Four of the nine -year -old clubs had late season obstacles this week with Collingwood, Geelong and Bulldogs Western all lost as favorites in round 18.

The great winners of round 18 were …

Swans sydney AND Port Adelaide PowerThe two kept their remote hopes for qualifications in the finals with important wins to remain three wins from the pace.

Swans’ Hard win for St. Kilda It was their fourth victory out of their last five weeks and they face a fascinating part of the season with three games against current nine clubs, against anyone they have a very common 3-6 record, and what should be three soft wins against Essendon, West Coast and North Melbourne.

Port Adelaide had to work much more than they should have for their reward thanks to some Vain blow for goal in the third quarter But they are still hunting, even if it is likely that six consecutive wins from here will be required to be part of the middle table logjam.

The great losers of round 18 were …

Western -Bulldog As they were defeated again by his expressed final, leaving them with one of the worst records in the competition against such clubs.

Luke Beveridge’s team has now lost seven out of eight matches against current ninth parties this year with only Northern Melbourne, West Coast and Essendon keeping records without victory in such circumstances.

The beating of Richmond’s likes, St Kilda and North Melbourne during their last strip of four -match winning kept them in mathematically hunting, but they still have taken Brisbane, GWS Giants and Fremantle in Run Home, so their race in minimum 14 wins will be very difficult in that trajectory.

Things become just harder knowing that most of the five clubs that one wins in front of them at 44 points are in much better shape when it comes to get the best teams of the competition, and while it is not too late to return things, some of the swans currently seem to be more than Bulldogs.

Coleman medal

Riley Thilthorpe (Adelaide) and Aaron Cadman (GWS Giants) were the weekend stars in terms of goalkicking, while there were five goals raised for Aaron Naughton (Bulldogs Western), Shannon Neale (Geelong) and Jake Melksham (Melbourne).

There was little movement at the top of the Coleman medal race with Mitch Georgiades taking three to Inch closer to Jeremy Cameron.

Coaches of AFL MVP Steering

Gold Coast Coast Noah Anderson’s skiper is in a skinny form and has come ahead of Bailey Smith in the third in Brownlow medal betting markets after Nick Daicos and Jordon Dawson. It can be great value at this time of year if umpires are in agreement with coaches.

Josh Dunkley, Matt Rowell, Aaron Cadman, Tim Taranto, Sam Switchkowski and Christian Petracca all received the top ten votes this week.

Purpose of the Year: Round of 18 Nominations

Noah Anderson (Golden Coast):

Sam Darcy (Western Bulldogs):

Marc Pittonet (Carlton):

Mark of the Year: Round 18 nominations

Darcy Moore (Collingwood):