Fixture 2026 Fixture

[POSA98]

We actually smashed our record for Victorian attendance by 47k last year which was set in 2009 over 7 games, this year we did it 8n 6 games.

Our gane against Collingwood broke the record for biggest home and away attendance for an interstate team at the G.

I found that interesting, so I dug a little deeper and compiled a list of each interstate clubs biggest home & away attendance.

Brisbane - 82,326 vs Collingwood - M.C.G
Sydney - 78,933 vs Collingwood - M.C.G
Adelaide - 67,697 vs Collingwood - M.C.G
Port Adelaide - 65,834 vs Collingwood - M.C.G
West Coast - 62,957 vs Collingwood - M.C.G
Fremantle - 62,198 vs Collingwood - M.C.G
GWS Giants - 54,985 vs West Coast - Optus Stadium
Gold Coast - 51,174 vs West Coast - Optus Stadium

 

[mikey127]

I found that interesting, so I dug a little deeper and compiled a list of each interstate clubs biggest home & away attendance.

Brisbane - 82,326 vs Collingwood - M.C.G
Sydney - 78,933 vs Collingwood - M.C.G
Adelaide - 67,697 vs Collingwood - M.C.G
Port Adelaide - 65,834 vs Collingwood - M.C.G
West Coast - 62,957 vs Collingwood - M.C.G
Fremantle - 62,198 vs Collingwood - M.C.G
GWS Giants - 54,985 vs West Coast - Optus Stadium
Gold Coast - 51,174 vs West Coast - Optus Stadium

I say that the Lions and Swans are the only interstate teams that can pull a crowd of 80k plus for a home abd away gane on Melbourne. To do that you need a significant support for both teams and the Lions and Swans are the only 2 interstate teams that have a big enough Vic Supporter base

 

[kirky]

I say that the Lions and Swans are the only interstate teams that can pull a crowd of 80k plus for a home abd away gane on Melbourne. To do that you need a significant support for both teams and the Lions and Swans are the only 2 interstate teams that have a big enough Vic Supporter base

Probably has something to do with both having history in the VFL - Sydney (South Melbourne) and Brisbane (Fitzroy).

 

[POSA98]

Probably has something to do with both having history in the VFL - Sydney (South Melbourne) and Brisbane (Fitzroy).

Agreed that would have a lot to do with it

 

[JHF1870]

Some feedback on this fixture: Where’s everyone getting this Crows v Lions thing from. It’s been evident from the 3 gather rounds so far that the SA teams have played VIC clubs. I see that trend continuing.

Brisbane definitely deserve an Adelaide Oval game, I just don’t see it being against an SA team. Expect Port Adelaide to get a bigger ViC club, the Crows don’t need a big opponent to draw a good crowd.

West Coast and Fremantle have rotated games at Adelaide Oval. This would Fred’s turn, expect an opponent worthy of Adelaide Oval.

Sydney v Geelong, Hawthorn v Bulldogs and Carlton vs St Kilda are good match ups. The Saints may be used against an SA club, possibly the Crows.

Port Freo 100% works

 

[blueiris]

Either you're wrong, or I imagined watching a game between the two clubs on 16th July, 2017.

Also, in the 9 home games Richmond has hosted the Suns, we've played at Marvel 3 times. Barely "always"...

Maybe instead of trying to "correct" me with your incredibly inaccurate knowledge of AFL, you can spend 5 minutes reading articles about how Richmond has been negotiating for months to "sell" our Marvel home game over the next few years to make extra money for the Punt Road development while we're rebuilding.

The first attempt was trying to sell a Richmond Home game to play GWS @ the SCG, with the Tasmanian government funding for matches in Hobart being the second choice.

Richmond's game in Tasmania is to replace the Marvel game.

Well it’s been once in 15 years so Hardly never it’s been that long I forgot 8 years ago but yes still hardly ever

 

[Billy ray]

With two new finals time to rename the qualifying finals as preliminary finals.and vice versa.
And these two new finals need a name which isnt wildcard 1&2 nor elimination 1&2

 

[Senor M]

Well it’s been once in 15 years so Hardly never it’s been that long I forgot 8 years ago but yes still hardly ever

But it's not NEVER which is what you claimed after questioning my statement about the Richmond/Brisbane Tasmania game being a replacement for the Tiges Marvel game-- despite it being mentioned repeatedly in the media that Richmond was planning on selling the Marvel game.

Imagine trying to correct someone providing facts in the same post as making inaccurate claims.

 

[blueiris]

But it's not NEVER which is what you claimed after questioning my statement about the Richmond/Brisbane Tasmania game being a replacement for the Tiges Marvel game-- despite it being mentioned repeatedly in the media that Richmond was planning on selling the Marvel game.

Imagine trying to correct someone providing facts in the same post as making inaccurate claims.

So once in 15 years makes sense to be the game moved when you would draw a crowd of 50k at Marvel

 

[Senor M]

Ok champ

What a Sunday it's been.

Big Brother 2025 has started, there's been both AFLW & WBBL on TV and I've been "champed" by someone who believes the Lions & Tigers have never played at Marvel.

 

[rohan171]

Sorry lads if this clogs up the feed, it’s a really long post, but I did my best job to make a full fixture for next year. It was a lot of work and I know it’s far from perfect, but thought I’d share to see what everyone thinks.

Notes:

• Season Starts with NSW/QLD matches as with previous years, however a full round is played rather than just four matches. I realise now that round 1 isn’t very good with the game in Geelong and I made this before St Kilda requested to play Collingwood.
• In round 2 every Victorian team plays in Victoria.
• Every team has 2 bye rounds, one between rounds 9-12 and a split round in round 20.
• In my version of this fixture, the split round would replace the pre-finals bye by giving teams a rest late in the year, however there is now a bye the week before the grand final instead.
• Floating fixture for just the last 4 rounds after split round so teams know when their byes are.
• Gave North Melbourne 2 home games in WA like last year, but could not line it up for 2 weeks in a row. However, North only play three other games interstate, so they won’t have extra travel compared to other teams.
• There’s been speculation of Richmond hosting two home games in Hobart, so I’ve picked out two games that they could potentially host down there.
• All teams play at least 2 games at the MCG.
• Victorian teams play between 4 and 6 games interstate (not including gather round)
• In the bye rounds from 9-12, all teams coming off a bye play each other the week after on Thursday or Friday night (except for the bottom 2 teams from the 2024 ladder)
• There are still several issues with this fixture such as Hawthorn’s run of three interstate games from Rounds 21-23, Essendon’s run from rounds 4-7 and St Kilda’s run of away games from rounds 14-17, however it got to a point where trying to fix them created 2 more issues, and so on. So I think this is the best fixture I can make without spending hours and hours more on refining it and shuffling things around more. There could also still be some mistakes that I haven’t picked up on yet.

Round 1
Wed 4th March:
7.30 Brisbane vs Western Bulldogs, Gabba
Thursday 5th March
7.30 Sydney vs Melbourne, SCG
Friday 6th March
7.40 Gold Coast vs Collingwood, PFS
Saturday 7th March
2.15 GWS vs Richmond, ENGIE
5.00 Adelaide vs West Coast, AO
7.50 Geelong vs Carlton, GMHBA
Sunday 8th March
5.30 Fremantle vs Hawthorn, Optus
7.50 St Kilda vs Port Adelaide, Marvel
Monday 9th March
3.15 Essendon vs North Melbourne, Marvel

Round 2
Thursday 12th March
7.30 Carlton vs Richmond, MCG
Friday 13th March
7.40 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong, Marvel
Saturday 14th March
1.45 North Melbourne vs Adelaide, Marvel
4.30 Gold Coast vs Brisbane, PFS
7.10 Melbourne vs Fremantle, MCG
7.50 Port Adelaide vs GWS, AO
Sunday 15th March
12.45 Essendon vs St Kilda, Marvel
3.15 Collingwood vs Hawthorn, MCG
5.45 West Coast vs Sydney, Optus

Round 3
Thursday 19th March
7.30 Brisbane vs Carlton, Gabba
Friday 20th March
7.10 Melbourne vs St Kilda, MCG
8.10 Adelaide vs Port Adelaide, AO
Saturday 21st March
1.45 Hawthorn vs West Coast, UTAS
4.30 Geelong vs Essendon, MCG
7.10 Collingwood vs North Melbourne, Marvel
7.50 GWS vs Sydney, ENGIE
Sunday 22nd March
3.15 Richmond vs Western Bulldogs, MCG
7.10 Fremantle vs Gold Coast, OS

