Why Ashcroft should still win Rising Star, and a message for Collingwood fans

We had the game of the series, a bunch of other thrillers and some moving and shaking on the ladder – it’s all systems go for the final five weeks of the home-and-away season.

Collingwood are now two games clear on top of the ladder after one of the great wins, while Port Adelaide must not only deal with the heartbreak of defeat, but also the looming possibility, with Brisbane and Melbourne closing in, that a home qualifying final is far from sealed up just yet.

The Lions and Dees dodged bullets themselves, but that was nothing compared to the one St Kilda Keanu Reavesed their way…