After 11 rounds of the 2022 AFL season we reach the first of three bye rounds, with six clubs handed a week's break to assess their season and move onto the final stretch.
Carlton, Essendon, GWS, Port Adelaide, Richmond and St Kilda are scheduled for their bye this weekend, giving us the perfect time to critique and grade their campaigns to date.
We put the microscope over each of the aforementioned clubs season's and name their MVP, best win and worst loss at the midway mark of this year in part one of our mid-season report cards.
These gradings factor in pre-season expectations and form across the opening 11 rounds of the year.
GWS Giants
Grade: D
W-L Record: 3-8
Percentage: 86.7%
The first club of 2022 to part ways with their senior coach. While most forced into this situation would likely land a failed grading, Leon Cameron's departure wasn't only a result of poor performances.
A mutual split left the New South Wales club wondering where they sit, but hope is not lost on gaining some positives out of their likely finals-less campaign.
Their season began with promise, albeit in a loss to cross-town rivals Sydney, in what was one of the more interesting matches of this year.
The Giants would go on to win just one of their next five matches and suddenly the questions were being asked of Cameron, who didn't look eager to continue his tenure past the midway mark of the season let alone the end of the year.
Interim coach Mark McVeigh has since been given the keys for the rest of the year and has already begun to tinker with what we've come to know from the Giants.
An expected victory over the Eagles was the easiest start for McVeigh's stint in the hot seat, while a competitive performance against the Lions showed some hunger for the struggling giants.
Returning to face the Kangaroos after their bye, the Giants could be played into some form for the back-end of the season.
MVP: Josh Kelly (51 votes)
Best Win: Round 7 vs Adelaide
Worst Loss:ย Round 4 vs Fremantle