Round 4
Thursday 26th March
7.30 Collingwood vs Adelaide, MCG
Friday 27th March
7.40 Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn, Marvel
Saturday 28th
1.45 Sydney vs Brisbane, SCG
4.30 North Melbourne vs Fremantle, OS
7.10 Carlton vs Melbourne, MCG
7.50 Port Adelaide vs Richmond, AO
Sunday 29th
12.45 Gold Coast vs Essendon PFS
3.15 St Kilda vs GWS, Marvel
7.10 West Coast vs Geelong, Optus

Round 5
Thursday 2nd April
7.30 Brisbane vs Collingwood, Gabba
Friday 3rd April
4.45 Carlton vs North Melbourne, Marvel
7.50 Adelaide vs Sydney, AO
Saturday 4th April
2.15 Melbourne vs Gold Coast, MCG
5.00 Fremantle vs Port Adelaide, Optus
7.50 GWS vs Essendon, ENGIE
Sunday 5th April
3.15 Richmond vs West Coast, MCG
7.30 St Kilda vs Western Bulldogs, Marvel
Monday 6th April
3.15 Hawthorn vs Geelong, MCG

Round 6 - Gather Round
Thursday 9th April
7.30 Port Adelaide vs Collingwood, AO
Friday 10th April
4.15 Fremantle vs Richmond, Norwood Oval
7.40 Adelaide vs Carlton, AO
Saturday 11th April
1.30 Western Bulldogs vs West Coast, Barossa
4.30 Geelong vs Melbourne, AO
7.50 Brisbane vs GWS, AO
Sunday 12th April
12.45 Gold Coast vs North Melbourne, Barossa
3.45 Sydney vs Essendon, Norwood
6.45 Hawthorn vs St Kilda, AO

Round 7
Thursday 16th April
7.30 Geelong vs Fremantle, GMHBA
Friday 17th April
7.40 Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood, Marvel
Saturday 18th April
12.45 North Melbourne vs Brisbane, Marvel
2.15 Port Adelaide vs Essendon, AO
4.45 Richmond vs Hawthorn, MCG
7.10 Sydney vs Carlton, SCG
8.10 West Coast vs Melbourne, OS
Sunday 19th April
12.45 Gold Coast vs GWS, PFS
3.15 St Kilda vs Adelaide, Marvel

Round 8
Thursday 23rd April
7.30 Hawthorn vs Sydney, TAS
Friday 24th April
7.10 Richmond vs Melbourne, MCG
7.50 Brisbane vs Port Adelaide, Gabba
Saturday 25th April
2.30 Essendon vs Collingwood, MCG
5.30 Fremantle vs West Coast, Optus
7.10 Adelaide vs Geelong, AO
7.50 St Kilda vs Gold Coast, Marvel
Sunday 26th April
3.15 Western Bulldogs vs North Melb, Marvel
5.45 GWS vs Carlton, ENGIE

Round 9
Thursday 30th April
7.30 Sydney vs Collingwood, SCG
Friday 1st May
7.40 Geelong vs Richmond, GMHBA
Saturday 2nd May
2.15 GWS vs Adelaide, ENGIE
5.00 Essendon vs West Coast, Marvel
7.50 Gold Coast vs Hawthorn, PFS
Sunday 3rd May
3.15 Carlton vs Fremantle, MCG
5.45 Port Adelaide vs Western Bulldogs, AO
Byes: Melbourne, St Kilda, Brisbane, North Melbourne

Round 10
Thursday 7th May
7.30 Melbourne vs North Melbourne, MCG
Friday 8th May
7.40 St Kilda vs Brisbane, Marvel
Saturday 9th May
2.30 Geelong vs Sydney, GMHBA
7.10 Adelaide vs Western Bulldogs, AO
Sunday 10th May
3.15 Hawthorn vs Port Adelaide, Marvel
5.45 Essendon vs Fremantle, MCG
Byes: Gold Coast, Collingwood, Carlton, GWS, West Coast, Richmond

Round 11
Thursday 14th May
7.30 Carlton vs Gold Coast, Marvel
Friday 15th May
7.40 Collingwood vs GWS, MCG
Saturday 16th May
2.15 Sydney vs North Melbourne, SCG
5.00 West Coast vs St Kilda, OS
7.50 Western Bulldogs vs Richmond, Marvel
Sunday 17th May
12.45 Brisbane vs Adelaide, Gabba
3.15 Melbourne vs Essendon, Marvel
Byes: Port Adelaide, Hawthorn, Fremantle, Geelong

Round 12
Thursday 21st May
7.30 Port Adelaide vs Geelong, AO
Friday 22nd May
7.40 Hawthorn vs Fremantle, TAS
Saturday 23rd May
2.15 GWS vs Melbourne, Manuka
5.00 West Coast vs Brisbane, OS
7.50 Carlton vs St Kilda, Marvel
Sunday 24th May
12.45 Gold Coast vs North Melbourne, PFS
3.15 Collingwood vs Richmond, MCG
Byes: Adelaide, Sydney, Western Bulldogs, Essendon

Round 13
Thursday 28th May
7.30 Essendon vs Adelaide, Marvel
Friday 29th May
7.10 Sydney vs Western Bulldogs, SCG
8.10 Fremantle vs GWS, OS
Saturday 30th May
1.45 Richmond vs Gold Coast, MCG
4.30 St Kilda vs Hawthorn, Marvel
7.10 Brisbane vs Geelong, Gabba
7.50 Melbourne vs Port Adelaide, Alice Springs
Sunday 31st May
3.15 North Melbourne vs Carlton, MCG
7.10 Collingwood vs West Coast, Marvel

Round 14
Thursday 4th June
7.30 GWS vs Western Bulldogs, ENGIE
Friday 5th June
7.40 Richmond vs Brisbane, MCG
Saturday 6th June
1.45 North Melbourne vs St Kilda, Marvel
4.30 Gold Coast vs Sydney, PFS
7.10 Geelong vs Hawthorn, GMHBA
7.50 Port Adelaide vs Fremantle, AO
Sunday 7th June
3.45 West Coast vs Adelaide, OS
7.30 Essendon vs Carlton, MCG
Monday 8th June
3.15 Melbourne vs Collingwood, MCG

Round 15
Thursday 11th June
8.10 Fremantle vs Western Bulldogs, OS
Friday 12th June
7.10 Sydney vs GWS, SCG
7.50 Geelong vs St Kilda, GMHBA
Saturday 13th June
1.45 Adelaide vs Gold Coast, AO
4.30 Richmond vs North Melbourne, Marvel/Hobart
7.15 Hawthorn vs Collingwood, MCG
8.10 West Coast vs Essendon, OS
Sunday 14th June
3.15 Brisbane vs Melbourne, Gabba
5.45 Carlton vs Port Adelaide, MCG

Round 16
Thursday 18th June
7.30 GWS vs Geelong, ENGIE
Friday 19th June
7.40 Richmond vs Essendon, MCG
8.10 Fremantle vs Adelaide, OS
Saturday 20th June
1.45 Western Bulldogs vs St Kilda, Marvel
4.30 North Melbourne vs West Coast, Bunbury
7.10 Hawthorn vs Carlton, MCG
7.50 Gold Coast vs Melbourne, PFS
Sunday 21st June
3.15 Collingwood vs Brisbane, MCG
5.45 Port Adelaide vs Sydney, AO

Round 17
Thursday 25th June
7.30 Melbourne vs Geelong, MCG
Friday 26th June
7.10 Hawthorn vs Richmond, MCG
Saturday 27th June
1.45 Sydney vs St Kilda, SCG
4.30 Carlton vs Collingwood, MCG
7.10 Western Bulldogs vs Essendon, Marvel
7.50 Adelaide vs GWS, AO
Sunday 28th June
12.45 Brisbane vs Gold Coast, Gabba
3.15 North Melbourne vs Port Adelaide, Marvel
7.10 West Coast vs Fremantle, OS

