Fixture AFL 2025 Fixture

[Chief]

2025 AFL FIXTURE

Times AEDT until Saturday April 5
Times AEST from Sunday April 6

OPENING ROUND

Thursday March 6

Brisbane Lions v Geelong Cats, The Gabba (7.50pm)

Friday March 7

Sydney Swans v Hawthorn, SCG (7.40pm)

Saturday March 8

Gold Coast Suns v Essendon, People First Stadium (5.15pm)

Sunday March 9

GWS Giants v Collingwood, ENGIE Stadium (3.20pm)

Bye: Adelaide Crows, Carlton, Fremantle, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Richmond, St Kilda, West Coast Eagles, Western Bulldogs

ROUND 1

Thursday March 13

Richmond v Carlton, MCG (7.30pm)

Friday March 14

Hawthorn v Essendon, MCG (7.40pm)

Saturday March 15

Geelong Cats v Fremantle, GMHBA Stadium (1.20pm)

Sydney Swans v Brisbane Lions, SCG (4.15pm)

Collingwood v Port Adelaide, MCG (7.35pm)

Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne, Marvel Stadium (7.35pm)

Sunday March 16

Adelaide Crows v St Kilda, Adelaide Oval (12.35pm)

Melbourne v GWS Giants, MCG (3.20pm)

West Coast Eagles v Gold Coast Suns, Optus Stadium (6.10pm)

ROUND 2

Thursday March 20

Carlton v Hawthorn, MCG (7.30pm)

Friday March 21

Western Bulldogs v Collingwood, MCG (7.40pm)

Saturday March 22

Essendon v Adelaide Crows, MCG (1.20pm)

Port Adelaide v Richmond, Adelaide Oval (4.15pm)

St Kilda v Geelong Cats, Marvel Stadium (7.35pm)

Sunday March 23

Brisbane Lions v West Coast Eagles, The Gabba (1.10pm)

North Melbourne v Melbourne, Marvel Stadium (3.20pm)

Fremantle v Sydney Swans, Optus Stadium (6.10pm)

Bye: Gold Coast Suns, GWS Giants

ROUND 3

Thursday March 27

Essendon v Port Adelaide, Marvel Stadium (7.30pm)

Friday March 28

Carlton v Western Bulldogs, Marvel Stadium (7.40pm)

Saturday March 29

Melbourne v Gold Coast Suns, MCG (1.20pm)

St Kilda v Richmond, Marvel Stadium (4.15pm)

Hawthorn v GWS Giants, UTAS Stadium (7.35pm)

Sunday March 30

Adelaide Crows v North Melbourne, Adelaide Oval (3.20pm)

West Coast Eagles v Fremantle, Optus Stadium (6.10pm)

Bye: Brisbane Lions, Collingwood, Geelong Cats, Sydney Swans

ROUND 4

Thursday April 3

Collingwood v Carlton, MCG (7.30pm)

Friday April 4

Geelong Cats v Melbourne, GMHBA Stadium (7.40pm)

Saturday April 5

Gold Coast Suns v Adelaide Crows, People First Stadium (1.20pm)

Richmond v Brisbane Lions, MCG (4.15pm)

North Melbourne v Sydney Swans, Marvel Stadium (7.35pm)

Sunday April 6

GWS Giants v West Coast Eagles, ENGIE Stadium (1.10pm)

Port Adelaide v St Kilda, Adelaide Oval (3.20pm)

Fremantle v Western Bulldogs, Optus Stadium (5.10pm)

Bye: Essendon, Hawthorn

ROUND 5 (Gather Round)

Thursday April 10

Adelaide Crows v Geelong Cats, Adelaide Oval (7.40pm)

Friday April 11

Collingwood v Sydney Swans, Adelaide Oval (7.40pm)

Saturday April 12

North Melbourne v Gold Coast Suns, Barossa (12.35pm)

Carlton v West Coast Eagles, Adelaide Oval (1.20pm)

