Fixture 2026 Fixture

[Viceregal]

I just assume that whatever worst available is what we will get that and don't remember being disappointed so far so I confidently anticipate 4 top six and one each from the other two ... and that those other two will be whoever has the best chances for next year...

 

[The Feeder Club]

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.

Also known as the "how can we nobble Brisbane this time" rule

Full fixture Thursday according to that article, so surely a couple of tasters over the next 24 hours

 

[Mat Mann]

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

Great effort
just a few things from a St Kilda perspective

Sydney twice in 6 weeks
West Coast are due to travel to Melbourne, only 2 of the last 7 have been Saints home games
rnd 12 Carlton v St Kilda should be Friday night, swapping with Hawks v Freo Tasmania game, although I'd have this match in the first 5-6 rounds to draw all the bitter bloo's fans

I like alot of the timeslots, ripping job

 

[fl4gd0n5]

Also known as the "how can we nobble Brisbane this time" rule

I don't necessarily disagree with that sentiment, but if any team should have this fixture it should be the premiers.

The AFL, although they neither preach or practice fairness, their ideal world would have every team win a premiership in every 18 year cycle. It's tough to win back-to-back, which is why everyone is praising Brisbane, just like they did in the 2000's, and just like people did with Hawthorn in the 2010's. Even Geelong and Richmond who didn't win consecutive premierships, but won multiple in a short time.

It's not great for Brisbane fans, because you want your team to win... But, I don't dislike the idea of the North Melbourne's of the world getting an easier draw, and the Brisbane's of the world having it really tough (in terms of their fixture).

In essence, I think the AFL wants the competition to be as even as possible, not as fair as possible. Because, due to reasons like clubs mismanaging football operations, and the inequality in the draft, if everyone had the same fixture there would still be a big gap between teams, probably more than there is now. And from a spectators viewpoint, it's obviously better if every game is close and the ladder is tight because it brings in the stakes. That's exactly why they bring in the wildcard.

I don't think it'll mean middling teams win premierships, the cream will rise to the top, but it means that teams aren't tied to the bottom of the ladder as much as they are now.

 

[pattymalone00]

Also known as the "how can we nobble Brisbane this time" rule

Full fixture Thursday according to that article, so surely a couple of tasters over the next 24 hours

Feels like such a boing year for fixture leaks this season, surely theres usually more this close to the fixture coming out

 

[Big Sauce 21]

I suggest you go look at what we had this year. We've copped our punishment. Geelong can x4

 

[mikey127]

Feels like such a boing year for fixture leaks this season, surely theres usually more this close to the fixture coming out

They've been less abd less over the last few years.

Given the AFL had announced the wild card they don't need to leak cause everyone is talking about them anyway

 

[blueiris]

So it’s our turn to have a Geelong type fixture and finish with 8 of the bottom 10 teams right?

 

[Hawkk]

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

You’ve got one Hawthorn MCG home game in the first 15 rounds (Easter Monday).

 

[The Feeder Club]

I don't necessarily disagree with that sentiment, but if any team should have this fixture it should be the premiers.

The AFL, although they neither preach or practice fairness, their ideal world would have every team win a premiership in every 18 year cycle. It's tough to win back-to-back, which is why everyone is praising Brisbane, just like they did in the 2000's, and just like people did with Hawthorn in the 2010's. Even Geelong and Richmond who didn't win consecutive premierships, but won multiple in a short time.

It's not great for Brisbane fans, because you want your team to win... But, I don't dislike the idea of the North Melbourne's of the world getting an easier draw, and the Brisbane's of the world having it really tough (in terms of their fixture).

In essence, I think the AFL wants the competition to be as even as possible, not as fair as possible. Because, due to reasons like clubs mismanaging football operations, and the inequality in the draft, if everyone had the same fixture there would still be a big gap between teams, probably more than there is now. And from a spectators viewpoint, it's obviously better if every game is close and the ladder is tight because it brings in the stakes. That's exactly why they bring in the wildcard.

I don't think it'll mean middling teams win premierships, the cream will rise to the top, but it means that teams aren't tied to the bottom of the ladder as much as they are now.

It's such a cooked league. That most people just accept doctoring a fixture to penalise some teams and promote others tells us how much it's been captured.
I heard again on radio today an interview with a talking head questioning why the AFL still enjoys the tax free charitable status that you get if you run a sporting competition, when in essence it is a business controlled by the TV and gambling industries, not a sporting competition at all.
It’s a reasonable point. Just tax the ****ers like you would the producers of reality TV

 

[Elixuh]

This current afl admin can’t even devise a fixture without changing the rules.

The fixture is so compromised that to maintain the compromise they have to do this.

No prizes for guessing which club in the top 6 will get the 4x matchups.

 

[Reservoir tiger]

I don't necessarily disagree with that sentiment, but if any team should have this fixture it should be the premiers.

The AFL, although they neither preach or practice fairness, their ideal world would have every team win a premiership in every 18 year cycle. It's tough to win back-to-back, which is why everyone is praising Brisbane, just like they did in the 2000's, and just like people did with Hawthorn in the 2010's. Even Geelong and Richmond who didn't win consecutive premierships, but won multiple in a short time.

It's not great for Brisbane fans, because you want your team to win... But, I don't dislike the idea of the North Melbourne's of the world getting an easier draw, and the Brisbane's of the world having it really tough (in terms of their fixture).

In essence, I think the AFL wants the competition to be as even as possible, not as fair as possible. Because, due to reasons like clubs mismanaging football operations, and the inequality in the draft, if everyone had the same fixture there would still be a big gap between teams, probably more than there is now. And from a spectators viewpoint, it's obviously better if every game is close and the ladder is tight because it brings in the stakes. That's exactly why they bring in the wildcard.

