Footy Tipping Competitions: Where to Tip AFL & NRL (and What You Can Win)

Every footy season, millions of Aussies back themselves to pick winners better than their mates — and the good news is that most of the big tipping competitions are free to enter and still load you up with prizes for having a crack. Our team rounded up the major AFL and NRL tipping comps going around: how each one works, and what you can actually win.

A quick word on prizes: tipping prize pools change every season and sponsors come and go, so treat the figures below as a recent-season guide and always check the official competition for the current details before you sign up. Everything here is free to enter unless noted, and these are skill-based tipping comps — not betting.

The official league competitions

Run by the AFL and NRL themselves — usually the richest free comps going.

AFL Official Tipping — The league’s own comp: tip every match each round with a closest-margin tiebreaker, plus side games (Streak, The Gauntlet and club leagues), and the option to run private office or family leagues.
What you can win: a season major prize of $25,000 cash plus a Toyota AFL Grand Final package for two (2nd $2,000, 3rd $1,000); each weekly winner takes home an official Sherrin and a $100 AFL Store voucher; the Streak and Gauntlet games pay $2,000 each. Where: tipping.afl.com.au and the AFL Tipping app.
AFLW Official Tipping — The women’s-league version, running through the AFLW season on the same platform.
What you can win: $7,500 cash for the season winner (2nd $750, 3rd $500), an AFLW Sherrin for the weekly best tipper, plus Gauntlet ($1,000) and Streak ($500) side games. Where: tipping.afl.com.au and the AFL Tipping app.
NRL Official Tipping — The NRL’s free comp (you’ll need a free NRL Account): pick every match each round, track a streak, and set up private leagues for your mates and workmates.
What you can win: season-long prizes for the top tippers, headlined by an NRL grand-final / Magic Round experience package, plus a major prize and weekly prizes. The NRL sets the exact breakdown each season, so check the app for the current list. Where: tipping.nrl.com and the NRL Tipping app.

Media & network competitions

Big free comps run by the major footy broadcasters and publishers — often with expert tipsters to play against.

footytips (ESPN) — Billed as Australia’s biggest tipping site, footytips.com.au covers AFL, NRL and other codes. Play the national comp, or — the real drawcard — set up free private leagues for your office, family or mates.
What you can win: cash and prizes for the leading national tippers (amounts vary by season and sponsor); private and workplace leagues are a free hosting tool where you set your own prizes and bragging rights. Where: footytips.com.au and the app.
SuperCoach Tips (tips.com.au) — News Corp’s free tipping game, covering both AFL and NRL in the one app, with a weekly streak game and Fox and News Corp experts to beat. (Separate from the SuperCoach salary-cap fantasy game.)
What you can win: one of the country’s richest free tipping games, with cash prizes for the top tippers in each code plus weekly round prizes; exact amounts are set each season. Where: tips.com.au and the SuperCoach Tips app.
SEN Tipping — The sports-radio network runs separate free AFL and NRL comps, with sponsor sub-leagues you can join at sign-up.
What you can win: the AFL comp offers more than $25,000 in cash and prizes headlined by a $5,000 major prize (Tyrepower); the NRL comp offers more than $12,000 including a $5,000 VIP NRL Grand Final package (Rheem), plus weekly winner prizes. Where: sentipping.com.au.

Pub & club (in-venue) competitions

Played at participating venues — some of the biggest cash pools going, for tipping over a beer.

SportsPick Super Tipper — In-venue tipping at participating pubs and clubs, via the SportsPick app or a venue terminal, with separate AFL and NRL comps; weekly venue winners qualify for national Super Rounds.
What you can win: national prize pools of around $57,000 (AFL) and $58,000 (NRL), with a national podium paying roughly $15,000 / $10,000 / $5,000 / $2,500 / $1,000, three Super Rounds worth $2,000 each, and weekly “tip all winners” cash draws. Where: sportspick.com.au and participating venues.
The Sporting Globe Tipping — Free tipping across AFL, NRL and AFLW through the bar-and-grill group’s app, with private leagues and a per-round reward.
What you can win: recent-season AFL prizes of $7,500 / $2,500 / $1,000 and NRL prizes of $4,500 / $1,500 / $750, loyalty points for minor placings, a free Parma & Pot for a “Perfect Round”, and a $500 bar tab for the venue-league winner on Grand Final day. Where: sportingglobe.com.au/tipping.

Free platforms to run your own comp

Best for offices, clubs and group chats — free to host, with prizes set by whoever runs the league.

iTipFooty — A dedicated private-league host across AFL, NRL, AFLW and a stack of other codes. There are no central prizes; every league sets and pays out its own.
Where: itipfooty.com.au and the iTipFooty app.
Superbru — A global prediction game with dedicated Aussie AFL and NRL versions; earn points for winners and margins against friends or the whole field. Mostly bragging rights, with the odd sponsored-pool prize.
Where: superbru.com.
The Great Footy Tipoff — A free independent platform for AFL, NRL and other sports; start or join a comp and climb a points ladder, with some site prizes for the top overall tippers.
Where: thegreatfootytipoff.com.
One Pick Tipping — A twist on the format: each round you pick just one game, scored against the head-to-head odds. Free for private comps; public cash-prize comps carry a small entry.
Where: onepicktipping.com.au (App Store / Google Play).

How to actually win your tipping comp

Tip with your head, not your heart. Backing your own club every week feels good until Round 6 — pick winners, not favourites.
Mind the byes, travel and short breaks. Interstate trips and six-day turnarounds quietly decide more games than most tippers realise.
Nail the margin tiebreaker. In tight comps the season is often won on the nominated-margin game, so give it real thought rather than a lazy guess.
Play the streak games sensibly. Side games like Streak and The Gauntlet reward patience — one banana-skin upset ends a run, so weigh the risk.
Don’t skip a round. Missing your tips usually locks in the home team (or zero) — the easiest points you’ll ever drop.

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