Round 23 Announced

[G0ther00s]

• Collingwood v Hawthorn - MCG - Friday, August 29 - 7:50 PM
• Carlton v Essendon - MCG - Saturday, August 30 - 1:45 PM
• Fremantle v Port Adelaide - PS - Saturday, August 30 - 1:10 PM
• Sydney v Richmond - ANZ - Saturday, August 30 - 4:40 PM
• North Melbourne v Melbourne - ES - Saturday, August 30 - 7:40 PM
• Geelong v Brisbane - SS - Saturday, August 30 - 7:40 PM
• Gold Coast v West Coast - MS - Sunday, August 31 - 1:10 PM
• Adelaide v St Kilda - AO - Sunday, August 31 - 2:50 PM
• Western Bulldogs v GWS - ES - Sunday, August 31 - 4:40 PM

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

A Vic-based night game for us (Y) Just our fourth for the year, and third involving another Victorian team.

 

[blue harvest]

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/round-23-fixture.1070272/page-3

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/round-23-when-do-the-game-times-get-announced.1070372/

 

[SCARD]

• Collingwood v Hawthorn - MCG - Friday, August 29 - 7:50 PM
• Carlton v Essendon - MCG - Saturday, August 30 - 1:45 PM
• Fremantle v Port Adelaide - PS - Saturday, August 30 - 1:10 PM
• Sydney v Richmond - ANZ - Saturday, August 30 - 4:40 PM
• North Melbourne v Melbourne - ES - Saturday, August 30 - 7:40 PM
• Geelong v Brisbane - SS - Saturday, August 30 - 7:40 PM
• Gold Coast v West Coast - MS - Sunday, August 31 - 1:10 PM
• Adelaide v St Kilda - AO - Sunday, August 31 - 2:50 PM
• Western Bulldogs v GWS - ES - Sunday, August 31 - 4:40 PM

What a surprise! Hawthorn and Collingwood protected again.

 

[Watson_my_mind]

Seems pretty standard, although I thought the Cats and Bombers games would be swapped

 

[theaflife]

What a surprise! Hawthorn and Collingwood protected again.

Collingwood played on a Sunday last year in round 23.. Plus I doubt we will make finals anyway..

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

What a surprise! Hawthorn and Collingwood protected again.

Well it was either Freo v Port or Collingwood v Hawthorn on the Friday night, given that only those two games feature two sides with a realistic chance of making the finals. Hawthorn v Collingwood is a blockbuster so it gets top billing. Fairly obvious.

 

[the harry]

Probably about as good as it could have been done.

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

What a surprise! Hawthorn and Collingwood protected again.

How is Hawthorn being protected by getting 2 6-day breaks in a row?

Well it was either Freo v Port or Collingwood v Hawthorn on the Friday night, given that only those two games feature two sides with a realistic chance of making the finals. Hawthorn v Collingwood is a blockbuster so it gets top billing. Fairly obvious.

We were never going to get the Friday night game as we play Sunday in R22

Edit:

Also, FWIW. I think rounds 21-23 should be up in the air, to eliminate any chance of back-to-back 6 day breaks or 6 day breaks v 8 day breaks (Hawthorn with b2b 6 day breaks and Fremantle with a 6 day break v Port with an 8 day break - plus we are coming from Brisbane the week before). They are the only real issues I have with R23

 

[HBF]

Carlton v Essendon should draw a massive crowd if it's a half decent day in Melbourne.

 

[PattoMan99]

FFS another sunday twilight s**t time slot for the dog. Who would've guessed?

 

[Hamingja]

FFS another sunday twilight s**t time slot for the dog. Who would've guessed?

Make the finals, then complain. That match was always going to be the last one with two teams not in finals contention.

 

[hcd199]

North v Melbourne or Geelong v Brisbane, which is likely to be the Saturday night free-to-air game? Can't find anything about television slots on the AFL site, presumably the other three would be Collingwood/Hawthorn (Friday night), Carlton/Essendon (Saturday afternoon) and Adelaide/St Kilda (Sunday afternoon) but this one's not clear.

 

[Igloo]

I thought for sure we'd get the Friday night slot.

 

[Air_Chester]

Carlton v Essendon should draw a massive crowd if it's a half decent day in Melbourne.

It should do if Essendon need to win to make the finals, both sets of fans would show up for that.

If the Bombers are locked in it's a dead rubber and 55k max.

 

[the harry]

FFS another sunday twilight s**t time slot for the dog. Who would've guessed?

Two bottom 6 teams......

 

[Slawk]

FFS another sunday twilight s**t time slot for the dog. Who would've guessed?

No s**t, Dogs and Giants shafted with another 215 day break after the last round.

 

[Prince Imperial]

Make the finals, then complain. That match was always going to be the last one with two teams not in finals contention.

It's our third home game in this timeslot for the year (without the next day being a public holiday) and the AFL would have very strongly suspected this would be the case when they did the 2014 draw and scheduled us for a round 23 home game against last year's wooden spooners. Gold Coast have not had to endure one Sunday twilight home game in four years. All 18 clubs should share equally the burden of Sunday twilight (local time) matches.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

FFS another sunday twilight s**t time slot for the dog. Who would've guessed?

North v Melbourne got that timeslot, last H&A game of the season, a few years ago when neither was in contention but both were thought to be up and coming. It was a cracking game that everyone who saw it enjoyed a lot. Wouldn't be surprised of Dogs v Giants went the same way.

 

[Pal22]

North v Melbourne or Geelong v Brisbane, which is likely to be the Saturday night free-to-air game? Can't find anything about television slots on the AFL site, presumably the other three would be Collingwood/Hawthorn (Friday night), Carlton/Essendon (Saturday afternoon) and Adelaide/St Kilda (Sunday afternoon) but this one's not clear.

According to this article - Cats vs Lions is the FTA game that night!
http://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2014-07-29/cats-and-lions-confirmed-for-saturday-night

 

[Micksy]

Jeebus...another night game at the cattery. Another game I won't be going to.

 

[hcd199]

According to this article - Cats vs Lions is the FTA game that night!
http://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2014-07-29/cats-and-lions-confirmed-for-saturday-night

Respective article on the North site confirms that North v Melbourne is on Fox, so the two together seem fairly definitive:
http://www.nmfc.com.au/news/2014-07-29/round-23-confirmed

 

[Dirty Bird]

North v Melbourne or Geelong v Brisbane, which is likely to be the Saturday night free-to-air game? Can't find anything about television slots on the AFL site, presumably the other three would be Collingwood/Hawthorn (Friday night), Carlton/Essendon (Saturday afternoon) and Adelaide/St Kilda (Sunday afternoon) but this one's not clear.

Geelong-Brisbane is the Saturday night 7 game.

 

[Dirty Bird]

Jeebus...another night game at the cattery. Another game I won't be going to.

What's the problem with Saturday night games?

I fully understand the Friday Night and Thursday night arguments. But is Saturday night really that much of an issue?

 

[Crawb]

Holy s**t we got an FTA game