Round 24 Fixture

[Dirty Bird]

5-day break vs 7-day break is also a non-starter these days, ruling out Dogs-Freo from Friday night.


Probably after Round 21.

Didnt Adelaide just come off a 5 day break vs Bulldogs on a 8 day break?

 

[Dirty Bird]

My guess
Thursday Night - Essendon vs Carlton
Friday Night - Brisbane vs Hawthorn
Friday Night - Port Adelaide vs Gold Coast
Saturday Afternoon - North Melbourne vs Adelaide
Saturday Twilight - West Coast vs Sydney
Saturday Night - Collingwood vs Melbourne
Sunday Early - Richmond vs Geelong
Sunday Afternoon - Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle
Sunday Twilight - Greater Western Sydney vs St Kilda
Wednesday Night - Gold Coast vs Essendon

 

[Dirty Bird]

It's a hard one to go.
Once you decide what's the channel 7 Friday Night game, everything else falls into place.

But do you go Coll vs Melb, Bris vs Haw or WB vs Fre.

 

[Teen Wolf]

Didnt Adelaide just come off a 5 day break vs Bulldogs on a 8 day break?

No, Crows played Sun-Sat, 6-day break.

 

[LuckyBounce!]

This has to be one of the worst final rounds ever with so many dud games

 

[BigPond101]

Imagine if GC go into the final game with their ladder position locked in whether they win or lose. I assume there isn't enough players on their list to rest the entire team. They could rest as many as possible including having 4 regulars just sit on the bench all game while the B graders play out 100 % of the game time

 

[Pistol Night]

My guess
Thursday Night - Essendon vs Carlton
Friday Night - Brisbane vs Hawthorn
Friday Night - Port Adelaide vs Gold Coast
Saturday Afternoon - North Melbourne vs Adelaide
Saturday Twilight - West Coast vs Sydney
Saturday Night - Collingwood vs Melbourne
Sunday Early - Richmond vs Geelong
Sunday Afternoon - Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle
Sunday Twilight - Greater Western Sydney vs St Kilda
Wednesday Night - Gold Coast vs Essendon

And why wouldn’t you kick it of with Carlton/Essendon

 

[maskmcgee]

Essendon and Gold Coast will strike a deal, Essendon forfeits the match, Gold Coast agree to give Essendon their top draft pick for points.

 

[The Nostradamus]

when is this all announced?

surely has to be within the next week

 

[HairyO]

I just think we are all being cheated if the AFL dont give Essendon another Friday night game.

 

[BomberManU]

Agree on that. For me, the opposition and how weak they are isn't the issue. The issue is WHEN they scheduled the game, on the Wednesday after H&A is over and the other top 8 teams are preparing for finals. Huge disadvantage for GC. Game should have been played well before then.

Yep. I'm tipping they punted that GC wouldn't be a finals contender, so wouldn't be an issue.

 

[GenericUsername202]

That wednesday night gold coast game is going to be such a shitfest

 

[My_Username]

Essendon and Gold Coast will strike a deal, Essendon forfeits the match, Gold Coast agree to give Essendon their top draft pick for points.

The clubs might be willing to make a deal like that, but I doubt the AFL will.

TV rights deal would be broken and all. (although they'll say it's for the fans).

GC might also want/need a % boost.

 

[TheKanga]

North vs Adelaide should be prime time essential viewing

 

[My_Username]

North vs Adelaide should be prime time essential viewing

North's fight for pick 2 is a truly compelling story.

 

[TheKanga]

North's fight for pick 2 is a truly compelling story.

 

[kickazz]

Maybe because it looks like such a shit round, they won't announce the game times at all and hope everyone forgot there ever was a round 24? Go straight into finals?

Sure seems like it. ****en hell AFL, get your shit together and just tell us the game times.

 

[the_big_sav]

Can't wait for the AFL to schedule north on the Sunday at 1pm so it clashes with the AFLW flag unfurling game

 

[PowerfulPies2023]

Can't wait for the AFL to schedule north on the Sunday at 1pm so it clashes with the AFLW flag unfurling game

Unhurling of the AFLW Flag. Lol.

 

[TimothyJ23]

Some near-certainties

1. ESS-CAR and PA-GC have to be Thu and/or Fri
2. GC-ESS Wednesday (assumed)
3. BL-HAW and WB-FRE both Sunday given all in finals race
4. WCE-SYD is a dead rubber, so probably tucked away Sat early or twilight

Based on this, I would guess (assuming they're willing to go two Thu games):

Thu 7:20 ESS-CAR
Thu 7:50 PA-GC
Fri 7:40 COL-MEL
Sat 2:10 RIC-GEE
Sat 4:15 WCE-SYD
Sat 7:35 GWS-STK
Sun 1:20 NM-ADL
Sun 3:15 BL-HAW
Sun 4:40 WB-FRE
Wed 7:30 GC-ESS

 

[My_Username]

Can't wait for the AFL to schedule north on the Sunday at 1pm so it clashes with the AFLW flag unfurling game

Yeah, that might inconvenience a few dozen people.

How awful.

 

[TimothyJ23]

Yeah, that might inconvenience a few dozen people.

How awful.

If it's totally avoidable, why is that a problem? Why would you schedule AFL and AFLW games at the same time for the same club if it can be avoided?

 

[Teen Wolf]

Why would you schedule AFL and AFLW games at the same time for the same club if it can be avoided?

They won't. And as noted on page 1, a club won't host both on the same day. Meaning NM-Adel AFL & Rich-Geel AFL will be on Saturday (not gonna move the AFLW games by 24 hours because that will just create more problems).

Also, a 4.40pm WB-Frem AFL game on Sunday clashes with the Rich-WB AFLW 3.05pm game, though the latter could be brought forward 2 hours without much trouble. Nevertheless, in that scenario the Dogs would end the men's H&A season with 2 home Sunday twilight games vs WA clubs...

 

[jdeezy]

I reckon with tonight's result you can pretty much lock in the Bulldogs Freo game as the Sunday twilight, AFL will love to build drama with it potentially having finals ramifications for quite a few teams

 

[Clark G]

It should be released already.