round 1????

[JoondalupJ]

I just checked out the fixture for my family's 2026 tipping contest, and I see that carl Syd Dogs Hawks Geel Coll Suns all play twice between the 05/03/2026 and 15/03/2026 which is ten days then North Port Melb then, the Saints Suns appear with their 2nd game
I get this is done because there are byes following on the next week before round 2 .
Anyone explain why there is this absolute confusion for a dill like me to try and set up my tipping sheets, which I do every year but these starting points are damned mixed up and confusing.
Wouldn't it be fairer to have a weekend totally off for every team during the season so every one gets a rest. And play the season round by round. Like normal.

I''ll figure it out, but really it used to be a round every week, now who gets the next set of bye's and when, and well, footy used to be easy. I give up trying to finish the fixture I see only about 2 thirds of the season are guaranteed so far?

I am starting to believe the AFL have gone troppo, and deliberately confuse everybody.

 

[STPer18]

You see, Round 1 comes after Round 0 aka flOpening Round. You didn't seriously expect Round 1 to be the first round of football, did you?

 

[Clark G]

Round zero should feature nine games and be called round one.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Its a bloody shambles that nobody wants

 

[CobberRodgers]

Round zero should feature nine games and be called round one.

Whoa what kind of gear are you on to come up with something that crazy

 

[raskolnikov]

Since when have the AFL been concerned with fairness?

 

[JackFlash]

Round zero is a load of crap, but at least footy is back!

 

[The Terrible Thinker]

Well at least we don't get stitched up in Round 1 against a side that has had a solid game in round 0 like last year. What a joke that was.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Just the AFL doing AFL things.

 

[Beer n Skittles]

It's important that we fans get to watch Carlton twice before being subjected to these lame teams



*technically richmond will play at the same time as Carlton's 2nd game

 

[morsie]

Just the AFL doing AFL things.

Yep only the AFLcould come up with Round zero

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Yep only the AFLcould come up with Round zero

Reminds me too much of "Ground Zero", and we know what a disaster that was

 

[JoondalupJ]

You see, Round 1 comes after Round 0 aka flOpening Round. You didn't seriously expect Round 1 to be the first round of football, did you?

Just realized how silly I am for not seeing that maybe this photo of the dills above who may have devised the confusion for 2026 fixture where Round.

Whoa what kind of gear are you on to come up with something that crazy

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

1 becomes Round.0

 

[Osho]

Inn0vati0n.
Aka, 0nanism.