AFLW 2025 Fixture

[Teen Wolf]

Casey Fields at least has seating, toilets, and a canteen.

Enough for a crowd of about 200 people. Be serious. It's not up to scratch for a professional competition in the 21st century, but neither are any of the old suburban grounds.

If North Melbourne want to raise the flag at their spiritual home, maybe they should build it up to be more than a training and admin base.

You keep saying "if" like there's actually any doubt about games continuing at Arden Street. There isn't. The AFL let a match go ahead in a sinkhole last season romffflol (rolling on my flat footy field laughing out loud).

 

[AussieNick1999]

Enough for a crowd of about 200 people. Be serious. It's not up to scratch for a professional competition in the 21st century, but neither are any of the old suburban grounds.


You keep saying "if" like there's actually any doubt about games continuing at Arden Street. There isn't. The AFL let a match go ahead in a sinkhole last season romffflol (rolling on my flat footy field laughing out loud).

Casey Fields wasn't really built with the intention of professional competition, I believe. At most I think they had a VFL team in mind (in an era when no VFL club was drawing decent crowds from what I understand.) Melbourne have only been using it because they don't really have another place to host AFLW games, but obviously that's changing with the development at Caufield.

I still maintain that it's a bad look for the league to be played at a ground with construction fencing and portable toilets. I love going to AFLW games but I can't see myself going to any games at Arden St unless they at least put in some seats and a canteen.

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Casey Fields wasn't really built with the intention of professional competition, I believe. At most I think they had a VFL team in mind (in an era when no VFL club was drawing decent crowds from what I understand.) Melbourne have only been using it because they don't really have another place to host AFLW games, but obviously that's changing with the development at Caufield.

I still maintain that it's a bad look for the league to be played at a ground with construction fencing and portable toilets. I love going to AFLW games but I can't see myself going to any games at Arden St unless they at least put in some seats and a canteen.

Casey Fields was actually meant to be a boutique AFL stadium capable of hosting around 15,000 or so. The AFL wanted the Suns and Giants to play their Melbourne games there against the lower drawing Victorian sides.

What stuffed it up, and stopped the AFL investing big in the venue, was like Waverley Park, a promised/propsed train station wasn't built there, despite the old Leongatha rail line being right next to the venue!

 

[Teen Wolf]

Hard to see how they'll squeeze in 9 games of AFLW around the now-confirmed men's R23 fixture.

Maybe like this:

Thu 7.15pm: Carl v Coll
Thu 9.15pm
Fri 5.05pm
Fri 7.20pm: Ess v StK
Fri 8.20pm: Frem v BL
Sat 11.05am
Sat 12.35pm: GC v GWS
Sat 1.20pm: Carl v PA
Sat 3.35pm
Sat 4.15pm: Haw v Melb
Sat 5.35pm
Sat 7.35pm
Sat 7.35pm: Coll v Adel
Sun 11.35am
Sun 1.10pm: NM v Rich
Sun 1.35pm
Sun 3.20pm: Syd v Geel
Sun 4.40pm: WB v WCE

It'll be very close to that if the idea is to never have more than 2 games on at once.

Haw-Melb men's at the MCG will be followed by Haw-Melb women's, if the-powers-that-be have a vaguely serious interest in double-headers.

 

[TheTassieHawk]

An article I read today has suggested the full season fixture will be out this week.

An earlier article I read also implied a standard Thursday to Sunday round structure across the season.

 

[AussieNick1999]

An article I read today has suggested the full season fixture will be out this week.

An earlier article I read also implied a standard Thursday to Sunday round structure across the season.

Good. The compressed fixture only resulted in a greater risk of injuries and an oversaturation of games. Better to spend the week building up anticipation to the games.

 

[Perrip]

Fixture to be released on Thursday according to Lauren Wood on Midweek Tackle tonight

 

[Teen Wolf]

It's Thursday 3pm. Seems like a good time for a puff piece about a mid team playing dress-up. Thanks, AFL and Sarah Black. Always giving us fans what we want.

 

[TheTassieHawk]

I have heard it will be sometime tonight, let’s see if it eventuates.

