BOTH CONFERENCES LOOK CONGESTED AT THE TOP

There is no such thing as breathing room in this league, with even the undefeated Lions and Dockers still needing to win and win well to lock in finals berths.

The Kangaroos have the best percentage of all comers in Conference A (when have we seen that before?) but sit even on points with the Giants and Crows and a mere two points ahead of Round 4 opponent Gold Coast.

After Round 1, there was widespread consternation that the organisers had “stuffed up” the arrangements again, with Conference B looking stacked with the best teams, and North Melbourne’s populated by also-rans.

While Conference B still looks very strong, with the exception of Richmond, who have looked a fair bit off the pace (though even they have shown signs of improvement and were better for long periods than the 56 point margin in this game suggests), all sides around these Shinboners look dangerous and more than capable of challenging into April.

With increasing experience and a mission to be the best of the best in 2020, North Melbourne could be premiers – the best part is we’ll just have to wait and see.