AFL Tips

Our betting experts share their weekly tips for the 2025 AFL season

AFL Tips for Round 2

18/3/25

Sydney to win the 1st Half - 2.20 at Bet365

Against a Dockers side that failed to to get anything much going against Geelong in their season opener last week, Sydney will be gunning to get a win on the board at Optus on Sunday after back to back losses at home. They've lead here after the first quarter in 8 of their last 9 matches, had an 18 point lead at the half last week against Brisbane and spent much of the first quarter in their Round 0 opener against the Hawks ahead. Freemantle on the other hand, never had the lead in their last match against the Cats, ending the first half 60 points behind after scoring just 7 points in the first quarter and 22 in the second.

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AFL Betting Promotions

Many betting sites offer different AFL promos to be more competitive. Here are some of the common ones:

  • Same Game Multi Insurance
    There are many different names for this, but they all essentially work the same way.
    How it works:
    If you place a 3 leg same game multi and if 1 leg fails, you may get your money back as bonus cash. Bookmakers that offer this, will have requirements on minimum legs placed, maximum stake amount and minimum odds requirement.
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    Different bookies may have different rules for this, but a common example is if your team is leading by 12+ points at half time, they will pay you out as a winner. Even if your team loses!
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    One of the oldest bookie promotions, simply works by you "boosting" your odds. Betting sites will often only give you one or so to use a day, and some allow it for sports and same game multis.

If you're going to bet, we recommend using a variety of bookies that offer different promotions so that you get the most value out of your bet. Our favourite AFL betting sites are below.