Western Bulldogs v Brisbane Lions, Norwood Oval (4.15pm)

Melbourne v Essendon, Adelaide Oval (7.35pm)

Sunday April 13

Richmond v Fremantle, Barossa (12.35pm)

St Kilda v GWS Giants, Norwood Oval (3.20pm)

Port Adelaide v Hawthorn, Adelaide Oval (7.20pm)

ROUND 6

Thursday April 17 (Easter Thursday)

Brisbane Lions v Collingwood, The Gabba (7.30pm)

Friday April 18 (Good Friday)

North Melbourne v Carlton, Marvel Stadium (3.20pm)

West Coast Eagles v Essendon, Optus Stadium (6.10pm)

Saturday April 19

Melbourne v Fremantle, MCG (1.20pm)

Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants, Adelaide Oval (4.15pm)

Richmond v Gold Coast Suns, Marvel Stadium (7.35pm)

Sunday April 20 (Easter Sunday)

Sydney Swans v Port Adelaide, SCG (3.20pm)

Western Bulldogs v St Kilda, Marvel Stadium (7.20pm)

Monday April 21 (Easter Monday)

Geelong Cats v Hawthorn, MCG (3.20pm)

ROUND 7

Thursday April 24

Melbourne v Richmond, MCG (7.30pm)

Friday April 25 (Anzac Day)

Collingwood v Essendon, MCG (3.20pm)

Fremantle v Adelaide Crows, Optus Stadium (8.10pm)

Saturday April 26

St Kilda v Brisbane Lions, Marvel Stadium (1.20pm)

Port Adelaide v North Melbourne, Adelaide Oval (4.15pm)

GWS Giants v Western Bulldogs, Manuka (7.35pm)

Sunday April 27

Gold Coast Suns v Sydney Swans, People First Stadium (1.10pm)

Carlton v Geelong Cats, MCG (3.20pm)

Hawthorn v West Coast Eagles, Marvel Stadium (4.40pm)

ROUND 8

Thursday May 1

Essendon v North Melbourne, Marvel Stadium (7.30pm)

Friday May 2

St Kilda v Fremantle, Marvel Stadium (7.40pm)

Saturday May 3

Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide, Mars Stadium (1.20pm)

Adelaide Crows v Carlton, Adelaide Oval (4.15pm)

West Coast Eagles v Melbourne, Optus Stadium (7.35pm)

Collingwood v Geelong Cats, MCG (7.35pm)

Sunday May 4

Sydney Swans v GWS Giants, SCG (1.10pm)

Hawthorn v Richmond, MCG (3.20pm)

Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns, The Gabba (7.20pm)

ROUND 9

Thursday May 8

Fremantle v Collingwood, Optus Stadium (8.10pm)

Friday May 9

St Kilda v Carlton, MCG (7.40pm)

Saturday May 10

Melbourne v Hawthorn, MCG (1.20pm)

Essendon v Sydney Swans, Marvel Stadium (4.15pm)

Gold Coast Suns v Western Bulldogs, TIO Darwin (7.35pm)

Port Adelaide v Adelaide Crows, Adelaide Oval (8.10pm)

Sunday May 11

Richmond v West Coast Eagles, MCG (1.10pm)

Geelong Cats v GWS Giants, GMHBA Stadium (3.20pm)

North Melbourne v Brisbane Lions, Ninja Stadium (4.40pm)

ROUND 10 (Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round)

Thursday May 15

Gold Coast Suns v Hawthorn, TIO Darwin (7.30pm)

Friday May 16

Sydney Swans v Carlton, SCG (7.40pm)

Saturday May 17

Collingwood v Adelaide Crows, MCG (1.20pm)

GWS Giants v Fremantle, ENGIE Stadium (4.15pm)

Western Bulldogs v Essendon, Marvel Stadium (4.15pm)

Port Adelaide v Geelong Cats, Adelaide Oval (7.35pm)

