Simpson and Whateley's top four seeds after Round 18, 2026

SEN • July 15th, 2026 11:32 am

Adam Simpson and Gerard Whateley have named their top four seeds following Round 16 of 2026.

Simpson and Whateley will each rank the four teams they have the most confidence in going forward on a weekly basis throughout the year.

The seedings will be updated as the season goes on via SEN’s Whateley.

See the seedings below:

SIMPSON

1 - Fremantle

“Last week I somehow flipped Fremantle and Sydney mistakenly!”

2 - Sydney

3 - Brisbane

4 - Hawthorn

WHATELEY

1 - Fremantle

2 - Brisbane

3 - Hawthorn

“Two and three are a flip of a coin for me.”

4 - Sydney

“Four is a play-in game. Sydney is second, but they are not playing like the second team.

“They play Adelaide and the winner will be four.”

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