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Not confirmed but apparently round 1 will be released tomorrow/Saturday night.
Fixture 2023 Fixture News & Leaks : Round 1 Released, see OP
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We played Gold Coast @ Adelaide Oval on Good Friday in 2021 and all SANFL games were played on Good Friday this year.
Playing Good Friday is not an issue.
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West Coast played Port on Good Friday in 2019, and the return fixture was supposed to be played in 2020 before the whole year went to s**t.
Having two National teams playing Good Friday night seems a no brainer, 7 Melbourne can still run that fundraiser into Victoria without hurting the rest of us.
It's a perfect marquee South Australian game (Good Friday, city of Churches, the marketing is already half done), but with the Magic Round the week after WA works too. Just give us something good.
I didn't say there'd be an issue with playing it. I'm entirely advocating for it.
The issue I'm pointing out is that South Australia has archaic rules around pubs/clubs/shops on Good Friday and more broadly. If they relaxed those and there was a Showdown on Good Friday it could be a massive shot in the arm for the Adelaide economy.
I'd even love to go over and have a look if it were on every year so it could very much gain the sort of status that the Adelaide Test gets. Certainly more interesting than watching a telethon or North Melbourne get beaten by fifteen goals.
Not really a leak but most likely no football in round 1 at Optus because of Ed Sheeran concert.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...e/news-story/e2f16cc9b3f5567a462a7a7a86739eb2
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...e/news-story/e2f16cc9b3f5567a462a7a7a86739eb2
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Not sure how this impacts as it's the Sunday the week before opening round
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Anyone got the full article? Does the description imply the AFL might have magic round over round 1 because of this?
Herald Sun (Jon Ralph)
The league’s Magic Round and an Ed Sheeran concert tour across Australia have caused fixturing headaches that will require the AFL to dodge Optus Stadium as a Round 1 venue next year.
English pop star Sheeran plays in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth across early March in a tour that requires venues to have at least eight days to replace enough turf to return them to an AFL-ready state.
The grounds believed they had that time under an AFL fixture on March 23 but approval for the round 5 Magic Round in Adelaide has changed those plans.
The season will now start a week earlier, on March 16, to allow the league to slot in 24 home-and-away weeks plus finals.
The Herald Sun can reveal Optus Stadium has told the AFL they will not be ready for a round 1 game given they will not have enough time to replace turf and bump out the Sheeran stage to ensure it was safe for AFL footballers.
Sheeran plays a one-off concert at Optus Stadium on Sunday 12 March, which means even a Sunday AFL clash in round 1 would see the venue coming up a day short of that eight-day requirement.
Melbourne’s MCG will replace some turf but given Sheeran plays at the ground on March 2 and 3 their grounds staff will have 13 days to get the ground into AFL shape.
The Herald Sun revealed last month the AFL will do away with last year’s season opener involving the previous year’s Grand Finalists and instead return to a Carlton-Richmond Thursday season opener at the MCG.
Clubs will be able to play a practice game against another club ahead of the season on the weekend of February 25-26, an AFL-approved practice match between March 2-5, and then the season will kick off across March 16-19.
The MCG expects three huge opening games - including a Thursday and Friday night game - and could even have a fourth game given the unavailability of Optus Stadium.
“It will be fine. We will have to replace a bit of turf with it but we have done that plenty of times. We will be right to go,” MCC boss Stuart Fox told the Herald Sun on Friday.
The league will have to schedule both West Coast and Fremantle away in round 1 and then both at home in round 2 before returning to a schedule where one plays at home and one interstate.
It would have been a perfect opportunity for the AFL to launch Fremantle’s season with a round 1 sellout at Optus Stadium given the hype about their flag hopes and Luke Jackson’s arrival.
Adelaide Oval will host Sheeran on Tuesday March 7, which means the venue will have more than a week to get ship-shape before Adelaide or Port Adelaide host a round 1 clash at the venue.