Round 18
Thursday 2nd July
7.30 St Kilda vs Collingwood, MCG
Friday 3rd July
7.10 Essendon vs Hawthorn, MCG
Saturday 4th July
1.45 Port Adelaide vs Brisbane, AO
4.30 Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs, MCG
7.10 Gold Coast vs West Coast, TIO
7.50 Geelong vs Adelaide, GMHBA
Sunday 5th July
12.45 GWS vs North Melbourne, Manuka
3.15 Richmond vs Sydney, MCG
7.10 Fremantle vs Carlton, OS

Round 19
Thursday 9th July
7.30 Brisbane vs Essendon, Gabba
Friday 10th July
7.40 Western Bulldogs vs Gold Coast, Marvel
Saturday 11th July
1.45 Hawthorn vs North Melbourne, UTAS
4.30 Adelaide vs Collingwood, AO
7.10 Carlton vs Geelong, MCG
8.10 West Coast vs GWS, OS
Sunday 12th July
12.45 Richmond vs Port Adelaide, MCG/Hobart
3.15 St Kilda vs Melbourne, Marvel
7.10 Sydney vs Fremantle, SCG

Round 20 - Split Round
Friday 17th July
7.40 Geelong Vs Gold Coast, GMHBA
Saturday 18th July
4.30 Fremantle vs Brisbane, OS
7.50 Collingwood vs Western Bulldogs, MCG
Sunday 19th July
3.15 Port Adelaide vs St Kilda, AO
Thursday 16th July
7.30 Essendon vs GWS, Marvel
Friday 24th July
7.40 Hawthorn vs Melbourne, MCG
Saturday 25th July
4.30 North Melbourne vs Sydney, Marvel
7.10 Adelaide vs Richmond, AO
Sunday 26th July
3.15 Carlton vs West Coast, Marvel

Round 21 - 30th July to 2nd Aug
West Coast vs Port Adelaide, OS
GWS vs Brisbane, Manuka
Adelaide vs Hawthorn, AO
Collingwood vs Sydney, MCG
Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle, Marvel
Gold Coast vs Carlton, TIO
North Melbourne vs Geelong, Marvel
Essendon vs Melbourne, MCG
St Kilda vs Richmond, Marvel

Round 22 - 6th to 9th Aug
Fremantle vs St Kilda, OS
Sydney vs Gold Coast, SCG
Melbourne vs West Coast, MCG
Port Adelaide vs Adelaide, AO
Richmond vs GWS, MCG
Brisbane vs Hawthorn, Gabba
Carlton vs Essendon, MCG
Geelong vs Collingwood, MCG
North Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs, Marvel

Round 23 - 13th to 16th Aug
Gold Coast vs Port Adelaide, PFS
West Coast vs Richmond, OS
Adelaide vs Melbourne, AO
Collingwood vs Fremantle, MCG
Geelong vs Brisbane, GMHBA
St Kilda vs Sydney, Marvel
GWS vs Hawthorn, ENGIE
Western Bulldogs vs Carlton, MCG
Essendon vs North Melbourne, Marvel

Round 24 - 20th to 23rd Aug
Port Adelaide vs Carlton, AO
Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide, Marvel
Fremantle vs Geelong, OS
Melbourne vs GWS, MCG
Sydney vs West Coast, SCG
Hawthorn vs Gold Coast, MCG
Brisbane vs St Kilda, Gabba
Collingwood vs Essendon, MCG
North Melbourne vs Richmond, Marvel

Adelaide:
Plays twice: Collingwood, Geelong, GWS, Port Adelaide, West Coast, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 2
Friday games: 4

Brisbane:
Plays twice: Collingwood, Geelong, Gold Coast, GWS, Port Adelaide, St Kilda
Thursday games: 3 (+1 Wednesday)
Friday games: 3

Carlton:
Plays twice: Essendon, Fremantle, Geelong, Gold Coast, GWS, North Melbourne
Thursday games: 3
Friday games: 2

Collingwood:
Plays twice: Adelaide, Brisbane, Essendon, Hawthorn, Sydney, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 4
Friday games: 4

Essendon:
Plays twice: Carlton, Collingwood, GWS, Melbourne, North Melbourne, West Coast
Thursday games: 3
Friday games: 2

Fremantle:
Plays twice: Carlton, Geelong, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide, West Coast, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 2
Friday games: 3

Geelong
Plays twice: Adelaide, Brisbane, Carlton, Fremantle, Hawthorn, Melbourne
Thursday games: 4
Friday games: 4

GWS:
Plays twice: Adelaide, Brisbane, Carlton, Essendon, Richmond, Sydney
Thursday games: 3
Friday games: 3

Gold Coast:
Plays twice: Brisbane, Carlton, Hawthorn, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Sydney
Thursday games: 1
Friday games: 3

Hawthorn:
Plays twice: Collingwood, Fremantle, Geelong, Gold Coast, Richmond, St Kilda
Thursday games: 1
Friday games: 4

Melbourne
Plays twice: Essendon, Geelong, Gold Coast, Port Adelaide, St Kilda, West Coast
Thursday games: 2
Friday games: 3

North Melbourne
Plays twice: Carlton, Essendon, Gold Coast, Richmond, Sydney, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 1
Friday games: 1

Port Adelaide
Plays twice: Adelaide, Brisbane, Fremantle, Melbourne, North Melbourne, St Kilda
Thursday games: 2
Friday games: 2

Richmond
Plays twice: GWS, Hawthorn, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide, West Coast, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 1
Friday games: 5

St Kilda
Plays twice: Brisbane, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Sydney, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 2
Friday games: 3

Sydney
Plays twice: Collingwood, Gold Coast, GWS, North Melbourne, St Kilda, West Coast
Thursday games: 3
Friday games: 3

West Coast
Plays twice: Adelaide, Essendon, Fremantle, Melbourne, Richmond, Sydney
Thursday games: 0
Friday games: 0

Western Bulldogs
Plays twice: Adelaide, Collingwood, Fremantle, North Melbourne, Richmond, St Kilda
Thursday games: 2 (+1 Wednesday)
Friday games: 5

 

[wingersclub]

Sorry lads if this clogs up the feed, it’s a really long post, but I did my best job to make a full fixture for next year. It was a lot of work and I know it’s far from perfect, but thought I’d share to see what everyone thinks.

Notes:

• Season Starts with NSW/QLD matches as with previous years, however a full round is played rather than just four matches. I realise now that round 1 isn’t very good with the game in Geelong and I made this before St Kilda requested to play Collingwood.
• In round 2 every Victorian team plays in Victoria.
• Every team has 2 bye rounds, one between rounds 9-12 and a split round in round 20.
• In my version of this fixture, the split round would replace the pre-finals bye by giving teams a rest late in the year, however there is now a bye the week before the grand final instead.
• Floating fixture for just the last 4 rounds after split round so teams know when their byes are.
• Gave North Melbourne 2 home games in WA like last year, but could not line it up for 2 weeks in a row. However, North only play three other games interstate, so they won’t have extra travel compared to other teams.
• There’s been speculation of Richmond hosting two home games in Hobart, so I’ve picked out two games that they could potentially host down there.
• All teams play at least 2 games at the MCG.
• Victorian teams play between 4 and 6 games interstate (not including gather round)
• In the bye rounds from 9-12, all teams coming off a bye play each other the week after on Thursday or Friday night (except for the bottom 2 teams from the 2024 ladder)
• There are still several issues with this fixture such as Hawthorn’s run of three interstate games from Rounds 21-23, Essendon’s run from rounds 4-7 and St Kilda’s run of away games from rounds 14-17, however it got to a point where trying to fix them created 2 more issues, and so on. So I think this is the best fixture I can make without spending hours and hours more on refining it and shuffling things around more. There could also still be some mistakes that I haven’t picked up on yet.

Round 1
Wed 4th March:
7.30 Brisbane vs Western Bulldogs, Gabba
Thursday 5th March
7.30 Sydney vs Melbourne, SCG
Friday 6th March
7.40 Gold Coast vs Collingwood, PFS
Saturday 7th March
2.15 GWS vs Richmond, ENGIE
5.00 Adelaide vs West Coast, AO
7.50 Geelong vs Carlton, GMHBA
Sunday 8th March
5.30 Fremantle vs Hawthorn, Optus
7.50 St Kilda vs Port Adelaide, Marvel
Monday 9th March
3.15 Essendon vs North Melbourne, Marvel

Round 0 has already been announced for these dates?

 

[Tarkyn_24]

just on the Saints playing Collingwood twice in a season, it's happened twice in 20 years.................

