Carlton has been widely backed by AFL club captains to return to the finals for the first time since 2013, while Demons star Clayton Oliver looms as this season’s Brownlow Medal favourite.
The AFL on Thursday released the results of the annual anonymous pre-season predictions from the 18 skippers, who were asked which players would win the major individual awards, as well as the teams most likely to make the finals and the Grand Final, besides their own.
All 17 rival clubs picked the Brisbane Lions to finish inside the top eight this season, but only four said Chris Fagan’s men were the most likely team in the competition to reach this year’s Grand Final.
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