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ROUND 22 SUPERTIPPING CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN Five picks as skipper this week 128 127 126 126 125 124 AVERAGE PAST THREE GAMES v OPPONENT 1 Mid 127 $488,800 2 Fwd/Mid 123 $504,200 GLENN BRUCE DERMOTT BIANCA MARK JAY Ruck $722,200 McFARLANE MATTHEWS BRERETON CHATFIELD ROBINSON CLARK 3 120 Geelong 1 Geelong 23 Geelong 28 Geelong 10 Geelong 12 Geelong 10 4 Fwd 119 $450,700 GWS Giants 25 GWS Giants 27 GWS Giants 23 GWS Giants 12 GWS Giants 24 GWS Giants 37 5 Mid 112 $573,700 Hawthorn 45 Hawthorn 36 Hawthorn 78 Hawthorn 30 Hawthorn 55 Hawthorn 50 North 7 North Melbourne 10 North Melbourne 5 North Melbourne 1 12 North Melbourne 15 Richmond 28 Richmond 28 Richmond 45 Richmond 23 Richmond 17 Richmond 22 JOIN NOW! heraldsun.com.au Port 15 Port Adelaide 24 Gold Coast 7 Port Adelaide 12 Port Adelaide 3 Port Adelaide 10 West Coast 5 West Coast 20 West Coast 24 West Coast 9 Adelaide 4 Adelaide 5 Sydney 21 Sydney 16 St Kilda 5 Sydney 10 Sydney 26 Sydney 24 Fremantle 55 Fremantle 35 Fremantle 39 Fremantle 41 Fremantle 38 Fremantle 60 Picking right LAST WEEK 6 LAST WEEK 5 LAST WEEK 5 LAST WEEK 4 LAST WEEK 5 LAST WEEK 6 124 124 124 124 123 123 skipper is key

PUMP up the balloons, clear AL PATON SAM JON MICHAEL TIM KEVIN WARWICK the street for a parade and EDMUND RALPH WARNER WATSON BARTLETT GREEN make space in the trophy cabi- Sam Newman said: “We are Geelong 2 Geelong 17 Geelong 9 Geelong 17 Geelong 6 Geelong 5 net — it’s SuperCoach grand very, very excited seeing as GWS Giants 19 GWS Giants 27 GWS Giants 2 GWS Giants 9 GWS Giants 15 GWS Giants 24 final week. between us Bill and I have Hawthorn 45 Hawthorn 77 Hawthorn 45 Hawthorn 72 Hawthorn 66 Hawthorn 58 Almost 30,000 private lea- never won a grand final,” he North Melbourne 8 North Melbourne 18 Western Bulldogs 1 North Melbourne 11 North Melbourne 12 North Melbourne 17 gues will be decided this week- said. “This is our moment.” Richmond 31 Richmond 88 Richmond 63 Richmond 35 Richmond 20 Richmond 16 end and the 60,000 coaches Over at Game Day HQ, they Port Adelaide 10 Port Adelaide 35 Port Adelaide 16 Port Adelaide 7 Port Adelaide 14 Port Adelaide 20 are dealing with bombshells to are taking it one grand final at West Coast 1 Adelaide 33 West Coast 7 West Coast 3 Adelaide 6 Adelaide 12 key players. a time. Sydney 4 Sydney 16 Sydney 5 Sydney 27 Sydney 23 St Kilda 5 is out. So is Luke “Cliches aren’t used Fremantle 50 Fremantle 134 Fremantle 76 Fremantle 55 Fremantle 50 Fremantle 21 Hodge. enough, but it is obviously a big LAST WEEK 5 LAST WEEK 5 LAST WEEK 5 LAST WEEK 6 LAST WEEK 5 LAST WEEK 5 Valued at $570,300, Fyfe’s week in footy for us here at best replacements are Tom Game Day, so we will just need Rockliff, , Rory to take it quarter by quarter,” Sloane and Swan Josh Kennedy. host Hamish McLachlan said. 123 122 122 122 121 121 Hodge to The Channel 7 team has would be a winning move but some big names in the coach’s will cost you $90,000. Cheaper box, led by chairman of select- trade options in defence ors . DARYL JON GRANT GERARD DAVID SCOTT include Liam Picken, Tom Mc- “Some of our regular, highly TIMMS ANDERSON BAKER WHATELEY KING PENDLEBURY Donald and Geelong veteran paid consultants include Nick Geelong 5 Geelong 29 Geelong 18 Geelong 12 Geelong 22 Collingwood . Riewoldt, , GWS Giants 