AFL Beat 2025 – Round 20 Recap!

This week, Rivalry Week kinda fizzled out as the good teams won and the bad teams lost. That means the Finals picture is clearer. Let’s get to it!

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The AFL Ladder

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The AFL Round 20 Results

The AFL Round 20 Highlights

AFL Round 21 Schedule

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AFL Footy Tipping Contest Results

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Notes and Comments

Port Adelaide, Sydney, and Carlton all lost, dealing a big blow to their Finals chances. You would think that playing against their main rivals would inspire them to put out their best effort, but you’d be wrong. Speaking about best effort, how about those Saints?!? That was an incredible comeback against Melbourne! Seriously, you need to see it:

Too bad the Saints are out of it. As for the teams still in contention, Sydney and Port both got blown out with only Carlton putting up a fight against Hawthorn. I’m ready to call them OUT of Finals contention.

That means we are left with 9 teams to fit into 8 spots with only four games left. Western will be playing for their Finals lives this week when they go up against GWS. If they lose, I think the Eight is set and the rest of the season is just practice for Finals.

The Essendon-Gold Coast game that hasn’t been made up yet will be crucial in determining the ORDER of the final Eight, though. I think they will play it during the bye week that takes place between the last Round and the start of Finals. No matter the outcome, Gold Coast will have one week less rest than everyone else.

Next week, we have two BIG games inside the Eight as #1 Collingwood take on a reeling Brisbane team at the MCG. With a loss, the Lions could drop off the top four and the Double Chance. Adelaide will host Hawthorn and could solidify their top four standing with a win.

The Tipping Pool is fierce! Everyone did really well this week. Shout-out to BFC for a perfect week of tipping! Sharky remains at the top with an excellent 8 of 9 performance.

If you are a member of an AFL club or you got a Watch AFL membership, you should be able to watch every AFL and AFLW game, including replays. Game times vary between Australian afternoon and evening, which actually makes it easier for us in North America to watch as the games can be seeing in the evenings on Pacific Time and early mornings on Eastern time.

If you haven’t become a member of a club or signed up for the Watch AFL app, you can still watch the AFL and AFLW games in the USA on either FS1 or FS2 and in Canada on TSN. Showtimes can be found here on the Australian Football Association of North America website. But I do recommend that you join a club. It’s fun and they send you free shit.

See you next week!