Sunday May 18

Richmond v North Melbourne, MCG (1.10pm)

Brisbane Lions v Melbourne, The Gabba (3.20pm)

West Coast Eagles v St Kilda, Optus Stadium (4.40pm)

ROUND 11 (Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round)

Thursday May 22

Geelong Cats v Western Bulldogs, GMHBA Stadium (7.30pm)

Friday May 23

Essendon v Richmond, MCG (7.40pm)

Saturday May 24

Carlton v GWS Giants, Marvel Stadium (1.20pm)

Hawthorn v Brisbane Lions, MCG (4.15pm)

North Melbourne v Collingwood, Marvel Stadium (7.35pm)

Fremantle v Port Adelaide, Optus Stadium (8.10pm)

Sunday May 25

Adelaide Crows v West Coast Eagles, Adelaide Oval (1.10pm)

Melbourne v Sydney Swans, MCG (3.20pm)

St Kilda v Gold Coast Suns, Marvel Stadium (4.40pm)

ROUND 12

Thursday May 29

Brisbane Lions v Essendon, The Gabba (7.30pm)

Friday May 30

Collingwood v Hawthorn, MCG (7.40pm)

Saturday May 31

Gold Coast Suns v Fremantle, People First Stadium (1.20pm)

GWS Giants v Richmond, ENGIE Stadium (4.15pm)

Sydney Swans v Adelaide Crows, SCG (7.35pm)

Sunday June 1

Melbourne v St Kilda, TIO Traeger (3.20pm)

West Coast Eagles v Geelong Cats, Optus Stadium (7.20pm)

Bye: Carlton, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Western Bulldogs

ROUND 13

Thursday June 5

Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn, Marvel Stadium (7.30pm)

Friday June 6

Adelaide Crows v Brisbane Lions, Adelaide Oval (7.40pm)

Saturday June 7

Richmond v Sydney Swans, MCG (1.20pm)

Geelong Cats v Gold Coast Suns, GMHBA Stadium (4.15pm)

GWS Giants v Port Adelaide, Manuka (7.35pm)

Sunday June 8

North Melbourne v West Coast Eagles, Hands Oval – South Bunbury (3.20pm)

Carlton v Essendon, MCG (7.15pm)

Monday June 9 (King’s Birthday)

Melbourne v Collingwood, MCG (3.20pm)

Bye: Fremantle, St Kilda

ROUND 14

Thursday June 12

St Kilda v Western Bulldogs, Marvel Stadium (7.30pm)

Friday June 13

Hawthorn v Adelaide Crows, UTAS Stadium (7.40pm)

Saturday June 14

Brisbane Lions v GWS Giants, The Gabba (1.20pm)

Essendon v Geelong Cats, MCG (4.15pm)

North Melbourne v Fremantle, Optus Stadium (7.35pm)

Sunday June 15

Port Adelaide v Melbourne, Adelaide Oval (3.20pm)

West Coast Eagles v Carlton, Optus Stadium (6.10pm)

Bye: Collingwood, Gold Coast Suns, Richmond, Sydney Swans

ROUND 15

Thursday June 19

Fremantle v Essendon, Optus Stadium (8.10pm)

Friday June 20

Geelong Cats v Brisbane Lions, GMHBA Stadium (7.40pm)

Saturday June 21

Carlton v North Melbourne, MCG (1.20pm)

Port Adelaide v Sydney Swans, Adelaide Oval (4.15pm)

Collingwood v St Kilda, Marvel Stadium (7.35pm)

Sunday June 22

GWS Giants v Gold Coast Suns, ENGIE Stadium (1.10pm)

Western Bulldogs v Richmond, Marvel Stadium (3.20pm)

Bye: Adelaide Crows, Hawthorn, Melbourne, West Coast Eagles

ROUND 16 (days and times TBC)

