1. The AFL Season is hotting up and it is getting difficult to predict some of the games. Premiership Ladder for Round 6 Position Team State Premiership points 1 Adelaide 24 2 GWS New South wales 20 3 Geelong 20 4 Richmond Victoria 20 5 Port Adelaide South Australia 16 6 West Coast 16 7 Victoria 16 8 Victoria 12 9 St Kilda Victoria 12 10 Essendon Victoria 12 11 Western Australia 12

Why have the top 11 teams been included in the Premiership ladder? Discuss

Premiership points are awarded after each round. 4 points = a win if there is a draw both teams get 2 points= draw . Complete the table below: Hint: to see how many wins a team has had, take their total points and divide by 4, the first one has been done for you.

Number of winning Team Premiership points Sequence matches Adelaide 24 24 ÷4 = 6 WWWWWW Geelong West Coast Melbourne

2. Prediction time : How have the teams performed over the last five rounds ( Rounds 2-6) What are their chances of winning their Round 7 Match? # of # of Chances of winning in Team Last 5 Round wins loss Round 7 Richmond WWWWL 4 1 Won 4/5=80% Collingwood LWLLW 2 3 Won 2/5 = 40% Western Bulldogs WWWWL LLLLL Adelaide WWWWW Hawthorn LLLWL GWS WWWWW Gold Coast LWWLL Brisbane LLLLL Essendon WLLWL West Coast WLWLW St Kilda LWWLW Geelong WWWWL North Melbourne LLLLW Melbourne WLLLW Carlton LWLLW Port Adelaide WLLWW Fremantle LLWWL

(a) Important games in Round 7. This week has some interesting games. Look at your chances of winning in the above table and make predictions for this week.

% chance of % chance of Home Team VERSUS. Away Team Predicted Winner win win St Kilda 60% Vs. 100% GWS GWS Port Adelaide Vs. West Coast Western Bulldogs Vs. Richmond Port Adelaide Vs. West Coast Melbourne Vs. Hawthorn

3. Free Kicks: complaints continue especially when a team loses a match. Let’s look at the free kick count in some of the matches. Fill in the blanks in the table.

Total given in the Difference between two Match Free kicks match side Adelaide v Richmond 18 v 26 18+26= 44 26-18= 8 West Coast v Fremantle 20 v 13 Port Adelaide v Brisbane 14 v 25 St Kilda v Hawthorn 17 v 10 GWS v Western Bulldogs 18 v 26 North Melbourne v Gold Coast 20 v 20

In what game was the difference In what game did the umpires In what games were the least between the two sides the award most of the free kicks? number of free kicks awarded? greatest?

4. Josh Kennedy was awarded his second straight Ross Glendenning medal for being judged the best player in the Western Derby. There were three judges awarding a 3,2,1 for the best players in derby.

If Josh Kennedy received 7 votes, Jeremy McGovern received 6 votes and received 5, how did Judge 3 vote? Fill in the names in the table.

Judges 3 votes 2 votes 1 vote 1 Jeremy McGovern Josh Kennedy Elliot Yeo 2 Josh Kennedy Jeremy McGovern Elliot Yeo 3

5. One of the best games in Round 6 was played at ( Canberra ) between GWS and the Western Bulldogs GWS 11.9 v Western Bulldogs 9.19. Who won and what was their winning margin?

Goals Behinds Goals Behind Winner 11 9 GWS (11x6) (9x1) Bulldogs Winning 75 Margin

If the Western Bulldogs scored the same number of goals as GWS did, who would be the winner and what was their winning margin?

Goals Behinds Goals Behind Winner 11 GWS Bulldogs Winning Margin

6. Collingwood 13.12 vs Geelong 11.12. Who won and what was their winning margin?

Goals Behinds Goals Behind Winner 13 12 Collingwood Geelong Winning Margin

7. Round 6 attendances. Calculate total attendance and the difference between the capacity of the stadium and the actual Round 6 attendance. Discuss Stadium Difference between Match Stadium Capacity Attendance capacity - attendance Crows v Tigers 54,500 51 069 54 500 -51069 = 3 431 Pies v Cats MCG 100,000 46 457 Demons v Bombers Etihad 53,343 44 040 Eagles v Dockers Domain 43,405 40 836 Kangaroos v Suns Etihad 53,343 15 431 Power v Lions Gabba 42,000 13 638 Blues v Swans MCG 100,000 32 678 Saints v Hawks Uni of Tasmania 20,000 15 571 Giants v Bulldogs Manuka Oval 16,000 14 048 TOTAL

8. Leading goal kickers

Shots for Goal kicking Player Team Total goals Total score goal efficiency 22/32 = 0.687 or Josh Kennedy West Coast 22.10 (22×6) +10 = 142 32 69%

Eddie Betts Adelaide 20.7

Jeremy Cameron GWS 20.11

Ton Hawkins Geelong 19.7

Robbie Gray Port Adelaide 18.8

Taylor Walker Adelaide 18.6

What player has the higher What player has the best goal Who is your favourite player? total score? kicking efficiency?