40 points (10 wins, seven losses) 115.9 per cent

The show rolls on. Ten wins from their past 11, with their only loss against the Hawks, who they visit Friday night in a very big game. The strange thing about this match-up is that the Hawks tend to win at the SCG while the Swans usually prevail at the MCG. The Swans should play finals; this much we now know. But as we've been saying for weeks, they need to win two of their three remaining road games – Geelong and Adelaide are the others – to get themselves into the top six and at least minimise their travel come the finals. But gee, they are playing brilliantly.

The run home
Rd 19: Hawthorn (MCG)
Rd 20: Geelong (Simonds Stadium)
Rd 21: Fremantle (SCG)
Rd 22: Adelaide (Adelaide Oval)
Rd 23: Carlton (SCG) 

The coach says
"They are a really good team, we have had some really great battles. I am sure this week will be a good one as well. They have kicked again after a slow start which was similar to us so we look forward to that challenge this week. We know things can change quickly so we need to get down to Melbourne this week and get to work in preparing for Hawthorn." John Longmire post match Rd 18, 2017