Finals 2026 - Week 5 

Results for Finals Round 5 of ISTS AFL Footy Pools for the year 2026!

88 Punters, 11 finals matches, who will be the top 5 punters of the Finals for 2026?

And then there was one winner of the Holy Grail!

The Grand Final was a belter with too many lead changes to count.  The was mostly never more than a goal in it for 3 quarters.  But when the Dockers got up by 3 kicks in the final term with  minutes to go, their CEO rang Wharfie time and the tide suddenly reversed as the Lions banged on 2 quick goals.  They stretched out with the next to get in front and a sealer 8 seconds from the end to demoralise the Docker's fans. 

Fantastic spectacle of a GF to see the Lions go 3 in a row.

Neale got out of the gut punch charge from the MRO and Tribunal and Appeal with a piddling fine and there was at least a moment of just desserts when he kicked a point after dodgy free kick.   But the Lions were good enough to come back and win their 3rd in a row.

Here be the top 5 winners for our finals competition!   (How embarrassing - I got 2nd!  Happy for Pete K to audit timing of my tip). 

 I will be sending out emails about winnings very soon when I recover fro the GF and tonights' Gand Prix in Azerbaijan tonight!

 Thanks for playing this year and hope to see you next year! 

 On a very sad note.  My daughter lost her triplets at 22 weeks.  Long story but Edward was stillborn, Harrison lived for 12 minutes and baby girl Fallon lived for 30 minutes.  My daughter was so amazing giving birth naturally.  Caesar was not an option. He mother would have been so very *very* proud! Her husband Scott was so supporting and gave them all characters.  They are forever our Angel babies.

Rocky reporting for ISTS AFL Finals Footy Pools

Finals 2026 - Week 4 

Results for Finals Round 4 of ISTS AFL Footy Pools for the year 2026!

88 Punters, 11 finals matches, who will be the top 5 punters of the Finals for 2026?

And then there were 2 teams left in the Quest for the Holy Grail!

The AFL gave the Friday night match to Sydney and the Dockers at the SCG.  Sydney were lookinbg the goods but Freo ran over them in the final term for an amazing win to advance to the Big Dance next week.  It was picked by 28, or 78% of the 36 punters left in.

Betting was split for the Hawks vs Lions match from those 28 punters 10 to 28 so there was no chance of us all getting back in.  It was another cracker of a Prelim with Hawthorn looking the goods for most of the match when an 8 goal to 1 third term for the Lions got them 4 kicks in front which they extended to 28 points in the final term.   But the Hawks came back and hit the front by 2, then 3 points but a controversial free kick for holding the ball against Impey gave McLuggage the chance which he took to get the Lions in front with 18 seconds on the clock.  Brisbane managed the clearance and Lohmann converted another goal for the 9 point win.  64% of the 36 picked the Lions but just 18 punters also had Freo picked so that leaves those 18 left to tip for the Grand Final next week.

Congratulations to Gary Wood, Amy Challans, Catherine Nairn, Ben Stevens, Jason Allsopp, Andy Duncan, Peter Kiley, Melissa Williams, Brett Douglas, Justin Faggotter, Michelle Ah Matt, Alice Betteridge, Alan Brideson, Jenny Quilliam, Joanna Sundstrom, David Cranefield, Stephen Stone and
Bryanne Smith.
Next week the GRAND FINAL is:

Saturday 26 September, 2:00pm at the MCG:  Freo take on the Lions who are looking for third third flag in a row!  It should be a cracker!

Just a reminder that all finals participants will get a copy of the results each week.  But only those of you who are left in (with all correct tips) will have the ability to enter tips for the following week.  If you get reminded to tip - just do it!

For those tipping in the Grand FInal - you will also need to pick a margin.

Rocky reporting for ISTS AFL Finals Footy Pools

Finals 2026 - Week 3 

Results for Finals Round 3 of ISTS AFL Footy Pools for the year 2026!

88 Punters, 11 finals matches, who will be the top 5 punters of the Finals for 2026?

And then there were 4 teams left in the Quest for the Holy Grail!

