Super Rankings: it takes a lot to top Lance Franklin but a smooth moving Giant did in Round 20

IT TAKES a lot to top Lance Franklin when he’s in full flight but a smooth moving Giant did just that and produced arguably the best midfield game of the season. SEE ROUND 20’s TOP 20 PERFORMERS

Josh Kelly in action against Carlton.

IT WAS the weekend where Buddy decided he would not just lift his Swans to victory, but also challenge for a fifth Coleman Medal.

Ben Brown is now in his sights and when Bud gets on a roll, making up four goals could happen in a quarter.

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But even Buddy couldn’t surpass Mr Smooth himself in Josh Kelly of the Giants, a player who sees the game unfolding before making good decisions with skilled execution.

Ben Stratton, the man who with teammate Blake Hardwick is paying homage to the mullet, was at his intercepting best for the Hawks across half-back.

Lance Franklin celebrates a goal. Picture: Phil Hillyard

Josh Kelly is Round 20’s No.1 player.

Then there were Geelong duo Patrick Dangerfield and Joel Selwood, an AFL equivalent of Golden State’s splash brothers in Steph Curry and Klay Thompson.

From the same game comes Richmond’s Kane Lambert, a good to very good player last year who has effortlessly slipped into the very good to elite category.

And welcome back to a couple of Bulldogs in ‘JJ’ Johannisen and Marcus Bontempelli who were at their scintillating best, while young gun Hugh McCluggage moved into territory which will surely become familiar.