AFL H&V Round 14: The score review system works (!); is Bud's best behind him?

Round 14 saw the Lions do something they haven't done in over a decade, the Swans pay the price for four points and one top side suffer the post-bye blues yet again.

Here are this week's Heroes & Villains.

HEROES

Brisbane's third quarter: It's sometimes known as 'the premiership quarter' and on Saturday at Marvel Stadium, Brisbane cut the Saints to pieces in the third term to set up a stunning 56-point win.

In fact, the Lions' third term of 9.3 (57) was their best single quarter return in more than 10 years, and one which was a compete contrast to what they dished up just two weeks ago against the Blues.

Special mention goes out to Charlie Cameron who set the wheels in motion with the first two goals of the third and also had a major hand in another finished off by Lincoln McCarthy. Overall, Cameron finished with an equal career-best haul of five majors.

While the Lions were irresistible in the third, their dominance began earlier in the first half. From midway through the second quarter until late in the final term they piled on a remarkable 13 of 14 goals - making the Saints look like a side far worse than their 6-7 record suggests.

The Lions' win keeps them just one game outside of the top four and a game inside of the top eight. With a favourable draw ahead of them, finals is starting to look like a real possibility.

The score review system: Yes, we can't believe it either! After three appearances this season in the villains section, the AFL's much-maligned score review system deserves to get a mention as a hero.

On Saturday night it looked as though Charlie Dixon had slotted a routine 30m set shot to put the Power four goals up against the Cats, but Geelong's Mitch Duncan wasn't convinced the ball sailed through the goal without clipping one of the big sticks.

The goal umpire immediately called for the shot to be reviewed and what followed was something we haven't seen in a long time: a correct and timely decision.

Adelaide Oval has been trialing new edge technology in its goalposts -- think snicko in cricket -- and it worked to absolutely perfection in this case with a clear vibration shown as the ball made its way past.

Dixon wasn't overly impressed that the review cost him a goal, but he had the last laugh as the Power upset the Cats to jump inside the top eight and give their finals hopes a major boost.

A Good(es) gesture: We've been critical of the Hawks at various stages this season, but fair play to Alastair Clarkson's players for donning Adam Goodes' famous No. 37 in the warm-up on Friday night.

Hawthorn made the trip north to face the Swans at the SCG -- which ultimately ended in disappointment -- but it was a great sight to see them all running around with Goodes' old number on their backs in what was a mark of respect and support for the two-time Brownlow Medal winner.

The tribute comes just a few weeks after the release of documentary The Final Quarter which chronicles the final three seasons of Goodes' illustrious career. It led to the AFL formally apologising to the Indigenous champion for its failure to call out racism experienced by Goodes.

Indigenous Hawk Jarman Impey said getting to wear the 37 was a momentous occasion.

"It's pretty special wearing No. 37 for Adam Goodes," Impey said. "We're trying to spread the message and it's very powerful. Everyone as a nation should see [the documentary] and learn about it to see what he had to go through and the racism he had to deal with."

VILLAINS

Buddy's body: He's one of the greatest forwards of all time and we're all being robbed of valuable opportunities to watch Lance Franklin shine in his twilight years.

Having only last week returned from a hamstring issue which kept him sidelined for a month, Franklin again tweaked his hammy during Friday night's win over Hawthorn - an injury which is expected to keep him out for around another month.

Many iconic memories of Buddy are of him pushing his body (and hamstrings) to the extremes - the runs down the wing against a hapless Cale Hooker in 2010, the stunning leap over a Collingwood opponent in 2013 and all number of long-range roosts from outside the 50 as both a Hawk and Swan.

We can only hope Franklin can get his body right so fans can once again appreciate his greatness, but as many older players will tell you, continual soft tissue injuries in the latter part of one's career are more worrying than those suffered when young.

The injury also means Franklin's 300th game -- which was supposed to take place next week against Gold Coast at the SCG -- will be delayed further.

While his injury is an immediate concern for the Swans, it's also a worry in the long-term: His multi-million dollar deal doesn't run out until the end of 2022.

Wasteful West Coast: Sure, the Eagles banked four precious premiership points and moved into the top four, but we might look back at Thursday night's game against the Bombers as a massive opportunity they let slip.

We all know how valuable percentage is come season's end and when you have a chance to thrash a team you simply have to take it. West Coast got that chance at Optus Stadium when a listless Essendon came out to play but instead of blowing them off the park, horrible inaccuracy meant they had to settle for a routine 35-point win.

Adam Simpson's side dominated the game but finished with 14 goals and 22 behinds. No fewer than seven Eagles kicked multiple behinds on the night, including usual sharpshooter Josh Kennedy with five - the most misses he's had in a game since mid-2017.

Right now the Eagles' percentage of 106.2 is easily the worst of the top four and actually lower than fifth-placed Adelaide, sixth-placed Brisbane, seventh-placed Port Adelaide and eighth-placed Fremantle.

They might be in a better position than they were this time last year, but this one could prove to be pretty costly. Watch this space...

Post-bye Cats: There are coincidences and then there are trends that can no longer be ignored.

Geelong's post-midseason bye record -- zero wins and seven losses in the past seven years -- is a bizarre but worrying trend which continued after they lost to Port Adelaide by 11 points on Saturday night.

Perhaps if the Cats were an average side over this time the trend might not be much of a worry, but for a team that was two games clear on top of the ladder heading into the match, coach Chris Scott must genuinely scratch his head wondering what goes wrong during the week off.

Looking at the loss to the hot-and-cold Power in isolation, however, it's not hard to see why the Cats failed. Simply, they weren't hard enough at the footy and the home side was more prepared to get involved in the tough stuff.

Geelong finished -36 in the contested possession count, unknown territory for a side which, until the bye weeks, was the No. 1 team in the league for positive contested possession differential.

The good news for Cats fans is they still sit comfortably top of the ladder, but the message is simple for Scott: throw out the book on how you've been approaching the bye week - it's no good.