I'm one of those West Australian people who support two teams. Freo and whoever is playing the eGurls.
The eGurls have had a fantastic start to 2018 because so many of their players have improved from 2017. Darling is a standout, but also look at the form of Cripps, Waterman, Barrass, Lycett, Sheppard, Redden, Yeo and LeCras. Throw in Niknat and a very wise pickup of Rioli and you have a team performing very well.
But, as you point out, they haven't had to face the wrath of power clubs away from home. That has been to their advantage. This has allowed the eGurls to bed-down their team and their game plan. I badly want the eGurls to fail, but 2018 is just panning out brilliantly for them. They will face the top teams with players in form and team structures in place. The eGurls will go deep into the AFL finals.
Let's be clear. I want every single one of them to suffer a career-ending knee injury and, for good measure, have the club deregistered from the AFL.