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AFL X
AFL Season
- The Suns will play Geelong at Riverway Stadium in Townsville on March 4 in what will be the first time both clubs have played since Ablett’s trade back to the Cats earlier this month.
- WEDNESDAY night football will be trialed in next year's pre-season with the AFL scheduling two games in the timeslot despite shortening the JLT Community Series. These games will be at Princes Park.
- Teams will play only two matches each, and all non-Victorian teams won't travel for their second match.
- there will be no double-headers with AFLW.
- The shortened pre-season format will be played across a three-week stretch and wind up on March 11.
- All games will be broadcast on Fox.
- Full JLT Series Fixture is here.
AFL X
- AFL general manager of clubs and broadcasting Travis Auld said: "We're not really in a position to formalise both the format and when we might program AFLX games or a carnival."
- The 2018 NAB AFL Women’s Competition will kick off with Carlton v Collingwood on Friday night, February 2 here at Ikon Park.
- Full AFLW Fixture here.
AFL Season
- Traditional rivals Richmond and Carlton would again open the season on a Thursday night
- WEST Coast has beaten Fremantle for the right to host the historic first AFL match at the new $1.5 billion Perth Stadium in round one next year.
- NORTH Melbourne will open its 2018 season in Cairns with a clash against the Gold Coast Suns at Cazaly Stadium.
- MELBOURNE will again play two 'home' games in the Northern Territory during the home and away season next year, hosting Adelaide in Alice Springs and Fremantle in Darwin.
- FREMANTLE has won a bonus game at Perth Stadium in 2018 after missing out on the rights to host the first AFL clash at the new venue next season. Fremantle will pay an agreed fee to the Suns, who are unable to host games at their Metricon Stadium home early in the season due to Commonwealth Games commitments at the venue.
- FULL FIXTURE PDF
- Round 1:
Thursday, March 22
Richmond v Carlton at MCG (7.25pm) -
Friday, March 23
Essendon v Adelaide at Etihad Stadium (7.50pm)
Saturday, March 24
St Kilda v Brisbane Lions at Etihad Stadium (3.35pm)
Port Adelaide v Fremantle at Adelaide Oval (4.35pm)
Gold Coast Suns v North Melbourne at Cazaly’s Stadium, Cairns (7.25pm)
Hawthorn v Collingwood at MCG (7.25pm)
Sunday, March 25
GWS Giants v Western Bulldogs at Manuka Oval, Canberra (1.10pm)
Melbourne v Geelong at MCG (3.20pm)
West Coast Eagles v Sydney Swans at Perth Stadium (7.10pm)
- A Thursday night rematch of the 2017 grand final will launch the AFL's Easter holiday round with reigning premier Richmond being sent to Adelaide for the Tigers' first away game of 2018.
- St Kilda will play Good Friday football for the first time, replacing the Western Bulldogs as North Melbourne's opponent. The Kangaroos will host the twilight clash at Etihad Stadium on Good Friday, rewarded for the resources they dedicated to this year's historic game
- Geelong will host Carlton for the first time in 21 years when the two teams clash at soon-to-be-renamed GMHBA Stadium in 2018.
- The Crows, who open their season on Friday, March 23, against Essendon at Etihad Stadium, requested an opponent with a large supporter base for their first Adelaide Oval clash after opening last season with a home game against Greater Western Sydney.
- Richmond will also play on Anzac Eve at the MCG against Melbourne.
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