ROUND 20 has entered the VFL/AFL history books.

For the first time in league history, five games have been decided by a goal or less in the same round after Sydney pipped Collingwood in an SCG thriller.

Lance Franklin kicked six goals to keep the Swans’ finals hopes alive as the Magpies injury crisis deepened.

The result joins Friday night’s Richmond-Geelong classic (three points) and today, Hawthorn’s three-point win over Essendon, North Melbourne’s four-point win over Brisbane and a three-point win to Adelaide over Port Adelaide in the Showdown.

There was plenty of controversy at Adelaide Oval with Josh Jenkins’ match-winner being cleared of hitting the post in the dying minutes.

In today’s other game, the Western Bulldogs kicked 15 goals to five after quarter time to defeat St Kilda.