Facts and Figures
Average Score: 97.3 points per game, despite three of the ten teams scoring at least 122 points.
Average Winning Margin: 32.6 points per game, even though two of the five games had a deficit of less than 13 points.
Teams that had a Bye: Adelaide Crows, Essendon, Fremantle Dockers, Melbourne Demons, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide. Richmond and West Coast Eagles
Points of Interest
Charlie Curnow of Sydney Swans played his 150th AFL game, against his former team Carlton.
Jagga Smith of Carlton played his first AFL game.
Malcolm Rosas played his 50th game of his AFL career, which was his first AFL game for Sydney Swans.
Sydney Swans scored 75 points in the third quarter, which is the third highest scoring quarter on record.
Gold Coast Suns defender Sam Collins played his 150th AFL game.
Rory Lobb of Western Bulldogs played his 200th AFL game.
Highlights
Charlie Curnow kicked three goals in his first game for Sydney Swans.
Bailey Humphrey kicked three of his four goals for Gold Coast Suns in the first quarter.
Jake Stringer kicked a brilliant goal with a soccer kick, which was his fifth goal of the game for GWS Giants, that occurred in the third quarter.
Giants recruit Clayton Oliver kicked a freakish goal.
Western Bulldogs won by five points in a high scoring thriller against Brisbane Lions.
Harry Perryman for Collingwood restricted Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera of St Kilda to 19 disposals and one goal.
Game One of Five
Sydney Swans (132) v Carlton (69)
Facts and Figures: After kicking just two goals in the half, the Sydney Swans kicked 12 goals in the third quarter. Jason McInerney of the Swans kicked two goals in a row in the third quarter, against Carlton.
Sydney Swans Game Changer: Justin McInerney
Carlton Game Changer: Marc Pittonet
Game Two of Five
Gold Coast Suns (125) v Geelong Cats (69)
Facts and Figures: Three players each kicked four goals each: Bailey Humphrey and Ben King for the Gold Coast Suns and Oliver Dempsey for the Geelong Cats.
Gold Coast Suns Game Changer: Bailey Humphrey
Geelong Cats Game Changer: Oliver Dempsey
Game Three of Five
GWS Giants (122) v Hawthorn (95)
Facts and Figures: Three GWS Giants forwards kicked three goals each in the First Half: Jake Stringer, Jake Riccardi and Jesse Hogan.
GWS Giants Game Changer: Jake Stringer
Hawthorn Game Changer: James Sicily
Game Four of Five
Brisbane Lions (106) v Western Bulldogs (111)
Facts and Figures: Brisbane Lions small forward Charlie Cameron kicked three goals in the first half. Connor Budarick kicked an outstanding goal in his first game for Western Bulldogs, that made the deficit for them three points at half time. Despite trailing by 26 points in the third quarter, they kicked eight of the last 11 goals.
Brisbane Lions Game Changer: Charlie Cameron
Western Bulldogs Game Changer: Ed Richards
Game Five of Five
St Kilda (66) v Collingwood (78)
Facts and Figures: Jordan De Goey of Collingwood kicked three goals. Liam Ryan of St Kilda kicked an amazing goal, in the fourth quarter.
St Kilda Game Changer: Jack Sinclair
Collingwood Game Changer: Harry Perryman