With less than one hour to go before the start of the latest Aussie Rules Football season begins everything is ready.

The Dream Team is selected with a few last minute revisions once the opening round’s team were released and realising that, for some reason, I had Ben Cousins in there.

The tips are done after some careful considerations and some wild random guesses. Somehow it’s the hardest week to tip. There’s no form as such to go on and who knows, maybe Carlton will not have peaked too soon again in winning the NAB Cup.

Round 1 Tips:

• St Kilda
• Collingwood
• Fremantle
• Brisbane
• Sydney
• Adelaide
• Bulldogs
• Richmond

Now all we have to do is wait and see how the new Saints will fair under the leadership of Ross Lyon. At least the injuries are minimal at the moment. The Saints should win but then they should have won in the finals last year but ran out of steam in the final period.

It’s the joy of the start of a new season that happens in any sport. Everyone is upbeat and raring to go. Fans, players and coaches alike are ready to talk themselves or their team up. Everyone is level on the ladder. 22 rounds to go between now and the end of August.

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