2026 Fixture Discussion - Release is Nigh

[Elite Pete]

Nothing in there says we will get 4x double ups right, just that it's possible?

Correct but if a one win team doesn’t get it, hard to see any one getting it right?…….

 

[bzparkes]

Nothing in there says we will get 4x double ups right, just that it's possible?

I look forward to our double ups next season:

2x Geelong - So Harley can sing the Cats song twice.

2x Collingwood - So Harley at least gets that true MCG experience of playing in front of a big crowd. Might happen twice if Collingwood simply refuse to travel.

2x Hawthorn - So Mitchell can get a 2nd(3rd) date.

2x Brisbane, both at Gabba - So Harley can fund the AFL Xmas party with his fine money.

 

[Ochre]

Correct but if a one win team doesn’t get it, hard to see any one getting it right?…….

I assume it's been done more for logistical reasons though, giving St Kilda or the Dogs or GC or someone random 4x in their third allows the AFL to end up more easily schedule all the Collingwood blockbusters they want for example.

 

[Elite Pete]

I assume it's been done more for logistical reasons though, giving St Kilda or the Dogs or GC or someone random 4x in their third allows the AFL to end up more easily schedule all the Collingwood blockbusters they want for example.

No doubt that would be a reason but the afl also will try to avoid 1 win seasons as much as they can but it’s the afl so who knows.

 

[Selurs]

Yeah, "can" doing a lot of heavy lifting. Reckon we'll be lucky to get 3 against the bottom four.

Related but not the same thing, at times it's felt like they've been trying their best to give us double ups against the bottom 6 team "most likely to rise", but this year I genuinely find it hard to see any of the bottom 6 getting better and out of the bottom 6, so...now I don't know! ¯\(ツ)/¯

 

[oak79]

The AFL needs to prevent the non Victorian clubs travelling every second week. They have to figure out a way to allow each team a 4 week stint at home.

So for us...
Round 1-9 home and away

Round 10-15
Home game
Dockers home game
Home game
Norf home game Bunbury
Home game
Bye
Home game

Round 16-23 home and away

So first 9 weeks and last 8 weeks travel every second week, but broken up with 7 weeks in Perth in the middle of the year.

We're playing "away" v North at optus in 26, not Bunbury

 

[Farang83150]

Feels wrong agreeing with Barrett but can't stand the top 10 finals, kn stupid idea.

 

[Doashuey]

What's the most remote part of SA imaginable for them to schedule it at? Snowtown?

Probably Coober Peady or its lesser known satelite town of Andamooka. Unlike Coober Peady where they dig into the ground to build houses out of the heat, the ground at Andamooka is too hard to dig into so they just shovel gravel and shit atop the tin sheds that pass for dwellings.
This should advantage WCE with the likeness to MRP.

EDIT: I see beaten to the punch by Elite Pete.

Just to further paint the picture, when I was there as a kid in the early 90s, the Andamooka pub had a public vote on the upgrade of the main street. Should it be:
A) Bitumen?
B) Gravel?
C) Leave it as it is?
































D) Jack Watts

 

[Chris_6678]

Whats the bet we play the Tigers in Tazzie.

 

[stallon]

Hopefully our bye comes a bit earlier next year. We could have done with it a couple of rounds earlier this year. Team was running on fumes.

A slightly more mature list with better depth that is ready for AFL - like adding both Dev and Fin Macrae should go a long way to help this.
More players ready for AFL(particularly ready for midfield time) means we can rest players more readily, or just manage them in game

That being said I hope we arent the first bye anyway

 

[Elite Pete]

Whats the bet we play the Tigers in Tazzie.

Sounds like it’s Brissy heading there the first year.

Tigers will want us at the G anyway. Winnable game in front of their fans

 

[DorothyG]

Whats the bet we play the Tigers in Tazzie.

Warming up the vocal chords for the flight back with the boys after a 100pt loss

 

[southcoast]

Whats the bet we play the Tigers in Tazzie.

Was just going to say the same.

Saw this article in The West and bingo, while no teams are named my guess aligns with yours.

https://archive.md/Psq1Y

 

[Elite Pete]

 

[Barrybran]

Playing home games at Ninja Stadium, it's not too late for Tasmania to call their team the Turtles

 

[NeedForTheReids]

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

 

[mad_eagle]

• Geelong anywhere but alphabet stadium
• Potential North double up @ Optus

Decent start to the leaks

 

[PremiershipNo4]

Much rather play Geelong in Norwood than at the Cattery.
Massive win for WC, hopefully an honourable performance rather than a 15 goal percentage crushing loss.

 

[southcoast]

Much rather play Geelong in Norwood than at the Cattery.
Massive win for WC, hopefully an honourable performance rather than a 15 goal percentage crushing loss.

Hold your excitement - wait until full fixtures are released.

We may get return game at the Cattery.

 

[Cuzz09]

Whats the bet we play the Tigers in Tazzie.

I read that as Tigers in Gaza

 

[Cuzz09]

Was hoping we'd play at Norwood or Barossa but v cats is just not enjoyable.

V melb or Stk would've been at least a tad of hope

 

[HoneyBadger35]

 

[Wooshaaaa]

So Geelong listed as the first team. So it's there home game. If we do play them again, it should be at Optus.

 

[FatPizza]

We've already been told through our memberships that we were getting 12 'home' games, so playing Geelong away twice would've made the fixture a little weird(er).