The AFL likes its night matches and the Dockers hosted the Catters and Freo made up for getting rolled by Hawthorn last week.   They jumped out of the blocks and got 30 points up but the Cats started stopping the onslaught and clawed back a goal during the second term.   Geelong continued their momentum in the third and were in front by 7 points when the Dockers fired up and managed to hang on for a 14 point victory knocking the Cats out of the Finals.   This was only predicted by 58 of us, dropping 30 of us out.

On Saturday night, the Lions jumped the Crows and booted the first 5 goals before the Crows got their first.  Adelaide mounted a comeback early in the second term to get within 10 points, but that is where it ended as the Lions went up another gear that the Crows couldn't match.  Lions by 53 points in a sad ending for the Crows this season.  It was predicted by 45 of us but only 36 of them also picked Freo.

So that just leaves 36 punters still in!

Congratulations to those 36 punters with both matches correctly tipped in the results below.  So they will go on to tip the prelim finals next week!

Next week the Preliminary Finals are like this:

Friday, 18 September, 7:10pm at the SCG in Sydney:  Sydney tackle the Dockers.   Will Freo bring their A-game with them?   Could be hard to predict.

Saturday, 19 September, 4:45pm at the MCG:  Hawthorn will host the Lions.   This should be a belter and not easy to predict eighter!

Just a reminder that all finals participants will get a copy of the results each week.  But only those of you who are left in (with all correct tips) will have the ability to enter tips for the following week.  If you get reminded to tip - just do it!

Rocky reporting for ISTS AFL Finals Footy Pools

Finals 2026 - Week 2 

Results for Finals Round 2 of ISTS AFL Footy Pools for the year 2026!

88 Punters, 11 finals matches, who will be the top 5 punters of the Finals for 2026?

And then there were 6 teams left in the Quest for the Holy Grail!

The AFL spread the matches over 3 days including Thursday night when the Dockers were upset by the Hawkers who just out defended Freo while making the most of their own scoring opportunities.  This was predicted by just 9% of us leaving 3 punters still in the mix.  They all picked Geelong, Brisbane and Adelaide and so another upset could have us all back in.

Friday night the Cats did prevailover the Blues bringing their finals campaign to sudden end.  This was predicted by 68% of us.   

Saturnday saw the reigning Premiers in the Lions, go down to the Sydney Swans at the SCG despite missing 5 of their best players!  Only 3% (1 person) predicted this and it wasn't one of our top 3!   

That night, the Crows took on the Doggies at Adelaide Oval in a packed house.   There was only 2 or 3 kicks in it for the first half but Adelaide got that out to 4 kicks in the third term.  But the Bullies hit back early in the final term with 3 goals and enough behinds to get in front.  I had to do something, so I went out and got a chiko roll to prove to Grant that they did exist at The Oval!   And I stayed in a standing area as I watched Adelaide turn the tide and pile on the next 5 goals!  I went back to my seat next to Grant and sure enough, the Doggies got the last goal but it was too late and the Crows knocked them out of another finals campaign!  This was predicted by 94% of the 34 that started the round still tipping.

But the good news is that we are ALL BACK IN THE FINALS TIPPING for next week's Semi-Finals!

Next week the semis are like this:

Friday, 11 September, 7:40pm at Optus Stadium in Perth:  Dockers take on the Cats.  Again the Dockers are favourites in the betting but will they go out in straight sets like the Crows last year?

Saturday, 12 September, 7:05pm at the Gabba:  Brisbane take on Adelaide in the other sudden death semi-final.  The Lions are even short odds that Freo, to beat the Crows.

Just a reminder that all finals participants will get a copy of the results each week.  But only those of you who are left in (with all correct tips) will have the ability to enter tips for the following week.  If you get reminded to tip - just do it!

Rocky reporting for ISTS AFL Finals Footy Pools

Finals 2026 - Week 1- Wildcard  

Results for Wildcard Finals Round of ISTS AFL Footy Pools for the year 2026!

88 Punters, 11 finals matches, who will be the top 5 punters of the Finals for 2026?

And then there were 8 teams left in the Quest for the Holy Grail!

