Round 13 isn’t done yet – but we’ve already had drama to spare on another chaotic weekend of football. Three separate thrillers on Saturday, all with questionable umpiring decisions at crucial moments late in the piece, have dominated discussion – most of it of the negative kind. Amid the rubble, we had Hawthorn continuing their surge towards the eight with a famous win over GWS, while North Melbourne’s drought-breaking triumph over West Coast will be celebrated just as hard.
St Kilda, meanwhile, made it two wins in a row and confirmed Gold Coast’s status as home track bullies. Brisbane roared back into form; Richmond showed heart to spare; and on Sunday, perhaps the two best teams in it flexed their muscle, with first Sydney shipping Geelong a six-goal head start just to give themselves a challenge, and then Carlton holding off a wayward Essendon to jump up to second on the ladder..
. for now at least. No doubt King’s Birthday will throw up another round of questions, controversy and chaos, but while we wait, let’s dive in and unpack the round so far.
More AFL 1. Sensational Swans aren’t quite invincible The natural response to Sydney’s remarkable 30-point win over Geelong on Sunday is to wonder just how the hell they can be beaten. The Cats played some of their best football all year, and the Swans some of their worst, to kick the first six goals of the game and lead by 35 points early in the second quarter, with rampant pressure, speedy ball movement and.
