ANOTHER AFLW season means another year of AFL.com.au's expert tipping competition, with 10 of the competition's most committed journalists consigned to going out on a limb every week to tip nine matches.

This year's all-star expert tipping line-up features former AFLW player Phoebe McWilliams along with newsbreaker Riley Beveridge, W Show host Nat Edwards, AFLW experts Sarah Black and Gemma Bastiani, The Wrap host Joel Peterson, and multi-platform producer Kaitlyn Ferber. AFLW match reporters Michael Whiting and Nathan Schmook round out the group with AFLW lead Sophie Welsh just happy to be included as always.

Only the dogged St Kilda supporters among us have backed the Saints in against Carlton in Sunday's season-opener, while Sarah Black has boldly tipped Greater Western Sydney to knock off last year's finalist West Coast.

Despite a strong performance in last year's preliminary final, only three of our tipsters are giving Melbourne a chance against Hawthorn.

Check out our experts' tips below.

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The overall winner of the AFLW Tipping competition at the end of the home and away season will take home $7500 in cash, while second gets $750 and third place wins $500. 

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And this year, there are two new games in the AFLW Tipping competition with Gauntlet and Streak.

The Gauntlet will begin in round two. For The Gauntlet, you need to select one team to win each round from rounds 2-4, two teams in each of rounds 5-11 and one in round 12. If you win, you move on to the next round. If not, you're out! The catch? Once you've selected a team, you can't select them again for the rest of the year! The winner of The Gauntlet will pocket $1,000 in cash.

Plus, a new game is here for 2026 with the introduction of Streak. Fancy your chances of going on a tipping run? Streak is the game for you. You can pick which games you want to tip, and if you put together the longest streak of correct selections, you win $500. The longest active streak at season's end will also win $500. The best part is, once your streak is over, you can just start a new one. Whether you take big risks or build a streak slowly, the choice is yours.

NAB AFLW 2026 Full round one fixture

GEMMA BASTIANI

Carlton - 20 points
Hawthorn
North Melbourne
Richmond
Gold Coast
Brisbane
Adelaide
Port Adelaide
West Coast

RILEY BEVERIDGE

Carlton - 20 points
Melbourne
North Melbourne
Richmond
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane
Adelaide
Fremantle
West Coast

SARAH BLACK

Carlton - 17 points
Hawthorn 
North Melbourne 
Richmond
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane
Adelaide
Port Adelaide 
Greater Western Sydney

NAT EDWARDS

Carlton - 10 points
Hawthorn
North Melbourne
Richmond
Gold Coast
Brisbane
Adelaide 
Port Adelaide
West Coast

KAITLYN FERBER

St Kilda - five points 
Hawthorn 
North Melbourne 
Collingwood 
Western Bulldogs 
Brisbane Lions 
Sydney
Port Adelaide 
West Coast

PHOEBE MCWILLIAMS

Carlton - 21 points
Hawthorn
North Melbourne
Richmond
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane
Sydney
Port Adelaide
West Coast

JOEL PETERSON

Carlton - 13 points
Hawthorn
North Melbourne
Richmond
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane
Adelaide
Port Adelaide
West Coast

NATHAN SCHMOOK

Carlton - 11 points
Melbourne 
North Melbourne
Collingwood 
Western Bulldogs 
Brisbane 
Adelaide
Fremantle
West Coast

SOPHIE WELSH

St Kilda - three points
Melbourne
North Melbourne
Collingwood
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane
Adelaide
Fremantle
West Coast

MICHAEL WHITING

Carlton - 10 points
Hawthorn
North Melbourne
Richmond
Western Bulldogs
Brisbane
Sydney
Port Adelaide
West Coast

TOTALS

St Kilda 2-8 Carlton
Hawthorn 7-3 Melbourne
North Melbourne 10-0 Geelong
Richmond 7-3 Collingwood
Gold Coast 2-8 Western Bulldogs
Essendon 0-10 Brisbane
Adelaide 7-3 Sydney
Fremantle 3-7 Port Adelaide
Greater Western Sydney 1-9 West Coast