I don't know who else does this but I can't help trying to discern which way the AFLPA CPA voting breaks down by coach. I don't think i've ever seen one where you can wrk out the exact voting by Coach A and Coach B. let alone figure which coach is Coach A and which coach is Coach B — but it's fun trying to figure it out sometimes.
2026 R16 — Carlton v West Coast, Marvel Stadium
- 9 Patrick Cripps (CARL)
8 Sam Walsh (CARL)
7 Ben Ainsworth (CARL)
4 George Hewett (CARL)
1 Lachie Cowan (CARL)
1 Harley Reid (WCE)
This one is a pretty good one for AFLCA Sudoku — reducing to just two permutations, but anybody's guess as to which coach is A and which is B. Can someone use educated guesswork from the pressers to work it out? I'm guessing Coach D == 'Mini' McWalter, Reid is of course an elite talent and his clearance goal was text-book, but his numbers were surpassed by many (18 other by AF points! 5 of our mids + Billy had more Disposal than Harley), including defenders like Wilson (gun-potential — *Unlocked*), Cowan and Haynes. But maybe Josh was feeling charitable? It often surprises me how similarly opposing coaches see these votes, quite objective and not too much overt favouritism.
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How to play AFLCA Sudoku: A process of elimination.
In this game, with Crippa on 9 votes and Walshie on 8 votes, the 8 votes has to be 5+3, not 4+4, because one of the 4 votes had to have gone to Crippa. The coach who voted 5 for Crippa had to have voted 4 for Ainsworth and 3 for Walsh. Etc etc.
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