 

[Perrip]

 

[Biggie]

Floating timings, AFL overlap, more: All you need to know about the AFLW fixture

A return to normal timeslots, men's season overlap and a floating fixture for round 12 - this is everything you need to know about the 2025 NAB AFLW fixture

www.afl.com.au

 

[Mitchell Madness]

At least north can now stop wringing they haven't played the hawks

 

[Teen Wolf]

Yeah safe to say Hawthorn won't be the team skating into finals with an easy draw this year.

 

[Teen Wolf]

16th August: Melbourne fans expected to teleport from the men's game at the MCG to Whitten Oval for the AFLW team.

6th September: 2 AFLW H&A games up against 2 AFL Finals.

26th September: Gold Coast and Fremantle play Friday afternoon games.

First 11 rounds: 14 instances of 2 AFLW games starting at the exact same time.

A dog's breakfast. An absolute dog's breakfast. And, you know, throwing a few more cans of PAL on the dog's breakfast, does not in fact make for an appetising meal.

 

[AussieNick1999]

Blues are playing in Frankston yet again. Happy since it makes it easier for me to go.

 

[CURVE]

16th August: Melbourne fans expected to teleport from the men's game at the MCG to Whitten Oval for the AFLW team.

6th September: 2 AFLW H&A games up against 2 AFL Finals.

26th September: Gold Coast and Fremantle play Friday afternoon games.

First 11 rounds: 14 instances of 2 AFLW games starting at the exact same time.

A dog's breakfast. An absolute dog's breakfast. And, you know, throwing a few more cans of PAL on the dog's breakfast, does not in fact make for an appetising meal.

Only 14! Well, that seems reasonable.

 

[Teen Wolf]

For Marinoff and/or Anderson's likely milestone of becoming the first player(s) to 100 games:

Sunday, Sep 28
Adelaide v Sydney at Unley Oval, 2:35pm ACST
Brisbane v Richmond at Brighton Homes Arena, 3:05pm AEST

So both get to play at home, which I can't imagine they'd be unhappy about.

 

[Teen Wolf]

From OP, ticks being where the AFL done good this year, crosses where they've worsened ongoing issues:

Fixture fairness
Every team plays 6 home and 6 away games.
Every team plays 4 games against the top 6 from 2024.
Every team plays 4 games against the middle 6 from 2024.
Every team plays 4 games against the bottom 6 from 2024.

Matchups yet to occur
Essendon vs GWS Giants
Hawthorn vs North Melb.
Melbourne vs Port Adelaide
Melbourne vs Sydney

Matchups that haven't occurred since 2022 S6
Adelaide vs Carlton
Geelong vs GWS Giants
North Melb. vs West Coast
Richmond vs St Kilda
Richmond vs W. Bulldogs
St Kilda vs West Coast

Alleviate H&A matchups with disproportionate home team designation
Melbourne vs North Melb.: last 7 @ Melb N/A
Carlton vs GWS Giants: last 6 in NSW/ACT
Collingwood vs W. Bulldogs: last 5 @ Coll
GWS Giants vs West Coast: last 5 in NSW
Adelaide vs North Melb: last 4 in SA
Brisbane vs Collingwood: last 4 in QLD
Collingwood vs GWS Giants: last 4 in VIC
Geelong vs Gold Coast: last 4 in QLD N/A

Alleviate more H&A matchups with disproportionate home team designation
Adelaide vs Brisbane: last 3 in QLD
Brisbane vs St Kilda: last 3 in VIC N/A
Carlton vs Fremantle: last 3 in WA
Fremantle vs Hawthorn: last 3 in WA
Gold Coast vs North Melb.: last 3 in VIC/TAS N/A
GWS Giants vs North Melb.: last 3 in VIC/TAS N/A
GWS Giants vs Sydney: last 3 @ Syd
Port Adelaide vs West Coast: last 3 in WA
Richmond vs West Coast: last 3 in WA N/A
St Kilda vs W. Bulldogs: last 3 @ WB

 

[Teen Wolf]

Final thought for now: Melbourne with the most stupidly soft run. Probably 10-0 before facing a genuine contender.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

For a bottom team the Dogs draw is pretty good. Don’t travel far and don’t play Adelaide and North. No Perth teams.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Here's probably how they'll handle the Foxtel TV schedule for the Sunday of AFLW R1 / AFL R23:



Hell of a way to launch your women's season. Just bury it beneath men's football!

