A goal after the siren, a team rallies for a 250th and the top two move ahead of the pack. All that and more in this week's edition of winners and losers.
Winner: Sam Lloyd
Sam Lloyd is living the dream following his after-the-siren goal on Saturday night against the Swans to clinch victory for the Tigers.
For now, it takes a bit of pressure off Richmond, who travel to Perth to take on Fremantle, beaming with confidence. It's not all doom and gloom for Damien Hardwick's men who sit at 2-6. In 2010, Hawthorn rebounded from a 1-6 start to make finals. I'm not saying its likely, I'm just saying its not impossible. However, they really need to kick on from this and get another winning together
As for Lloyd, his not one to shy away from the big stage. In round one he kicked a handful of goals from the boundary line to help the Tigers over the line against Carlton, so it was only fitting that it was he who had the final shot at goal on Saturday night.
Loser: Queensland Footy
AFL in this state is at a crossroads and based on what both Queensland sides dished up in round eight, there are no signs of it getting any better.
The Suns did play the high-flying Giants, but they are always going to be compared against one another and at the moment the Suns are miles behind their fellow expansion team.
As for the Lions, 24,000 turned up to see them play Collingwood despite an NRL game being played at Suncorp that night. After that performance, I highly doubt we'll see a crowd larger than that for the foreseeable future.
At the present time, the spotlight is firmly shining on both Justin Leppitsch and Rodney Eade.
Winner: Carlton
For the second week running, Carlton feature as a winner on Zero Hanger, as the Blues notched their fourth in a row in what was Kade Simpson's 250th game.
Carlton trailed at every break against Port Adelaide and were down by three goals with 10 minutes remaining. However, belief, resolve and heart kept them going right to the end to record a memorable win.
It represents an amazing turnaround from first-year coach Brendan Bolton and from a neutral point of view, its great to see them kicking on.
Loser: St Kilda
The Saints had been in pretty good form coming into their round eight match-up with West Coast, but no one envisaged they would be on the receiving end of a 103-point flogging in Perth.
The Saints allowed the Eagles to walk the ball away from the centre square in the opening term and failed to really pressure the Eagles in any way.
It just seems the Saints are taking two steps forward and one step back and its their inconsistency that has them sitting at 2-6 rather than pushing for the eight.
Blake Acres, just three weeks after a 28-possession and two goal game, was hardly sighted against the Eagles which pretty much sums up their current form.
Winner: Geelong and North Melbourne
After Sydney's shock loss to Richmond, these two sides stand head and shoulders above the rest at the moment.
The Cats already have the scalps of Hawthorn and West Coast, but their win against the Crows in Adelaide was clearly their best of the season so far. Geelong has just five interstate games for the season and the Cats have already knocked three of them over before the midway point of the year. They are safely in the top two and their draw suggests they will remain there for the rest of the season.
As for North, they may not have clicked into first gear yet, but they're 8-0 and it says a lot about a side who can still win while not at their best. Their real test will come on Friday week when they meet the Swans in Sydney, and that is when we'll be able to judge them properly.
As it stands, Geelong still look like the stronger of the two sides and their form warrants their premiership favouritism.
Loser: Travis Cloke
Cloke will be made to wait for his return to Collingwood's best 22 following the form of Mason Cox and his own disappointing form at VFL level.
Cox kicked four goals as Collingwood's forward line functioned perfectly against Brisbane, while Cloke was held goalless against Geelong in the VFL by rookie-defender Ryan Gardner.
Jesse White kicked three and although Darcy Moore had a quiet night, it looks like he is the future for the Pies, so Trav will need to kick a few bags in the two's to force Nathan Buckley's hand.