How to Play
Choose your game, make your picks, compete for the prize pool
Survival Pool Flagship
Last one standing wins
How It Works
- Pick one team per round to win their match
- If your team wins, you survive to the next round
- If your team loses, you’re eliminated
- Runs all 28 rounds — 24 home & away + 4 finals weeks
- Teams CAN be reused across rounds
- If ALL players are eliminated before season end, the competition ends early
Re-entry (if enabled)
- Eliminated players can pay a re-entry fee to rejoin
- Re-entry fee covers charity + admin only — the prize pool does NOT increase
- Old picks are kept; you pick up from the current round
- Teams can be reused — no restriction on picking a team you’ve already used
- Re-entry limit is set by the competition admin
Winning & Tiebreaker
- If multiple players survive to season end, the pool goes to whoever survived the most rounds
- This rewards players who joined early and stayed alive the longest
- Late joiners and re-entry players have fewer active rounds, giving an advantage to those in from the start
- If players are tied on rounds survived, the prize pool is split evenly among those tied at the top
- If no one survives, the entire prize pool is donated to the competition’s chosen charity
Standings
Ranked by total rounds survived. The player who stayed alive the longest wins the entire prize pool.
Streak
Build your winning run
How It Works
- Pick ONE team per round to win their match
- Build consecutive winning streaks
- If your team loses, your current streak resets to zero
- No elimination — you keep playing all season
- Your longest streak across the season is what counts
Standings
Ranked by longest consecutive winning streak. Keep picking winners to extend your run.
Pick-em
Pick every match, every round
How It Works
- Pick a winner for EVERY match in the round
- Score 1 point for each correct pick
- No elimination — play all season long
- Total points across all rounds determines standings
Standings
Ranked by total correct picks across the season. The most accurate tipper wins.
Beat the Tip
Outsmart the AI tipster
How It Works
- Pick a winner for EVERY match in the round
- Your picks are scored against an AI tipster
- AI picks are revealed after the round locks out
- No elimination — play all season long
Scoring
| Scenario | Points |
|---|---|
| Your pick is wrong | 0 pts |
| Both correct | 1 pt |
| You're correct, AI is wrong | 3 pts |
Rate My Ladder NEW
Predict the AFL ladder and watch your score improve each round
How It Works
- Predict the final AFL ladder positions for all 18 teams before the entry deadline closes
- Drag and drop teams into your predicted order
- You have a 4-hour edit window after registration to adjust your prediction
- Once locked, your prediction stays for the entire season
- Your prediction is scored against the actual AFL ladder at the end of each round
Grading
- Your score is scaled to 0–100 and given a letter grade
- A++ (95+), A+ (90+), A (85+), A- (80+), B+ (77+), B (74+), B- (70+), C+ (67+), C (64+), C- (60+), D+ (57+), D (54+), D- (50+), F (below 50)
Scoring
- Your score is calculated using prediction accuracy (how close each team is to their actual position)
- Bonus: +1 for each team in the exact correct position
- Bonus: +2 for correctly predicting the Minor Premier (1st place)
- Bonus: +2 for correctly predicting the Wooden Spoon (last place)
- Bonus: +2 for each team correctly placed in the Top 4
- Bonus: +2 for each team correctly placed in the Top 10 (Finalists)
- Bonuses stack — a team in the exact correct position in the top 4 earns all applicable bonuses
Standings
Ranked by final round accuracy score (higher is better).
Tips Close
All picks lock Wednesday 11:59 PM AEST each round. Make sure your selections are in before the deadline.