AFL footy tipping: See who the Herald Sun experts are picking in Round 19
SIMON Goodwin referenced James Bond this week and Herald Sun expert Sam Landsberger has found inspiration in the super spy when making his prediction for the Demons this week. ROUND 19 TIPS
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IT’S being billed as one of the games of the season, but do any of our experts give Collingwood a chance against the Tigers?
In a similar epic battle, Sarah Jones has moved two clear of Hawthorn legend Dermott Brereton in the Herald Sun expert tipping competition, with last year’s winner Chris Cavangh nipping at their heels two further back.
Who have they tipped this week? Find out below.
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Sarah Jones's top tips: Score so far: 113
Sydney
Tigers
Cats
GWS
Suns
Crows
Eagles
Port
HawksLast Week: 8
Margins: Sydney 4, Richmond 20, Geelong 15, GWS Giants 38, Gold Coast 30, Adelaide 7, West Coast 2, Port Adelaide 17, Hawthorn 15
Dermott Brereton's top tips: Score so far: 111
Sydney Tigers Cats GWS Suns
Demons Eagles Port
FreoLast Week: 7
Margins: Sydney 7 Richmond 10 Geelong 18 GWS Giants 39 Gold Coast 24 Melbourne 9 West Coast 18 Port Adelaide 27 Fremantle 3
Chris Cavanagh's top tips: Score so far: 109
Dons Tigers Cats GWS Suns Demons Eagles Port FreoLast Week: 8
Margins: Essendon 1, Richmond 24, Geelong 20, GWS Giants 30, Gold Coast 18, Melbourne 10, West Coast 12, Port Adelaide 28, Fremantle 1
The Demons seem to match up well against the Crows and belted them by 91 points in Alice Springs in Round 10. Reckon they bounce back from last week’s loss to Geelong and begin to sure up their finals spot.
Gerard Whateley's top tips: Score so far: 109
Dons Tigers Cats GWS Suns Demons Eagles Port HawksLast Week: 7
Margins: Essendon 3, Richmond 12, Geelong 20, GWS Giants 24, Gold Coast 8, Melbourne 2, West Coast 10, Port Adelaide 18, Hawthorn 11
Matthew Lloyd's top tips: Score so far: 108
Dons Tigers Cats GWS Suns Crows Eagles Port HawksLast Week: 7
Margins: Essendon 20, Richmond 16, Geelong 28, GWS Giants 35, Gold Coast 6, Adelaide 6, West Coast 16, Port Adelaide 9, Hawthorn 19
Mark Robinson's top tips: Score so far: 108
Dons Tigers Cats GWS Crows Suns Eagles Port HawksLast Week: 7
Margins: Essendon 18 Richmond 10 Geelong 18 GWS Giants 41 Adelaide 11 Gold Coast 21 West Coast 13 Port Adelaide 12 Hawthorn 12
The weekend of reckoning for Sydney, Essendon, Melbourne, Adelaide, Hawthorn, North Melbourne and then there’s the rip snorter at the G on Saturday. Weekend of reckoning for tipsters as well.
Lauren Wood's top tips: Score so far: 108
Sydney Tigers Cats GWS Crows Suns Eagles Port FreoLast Week: 7
Margins: Sydney 17 Richmond 28 Geelong 30 GWS Giants 35 Adelaide 9 Gold Coast 11 West Coast 16 Port Adelaide 10 Fremantle 3
Jordan De Goey is a huge out for the Pies in what is set to be an absolutely massive Saturday afternoon at the ‘G. Can’t wait to see these two sides go head-to-head but think the reigning premier will be too strong...again.
Patrick Dangerfield's top tips: Score so far: 107
Sydney Tigers Cats GWS Suns Crows
North Port HawksLast Week: 8
Jon Ralph's top tips: Score so far: 107
Dons Tigers Cats GWS Suns Demons Eagles Port HawksLast Week: 7
Margins: Essendon 1, Richmond 4, Geelong 4, GWS Giants 45, Gold Coast 7, Melbourne 6, West Coast 6, Port Adelaide 6, Hawthorn 6
Melbourne will win like Sean Connery won, shaken but not stirred. If they are cold hard killers, now is the time for them to show us. Anything else and all their talk will count for nothing. Bernie Vince to dominate across half-back.
