Carlton strike double blow as Collingwood’s AFL premiership defence all but over and Essendon collapse confirming

Carlton have struck a double blow on their AFL rivals with one round left in the season, all but ending Collingwood’s premiership defence and confirming Essendon’s collapse from the top four.

The Blues put West Coast to the sword on Sunday night with a 14.15 (99) to 4.10 (34) win that had serious ramifications on the finals.

Carlton are now back in the top eight and control their own destiny, needing a win over St Kilda next week to seal their return to September action.

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The Magpies will need to beat Melbourne while overturning a deficit of 10 percentage points in the process of that match and other favourable results.

The Bombers, meanwhile, are now six premiership points out of the eight and their season will end with a dead rubber against Brisbane.

Carlton, Essendon and Collingwood sat second, third and fourth on the ladder in June, with the latter pair forced to confront the off-season with different perspectives.

The Dons remain without a finals win and seemingly an answer, but the Pies at least know their flag defence was not helped by a slow start and key injuries.

Elsewhere, Fremantle can still realistically hope to play finals footy despite a three-game losing streak.

They do, however, need another unlikely win from the Saints, who stunned Geelong on Saturday night, while beating Port Adelaide themselves in the very last game of the home-and-away season.

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