With Opening Round just weeks away, it's time to look into how the early weeks might pan out and set up the 2025 AFL season.
The first five weeks will see all clubs play four games each, with byes scheduled for the eight clubs partaking in the Opening Round draw this year.
Those five rounds will take us up until Gather Round, with all 18 clubs having two home and two away games up until that mark of the season.
The first four games for some clubs should work favourably, while others have tougher tasks to start their new campaigns.
We've predicted results for the first five rounds of the season ahead, with the outcome having three clubs undefeated after the opening month while as many clubs remain without a victory.
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Below we've broken down each club's four-game summary, listed each result and presented our predicted ladder at the cessation of Round 4.
Team Breakdowns
Adelaide
Record after four games: 3-1
Wins: St Kilda (H), North Melbourne (H)
Losses: Essendon (A), Gold Coast (A)
Brisbane
Record after four games: 4-0
Wins: Geelong (H), Sydney (A), West Coast (H), Richmond (A)
Losses: None
Carlton
Record after four games: 2-2
Wins: Richmond (A), Western Bulldogs (H)
Losses: Hawthorn (H), Collingwood (A)
Collingwood
Record after four games: 2-2
Wins: Western Bulldogs (A), Carlton (H)
Losses: GWS (A), Port Adelaide (H)
Essendon
Record after four games: 1-3
Wins: Adelaide (H)
Losses: Gold Coast (A), Hawthorn (A), Port Adelaide (H)
Fremantle
Record after four games: 3-1
Wins: Sydney (H), West Coast (A), Western Bulldogs (H)
Losses: Geelong (A)
Geelong
Record after four games: 3-1
Wins: Fremantle (H), St Kilda (A), Melbourne (H)
Losses: Brisbane (A)
Gold Coast
Record after four games: 3-1
Wins: Essendon (H), West Coast (A), Melbourne (A)
Losses: Adelaide (H)
GWS
Record after four games: 4-0
Wins: Collingwood (H), Melbourne (A), Hawthorn (A), West Coast (H)
Losses: None
Hawthorn
Record after four games: 2-2
Wins: Essendon (H), Carlton (A)
Losses: Sydney (A), GWS (H)
Melbourne
Record after four games: 1-3
Wins: North Melbourne (A)
Losses: GWS (H), Gold Coast (H), Geelong (A)
North Melbourne
Record after four games: 0-4
Wins: None
Losses: Western Bulldogs (A), Melbourne (H), Adelaide (A), Sydney (H)
Port Adelaide
Record after four games: 4-0
Wins: Collingwood (A), Richmond (H), Essendon (A), St Kilda (H)
Losses: None
Richmond
Record after four games: 0-4
Wins: None
Losses: Carlton (H), Port Adelaide (A), St Kilda (A), Brisbane (H)
St Kilda
Record after four games: 1-3
Wins: Richmond (H)
Losses: Adelaide (A), Geelong (H), Port Adelaide (A)
Sydney
Record after four games: 2-2
Wins: Hawthorn (H), North Melbourne (A)
Losses: Brisbane (H), Fremantle (A)
West Coast
Record after four games: 0-4
Wins: None
Losses: Gold Coast (H), Brisbane (A), Fremantle (H), GWS (A)
Western Bulldogs
Record after four games: 1-3
Wins: North Melbourne (H)
Losses: Collingwood (H), Carlton (A), Fremantle (A)
