6. The Crows let a golden opportunity slip in one quarter of football. Melbourne opened them up in the third and kicked seven goals while Adelaide could only manage one. Very hard for them to back up their finals campaign now.

7. Early days but Paul Ahern might go down as one of the great trade steals. North Melbourne sent pick 65 to GWS for the former #7 pick and in only his 8th game of AFL after recovering from two ACLs had 37 touches for the Kangaroos.

8. Port are back in the top four after beating the Bulldogs and to stay there they’ll have to win Showdown 45. 100% chance of a cracking game of footy.

9. Below is what Tom Mitchell has done this year (courtesy of footywire.com). Are we certain that he’s human?