Opinion

Stage set for the most mouth-watering round in the AFL for years

By Rohan Connolly
June 22 2022 - 4:00pm
BIG LOSS: Melbourne will miss its skipper Max Gawn for the next month or so due to injury. Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images
BIG LOSS: Melbourne will miss its skipper Max Gawn for the next month or so due to injury. Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images

For just the fifth time since the advent of the top-eight finals system in 1994, all top eight teams will play one another. But there are great match-ups beyond the eight as well, with every set of opponents this week within four spots of each other on the ladder.

- Rohan Connolly

The AFL's bye rounds are over, and after some dreary days of football over the past few weeks, some would say not a moment too soon.

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