Discussion AFL Round 1, 2025: Photos and Discussion

[parano1a]

Round 1
Fixture	Venue	Time	TV	Trivia Returns!
Thursday, Mar 13
Richmond vs. Carlton	MCG	7:30pm	Seven/Fox	20th time since 1981 these teams have faced off in R1
Friday, Mar 14
Hawthorn vs. Essendon	MCG	7:40pm	Seven/Fox	Essendon have won their last 4 meetings against Hawthorn
Saturday, Mar 15
Geelong Cats vs. Fremantle	GMHBA Stadium	1:20pm	Fox Footy	Geelong have lost their last 2 games at GMHBA against Freo
Sydney Swans vs. Brisbane Lions	SCG	4:15pm	Fox Footy	Premiers have won their first GF rematch for the last 3 seasons
Western Bulldogs vs. North Melbourne	Marvel Stadium	7:35pm	Fox Footy	North Melb yet to beat WB since R10 2019
Collingwood vs. Port Adelaide	MCG	7:35pm	Fox Footy	Darcy Byrne-Jones - 200th game
Sunday, Mar 16
Adelaide Crows vs. St Kilda	Adelaide Oval	12:35pm	Fox Footy	Jack Macrae - 250th game
Melbourne vs. GWS Giants	MCG	3:20pm	Seven/Fox	9 wins each in this matchup
West Coast Eagles vs. Gold Coast Suns	Optus Stadium	6:10pm	Fox Footy	Suns have a 2-4 record at Optus Stadium

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Good to see Carlton wear their new white clash strip... oh wait.

 

[TY24]

One day we’ll get it right. One day.

 

[Speck]

Death, taxes and this round 1 clash

 

[undefined]

The AFL will go to the ends of the earth to be politically correct, but completely ignore something as non-negotiable as visual accessibility.

 

[Mr39]

Bush league

 

[Heardy_101]

Be good to see Carlton in their cla -

Wait, nevermind.

 

[TY24]

Be good to see Richmond in their cla -

Wait, nevermind.

Given it’s their home game I’m not sure why they’d be in their clash

 

[Heardy_101]

Given it’s their home game I’m not sure why they’d be in their clash

My bad. It's been a long day

 

[Mr Eagle]

Umpires in blue for this game. That's not usual? Blue is usually saved for when someone is wearing a lot of yellow/gold, not just a bit?

 

[Andonis1997]

Good to see Carlton wear their new white clash strip... oh wait.

For as long as Generation X is alive, this isn't changing, unfortunately.

 

[parano1a]

Umpires in blue for this game.

Not the best choice. Why not put them in a colour completely distinct from either team? Pink or red would have been better for tonight.

 

[Supercheapgiants]

Given it’s their home game I’m not sure why they’d be in their clash

Was a tigers home game no? Meaning Carlton should've worn white (in a realistic society of course)

 

[errant bounce]

Umpires in blue for this game. That's not usual? Blue is usually saved for when someone is wearing a lot of yellow/gold, not just a bit?

They were wearing this muted yellow for the Swans and Hawks game too, which makes no sense given the Hawks were in all brown and zero if Hawthorn are in their home jumper.

I always thought the 99-2002 'mustard on a tennis ball' colour was absolutely atrocious and their insistence on bringing it across to all local leagues a horrible move. but it least it made sense, stood out, and caused no clash issues.

Wouldn't shock me if they just start randomly rotating the colours.

The umps uniforms need to change though, they haven't for 20 years and they look so cheap.

 

[aCunningPlan]

They were wearing this muted yellow for the Swans and Hawks game too, which makes no sense given the Hawks were in all brown and zero if Hawthorn are in their home jumper.

I always thought the 99-2002 'mustard on a tennis ball' colour was absolutely atrocious and their insistence on bringing it across to all local leagues a horrible move. but it least it made sense, stood out, and caused no clash issues.

Wouldn't shock me if they just start randomly rotating the colours.

The umps uniforms need to change though, they haven't for 20 years and they look so cheap.

They dont look great but feel nice to run around in and arent restrictive at all. fun fact the umpires wear the exact same tops as the club runners with their weird pink shirts with yellow sleeves.

 

[magpienato]

It's time to give umpires their aura back...

 

[Zoops]

It's time to give umpires their aura back...

 

[undefined]

Call me a war criminal but last night was an example of white shorts doing a great job. There of course are better examples (Essendon only just fit the criteria given their white numbers, and red shorts would've been better).

 

[magpienato]

I've never really understood the move to abolish white shorts. I'm the furthest thing from what you'd call a 'footy traditionalist' but there are plenty of situations where the requirement of a clash guernsey does not suffice to supplant a traditional matchup. I think the best mix is somewhere between traditional and pragmatic look. If we really cared about full contrast then each club would be dressed up in highlighter colours like the AFLX tournament, it just looks jarring.

Essendon and Hawthorn simply don't clash enough to be worth talking about.

 

[parano1a]

No surprises at Kardinia Park: Cats in white shorts, Freo all purple.

 

[cannavo]

When you see it

 

[oak79]

I've never really understood the move to abolish white shorts. I'm the furthest thing from what you'd call a 'footy traditionalist' but there are plenty of situations where the requirement of a clash guernsey does not suffice to supplant a traditional matchup. I think the best mix is somewhere between traditional and pragmatic look. If we really cared about full contrast then each club would be dressed up in highlighter colours like the AFLX tournament, it just looks jarring.

Essendon and Hawthorn simply don't clash enough to be worth talking about.

I wouldn't say there's a push to abolish them - just to use more practically

Ie it makes no sense for teams without white to wear white short against teams that do (ie Roos, Cats, Pies & Swans)

AFLW has shown there's many games they aren't needed at all.

Cats v Freo they were used correctly - the team with white jumper wore white shorts.

Hawks v Bombers they were also useful.

Just wished they'd never put teams in white shorts v Roos

 

[TY24]

Watching Kayo on Splitview which has made this matchup at the SCG particularly brutal on the wide shots

 

[parano1a]

Brisbane Bears heritage jumper and maroon shorts would have looked mint today.

 

[Heardy_101]

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When you see it

Boy, I hope somebody got fired for that blunder

 

[Nickimus Rex]

Any Pies fans know the history behind the Collingwood font choice on the signage?