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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

This document contains the terms and conditions of entry ("these terms") into the 2026 Collingwood Football Club Magpie Tipping Competition ("Promotion"). Information on how to enter and the prizes that form part of these terms.  Entry into this Promotion is deemed acceptance of these terms.

The Promoter is Collingwood Football Club Limited ABN 89 006 211 196 corner of Batman Ave and Olympic Boulevard, Melbourne, Vic, 3000 ("Promoter", "Club"). 

 

The Promoter reserves the right to amend these terms at any time and for any reason subject to regulatory approval (if required).Entrants will be notified of any such amendments as soon as reasonably practicable by updates to these terms at the Website at https://tipping.collingwoodfc.com.au.  Entrants should regularly check the Website for any amendments.

1.In these terms, the following meanings apply in addition to terms which are defined elsewhere in these terms unless the contrary intention appears:

  • "Collingwood Football Club Magpie Tipping Competition" means the Collingwood Football Club Football tipping competition for the 2026 AFL Season conducted in accordance with these terms.
  • "Cumulative Margin" means, in respect of an Entrant, the sum of the Margin Differences for all Rounds as at a particular date.
  • “Draw” means an even score at the conclusion of a Match.
  • "Entrant" means a person who is eligible to participate in and has submitted an entry into the Collingwood Football Club Tipping Competition in accordance with these terms whether as an individual or part of a Group.
  • "Group" means a group of individuals consisting of two or more people who have agreed to enter the Promotion as a 'group' and together they will be an Entrant.
  • "Margin Difference" in respect of a Margin Game means, for an Entrant that:
  • "Margin Game" means the first Match of each Round in the Season.
  • "Match" means a single game of AFL Football which is conducted during the Season;
  • "Judging Location" means the premises located at KGM Centre, corner of Batman Ave and Olympic Boulevard, Melbourne, Vic, 3000.
  • "Round" means one of the 24 rounds consisting of Matches conducted during the Season.
  • "Season" means the 2026 AFL Premiership 'Home and Away' season of AFL Football consisting of 24 rounds of Matches commencing on or around 5 March 2026.
  • "Score" means the number of points allocated to an Entrant for the correct tipping of winning teams in each Match in accordance with these terms.
  • "WAP" means the mobile site of the Promoter accessible via mobile internet enabled devices.
  • "Website" means the website of the Promoter at: www.collingwoodfc.com.au accessible on the internet through the World Wide Web.

Eligible individuals 

2. Entry is open to all Australian residents and Groups (excluding ACT residents) excluding employees of the Promoter and other agencies, firms or companies associated with this Promotion, and their immediate families. Immediate family means any of the following: spouse, ex-spouse, de-facto spouse, child or step-child (whether natural or by adoption), parent, step-parent, grandparent, step-grandparent, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister or 1st cousin. To be eligible for prizes, Entrants must be 18 years of age or over. Entrants under 18 years of age must have parental/guardian consent to enter. Further, the parent/guardian may have to provide an agreement in writing confirming their consent upon request.

 

3. The Promotion will be open from 9:00am Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time ("AEDST") on 16th February 2026 and will continue until 11:00 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time ("AEST") on Monday 7 September 2026 ("Promotion Period").

 

4. To enter and be eligible to win Entrants must, during the Season, register their details via the on-line registration form located on the Website. 

 

5. The Promoter reserves the right at any time, to verify the validity of entries, and Entrants (including an Entrant’s identity, age and place of residence) and, at its sole discretion, not to accept a registration for any Entrant or to disqualify an Entrant if the Promoter has reason to believe has breached any of these terms, tampered with the entry process or engaged in any unlawful or other improper misconduct calculated to jeopardise fair and proper conduct of the Promotion or considers that the registration contains anything defamatory, unlawful or is otherwise inappropriate. 

 

6. An Australian resident may only enter once, as either an individual or as a member of a Group prior to round 24.

Tipping

7. Entrants will have the opportunity, in respect of each Match in each Round of the Season, to tip by:

(a) selecting a team that the Entrant expects will win the Match (a Draw cannot be selected);

(b) selecting the margin by which they expect that winning team's score to exceed the losing team's score at the conclusion of the Margin Game; and

(c) submitting those selections via the Website (selections for each Match must be submitted before the scheduled start time of the relevant Match).

An Entrant may make or change a tip for a given Match in a Round at any time prior to the scheduled starting time of that Match.

