The 2025 AFL season kicks off on Thursday March 6 with the reining Premiers the Brisbane Lions taking on Geelong at The Gabba!
Outright 2025 AFL Premiership Betting
AFL odds correct as of 21/05/2025 and subject to change. Event scheduled to start at 27/09/2025 2:30pm AEST.
2025 AFL Season
The 2025 AFL season is the 129th season of professional Aussie Rules. The same 18 clubs that faced off in the last 13 seasons of AFL do battle again.
The Brisbane Lions are the defending champions having won the 2024 AFL Premiership with a 60-point Grand Final victory last season over the Sydney Swans.
The AFL 2025 fixtures get underway on Thursday March 6, 2025, with the Brisbane Lions in their first appearance since claiming top prize in the Grand Final hosting Geelong at the Gabba.
Opening Round of the 2025 AFL draw features a total of four games.
For the second time in Aussie Rules history, the 2025 season does not begin with Round 1. Instead, a four-game ‘Opening Round’ takes place before the official full eight game Round 1 get underway.
Round 1 in 2025 again hosts the traditional Richmond v Carlton showdown at the MCG on Thursday, March 13 before fans are treated to a rematch of the 2024 AFL Grand Final between the Sydney Swans and Lions on Saturday, March 15 at the SCG.
There are 25 regular AFL rounds in the 2025 season.
The 2025 AFL Grand Final is set to takes place at the iconic MCG on Saturday, September 27, at the traditional 2:30pm timeslot.
The AFL stands for the Australian Football League and is the leading professional Australian Rules competition run down under each year.
Featuring 18 teams the league was founded back in 1897 as the Victorian Football League (VFL) when just eight teams from Victoria faced off. Five Australian states are now represented in the current AFL Premiership, which came about in 1990 when the league was officially renamed to make for a more national competition, although Victoria continues to dominate with 10 still in the mix including nine from Melbourne.
The other states with AFL teams are New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia each with two clubs in the competition. The first non-Victorian AFL club was the Sydney Swans that came about when South Melbourne relocated interstate in 1982 and interest in the game grew.
Unlike in the NRL there is no New Zealand AFL club, although New Zealand has been host to offshore AFL games over the years.
There is also a fast-growing AFLW (Women’s AFL competition) that has expanded to 14 teams from 2019 taking place ahead of the AFL season.
2025 AFL Round 10 Preview
AFL Round 10 this weekend marks the start of the Sir Doug Nicholls Round and features several compelling matchups.
Thursday night kicks off with a top-four battle under the Darwin lights as the Suns, fresh off a big win, host a high-flying Hawthorn outfit.
Friday sees the Sydney Swans desperate to turn their season around in the annual Marn Grook game against Carlton, who are also vying for a spot in the top eight.
Saturday’s action includes an important lash between Collingwood and Adelaide at the MCG with the second ranked Pies favourites, while Geelong travels to face a tough Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval.
Sunday concludes the round with the ladder-leading Lions hosting Melbourne in the week’s most uneven affair, and West Coast looking for a rare win in the Western Derby against a confident St. Kilda in front of their home fans.
For our complete 2025 AFL Round 10 Preview & Tips click here!
- Round: 10 (Sir Doug Nicholls Round)
- Start Date: Thursday May 15, 2025
- Number of Games: 9
- Game of the Week: Gold Coast Suns vs Hawthorn Hawkes – BET NOW
- Tip of the Week: Collingwood to beat the Adelaide Crows by 1-39 @ $2.15 – BET NOW
The current AFL teams are the:
- Adelaide Crows (SA)
- Brisbane Lions (QLD)
- Carlton Blues (VIC)
- Collingwood Magpies (VIC)
- Essendon Bombers (VIC)
- Fremantle Dockers (WA)
- Geelong Cats (VIC)
- Gold Coast Suns (QLD)
- Great Western Sydney Giants (NSW)
- Hawthorn Hawks (VIC)
- Melbourne Demons (VIC)
- North Melbourne Kangaroos (VIC)
- Port Adelaide Power (SA)
- Richmond Tigers (VIC)
- St Kilda Saints (VIC)
- Sydney Swans (NSW)
- West Coast Eagles (WA)
- Western Bulldogs (VIC)
In 2017, The Richmond Tigers celebrated their first Premiership in 37 years. Photo by The Herald Sun
Of these seven are foundation clubs having inaugurated in 1897 with Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and Sydney the oldest AFL
clubs in the competition.
The AFL Premiership in 2024 has expanded to a 25-week regular season with the addition of a four-match Opening Round ahead of the official Round 1 fixtures that runs from March to September each year.
