As we approach the first bounce of the first August season for the elite women’s competition, experts from the Herald Sun and The Advertiser and Fox Footy predict how season seven will play out.
LAUREN WOOD
Premier: Melbourne
Biggest threat: Adelaide
League best-and-fairest: Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide)
Rising Star: Jasmine Fleming (Hawthorn)
Headline I’d love to see: Up on the Dais – Daisy Pearce finally salutes as an AFLW premiership captain.
MARK ROBINSON
Premier: Brisbane
Biggest threat: Melbourne
League best-and-fairest: Monique Conti (Richmond)
Rising Star: Jasmine Fleming (Hawthorn)
Headline I’d love to see: Expansion delivers: new side makes the eight.