SEN’s expert AFL tips for Opening Round from Lyon, Russell, Whateley and more

The 2025 AFL Season begins this weekend with Opening Round kicking off on Friday night when Sydney host Hawthorn at the SCG.

While two games in Queensland have been cancelled due to Cyclone Alfred, there's still two matches which will take place this week - the other being GWS v Collingwood at ENGIE Stadium on Sunday.

With those two games awaiting us this weekend, we asked our SEN experts for their tips.

Gerard Whateley

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Sydney
Collingwood

Dwayne Russell

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Sydney
GWS

Andy Maher

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Hawthorn
Collingwood

Garry Lyon

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Hawthorn
Collingwood

Tim Watson

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Sydney
Collingwood

David King

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Hawthorn (20 points)
Collingwood (2 points)

Andrew Gaze

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Hawthorn
Collingwood

Sam Edmund

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Sydney (6 points)
Collingwood