The Sheeran “in-the-round” production will have thousands of fans on the grounds but it is the vast stage down on the ground for multiple days that will require venues to replace turf.
In contrast to the bad old days of Telstra Stadium’s ‘Death Valley’, replaced turf can look and feel better than turf for players but needs some days to be bedded down and rolled.
Seven News reported on Thursday the league was also considering scheduling an Indigenous All Stars v World game in February that would highlight players from multicultural backgrounds.
The league’s Magic Round and an Ed Sheeran concert tour across Australia have caused fixturing headaches that will require the AFL to dodge Optus Stadium as a Round 1 venue next year.
English pop star Sheeran plays in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth across early March in a tour that requires venues to have at least eight days to replace enough turf to return them to an AFL-ready state.
The grounds believed they had that time under an AFL fixture on March 23 but approval for the round 5 Magic Round in Adelaide has changed those plans.
The season will now start a week earlier, on March 16, to allow the league to slot in 24 home-and-away weeks plus finals.
The Herald Sun can reveal Optus Stadium has told the AFL they will not be ready for a round 1 game given they will not have enough time to replace turf and bump out the Sheeran stage to ensure it was safe for AFL footballers.
Sheeran plays a one-off concert at Optus Stadium on Sunday 12 March, which means even a Sunday AFL clash in round 1 would see the venue coming up a day short of that eight-day requirement.
Melbourne’s MCG will replace some turf but given Sheeran plays at the ground on March 2 and 3 their grounds staff will have 13 days to get the ground into AFL shape.
The Herald Sun revealed last month the AFL will do away with last year’s season opener involving the previous year’s Grand Finalists and instead return to a Carlton-Richmond Thursday season opener at the MCG.
Clubs will be able to play a practice game against another club ahead of the season on the weekend of February 25-26, an AFL-approved practice match between March 2-5, and then the season will kick off across March 16-19.
The MCG expects three huge opening games - including a Thursday and Friday night game - and could even have a fourth game given the unavailability of Optus Stadium.
“It will be fine. We will have to replace a bit of turf with it but we have done that plenty of times. We will be right to go,” MCC boss Stuart Fox told the Herald Sun on Friday.
The league will have to schedule both West Coast and Fremantle away in round 1 and then both at home in round 2 before returning to a schedule where one plays at home and one interstate.
It would have been a perfect opportunity for the AFL to launch Fremantle’s season with a round 1 sellout at Optus Stadium given the hype about their flag hopes and Luke Jackson’s arrival.
Adelaide Oval will host Sheeran on Tuesday March 7, which means the venue will have more than a week to get ship-shape before Adelaide or Port Adelaide host a round 1 clash at the venue.
The Sheeran “in-the-round” production will have thousands of fans on the grounds but it is the vast stage down on the ground for multiple days that will require venues to replace turf.
In contrast to the bad old days of Telstra Stadium’s ‘Death Valley’, replaced turf can look and feel better than turf for players but needs some days to be bedded down and rolled.
Seven News reported on Thursday the league was also considering scheduling an Indigenous All Stars v World game in February that would highlight players from multicultural backgrounds.
Bugger - just beaten
The league’s Magic Round and an Ed Sheeran concert tour across Australia have caused fixturing headaches that will require the AFL to dodge Optus Stadium as a Round 1 venue next year.
English pop star Sheeran plays in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth across early March in a tour that requires venues to have at least eight days to replace enough turf to return them to an AFL-ready state.
The grounds believed they had that time under an AFL fixture on March 23 but approval for the round 5 Magic Round in Adelaide has changed those plans.
The season will now start a week earlier, on March 16, to allow the league to slot in 24 home-and-away weeks plus finals.
The Herald Sun can reveal Optus Stadium has told the AFL they will not be ready for a round 1 game given they will not have enough time to replace turf and bump out the Sheeran stage to ensure it was safe for AFL footballers.
