AFL Tips & Articles: Page 2

AFL Round 13 Results: Highlights & Expert Analysis

AFL Preliminary Finals Preview & Predictions

AFL preliminary finals preview: Sydney v Fremantle and Hawthorn v Brisbane, with head-to-head records, season splits and the betting angles for both games.

AFL Semi-Finals Preview & Predictions

Two semi-finals, both sudden death, and the winners earn a preliminary final away to Hawthorn or Sydney. Fremantle host Geelong at Optus Stadium on Friday, Brisbane host Adelaide at the Gabba on Saturday.

AFL Ladder Predictor 2026 | Build Your Predicted AFL Ladder

Use our interactive AFL Ladder Predictor to build your predicted 2026 AFL ladder.

AFL Qualifying & Elimination Finals Results

Hawthorn beat the minor premiers by 32 in Perth and Sydney put 141 on Brisbane, so the two home preliminary finals belong to the fourth and second seeds. Geelong ended Carlton's run and Adelaide won their first final in nine years. All four results, the bracket and what it means.

How Do AFL Finals Work?

The AFL finals series runs for five weeks in 2026, and for the first time since 2000 the format has changed: a new Wildcard Round brings ten teams into contention instead of eight. Here is how it works, who plays who, and why a top-six finish is now the prize.

AFL Qualifying & Elimination Finals Preview

Week two of the finals series brings four games in three days. Fremantle host Hawthorn in a Thursday night qualifying final at Optus Stadium, Geelong meet Carlton and Sydney host Brisbane, and Adelaide face the Western Bulldogs at Adelaide Oval. Our predictions and head-to-head reads for all four.

AFL Wildcard Round Results: Highlights & Expert Analysis

The Western Bulldogs survived Tim Membrey's miss after the siren and Carlton ran down Melbourne after conceding the first four goals, so eighth and tenth came through the first Wildcard Round and Collingwood and Melbourne are out.

AFL Wildcard Round Preview & Predictions

The Wildcard Round opens the 2026 finals with Western Bulldogs v Collingwood and Melbourne v Carlton at the MCG. Both away sides are favoured, the winners get an elimination final against Geelong or Adelaide, and both losers are out.

AFL Round 24 Results: Highlights & Expert Analysis

The final home-and-away round left three sides level on 60 points, and percentage sent Melbourne into the Wildcard Round. Fremantle finish minor premiers, Brisbane and Hawthorn split the other double chance, and the market misread Sydney badly.

AFL Round 24 Preview & Predictions

Round 24 is the last round of the home-and-away season and it decides the double chance. Brisbane and Melbourne are level on 64 points, Hawthorn are two back and Geelong can still reach 64, with the top four possibly not settled until the final game in Perth on Sunday night.

AFL Round 23 Results: Highlights & Expert Analysis

Round 23 produced two drawn games, the first time Hawthorn and Collingwood have drawn both meetings in a season, and the Carlton draw that locked the wildcard four and ended St Kilda's and GWS's seasons. Every score plus the full ladder.

AFL Round 23 Preview & Predictions

Round 23 is the second-last round of the home-and-away season. Fremantle can seal the minor premiership at Optus, Hawthorn host Collingwood in the game of the round, and Western Bulldogs v Carlton is a straight shootout for a Wildcard Round place.

AFL Round 22 Results: Highlights & Expert Analysis

Round 22 was decided by the sides who were not supposed to win. Melbourne beat ladder-leading Fremantle by four points in an MCG classic, Gold Coast ended a 10-game losing run by two in Canberra, and North Melbourne knocked the Western Bulldogs out of the eight.

AFL Round 22 Preview & Predictions

Our AFL Round 22 preview and predictions for all nine games from 6 to 9 August 2026, with Brisbane v Hawthorn the game of the round and Fremantle taking their 18-2 record to the MCG.

AFL Round 21 Results: Highlights & Expert Analysis

Round 21 rearranged the eight. Carlton buried Brisbane by 76 in the boilover of the season, Adelaide answered with a 72-point win to climb to fourth, and Collingwood were squeezed out of the top eight by Geelong. Here is every result, the fresh ladder and what it all means.

AFL Round 21 Preview & Predictions

Round 21 opens with Collingwood v Geelong at the MCG and peaks with ladder-leaders Fremantle hosting the in-form Western Bulldogs under Friday-night lights. Here are our predictions and head-to-head reads for all nine games, with the fifth-to-ninth logjam making every result count.

AFL Round 20 Results: Highlights & Expert Analysis

AFL Round 20 delivered a Collingwood ambush of Adelaide, a 70-point Fremantle Derby demolition and a Sydney rout of GWS, with Jack Gunston reaching 600 goals. Every result, the updated ladder and what it means for the finals race.

AFL Round 20 Preview & Predictions

AFL Round 20 opens with Adelaide v Collingwood on Thursday and the Melbourne v Geelong game of the round on Friday. Our tips, margin-band predictions and head-to-head reads for all nine games as the run to finals heats up.

AFL Round 15 Results: Highlights & Expert Analysis

Fremantle just keep winning. The Dockers came from 28 points down to beat Geelong and stretch the competition’s hottest streak to 13 straight, holding firm at the top of the ladder.