If the team an Entrant tips scores greater than or equal to the opposition score at the conclusion of a given Match, the tip is considered successful for that Match. This also applies to Streak and Gauntlet competitions.

Failure to tip

8. If an Entrant:

(a) does not submit a tip for a given Match in a Round, then the Entrant's tip for that Match will be deemed to be for the team determined, in the Promoter's sole discretion, to be the "away team"; or

(b) does not submit a tip for Matches in an entire Round, the Entrant's tips for that Round will be deemed to be those of the teams determined, in the Promoter's sole discretion, to be the "away teams" up to a maximum of five correct tips for that Round; or

(c) enters the Promotion after the commencement of the first Round of the Season, then the Entrant's tips for those Matches that have been completed will be deemed to be those of the teams determined to be the "away teams" to a maximum of five correct tips for each such Round.

Scoring

9. Subject to the rules relating to failure to tip in clause 8, Entrants will be allocated one point for each correctly selected winning team for a Match.

 

10. In the event of a Match in a given Round being drawn, cancelled, abandoned, not completed or not played for any reason and the AFL does not officially declare a result within three (3) days of the original scheduled date of the Match, it is treated as a win for both teams competing in that Match.

 

 

Overall Ranking

11. Throughout the Season, the Promoter will maintain and publish [https://tipping.collingwoodfc.com.au] a ladder which ranks the Entrants from highest to lowest based on their Scores. To determine the ranking of two or more Entrants that have an equal Score, the Entrant with the lower Cumulative Margin will rank higher than other Entrants with corresponding equal Scores ("Ranking"). 

Major Prize

12. There are five prizes available at the completion of the Season:

  • First place: Two (2) 2026 AFL Grand Final Tickets with Grand Final Breakfast Hospitality (up to the value of $4,000 incl GST) ("First Prize"). Any other ancillary costs, change or other fees, taxes and charges associated with taking the prize are not included.
  • Second place: Two (2) tickets to the 2026 Copeland Trophy on 2 October 2026 at the Crown Palladium (valued at $500 incl GST) (”Second Prize”). All costs associated with attending the event are at the winner’s expense.
  • Third place: signed Collingwood FC 2026 guernsey by members of the 2026 team (valued at $595 incl GST) (“Third Prize”).  [Prize will be sent via registered mail]

The winner of the Major Prize will be determined at the Judging Location at 2:00 pm AEST on or around the 7th September 2026.

The Major Prize winners will be contacted by email within 2 days, and their name will be published on the Website on 14th September 2026.

In the event that the Major Prize is not claimed by 2:00 pm AEDST on 10th September 2026 the Major Prize will be awarded to the Entrant who would be the winner had the original winner been excluded from winning. This Major Prize winner will be contacted by email within 2 working days and their name published on the Website on 19 September 2026.

Sub-Competition

13. Entrants are automatically eligible to win prizes for the following two sub-competitions: 

  • "Gauntlet Competition"; and
  • "Streak Competition"

 

Gauntlet Competition

14. The Gauntlet Competition relates to Round 7 to Round 24 (inclusive) during the Season ("Gauntlet Round"). To remain in the Gauntlet Competition, Entrants must correctly nominate a winning team of their choice (which team they have not previously tipped for the Gauntlet Competition) for each Gauntlet Round. Nominations must be submitted via the Website under the heading 'Gauntlet Competition' ("Gauntlet Tip").

 

15. To participate in the Gauntlet Competition, an Eligible Entrant must enter one (1) tip for each Gauntlet Round (i.e. submit a selection for one (1) team they think will be a Winning Team in that Round), until they either win the Gauntlet Competition or are eliminated (in accordance with these Terms) ("Gauntlet Tip"). An Eligible Entrant may make or change a Gauntlet Tip up until a match has started. Once a match starts, it will be locked. If you have selected a team in that match for your Gauntlet Tip, it will be locked. If you have not, you will not be able to select a Gauntlet Tip for that match. You will have the ability to select another match in that Gauntlet Round provided those matches haven’t started, and therefore been locked. An Eligible Entrant will not be able to submit any further Gauntlet Tips once they are eliminated from the Gauntlet Competition. The Gauntlet Tip is a separate tip from the tips for each Match in that Round submitted for the main Promotion.