The 25 AFL Rounds lead into the highly anticipated AFL Finals football that pits the Top 8 teams on the AFL Ladder in a four-round series that culminates with the AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
Some of the other key AFL games over the season are the Collingwood vs. Essendon ANZAC Day match at the MCG and the Queen’s Birthday fixture between Melbourne and Collingwood.
As well as the Premiership title there are plenty of other coveted AFL awards up for grabs for the teams and players each year including the Brownlow Medal awarded to the fairest and best player in the league – Brownlow Medal betting on offer throughout the season.
Collingwood, Essendon and Carlton all share the record of most VFL / AFL Premiership wins with 16 each following the Magpies’ win in the 2023 AFL Grand Final. Collingwood also boast the most AFL Grand Final appearances with 46.
AFL ODDS
The AFL odds on the seasonal Premiership competition attract massive amounts of interest each year with online sports betting markets available on the Aussie Rules pre-season.
There are now 25 regular or home-and-away AFL Round betting markets open plus Australian Rules odds on the AFL finals and Grand Final to add interest to the AFL fixtures. Punters can also enjoy specialty AFL odds on a range of other markets like the season’s Brownlow Medal Winner.
AFL betting features standard sports odds like head-to-head markets on the weekly games across the AFL draw plus exotic options including the winning margin of a game, first goal kicker and quarter-time score predictions.
All of this plus the generous AFL Premiership odds open across the season where you can back your favourite AFL club to win the end-of-season Grand Final played at the MCG.
AFL odds are updated at the end of each round and as well as the head-to-head markets there are the always popular line betting odds and Ladbrokes exclusive AFL Season Pricing open all season with markets for all 25 rounds open even before the first Premiership game is played.
AFL BET TYPES
See below for some of the most popular AFL bet types.
AFL Head-to-Head Betting
Head-to-head odds are simple and feature a price on both teams facing off in a selected AFL game to win the match. The same price can be offered if the two clubs are deemed an equal chance of winning, but usually there is a favourite at shorter AFL odds. These markets are affected by things like lead-up form across the season, their record at the venue, whether they are playing at home or away and the AFL team selections for the match.
AFL Line Betting
Line betting is the second most popular type of AFL odds on offer for each game. The line is the winning spread of points a team must either win or lose by for that bet to pay out. For example, if West Coast are at +40.5 @ $1.87 that means they must beat their rivals in that game by more than 40.5 points for you to collect on the bet.
AFL Season Pricing
Ladbrokes were the first online sports bookmaker in Australia to offer exclusive AFL season pricing with head-to-head betting markets available for all 25 rounds of the home-and-away season. These markets give supporters an excellent opportunity to back their favourite AFL team across the full season. AFL season pricing is updated each round so checking back on a weekly basis is key. We have these markets available By Rounds or By Team to make it even easier to follow your club.
AFL Premiership Betting
The futures AFL Premiership betting odds list the prices on offer for each of the AFL teams to win the annual Grand Final. The markets are affected by the round-by-round AFL results and usually the teams sitting the highest on the AFL ladder are at the shortest price to win the competition.
AFL Minor Premiership Betting
The AFL Minor Premiership odds are the markets on offer for each Australian Rules football club to win that season’s Minor Premiership and finish the regular 25 round season at the top of the AFL Ladder. Since 1991 the AFL Minor Premiers have been awarded the McClelland Trophy. Interesting to note is that as of 2015 of the 119 VFL/AFL Minor Premiership winners, 64 have continued on to win that season’s Grand Final. A further 41 finished runners-up losing the Grand Final and just 14 didn’t make a Grand Final appearance. Collingwood have won the most VFL/AFL Minor Premierships with 19 in total.
AFL Place Betting
AFL Place betting are futures odds open on the clubs to either Make the Top 4 or Make the Top 8 on the AFL premiership ladder at the end of the home-and-away season. It is essential to finish in the first eight positions on the AFL ladder to make the AFL Finals and prices are on offer for all the AFL teams to finish in these coveted spots. Punters can also find AFL odds on each club to Miss the Top 8.
AFL Season Wins Betting
Betting on AFL Season wins is open even before the start of the annual Premiership and lists prices club-by-club to record either under or over a certain number of wins across the overall 25-week regular season leading up to the finals series.
Brownlow Medal Betting
The AFL’s Brownlow Medal – officially the Charles Brownlow Trophy – is awarded to the fairest and best professional Australian Football League player of the home-and-away season. The decision is made based on the votes cast by field umpires after each game during the AFL fixtures and is a highly coveted award. Brownlow Medal odds list the specific players monetary chances to win the sport’s most prestigious individual award.
AFL odds correct as of 21/05/2025 and subject to change. Event scheduled to start at 27/09/2025 2:30pm AEST.
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