2019

R9 & R21

Two regular-season meetings

2010

R3 & R16

Plus two finals (Qualifying Final & Grand Final + Replay) — they met four times total that year

2006

R8 & R19

Two H&A matches

2004

R9 & R18

Two H&A matches

2003

R8 & R18

Two H&A matches

2002

R9 & R21

Two H&A matches

2001

R3 & R16

Two H&A matches

Might be late to the party but none of 2002, 2003 and 2004 look right. Those were the days where your last seven games were generally opponents from your first seven.

From memory we had the Saints twice in 2002 (6 & 21) and just once the other two years?

 

[mikey127]

So Wildcard weekend is grabbing the AFL enough headlines for now that they don't need to announce anything else

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

Might be late to the party but none of 2002, 2003 and 2004 look right. Those were the days where your last seven games were generally opponents from your first seven.

From memory we had the Saints twice in 2002 (6 & 21) and just once the other two years?

Collingwood vs St Kilda (twice in the H&A season) since 2000:

• 2002 = Round 6 (STK 28-111 COLL) and Round 21 (COLL 77-66 STK)
• 2005 = Round 6 (COLL 71-109 STK) and Round 17 (STK 143-70 COLL)
• 2008 = Round 8 (STK 94-103 COLL) and Round 19 (COLL 97-83 STK)
• 2010 = Round 3 (STK 69-41 COLL) and Round 16 (COLL 100-52 STK)
• 2011 = Round 11 (COLL 108-51 STK) and Round 21 (STK 70-89 COLL)

 

[JPetro83]

Sorry lads if this clogs up the feed, it’s a really long post, but I did my best job to make a full fixture for next year. It was a lot of work and I know it’s far from perfect, but thought I’d share to see what everyone thinks.

Notes:

• Season Starts with NSW/QLD matches as with previous years, however a full round is played rather than just four matches. I realise now that round 1 isn’t very good with the game in Geelong and I made this before St Kilda requested to play Collingwood.
• In round 2 every Victorian team plays in Victoria.
• Every team has 2 bye rounds, one between rounds 9-12 and a split round in round 20.
• In my version of this fixture, the split round would replace the pre-finals bye by giving teams a rest late in the year, however there is now a bye the week before the grand final instead.
• Floating fixture for just the last 4 rounds after split round so teams know when their byes are.
• Gave North Melbourne 2 home games in WA like last year, but could not line it up for 2 weeks in a row. However, North only play three other games interstate, so they won’t have extra travel compared to other teams.
• There’s been speculation of Richmond hosting two home games in Hobart, so I’ve picked out two games that they could potentially host down there.
• All teams play at least 2 games at the MCG.
• Victorian teams play between 4 and 6 games interstate (not including gather round)
• In the bye rounds from 9-12, all teams coming off a bye play each other the week after on Thursday or Friday night (except for the bottom 2 teams from the 2024 ladder)
• There are still several issues with this fixture such as Hawthorn’s run of three interstate games from Rounds 21-23, Essendon’s run from rounds 4-7 and St Kilda’s run of away games from rounds 14-17, however it got to a point where trying to fix them created 2 more issues, and so on. So I think this is the best fixture I can make without spending hours and hours more on refining it and shuffling things around more. There could also still be some mistakes that I haven’t picked up on yet.

Round 1
Wed 4th March:
7.30 Brisbane vs Western Bulldogs, Gabba
Thursday 5th March
7.30 Sydney vs Melbourne, SCG
Friday 6th March
7.40 Gold Coast vs Collingwood, PFS
Saturday 7th March
2.15 GWS vs Richmond, ENGIE
5.00 Adelaide vs West Coast, AO
7.50 Geelong vs Carlton, GMHBA
Sunday 8th March
5.30 Fremantle vs Hawthorn, Optus
7.50 St Kilda vs Port Adelaide, Marvel
Monday 9th March
3.15 Essendon vs North Melbourne, Marvel

Round 2
Thursday 12th March
7.30 Carlton vs Richmond, MCG
Friday 13th March
7.40 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong, Marvel
Saturday 14th March
1.45 North Melbourne vs Adelaide, Marvel
4.30 Gold Coast vs Brisbane, PFS
7.10 Melbourne vs Fremantle, MCG
7.50 Port Adelaide vs GWS, AO
Sunday 15th March
12.45 Essendon vs St Kilda, Marvel
3.15 Collingwood vs Hawthorn, MCG
5.45 West Coast vs Sydney, Optus

Round 3
Thursday 19th March
7.30 Brisbane vs Carlton, Gabba
Friday 20th March
7.10 Melbourne vs St Kilda, MCG
8.10 Adelaide vs Port Adelaide, AO
Saturday 21st March
1.45 Hawthorn vs West Coast, UTAS
4.30 Geelong vs Essendon, MCG
7.10 Collingwood vs North Melbourne, Marvel
7.50 GWS vs Sydney, ENGIE
Sunday 22nd March
3.15 Richmond vs Western Bulldogs, MCG
7.10 Fremantle vs Gold Coast, OS

Round 4
Thursday 26th March
7.30 Collingwood vs Adelaide, MCG
Friday 27th March
7.40 Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn, Marvel
Saturday 28th
1.45 Sydney vs Brisbane, SCG
4.30 North Melbourne vs Fremantle, OS
7.10 Carlton vs Melbourne, MCG
7.50 Port Adelaide vs Richmond, AO
Sunday 29th
12.45 Gold Coast vs Essendon PFS
3.15 St Kilda vs GWS, Marvel
7.10 West Coast vs Geelong, Optus

Round 5
Thursday 2nd April
7.30 Brisbane vs Collingwood, Gabba
Friday 3rd April
4.45 Carlton vs North Melbourne, Marvel
7.50 Adelaide vs Sydney, AO
Saturday 4th April
2.15 Melbourne vs Gold Coast, MCG
5.00 Fremantle vs Port Adelaide, Optus
7.50 GWS vs Essendon, ENGIE
Sunday 5th April
3.15 Richmond vs West Coast, MCG
7.30 St Kilda vs Western Bulldogs, Marvel
Monday 6th April
3.15 Hawthorn vs Geelong, MCG

Round 6 - Gather Round
Thursday 9th April
7.30 Port Adelaide vs Collingwood, AO
Friday 10th April
4.15 Fremantle vs Richmond, Norwood Oval
7.40 Adelaide vs Carlton, AO
Saturday 11th April
1.30 Western Bulldogs vs West Coast, Barossa
4.30 Geelong vs Melbourne, AO
7.50 Brisbane vs GWS, AO
Sunday 12th April
12.45 Gold Coast vs North Melbourne, Barossa
3.45 Sydney vs Essendon, Norwood
6.45 Hawthorn vs St Kilda, AO

Round 7
Thursday 16th April
7.30 Geelong vs Fremantle, GMHBA
Friday 17th April
7.40 Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood, Marvel
Saturday 18th April
12.45 North Melbourne vs Brisbane, Marvel
2.15 Port Adelaide vs Essendon, AO
4.45 Richmond vs Hawthorn, MCG
7.10 Sydney vs Carlton, SCG
8.10 West Coast vs Melbourne, OS
Sunday 19th April
12.45 Gold Coast vs GWS, PFS
3.15 St Kilda vs Adelaide, Marvel

Round 8
Thursday 23rd April
7.30 Hawthorn vs Sydney, TAS
Friday 24th April
7.10 Richmond vs Melbourne, MCG
7.50 Brisbane vs Port Adelaide, Gabba
Saturday 25th April
2.30 Essendon vs Collingwood, MCG
5.30 Fremantle vs West Coast, Optus
7.10 Adelaide vs Geelong, AO
7.50 St Kilda vs Gold Coast, Marvel
Sunday 26th April
3.15 Western Bulldogs vs North Melb, Marvel
5.45 GWS vs Carlton, ENGIE

Round 9
Thursday 30th April
7.30 Sydney vs Collingwood, SCG
Friday 1st May
7.40 Geelong vs Richmond, GMHBA
Saturday 2nd May
2.15 GWS vs Adelaide, ENGIE
5.00 Essendon vs West Coast, Marvel
7.50 Gold Coast vs Hawthorn, PFS
Sunday 3rd May
3.15 Carlton vs Fremantle, MCG
5.45 Port Adelaide vs Western Bulldogs, AO
Byes: Melbourne, St Kilda, Brisbane, North Melbourne

