With just days until the AFLW Season 9 opener, it's time we look into our crystal balls and attempt to predict the season ahead.
Who will win the premiership? What are our BIG calls of the year?
Our football experts have answered these questions, and many more, ahead of the home and away season.
Sarah Burt
Premier: North Melbourne
Runner-up: Adelaide Crows
Biggest riser: Sydney Swans
Biggest slider: Melbourne
Wooden Spoon: Hawthorn
Best & Fairest: Jas Garner
Leading Goalkicker: Kate Hore
Rising Star: Kaitlyn Srhoj
BIG call for the year: West Coast Eagles will play finals footy
Isadora McLeay
Premier: North Melbourne
Runner-up: Geelong
Biggest riser: Port Adelaide
Biggest slider: Melbourne
Wooden Spoon: West Coast
Best & Fairest: Jas Garner
Leading Goalkicker: Ash Saint
Rising Star: Elaine Grigg
BIG call for the year: Ball tracking will be the best thing to happen to the game; there will no longer be questionable goals or behinds that can dictate an outcome, helping the competition become more professional -- and fair!
Marissa Lordanic
Premier: North Melbourne
Runner-up: Adelaide Crows
Biggest riser: Richmond
Biggest slider: Gold Coast
Wooden Spoon: GWS
Best & Fairest: Jas Garner
Leading Goalkicker: Tahlia Randall
Rising Star: Shineah Goody
BIG call for the year: Like Leonardo DiCaprio finally winning an Oscar back in 2016, this will be the year that Jas Garner finally wins the best and fairest.
Jarryd Barca
Premier: North Melbourne
Runner-up: Adelaide Crows
Biggest riser: Richmond
Biggest slider: Gold Coast
Wooden Spoon: West Coast
Best & Fairest: Jas Garner
Leading Goalkicker: Ash Saint
Rising Star: Shineah Goody
BIG call for the year: Scoring will be up across the board; someone will kick 30-plus for the season, and the highest score on record will be broken.
Matt Walsh
Premier: North Melbourne
Runner-up: Sydney
Biggest riser: Sydney
Biggest slider: Adelaide
Wooden Spoon: West Coast
Best & Fairest: Jas Garner (finally!)
Leading Goalkicker: Kate Hore
Rising Star: Shineah Goody
BIG call for the year: Finally, an expansion team wins the flag!
Jesse Robinson
Premier: Brisbane
Runner-up: North Melbourne
Biggest riser: Collingwood
Biggest slider: St Kilda
Wooden Spoon: Western Bulldogs
Best & Fairest: Mon Conti
Leading Goalkicker: Ash Saint
Rising Star: Shineah Goody
BIG call for the year: I said it last year, but I'm doubling down. The goal kicking record of 25 in a season will be broken easily this year.
Results:
Premier: North Melbourne (5), Brisbane (1)
Runner-up: Adelaide (3), North Melbourne (1), Sydney (1), Geelong (1)
Biggest riser: Sydney (2), Richmond (2), Collingwood (1), Port Adelaide (1)
Biggest slider: Melbourne (2), Gold Coast (2), St Kilda (1), Adelaide (1)
Wooden Spoon: West Coast (3), Western Bulldogs (1), GWS (1), Hawthorn (1)
Best & Fairest winner: Jasmine Garner (5), Mon Conti (1)
Leading Goalkicker: Ash Saint (3), Kate Hore (2), Tahlia Randall (1)
Rising Star: Shineah Goody (4), Kaitlyn Srhoj (1), Elaine Grigg (1)