16. A Gauntlet Tip will be a "winning tip" if the Eligible Entrant has entered  a Gauntlet Tip in accordance with clause 51 and the team the Eligible Entrant tipped to win the Round is the Winning Team with the highest score in that Round (or, in the case where the highest score that Round is from a Draw, either of the Winning Teams with that score).

17. A team which has been tipped by an Eligible Entrant in one Gauntlet Round cannot be tipped again for a subsequent Gauntlet Round by that Eligible Entrant, for the purposes of this Gauntlet Competition.

18. Each eligible Entrant that has correctly selected a winning team in Round 7 for the purposes of the Gauntlet Competition, will remain in the competition, and may continue submitting their Gauntlet Tip in the following Rounds until they are eliminated.

 

19. Each eligible Entrant that fails to submit a Gauntlet Tip prior to the scheduled starting time of the first match in the relevant Round, or does not correctly nominate a winning team for the relevant Round for the purposes of the Gauntlet Competition, will be eliminated from the Gauntlet Competition and may not continue to submit their Gauntlet Tip for subsequent Gauntlet Rounds. Auto Tips for a Match do not qualify as Gauntlet Tips.

18. The winner of the Gauntlet Competition will be the Entrant who is the last remaining Entrant who has not been eliminated. If this occurs prior to the end of the nominated Gauntlet Rounds, the Gauntlet Competition will end at that point.

 

20. If there are multiple Entrants who have not been eliminated from the Gauntlet Competition at the end of the last Gauntlet Round, then the winner will be the Entrant (among the tied group) who submitted their Round 7 Gauntlet tip earliest.

 

21. It does not matter what day of the week your Gauntlet tip was. If your Gauntlet tip is in the final match of the round and loses, you remain equal with all other entrants who were eliminated in that same round

 

21. The Gauntlet Competition winner will be determined at the Judging Location on or before 2:00 pm AEST on 7 September 2026. The Gauntlet prize winner will be contacted by email within 2 days, and their name will be published on the Website on 14 September 2026. The winner of the Gauntlet Competition will receive from the Promoter a team signed Collingwood FC 2026 Guernsey (valued at $595 incl GST).

 

22. In the event that the Gauntlet prize is not claimed by 2:00 pm AEDST on 10 September 2026, the prize will be awarded to the Entrant who would be the winner of the Gauntlet Competition had the original winner been excluded from winning. This winner will be notified by email within 2 working days, and their name will be published on the Website on 19 September 2026.

 

Streak Competition

23. The Streak Competition runs from the Opening Round to Round 24 (inclusive) during the Season.

 

24. An Eligible Entrant who submits their tips on the “Streak” page is considered an Entrant of Streak ("Streak Entrants"). Streak Entrants do not need to fulfill a minimum amount of tips per week to remain in the Streak Competition, as Streak Entrants may “skip” as many games as they wish to – Streak Entrants may wish to stop playing altogether by ceasing to tip through the “Streak Page” (separate tipping section of the website). Streak Entrants progression is based on the amount of games correctly tipped in a “streak”.

 

25. At the end of the Season, the winner of the Competition will be:

(a) The Streak Entrant who holds the highest number of consecutive correctly tipped games (“Longest Streak”) at any point during the season, as determined by the conclusion of the final round of the season (Round 24).

(b) if there is more than one Streak Entrant with the same longest streak accumulated in the Streak Competition in the last Round of the season, then of those Streak Entrants remaining, the Streak Entrant with the fewer number of skipped games will be ranked higher.

(c) if the Streak Entrants are tied on the number of skipped games, then the Streak Entrant who first submitted their last tip in Round 24 is the winner

(d) if all tied Streak Entrants did not submit a tip in Round 24 then whoever has the earlier registration date is the winner

 

 

26. The Streak Competition winner will be determined at Judging Location on or before 2:00 pm AEST on 7th September 2026. The Streak Competition winner will be contacted by email within 2 days, and their name will be published on the club website 14th September 2026. The winner of the Streak Competition will receive a prize from the Promoter of a team signed Collingwood FC 2026 guernsey (valued at $595 incl GST).

 

27. In the event that the Streak prize is not claimed by 2:00 pm AEDST on 10th September 2026, the prize will be awarded to the Entrant that would have been the winner had the Streak Competition winner been excluded. This winner will be notified by email within 2 working days, and their name will be published on the Website on 19 September 2026.

 

 

Minors

28. If an Entrant is under 18 years, they must have their parent or guardian's consent to enter the Promotion. The Promoter reserves the right to request this consent in writing. If a prize winner is under the age of 18 years, the prize will be awarded to their parent or legal guardian on behalf of the winner.

