PROUDLY
INTRODUCING

THE 2023 LEADER NEWSPAPER
afl FOOTball TIPPING COMPETITION

GUEST TIPSTERS

Lachy Heinrich

Barossa Lending Services

DAY JOB

Finance Broker

What's your favourite smell?

Roast of any variety cooking.

This year’s footy tipping game plan:

Tip Port each week, still happy if they lose.

Premiership prediction

Melbourne

Brownlow winner

Clayton Oliver

Top 8 ladder prediction:

Melbourne, Brisbane, Port, Geelong, Sydney, Carlton, Fremantle, Western Bulldogs.

Ashton Hurn MP

Member for Schubert

DAY JOB

Local Member for Schubert, Shadow Minister for Health

What's your favourite smell?

Rain

This year’s footy tipping game plan:

Head not heart – except with West Coast games.

Premiership prediction

Hoping for my Brother’s team; West Coast Eagles.

Brownlow winner

Marcus Bontempelli

Top 8 ladder prediction:

In no particular order: Geelong, West Coast Eagles, Sydney, Port Adelaide, Adelaide Crows, Western Bulldogs, Brisbane, Collingwood.

Darren Robinson

The Leader Newspaper

DAY JOB

Advertising and marketing

What's your favourite smell?

The Leader’s press room on a Tuesday afternoon.

This year’s footy tipping game plan:

Don’t peak too early.

Premiership prediction

Melbourne

Brownlow winner

Patrick Cripps

Top 8 ladder prediction:

Geelong, Melbourne, Brisbane, Richmond, Sydney, Port Adelaide, Collingwood and Carlton.

Nicola Biagi

Elders real estate

DAY JOB

Real Estate Agent at Elders

What's your favourite smell?

Freshly baked bread

This year’s footy tipping game plan:

Don’t come last

Premiership prediction

Carlton or Freo

Brownlow winner

Christian Petracca or Connor Rozee

Top 8 ladder prediction:

Carlton, Fremantle, Port Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Richmond, Essendon – in no particular order.

Daryl Pearce

steinborner automotive

DAY JOB

General Sales Manager at Steinborner Mitsubishi and Hundai.

What's your favourite smell?

A European summers day, has a distinctive smell that’s hard to explain.

This year’s footy tipping game plan:

Quite simply to do better than last year.

Premiership prediction

Geelong

Brownlow winner

Lachie Neale

Top 8 ladder prediction:

Geelong, Melbourne, Collingwood, Sydney, Brisbane, Fremantle, Richmond, Adelaide.

Kerrie-Anne Wager

anytime fitness angaston & nuriootpa

DAY JOB

Anytime Fitness gym owner

What's your favourite smell?

New babies

This year’s footy tipping game plan:

Stick to my game plan it worked just fine last year.

Premiership prediction

Adelaide Crows (you can only hope).

Brownlow winner

Rory Sloan

Top 8 ladder prediction:

Adelaide, Geelong, Brisbane, Carlton, Melbourne, GWS, Richmond and Sydney.

David Rice

Vine Inn Barossa Community Hotel

DAY JOB

General Manager, Vine Inn

What's your favourite smell?

Freshly ground coffee.

This year’s footy tipping game plan:

To enlist the help of someone who actually knows what they’re doing!

Premiership prediction

Hard to go past Geelong.

Brownlow winner

Patrick Cripps

Top 8 ladder prediction:

Geelong, Brisbane, Richmond, Carlton, Melbourne, Collingwood, Port Adelaide, Gold Coast.

Ellen Bull

Terry White Chemmart - Angaston

DAY JOB

Pharmacist

What's your favourite smell?

St Kilda, just like my Dad.

What's your favourite smell?

Fresh basil

This year’s footy tipping game plan:

Go with my gut and don’t overthink it.

Premiership prediction

Geelong

Brownlow winner

Jack Steele

Top 8 ladder prediction:

Melbourne, Geelong, Sydney, Brisbane, Port Adelaide, Collingwood, Carlton, Fremantle.

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