I don't think it'll mean middling teams win premierships, the cream will rise to the top, but it means that teams aren't tied to the bottom of the ladder as much as they are now.

Richmond definitely won consecutive premierships…

 

[fl4gd0n5]

Richmond definitely won consecutive premierships…

Yes, you're right. I more meant from the perspective of them winning three in four, like Geelong won three in five, instead of how Brisbane and Hawthorn won three in a row. Richmond probably should've won four in a row, they were the best team in 2018 as well. Should've worded it better though, apologies!

 

[pjcrows]

Adelaide with a lot of prime time slots in the first half of the year.

 

[hawkman]

I suggest you go look at what we had this year. We've copped our punishment. Geelong can x4

Unlikely to be Geelong. More like to be us or Adelaide

 

[Dirty Bird]

Unlikely to be Geelong. More like to be us or Adelaide

Thing is - I wouldn't complain.
Teams always go up and go down.
I remember in 2024 we ended up getting double ups vs 3 of the top 4 despite being mid 6. Wasn't planned but teams rise.
Who the hell knows what's going to happen.

Use Geelong as an example - Didn't they have a hard 2025 fixture this time last year, then ended up getting a cakewalk?

 

[Commando]

Thing is - I wouldn't complain.
Teams always go up and go down.
I remember in 2024 we ended up getting double ups vs 3 of the top 4 despite being mid 6. Wasn't planned but teams rise.
Who the hell knows what's going to happen.

Use Geelong as an example - Didn't they have a hard 2025 fixture this time last year, then ended up getting a cakewalk?

Geelong had an extremely tough start of 2025 fixture
Nobody mentions this
Ground was also unavailable for a couple of games due to a movie being filmed there
Hence the extra home games towards the end of the season

 

[Seattle Mariners]

Will Gather Round be released Tuesday or Wednesday?

 

[Millsie69]

Will Gather Round be released Tuesday or Wednesday?

Sounds like it will be Wednesday, with the full release on Thursday.

 

[GroggSquad]

Geelong had an extremely tough start of 2025 fixture
Nobody mentions this
Ground was also unavailable for a couple of games due to a movie being filmed there
Hence the extra home games towards the end of the season

Nobody mentions it because Geelong got Richmond twice as their Bottom 6 team, instead of Crows or Suns.
Nobody mentions it because Geelong got Essendon & St Kilda twice as their Middle 6 teams, instead of Pies and/or Dogs.

Nothing else needs to be said really. Those soft double-ups were comical for a Top 3 team that is already gifted 10 games at their training ground fortress AND only needed to jump on a plane 6 times

 

[Whiskers]

Nobody mentions it because Geelong got Richmond twice as their Bottom 6 team, instead of Crows or Suns.
Nobody mentions it because Geelong got Essendon & St Kilda twice as their Middle 6 teams, instead of Pies and/or Dogs.

Nothing else needs to be said really. Those soft double-ups were comical for a Top 3 team that is already gifted 10 games at their training ground fortress AND only needed to jump on a plane 6 times

It’s irrelevant who we get in the bottom 6 really. We should beat them all anyway. Plus I wish we didn’t cop Saints twice, getting top placed crows twice would’ve been better. Saints are our bogey team. Just like Lions and Giants, all of which we copped twice.

We went 7-5 in our double up games and 10-1 against teams we played once.
What does that tell you?
Change our fixture and we would’ve had even more wins.

No doubt with all the sooking done by those with no idea we will definitely be the team who gets 4 top 6 teams twice.

Although I don’t mind if that means we don’t get giants and saints twice.
Crows, hawks, pies twice - yes please. We didn’t lose to any of them this year and played none of them at home.
We know we get suns away now, may aswell hope we get them twice. As a cat fan I’m quite happy to play the whole top 6 twice.

We copped the max of 3 top 6 sides twice in 2025 and played all the top 6 away.
The whinging from people like you is hilarious.

 

[blueiris]

AFL have closed the easier fixture loophole with clubs playing 4 of their set group and likely one of each of the likely groups of 6 shambles I really wanted a Cats like fixture this season

 

[rohan171]

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

Cheers for the feedback. I wasn’t sure what North’s WA deal was exactly!
I doubt the back to back MCG games too, but the AFL have done stranger things (like having a 5 game opening round )

 

[JasRulz63]

Use Geelong as an example - Didn't they have a hard 2025 fixture this time last year, then ended up getting a cakewalk?

This time last year, Geelong had either the 5th hardest draw based on finishing position (in 2024) or 11th hardest draw based on percentage (in 2024).

Like the other prelim finalists, they played 3x against the top 6, but the two middle 6 teams they played were the two lowest ranked (based on 2024), and the bottom 6 team they played was the lowest ranked.

So they were given the maximum 3 against top 6 teams, but counterbalanced by having the easiest possible two middle 6 and one bottom 6 team.

 

[rohan171]

Great effort
just a few things from a St Kilda perspective

Sydney twice in 6 weeks
West Coast are due to travel to Melbourne, only 2 of the last 7 have been Saints home games
rnd 12 Carlton v St Kilda should be Friday night, swapping with Hawks v Freo Tasmania game, although I'd have this match in the first 5-6 rounds to draw all the bitter bloo's fans

I like alot of the timeslots, ripping job

yeah Sydney twice in six weeks is an issue.
Trying to fix teams having big blocks of home/away games was one of the hardest things to get right when making the fixture, so I’ll admit that it’s definitely not equal!
Thanks for giving the fixture a look!

You’ve got one Hawthorn MCG home game in the first 15 rounds (Easter Monday).

True! I didn’t realise this. Probably best to swap the hawks vs Sydney game to the MCG and change a different game down to Tassie. Although hawks have a very good mid-season run at the G!