2013 Fixture Released:

[Manimal_Dunstan]

- 8 Twilight Games, 6 in a row mid season.
- Play Fremantle, Gold Coast, Richmond, Sydney, Carlton Twice.
- Three MCG Home Games
- Interstate Games against Fremantle, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide & Sydney

 

[SaintLex]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/150422/default.aspx

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Round 1:​

Saturday, March 30 ​

Gold Coast SUNS​

Metricon Stadium​

Away​

6.40pm​

Round 2:​

Friday, April 5 ​

Richmond​

MCG​

Home​

7.50pm​

Round 3:​

Saturday, April 13 ​

GWS GIANTS​

Manuka Oval​

Away​

4.40pm​

Round 4:​

Saturday, April 20 ​

Essendon​

Etihad Stadium​

Home​

4.40pm​

Round 5:​

Thursday, April 25​

Sydney Swans​

Westpac Stadium​

Home​

7.40pm​

Round 6:​

Friday, May 3 ​

Collingwood​

Etihad Stadium​

Away​

7.50pm​

Round 7:​

Monday, May 13 ​

Carlton​

Etihad Stadium​

Home​

7.40pm​

Round 8:​

Sunday, May 19 ​

Adelaide Crows​

AAMI Stadium​

Away​

4.10pm​

Round 9:​

Saturday, May 25 ​

Western Bulldogs​

Etihad Stadium​

Home​

4.40pm​

Round 10:​

Sunday, June 2 ​

North Melbourne​

Etihad Stadium​

Away​

4.40pm​

Round 11:​

Sunday, June 9 ​

West Coast Eagles​

Etihad Stadium​

Home​

4.40pm​

Round 12:​

Bye​

Round 13:​

Saturday, June 22​

Melbourne​

MCG​

Home​

4.40pm​

Round 14:​

Sunday, June 30 ​

Richmond​

MCG​

Away​

4.40pm​

Round 15:​

Sunday, July 7 ​

Fremantle​

Patersons Stadium​

Away​

1.15pm​

Round 16:​

Saturday, July 13 ​

Carlton​

Etihad Stadium​

Away​

7.40pm​

Round 17:​

Saturday, July 20 ​

Port Adelaide​

Etihad Stadium​

Home​

2.10pm​

Round 18:​

Saturday, July 27 ​

Geelong Cats​

Simonds Stadium​

Away​

7.40pm​

Round 19:​

Saturday, August 3 ​

Brisbane Lions​

Gabba​

Away​

7.40pm​

Round 20:​

Friday, August 9 ​

Hawthorn​

Etihad Stadium​

Home​

7.50pm​

Round 21:​

Sunday, August 18 ​

Sydney Swans​

SCG​

Away​

3.15pm​

Round 22:​

Sunday, August 25 ​

Gold Coast SUNS​

Etihad Stadium​

Home​

1.10pm​

Round 23:​

TBC​

Fremantle​

Etihad Stadium​

Home​

TBC​

Thoughts on our fixture for 2013?

 

[hayes]

Just to clarify some of those twilight games are Saturday as well, not just Sunday.

EDIT: Beaten to the punch.

 

[stkildathunda]

Looks pretty good, wonder why we are stuck playing the Saturday before ANZAC Day though, surely make more sense to have it Friday night, but then again AFL has to look after Pies so they'll be playing then!!

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

Have to play Geelong at Geelong on a Saturday night.

 

[SaintLex]

Only 1 trip to Perth vs Freo and 1 trip to Adelaide vs Crows. Very happy about that!

On the other hand, not as happy about the game vs Geelong at Simmonds

 

[Manimal_Dunstan]

Have to play Geelong at Geelong on a Saturday night.

We have to beat the best anywhere to be the best. So hopefully we can.

 

[hayes]

Hey hey, why do we have to go down to Geelong? I thought those days were over?

 

[Manimal_Dunstan]

Only 1 trip to Perth vs Freo and 1 trip to Adelaide vs Crows. Very happy about that!

On the other hand, not as happy about the game vs Geelong at Simmonds

About time we play Port & West Coast in Melbourne. But i find it hard to believe we AGAIN have to play Brisbane at the Gabba haven't played them in Melbourne since 2009!

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

We have to beat the best anywhere to be the best. So hopefully we can.

Always drawn good crowds when we've played them at the G or Etihad. A Saturday night in Geelong???? Please! Good luck getting a ticket!

 

[kongo]

Looks pretty good, wonder why we are stuck playing the Saturday before ANZAC Day though, surely make more sense to have it Friday night, but then again AFL has to look after Pies so they'll be playing then!!

