It’s a showdown between two top-eight sides: Collingwood are sitting pretty atop the ladder while the Bulldogs are currently in sixth, well in the battle for the top four.
- Advertisement -
Our reporter Peter Ryan ran the rule over each team’s run-in to September, and Collingwood have one of the breeziest.
“Collingwood have just one game outside Melbourne – a blockbuster against Port Adelaide – and can afford to drop a match or two in the run home and still finish first or second. It’s all about managing players’ workloads from here for the Magpies,” he wrote.
For the Bulldogs, Peter says they have an up and down draw with a final-round clash against the Cats in Geelong.
- Advertisement -
“If they are a genuine top-four team, they will win six of their remaining eight matches and push ahead of the Saints to challenge Melbourne for a top-four spot.”
Read Peter’s rundown of every team in with a shout of the top eight.
