Live ladder: What Sydney’s shock loss to Gold Coast and Cats’ last-gasp win means for your team

GOLD Coast’s win has thrown what we thought the AFL ladder would look like out the window. What does it, and the Cats’ last-gasp win, mean for your club? SEE THE LIVE STANDINGS HERE

Sydney may miss the top four now. Picture: Getty Images

WAS it the biggest upset in AFL history?

Going into Saturday’s clash, Gold Coast had dropped 11 games in a row while the Swans were gunning for a top two spot on the ladder.

The TAB certainly thought it was over before it began, listing the Suns at staggering odds of $17 to win the match, making them the longest priced head-to-head winner since the bookmaker started keeping records in 1995.

GAME RECAP: HOW SWANS, SUNS THRILLER PLAYED OUT

GAME STATS: WHO STOOD UP FOR SUNS, SWANS?

With the Swans leading 40-11 at quarter-time, the head-to-head market had been closed and it was long odds to be reopened. Or so we thought.

The shock loss has created havoc at the top end of the AFL ladder.

Dejected Swans leave the SCG. Picture: AAP Images

WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE LADDER

— After eyeing off a top two spot going into the weekend, the Swans could be a game and percentage outside the top four by the end of the week.

- Geelong moves to seventh with a win over Melbourne, keeping its top four hopes alive.

— Following its big win over North Melbourne, Collingwood is now a game and seven per cent ahead of the Swans.

— With a soft draw to come, Port Adelaide will like its chances of finishing top two.

— GWS may only be two points behind the Swans at the end of this round. The two clubs play each other in a couple of weeks.

- With an away game against Adelaide to come this week, the Demons are in a fight just to make finals.

Biggest ever @tabcomau AFL upsets
R18 2018 - GC ($17) v SYD by 24
R18 2014 - STK ($16) v FREO by 58
R22 2012 - GC ($15) v CARL by 12
R5 2011 - GC ($14) v PA by 3
R8 2013 - BRIS ($13) v ESS by 10

— Dylan Atkinson (@Dyl35) July 21, 2018

CURRENT LIVE LADDER

1 Richmond 52 PTS 137.9%

2 West coast 48 PTS 122.4%

3 Collingwood 48 PTS 121.7%

4 Port Adelaide 44 PTS 115.9%

5 Sydney 44 PTS 114.2%

6 Melbourne 40 PTS 127.9%

7 Geelong 40 PTS 118.2%

8 Greater Western Sydney 38 PTS 111.1%

9 Hawthorn 36 PTS 114.0%

10 North Melbourne 36 PTS 108.0%

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THE RUN HOME

Predicted win loss for the top 10

RICHMOND

Rd19 Collingwood MCG (H) W

R20 Geelong MCG (H) W

Rd21 Gold Coast MS (A) W

Rd22 Essendon MCG (H) W

Rd23 W. Bulldogs MCG (H) W

WEST COAST

Rd19 North Melb Hobart (A) W

Rd20 Fremantle PS (H) W

Rd21 Port Adelaide AO (A) L

Rd22 Melbourne PS (H) W

Rd23 Bris Lions Gabba (A) W

COLLINGWOOD

Rd19 Richmond MCG (A) L

Rd20 Sydney SCG (A) W

Rd21 Bris Lions ES (H) W

Rd22 Port Adel MCG (H) W

Rd23 Fremantle PS (A) W

PORT ADELAIDE

Rd19 W. Bulldogs Ballarat (A) W

Rd20 Adelaide AO (H) W

Rd21 West Coast AO (H) W

Rd22 Collingwood MCG (A) L

Rd23 Essendon AO (H) W

SYDNEY

Rd19 Essendon ES (A) W

Rd20 Collingwood SCG (H) L

Rd21 Melbourne MCG (A) L

Rd22 GWS Giants SS (A) L

Rd23 Hawthorn SCG (H) W

MELBOURNE

Rd19 Adelaide AO (A) L

Rd20 Gold Coast MCG (H) W

Rd21 Sydney MCG (H) W

Rd22 West Coast PS (A) L

Rd23 GWS Giants MCG (H) W

Sydney suffered a shock loss on Saturday. Picture: Getty Images

GEELONG

Rd19 Bris Lions GMHBA (H) W

Rd20 Richmond MCG (A) L

Rd21 Hawthorn MCG (A) W

Rd22 Fremantle GMHBA (H) W

Rd23 Gold Coast GMHBA (H) W

HAWTHORN

Rd19 Fremantle PS (A) W

Rd20 Essendon MCG (H) W

Rd21 Geelong MCG (H) L

Rd22 St Kilda ES (A) W

Rd23 Sydney SCG (A) L

NORTH

Rd19 West Coast Hobart (H) L

Rd20 Bris Lions The Gabba (A) W

Rd21 W. Bulldogs ES (H) W

Rd22 Adelaide AO (A) L

Rd23 St Kilda ES (A) W

GIANTS

Rd19 St Kilda SS (H) W

Rd20 Carlton ES (A) W

Rd21 Adelaide Canberra (H) W

Rd22 Sydney SS (H) W

Rd23 Melbourne MCG (A) L

PUNTING NIGHTMARE

Jamie Tate

YOU can’t say that no one saw Gold Coast’s upset victory coming yesterday.

One lonely, but very happy, TAB punter placed $200 on the Suns pre-match at $17 to defeat Sydney for a $3400 collect.

That person was far happier than the punter who had $5000 on the Swans at $1.03.

Such was the predicted one-sided nature of the SCG clash that the TAB even suspended its head-to-head market at quarter-time with Sydney leading by 29 points.

In terms of pre-match odds it was the biggest upset since the TAB starting fielding on AFL games in 1995.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

Biggest ever AFL upsets (TAB odds)

R18 2018: GC ($17) d. Syd by 24

R18 2014: STK ($16) d. Frem by 58

R22 2012: GC ($15) d. Carl by 12

R5 2011: GC ($14) d. Port Adel by 3

R8 2013: BRIS ($13) d. Ess by 10

OTHER END

With Gold Coast’s win over Sydney, Carlton is all but assured of winning the wooden spoon. The Blues are three wins behind the Suns and the Lions.

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Originally published as Live ladder: What Sydney’s shock loss to Gold Coast and Cats’ last-gasp win means for your team