AFL tips: See who the Herald Sun experts are picking for Round 12
IT’S been a long time since the Tigers were forced to win without Dustin Martin. Will the yellow and black midfield machine continue to fire without its star? SEE WHO ALL OUR EXPERTS ARE PICKING IN ROUND 12
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Watson is one of a handful of predicting a Gabba upset. Port Adelaide also has backers to knock off premier Richmond minus superstar Dustin Martin.
Scroll down to see all our expert tips for Round 12.
Chris Cavanagh's top tips: Score so far: 74
Tigers
Cats
GWS
Sydney
Lions
Crows
DemonsLast Week: 8
Margins: Richmond 18 Geelong 12 GWS Giants 30 Sydney 24 Brisbane Lions 6 Adelaide 12 Melbourne 24
No Dusty, no worries. Expect Richmond to get the job done against a Port Adelaide side which has still got a reputation of beating up struggling sides and losing to better ones.
Sarah Jones's top tips: Score so far: 73
Tigers Cats GWS Sydney
Dons Crows DemonsLast Week: 8
Margins: Richmond 14, Geelong 8, GWS Giants 60, Sydney 30, Essendon 5, Adelaide 12, Melbourne 9
Dermott Brereton's top tips: Score so far: 72
Port Cats GWS Sydney Dons Crows DemonsLast Week: 7
Margins: Port Adelaide 2 Geelong 7 GWS Giants 30 Sydney 24 Essendon 10 Adelaide 18 Melbourne 15
Matthew Lloyd's top tips: Score so far: 72
Tigers Cats GWS Sydney Dons Crows DemonsLast Week: 8
Margins: Richmond 15 Geelong 12 GWS Giants 60 Sydney 23 Essendon 8 Adelaide 19 Melbourne 10
Gerard Whateley's top tips: Score so far: 72
Tigers Cats GWS Sydney Dons Crows DemonsLast Week: 7
Margins: Richmond 2 Geelong 4 GWS Giants 20 Sydney 6 Essendon 10 Adelaide 15 Melbourne 1
Lauren Wood's top tips: Score so far: 72
Tigers Cats GWS Sydney Dons
Freo DemonsLast Week: 8
Margins: Richmond 17, Geelong 11, GWS Giants 10, Sydney 24, Essendon 15, Fremantle 9, Melbourne 12
No Dusty, no Richmond? Not anymore. The absence of the Brownlow medallist will be more than covered by this versatile Richmond outfit where every player seems to be playing his role. Watch out, Port.
Mark Robinson's top tips: Score so far: 71
Port Cats GWS Sydney Crows Dons DemonsLast Week: 7
Margins: Port Adelaide 11 Geelong 12 GWS Giants 28 Sydney 15 Essendon 1 Adelaide 8 Melbourne 20
Can’t wait for Monday when the Pies take on Demons. Chose Demons because their weight of scoring is difficult to ignore.
Gil Gardiner's top tips: Score so far: 69
Port Cats GWS Sydney Dons Crows DemonsLast Week: 8
Margins: Port Adelaide 5 Geelong 1 GWS Giants 45 Sydney 20 Essendon 5 Adelaide 40 Melbourne 30
Power should be better second-up from the break and with Dusty sitting out the Tigers could be vulnerable.
Jon Ralph's top tips: Score so far: 69
Tigers Cats GWS Sydney Dons Crows DemonsLast Week: 8
Margins: Richmond 8 Geelong 5 GWS Giants 34 Sydney 8 Essendon 3 Adelaide 8 Melbourne 5
Bianca Chatfield's top tips: Score so far: 68
Tigers Cats GWS Sydney Lions Crows
PiesLast Week: 7
Margins: Richmond 11 Geelong 4 GWS Giants 8 Sydney 17 Brisbane Lions 7 Adelaide 9 Collingwood 7
Patrick Dangerfield's top tips: Score so far: 68
Tigers Cats GWS Sydney Dons Crows PiesLast Week: 8
David King's top tips: Score so far: 68
Port
North GWS Sydney Dons Crows DemonsLast Week: 6
Margins: Port Adelaide 5 North Melbourne 2 GWS Giants 20 Sydney 10 Essendon 10 Adelaide 10 Melbourne 12
Mick Malthouse's top tips: Score so far: 68
Tigers Cats GWS Sydney Dons Crows DemonsLast Week: 8
Margins: Richmond 12 Geelong 13 GWS Giants 39 Sydney 39 Essendon 5 Adelaide 17 Melbourne 12
Tim Watson's top tips: Score so far: 68
Port Cats GWS Sydney Lions Crows DemonsLast Week: 6
Margins: Port Adelaide 8 Geelong 12 GWS Giants 48 Sydney 11 Brisbane Lions 9 Adelaide 12 Melbourne 18
Brendon Goddard's top tips: Score so far: 67
Port North GWS Sydney Dons Crows DemonsLast Week: 8
Jon Anderson's top tips: Score so far: 66
Port Cats GWS
Saints Lions Crows DemonsLast Week: 6
Margins: Port Adelaide 7 Geelong 22 GWS Giants 34 St Kilda 3 Brisbane Lions 4 Adelaide 10 Melbourne 1
Daniel Andrews's top tips: Score so far: 66
Port Cats GWS Sydney Dons Crows DemonsLast Week: 8
Margins: Port Adelaide 12 Geelong 15 GWS Giants 40 Sydney 27 Essendon 7 Adelaide 21 Melbourne 31
Nathan Brown's top tips: Score so far: 66
Tigers Cats GWS Sydney Dons Crows DemonsLast Week: 6
Margins: Richmond 31 Geelong 11 GWS Giants 67 Sydney 19 Essendon 15 Adelaide 10 Melbourne 22
Glenn Mcfarlane's top tips: Score so far: 66
Tigers Cats GWS Sydney Dons Crows DemonsLast Week: 8
Margins: Richmond 1 Geelong 10 GWS Giants 40 Sydney 15 Essendon 8 Adelaide 16 Melbourne 5
Even Her Majesty might find a way to tune into Monday’s marque match-up between Melbourne’s Max Gawn and Collingwood’s Brody Grundy as they square off for early All-Australian honours.
