We've reached the midway point of the season and things in the AFL are starting to heat up. Only 14 rounds have passed and our predictions from the start of the season have gone all over the place. Our Brownlow favourites have been suspended, our premiership favourites have suffered injuries and based on weekly tipping it seems like nothing in the AFL can be predicted.
However, we enter the second half of the season confident that based on what we've seen so far, we have an idea of which teams will finish where and which players will etch their names in history.
Here are our midseason predictions:
Top 5 in the Coleman Medal
1. Ben Brown (North Melbourne): He's been leading the race all year and all though he isn't putting up numbers out of this world, his consistency in front of goals will pay off in the end.
2. Jesse Hogan (Melbourne): Another player who's been consistent all season, he will stay among the top of the leaderboard but won't have what it takes in order to catch Big Ben Brown who currently stands nine goals ahead.
3. Lance Franklin (Sydney): Always a threat in front of goal, it will be the games he's missed and possibly could miss that will not allow him to take the award home.
4. Will Hoskin-Elliott (Collingwood): Hoskin-Elliott's had a tremendous season for the Magpies thus far. The only player to kick a goal in every game he's played in, Hoskin-Elliott doesn't look to be going anywhere for the time being. Currently sitting in fifth place, Hoskin-Elliott could move himself higher on the list.
5. Tom McDonald (Melbourne): Despite sitting 12 goals off the pace, McDonald has the best goals per game average of any player this season. The Demon has only played eight games, but averages 3.5 goals per contest, and if he stays in that vein of form, he could come home with a wet sail.
