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Geelong will open and close the 2006 season at Skilled Stadium and will face five interstate trips next year after the AFL fixture was released on Tuesday. The Cats will tackle Brisbane on 1 April at Skilled Stadium in round one and will finish out the season against the Hawks in round 22.
Saturday is the most popular day of the week for Geelong games, with 12 of the 22 matches scheduled for Saturday. The Cats will appear on Friday night three times and will have seven Sunday games. Five of the 22 games will be night matches and 17 will be played during the day.
Geelong will face Brisbane, the Kangaroos, Hawthorn, Western Bulldogs, Sydney, Melbourne and St Kilda twice next season, and will tackle Collingwood, Richmond, West Coast, Essendon, Fremantle, Adelaide, Carlton and Port Adelaide once.
Home games at Skilled will be against Brisbane, Kangaroos, Hawthorn, Richmond, West Coast, Port Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne, and will have home matches at Telstra Dome against St Kilda, Western Bulldogs and Essendon.
Interstate trips will see Geelong play in Fremantle, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and the Kangaroos in Canberra.
2006 fixture
1 Saturday 1-Apr Brisbane Skilled home 2:10pm
2 Saturday 8-Apr Kangaroos Skilled home 2:10pm
3 Saturday 15-Apr Hawthorn Skilled home 2:10pm
4 Saturday 22-Apr Western Bulldogs Telstra Dome away 2:10pm
5 Saturday 29-Apr Sydney Telstra Stadium away 7:10pm
6 Friday 5-May Melbourne MCG away 7:40pm
7 Friday 12-May St Kilda Telstra Dome away 7:40pm
8 Saturday 20-May Collingwood MCG away 7:10pm
9 Saturday 27-May Richmond Skilled home 2:10pm
10 Saturday 3-Jun West Coast Skilled home 2:10pm
11 Friday 9-Jun Essendon Telstra Dome home 7:40pm
12 Saturday 17-Jun Fremantle Subiaco away 2:10pm
13 Sunday 2-Jul Adelaide AAMI Stadium away 12:40pm
14 Saturday 8-Jul Carlton Telstra Dome away 2:10pm
15 Sunday 16-Jul Port Adelaide Skilled home 1:10pm
16 Sunday 23-Jul Western Bulldogs Telstra Dome home 2:10pm
17 Sunday 30-Jul Kangaroos Manuka away 1:10pm
18 Sunday 6-Aug Brisbane Gabba away 1:10pm
19 Sunday 13-Aug St Kilda Telstra Dome home 2:10pm
20 Saturday 19-Aug Sydney Skilled home 2:10pm
21 Saturday 26-Aug Melbourne Skilled home 2:10pm
22 Sunday 3-Sep Hawthorn Telstra Dome away 2:10pm
Anyone notice the error in the article?
Geelong will open and close the 2006 season at Skilled Stadium and will face five interstate trips next year after the AFL fixture was released on Tuesday. The Cats will tackle Brisbane on 1 April at Skilled Stadium in round one and will finish out the season against the Hawks in round 22.
Saturday is the most popular day of the week for Geelong games, with 12 of the 22 matches scheduled for Saturday. The Cats will appear on Friday night three times and will have seven Sunday games. Five of the 22 games will be night matches and 17 will be played during the day.
Geelong will face Brisbane, the Kangaroos, Hawthorn, Western Bulldogs, Sydney, Melbourne and St Kilda twice next season, and will tackle Collingwood, Richmond, West Coast, Essendon, Fremantle, Adelaide, Carlton and Port Adelaide once.
Home games at Skilled will be against Brisbane, Kangaroos, Hawthorn, Richmond, West Coast, Port Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne, and will have home matches at Telstra Dome against St Kilda, Western Bulldogs and Essendon.
Interstate trips will see Geelong play in Fremantle, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and the Kangaroos in Canberra.
2006 fixture
1 Saturday 1-Apr Brisbane Skilled home 2:10pm
2 Saturday 8-Apr Kangaroos Skilled home 2:10pm
3 Saturday 15-Apr Hawthorn Skilled home 2:10pm
4 Saturday 22-Apr Western Bulldogs Telstra Dome away 2:10pm
5 Saturday 29-Apr Sydney Telstra Stadium away 7:10pm
6 Friday 5-May Melbourne MCG away 7:40pm
7 Friday 12-May St Kilda Telstra Dome away 7:40pm
8 Saturday 20-May Collingwood MCG away 7:10pm
9 Saturday 27-May Richmond Skilled home 2:10pm
10 Saturday 3-Jun West Coast Skilled home 2:10pm
11 Friday 9-Jun Essendon Telstra Dome home 7:40pm
12 Saturday 17-Jun Fremantle Subiaco away 2:10pm
13 Sunday 2-Jul Adelaide AAMI Stadium away 12:40pm
14 Saturday 8-Jul Carlton Telstra Dome away 2:10pm
15 Sunday 16-Jul Port Adelaide Skilled home 1:10pm
16 Sunday 23-Jul Western Bulldogs Telstra Dome home 2:10pm
17 Sunday 30-Jul Kangaroos Manuka away 1:10pm
18 Sunday 6-Aug Brisbane Gabba away 1:10pm
19 Sunday 13-Aug St Kilda Telstra Dome home 2:10pm
20 Saturday 19-Aug Sydney Skilled home 2:10pm
21 Saturday 26-Aug Melbourne Skilled home 2:10pm
22 Sunday 3-Sep Hawthorn Telstra Dome away 2:10pm
Anyone notice the error in the article?