Friday night saw a cracker of a match between the Dogs and Pies with the Bullies prevailing when Magpie Membrey missed his after the siren shot on goal from 40m out.   That match only had 81,000 at the MCG.   Just 52 of the 88 punters left after that match!

The Demons and reborn Blues clashed on Saturday night with Melbourne getting ahead early but the Blue Baggers overhauling them to with comfortably in the end and knock Melbourne out.  This match had 10,000 more attend that to the Collingwood one!  50 people picked that correctly.

Those still left in, number just 34! Only 39% of us!

Next week, they are tipping for these 4 matches:

Thursday, September 3, 7:40pm at Optus Stadium in Perth:  Freo take on the Hawks in Perth in a Qualifying final which is already sold out.  At the time of writing, the odds for the Dockers were $1.42 to $2.88 for Hawthorn.

Friday, September 4, 7:10pm at the MCG:  The Cats take on the Blue Baggers in an Elimination final which is not yet sold out.  Geelong's odds are $1.82 to $2.31 for the Blues.

Saturday September 5, 2:45pm at the SCG:  Swans host the Lions in the other Qualifying final and tickets are still available.  Sydney are $3.82 to Brisbane's $1.27.

Saturday September 5, 7:05pm at Adelaide Oval:  The Crows take on the Doggies and hope to actually win a final this year but on the Bulldogs form, it won't be easy.   Adelaide's odds are $1.42 to $2.87 for the Doggies.

Last year, there was no Wildcard round and all of us were knocked out of the equivalent round!  Maybe the remaining 38 will get knocked out next week as well!

Just a reminder that this one is a knock out competition such that if you get a tip wrong you are knocked out, unless of course everyone gets one wrong in which case we are all back in for the following week.  

For accounting purposes, this year we have 88 punters in the finals and the 1st to 5th prizes will be:

  Note that the prize money for the finals is larger this year due to the extra wildcard round!

Just a reminder that all finals participants will get a copy of the results each week.  But only those of you who are left in (with all correct tips) will have the ability to enter tips for the following week.  If you get reminded to tip - just do it!

Rocky reporting for ISTS AFL Finals Footy Pools

ISTS Footy Pools Final Round and End of Year 2026 Results 

Well we have come to the final minor round of 2026.  Seemed to go pretty quickly really.

Three upsets this round! 

Just 8% tipped the Suns beating the Sainters as we all mostly thought Gold Coast were cooked!  Next in line were the Bulldogs getting over the Demons, and reasonably comfortably at that, which was only predicted by 11%.   With just 18% of tippers getting it right, Carlton have shown they are are capable of almost anything limbing over the minor Premiers in the Dockers, and doing that even more comfortably!  Lots for those 4 teams in the finals to think about now!

The Dogs upsetting the Demons gave the Crows a window to scrape into the top 6 which they took by stitching up the Giants and were temporarily 5th until after the Eagles vs Hawks match.  The Power relegated the Bombers to the Wooden Spoon after a nail biting finish as they came from behind.

But now for the last time in 2026, how did you do with all the upsets, off-field drama and all that Thursday night tipping we had to do?. 

And how did the top 3 play out on the competition?  were there any dramas there or just some for those who tried but couldn't?  For the last time from china, let's just all look together!

ISTS Footy Pools 2026 - Round 24 Results for tipsters

This week, despite the upsets, you needed to get 8 correct for the round. There were just 2 winners this week each earning $33.25.

Congratulations to Kate Adriaans and David Jones.

This week's big movers and shakers begins with David Jones up 18, Kathy Lange up 11, Bruce Thomas up 8, Anna Parente and Simon Holt up 7, Heather Mander, Trudi Bishop, Emerson Stevens, Jenny Butler and Vaneet Dhiman up 6, Justin King, Kate Adriaans and Michelle Ah Matt up 5, John Whittaker up 4, Andy Duncan, Brian Simpson, Chris Cox, Lynette Duncan, Patricia Coulthard and Jason Allsopp up 3. 

The current 33rd last place holder is Vaneet Dhiman who rose 6 places. Last week it was Anna Parente who rose 7 spots.