Simply not enough space for 18 games on a weekend. Gotta, I repeat gotta, split each AFLW round across 2 weekends during the crossover period with the AFL season.

 

[Teen Wolf]

And btw those problems aren't fixed by arranging some meaningless All-Stars game.

Jake Niall is a moron...

The AFL just released a meat-and-three-vegetables fixture for the AFLW last week. Highlights? A reprise of Carlton v Collingwood as the season opener, some double-headers, and little else that garnered media attention.

...obviously wrote his "think" piece before the AFLW fixture was even released.

 

[Teen Wolf]

AFLW fixture prompts Windy Hill turf war; Worst confirmed for Ward’s knee; Demon’s two-game ban

The Bombers were rapt to get six AFLW matches at their spiritual home, Windy Hill. But their co-tenant didn’t share that enthusiasm. Callan Ward’s season – and most likely his playing career – is over.

www.theage.com.au

So to recap:

You’ve got Essendon without a home for finals.

Richmond once again not playing at Punt Road.

Carlton ripped out half the seats at Ikon Park.

And Collingwood’s ground is sinking into a hellmouth.


“Big 4”? Big joke, more like it. Clubs that insisted on jumping the queue to join AFLW, and are just bringing nothing to the competition.

 

[AussieNick1999]

AFLW fixture prompts Windy Hill turf war; Worst confirmed for Ward’s knee; Demon’s two-game ban

The Bombers were rapt to get six AFLW matches at their spiritual home, Windy Hill. But their co-tenant didn’t share that enthusiasm. Callan Ward’s season – and most likely his playing career – is over.

www.theage.com.au

So to recap:

You’ve got Essendon without a home for finals.

Richmond once again not playing at Punt Road.

Carlton ripped out half the seats at Ikon Park.

And Collingwood’s ground is sinking into a hellmouth.


“Big 4”? Big joke, more like it. Clubs that insisted on jumping the queue to join AFLW, and are just bringing nothing to the competition.

In Richmond's defense, the redevelopment of Punt Road is long overdue and once it reopens it'll likely be an awesome venue for the AFLW.

For the others I agree. Ikon Park has been ruined as a match day venue thanks to the various redevelopments since the 90s leading to a weird mismatch of facilities (the only usuable grandstand being traditionally the least popular one and no permanent canteen.) And Essendon should look at adding some spectator facilities to the Hangar if they can't get permission to use Windy Hill for the finals. Add a grandstand, canteen, and some public toilets and you'd have a solid enough place for footy.

 

[CrowdedHouse]

AFLW fixture prompts Windy Hill turf war; Worst confirmed for Ward’s knee; Demon’s two-game ban

The Bombers were rapt to get six AFLW matches at their spiritual home, Windy Hill. But their co-tenant didn’t share that enthusiasm. Callan Ward’s season – and most likely his playing career – is over.

www.theage.com.au

So to recap:

You’ve got Essendon without a home for finals.

Richmond once again not playing at Punt Road.

Carlton ripped out half the seats at Ikon Park.

And Collingwood’s ground is sinking into a hellmouth.


“Big 4”? Big joke, more like it. Clubs that insisted on jumping the queue to join AFLW, and are just bringing nothing to the competition.

It goes to my point I've been making all along about the AFLW, we should have never gone with the model of "copy-paste" from the Men's league.

It should have been brand new clubs/identies created, and a slow expansion. Expansion happening when there's depth (allowing 40 player squads per team), when stadiums were developed to a satisfactory standard, when umpiring depth got to a better standard, and when audience demand (sell-outs, TV audience) dictacted a new club(s) be placed in a state.

Instead, the league is stuck. Stuck between stadiums not up to scratch and not enough crowd demand to play at the bigger stadiums. Stuck with what to do with player development, when 20, 21, 22 year olds get de-listed because they may not be up to AFLW standard, but can't get in-season game time to improve. Stuck because AFL House can't tell us what the competition is meant to look like 10 years from now, let alone next year.