WE HAVE a new leader at the top of the AFL.com.au leaderboard after Marc McGowan's six tips in round eight took him past Paul Bastin (four).

McGowan is also among three reporters left in the knockout Gauntlet competition where you select your lock of the round.

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Below are this week's expert tips, including the Gauntlet* selection, where once you pick a team, you can't pick that team again. The last tipster standing will win $1000.

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MARC McGOWAN

West Coast (34 points)
Collingwood
Adelaide
Geelong
Essendon
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Richmond
Greater Western Sydney
Total: 46
Gauntlet tip*: Greater Western Sydney

PAUL BASTIN

WAYNE CAREY

West Coast
Collingwood
Adelaide
Geelong
North Melbourne
Fremantle
Port Adelaide
Richmond
Greater Western Sydney
Total: 45

SARAH BLACK

CAMPBELL BROWN

West Coast
Collingwood
Adelaide
Geelong
North Melbourne
Fremantle
Port Adelaide
Richmond
Greater Western Sydney
Total: 43

TRAVIS KING

ADAM CURLEY

West Coast (29 points)
Collingwood
Brisbane
Geelong
Essendon
Sydney
Port Adelaide
Hawthorn
Greater Western Sydney
Total: 42

RILEY BEVERIDGE

West Coast (26 points)
Collingwood
Brisbane
Geelong
Essendon
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Richmond
Greater Western Sydney
Total: 41

CALLUM TWOMEY

West Coast (32 points)
Collingwood
Brisbane
Geelong
Essendon
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Richmond
Greater Western Sydney
Total: 41

LEE GASKIN

West Coast (25 points)
Collingwood
Adelaide
Geelong
Fremantle
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Richmond
Greater Western Sydney
Total: 41

NAT EDWARDS

West Coast (16 points)
Collingwood
Brisbane
Geelong
Essendon
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Richmond
Greater Western Sydney
Total: 40

DINNY NAVARATNAM

West Coast (23 points)
Collingwood
Adelaide
Geelong
Essendon
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Richmond
Greater Western Sydney
Total: 40

MICHAEL WHITING

West Coast (20 points)
Collingwood
Brisbane
Geelong
Essendon
Sydney
Port Adelaide
Richmond
Greater Western Sydney
Total: 39
Gauntlet tip*: Greater Western Sydney

MITCH CLEARY

West Coast (11 points)
Collingwood
Brisbane
Geelong
Essendon
Sydney
Port Adelaide
Richmond
Greater Western Sydney
Total: 39

DAMIAN BARRETT

West Coast (31 points)
Collingwood
Adelaide
Geelong
Essendon
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Hawthorn
Greater Western Sydney
Total: 38
Gauntlet tip*: Port Adelaide

BEN COLLINS

West Coast (34 points)
Collingwood
Brisbane
Geelong
Essendon
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Richmond
Greater Western Sydney
Total: 37

TOTALS

West Coast 16-0 Melbourne
Collingwood 16-0 St Kilda
Brisbane 8-8 Adelaide
Geelong 16-0 Western Bulldogs
Essendon 12-4 Fremantle
North Melbourne 13-3 Sydney
Port Adelaide 16-0 Gold Coast
Richmond 14-2 Hawthorn
Greater Western Sydney 16-0 Carlton