2025 Ladder Predictions

[hawkman]

No Victorian teams to make the 8, bookmark it.

It may have been possible except for the fact that it requires West Coast to make the 8

 

[hawkman]

Hawthorn finishing up in the top 6 this season means they're in the group that receives the hardest fixture for 2025. They won't get the leg-up of playing both Richmond and North twice like they did this year. Likely to still make top 8, but 5-8 range.

Some of the fixture stuff is pure luck. A hard draw in December can look like an easy draw after the season.

This season we got Collingwood, GWS, Adelaide, Geelong, Richmond and North. Last December it was rated one of the tougher fixtures. We got lucky that Collingwood and Adelaide dropped off and Richmond became awful while we were unlucky Geelong jumped up. In the end it was a much easier draw than what it looked originally.