DAVID KING
Top Eight
1. Port Adelaide
2. Brisbane
3. Richmond
4. Western Bulldogs
5. Geelong
6. St Kilda
7. West Coast
8. Gold Coast
Premier: Richmond
Wooden spoon: Hawthorn
Brownlow Medal: Matt Rowell
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Tom Lynch
Rising Star: Matt Rowell
Bold prediction: Afternoon Mr R. Lyon : “I know it’s only Round 13 Ross, but can we chat to you about coaching _______ next year and beyond?” (x3 clubs!!)
JON RALPH
Top Eight
1. Richmond
2. Port Adelaide
3. Geelong
4. Brisbane
5. West Coast
6. St Kilda
7. Western Bulldogs
8. Collingwood
Premier: Brisbane
Wooden spoon: Hawthorn
Brownlow Medal: Christian Petracca
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Tom Lynch
Rising Star: Matt Rowell
Bold prediction: Gillon McLachlan will cement his legacy with a timeline that sees Tasmania in the AFL by 2027 to create a truly national competition.
MARK ROBINSON
Top Eight
1. Brisbane
2. Richmond
3. Geelong
4. Port Adelaide
5. Western Bulldogs
6. West Coast
7. St Kilda
8. Carlton
Premier: Richmond
Wooden spoon: Adelaide
Brownlow Medal: Christian Petracca
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Tom Lynch
Rising Star: Matt Rowell
Bold prediction: Matt Rowell is good enough to give the double a shake: Rising Star and Brownlow Medal.
GLENN MCFARLANE
Top Eight
1. Geelong
2. Richmond
3. Brisbane
4. Port Adelaide
5. Western Bulldogs
6. Collingwood
7. West Coast
8. St Kilda
Premier: Geelong
Wooden spoon: North Melbourne
Brownlow Medal: Marcus Bontempelli
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Tom Lynch
Rising Star: Matt Rowell
Bold prediction: Dustin Martin breaks his own record and wins a fourth Norm Smith Medal, albeit for the first time in a losing side.
SCOTT GULLAN
Top Eight
1. Western Bulldogs
2. Port Adelaide
3. Geelong
4. Brisbane
5. Collingwood
6. Richmond
7. Carlton
8. West Coast
Premier: Western Bulldogs
Wooden spoon: Adelaide
Brownlow Medal: Adam Treloar
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Jeremy Cameron
Rising Star: Jamarra Ugle-Hagan
Bold prediction: Nakia Cockatoo will finish top 10 in Brisbane's best-and-fairest.
JAY CLARK
Top Eight
1. Geelong
2. Port Adelaide
3. West Coast
4. Western Bulldogs
5. Richmond
6. Brisbane
7. Collingwood
8. Melbourne
Premier: Geelong
Wooden spoon: Adelaide
Brownlow Medal: Patrick Cripps
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Jeremy Cameron
Rising Star: Matt Rowell
Bold prediction: Premiership mastermind Alastair Clarkson to depart the Hawks this year.
CHRIS CAVANAGH
Top Eight
1. Richmond
2. West Coast
3. Geelong
4. Port Adelaide
5. Collingwood
6. Brisbane
7. Western Bulldogs
8. Melbourne
Premier: Richmond
Wooden spoon: North Melbourne
Brownlow Medal: Lachie Neale
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Tom Lynch
Rising Star: Matt Rowell
Bold prediction: Damien Hardwick to depart Richmond at season’s end as a four-time premiership coach.
BEN HORNE
Top Eight
1. Geelong
2. Port Adelaide
3. Brisbane
4. Richmond
5. St Kilda
6. Western Bulldogs
7. Carlton
8. GWS
Premier: Port Adelaide
Wooden spoon: North Melbourne
Brownlow Medal: Travis Boak
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Jeremy Cameron
Rising Star: Matt Rowell
Bold prediction: After late-season border shut downs across the country, the AFL moves all teams into Sydney hubs and schedules the second Grand Final to be played outside Victoria at ANZ Stadium.
SAM LANDSBERGER
Top Eight
1. Geelong
2. Brisbane
3. Western Bulldogs
4. Richmond
5. West Coast
6. Port Adelaide
7. Carlton
8. Fremantle
Premier: Richmond
Wooden spoon: Essendon
Brownlow Medal: Dustin Martin
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Joe Daniher
Rising Star: Dylan Stephens
Bold prediction: Bold prediction: Adem Yze replaces Simon Goodwin as coach of Melbourne, leading the club where he played 271 games.
NICK SMART
Top Eight
1. Geelong
2. Port Adelaide
3. Brisbane
4. West Coast
5. Richmond
6. Western Bulldogs
7. St Kilda
8. Melbourne
Premier: Geelong
Wooden spoon: North Melbourne
Brownlow Medal: Marcus Bontempelli
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Jeremy Cameron
Rising Star: Matt Rowell
Bold prediction: 2021 will be Nathan Buckley's final year as Collingwood coach after almost a decade in charge, with the Magpies committing to a full rebuild after sliding out of finals contention.