This week there were 36 distinct tips.

The average total score is 138.9 and the average score this round was 5.2.

The first week of which is now the Wildcard round of AFL finals looks like this:

First WildCard Final - Bulldogs v Collingwood at the MCG on Friday night 28th August at 7:10pm.

Second WildCard Final -  Melbourne v Carlton at the MCG on Saturday night 29th August at 7:05pm

These are elimination matches and the losers are out. 

More importantly who has won the Footy Pools for 2026.  Let's all look together!

Drum Roll....................................................

Final week - Round 24 of 2026 minor rounds!

Just a reminder that the prize money is as below.

• First prize:        $285.00
• Second prize:  $166.25
• Third prize:       $  95.00
• 33rd Last:          $  47.50 

Congratulations to our sole winner, Garry Wood from Canada who came to Oz in the late 1990's to work on a Student Record System and got to love AFL.   He has made a habit of winning this competition as it is his 4th win in the last 5 years!   COVID must have been good to him!  His top score of  156 (compared to 144 last year) means he gets the entire First Prize of $285.00 added to his $16.20 winnings making a nice total of $301.20!

Congratulations to Randall Kiesewetter who was a clear solo second place and gets $166.20 added to his total winnings of $14.59 making a total winning haul of $177.84. Randall got 153 tips correct.

Congratulations to Nicole King who took out the 3rd place spot on her own to win $95.00 and add to her $33.25 winnings during the year for $128.25 for the minor round competition!  She got 151 points and managed to improve one place since coming 4th last year!

Just missing out on the ladder for a share of the spoils at the end of the year were Amy and Leone Challans, and Ian Mills on 150. 

The final 33rd last place holder is Vaneet Dhiman.  He gets $47.50 for lucky 33rd last added to his $13.30 and gets $60.80.

It has been a huge year on-line!   Congratulations to all our Footy Pools winners!

And now some awards (non-monetary).

• The Highest Finishing Loser (not winning a brass razoo) Award this year goes to Vicki Allen in 13th place 
• The Wooden Spoon goes to Paul Sherlock on 96 points but I wasn't much better in 8th last.    We have been enoying our retirement too much!
• The Most Average Punter was John Boland with the average of the punters with a score of 138 and an accuracy of 67% which is a lot better than coin tossing! 
• The Median Punter was Martin (of th same parentage) Stone at position 47 in our ladder on 141 points which is better than the average by 2.1 points.

• Our competition had a potential total of 19,665 tips for all punters.   
• The highest grossing punter who didn't win a major end of year prize was Bryanne Smith with a tidy $105.30 in winnings during the season! Even though she finished 4th last!
• 23 punters got more than their $25 investment back (5 less than last year!).  Another 53 punters got some money back but not enough to recover their investment. That leaves 19 punters who did all of their dough!  Including me!
• The average score for our 95 punters was 138.9 points. 59 punters were above average, 4 punters were average and 32 punters below average. But look on the bright side. Tossing a coin should produce 50% success which would mean 104 correct tips. Only 1 of us was worse than coin tossing!
• There was an average of 1 voice mail tips left every 8 weeks.

Thanks all for your patronage this year.   I hope you have had some fun and you can collect on those side bets now!

A big thanks my Uni mate Pete Kiley who tweaks the web site and guest stars with the Commentary when I am away voluntering at motor races and to ChatGPT for match summaries.

In continuing the memory of my wife, Corinne, this year's donation of at least $118.75 will again be made to a combination of Breast Cancer Research and the Australian Lions Childhood Cancer Research Foundation.

Last year, this amount was topped up by the generosity of our punters and myself to make $600 to each charity ($1200 in total).

Hope to see you next year when it is time to turn on the tipping again.  We will start the money distribution after the finals.  Bigger prizes first!

For those of you in the finals, hang on for the reminder which will come out when we have reset the web site for Finals tipping.

Rocky, for ISTS AFL Pools - 2026 Edition!

ISTS Footy Pools Final Round and End of Year 2026 Results 

Well we have come to the final minor round of 2026.  Seemed to go pretty quickly really.