Hmmm, that is a bit annoying - Sydney are playing at the SCG that Friday before flying to NZ

 

[Manimal_Dunstan]

Always drawn good crowds when we've played them at the G or Etihad. A Saturday night in Geelong???? Please! Good luck getting a ticket!

Yeah true. Very odd i guess they probably only thought of the Geelong crowd or something.

 

[hayes]

We have to beat the best anywhere to be the best. So hopefully we can.

It means about 20,000 people miss out.

EDIT: Beaten again, can't take a trick.

 

[Manimal_Dunstan]

It means about 20,000 people miss out.

EDIT: Beaten again, can't take a trick.

I wasn't thinking of the crowd i was thinking more of us winning everywhere to be the best. But i agree with you on this. strange.

 

[Manimal_Dunstan]

TV FIXTURE:
Round 1 V Gold Coast: Channel 7
Round 2 V Richmond: Channel 7
Round 3 V GWS: Foxtel
Round 4 V Essendon: Foxtel
Round 5 V Sydney: Foxtel
Round 6 V Collingwood: Channel 7
Round 7 V Carlton: Channel 7
Round 8 V Adelaide: Foxtel
Round 9 V Western Bulldogs: Foxtel
Round 10 V North Melbourne: Foxtel
Round 11 V West Coast: Foxtel
Round 12 V Bye:
Round 13 V Melbourne: Foxtel
Round 14 V Richmond: Foxtel
Round 15 V Fremantle: Channel 7
Round 16 V Carlton: Channel 7
Round 17 V Port Adelaide: Foxtel
Round 18 V Geelong: Channel 7
Round 19 V Brisbane: Foxtel
Round 20 V Hawthorn: Channel 7
Round 21 V Sydney: Channel 7
Round 22 V Gold Coast: Foxtel
Round 23 V Fremantle: TBC.

 

[aussierulesrules]

Play Friday night games against Coll, Haw and Rich.

Carlton on a Monday night.

Just 3 games at the MCG- Richmond twice and Melb once.

11 games at Etihad. First in R4.

Only one Saturday night game at Etihad for the whole year. From memory we haven't lost one of those during the H&A rounds since about 2003, so that is pity to just get the one of them.

Six games that we would start very short in the betting in (if they were played tomorrow) and the rest are all looking like even money bets or worse, so if we play finals next year we'll have earned it. Need to get off to a good start, as there are plenty (6) of tough looking games in the first 8.

Apparently North have a brutally tough draw, while Adelaide have another piss-easy one. I hear that Carlton's start to the year is so easy they could be 11-0 at the half way point!

 

[Manimal_Dunstan]

Play Friday night games against Coll, Haw and Rich. Only one Saturday night game at Etihad for the whole year. From memory we haven't lost one of those during the H&A rounds since about 2003, so that is pity to just get the one of them.

Apparently North have a brutally tough draw, while Adelaide have another piss-easy one. I hear that Carlton's start to the year is so easy they could be 11-0 at the half way point!

They vs the mighty saints so maybe 10-1.

 

[Sunshine Saint]

- 8 Twilight Games, 6 in a row mid season.
- Play Fremantle, Gold Coast, Richmond, Sydney, Carlton Twice.
- Three MCG Home Games
- Interstate Games against Fremantle, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide & Sydney

Hooray two games with Saints in Queensland.

 

[SaintLex]

150 days until St Kilda vs Gold Coast, round 1 2013
Get stoked!

 

[aussierulesrules]

 

[L_W_P]

I like it. Seems very fair for where we finished on the ladder. Some easy stuff but some toughies. Those games against Richmond are going to be absolutely vital to both teams playing finals.

Finishing with 2 games at Etihad to lead (hopefully) into finals should help us get some momentum going

 

[Sainttony]

They are actually coming to me in round 3. Can't believe it.

 

[aussierulesrules]

Was hoping that they might have done us some favours, as we missed the finals this year and are supposedly "on the decline", but we've been hit with a draw that has been rated as a fair bit more difficult than Adelaide's (who just missed the granny) and pretty much on a par with Sydney (who just won the flag) and Freo, who are clearly on the up and won a final this year, so that hasn't happened.

Looking at who is likely to improve next year, it is also quite possible that 4 of the 5 teams we play twice will make the finals next year (Sydney, Freo, Carlton, Richmond), so that makes it more difficult.

Glad that we don't have as many 6-day breaks though, that's something.

 

[hayes]

The more good teams we play the better. Gives you more of an idea of where we really are and I'd rather that than be like North last year.

 

[stkildathunda]

@stkildafc: @stkildathunda currently in discussion with a club on a replacement game for NZ. hoping to have this locked in and communicated next week