24 GWS Giants 24 GWS Giants 20 GWS Giants 8 GWS Giants 12 GWS Giants Picking the right captain , , Hawthorn 58 Hawthorn 88 Hawthorn 50 Hawthorn 30 Hawthorn 67 Hawthorn could be the difference be- and ,” North Melbourne 17 North Melbourne 27 North Melbourne 2 North Melbourne 4 North Melbourne 1 Western Bulldogs tween glory and heartbreak. McLachlan said. Richmond 16 Richmond 33 Richmond 25 Richmond 20 Richmond 24 Richmond No grand final has higher “They are always good for Port Adelaide 20 Port Adelaide 31 Port Adelaide 27 Port Adelaide 15 Port Adelaide 32 Port Adelaide stakes than the Herald Sun getting the inside word on Adelaide 12 West Coast 12 West Coast 1 West Coast 3 West Coast 25 Adelaide media superstars league, when to pick them as captain.” St Kilda 5 Sydney 53 Sydney 20 Sydney 18 Sydney 20 Sydney where footy TV heavyweights If things go badly Sunday’s Fremantle 21 Fremantle 79 Fremantle 30 Fremantle 40 Fremantle 41 Fremantle The Footy Show and AFL Game show will be worth watching. LAST WEEK 5 LAST WEEK 5 LAST WEEK 6 LAST WEEK 4 LAST WEEK 5 LAST WEEK 2 Day face off. “We are expecting an icy “Unfortunately, we don’t atmosphere when Lethal sits have any trades left but we’re next to Hodgey on the panel,” 120 119 119 118 118 118 very confident we’ve picked a McLachlan said. “For Hodg- winning team and we can take ey’s sake, let’s hope his suspen- this one out,” The Footy Show sion doesn’t cost Game Day the stalwart Bill Brownless said. grand final.” SCOTT 2014 JONATHAN GERARD SHANE SAM ELIZA GULLAN WINNER BROWN HEALY CRAWFORD LANDSBERGER SEWELL Geelong 35 Geelong 28 Geelong 7 Collingwood 7 Geelong 25 Geelong 5 Carlton 1 GWS Giants 25 GWS Giants 17 GWS Giants 8 GWS Giants 40 GWS Giants 15 SUPREME Hawthorn 83 Hawthorn 50 Hawthorn 51 Hawthorn 45 Hawthorn 97 Hawthorn 30 Western Bulldogs 15 North Melbourne 13 North Melbourne 15 Western Bulldogs 8 Western Bulldogs 35 Western Bulldogs 1 Richmond 40 Richmond 40 Richmond 31 Richmond 17 Richmond 59 Richmond 25 Gold Coast 3 Port Adelaide 23 Port Adelaide 21 Port Adelaide 17 Port Adelaide 46 Port Adelaide 10 LEAGUE Adelaide 2 West Coast 8 West Coast 3 West Coast 9 West Coast 11 West Coast 4 St Kilda 5 Sydney 30 Sydney 11 Sydney 7 Sydney 16 Sydney 10 GRAND FINAL Fremantle 38 Fremantle 45 Fremantle 63 Fremantle 12 Fremantle 66 Fremantle 45 LAST WEEK 4 LAST WEEK 5 LAST WEEK 5 LAST WEEK 4 LAST WEEK 2 LAST WEEK 4 CHANGES THE FOOTY SHOW 117 117 112 110 AFL GAME DAY 49 OUT: Nat Fyfe IN: Matt Priddis OUT: Luke Hodge IN: Rory Sloane TONY REBECCA MATT DAN KISS OF PERFECT ABBOTT WILLIAMS WINDLEY ANDREWS DEATH 9 Geelong 30 Geelong 10 Geelong 12 Geelong 7 Collingwood 13 Scott Pendlebury GWS Giants 60 GWS Giants 11 GWS Giants 1 GWS Giants 20 Carlton 13 Heath Shaw Hawthorn 36 Hawthorn 24 Hawthorn 45 Hawthorn 85 13 Sam Mitchell North Melbourne 2 Western Bulldogs 8 North Melbourne 4 North Melbourne 12 Western Bulldogs 13 Todd Goldstein Richmond 40 Richmond 20 Richmond 30 Essendon 1 Essendon 13 Port Adelaide 12 Port Adelaide 12 Port Adelaide 20 Port Adelaide 9 Gold Coast 13 Adelaide 8 West Coast 9 West Coast 15 West Coast 17 Adelaide 13 Sydney 28 Sydney 15 Sydney 15 Sydney 13 St Kilda 13 Josh Kennedy Fremantle 24 Fremantle 25 Fremantle 25 Fremantle 45 Melbourne 13 LAST WEEK 5 LAST WEEK 5 LAST WEEK 3 LAST WEEK 4 LAST WEEK 2 LAST WEEK 0

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