Three upsets this round! 

Just 8% tipped the Suns beating the Sainters as we all mostly thought Gold Coast were cooked!  Next in line were the Bulldogs getting over the Demons, and reasonably comfortably at that, which was only predicted by 11%.   With just 18% of tippers getting it right, Carlton have shown they are are capable of almost anything limbing over the minor Premiers in the Dockers, and doing that even more comfortably!  Lots for those 4 teams in the finals to think about now!

The Dogs upsetting the Demons gave the Crows a window to scrape into the top 6 which they took by stitching up the Giants and were temporarily 5th until after the Eagles vs Hawks match.  The Power relegated the Bombers to the Wooden Spoon after a nail biting finish as they came from behind.

But now for the last time in 2026, how did you do with all the upsets, off-field drama and all that Thursday night tipping we had to do?. 

And how did the top 3 play out on the competition?  were there any dramas there or just some for those who tried but couldn't?  For the last time from china, let's just all look together!

ISTS Footy Pools 2026 - Round 24 Results for tipsters

This week, despite the upsets, you needed to get 8 correct for the round. There were just 2 winners this week each earning $33.25.

Congratulations to Kate Adriaans and David Jones.

This week's big movers and shakers begins with David Jones up 18, Kathy Lange up 11, Bruce Thomas up 8, Anna Parente and Simon Holt up 7, Heather Mander, Trudi Bishop, Emerson Stevens, Jenny Butler and Vaneet Dhiman up 6, Justin King, Kate Adriaans and Michelle Ah Matt up 5, John Whittaker up 4, Andy Duncan, Brian Simpson, Chris Cox, Lynette Duncan, Patricia Coulthard and Jason Allsopp up 3. 

The current 33rd last place holder is Vaneet Dhiman who rose 6 places. Last week it was Anna Parente who rose 7 spots.

This week there were 36 distinct tips.

The average total score is 138.9 and the average score this round was 5.2.

The first week of which is now the Wildcard round of AFL finals looks like this:

First WildCard Final - Melbourne v Carlton at the MCG on Thursday 4th September at 6:50pm.

Second WildCard Final - Bulldogs v Collingwood at the MCG on Friday night 5th September at 7:10pm.

These are elimination matches and the losers are out. 

More importantly who has won the Footy Pools for 2026.  Let's all look together!

Drum Roll....................................................

Final week - Round 24 of 2026 minor rounds!

Just a reminder that the prize money is as below.

• First prize:        $285.00
• Second prize:  $166.25
• Third prize:       $  95.00
• 33rd Last:          $  47.50 

Congratulations to our sole winner, Garry Wood from Canada who came to Oz in the late 1990's to work on a Student Record System and got to love AFL.   He has made a habit of winning this competition as it is his 4th win in the last 5 years!   COVID must have been good to him!  His top score of  156 (compared to 144 last year) means he gets the entire First Prize of $285.00 added to his $16.20 winnings making a nice total of $301.20!

Congratulations to Randall Kiesewetter who was a clear solo second place and gets $166.20 added to his total winnings of $14.59 making a total winning haul of $177.84. Randall got 153 tips correct.

Congratulations to Nicole King who took out the 3rd place spot on her own to win $95.00 and add to her $33.25 winnings during the year for $128.25 for the minor round competition!  She got 151 points and managed to improve one place since coming 4th last year!

Just missing out on the ladder for a share of the spoils at the end of the year were Amy and Leone Challans, and Ian Mills on 150. 

The final 33rd last place holder is Vaneet Dhiman.  He gets $47.50 for lucky 33rd last added to his $13.30 and gets $60.80.

It has been a huge year on-line!   Congratulations to all our Footy Pools winners!

And now some awards (non-monetary).

• The Highest Finishing Loser (not winning a brass razoo) Award this year goes to Vicki Allen in 13th place 
• The Wooden Spoon goes to Paul Sherlock on 96 points but I wasn't much better in 8th last.    We have been enoying our retirement too much!
• The Most Average Punter was John Boland with the average of the punters with a score of 138 and an accuracy of 67% which is a lot better than coin tossing! 
• The Median Punter was Martin (of th same parentage) Stone at position 47 in our ladder on 141 points which is better than the average by 2.1 points.