Round 10
Thursday 7th May
7.30 Melbourne vs North Melbourne, MCG
Friday 8th May
7.40 St Kilda vs Brisbane, Marvel
Saturday 9th May
2.30 Geelong vs Sydney, GMHBA
7.10 Adelaide vs Western Bulldogs, AO
Sunday 10th May
3.15 Hawthorn vs Port Adelaide, Marvel
5.45 Essendon vs Fremantle, MCG
Byes: Gold Coast, Collingwood, Carlton, GWS, West Coast, Richmond

Round 11
Thursday 14th May
7.30 Carlton vs Gold Coast, Marvel
Friday 15th May
7.40 Collingwood vs GWS, MCG
Saturday 16th May
2.15 Sydney vs North Melbourne, SCG
5.00 West Coast vs St Kilda, OS
7.50 Western Bulldogs vs Richmond, Marvel
Sunday 17th May
12.45 Brisbane vs Adelaide, Gabba
3.15 Melbourne vs Essendon, Marvel
Byes: Port Adelaide, Hawthorn, Fremantle, Geelong

Round 12
Thursday 21st May
7.30 Port Adelaide vs Geelong, AO
Friday 22nd May
7.40 Hawthorn vs Fremantle, TAS
Saturday 23rd May
2.15 GWS vs Melbourne, Manuka
5.00 West Coast vs Brisbane, OS
7.50 Carlton vs St Kilda, Marvel
Sunday 24th May
12.45 Gold Coast vs North Melbourne, PFS
3.15 Collingwood vs Richmond, MCG
Byes: Adelaide, Sydney, Western Bulldogs, Essendon

Round 13
Thursday 28th May
7.30 Essendon vs Adelaide, Marvel
Friday 29th May
7.10 Sydney vs Western Bulldogs, SCG
8.10 Fremantle vs GWS, OS
Saturday 30th May
1.45 Richmond vs Gold Coast, MCG
4.30 St Kilda vs Hawthorn, Marvel
7.10 Brisbane vs Geelong, Gabba
7.50 Melbourne vs Port Adelaide, Alice Springs
Sunday 31st May
3.15 North Melbourne vs Carlton, MCG
7.10 Collingwood vs West Coast, Marvel

Round 14
Thursday 4th June
7.30 GWS vs Western Bulldogs, ENGIE
Friday 5th June
7.40 Richmond vs Brisbane, MCG
Saturday 6th June
1.45 North Melbourne vs St Kilda, Marvel
4.30 Gold Coast vs Sydney, PFS
7.10 Geelong vs Hawthorn, GMHBA
7.50 Port Adelaide vs Fremantle, AO
Sunday 7th June
3.45 West Coast vs Adelaide, OS
7.30 Essendon vs Carlton, MCG
Monday 8th June
3.15 Melbourne vs Collingwood, MCG

Round 15
Thursday 11th June
8.10 Fremantle vs Western Bulldogs, OS
Friday 12th June
7.10 Sydney vs GWS, SCG
7.50 Geelong vs St Kilda, GMHBA
Saturday 13th June
1.45 Adelaide vs Gold Coast, AO
4.30 Richmond vs North Melbourne, Marvel/Hobart
7.15 Hawthorn vs Collingwood, MCG
8.10 West Coast vs Essendon, OS
Sunday 14th June
3.15 Brisbane vs Melbourne, Gabba
5.45 Carlton vs Port Adelaide, MCG

Round 16
Thursday 18th June
7.30 GWS vs Geelong, ENGIE
Friday 19th June
7.40 Richmond vs Essendon, MCG
8.10 Fremantle vs Adelaide, OS
Saturday 20th June
1.45 Western Bulldogs vs St Kilda, Marvel
4.30 North Melbourne vs West Coast, Bunbury
7.10 Hawthorn vs Carlton, MCG
7.50 Gold Coast vs Melbourne, PFS
Sunday 21st June
3.15 Collingwood vs Brisbane, MCG
5.45 Port Adelaide vs Sydney, AO

Round 17
Thursday 25th June
7.30 Melbourne vs Geelong, MCG
Friday 26th June
7.10 Hawthorn vs Richmond, MCG
Saturday 27th June
1.45 Sydney vs St Kilda, SCG
4.30 Carlton vs Collingwood, MCG
7.10 Western Bulldogs vs Essendon, Marvel
7.50 Adelaide vs GWS, AO
Sunday 28th June
12.45 Brisbane vs Gold Coast, Gabba
3.15 North Melbourne vs Port Adelaide, Marvel
7.10 West Coast vs Fremantle, OS

Round 18
Thursday 2nd July
7.30 St Kilda vs Collingwood, MCG
Friday 3rd July
7.10 Essendon vs Hawthorn, MCG
Saturday 4th July
1.45 Port Adelaide vs Brisbane, AO
4.30 Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs, MCG
7.10 Gold Coast vs West Coast, TIO
7.50 Geelong vs Adelaide, GMHBA
Sunday 5th July
12.45 GWS vs North Melbourne, Manuka
3.15 Richmond vs Sydney, MCG
7.10 Fremantle vs Carlton, OS

Round 19
Thursday 9th July
7.30 Brisbane vs Essendon, Gabba
Friday 10th July
7.40 Western Bulldogs vs Gold Coast, Marvel
Saturday 11th July
1.45 Hawthorn vs North Melbourne, UTAS
4.30 Adelaide vs Collingwood, AO
7.10 Carlton vs Geelong, MCG
8.10 West Coast vs GWS, OS
Sunday 12th July
12.45 Richmond vs Port Adelaide, MCG/Hobart
3.15 St Kilda vs Melbourne, Marvel
7.10 Sydney vs Fremantle, SCG

Round 20 - Split Round
Friday 17th July
7.40 Geelong Vs Gold Coast, GMHBA
Saturday 18th July
4.30 Fremantle vs Brisbane, OS
7.50 Collingwood vs Western Bulldogs, MCG
Sunday 19th July
3.15 Port Adelaide vs St Kilda, AO
Thursday 16th July
7.30 Essendon vs GWS, Marvel
Friday 24th July
7.40 Hawthorn vs Melbourne, MCG
Saturday 25th July
4.30 North Melbourne vs Sydney, Marvel
7.10 Adelaide vs Richmond, AO
Sunday 26th July
3.15 Carlton vs West Coast, Marvel

Round 21 - 30th July to 2nd Aug
West Coast vs Port Adelaide, OS
GWS vs Brisbane, Manuka
Adelaide vs Hawthorn, AO
Collingwood vs Sydney, MCG
Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle, Marvel
Gold Coast vs Carlton, TIO
North Melbourne vs Geelong, Marvel
Essendon vs Melbourne, MCG
St Kilda vs Richmond, Marvel

Round 22 - 6th to 9th Aug
Fremantle vs St Kilda, OS
Sydney vs Gold Coast, SCG
Melbourne vs West Coast, MCG
Port Adelaide vs Adelaide, AO
Richmond vs GWS, MCG
Brisbane vs Hawthorn, Gabba
Carlton vs Essendon, MCG
Geelong vs Collingwood, MCG
North Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs, Marvel

Round 23 - 13th to 16th Aug
Gold Coast vs Port Adelaide, PFS
West Coast vs Richmond, OS
Adelaide vs Melbourne, AO
Collingwood vs Fremantle, MCG
Geelong vs Brisbane, GMHBA
St Kilda vs Sydney, Marvel
GWS vs Hawthorn, ENGIE
Western Bulldogs vs Carlton, MCG
Essendon vs North Melbourne, Marvel

Round 24 - 20th to 23rd Aug
Port Adelaide vs Carlton, AO
Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide, Marvel
Fremantle vs Geelong, OS
Melbourne vs GWS, MCG
Sydney vs West Coast, SCG
Hawthorn vs Gold Coast, MCG
Brisbane vs St Kilda, Gabba
Collingwood vs Essendon, MCG
North Melbourne vs Richmond, Marvel

Adelaide:
Plays twice: Collingwood, Geelong, GWS, Port Adelaide, West Coast, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 2
Friday games: 4

Brisbane:
Plays twice: Collingwood, Geelong, Gold Coast, GWS, Port Adelaide, St Kilda
Thursday games: 3 (+1 Wednesday)
Friday games: 3

Carlton:
Plays twice: Essendon, Fremantle, Geelong, Gold Coast, GWS, North Melbourne
Thursday games: 3
Friday games: 2

