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International Rules
- Sunday 12 November - International Rules - Adelaide Oval
- Saturday 18 November - International Rules - Domain Stadium
- Tuesday 3 October – Friday 6 October – AFL Draft Combine
- Friday 6 October – AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period Commences
- Monday 9 October 9am – NAB AFL Trade Period Commences
- Sunday 15 October 5pm – Close of AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period
- Wednesday 18 October – AFL Restricted Free Agency Matching Offer Period Ends
- Thursday 19 October 2pm – NAB AFL Trade Period Closes
- Friday 20 October 5pm – Application to Relist a Player Close
- Tuesday 31 October 2pm – List Lodgement 1 (Rookie Promotion to Primary List; Retained 2nd & 3rd Year Rookies; International Scholarship Player; Alternate Talent Player Nominations; Nomination of Draft Eligible Father/Son; Northern Academy, Next Generation Academy Players Lodged; TPP Pre-Season Estimates (1).)
- Wednesday 1 November – AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (1) Commences
- Wednesday 8 November - AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (1) Closes
- Thursday 9 November 2pm – List Lodgement (2); TPP Pre-Season Estimates (2)
- Friday 10 November – AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (2) Commences
- Friday 17 November 5pm – AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (2) Closes (Delisted Primary List Draft Nomination Form Lodgement; Non–Retained Rookie Players Draft Nomination Form Lodgement; Players Not Registered or Played for Three years Rookie List Form lodgement; New or Expired (after 3 years) Draft Nomination Form Lodgement, AFL Father-Son Bidding Nominations, Final Draft Nomination Form Lodgement.)
- Monday 20 November – First to fourth-year players recommence training
- Friday. 24 November - 2017 AFL Draft, Sydney
- Saturday 25 November – AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period (3) Commences
- Sunday 26 November 2pm – AFL Delisted Free Agency Period (3) Concludes
- Monday 27 November – AFL Club List Lodgement (3)
- Monday 27 November 5pm – NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft Selection Meeting
- Monday 27 November 5.05pm – Notification of Pre-Selected Rookies if not selected in the Pre-Season Draft.
- Monday 27 November 5.10pm – NAB AFL Rookie Draft Selection Meeting
- Wednesday 29 November 2pm – Final AFL Club List Lodgement
- Thursday 22 March, 2018 - Season begins
- Note: AFL Womens trade period was held in May 2017.
- Tuesday 3 October - AFL Womens Combines
- Wednesdsay 18 October - AFL Womens Draft
- No season commence date yet.