Thursday June 26 – Sunday June 29

Collingwood v West Coast Eagles, Marvel Stadium

Fremantle v St Kilda, Optus Stadium

Gold Coast Suns v Melbourne, People First Stadium

Hawthorn v North Melbourne, UTAS Stadium

Port Adelaide v Carlton, Adelaide Oval

Richmond v Adelaide Crows, MCG

Sydney Swans v Western Bulldogs, SCG

Bye: Brisbane Lions, Essendon, Geelong Cats, GWS Giants

ROUND 17 (days and times TBC)

Thursday July 3 – Sunday July 6

Adelaide Crows v Melbourne, Adelaide Oval

Brisbane Lions v Port Adelaide, The Gabba

Carlton v Collingwood, MCG

Essendon v Gold Coast Suns, Marvel Stadium

Geelong Cats v Richmond, GMHBA Stadium

North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs, Marvel Stadium

St Kilda v Hawthorn, Marvel Stadium

Sydney Swans v Fremantle, SCG

West Coast Eagles v GWS Giants, Optus Stadium

ROUND 18 (days and times TBC)

Thursday July 10 – Sunday July 13

Carlton v Brisbane Lions, Marvel Stadium

Fremantle v Hawthorn, Optus Stadium

Gold Coast Suns v Collingwood, People First Stadium

GWS Giants v Geelong Cats, ENGIE Stadium

Melbourne v North Melbourne, MCG

Port Adelaide v West Coast Eagles, Adelaide Oval

Richmond v Essendon, MCG

St Kilda v Sydney Swans, Marvel Stadium

Western Bulldogs v Adelaide Crows, Mars Stadium

ROUND 19 (days and times TBC)

Thursday July 17 – Sunday July 20

Adelaide Crows v Gold Coast Suns, Adelaide Oval

Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs, The Gabba

Carlton v Melbourne, MCG

Collingwood v Fremantle, MCG

Essendon v GWS Giants, Marvel Stadium

Geelong Cats v St Kilda, GMHBA Stadium

Hawthorn v Port Adelaide, UTAS Stadium

Sydney Swans v North Melbourne, SCG

West Coast Eagles v Richmond, Optus Stadium

ROUND 20 (days and times TBC)

Thursday July 24 – Sunday July 27

Adelaide Crows v Port Adelaide, Adelaide Oval

Essendon v Western Bulldogs, Marvel Stadium

Fremantle v West Coast Eagles, Optus Stadium

Gold Coast Suns v Brisbane Lions, People First Stadium

GWS Giants v Sydney Swans, ENGIE Stadium

Hawthorn v Carlton, MCG

North Melbourne v Geelong Cats, Marvel Stadium

Richmond v Collingwood, MCG

St Kilda v Melbourne, Marvel Stadium

ROUND 21 (days and times TBC)

Thursday July 31 – Sunday August 3

Adelaide Crows v Hawthorn, Adelaide Oval

Collingwood v Brisbane Lions, MCG

Fremantle v Carlton, Optus Stadium

Geelong Cats v Port Adelaide, GMHBA Stadium

Gold Coast Suns v Richmond, People First Stadium

Melbourne v West Coast Eagles, Marvel Stadium

St Kilda v North Melbourne, Marvel Stadium

Sydney Swans v Essendon, SCG

Western Bulldogs v GWS Giants, Marvel Stadium

ROUND 22 (days and times TBC)

Thursday August 7 – Sunday August 10

Brisbane Lions v Sydney Swans, The Gabba

Carlton v Gold Coast Suns, Marvel Stadium

Geelong Cats v Essendon, GMHBA Stadium

GWS Giants v North Melbourne, ENGIE Stadium

Hawthorn v Collingwood, MCG

Melbourne v Western Bulldogs, MCG

Port Adelaide v Fremantle, Adelaide Oval

Richmond v St Kilda, MCG

West Coast Eagles v Adelaide Crows, Optus Stadium

ROUND 23 (days and times TBC)

