AFL in a nutshell: Round 18 – Dockers bounce back in emphatic fashion, dogged Pies get the chocolates, Giants with a giant comeback win and the Bombers are becoming irrelevant

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 85.33 points per team, five of 18 teams scored over 100 points.
Average Winning Margin: 40.44 points per game, even though four of nine games had a margin of less than three goals.

Fun Facts

The Dockers are the first team that has gone goalless in the first half and scored 100 points in the second half.

Fremantle Dockers had their highest crowd of a home game that wasn’t a derby, in their comeback win, with 55,966 people in attendance.

Alastair Clarkson had a milestone 600th VFL/AFL game as AFL player and coach.

The most VFL/AFL games by a grandfather, father and son trio record was broken by Sergio, Stephen and Jack Silvagni, with 696 games between them.

Melbourne Demons kicked over 100 points for the ninth time this season.

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AFL Round 18 Review (Season 2025)

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 80.94 points per team, which is fairly high, when taking into account four out of 18 teams scored 103 points or more. a
Average Winning Margin: 18.78 points per game, which indicates there were relatively close games, which is understandable, because only two out of nine games had a margin of 36 points or more.
Round 18 (In a Nutshell): Round 18 was entertaining. Check out what transpired.

Round Highlights

Gold Coast Suns captain Noah Anderson kicked a pivotal in the fourth quarter, which helped the Suns win the game by one goal against Collingwood.

Errol Gulden of the Sydney Swans kicked what proved to be the winning goal in a five point win over St Kilda.

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AFL Round 18 Review (Season 2024)

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 85.33 points per team, which is fairly high, when taking into account five out of 18 teams scored 100 points or more.
Average Winning Margin: 25.11 points per game, which indicates there were relatively one-sided games. Despite that, four games had a margin of 14 points or less, which indicates that there were plenty of close games.
Round 18 (In a Nutshell): Round 18 was entertaining. Check out what transpired.

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