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2026 Fixture

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Another little quirk I just noticed is we have the first of two byes in Round 4, directly preceding our two weeks in Adelaide for Rounds 5 & 6.
 

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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
Oh gee....
I specifically dreaded.

A brutal schedule in the first 8 weeks, when the ladder takes shape, and after the truck has run us down, flat as a pancake, spirit in a coma- a series of low-stakes games at Marvel in twilight to finish the season with aa 'wet sail'. May as well be the HMVS Cerebus.
 
Overall, pretty happy with it. Lot's of double ups against teams around our level. 3 MCG games. Don't leave Vic after rd13. Lots of FTA games, even if they are Sunday.

Feels like a missed opportunity from the AFL to not schedule our game against Carlton at the G. Club also likely wouldnt be happy about having both GWS and GC at home from a financial perspective. The 5 day break between rd10 and rd11 with a trip to Perth is rough.

But overall, much better than previous years.
 
The double ups are good, the no travel after the King's birthday is good, the extra MCG game is good.

The trip to Geelong is meh for me, but Geelong is closer to home than Marvel for me too.

Consecutive games in Adelaide AGAIN? I mean, that Adelaide game is the very definition of a schedule loss. Also we don't play Adelaide in Melbourne for a seventh consecutive season.
 
The double ups are good, the no travel after the King's birthday is good, the extra MCG game is good.

The trip to Geelong is meh for me, but Geelong is closer to home than Marvel for me too.

Consecutive games in Adelaide AGAIN? I mean, that Adelaide game is the very definition of a schedule loss. Also we don't play Adelaide in Melbourne for a seventh consecutive season.
I wonder if we asked for double up like that.
 
Happy with the knowing the fixture with all the interstate games as can arrange my work travel schedule now for next year. Particularly happy that all games for the unknown part in the latter part of the fixture are Vic games.
 
I wonder if we asked for double up like that.
It would have to be in the context of "St Kilda are travelling to Adelaide twice regardless". Then we would have asked them to be back to back.

Adelaide finished top so I'm happy to avoid them as a double up (although GC may be tougher in the end in 2026) but if we don't play them twice, we should play them in Melbourne only. We have played them in Adelaide in 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025 and in Cairns in 2021.
 

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Oh gee....
I specifically dreaded.

A brutal schedule in the first 8 weeks, when the ladder takes shape, and after the truck has run us down, flat as a pancake, spirit in a coma- a series of low-stakes games at Marvel in twilight to finish the season with aa 'wet sail'. May as well be the HMVS Cerebus.
Idk if you're mostly joking, but "brutal schedule" seems a bit dramatic. Aging Pies should be a win, Dees is definitely a win, GWS is not the juggernaut they used to be and aging (we shouldve beaten them last year with 4-5 less pieces and a Toby Greene miracle), Lions is probably a loss, Port are worse than they were last season, Crows will be a loss in Adelaide, and then WCE at Marvel will be a win and Carlton are pretty winnable too?

5-3 or even 6-2 seems pretty doable
 

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