• Our competition had a potential total of 19,665 tips for all punters.   
• The highest grossing punter who didn't win a major end of year prize was Bryanne Smith with a tidy $105.30 in winnings during the season! Even though she finished 4th last!
• 23 punters got more than their $25 investment back (5 less than last year!).  Another 53 punters got some money back but not enough to recover their investment. That leaves 19 punters who did all of their dough!  Including me!
• The average score for our 95 punters was 138.9 points. 59 punters were above average, 4 punters were average and 32 punters below average. But look on the bright side. Tossing a coin should produce 50% success which would mean 104 correct tips. Only 1 of us was worse than coin tossing!
• There was an average of 1 voice mail tips left every 8 weeks.

Thanks all for your patronage this year.   I hope you have had some fun and you can collect on those side bets now!

A big thanks my Uni mate Pete Kiley who tweaks the web site and guest stars with the Commentary when I am away voluntering at motor races and to ChatGPT for match summaries.

In continuing the memory of my wife, Corinne, this year's donation of at least $118.75 will again be made to a combination of Breast Cancer Research and the Australian Lions Childhood Cancer Research Foundation.

Last year, this amount was topped up by the generosity of our punters and myself to make $600 to each charity ($1200 in total).

Hope to see you next year when it is time to turn on the tipping again.  We will start the money distribution after the finals.  Bigger prizes first!

For those of you in the finals, hang on for the reminder which will come out when we have reset the web site for Finals tipping.

Rocky, for ISTS AFL Pools - 2026 Edition!

ISTS Footy Pools for 2026 - Round 23 

Still only just alive from China but even less time to wax eloquent here.  .

TWO upsets for Round 23 and in fine style!

And you probably guessed that the upsets were the two draws between the Hawks and Pies (tipped by 2%, Lisa Holloway and Cliff Sleeman), then a follow up on Sunday with the Bulldogs and Carlton (tipped by 1%, Ken Sleeman - all in the family).  They get 5 points instead of just 1 for tipping a draw correctly.

So with 2 drawn matches this week, you would think the money would be won by one or more of those 3!   So how about we all look together!

ISTS AFL Pools 2026 - Round 23 Results for Tipsters

This week, you needed to get 11 correct for the round (meaning the draw and 6 other matches!). There were 2 winners this week each earning $33.25.

Congratulations to Lisa Holloway and Ken Sleeman.

This week's ladder is solidifying for the end of the year. ALmost unbeatable now at the top of the ladder, we have Gary Wood on 149 points. Then barring a miracle for this guy next week, we will have 2nd placed Randall Kiesewetter on 147 points. Currently third and in the money is Nicole King on 145 points. Hopefull to make up a point and snatch 3rd are Amy Challans, Leonie Challans and Ian Mills on 144 points. Kind of dreaming are Grant Williams, Anthony McAvaney and Ben Stevens on 143 points. Miracles reuired for Scott Gage, Chris Cox, Garth Challans, Catherine Nairn, Ian Duncan and Vicki Allen on 142 points. Out of reach for Ken Sleeman, Lisa Holloway, Sam Cooper, Peter Kiley and Jason Allsopp on 141 points. Refretting previous tips are Andy Duncan, Bob Ellis, Scott Ainsworth, Bruce Thomas, Bayden Smith and Darren Garbin on 140 points.

This week's big movers and shakers begins unsurprisingly with Ken Sleeman and Lisa Holloway up 28, Simon Holt, Emerson Stevens, Adam Mather and John Boland up 5, Les Shalhoub, Mary Taylor and Alan Brideson up 4, Malcolm Parsons, Justin King, Cliff Sleeman, Ed Jacobs, Alice Betteridge, Kristy Johns and John Whittaker up 3.

The current 33rd last place holder is Anna Parente who fell 2 places. Last week it was Prairie Girl who fell 3 spots.

This week there were 26 distinct tips, one less than last week.

