Fixture 2026 Fixture

[fl4gd0n5]

Port in Melbourne round 1

First time since Ben Brown's 10 goal haul in 2019 i believe

R1 2021 was in Melbourne

 

[fl4gd0n5]

Essendon has Brisbane and Hawthorn (Top Six), St Kilda (Middle Six), Port Adelaide, Melbourne and North Melbourne (Bottom Six) as double ups.

 

[timokane]

I am done with playing north at mavel tho and our home game.

Doesnt make sense again.

Home mcg v north.

Good tho the marvel games are spread out tho.

2 early on and one at the back end.

Also my tips Collingwood beat both cats and hawks twice i 2026 by 6 goals.

 

[JPetro83]

Talk about a piss easy start to the year.. suss out ports games.

 

[boncer34]

Essendon has Brisbane and Hawthorn (Top Six), St Kilda (Middle Six), Port Adelaide, Melbourne and North Melbourne (Bottom Six) as double ups.

GWS

 

[fl4gd0n5]

GWS

Yes St Kilda not a double up it’s GWS who are Middle Six

 

[threenewpadlocks]

The fixture is now so compromised with requests and requirements that you have these downstream effects that would not happen if elements of the league were truly random.

How is it that the Dogs are forced to play in Geelong literally every year and virtually never host a home game against them?

How is it that Melbourne, despite being one of the 8 teams that aren't playing opening round (and therefore don't have the benefit of a bye and therefore fewer games to their mid-season bye), are one of the 4 teams that have their bye in the last of the mid-season bye rounds, round 16? In fact, Melbourne have a 5, 7, 7 day break for the three weeks before that R15 matchup (ie not only do they play 15 games in a row without a rest, they don't even have a 8 or 9 day break to recover from). Whereas Adelaide get bye, 7, 9 day break the 3 weeks before that fixture. Not that Melbourne are likely to beat Adelaide in that game, but that game is almost a write off - if Melbourne are unlikely to make finals 15 games into the season, they'll be exhausted and their players with one eye towards their week off. Talk about scheduling an unfair, uncompetitive game into the fixture.

 

[Libbaaaa]

Brutal draw for the Dogs but no excuses. 3 trips in Adelaide in the first 9 rounds is bit silly.

Also not scheduling a home game against Geelong again is just mind boggling after not doing it last year to capitalise not the Bailey Smith

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Bailey Smith

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25

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185cm

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86kg

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18.3

5star

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8.5

3star

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9.8

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M

2.3

2star

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3.8

5star

CL

2.7

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D

19.8

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9.6

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10.2

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1.8

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3.2

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3.2

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14.8

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7.6

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7.2

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M

2.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

1.6

4star

grudge match.

 

[CarterS]

Very surprising that it looks like they have got rid of the Sunday night Q clash on the QLD long weekend

Horrible decision, was hugely successful game this year

 

[Purple Suit]

How do I apply for a job doing the AFL fixture?

I feel like they could put out a parameter kit of what it needs to do and people would submit better efforts for free (assuming they went of equality as the number 1 importance).

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

North Melbourne only getting 1 FTA game in the first 15 weeks is a disgrace. I understand they’ve been a terrible team for a decade, but the FTA schedule needs to be fairer than this.

Carlton getting so many Thurs and Fri night games is insane. By round 10, the conversation will once again be on why they’re hogging the spotlight. We go through this every other year.

Whether we're winning or sucking, we still draw eyeballs. Oppo fans love hate watching us either way.

 

[Sentinel]

Geelong fixtured to finish their H&A season with a final round game at GMHBA Stadium for the 14th time in 15 seasons

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

No Curnow vs the Blues at the G is a bloody disgrace.

 

[NeedForTheReids]

Good to see the cats get their easy stretch to end the year

Essendon H, North Marvel, Richmond H

 

[LukeParkerno1]

No Curnow vs the Blues at the G is a bloody disgrace.

Weird decision.

 

[carlton_99]

No Curnow vs the Blues at the G is a bloody disgrace.

Sydney must have some sort of agreement with the AFL that they just don't play us in Victoria. After OR, it will be 12/17 H+A games between the two clubs since start of 2013 in NSW. One of the remaining five at Metricon. Just the four in VIC.

 

[Foxman98]

No Curnow vs the Blues at the G is a bloody disgrace.

No Curnow vs Carlton in Mel
No Smith vs Bulldogs in Mel for the 2nd year running
No JUH vs Bulldogs in Mel
No Oliver vs Melbourne in Mel

So stupid to have none of these

 

[CarterS]

Lions good draw in terms of difficulty but don't have many prime time games at all which is a surprise.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Sydney must have some sort of agreement with the AFL that they just don't play us in Victoria. After OR, it will be 12/17 H+A games between the two clubs since start of 2013 in NSW. One of the remaining five at Metricon. Just the four in VIC.

Just quietly e'd rather play you guys than a few of our double ups.

 

[voorhees]

Friday night double headers are stupid. Who wants 1/3 of the games done before the weekend starts?

agree..
unwanted and unnecessary
another dumb move by the AFL

 

[daniel_4tw]

How do I apply for a job doing the AFL fixture?

You’re over qualified.

 

[Libbaaaa]

No Curnow vs Carlton in Mel
No Smith vs Bulldogs in Mel for the 2nd year running
No JUH vs Bulldogs in Mel
No Oliver vs Melbourne in Mel

So stupid to have none of these

Can’t count the Jamarra one, who knows with him.

The Smith one is just mind boggling really, for a league that is so compromised to manufacturing outcomes when it comes to the fixture that is two years in a row now they have missed out on an obvious call.

 

[FreoRicci]

Round 1 v Geelong in Geelong.

Oh no wait that’s 2026. But that was this season?

Be different, AFL.

Most unfairness league in the world.

 

[1972championsofaust]

Is there a quick way to find out every teams Double Up’s without me going through every round!

 

[FreoRicci]

Double up in Adelaide. Man I love this league. Let’s celebrate it