AFL Round 8 Review (Season 2026)

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 92.28 points per team, ten out of 18 teams scored at least 93 points.
Average Winning Margin: 25.89 points per game, that included a draw. At the other end of the spectrum three out of nine games had a margin of 39 points or more.

Points of Interest

Connor Nash (Hawthorn) is the first Irishman to reach 100 games for the club.

Ned Reeeves (Hawthorn) played his 50th game.

Collingwood scored 15 goals from 34 inside 50s.

The first draw of season 2026, was between Collingwood and Hawthorn.

Aaron Naughton (Western Bulldogs) has kicked at least a goal in 19 consecutive games.

Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions) has kicked at least a goal in 17 consecutive games.

Richmond led at quarter time for the first time this season, with a seven-point lead over West Coast Eagles.

Malakai Champion (West Coast Eagles) kicked the first goal of his career.

Francis Evans (Carlton) played his 50th game.

St Kilda co-captain Callum Wilkie hasn’t missed a game since his debut in Round 1, 2019.

Carlton have led six times at half time this season and only won once.

Carlton haven’t won a second half in any game this season!

St Kilda has scored over 100 points in three consecutive games for the first time since 2012.

Brodie Grundy (Sydney Swans) played his 250th game.

Angus Sheldrick (Sydney Swans) was the youngest player in the team, at age 22.

Melbourne Demons had seven players from their 2021 Premiership team playing against Sydney Swans.

Sydney Swans conceded their most points this season, conceding 114 points against Melbourne Demons.

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AFL Round 8 Review (Season 2025)

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 76.3 points per team, with four out of 18 teams scored 108 points or more.
Average Winning Margin: 38.33 points per game, which indicates there were relatively one-sided games. Despite that, four games had a margin of 17 points or less, which indicates that there were plenty of close games.
Round 8 (In a Nutshell): Round 8 was entertaining. Check out what transpired.

Round Highlights

Essendon narrowly beat North Melbourne by three points.

Western Bulldogs played entertaining footy in their 90-point demolition of Port Adelaide.

Geelong Cats defeated Collingwood by three points.

Hawthorn celebrated their 100 years in the VFL/AFL last Sunday in a Centenary Match against Richmond at the MCG.

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AFL Round 8 Review (Season 2024)

Facts and Figures

Average Score: 76.56 points per team, which is fairly high, when taking into account three out of 18 teams scored less than 50 points.
Average Winning Margin: 23.56 points per game, which is quite high, considering four out of nine games had a margin of eight points or less.
Round 8 (In a Nutshell): Round 8 was entertaining. Check out what transpired.

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