44 points (11 wins, five losses) 112.5 per cent

The Swans find themselves looking over the shoulder after successive losses. Thankfully for Swans fans, the Dockers beat the fifth-placed Tigers, and it gets easier now for John Longmire and his team. Away games against finals contenders Geelong and GWS pose the major challenges in the remaining seven games, three of which are at the SCG. A home clash with the Suns in round 23 shapes as an ideal tune-up before the finals.

The run home:
Rd 18: Adelaide at the SCG
Rd 19: Geelong at Simonds Stadium
Rd 20: Collingwood at the SCG
Rd 21: GWS at Spotless Stadium
Rd 22: St Kilda at Etihad Stadium
Rd 23: Gold Coast at the SCG

The coach says:
"We have to make sure that we focus on what we can do better. The last two weeks we have fallen shrot against two of the better teams in the competition and we need to get that right. If we look at our first half of the year we played some really strong footy but since the bye we have ben really incosistent in that. We need to get our execution better, make sure our defence stands up and take our chances." Longmire post match - Sunday, July 26.