripps 93
Sydney v Brisbane: Will Ashcroft 134, Josh Dunkley 130, Chad Warner 128, Isaac Heeney 126, Callum Mills 103, Zac Bailey 103
Adelaide v Western Bulldogs: Jordan Dawson 156, Rory Laird 133, Ed Richards 128, Matt Kennedy 109, Marcus Bontempelli 99<\/p>\n