Collingwood:
Plays twice: Adelaide, Brisbane, Essendon, Hawthorn, Sydney, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 4
Friday games: 4

Essendon:
Plays twice: Carlton, Collingwood, GWS, Melbourne, North Melbourne, West Coast
Thursday games: 3
Friday games: 2

Fremantle:
Plays twice: Carlton, Geelong, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide, West Coast, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 2
Friday games: 3

Geelong
Plays twice: Adelaide, Brisbane, Carlton, Fremantle, Hawthorn, Melbourne
Thursday games: 4
Friday games: 4

GWS:
Plays twice: Adelaide, Brisbane, Carlton, Essendon, Richmond, Sydney
Thursday games: 3
Friday games: 3

Gold Coast:
Plays twice: Brisbane, Carlton, Hawthorn, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Sydney
Thursday games: 1
Friday games: 3

Hawthorn:
Plays twice: Collingwood, Fremantle, Geelong, Gold Coast, Richmond, St Kilda
Thursday games: 1
Friday games: 4

Melbourne
Plays twice: Essendon, Geelong, Gold Coast, Port Adelaide, St Kilda, West Coast
Thursday games: 2
Friday games: 3

North Melbourne
Plays twice: Carlton, Essendon, Gold Coast, Richmond, Sydney, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 1
Friday games: 1

Port Adelaide
Plays twice: Adelaide, Brisbane, Fremantle, Melbourne, North Melbourne, St Kilda
Thursday games: 2
Friday games: 2

Richmond
Plays twice: GWS, Hawthorn, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide, West Coast, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 1
Friday games: 5

St Kilda
Plays twice: Brisbane, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Sydney, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 2
Friday games: 3

Sydney
Plays twice: Collingwood, Gold Coast, GWS, North Melbourne, St Kilda, West Coast
Thursday games: 3
Friday games: 3

West Coast
Plays twice: Adelaide, Essendon, Fremantle, Melbourne, Richmond, Sydney
Thursday games: 0
Friday games: 0

Western Bulldogs
Plays twice: Adelaide, Collingwood, Fremantle, North Melbourne, Richmond, St Kilda
Thursday games: 2 (+1 Wednesday)
Friday games: 5

Yes please haha

 

[royboy2]

Just a thought, im sure others have had as well.
Why not schedule Opening Round in each state.

Lions v Dogs
Suns v Cats

Giants v Hawks
Swans v Blues

Eagles v Tigers
Dockers v Bombers

Crows v North
Port v Demons

Pies vs Saints in Tassie cos **** em

 

[The Feeder Club]

Sorry lads if this clogs up the feed, it’s a really long post, but I did my best job to make a full fixture for next year. It was a lot of work and I know it’s far from perfect, but thought I’d share to see what everyone thinks.

Notes:

• Season Starts with NSW/QLD matches as with previous years, however a full round is played rather than just four matches. I realise now that round 1 isn’t very good with the game in Geelong and I made this before St Kilda requested to play Collingwood.
• In round 2 every Victorian team plays in Victoria.
• Every team has 2 bye rounds, one between rounds 9-12 and a split round in round 20.
• In my version of this fixture, the split round would replace the pre-finals bye by giving teams a rest late in the year, however there is now a bye the week before the grand final instead.
• Floating fixture for just the last 4 rounds after split round so teams know when their byes are.
• Gave North Melbourne 2 home games in WA like last year, but could not line it up for 2 weeks in a row. However, North only play three other games interstate, so they won’t have extra travel compared to other teams.
• There’s been speculation of Richmond hosting two home games in Hobart, so I’ve picked out two games that they could potentially host down there.
• All teams play at least 2 games at the MCG.
• Victorian teams play between 4 and 6 games interstate (not including gather round)
• In the bye rounds from 9-12, all teams coming off a bye play each other the week after on Thursday or Friday night (except for the bottom 2 teams from the 2024 ladder)
• There are still several issues with this fixture such as Hawthorn’s run of three interstate games from Rounds 21-23, Essendon’s run from rounds 4-7 and St Kilda’s run of away games from rounds 14-17, however it got to a point where trying to fix them created 2 more issues, and so on. So I think this is the best fixture I can make without spending hours and hours more on refining it and shuffling things around more. There could also still be some mistakes that I haven’t picked up on yet.

Round 1
Wed 4th March:
7.30 Brisbane vs Western Bulldogs, Gabba
Thursday 5th March
7.30 Sydney vs Melbourne, SCG
Friday 6th March
7.40 Gold Coast vs Collingwood, PFS
Saturday 7th March
2.15 GWS vs Richmond, ENGIE
5.00 Adelaide vs West Coast, AO
7.50 Geelong vs Carlton, GMHBA
Sunday 8th March
5.30 Fremantle vs Hawthorn, Optus
7.50 St Kilda vs Port Adelaide, Marvel
Monday 9th March
3.15 Essendon vs North Melbourne, Marvel

Round 2
Thursday 12th March
7.30 Carlton vs Richmond, MCG
Friday 13th March
7.40 Western Bulldogs vs Geelong, Marvel
Saturday 14th March
1.45 North Melbourne vs Adelaide, Marvel
4.30 Gold Coast vs Brisbane, PFS
7.10 Melbourne vs Fremantle, MCG
7.50 Port Adelaide vs GWS, AO
Sunday 15th March
12.45 Essendon vs St Kilda, Marvel
3.15 Collingwood vs Hawthorn, MCG
5.45 West Coast vs Sydney, Optus

Round 3
Thursday 19th March
7.30 Brisbane vs Carlton, Gabba
Friday 20th March
7.10 Melbourne vs St Kilda, MCG
8.10 Adelaide vs Port Adelaide, AO
Saturday 21st March
1.45 Hawthorn vs West Coast, UTAS
4.30 Geelong vs Essendon, MCG
7.10 Collingwood vs North Melbourne, Marvel
7.50 GWS vs Sydney, ENGIE
Sunday 22nd March
3.15 Richmond vs Western Bulldogs, MCG
7.10 Fremantle vs Gold Coast, OS

Round 4
Thursday 26th March
7.30 Collingwood vs Adelaide, MCG
Friday 27th March
7.40 Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn, Marvel
Saturday 28th
1.45 Sydney vs Brisbane, SCG
4.30 North Melbourne vs Fremantle, OS
7.10 Carlton vs Melbourne, MCG
7.50 Port Adelaide vs Richmond, AO
Sunday 29th
12.45 Gold Coast vs Essendon PFS
3.15 St Kilda vs GWS, Marvel
7.10 West Coast vs Geelong, Optus

Round 5
Thursday 2nd April
7.30 Brisbane vs Collingwood, Gabba
Friday 3rd April
4.45 Carlton vs North Melbourne, Marvel
7.50 Adelaide vs Sydney, AO
Saturday 4th April
2.15 Melbourne vs Gold Coast, MCG
5.00 Fremantle vs Port Adelaide, Optus
7.50 GWS vs Essendon, ENGIE
Sunday 5th April
3.15 Richmond vs West Coast, MCG
7.30 St Kilda vs Western Bulldogs, Marvel
Monday 6th April
3.15 Hawthorn vs Geelong, MCG

Round 6 - Gather Round
Thursday 9th April
7.30 Port Adelaide vs Collingwood, AO
Friday 10th April
4.15 Fremantle vs Richmond, Norwood Oval
7.40 Adelaide vs Carlton, AO
Saturday 11th April
1.30 Western Bulldogs vs West Coast, Barossa
4.30 Geelong vs Melbourne, AO
7.50 Brisbane vs GWS, AO
Sunday 12th April
12.45 Gold Coast vs North Melbourne, Barossa
3.45 Sydney vs Essendon, Norwood
6.45 Hawthorn vs St Kilda, AO

Round 7
Thursday 16th April
7.30 Geelong vs Fremantle, GMHBA
Friday 17th April
7.40 Western Bulldogs vs Collingwood, Marvel
Saturday 18th April
12.45 North Melbourne vs Brisbane, Marvel
2.15 Port Adelaide vs Essendon, AO
4.45 Richmond vs Hawthorn, MCG
7.10 Sydney vs Carlton, SCG
8.10 West Coast vs Melbourne, OS
Sunday 19th April
12.45 Gold Coast vs GWS, PFS
3.15 St Kilda vs Adelaide, Marvel