Friday August 15 – Sunday August 17

Adelaide Crows v Collingwood, Adelaide Oval

Carlton v Port Adelaide, Marvel Stadium

Essendon v St Kilda, Marvel Stadium

Fremantle v Brisbane Lions, Optus Stadium

Gold Coast Suns v GWS Giants, People First Stadium

Hawthorn v Melbourne, MCG

North Melbourne v Richmond, Ninja Stadium

Sydney Swans v Geelong Cats, SCG

Western Bulldogs v West Coast Eagles, Marvel Stadium

ROUND 24 (days and times TBC)

Friday August 22 – Sunday August 24

Brisbane Lions v Hawthorn, The Gabba

Collingwood v Melbourne, MCG

Essendon v Carlton, MCG

GWS Giants v St Kilda, ENGIE Stadium

North Melbourne v Adelaide Crows, Marvel Stadium

Port Adelaide v Gold Coast Suns, Adelaide Oval

Richmond v Geelong Cats, MCG

West Coast Eagles v Sydney Swans, Optus Stadium

Western Bulldogs v Fremantle, Marvel Stadium

 

[SplintWhisky]

Based on Richmond being part of the teams with the easiest draws

 

[hawkman]

The luckiest teams are GC, Richmond, GWS. Bulldogs, Sydney, Geelong, St Kilda and Carlton

They all get Essendon in July and August when their season is collapsing

 

[Footy Smarts]

Hate Geelong as much as anyone but I am not seeing it with them. They play Sydney, GWS, Adelaide, Port, Brisbane and West Coast away and they have 3 double ups against top 6 teams. The only real soft part is they play Richmond twice

We also get Adelaide as our "neutral" opponent in gather round. It's clearly one of the hardest draws.

The conspiracies are very funny though.

 

[Visions]

Blues fans booking GF tickets as we speak.

Nah. AFL try to gift wrap it for them, but they keep on failing.

Even with the easy soft draw, they will falter when finals come like always.

 

[Elixuh]

We also get Adelaide as our "neutral" opponent in gather round. It's clearly one of the hardest draws.

The conspiracies are very funny though.

Much tough. Very wow.

 

[Magpie Since 1986]

I thought the draw was meant to be easier if you missed the finals?

Collingwoods fixture:
Our first 7 matches are against top 8 teams, our first 10 matches are against the top 10 (excluding us) from last year. We don't play any of Rich/Wce/North twice....

But the nuffies will say we have any easy draw.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

We also get Adelaide as our "neutral" opponent in gather round. It's clearly one of the hardest draws.

The conspiracies are very funny though.

Lol it never takes too long for the same old pussy fans to start whingeing. They get to play the spoon favourite twice every single year yet they still moan.

Shame they can't get a soft finals draw layed on for them as well, poor buggers.

 

[Footy Smarts]

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Much tough. Very wow.

Standard top 4 draw.

Pretending getting 3 of the best 4 opponents twice and an extra away game in gather round as evidence of an AFL conspiracy is very good.

 

[Whiskers]

The Carlton and Geelong bias is out of control

lol I always find it incredible that of all clubs that can have a go at us, it’s the pies that do it the most along with Richmond but at least tigers now come.

Collingwood never have to make the hardest trip in footy and turn away finals into home ones.
The irony is delicious.

 

[Footy Smarts]

Lol it never takes too long for the same old pussy fans to start whingeing. They get to play the spoon favourite twice every single year yet they still moan.

Shame they can't get a soft finals draw layed on for them as well, poor buggers.

There's no whinging. The fixture objectively among the harder ones but that's expected.

I leave you to your conspiracies. Gotta find something to amuse yourself. Whatever you do don't look too closely at the Richmond list currently

 

[JPetro83]

Hate Geelong as much as anyone but I am not seeing it with them. They play Sydney, GWS, Adelaide, Port, Brisbane and West Coast away and they have 3 double ups against top 6 teams. The only real soft part is they play Richmond twice

Geelong are a special team. I cant see them struggling for a while

 

[docks]

There's no rhyme or reason to it
Every club bar Pies get an away game v Geelong

Collingwood finish out of the eight and get the third-hardest draw.