SIMEON THOMAS-WILSON
Top Eight
1. Geelong
2. Port Adelaide
3. Brisbane
4. St Kilda
5. Richmond
6. Western Bulldogs
7. West Coast
8. Melbourne
Premier: Port Adelaide
Wooden spoon: North Melbourne
Brownlow Medal: Patrick Cripps
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Tom Lynch
Rising Star: Matt Rowell
Bold prediction: The AFL ends the season with a new chief executive
MATT TURNER
Top Eight
1. Geelong
2. West Coast
3. Brisbane
4. Richmond
5. Port Adelaide
6. St Kilda
7. Western Bulldogs
8. Collingwood
Premier: Brisbane
Wooden spoon: Gold Coast
Brownlow Medal: Jack Steele
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Jeremy Cameron
Rising Star: Matt Rowell
Bold prediction: Mark Williams to become interim coach of Melbourne after the Dees part ways with Simon Goodwin late in the season.
LIZ WALSH
Top Eight
1. Brisbane
2. Port Adelaide
3. Richmond
4. Western Bulldogs
5. St Kilda
6. West Coast
7. Geelong
8. Melbourne
Premier: Brisbane
Wooden spoon: North Melbourne
Brownlow Medal: Lachie Neale
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Charlie Dixon
Rising Star: Matt Rowell
Bold prediction: In 2021, we'll see an all non-Victorian Grand Final.
MICHAEL WARNER
Top Eight
1. Richmond
2. Port Adelaide
3. Brisbane
4. West Coast
5. Geelong
6. Western Bulldogs
7. St Kilda
8. Collingwood
Premier: Richmond
Wooden spoon: North Melbourne
Brownlow Medal: Christian Petracca
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Jeremy Cameron
Rising Star: Will Phillips
Bold prediction: AFL commission commits to a team in Tasmania.
REBECCA WILLIAMS
Top Eight
1. Port Adelaide
2. Richmond
3. Brisbane
4. Geelong
5. West Coast
6. Western Bulldogs
7. Collingwood
8. St Kilda
Premier: Port Adelaide
Wooden spoon: Adelaide
Brownlow Medal: Marcus Bontempelli
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Tom Hawkins
Rising Star: Matt Rowell
Bold prediction: The AFL gets through the 2021 season unscathed by COVID and border hurdles
LAUREN WOOD
Top Eight
1. Richmond
2. Brisbane
3. Port Adelaide
4. Geelong
5. St Kilda
6. Collingwood
7. Sydney
8. Melbourne
Premier: Richmond
Wooden spoon: North Melbourne
Brownlow Medal: Travis Boak
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Charlie Dixon
Rising Star: Matt Rowell
Bold prediction: Joe Daniher to thrive in the sunshine state and finish in the top five of the Coleman Medal.
MICK MCGUANE
Top Eight
1. Port Adelaide
2. Richmond
3. West Coast
4. Brisbane
5. Geelong
6. Western Bulldogs
7. St Kilda
8. Fremantle
Premier: Richmond
Wooden spoon: Hawthorn
Brownlow Medal: Lachie Neale
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Tom Hawkins
Rising Star: Matt Rowell
Bold prediction: Justin Longmuir, in only his second year as coach, can get the Dockers playing finals in 2021.
MICK MALTHOUSE
Top Eight
1. Port Adelaide
2. Geelong
3. Richmond
4. Western Bulldogs
5. St Kilda
6. Brisbane
7. Carlton
8. Gold Coast
Premier: Geelong
Wooden spoon: North Melbourne
Brownlow Medal: Patrick Cripps
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Jeremy Cameron
Rising Star: Matt Rowell
Bold prediction: West Coast and Fremantle will be forced into a hub because of the WA premier’s quarantine restrictions, which will have an adverse effect on both teams
DANIEL HOYNE
Top Eight
1. Richmond
2. West Coast
3. Geelong
4. Brisbane
5. Port Adelaide
6. Western Bulldogs
7. Collingwood
8. Melbourne
Premier: Richmond
Wooden spoon: Adelaide
Brownlow Medal: Marcus Bontempelli
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): Josh Kennedy
Rising Star: Matt Rowell
Bold prediction: Josh Kennedy and Jack Darling to combine for more goals than Jeremy Cameron and Tom Hawkins
SUMMARY
Top Eight: 7 out of 19 (All in 8th position)
Premier: 0
Wooden spoon: 0
Brownlow Medal: 3 x Christian Petracca
Coleman Medal (Most Goals): 0
Rising Star: 0