With the minor premiership and final eight being settled in Round 19, all eyes will be on the battle to claim a top-four spot and finals double chance this weekend.
Box Hill’s 90-point victory over the Northern Blues and Williamstown’s 15-point loss to Werribee on Saturday means the Hawks have the 2015 minor premiership and a home qualifying final wrapped up.
Meanwhile, Casey’s thrilling 17-point win against Coburg ended the Lions’ charge towards September and secured eighth position for the Scorpions.
Second-placed Sandringham and third-placed Williamstown appear safe in the top four, but other Round 19 results left a logjam of teams sitting between fourth and seventh on records of 11-6.
The percentage gap between fourth-placed Footscray and the chasing teams – Essendon, Werribee and Collingwood – means the Bulldogs likely just need to defeat Werribee on Sunday to claim a top-four berth.
But if the in-form Tigers win their fifth straight match against Footscray at Avalon Airport Oval and Essendon loses its match, they’ll instead travel to Box Hill City Oval to face the Hawks next week.
However, on form, the Bombers will be confident of accounting for Richmond at Windy Hill on Saturday and will be relying on Werribee to do them a favour by defeating the Bulldogs.
Due to its poor percentage, Collingwood needs to triumph over Port Melbourne at Victoria Park and have the three teams above it on the ladder all lose to snatch fourth.
The Werribee vs Footscray match is the key to the finals equations though, and you can watch it unfold from 11.30am this Sunday on Channel 7.
Last Modified on 28/08/2015 09:42