Spring has sprung and finals football is upon us!

Eight clubs remain in the hunt for the premiership cup, while an array of post-season awards are also up for grabs.

With finals almost underway, the Zero Hanger team have tipped their likely premiers, Norm Smith Medal Winner, Brownlow Medal favourites and the story we're sure to see in September, among other things.

Through nine voters, Geelong have unanimously been backed to make the grand final, with a majority tipping the Cats to go the distance.

Five separate players have been touted as Brownlow favourites, while three Sydney players are seen to be in the race for the Gary Ayres Award.

Here's what we've found looking into our crystal ball...

Mitch Keating 

Premiers: Melbourne
Runners-up: Geelong
Norm Smith Medal: Angus Brayshaw
Brownlow Medal: Touk Miller
Gary Ayres Award: Jeremy Cameron
Story of the finals: Extra time returns after drawn final

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Ed Carmine

Premiers: Geelong
Runners-up: Sydney
Norm Smith Medal: Joel Selwood
Brownlow Medal: Touk Miller/Clayton Oliver
Gary Ayres Award: Callum Mills
Story of the finals: Time no match for ageless Cats

Cameron Grimes

Premiers: Geelong
Runners-up: Collingwood
Norm Smith Medal: Tom Stewart
Brownlow Medal: Andrew Brayshaw
Gary Ayres Award: Tom Stewart
Story of the finals: Geelong break hoodoo and Pies hearts' in see-sawing Grand Final classic

Jake Benoiton

Premiers: Melbourne
Runners-up: Geelong
Norm Smith Medal: Clayton Oliver
Brownlow Medal: Andrew Brayshaw
Gary Ayres Award: Max Gawn
Story of the finals: Pies bubble burst in straight sets

Ben Millard

Premiers: Geelong
Runners-up: Sydney
Norm Smith Medal: Jeremy Cameron
Brownlow Medal: Clayton Oliver
Gary Ayres Award: Patrick Dangerfield
Story of the finals: Pies out in back-to-back floggings

Casey McCarthy 

Premiers: Melbourne
Runners-up: Sydney
Norm Smith Medal: Clayton Oliver
Brownlow Medal: Patrick Cripps
Gary Ayres Award: Isaac Heeney
Story of the finals: Dees win a premiership at home and go back to back

Nick Scialpi 

Premiers: Geelong
Runners-up: Sydney
Norm Smith Medal: Jeremy Cameron
Brownlow Medal: Lachie Neale
Gary Ayres Award: Luke Parker
Story of the finals: Dees in straight sets

Michael Georgiou 

Premiers: Geelong
Runners-up: Collingwood
Norm Smith Medal: Jeremy Cameron
Brownlow Medal: Touk Miller
Gary Ayres Award: Patrick Dangerfield
Story of the finals: A story as old as time, Pies heartbreak in a grand final

Will Jeffares

Premiers: Sydney
Runners-up: Geelong
Norm Smith Medal: Isaac Heeney
Brownlow Medal: Touk Miller
Gary Ayres Award: Luke Parker
Story of the finals: Dees fall in straight sets, as Tigers make prelim

Totals

Premiers:
Geelong (5), Melbourne (3), Sydney (1)

Runners-up:
Geelong (4), Sydney (3), Collingwood (2)

Norm Smith Medal:
Jeremy Cameron (3), Clayton Oliver (2), Isaac Heeney (1), Joel Selwood (1), Angus Brayshaw (1), Tom Stewart (1)

Brownlow Medal: 
Touk Miller (4), Andrew Brayshaw (2), Clayton Oliver (2), Patrick Cripps (1), Lachie Neale (1)

Gary Ayres Award: 
Luke Parker (2), Patrick Dangerfield (2), Jeremy Cameron (1), Isaac Heeney (1), Max Gawn (1), Tom Stewart (1), Callum Mills (1)

 

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