THE RACE for the McClelland Trophy will be far clearer after this upcoming weekend's semi-final action, with all eyes set to be on the Geelong-Sydney match.

The two clubs are still the favourites to take out the $1 million prizemoney for finishing first in the combined ladder, which takes into account the finishing position of teams after their exit from finals, rather than just the home-and-away season.

Eighteen points are awarded for winning the premiership, 17 for runners up, and so on down the ladder.

Of the remaining AFLW finalists, North Melbourne and Melbourne are completely out of the running, while Hawthorn and Carlton remain mathematical chances if they manage to win the AFLW premiership, and have other results go their way.

If Sydney win – coupled with a Carlton victory over Hawthorn – the Swans will lock away a McClelland Trophy victory this weekend.

If Geelong win – again, needing Carlton to salute – the Cats are likely to take out the McClelland Trophy, but also need a few other things to go their way. On the off-chance Carlton wins the flag, and North Melbourne miss the Grand Final, Sydney can still win the Trophy, despite losing the semi-final.

The prizemoney is split between the club ($500,000) and the AFL and AFLW players ($500,000 for the playing group).