Last year there were three truly bad teams - West Coast, North Melbourne and Richmond - who lost a combined 59 games.

In 2025, 14 teams play at least one of that trio twice, with only Collingwood, Brisbane, Hawthorn and Port Adelaide missing out.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Standard top 4 draw.

Pretending getting 3 of the best 4 opponents twice and an extra away game in gather round as evidence of an AFL conspiracy is very good.

Cats play double ups v(by premiership odds):

1st favourtite
5th fav
10th fav
14th fav
15th fav
18th fav.

Median double up oppo is 10.5th favourite for the flag.

Median for all other teams is lower than 9.5th flag fav.

It is the usual soft Cats draw masquerading as a fair(or even tough) draw for a top 6 team.

Yet you are here moaning like the top class sook you are.

 

[kranky al]

SO FUNKING SICK OF THE FUNKING VFL GIVING US ENDLESS SUN ARVO SLOTS.

Take a funking look at the map you postage stamp sized state living arse mf’ers.

It’s qld nsw and Victoria put together - us funking country members would love it if you mouthbreathing self absorbed hosebeasts would play eagles games at a time that meant we can catch the flight home / drive home without hitting roos.

 

[Magpie Since 1986]

lol I always find it incredible that of all clubs that can have a go at us, it’s the pies that do it the most along with Richmond but at least tigers now come.

Collingwood never have to make the hardest trip in footy and turn away finals into home ones.
The irony is delicious.

What are you on about, we play Brisbane at the gabba every year during Easter. Were the only team that makes the hardest trip in footy every year.

 

[Dan26]

At the end of the day, you finish where you deserve to finish. 23 games in a big enough of a sample size. I don't think it matters who you play.

All this rubbish about "we have to play "X" twice, that's not fair" makes no sense because, firstly, you don't know where that team will finish, and secondly, it's not about who you play but WHEN you play them. My mob beat Hawthorn last year in round one in the midst of the Hawks 0-5 start. If we were drawn to play them in round 20 we would have been smashed. It all evens out in the end.

The moral is, it's about how you play, not who you play.

 

[MadMaxx]

If you wanna win the flag, playing hard games is for the best.

So Stop whining, get over it, and get good.

 

[TW Sherrin]

The AFL have a very dark sense of humour.

I love Carltons draw.

Its that easy even Voss can't f@ck it up. He'll get a mid season extension and then get knocked out in the second week of finals

 

[Nelso]

Love Port's draw.

It will be Hinkley's farewell tour.

 

[Chronz]

AFL should schedule Carlton a few VFL teams for the 4 points next year if they stuff up another easy draw.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

The Carlton and Geelong bias is out of control

Chat GPT said these 2 had he hardest draw.

Using the 2024 AFL season standings as a benchmark, here’s a ranked analysis of each team’s 2025 fixture difficulty based on their matchups, location of games, and anticipated strength of opponents:

EDIT: nevermind. Chat GPT just guess the 2025 fixture rather than using it

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Why is Essendon the drawcard?
Most Thursday and Friday night games

Defies logic given they are a dreadfully dull and middling team

Can't ruin Dons fans weekend if they play before the weekend starts.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

AFL should schedule Carlton a few VFL teams for the 4 points next year if they stuff up another easy draw.

Rumour has it 2025 Brownlow voting slips have Cripps pre-printed with 3.

 

[handy point]

https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/do.../140694_Fixture-Release_Booklet_FA_LowRes.pdf

That’s the Fixture Guide PDF for those asking earlier. parano1a JPetro83

 

[Elixuh]

Carlton will also be starting the season on 20pts and losses will still net them 2pts.