2026 Fixture

[stfan]

The Fixture for the first 15 Games of 2026 has just dropped. And opponents for the whole H&A Season.

2026 FIXTURE: Two new primetime kings, huge start to season

A standalone game in Victoria in Opening Round and Friday night double-headers among the features in the 2026 Toyota AFL Premiership Season fixture

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[Nutsngum]

Double ups versus, GWS, Gold Coast, Carlton, Port, Richmond and Sydney.

Very middle of the road.. Carlton will be worse, Port likely about the same and Sydney to improve.

 

[DT_35]

2 weeks in a row in Adelaide lol, against both Adelaide teams

 

[ARCHIE66]

**** not great tbh.
How tf do we draw every interstate team away except for west coast which shouldn’t matter where we play them.

 

[ARCHIE66]

**** not great tbh.
How tf do we draw every interstate team away except for west coast which shouldn’t matter where we play them.

Sorry and Brisbane as well but will probably lose that either way

 

[tommo7]

Happy with our double ups I reckon. A 2 week trip to Adelaide isn’t bad for the lads to stay down there together.

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Thankfully we’ve held on to the title of Sunday Kings.
Plus you’d think we were nepo babies the amount of travel we have.

 

[SainterinSydney]

Out of the double ups GWS, Port Adelaide, Carlton, Gold Coast, Richmond and Sydney we can beat all twice except Gold Coast. Im bullish against Giants--i think they have big issues.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

The Fixture for the first 15 Games of 2026 has just dropped. And opponents for the whole H&A Season.

2026 FIXTURE: Two new primetime kings, huge start to season

A standalone game in Victoria in Opening Round and Friday night double-headers among the features in the 2026 Toyota AFL Premiership Season fixture

www.afl.com.au

AFL Fixtures and Results - AFL.com.au

AFL fixtures, results and scores from the Toyota AFL Premiership Season, NAB Women's and State Leagues seasons by round.

www.afl.com.au

One of the more low key smart moves this club has made is to make sure we face a SA team post gathering round.

Reduces travel

 

[The Slug]

Looks decent to me. Double ups not too bad. 9 out of the last 10 in the G or Marvel.

 

[EconomicDecline]

6 interstate games from OR to R13

Don’t leave Victoria from R14 to R24

Double ups from 2024 position: 1 top 6. 4 middle 6. 1 bottom 6.

All games (announced so far) minimum 6 to 7 day break. Except R10 to R11. Freo game will be tough.

 

[nikkig98]

Double ups versus, GWS, Gold Coast, Carlton, Port, Richmond and Sydney.

Very middle of the road.. Carlton will be worse, Port likely about the same and Sydney to improve.

Port will be worse too, new coach, few retirements, JHF already looking injured, no draft picks, and no recruits this year, we should be beating them comfortably

Sydney and GCS twice is tough but we gotta prove ourselves

 

[stfan]

Double ups versus, GWS, Gold Coast, Carlton, Port, Richmond and Sydney.

Very middle of the road.. Carlton will be worse, Port likely about the same and Sydney to improve.

Overall the Fixture looks pretty good. Depending on how much GC improve we may not play any of the main contenders twice.

 

[chris_h_11]

One home night game at Marvel, and it's a Thursday.

We've become the Channel 7 Sunday arvo darling - beats the 4.45 graveyard slot.

 

[nikkig98]

How the **** did port get this

 

[therealliam]

Damn, I was really ready for a rage session at the AFL today but.... our fixture is actually pretty good? Double-ups shouldn't scare us, no short breaks, huge run home in Victoria.

What am I going to rage about now?

 

[Gavinmitchell11]

**** not great tbh.
How tf do we draw every interstate team away except for west coast which shouldn’t matter where we play them.

Actually, the one team I want to play away - The Lions, currently reside 5 mins from the Gabba. we dont as well.

 

[tommo7]

Damn, I was really ready for a rage session at the AFL today but.... our fixture is actually pretty good? Double-ups shouldn't scare us, no short breaks, huge run home in Victoria.

What am I going to rage about now?

The momentum continues to build…

 

[Gavinmitchell11]

4 interstate teams twice, could have given us Melbourne twice, given the Steele link and we play them in R1. Instead of one of the Sydney teams.

 

[nikkig98]

4 interstate teams twice, could have given us Melbourne twice, given the Steele link and we play them in R1. Instead of one of the Sydney teams.

I don't mind it, we're gonna have to go through them with finals so its best Ross gets as much of an opportunity to face them and the Steele link is pretty inconsequential given that there really wasnt much drama around it. Plus the final 10 rounds in Melbourne makes up for it, no travel at all, great consistency

 

[beside the seaside]

It doesn't look too horrible. The five day break into a Perth trip against Freo then into Hawthorn off a six day break looks tricky. Don't hate the Adelaide double up, just stay there and get two interstate games out of the way.

 

[Rogue Warrior]

I'm feeling 60% glass half full right now.
But we have taken so many steps backwards in the past couple of seasons, it is coming off a low base.
Let's see how the he injury table looks in February.
Meanwhile, I won't raise my glass too high, lest it comes slippin' right out of my hands.

Early observations:
Double ups: Carlton, GWS, Sydney, Port Adelaide, GC, Richmond

The bad
Lots of travel in the 1st half of year.

Adelaide in Adelaide again. By some miracle. Not sure we’ve played them in melb since 2019.

The good
no double ups against the really strong sides. So probably a reasonable balance.

3 games at the G

Inclusion in opening round

No travel from Rd 14 onwards

 

[Armoooo]

I reckon it looks pretty good. My only concern is that we have all our interstate games early again. I dont want another season where we come home with a wet sail, but only after being eliminated from finals contention (although wildcard round should make that tougher).

Not too worried about back to back Adelaide games, wouldnt be surprised if we requested that for Nas and to troll Higgins.

 

[dudeintheswamp]

If we can get off to a good start and build some momentum the last ten weeks in Melbourne looks good

 

[Winmar2Lockett]

I reckon it's a great fixture considering what we served up last season.

It'll be a fantastic fixture if we really get going & are rewarded with more prime-time slots.

We could really build some serious momentum with that run of very winnable games in Vic on the home stretch.