A few myths surrounding footy were certainly exposed during the AFL's rivalry round.
Myth No.1 - a team can't win a game with less fit players on the interchange bench than its rival.
This one had been dominating AFL talk all week after Richmond coach Terry Wallace called for clubs to be able to use two emergency players - to be used in the event one of a player being injured and unable to complete the match - to ensure all clubs could maintain at least four players on the interchange bench for the course of a match.
In making his point Wallace said that due to the high number of interchange rotations being used by all clubs these days, a team could not compete if it was down to only three or two fit players on the interchange bench.
But this myth was exposed on Saturday by a Hawthorn side whose credentials as the No.1 challenger to reigning premiers Geelong this season grows by the week.
The Hawks were down to one fit player on the bench for most of the final quarter after losing Cameron Stokes and Thomas Murphy and then Tim Boyle early in the last term - severely limiting coach Alastair Clarkson's rotation options against a Kangaroos' side that had its full quota of bench players.
So, given the Hawks were 17 points down at the final change, surely the Kangaroos were certainties to run away with the game in the last term.
Wrong!
Instead the Hawks exposed the myth of being unable to win without a full complement on the bench by steamrolling the Kangaroos in the final term with six goals to one as Lance Franklin and Jarryd Roughead again showed they are now the best key forward pairing in the AFL by booting nine goals between them without ever looking like dominating the match.
Myth No.2 - the Western Bulldogs can't compete against teams with a powerful spine.
The Bulldogs might be one of the best running teams in the AFL but due to their lack of height in the key positions, Rodney Eade's team has been labelled vulnerable against side's with powerful key position players such as St Kilda.
The Bulldogs had only beaten the Saints once in their past eight meetings and after trailing by 37 points at quarter-time looked set for another beating.
But instead the Bulldogs came out and simply destroyed the Saints with their brilliant running game and suddenly the Saints' powerful attack in particular was exposed for the lack of defensive pressure it applies.
Suddenly the Doggies are starting to resemble the team that was so impressive in 2006 rather than the team that was winless during the last seven matches last season.
And with Essendon, Richmond and West Coast (in Melbourne) to come in the next three weeks, Eade's team is not only ideally placed to maintain its unbeaten start to the season but also to lay the groundwork for a top-four finish.
Myth No.3 - the Eagles are the kings of the western derby and have the measure of Fremantle.
This myth was mostly built on the fact the Eagles won their first nine meetings against the Dockers, who have always lived in West Coast's shadow since joining the competition in 1995.
However, after a 14-point win over the Eagles at Subiaco on Saturday, the record now stands at 18-9 meaning Fremantle