Joe Pignataro and Gemma Bastiani bring you the State of Play in the Smithy's VFL and Rebel VFLW competitions. 

The Rebel VFLW is heading into the final rounds, there's not a game teams can afford to drop in the run to the finals as the Falcons find their way to consecutive wins. In the Smithy's VFL, Frankston, Williamstown and Sandringham are starting to mount a case.

George Grey's name has been put forward as a genuine contender to find his way onto an AFL list in next week's mid-season draft, while we celebrate VFL boundary umpire John Cooper who this week breaks the games record for a boundary umpire. 

Catch up on:

• 0:55: North Melbourne running all over Essendon in the VFLW
• 1:30: Ange Gogos propels Darebin to a second straight win
• 3:30: Tom Downie the Williamstown hero
• 5:00: Is Nick Bryan ready to step up to Essendon's AFL team? 
• 8:20: Dom Brew, the spiritual leader of Werribee 
• 10:10: INTERVIEW: George Grey; Frankston's freshest recruit ahead of the AFL's mid-season draft
• 20:50: INTERVIEW: John Cooper; VFL boundary umpire 
• 28:30: The games you don't want to miss this weekend

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