{"id":168662,"date":"2024-08-23T11:30:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T01:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=168662"},"modified":"2024-08-23T16:04:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T06:04:13","slug":"explainer-coates-talent-league-wildcard-round-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2024\/08\/23\/explainer-coates-talent-league-wildcard-round-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Explainer: Coates Talent League Wildcard Round &#038; Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>FINALS time is just around the corner in the Coates Talent League, but not before the last home-and-away weekend, and Wildcard Round. The structure for both can get a little complicated, so we take you though how things currently stand and what the next few weeks of postseason fixtures may look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crux of the format is that the 13 teams are split into two conferences: Metro, and Country\/Tasmania. Given the Devils make it an odd number of teams, the top-ranked side in their group bypasses Wildcard Round and moves straight into finals. Meanwhile, the remaining teams play off for finals spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A three-week knockout finals series consists of four quarter-finals, two preliminary finals, and the decider on the weekend of September 21-22. Teams will play off in their respective conferences until the preliminary final stage, where the two cross over to determine the competition&#8217;s top two seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-current-ladder\">CURRENT LADDER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>OVERALL<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Sandringham Dragons (10-4, 131.7%)<br>2. Geelong Falcons (10-4, 127.8%)<br>3. Calder Cannons (10-4, 109.3%)<br>4. Tasmania Devils (9-5, 133.1%)<br>5. Dandenong Stingrays (9-4-1, 124.2%)<br>6. Gippsland Power (9-4, 97.2%)<br>7. Murray Bushrangers (7-6-1, 108.9%)<br>8. Eastern Ranges (6-8, 91.2%)<br>9. Northern Knights (5-8-1, 102.9%)<br>10. Western Jets (5-9, 98.9%)<br>11. GWV Rebels (5-9, 92.6%)<br>12. Bendigo Pioneers (4-10, 80.9%)<br>13. Oakleigh Chargers (3-11, 67.9%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>COUNTRY\/TASMANIA CONFERENCE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Geelong Falcons (10-4, 127.8%)<br>2. Tasmania Devils (9-5, 133.1%)<br>3. Dandenong Stingrays (9-4-1, 124.2%)<br>4. Gippsland Power (9-4, 97.2%)<br>5. Murray Bushrangers (7-6-1, 108.9%)<br>6. GWV Rebels (5-9, 92.6%)<br>7. Bendigo Pioneers (4-10, 80.9%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>METRO CONFERENCE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Sandringham Dragons (10-4, 131.7%)<br>2. Calder Cannons (10-4, 109.3%)<br>3. Eastern Ranges (6-8, 91.2%)<br>4. Northern Knights (5-8-1, 102.9%)<br>5. Western Jets (5-9, 98.9%)<br>6. Oakleigh Chargers (3-11, 67.9%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-round-19-fixture\">ROUND 19 FIXTURE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>(Overall Ladder Position\/Conference Ladder Position)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Geelong Falcons (2nd\/1st) vs. GWV Rebels (11th\/6th)<br>Saturday August 24, 11:00am @ La Trobe University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bendigo Pioneers (12th\/7th) vs. Murray Bushrangers (7th\/5th)<br>Saturday August 24, 11:00am @ Queen Elizabeth Oval<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Northern Knights (9th\/4th) vs. Eastern Ranges (8th\/3rd)<br>Saturday August 24, 11:00am @ Genis Steel Oval<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gippsland Power (6th\/4th) vs. Dandenong Stingrays (5th\/3rd)<br>Saturday August 24, 1:10pm @ Morwell Recreation Reserve<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oakleigh Chargers (13th\/6th) vs. Sandringham Dragons (1st\/1st)<br>Saturday August 24, 2:00pm @ Trevor Barker Beach Oval<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calder Cannons (3rd\/2nd) vs. Western Jets (10th\/5th)<br>Sunday August 25, 11:00am @ Highgate Recreation Reserve<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wildcard-round-format\">WILDCARD ROUND FORMAT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Top Country\/Tasmania seed advances to finals<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Country\/Tasmania 2nd vs. 7th<br>Country\/Tasmania 3rd vs. 6th<br>Country\/Tasmania 4th vs. 5th<br>&#8212;<br>Metro 1st vs. 6th<br>Metro 2nd vs. 5th<br>Metro 3rd vs. 4th<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As it stands, Geelong Falcons will be the team which auto-advances to finals out of the Country\/Tasmania conference. They take on GWV Rebels in Round 19. Second-ranked Country side, Tasmania has the bye, but Dandenong and Gippsland play off this weekend and could usurp the Falcons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the Metro side of things, reigning premiers Sandringham Dragons are top of the table with a sizeable percentage gap to Calder. The Cannons can jump into pole position with a win over Western, but only if the Dragons lose to bottom-placed Oakleigh. Sandringham is gunning for a third-straight premiership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-finals-format\">FINALS FORMAT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>WC = Wildcard<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Finals&nbsp;Week 1: Quarter&nbsp;Finals (QF)<\/strong><br>1st QF: Highest ranked Metro WC winner vs. Highest ranked Metro WC loser<br>2nd QF: Second-highest ranked Metro WC winner vs Third-highest ranked Metro WC winner<br>3rd QF: First ranked Country\/Tas team vs Third-highest ranked Country\/Tas WC winner<br>4th QF: Highest ranked Country\/Tas WC winner vs Second-highest ranked Country\/Tas WC winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Finals&nbsp;Week 2: Preliminary&nbsp;Finals (PF)<\/strong> <br>1st PF: Highest ranked Metro QF&nbsp;winner vs. Lowest ranked Country\/Tas QF&nbsp;winner<br>2nd PF: Highest ranked Country\/Tas QF&nbsp;winner vs. Lowest ranked Metro QF&nbsp;winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Finals&nbsp;Week 3: Grand&nbsp;Final<\/strong><br>Winner of 1st PF&nbsp;vs Winner of 2nd PF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dc-block-dc-mention _dc_mention\"><div class=\"section-heading_wrap\"><span class=\"section-heading is-small\">Mentions<\/span><span class=\"hor-border\"><\/span><\/div><ul class=\"js-overflow-list overflow-list\"><li class=\"js-dropdown dropdown overflowed\"><button class=\"btn btn-icon-only\"><span class=\"icon btn-icon\">\n                    <!-- icon - plus circle - 20px-->\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\">\n                        <path d=\"M15,9.28h-4.3V5h0A.72.72,0,1,0,9.28,5h0V9.28H5a.72.72,0,0,0,0,1.43H9.28V15a.72.72,0,0,0,1.43,0h0V10.71H15a.72.72,0,0,0,0-1.43Z\"\/>\n                        <path d=\"M10,0A10,10,0,1,0,20,10,10,10,0,0,0,10,0Zm0,18.57A8.57,8.57,0,0,1,10,1.43h0a8.57,8.57,0,0,1,0,17.14Z\"\/>\n                    <\/svg>\n                <\/span><\/button><div class=\"popover\"><div class=\"popover-content\"><ul class=\"popover-menu\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FINALS time is just around the corner in the Coates Talent League, but not before the last home-and-away weekend, and Wildcard Round. 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