The average total score is 133.7 and the average score this round was 6.3 up 0.9 from last week due to the 2 draws and no other upsets.

 Adelaide Crows – dropped to 7th after losing to the minor premiers.  They will probably stay there even with a win over the Giants next week.   That match will be at AO and will the play Tex?  They could still get the wildcard home final against 8th spot.

Port Adelaide – stayed at 15th on the ladder and won't budge either way regardless of what happens against the bombers next week.

I am still in China until almost the end of August so these summaries will continue to be brief until I get back to Oz!   

Rocky reporting for the ISTS AFL Pools - 2026

ISTS Footy Pools for 2026 - Round 22 

Still live from China but not much time to wax eloquent here.  Still very bloody hot outside!  But Mochou Lake was nice and cool with the breeze coming off the water so sat on some grass and had a few snacks.

THREE upsets for Round 22!

Our worst tipping this week was just 6% predicting the upset that North would roll the Bulldogs!  Almost as bad was 8% of us tipping Gold Coast toppling the Giants in Canberra!   Just 18% of us picked Melbourne to overcome the league leaders in Freo.

So with 3 upsets this week, that would make it difficult, so you would think!   So how about we all look together!

ISTS AFL Pools 2026 - Round 22 Results for Tipsters

This week, you needed to jag one of the 3 upsets to get 7 correct for the round. There were 11 winners this week each earning $6.05.

Congratulations to Tristan Bibbo, Peter Shillingford, Peter Kiley, Ed Jacobs, Christopher Blake, Les Shalhoub, Anthony McAvaney, Neville Rankine, Sandy Ellis, Karen Teague and Cliff Sleeman.

This week's ladder is very interesting. Of course, still on their own at the top of the ladder, we have Gary Wood on 142 points. 2 points back, we have Randall Kiesewetter on 140 points. In a clear third place for the minute, we have Nicole King on 138 points. Then the panic merchants are trying to make ground but in some cases, losing it with Grant Williams, Anthony McAvaney, Amy Challans, Leonie Challans and Ian Mills on 137 points. Also a wanna-be is Ben Stevens on 136 points. Then the crowd of Scott Gage, Chris Cox, Garth Challans, Catherine Nairn, Ian Duncan and Vicki Allen on 135 points. Next we have Bob Ellis, Sam Cooper, Peter Kiley, Bruce Thomas, Darren Garbin and Jason Allsopp on 134 points. Hopeful but dreaming are Bernie Hoffmann, Andy Duncan, Dale Grigg, Scott Ainsworth, Anthony Beck, Bayden Smith and David Shaw on 133 points.

This week's big movers and shakers begins with Peter Kiley and Christopher Blake up 12, Sandy Ellis, Les Shalhoub, Tristan Bibbo and Karen Teague up 11, Ed Jacobs up 9, Anthony McAvaney up 6, Malcolm Parsons up 5, Craig Jones, Bob Ellis, Scott Gage, Sam Cooper and Chris Sleeman up 4, Vicki Allen, Jason Allsopp, Andy Duncan and Dale Grigg up 3.

The current 33rd last place holder is Prairie Girl who fell 1 place. Last week it was Steven Burnett who rose 1 spot.

This week there were 27 distinct tips, 4 less than last week.

The average total score is 127.3 and the average score this round was 5.4. down 0.4 from last week.

Adelaide Crows – dropped to 5th on percentage after the Lions had a big win and the Crows had a much smaller one.  They had a lucky escape over the Tigers who didn't let the Crows march ahead and were in fact in front by 13 points during the third term.  In the penutimate home and away round for the Crows, they go West and take on the ladder leaders, Fremantle on Friday night, the first match of the round.  Freo were stung by the Demons and will be out for revenge on home soil.  Adelaide could esily find themselves in the Wild Card playoff territory (7th) after that round!

Port Adelaide – stayed at 15th on the ladder after starting very well against the Swans but as Sydney often do, they clicked into another gear in the second term with 9 goals to 2 and stitched up the match right there.  Next week they host the in-form Demons at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night.  Port's luck seems all bad this year with injuries and catching teams in good form at the wrong time. 

