It's that time of year where our footy experts look into their crystal balls and attempt to predict the AFL season ahead. Who will win the premiership and wooden spoon? Who takes home Charlie? What are our BIG calls of the year?
Rohan Connolly
Premier: Melbourne
Runner-up: Brisbane
Biggest riser: Melbourne
Biggest slider: Port Adelaide
Wooden Spoon: West Coast
Brownlow Medal: Christian Petracca
Coleman Medal: Jeremy Cameron
Rising Star: Caleb Windsor
BIG call for the year: Tasmanian AFL team in doubt after stadium plans collapse.
Jake Michaels
Premier: Carlton
Runner-up: Brisbane
Biggest riser: Gold Coast
Biggest slider: Essendon
Wooden Spoon: West Coast
Brownlow Medal: Marcus Bontempelli
Coleman Medal: Nick Larkey
Rising Star: Harley Reid
BIG call for the year: Rowan Marshall finishes the season a consensus top-10 player in the league.
Matt Walsh
Premier: Brisbane
Runner-up: Collingwood
Biggest riser: Western Bulldogs
Biggest slider: Fremantle
Wooden Spoon: West Coast
Brownlow Medal: Nick Daicos
Coleman Medal: Nick Larkey
Rising Star: George Wardlaw
BIG call for the year: The Roos will somehow jag seven or eight wins, thrilling fans. They'll still finish bottom four.
Jarryd Barca
Premier: Carlton
Runner-up: Brisbane
Biggest riser: Carlton
Biggest slider: St Kilda
Wooden Spoon: West Coast
Brownlow Medal: Marcus Bontempelli
Coleman Medal: Nick Larkey
Rising Star: George Wardlaw
BIG call for the year: The Crows don't live up to the hype and just miss out on finals -- again -- while the Cats finish lower than 12th on the ladder for the first time in the club's history.
Christian Joly (Champion Data)
Premier: Brisbane
Runner-up: Port Adelaide
Biggest riser: Adelaide
Biggest slider: Sydney - but no team to drop more than four places
Wooden Spoon: West Coast
Brownlow Medal: Tom Green
Coleman Medal: Nick Larkey
Rising Star: Elijah Tsatas
BIG call for the year: We witness the first Showdown prelim.
Results:
Premier: Brisbane (2), Carlton (2), Melbourne (1)
Runner-up: Brisbane (3), Collingwood (1), Port Adelaide (1)
Biggest riser: Melbourne (1), Gold Coast (1), Welstern Bulldogs (1), Carlton (1), Adelaide (1)
Biggest slider: Sydney (1), St Kilda (1), Fremantle (1), Essendon (1), Port Adelaide (1)
Wooden Spoon: West Coast (5)
Brownlow Medal: Marcus Bontempelli (2), Tom Green (1), Nick Daicos (1), Christian Petracca (1)
Coleman Medal: Nick Larkey (4), Jeremy Cameron (1)
Rising Star: George Wardlaw (2), Elijah Tsatas (1), Caleb Windsor (1), Harley Reid (1)