Round 8
Thursday 23rd April
7.30 Hawthorn vs Sydney, TAS
Friday 24th April
7.10 Richmond vs Melbourne, MCG
7.50 Brisbane vs Port Adelaide, Gabba
Saturday 25th April
2.30 Essendon vs Collingwood, MCG
5.30 Fremantle vs West Coast, Optus
7.10 Adelaide vs Geelong, AO
7.50 St Kilda vs Gold Coast, Marvel
Sunday 26th April
3.15 Western Bulldogs vs North Melb, Marvel
5.45 GWS vs Carlton, ENGIE

Round 9
Thursday 30th April
7.30 Sydney vs Collingwood, SCG
Friday 1st May
7.40 Geelong vs Richmond, GMHBA
Saturday 2nd May
2.15 GWS vs Adelaide, ENGIE
5.00 Essendon vs West Coast, Marvel
7.50 Gold Coast vs Hawthorn, PFS
Sunday 3rd May
3.15 Carlton vs Fremantle, MCG
5.45 Port Adelaide vs Western Bulldogs, AO
Byes: Melbourne, St Kilda, Brisbane, North Melbourne

Round 10
Thursday 7th May
7.30 Melbourne vs North Melbourne, MCG
Friday 8th May
7.40 St Kilda vs Brisbane, Marvel
Saturday 9th May
2.30 Geelong vs Sydney, GMHBA
7.10 Adelaide vs Western Bulldogs, AO
Sunday 10th May
3.15 Hawthorn vs Port Adelaide, Marvel
5.45 Essendon vs Fremantle, MCG
Byes: Gold Coast, Collingwood, Carlton, GWS, West Coast, Richmond

Round 11
Thursday 14th May
7.30 Carlton vs Gold Coast, Marvel
Friday 15th May
7.40 Collingwood vs GWS, MCG
Saturday 16th May
2.15 Sydney vs North Melbourne, SCG
5.00 West Coast vs St Kilda, OS
7.50 Western Bulldogs vs Richmond, Marvel
Sunday 17th May
12.45 Brisbane vs Adelaide, Gabba
3.15 Melbourne vs Essendon, Marvel
Byes: Port Adelaide, Hawthorn, Fremantle, Geelong

Round 12
Thursday 21st May
7.30 Port Adelaide vs Geelong, AO
Friday 22nd May
7.40 Hawthorn vs Fremantle, TAS
Saturday 23rd May
2.15 GWS vs Melbourne, Manuka
5.00 West Coast vs Brisbane, OS
7.50 Carlton vs St Kilda, Marvel
Sunday 24th May
12.45 Gold Coast vs North Melbourne, PFS
3.15 Collingwood vs Richmond, MCG
Byes: Adelaide, Sydney, Western Bulldogs, Essendon

Round 13
Thursday 28th May
7.30 Essendon vs Adelaide, Marvel
Friday 29th May
7.10 Sydney vs Western Bulldogs, SCG
8.10 Fremantle vs GWS, OS
Saturday 30th May
1.45 Richmond vs Gold Coast, MCG
4.30 St Kilda vs Hawthorn, Marvel
7.10 Brisbane vs Geelong, Gabba
7.50 Melbourne vs Port Adelaide, Alice Springs
Sunday 31st May
3.15 North Melbourne vs Carlton, MCG
7.10 Collingwood vs West Coast, Marvel

Round 14
Thursday 4th June
7.30 GWS vs Western Bulldogs, ENGIE
Friday 5th June
7.40 Richmond vs Brisbane, MCG
Saturday 6th June
1.45 North Melbourne vs St Kilda, Marvel
4.30 Gold Coast vs Sydney, PFS
7.10 Geelong vs Hawthorn, GMHBA
7.50 Port Adelaide vs Fremantle, AO
Sunday 7th June
3.45 West Coast vs Adelaide, OS
7.30 Essendon vs Carlton, MCG
Monday 8th June
3.15 Melbourne vs Collingwood, MCG

Round 15
Thursday 11th June
8.10 Fremantle vs Western Bulldogs, OS
Friday 12th June
7.10 Sydney vs GWS, SCG
7.50 Geelong vs St Kilda, GMHBA
Saturday 13th June
1.45 Adelaide vs Gold Coast, AO
4.30 Richmond vs North Melbourne, Marvel/Hobart
7.15 Hawthorn vs Collingwood, MCG
8.10 West Coast vs Essendon, OS
Sunday 14th June
3.15 Brisbane vs Melbourne, Gabba
5.45 Carlton vs Port Adelaide, MCG

Round 16
Thursday 18th June
7.30 GWS vs Geelong, ENGIE
Friday 19th June
7.40 Richmond vs Essendon, MCG
8.10 Fremantle vs Adelaide, OS
Saturday 20th June
1.45 Western Bulldogs vs St Kilda, Marvel
4.30 North Melbourne vs West Coast, Bunbury
7.10 Hawthorn vs Carlton, MCG
7.50 Gold Coast vs Melbourne, PFS
Sunday 21st June
3.15 Collingwood vs Brisbane, MCG
5.45 Port Adelaide vs Sydney, AO

Round 17
Thursday 25th June
7.30 Melbourne vs Geelong, MCG
Friday 26th June
7.10 Hawthorn vs Richmond, MCG
Saturday 27th June
1.45 Sydney vs St Kilda, SCG
4.30 Carlton vs Collingwood, MCG
7.10 Western Bulldogs vs Essendon, Marvel
7.50 Adelaide vs GWS, AO
Sunday 28th June
12.45 Brisbane vs Gold Coast, Gabba
3.15 North Melbourne vs Port Adelaide, Marvel
7.10 West Coast vs Fremantle, OS

Round 18
Thursday 2nd July
7.30 St Kilda vs Collingwood, MCG
Friday 3rd July
7.10 Essendon vs Hawthorn, MCG
Saturday 4th July
1.45 Port Adelaide vs Brisbane, AO
4.30 Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs, MCG
7.10 Gold Coast vs West Coast, TIO
7.50 Geelong vs Adelaide, GMHBA
Sunday 5th July
12.45 GWS vs North Melbourne, Manuka
3.15 Richmond vs Sydney, MCG
7.10 Fremantle vs Carlton, OS

Round 19
Thursday 9th July
7.30 Brisbane vs Essendon, Gabba
Friday 10th July
7.40 Western Bulldogs vs Gold Coast, Marvel
Saturday 11th July
1.45 Hawthorn vs North Melbourne, UTAS
4.30 Adelaide vs Collingwood, AO
7.10 Carlton vs Geelong, MCG
8.10 West Coast vs GWS, OS
Sunday 12th July
12.45 Richmond vs Port Adelaide, MCG/Hobart
3.15 St Kilda vs Melbourne, Marvel
7.10 Sydney vs Fremantle, SCG

Round 20 - Split Round
Friday 17th July
7.40 Geelong Vs Gold Coast, GMHBA
Saturday 18th July
4.30 Fremantle vs Brisbane, OS
7.50 Collingwood vs Western Bulldogs, MCG
Sunday 19th July
3.15 Port Adelaide vs St Kilda, AO
Thursday 16th July
7.30 Essendon vs GWS, Marvel
Friday 24th July
7.40 Hawthorn vs Melbourne, MCG
Saturday 25th July
4.30 North Melbourne vs Sydney, Marvel
7.10 Adelaide vs Richmond, AO
Sunday 26th July
3.15 Carlton vs West Coast, Marvel

Round 21 - 30th July to 2nd Aug
West Coast vs Port Adelaide, OS
GWS vs Brisbane, Manuka
Adelaide vs Hawthorn, AO
Collingwood vs Sydney, MCG
Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle, Marvel
Gold Coast vs Carlton, TIO
North Melbourne vs Geelong, Marvel
Essendon vs Melbourne, MCG
St Kilda vs Richmond, Marvel

Round 22 - 6th to 9th Aug
Fremantle vs St Kilda, OS
Sydney vs Gold Coast, SCG
Melbourne vs West Coast, MCG
Port Adelaide vs Adelaide, AO
Richmond vs GWS, MCG
Brisbane vs Hawthorn, Gabba
Carlton vs Essendon, MCG
Geelong vs Collingwood, MCG
North Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs, Marvel