No more Thursday night matches until maybe the Finals but who knows!

I am in China until almost the end of August so these summaries will continue to be brief until I get back to Oz!  But China seems to be working for the Crows so if that continues they might just stay in the top 6. 

Rocky reporting for the ISTS AFL Pools - 2026

ISTS Footy Pools for 2026 - Round 21 

Live from China but not much time to wax eloquent here.  Very bloody hot outside!

The Commonwealth Games website is here:  https://www.glasgow2026.com/  Under Shedule and Results, the Medal menu option shows the Aussies with near three times as many Gold medals as England but we a top heavy in Gold where as England have more than half the total Medal tally of Australia but they are in no danger of overtaking the Aussies any time soon!

THREE upsets for Round 21!

Our worst tipping this week was just 8% predicting the upset that was the Blue Baggers beating the reigning Premiers!  Next worse prediction was actually the Giants getting up over the Power with just 20% picking it.   Finally the Tiers had a rare win in a long time and managed to stay ahead of the Eagles to provide an arguable upset with 33% of us getting that one right.

So with 3 upsets this week, that would make it difficult, so you would think!   So how about we all look together!

ISTS AFL Pools 2026 - Round 21 Results for Tipsters

This week, you did need to get 8 correct for the round. There were only 2 winners this week each earning $33.25.

Congratulations to Nicole King and Scott Gage.

This week's ladder has had some "falls from grace" as the pressure kicks in!.  Consistently all own their own at the top of the ladder, we still have Gary Wood on 136 points. Still following we have Randall Kiesewetter 2 points back on 134 points. Then we have a winner and loser, the former being Nicole King and the latter being Grant Williams on 132 points. They are followed by a bunch including Amy Challans, Leonie Challans, Ian Mills, Ben Stevens and Ian Duncan on 131 points. Even hopeful are Chris Cox, Anthony McAvaney, Garth Challans and Catherine Nairn on 130 points. Next we have Scott Gage, Anthony Beck, Bruce Thomas, Darren Garbin and Vicki Allen on 129 points. Then still dreaming are Bernie Hoffmann, Bob Ellis, Sam Cooper, Scott Ainsworth, Bayden Smith, Jason Allsopp and David Shaw on 128 points.

This week's big movers and shakers begins with Scott Gage up 16, Nicole King up 12, Martin Stone up 11, Prairie Girl up 10, Ken Sleeman and Kristy Johns up 9, Jenny Butler, Jason Allsopp and Scott Ainsworth up 7, Ian Mills up 6, Christopher Blake and Adam Mather up 5, Simon Holt up 4, Nick Leidig, Si Michie, Justin Faggotter, Kirsty Rogerson, Juris Wulfius and Justin King up 2.

The current 33rd last place holder is Steven Burnett who fell 1 place. Last week it was Alice Betteridge who fell 2 spots.

This week there were 31 distinct tips 1 more than last week so watch for the lower average.

The average total score is 121.9 and the average score this round was 5.8, 0.9 down as predicted by the tipping variety.

Adelaide Crows – had a big percentage booster over the Dons and coupled with the Blues upsetting the Lions, jumped up to 4th - even though it might be temporary.  Adelaide host the struggling but recently victorious Tigers at Adelaide Oval on Saurday night and it is a must win for the Crows to stay in the top 4 and maybe get a double chance and avoid the playoffs in what used to be the week off before finals started.

Port Adelaide – stayed at 15th on the ladder after taking it up to the Giants but not being able to get it done in the final term.  They won't be playing in September this year.   Next week they travel to Sydney to tackle the Swans who seem to start slow but overhaul most (but not all) contenders.

I am in China until almost the end of August so these summaries will continue to be brief until I get back to Oz!  But CHina seems to be working for the Crows so if that continues they might just stay in the top 4.  FYI:  If you want to watch Foxtel Go in China (or any country for that matter), you can't go wrong setting up a VPN endpoint on your home router.   Just looks like you are home!

Rocky reporting for the ISTS AFL Pools - 2026