The big news of t his round was not St Kilda winning some much needed premiership glory but rather the successful return of Chris Judd to the Carlton colours. He looked good and fresh and now Carlton fans are talking premierships.

Adelaide and St Kilda are left to play off for the Grand Final. A detailed look at the two NAB Cup games and a brief look at the NAB Challenge games including Geelongs awesome form and a similar worrying trend among others.

More injuries to important players and some teams and people asking is five weeks to long for the pre-season competition? And a dissection of the clubs left in the NAB Cup.

If I was to wrap up the first round of the NAB pre-season competition I would say two words “Injuries and interchange”.