Collingwood’s AFLW loss to Brisbane and Fremantle’s win over Carlton sets up an exciting lead-in to finals

Arguably the best day of AFLW football in the league’s five-year history has opened up all sorts of permutations with two rounds left.

First up, the Dockers produced footy’s version of the great escape to beat Carlton at Princes Park.

Then someone finally found a way past Collingwood in 2021.

This combination of results means what had looked like a dominating front-runner being chased by a pack with a couple of standout challengers is now a lot less clear-cut.

So what did we learn from a super Sunday of football, and where does it leave us with the finals looming?

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