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Expert predictions: Damo's huge flag call, clear favourite for Rising Star

OUR ESTEEMED team of journalists have peered into football's crystal ball and come up with their prognostications for season 2026.

Brisbane is again the overwhelming favourites to win another premiership, while West Coast is the clear favourite to finish bottom of the ladder.

At an individual level, Nick Daicos, Jagga Smith and Charlie Curnow are the popular choices to win the major awards, while plenty of eyes are on St Kilda heading into a massive season.

Premier: FremantleRunner-up: GeelongWooden spoon: West CoastMoving up: SydneySet to fall: AdelaideClub under the most pressure (and why): St Kilda. You can't spend that much money on players from other clubs and not reach finalsWill the big-spending Saints win a final?: NoBrownlow Medal: Chad WarnerColeman Medal: Mitch GeorgiadesAFL Rising Star: Daniel AnnableRecruit of the year: Will HaywardSurprise All-Australian: Murphy ReidWho should headline the Grand Final entertainment?: Icehouse and Def LeppardHeadline you'll see: Merrett wants outHeadline you won't see: North Melbourne: We gave 'Clarko' too much powerBig call: Nick Daicos to place, but not win, in a fourth consecutive Brownlow 

AFL 2026 predicted ladder part three: Brisbane’s best may be yet to come

Everything about the Lions suggests they have more to show, while Fremantle and Gold Coast are stacked with talent but don’t seem ready

Part one: Collingwood on a cliff edge as time waits for no one

“It’s definitely not ideal, is it?” Darcy Fogarty said in the days following Izak Rankine’s homophobic slur. And no, it wasn’t. It wasn’t ideal for his AFLW colleagues. It wasn’t ideal for the people running things. It wasn’t ideal for Rankine himself. And it wasn’t ideal for his team, who’d spilled into the rooms after the round 23 win over Collingwood on top of the footballing world. It was a party atmosphere that night, the celebration of a club that had secured a double chance, broken a hoodoo, and finally believed it belonged with the best. What could possibly go wrong?

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