Analysis 2026 - The Way Forward

[Kiama Chris]

Not one of the great articles but right down the bottom it has a list of the number of goals kicked by each club.

List analysis: Which club has the most goalkicking firepower?

Who has kicked 100-plus career goals, and who has booted 50-plus in a season before?

www.afl.com.au

Our average was 11.5, highest was the Dogs at 16, next Geelong at 15.4. So to make a real crack at it we need to kick an additional 4 goals per match. What might that look like? It needs to be 372 for the H&A season to hit 15.5:
Curnow 65
McDonald 45
McLean 25 maybe Amartey?
Heeney 30
Papley 35
Warner 25
Rosas 20
Others 55
Total 300 ÷ 24
AVG 12.5
Still well short, same as Freo. Brisbane were 13.1.
Maybe this says we need to play three goal kicking talls or we need more from individuals, especially that "Others" bloke.
Another jigsaw puzzle piece.

 

[Kiama Chris]

Not one of the great articles but right down the bottom it has a list of the number of goals kicked by each club.

List analysis: Which club has the most goalkicking firepower?

Who has kicked 100-plus career goals, and who has booted 50-plus in a season before?

www.afl.com.au

Our average was 11.5, highest was the Dogs at 16, next Geelong at 15.4. So to make a real crack at it we need to kick an additional 4 goals per match. What might that look like? It needs to be 372 for the H&A season to hit 15.5:

Curnow 65

McDonald 45

McLean 25 maybe Amartey?

Heeney 30

Papley 35

Warner 25

Rosas 20

Others 55

Total 300 ÷ 24

AVG 12.5

Still well short, same as Freo. Brisbane were 13.1.

Maybe this says we need to play three goal kicking talls or we need more from individuals, especially that "Others" bloke.

I got to wondering some more.
For comparison our 2025 goal kickers:
Heeney 37
Hayward 29
McLean 25
Warner 20
Campbell 16
Amartey 13
Buller 11
Blakey 10
Papley 10
Jordon 10
Rowbottom 9
McInerney 8
Corey 8
Lloyd 7
Grundy 7
Ladhams 7
Hanily 6
Gulden 6
Sheldrick 6
Hamling 5
Francis 3
McCartin 3
Mills 2
Florent 2
Bice 1
Cleary 1
Roberts 1
Adams 1
So the unnamed "Others" above, including Amartey but not Hayward or Buller (assume they are replaced by Logan) totalled 132 goals. Much better than my assumption of 55!
That would lead to a revised total of 377 goals ie bang on the money to hit 15.7 per game which should be good enough to make top 4.