 

29. Minors may use the prize, but they must have consent from their parent or legal guardian (which the Promoter may request in writing). All Prize Winners (and their parents or legal guardians if they are under 18 years of age) are required to sign a release and indemnity form in favour of the Promoter and return the document to the Promoter prior to taking their prizes.

 

30. A parental or guardian consent referred to in these terms must:

(a) consent to the matters referred to in these terms; and

(b) include the words "in consideration of Collingwood Football Club agreeing to admit the Entrant into this Promotion, [name of Parent or Guardian] agrees to be bound by the terms of entry into the Promotion".

 

General

31. The total prize pool for this promotion is valued at $6,285.00 (incl GST).

 

32. Unless expressly stated otherwise, the winner of a prize in this Promotion is not excluded from winning another prize available as part of this Promotion. All Entrants will be considered in the judging for prizes in this Promotion whether or not they have won another prize in this Promotion.

 

33. Prizes are not transferable or exchangeable for cash. If for any reason a winner does not take the prize (or an element of the prize) at the time stipulated by the Promoter, then the prize (or that element of the prize) will be forfeited. Prizes, or any unused portion of a prize, are not transferable or exchangeable and cannot be taken as cash, unless otherwise specified. 

 

34. Judging of all prizes will be conducted by a representative of the Promoter. The judges' decision for all prizes in this Promotion is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into regarding their decision.

 

35. For the purpose of this Promotion, a Group is treated as a single Entrant. If a Group is the winner of a prize, only one prize is awarded to the Group. The Group (and the individuals who make up the Group) is solely responsible for its actions relating to the Promotion (including for any tips submitted). The Promoter is not required to make any enquiry in relation to the validity of any action of any person forming part of the Group. An individual which forms part of a Group that has entered this Promotion is deemed to have agreed to these terms and the action of the Group in relation to its participation in the Promotion.

 

36. Prize/s are subject to any additional terms and conditions imposed by the relevant supplier or the Promoter

 

37. Incomplete, illegible and incorrect entries or entries containing offensive or defamatory comments, or which breach any law or infringe any third party rights, including intellectual property rights, are not eligible to win.

 

38. It is a condition of taking a prize that the winner must, if requested to do so by the Promoter, verify their identity and sign and return documents relating to their eligibility to enter (including ownership of entry), including a statement of compliance with relevant terms and/or a release of the Promoter's liability in taking prizes.

 

39. If for any reason this Promotion is not capable of running as planned (including if the Collingwood Football Club Magpie Footy Tipping Competition is cancelled for any reason), including due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud or technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Promoter which corrupt or affect administration security, the Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to take any action that maybe available, subject to compliance with any applicable relevant laws and any written directions from a relevant regulatory authority.

 

40. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any entries or tips not received for any reason during the Promotion. Entries and tips will be deemed to be accepted at the time of receipt and not at the time of transmission. No responsibility will be taken for lost, late or misdirected tips or entries. The Promoter is not responsible for technical difficulties with the entry mechanism and does not warrant that the entry mechanism will be available at all times. Errors and omissions may be accepted at the Promoter's discretion. Failure by the Promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights. The Promoter's legal rights to recover damages or other compensation from such an offender are reserved.

 

41. If the Promoter is unable to provide a winner with the nominated prize, the Promoter reserves the right to supply an alternative prize of similar monetary value, subject to any written directions given by State and Territory lottery and gaming departments.

 

42. Any Entrant who, in the opinion of the Promoter, tampers or interferes with the entry mechanism in any way, or who does not properly comply with the entry process, will be ineligible to win.

 

43. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify entries and/or tips in the event of non-compliance with these terms. Notwithstanding the Promoter's rights under these terms to not accept or to subsequently disqualify a Entrant, the Promoter will not be liable for any legal action arising out of any Group name being defamatory, inappropriate, in breach of any third party's rights, or in breach of any law, and any persons forming part of that Group must indemnify the Promoter, its agents, contractors and related companies from any legal action, claim or dispute arising directly or indirectly from any Group name being defamatory, inappropriate, in breach of any third party's rights, or in breach of any law.

