Finals Week 1 scheduling

[Suma Magic]

If results this weekend go as expected i think the finals will be as follows -

North beat Tigers
Crows beat Cats

Friday Night 8:40 EST (6:10pm WA)
2. West Coast v 3. Hawthorn @ Subiaco
Saturday Arvo
2:00pm WA (3:30pm EST)
1. Fremantle v 4. Sydney @ Subiaco
Saturday night 7:20pm SA
6. Adelaide Crows v 7. Richmond @ Adelaide Oval
Sunday 3:20pm
5. Western Bulldogs v 8.North Melb @MCG


IF Richmond Win
Crows beat Cats

Qualifying Finals SAME

Sat Night 7:50pm
5. Richmond v 8. North Melb @MCG
Sunday 3:20pm
6. W Bulldogs v 7. Adelaide Crows @ MCG

5v8 plays Sunday regardless of which teams line up.

 

[FootyJunkie]

Its funny, about 8 years ago the approach was to give 1st the biggest break going into their first final, so 1st v 4th was on Sunday

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Friday Night 8:40 EST (6:10pm WA)
2. West Coast v 3. Hawthorn @ Subiaco
Saturday Arvo
2:00pm WA (3:30pm EST)
1. Fremantle v 4. Sydney @ Subiaco

Do you even know how timezones work?

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Its funny, about 8 years ago the approach was to give 1st the biggest break going into their first final, so 1st v 4th was on Sunday

And the 2nd prelim was on the Sunday too

 

[dean33]

And the 2nd prelim was on the Sunday too

Ahh yes back in the days when they played finals during the day. Quite strange to think you get 2 day finals in the first week and not another one until the grand final.
Wish they would ditch the Saturday night final in week 2 and 3 and play it during the day instead.

 

[dean33]

Ahh yes back in the days when they played finals during the day. Quite strange to think you get 2 day finals in the first week and not another one until the grand final.
Wish they would ditch the Saturday night final in week 2 and 3 and play it during the day instead.

Actually just thinking about it do they play the sat prelim during the day? Might have been wrong on that one.

 

[FootyJunkie]

And the 2nd prelim was on the Sunday too

Sunday prelim could have happened in 2012 if the nrl finals forced the syd v coll prelim to be played on Sunday... luckily anz stadium wasnt double booked that weekend, scg was under renovations

 

[FootyJunkie]

Ahh yes back in the days when they played finals during the day. Quite strange to think you get 2 day finals in the first week and not another one until the grand final.
Wish they would ditch the Saturday night final in week 2 and 3 and play it during the day instead.

That empty Sunday in Week 2 kind of sucks, but I suppose it allows state leagues to get some exposure with their finals

 

[FootyJunkie]

Actually just thinking about it do they play the sat prelim during the day? Might have been wrong on that one.

Timeslot of the sat prelim depends on venue and who the visiting side is, if there is one.

 

[milhouse1]

Actually just thinking about it do they play the sat prelim during the day? Might have been wrong on that one.

Depends who plays- last few years it has been sat night when involving two vic teams, but if there is a travelling interstate team is has been Saturday twilight

 

[kickazz]

Not sure where all this 5v8 has to be on Sunday and 1v4 has to be on Friday dogma comes from.

1v4 was on Sunday in 2007 for example.

Whenever the afl says they gave 1 a certain timeslot because they deserve it, that is not true. It is just a rationalisation after the fact.

The main thing is that you cannot have a team playing on Friday and a team playing on Sunday play each other the next week. Then you can't have two games at the same ground in Saturday. And a team playing r23 on Sunday can't play the Friday game. All other combinations are legit possibilities

 

[FootyJunkie]

Depends who plays- last few years it has been sat night when involving two vic teams, but if there is a travelling interstate team is has been Saturday twilight

A hawthorn v freo prelim at the mcg would be a 230pm start

 

[kickazz]

Depends who plays- last few years it has been sat night when involving two vic teams, but if there is a travelling interstate team is has been Saturday twilight

2011 it was day. Not exactly ages ago

So many goldfish memories ITT.

 

[FootyJunkie]

If rich and north meet again in week 1, would kinda make sense to have them go at it again on fri night, this time at the 'g....

 

[pacman]

So chances are west coast v Hawks on Friday night. To give freo the no. 1 team the longer break.

No chance that one of the prelims won't be on Friday seeing as there will be 2 prelims @ the same ground

Giving up on your own team is one thing.
I give my side a chance.

 

[milhouse1]

2011 it was day. Not exactly ages ago

So many goldfish memories ITT.

Apologies for my terrible memory- so that one was afternoon not twilight. Guess that gave wc enough time to get home that day.

 

[MYOB]

If 2 v 3 is Friday night, 6 v 7 has to play on Saturday.
If 1 v 4 is Friday night, 5 v 8 has to play on Saturday.

 

[getgaff]

Friday: West Coast V Hawthorn PS
Saturday arvo: Fremantle v Sydney PS
Saturday night: Richmond v North Melbourne MCG
Sunday arvo: Western Bulldogs v Adelaide ES
This will be the fixture. Lock it in. AFL will schedule Syndey in the arvo so they can travel home that night if they lose

The biggest concern with the Swans playing Saturday arvo in Perth is if I remember reading correctly they have a midnight lock out at Sydney airport.

So the game would finish around 7 pm EST, include a 4 to 5 hour flight on top of it and that's already close enough to midnight and not including travel time to the airport and post game media etc. Either way they wouldn't get out of Perth until early Sunday morning unless a special flight is organised.

 

[FootyJunkie]

If 1 v 4 is Friday night, 5 v 8 has to play on Saturday.

Not in 2013

 

[XXRL]

The biggest concern with the Swans playing Saturday arvo in Perth is if I remember reading correctly they have a midnight lock out at Sydney airport.

So the game would finish around 7 pm EST, include a 4 to 5 hour flight on top of it and that's already close enough to midnight and not including travel time to the airport and post game media etc. Either way they wouldn't get out of Perth until early Sunday morning unless a special flight is organised.

Correct - basically the options are the red-eye leaving close to midnight, or staying the night and flying home the next day. The latest flight in the afternoon leaves around 4pm.

 

[Millsie69]

Given Freo are planning on resting 11 players this week, there's no issue with them playing on a 6-day break in the 1st week of Finals given half of their team won't be playing in rnd 23!

Friday Night:
Freo v Sydney

Saturday Arvo:
West Coast v Hawthorn

Saturday night:
Richmond v North
(Or Dogs v North)

Sunday Arvo:
Dogs v Crows
(Or Crows v Tigers)

 

[Suma Magic]

Given Freo are planning on resting 11 players this week, there's no issue with them playing on a 6-day break in the 1st week of Finals given half of their team won't be playing in rnd 23!

Friday Night:
Freo v Sydney

Saturday Arvo:
West Coast v Hawthorn

Saturday night:
Richmond v North
(Or Dogs v North)

Sunday Arvo:
Dogs v Crows
(Or Crows v Tigers)

Only problem with this is that it doesn't align with the winner of 1v4 getting a Friday night prelim.

 

[PVF]

Does the team that finishes first actually get a say in the matter?

 

[FootyJunkie]

Carlton v Box Hill
Port Adelaide v Peel Thunder

Does the team that finishes first actually get a say in the matter?

AFL finishes first, so they have a say in the matter.

 

[Suma Magic]

Does the team that finishes first actually get a say in the matter?

No. But the AFL will give 1st the Friday night prelim unless there is a reason not to.