Eliza Sewell's top tips: Score so far: 66
Tigers Cats GWS Sydney Lions Freo PiesLast Week: 8
Margins: Richmond 10 Geelong 5 GWS Giants 15 Sydney 20 Brisbane Lions 12 Fremantle 16 Collingwood 21
Can’t wait for Monday, reckon the Pies will step up again and confirm their status as a genuine top-line outfit. Running man Tom Phillips will burn up the ‘G.
Sam Edmund's top tips: Score so far: 65
Port North GWS Sydney Lions Crows DemonsLast Week: 6
Margins: Port Adelaide 1 North Melbourne 3 GWS Giants 31 Sydney 12 Brisbane Lions 10 Adelaide 15 Melbourne 2
If fortune favours the brave I should be a rich man come Sunday night.
Max Gawn's top tips: Score so far: 65
Port North GWS Sydney Lions Crows DemonsLast Week: 7
Scott Gullan's top tips: Score so far: 65
Port Cats GWS Sydney Dons Crows PiesLast Week: 9
Margins: Port Adelaide 1 Geelong 14 GWS Giants 42 Sydney 18 Essendon 1 Adelaide 2 Collingwood 3
Going with the bounce-back factor a bit this week. Port Adelaide, Essendon and Adelaide need to have a look down their shirt and find something after disappointing performances last week. Gut feel on Pies with Lever out taking a little bit of the gloss off the Dees.
Sam Landsberger's top tips: Score so far: 65
Tigers North GWS Sydney Lions Crows DemonsLast Week: 7
Margins: Richmond 18 North Melbourne 22 GWS Giants 81 Sydney 11 Brisbane Lions 25 Adelaide 2 Melbourne 45
I’ve only tipped against the Tigers once this year and won’t again until 2019. Demons have had this match circled since Round 23 last year — revenge is best served cold.
Mick Warner's top tips: Score so far: 65
Tigers Cats GWS Sydney Dons Crows DemonsLast Week: 7
Margins: Richmond 17 Geelong 14 GWS Giants 41 Sydney 25 Essendon 11 Adelaide 24 Melbourne 32
Eight years, zero finals for the AFL’s $200m “Bad News Suns”. Giants to hammer Gold Coast in Saturday’s Expansion Cup.
James Hird's top tips: Score so far: 64
Port Cats GWS Sydney Dons Crows DemonsLast Week: 7
Margins: Port Adelaide 4 Geelong 12 GWS Giants 8 Sydney 21 Essendon 8 Adelaide 7 Melbourne 9
Jay Clark's top tips: Score so far: 63
Port Cats GWS Sydney Lions Crows DemonsLast Week: 7
Margins: Port Adelaide 10 Geelong 30 GWS Giants 45 Sydney 22 Brisbane Lions 5 Adelaide 16 Melbourne 3
Shane Warne's top tips: Score so far: 61
Port Cats GWS Sydney Dons Crows DemonsLast Week: 8
Margins: Port Adelaide 7 Geelong 14 GWS Giants 4 Sydney 25 Essendon 11 Adelaide 4 Melbourne 3
Matthew Guy's top tips: Score so far: 57
Tigers Cats GWS Saints Dons Crows DemonsLast Week: 6
Margins: Richmond 25 Geelong 15 GWS Giants 10 St Kilda 12 Essendon 9 Adelaide 16 Melbourne 20
Kiss Of Death's top tips: Score so far: 27
Tigers North
Suns Saints Lions Freo PiesLast Week: 1
Margins: Richmond 13 North Melbourne 13 Gold Coast 13 St Kilda 13 Brisbane Lions 13 Fremantle 13 Collingwood 13
My mail is Dusty will be a late in after giving New Zealand the don't argue
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