RANK CLUB DIFFICULTY TEAMS TO PLAY TWICE
1 Hawthorn +1204 Adelaide, Collingwood, Geelong, Gold Coast, Sydney Swans
2 GWS +1025 Geelong, Richmond, Sydney Swans, West Coast, Western Bulldogs
3 St Kilda +951 Melbourne, West Coast, North Melbourne, Richmond, Sydney Swans
4 Western Bulldogs +719 Brisbane Lions, GWS, North Melbourne, Sydney Swans, West Coast
5 Fremantle +465 Geelong, West Coast, North Melbourne, Richmond, Essendon
6 Geelong +425 Hawthorn, Adelaide, Collingwood, GWS, Fremantle
7 Collingwood +253 Essendon, Geelong, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Port Adelaide
8 Melbourne +246 Adelaide, North Melbourne, St Kilda, Collingwood, Carlton
9 Sydney Swans +49 Carlton, GWS, Hawthorn, St Kilda, Western Bulldogs
10 West Coast -55 Western Bulldogs, GWS, St Kilda, Port Adelaide, Fremantle
11 Brisbane Lions -390 Gold Coast, Essendon, Richmond, Western Bulldogs, Port Adelaide
12 Gold Coast -470 Brisbane Lions, Carlton, Hawthorn, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide
13 Adelaide -523 Port Adelaide, Hawthorn, Essendon, Melbourne, Geelong
14 Essendon -538 Brisbane Lions, Carlton, Adelaide, Collingwood, Fremantle
15 Port Adelaide -610 Adelaide, Brisbane Lions, West Coast, Gold Coast, Collingwood
16 Carlton -741 Richmond, Melbourne, Essendon, Gold Coast, Sydney Swans
17 Richmond -986 GWS, St Kilda, Carlton, Fremantle, Brisbane Lions
18 North Melbourne -1024 Western Bulldogs, St Kilda, Melbourne, Fremantle, Gold
This was done when the fixture ACTUALLY came out. Richmond clearly had the easier draw of the top 8 this season.
It can't be done retrospectively as beating the teams pushes them down the ladder! The difficulty can only be assessed at the time of creation of the draw.
Ports were expected to finish bottom 4 as well, even with this draw.