2026 Fixture Discussion - Release is Nigh

[JADED]

4 5 6 13 16 17

Need 7 main draw numbers (and Powerball)

Home game

1,2,13,34,41,58

Powerball main draw only goes up to number 35.

This confirms we will only be taking 3 or 4 picks this draft.

#notagambler

 

[JADED]

We will play North Melbourne twice at Optus Stadium next year

Both teams should he on the up, hopefully us more so.
North were competitive in their Bunbury/Optus field trip last year so will hold no fear or loss assumptions.

We absolutely need to get back to a strong home ground side.

 

[southcoast]

Got tonight's Powerball numbers, by any chance?

Got this set of numbers in my notepad - not sure if they're for Powerball or something else.

Try 1, 2, 13, 34, 41 and 58.

 

[Eastcoasteagle]

Personally thought it was a crap draw, but that was just first glance.

3 should wins.

2 real 50/50's.

 

[Hook461123]

6th hardest fixture.

Formula: The top team from last year (home and away season) is assigned 18 points. Moving down the table, each team is then assigned one less point, with the team that finished last worth 1 point. Each team's matchups for the season are then combined, with the opponents' points tallied. The tally shows which team has the most difficult draw based on how well teams performed last year.

Ranked 1-18: Each club's AFL Fixture difficulty for 2026

See how your team's draw compares to everyone else's.

www.zerohanger.com

 

[Hook461123]

I think they mixed up ours and GWS fixture

 

[eaglevision]

6th hardest fixture.

Formula: The top team from last year (home and away season) is assigned 18 points. Moving down the table, each team is then assigned one less point, with the team that finished last worth 1 point. Each team's matchups for the season are then combined, with the opponents' points tallied. The tally shows which team has the most difficult draw based on how well teams performed last year.

Ranked 1-18: Each club's AFL Fixture difficulty for 2026

See how your team's draw compares to everyone else's.

www.zerohanger.com

Saints with 5th easiest. Awesome.

 

[Hook461123]

Saints with 5th easiest. Awesome.

Not great for us but at least Saints weren't great last year. Why has GWS and Adelaide got such an easy fixture

 

[Wooshaaaa]

Saints don't leave Melbourne after round 13.

11 weeks in Melbourne to finish the year. Talk about kissed on the campaigner.

 

[PepperTom32]

Haha, that's quite an assumption that he won't be injured by that point.

Which player?

 

[Goroyals22]

Fox footy are asking wtf re our draw

 

[BG__]

I can see a world where we win 5-7 games before our bye and then potentially go winless after that

 

[Lia]

Only thing I hate is the Sunday games, bad team tax in effect.

Worrying about double up games should be well down the list of priorities, most games will be tough for a developing team regardless.

 

[Cuzz09]

Finishing the season at home v Hawthorn is giving me 2019 vomits

 

[Cuzz09]

Don't think its a big understatement that we MUST win that rd2 game v NM

Just for good vibes if not anything else

 

[Elite Pete]

Anyone who thinks it’s a fair draw is crazy.

Even Rohan the most vic biased man knows we got shafted

 

[squashface]

Quirks of the fixture strikes again

 

[Shuestar13]

Further review is not good…

And bless, the VFL doing its best to help one of their biggest charity cases:

 

[FatPizza]

Quirks of the fixture strikes again

A quirk of the fixture would be West Coast NOT being reamed.

 

[Bender_]

Love starting our season on the back of the longest road trip in footy. Awesome.

 

[Scotland]

Don't hate it.

North x 2, Richmond, Essendon, Port all at home. Run home after the bye is tough but let's be honest we are unlikely to be in finals contention anyway. If by some miracle we are say 7-7 at the bye I would still expect us to fall away and only win 8 or 9 as other teams around that mark will have had much harder starts.

If we can get to the bye with 3-5 wins and a % over 80 I will be happy. Wins even if they are against other cellar dwellers build confidence. We can't afford another awful start to a year. 2025 3 x 10 goal losses in the first 5. 2024 a 50 point loss and two 10 goal losses to start. 2023 started 1-1 with a 5 point loss then a win over GWS but all fell apart after that with no competitive margins between Rd3 and Rd 15. Etc.

We did lose to Essendon and Richmond at Optus this year and North in Bunvegas. If we drop our "easy" games we will likely finish games clear on the bottom again.

 

[Keys]

Finishing the season at home v Hawthorn is giving me 2019 vomits

Losing a game that costs us a top 4 spot is a problem I can only dream of us having in 2026

 

[pantskyle]

Dogshit from the AFL and we all know it.

 

[Astro7]

I'll get around to checking out Pies, Tigers, Hawks etc fixtures to see how few genuine away games they have - just so I can go outside and shout at clouds!

 

[BeeTee]

What about the Powerball number?

18... our likely ladder position