Expert Round 5 AFL tips: Gather Round opener too close to call; little love for hot Swans, Saints

Need a hand with your AFL tips for this weekend? The Fox Footy experts are here to help with their winners for every game in Round 5 (Gather Round). Check out all our expert tips and the final verdict below! Watch your club in the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season. Stream every round LIVE in 4K, with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo Sports.

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Failure to tip sees the tipster given the away teams. FOX FOOTY TIPPING LEADERBOARD AND ROUND 5 TIPS 1. MAX LAUGHTON (3x champion) - 29 (Last week: 7) Adelaide Crows Collingwood Gold Coast Suns Carlton Brisbane Lions Essendon Fremantle GWS Giants Hawthorn 2.

JORDAN LEWIS - 27 (Last week: 7) TBC =3. DYLAN BOLCH - 26 (Last week: 7) TBC =3. BEN COTTON - 26 (Last week: 7) TBC =3.

DAVID ZITA - 26 (Last week: 7) TBC 6. WILL FAULKNER - 25 (Last week: 6) Adelaide Crows Collingwood Gold Coast Suns Carlton Brisbane Lions Melbourne Fremantle GWS Giants Hawthorn =7. DREW JONES - 24 (Last week: 7) TBC =7.

CAM MOONEY - 24 (Last week: 7) TBC =9. BEN DIXON - 23 (Last week: 5) Adelaide Crows Collingwood Gold Coast Suns Carlton Brisbane Lions Essendon Fremantle GWS Giants Hawthorn =9. LEIGH MONTAGNA - 23 (Last week: 5) Geelong Cats Collingwood Gold Coast Suns Carlton Brisbane Lions Essendon Fremantle GWS Giants Hawthorn =9.

BEN WATERWORTH - 23 (Last week: 5) Geelong Cats Collingwood Gold Coast Suns Carlton Brisbane Lions Essendon Fremantle GWS Giants Hawthorn 12. CHLOE MOLLOY - 22 (Last week: 7) Geelong Sydney Swans Gold Coast Suns Carlton Brisbane Lions Essendon Fremantle GWS Giants Hawthorn 13. ANTHONY HUDSON (reigning champion) - 21 (Last week: 4) TBC 14.

JACK JOVANOVSKI - 20 (Last week: 5) TBC 15. RUBY SCHLEICHER - 18 (Last week: 3) TBC Final verdict (6 of 15 tipsters) Adelaide Crows 3 - 3 Geelong Collingwood 5 - 1 Sydney Swans North Melbourne 0 - 6 Gold Coast Suns Carlton 6 - 0 West Coast Eagles Western Bulldogs 0 - 6 Brisbane Lions Melbourne 1 - 5 Essendon Richmond 0 - 6 Fremantle St Kilda 0 - 6 GWS Giants Port Adelaide 0 - 6 Hawthorn.