Sheeran plays a one-off concert at Optus Stadium on Sunday 12 March, which means even a Sunday AFL clash in round 1 would see the venue coming up a day short of that eight-day requirement.
Melbourne’s MCG will replace some turf but given Sheeran plays at the ground on March 2 and 3 their grounds staff will have 13 days to get the ground into AFL shape.
The Herald Sun revealed last month the AFL will do away with last year’s season opener involving the previous year’s Grand Finalists and instead return to a Carlton-Richmond Thursday season opener at the MCG.
Clubs will be able to play a practice game against another club ahead of the season on the weekend of February 25-26, an AFL-approved practice match between March 2-5, and then the season will kick off across March 16-19.
The MCG expects three huge opening games - including a Thursday and Friday night game - and could even have a fourth game given the unavailability of Optus Stadium.
“It will be fine. We will have to replace a bit of turf with it but we have done that plenty of times. We will be right to go,” MCC boss Stuart Fox told the Herald Sun on Friday.
The league will have to schedule both West Coast and Fremantle away in round 1 and then both at home in round 2 before returning to a schedule where one plays at home and one interstate.
It would have been a perfect opportunity for the AFL to launch Fremantle’s season with a round 1 sellout at Optus Stadium given the hype about their flag hopes and Luke Jackson’s arrival.
Adelaide Oval will host Sheeran on Tuesday March 7, which means the venue will have more than a week to get ship-shape before Adelaide or Port Adelaide host a round 1 clash at the venue.
The Sheeran “in-the-round” production will have thousands of fans on the grounds but it is the vast stage down on the ground for multiple days that will require venues to replace turf.
In contrast to the bad old days of Telstra Stadium’s ‘Death Valley’, replaced turf can look and feel better than turf for players but needs some days to be bedded down and rolled.
Seven News reported on Thursday the league was also considering scheduling an Indigenous All Stars v World game in February that would highlight players from multicultural backgrounds.
Honestly thought we would have a round 1 or magic round leak by now, the AFL just taking the P155 but when you have the Greens here in Victoria wanting a return to density limits you can only think the AFL has half an eye on more future restrictions as a possibility although you would hope incredibly unlikely.
Like a few people here I am a shift worker who works every second weekend, a full 24 round fixture sure makes my life and those like mine a lot easier when planning on going to the footy or an interstate game, the NRL and other leagues here and abroad can do so why not the AFL?
Like a few people here I am a shift worker who works every second weekend, a full 24 round fixture sure makes my life and those like mine a lot easier when planning on going to the footy or an interstate game, the NRL and other leagues here and abroad can do so why not the AFL?
Are they for real lol. What a bunch of pathetic oxygen thieves
Yes, from the HS this arvo.
With Covid cases rising, including the number of hospitalisations, Greens spokesman Tim Read said it was time for the government to act.
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Collingwood v Geelong Friday night round 1
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They just said something on channel 7 news. Blues v tiggers Thursday night and Geelong v pies on the Friday… just missed what dates were
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This is great. We're gonna get the season one day at a time. So we should have Round 24 by about May. Wonderful.
Yep rather than let us know the full fixture in advance so we can plan ahead, theyll leave it to the last minute so the airlines can go in dry with their fares
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I hear ya! Shift worker here too and this whole not knowing the entire fixture is a pain in the arse!
Tonight I reckon
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Mouth watering Friday night round 1 match up for sure!
How would it work if both West Coast and Freo play home in rnd 2? That means one would play home the next week in order to get back onto alternating home games each week.
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Maybe one plays Thursday and the other plays Sunday.
But that would probably mean whoever plays on Thursday should play on the Friday the prior week. Seems a bit silly to waste a team's quota of one 5 day break per season in Round 2. But if Geelong v Collingwood is on the Friday in Round 1 I guess this shan't be happening. Which would be on brand for the AFL, putting $$$ and ratings ahead of fixture equality.
Make round 2 a derby
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Good fixture for the VFL, when does the AFL fixture come out?
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