Gil Gardiner's top tips: Score so far: 105
Sydney Tigers Cats GWS Suns Crows North Port FreoLast Week: 8
Margins: Sydney 1, Richmond 2, Geelong 18, GWS Giants 65, Gold Coast 2, Adelaide 5, North Melbourne 18, Port Adelaide 23, Fremantle 13
Sit back with a bag of popcorn and enjoy ‘Super Round’. Think Sydney, Richmond and Adelaide can prevail in thrillers, while North Melbourne’s record in Tasmania should see the Kangaroos bounce back against the Eagles.
Jay Clark's top tips: Score so far: 104
Sydney Tigers Cats GWS Demons Suns Eagles Port HawksLast Week: 7
Margins: Sydney 12 Richmond 6 Geelong 30 GWS Giants 36 Melbourne 3 Gold Coast 8 West Coast 16 Port Adelaide 13 Hawthorn 17
Would have tipped Collingwood if De Goey played. Reckon they can push the flag favourites. Ball use is key.
Scott Gullan's top tips: Score so far: 104
Sydney
Pies Cats Hawks GWS
Carlton Demons North Port FreoLast Week: 7
Margins: Sydney 1 Collingwood 2 Geelong 16 GWS Giants 25 Carlton 3 Melbourne 4 North Melbourne 5 Port Adelaide 6 Fremantle 7
Upset city this week (well, if you’re behind in tipping comps it’s time to throw caution to the wind) Sydney, Collingwood, Carlton (Am I really doing this?), Melbourne, North Melbourne and Fremantle are all outsiders. It could be all complete madness but we’re not going to die wondering.
Eliza Sewell's top tips: Score so far: 104
Sydney Tigers Cats GWS Suns Crows Eagles Port FreoLast Week: 8
Margins: Sydney 1, Richmond 25, Geelong 11, GWS Giants 35, Gold Coast 2, Adelaide 5, West Coast 2, Port Adelaide 15, Fremantle 5
David King's top tips: Score so far: 101
Dons Tigers Cats GWS Demons Suns Eagles
Dogs FreoLast Week: 5
Margins: Essendon 2 Richmond 15 Geelong 30 GWS Giants 34 Melbourne 12 Gold Coast 25 West Coast 10 Western Bulldogs 2 Fremantle 1
Glenn Mcfarlane's top tips: Score so far: 101
Dons Tigers Cats GWS Suns Crows Eagles Port HawksLast Week: 7
Margins: Essendon 8, Richmond 4, Geelong 19, GWS Giants 26, Gold Coast 17, Adelaide 1, West Coast 7, Port Adelaide 13, Hawthorn 6
Pies brave but beaten ... standby for the next instalment in September.
Shane Warne's top tips: Score so far: 101
Dons Tigers Cats GWS Suns Crows Eagles Port HawksLast Week: 7
Margins: Essendon 14, Richmond 1, Geelong 39, GWS Giants 26, Gold Coast 15, Adelaide 8, West Coast 16, Port Adelaide 21, Hawthorn 12
Tim Watson's top tips: Score so far: 101
Sydney Tigers Cats GWS Suns Crows North Port FreoLast Week: 7
Margins: Sydney 1, Richmond 22, Geelong 19, GWS Giants 43, Gold Coast 29, Adelaide 7, North Melbourne 3, Port Adelaide 12, Fremantle 6
Daniel Andrews's top tips: Score so far: 100
Dons Tigers Cats GWS Suns Crows North Port HawksLast Week: 7
Margins: Essendon 11, Richmond 6, Geelong 34, GWS Giants 48, Gold Coast 21, Adelaide 17, North Melbourne 8, Port Adelaide 15, Hawthorn 13
Jon Anderson's top tips: Score so far: 100
Dons Tigers Cats Suns GWS Demons Eagles Port FreoLast Week: 8
Margins: Essendon 13, Richmond 19, Geelong 34, GWS Giants 41, Gold Coast 22, Melbourne 3, West Coast 18, Port Adelaide 20, Fremantle 1
As a neutral observer, I haven’t been as excited by a home-and-away match for some seasons then the Tigers and Magpies. The MCG factor sways me Richmond’s way.