 

44. Except for any liability that cannot by law be excluded, including the Non-Excludable Guarantees, the Promoter (including its respective officers, employees and agents) is not responsible for and excludes all liability (including negligence) for:

(a) an Entrant's entry or tips not being received or which are received and subsequently corrupted or rejected by a server of any Website;

(b) any private or public tipping competition which uses or relies upon the Website in any way as a means for collecting and disbursing data, or for conducting a tipping competition;

(c) any lost, misdirected or corrupt entries, tips or emails whether to or from the Website or otherwise;

(d) any loss or damage whatsoever (including but not limited to direct, indirect, special or consequential loss) or personal injury suffered or sustained: 

i. in connection with an Entrant’s participation in the Promotion or the taking of a place; and/or

ii. relating to the conduct of the Promotion however caused, including failure of the Website or incorrect or corrupt data supplied by the Promoter to Entrant.

(e)  any prize claim that is late, lost, altered, damaged or misdirected (whether or not after their receipt by the Promoter) due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter; 

(f) any variation in prize value to that stated in these terms; 

 

(g) if an AFL match is delayed, postponed or cancelled for any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter; and

 

(h) any tax liability incurred by a winner or Entrant; and (g) the prize 

Nothing in these terms limits, excludes or modifies or purports to limit, exclude or modify the statutory consumer guarantees as provided under the Competition and Consumer Act, as well as any other implied warranties the ASIC Act or under applicable consumer protection laws in the States and Territories of Australia ("Non-Excludable Guarantees").

 

Your information and Privacy

 

45. The Club as the Promoter collects personal information ("PI") about you to enter the Collingwood Football Club Magpie Footy Tipping Competition as an individual Entrant or as a Group Entrant, in order to conduct and manage the promotion, to verify your identity and eligibility to enter, to process entries, decide and award prizes, contact winners and publish their names and to comply with its legal obligations. The Club may, for this purpose, disclose such PI to third parties, including but not limited to agents, contractors, service providers, prize suppliers and, as required, to Australian regulatory authorities. It may also publish Entrant's names, tipping score, accumulated winning team points and overall rank in the competition. 

 

46. The PI data collected and processed contains the entrants legal name, email, residency as well as their mobile number

 

47. You agree that the Club can use and disclose to selected third parties your PI for further promotional, marketing and publicity purposes.  If you submit PI of another individual as part of a Group you confirm you have their authority to do so. 

 

48. All PI you provide will be otherwise handled by the Club in accordance with our Privacy Policy available at www.collingwoodfc.com.au/privacy or at the front desk of the KGM Centre or by calling 1300 MAGPIE (1300 62 47 43) which also explains how to request access to or correction of the personal information the Club holds about you, how to make a privacy complaint and how the Club deals with privacy complaints.

 

49. Although you may choose to only provide us with certain information this choice may affect the type and quality of service we provide to you and your ability to participate in the Promotion. If you do not provide accurate information or your information is not complete or you do not consent to your PI being used for these purposes, you may not be able to participate in the promotion. 

 

50. All entries become the property of the Promoter and will be entered into a database. The Promoter will not be held responsible for any loss of reputation, status or otherwise in connection with an Entrant's tipping selections and consequential results.

 

51. An individual may request the deletion of their PI held by Telstra, by telephoning 1800 039 059, or by emailing privacy@online.telstra.com.au.’

 

52. By participating in this Promotion, the Entrant agrees and acknowledges that:

(a) they may be contacted by the Promoter to provide comments about the Tipping Competition and the Promoter (or an agent of the Promoter) may take photos of them;

(b) the Promoter may use and disclose such comments or photos (the "Materials") for the Promoter's future promotional and marketing purposes without further reference or compensation to them;

(c) the Promoter may duplicate, alter, adapt and utilise the Materials as the Promoter wishes at any time, anywhere, and by any means. The Promoter may license, authorise or otherwise transfer the rights in the Materials to others to do the same;

(d) they acknowledge that the Promoter retains all right, title and interest, including copyright, in the Materials and, by participating in the Promotion, they assign to the Promoter on creation of the Materials all right, title and interest which might, but for these terms, vest in them;

(e) they unconditionally and irrevocably consent to any act or omission that would otherwise infringe any of their moral rights in the Materials (as defined in Part IX of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)) and present and future rights of a similar nature conferred by statute anywhere in the world whether occurring before or after this consent is given ("Moral Rights");

(f) they waive all Moral Rights in the Materials that may arise outside Australia; and

(g) they agree not to institute, maintain or support any claim or proceeding for infringement of their Moral Rights in the Materials.

 

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