Preliminary finals times

[greatwhiteshark]

Anyone know what time time and days the two preliminary finals will be on. Saturday I am more interested in.
Will it be a twilight, day or a night game on the Saturday?

 

[kickazz]

Twilight I've heard confirmed on SEN

 

[ibd77]

Sydney, Friday night
Geelong, Saturday twilight most likely.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Twilight I've heard confirmed on SEN

What time is twilight in Victoria? Is it 4pm?

 

[Sammoll]

What time is twilight in Victoria? Is it 4pm?

The last MCG Saturday prelim was 4:35pm Melbourne time (COLL vs GWS 2019)

Previous 2 years twilight prelim games have been
5:15 (Gabba)
4:45 (SCG)

So it’ll be somewhere between these

 

[kaiserchief13]

4.45pm is my guess

 

[Walshawk]

Twilight but it will depend who is playing.
If GWS, it might be a fraction earlier as Sydney airport closes 11pm.

 

[shammersting]

They did 5.15pm in Brisbane last year as I reckon they wanted to eat into the broncos game.

 

[Clark G]

Based on the last few seasons, the Saturday preliminary final will likely be a twilight match, although I would like to see an afternoon match.

 

[kickazz]

Twilight but it will depend who is playing.
If GWS, it might be a fraction earlier as Sydney airport closes 11pm.

Why can't they just make it a day game FFS.

 

[Walshawk]

Why can't they just make it a day game FFS.

Broadcasters pay the bills. The later the game, the more viewers.

 

[aCunningPlan]

Why can't they just make it a day game FFS.

A whole lot of local grand finals played that day, a 4:45 bounce should coincide with the last ten minutes of local footy in the eastern states, then everyone can hang around the bar afterwards celebrating watching the prelim.

 

[Munich]

Our last twilight final was against Collingwood in 22. 4:35pm from memory.

 

[kickazz]

A whole lot of local grand finals played that day, a 4:45 bounce should coincide with the last ten minutes of local footy in the eastern states, then everyone can hang around the bar afterwards celebrating watching the prelim.

This is a good reason

 

[Dazzler9]

Am I right in saying that the GF is the only final played with a red ball these days?

 

[kickazz]

Am I right in saying that the GF is the only final played with a red ball these days?

Unfortunately yes.

 

[Dazzler9]

Unfortunately yes.

It's a bit of an oddity.