Nathan Brown's top tips: Score so far: 100
Dons Tigers Cats GWS Demons Suns Eagles Port HawksLast Week: 8
Margins: Essendon 11 Richmond 18 Geelong 38 GWS Giants 46 Melbourne 3 Gold Coast 3 West Coast 13 Port Adelaide 22 Hawthorn 11
Bianca Chatfield's top tips: Score so far: 100
Sydney Pies Cats GWS Demons Suns Eagles Port FreoLast Week: 6
Margins: Sydney 10 Collingwood 1 Geelong 11 GWS Giants 5 Melbourne 7 Gold Coast 3 West Coast 8 Port Adelaide 8 Fremantle 10
Sam Edmund's top tips: Score so far: 98
Dons Tigers Cats GWS Suns Crows Eagles Port HawksLast Week: 7
Margins: Essendon 17 Richmond 1 Geelong 45 GWS Giants 35 Gold Coast 11 Adelaide 5 West Coast 17 Port Adelaide 25 Hawthorn 14
James Hird's top tips: Score so far: 98
Dons Tigers Cats GWS Demons Suns Eagles Port HawksLast Week: 6
Margins: Essendon 11 Richmond 10 Geelong 15 GWS Giants 20 Melbourne 15 Gold Coast 12 West Coast 11 Port Adelaide 20 Hawthorn 11
Mick Warner's top tips: Score so far: 98
Dons Tigers Cats GWS Demons Suns North Port FreoLast Week: 5
Margins: Essendon 5 Richmond 70 Geelong 21 GWS Giants 43 Melbourne 67 Gold Coast 25 North Melbourne 11 Port Adelaide 32 Fremantle 2
Brendon Goddard's top tips: Score so far: 97
Dons Tigers Cats GWS Demons Suns Eagles Port HawksLast Week: 5
Sam Landsberger's top tips: Score so far: 0
Sydney Tigers Cats GWS Demons Suns Eagles Port HawksLast Week: 5
Margins: Sydney 15 Richmond 27 Geelong 12 GWS Giants 45 Melbourne 007 Gold Coast 1 West Coast 18 Port Adelaide 3 Hawthorn 11
The Crows will be shaken, not stirred, as the Demons rediscover their view to kill. Need to get back Jayden Hunt (ankle), who is Goody’s man with the golden run.
Matthew Guy's top tips: Score so far: 0
Sydney Tigers Cats
Saints Demons Suns North Dogs HawksLast Week: 8
Margins: Sydney 11 Richmond 21 Geelong 16 St Kilda 1 Melbourne 13 Gold Coast 34 North Melbourne 12 Western Bulldogs 11 Hawthorn 12
Max Gawn's top tips: Score so far: 94
Sydney Tigers Cats GWS Demons Suns Eagles Port FreoLast Week: 5
Kiss Of Death's top tips: Score so far: 42
Sydney Pies
Lions Saints Carlton Demons North Dogs CatsLast Week: 2
Margins: Sydney 13, Collingwood 13, Brisbane Lions 13, St Kilda 13, Carlton 13, Melbourne 13, North Melbourne 13, Western Bulldogs 13, Fremantle 13
Richmond vs Collingwood: The only place on TV to watch the game is FOX FOOTY.
Special extended pre-game show live from the MCG on Saturday at 1pm.
Originally published as AFL footy tipping: See who the Herald Sun experts are picking in Round 19
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