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Western BulldogsThe best eighteen games is the easy read — but this round the wall did more work than the ratings, and a top-five performance in the whole competition sat on the outside looking in.
Read the full story →Round 21 was a blowout, and blowouts don't spread talent evenly — they flood one line and starve another. Riley Thilthorpe and Harry McKay finished level on the biggest number in the competition; only one made the eighteen, and the reason is the whole story of how a Team of the Week gets picked.
The single best game of the round belongs to a man who didn't make the eighteen — and the reason he's out is a better story than any name that's in.
The goalkickers got the headlines, but the round's four elite defenders are the reason there was anything to finish.
The best game of Jarman Impey's thirteen seasons headlines a team forged in a single game — five of the round's biggest performances came out of Hawthorn and Richmond, and the Hawks' back six claimed the whole podium.
Will Ashcroft led every player in the competition this round, but it was the Giants who owned the graphic with five names. Here's the story behind the selection.