Round 23 - 13th to 16th Aug
Gold Coast vs Port Adelaide, PFS
West Coast vs Richmond, OS
Adelaide vs Melbourne, AO
Collingwood vs Fremantle, MCG
Geelong vs Brisbane, GMHBA
St Kilda vs Sydney, Marvel
GWS vs Hawthorn, ENGIE
Western Bulldogs vs Carlton, MCG
Essendon vs North Melbourne, Marvel

Round 24 - 20th to 23rd Aug
Port Adelaide vs Carlton, AO
Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide, Marvel
Fremantle vs Geelong, OS
Melbourne vs GWS, MCG
Sydney vs West Coast, SCG
Hawthorn vs Gold Coast, MCG
Brisbane vs St Kilda, Gabba
Collingwood vs Essendon, MCG
North Melbourne vs Richmond, Marvel

Adelaide:
Plays twice: Collingwood, Geelong, GWS, Port Adelaide, West Coast, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 2
Friday games: 4

Brisbane:
Plays twice: Collingwood, Geelong, Gold Coast, GWS, Port Adelaide, St Kilda
Thursday games: 3 (+1 Wednesday)
Friday games: 3

Carlton:
Plays twice: Essendon, Fremantle, Geelong, Gold Coast, GWS, North Melbourne
Thursday games: 3
Friday games: 2

Collingwood:
Plays twice: Adelaide, Brisbane, Essendon, Hawthorn, Sydney, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 4
Friday games: 4

Essendon:
Plays twice: Carlton, Collingwood, GWS, Melbourne, North Melbourne, West Coast
Thursday games: 3
Friday games: 2

Fremantle:
Plays twice: Carlton, Geelong, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide, West Coast, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 2
Friday games: 3

Geelong
Plays twice: Adelaide, Brisbane, Carlton, Fremantle, Hawthorn, Melbourne
Thursday games: 4
Friday games: 4

GWS:
Plays twice: Adelaide, Brisbane, Carlton, Essendon, Richmond, Sydney
Thursday games: 3
Friday games: 3

Gold Coast:
Plays twice: Brisbane, Carlton, Hawthorn, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Sydney
Thursday games: 1
Friday games: 3

Hawthorn:
Plays twice: Collingwood, Fremantle, Geelong, Gold Coast, Richmond, St Kilda
Thursday games: 1
Friday games: 4

Melbourne
Plays twice: Essendon, Geelong, Gold Coast, Port Adelaide, St Kilda, West Coast
Thursday games: 2
Friday games: 3

North Melbourne
Plays twice: Carlton, Essendon, Gold Coast, Richmond, Sydney, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 1
Friday games: 1

Port Adelaide
Plays twice: Adelaide, Brisbane, Fremantle, Melbourne, North Melbourne, St Kilda
Thursday games: 2
Friday games: 2

Richmond
Plays twice: GWS, Hawthorn, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide, West Coast, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 1
Friday games: 5

St Kilda
Plays twice: Brisbane, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Sydney, Western Bulldogs
Thursday games: 2
Friday games: 3

Sydney
Plays twice: Collingwood, Gold Coast, GWS, North Melbourne, St Kilda, West Coast
Thursday games: 3
Friday games: 3

West Coast
Plays twice: Adelaide, Essendon, Fremantle, Melbourne, Richmond, Sydney
Thursday games: 0
Friday games: 0

Western Bulldogs
Plays twice: Adelaide, Collingwood, Fremantle, North Melbourne, Richmond, St Kilda
Thursday games: 2 (+1 Wednesday)
Friday games: 5

Huge

I would give it two likes if I could, just for the idea that every team gets at least two games at the MCG

I really only looked at the Fremantle fixture, we'll take it thanks, it's pretty kind considering what we could cop. A couple of things that might not be 100% right

1. We will play North "away" in Bunbury this year - that game is already locked in
2. I doubt we would get two consecutive away games at the MCG in rounds 9 and 10 but I guess anything is possible

 

[theprospector]

Fixture bingo time. How many of these will we see?

- Geelong will inevitably finish the year belting a bottom-four side at GMHBA as a safety net in case they have a poor season. Failing that they will have another away clash against Richmond like this year. Set your watch to it.

- If Essendon aren’t clogging prime time, Carlton will be there every Thursday and Friday like clockwork.

- There’ll be zero standalone interstate Friday nights because the AFL still thinks the sun rises over Jolimont.

- North to play on Sunday at 4:40 pm for eternity.

 

[JPetro83]

So Wildcard weekend is grabbing the AFL enough headlines for now that they don't need to announce anything else

Im just hanging out for the actual Round 1 fixture. Keen to see how hard our(Crows) opening game will be. no doubt it will be freo or GWS away

 

[fl4gd0n5]

Fixture bingo time. How many of these will we see?

- Geelong will inevitably finish the year belting a bottom-four side at GMHBA as a safety net in case they have a poor season. Failing that they will have another away clash against Richmond like this year. Set your watch to it.

- If Essendon aren’t clogging prime time, Carlton will be there every Thursday and Friday like clockwork.

- There’ll be zero standalone interstate Friday nights because the AFL still thinks the sun rises over Jolimont.

- North to play on Sunday at 4:40 pm for eternity.

After reading the Herald Sun article the other day, I wouldn't be surprised if Essendon's only Thursday/Friday night games in the first 14-15 rounds (whatever they set in place, before the floating fixture) are Hawthorn in R1, and Richmond for Dreamtime. They could potentially get one on Good Friday night like they did last year v West Coast, but that doesn't really count. I'm personally hoping for mostly Saturday 4:15 and Sunday games. Because I'm not a school-aged kid, and don't have kids, having Sunday 4:40 games under the dome are great. Sunday 1:10 and Saturday 1:20 games no good for mine unless it's at the G (something about day games under the roof, when you can see the sun through the cracks, makes me feel yuck).

In answer to your bingo, I'm saying Geelong to play a 2025 bottom six team in one of the last two rounds. Limited prime time for Carlton, I'll guess four Thursday/Friday games in the first block of fixtures + Good Friday. There always is that one team that gets heaps of Ch7 matches, despite being middling the previous season. I'd guess St Kilda for next year, mainly because all the recruits will be a talking point even if they're bad (maybe even more so!). All St Kilda do is complain anyways, so they've probably been begging the AFL for prime time because they think they're so relevant now!

 

[Steele2King]

League makes big change to weighted rule ahead of fixture reveal

Teams can play up to four other teams in their ladder range, previously three, from next season

www.afl.com.au

Can now double up with up to four teams in your range. Convenient rule change, no doubt made after the fixture was already made.

 

[fl4gd0n5]

League makes big change to weighted rule ahead of fixture reveal

Teams can play up to four other teams in their ladder range, previously three, from next season

www.afl.com.au

Can now double up with up to four teams in your range. Convenient rule change, no doubt made after the fixture was already made.

They definitely ran into a roadblock and the quick and easy solution for them was to change the rule. It's pretty cooked that you could already play three teams in your group, four is ridiculous. If they are so set on this they'd have to make it something like only 18th can play four bottom-six teams, and only the premier can play four top-six teams.

Wouldn't be surprised if this is a result of feedback from Ch7 and Fox, so they've had to change stuff and it's been too hard for them, and it could be too late to cook up a whole new schedule (I'm assuming this takes a long time for them). The article says the full fixture is coming on Thursday which is good. We'll probably be leaked enough of it to piece half together anyways!

 

[Mat Mann]

Might be late to the party but none of 2002, 2003 and 2004 look right. Those were the days where your last seven games were generally opponents from your first seven.

From memory we had the Saints twice in 2002 (6 & 21) and just once the other two years?

last time I use ChatGPT for simple stuff

2001 rnd 9
2002 you are right, rnd 6 and 21
2003 rnd 9
2004 rnd 8
2005 rnd 6 & 17
2006 rnd 14
2007 rnd 14
2008 rnd 8 & 19
2009 rnd 7
2010 rnd 3 & 16
2011 rnd 11 & 21
2012 rnd 19
2013 rnd 6
2014 rnd 11

I see I was beaten to it

Regardless 5 out of 25 is wild

 

[POSA98]

The AFL has announced a change to the weighted fixture rule ahead of the 2026 fixture releases.

The rule change will mean you can play up to 4 clubs from within your group. It’s expected 2 of the top 6 will get 4 double ups within that group.

League makes big change to weighted rule ahead of fixture reveal

Teams can play up to four other teams in their ladder range, previously three, from next season

www.afl.com.au