AFLW 2023 Fixture

[Teen Wolf]

Based on that small nugget about a R1 western derby, one might guess all two-team towns will start the season the same way. And this is exactly what I wanted (albeit a year late)... no AFL men's football on due to pre-finals bye, so make sure all the AFL women's teams are playing in their home state that weekend!

If so, my guess for round one is as follows.

ROUND ONE FIXTURE PREDICTION (Times AEST)
Thu 7pm: Carlton v Collingwood (Ikon Park)
Fri 7pm: Hawthorn v Essendon (Kinetic Stadium)
Sat 1pm: GWS Giants v Sydney (Henson Park)
Sat 3pm: Adelaide v Port Adelaide (Norwood or Unley)
Sat 5pm: Gold Coast v Brisbane (Heritage Bank Stadium)
Sat 7pm: North Melb. v Melbourne (ETU Stadium)
Sun 1pm: St Kilda v W. Bulldogs (RSEA Park)
Sun 3pm: Richmond v Geelong (Swinburne Centre)
Sun 5pm: Fremantle v West Coast (Fremantle Oval)

 

[cmndstab]

Wrong again.

Previously: 13 minutes with diluted time on + 2 minutes with full time on
Now: 15 minutes with diluted time on + 2 minutes with full time on

Is that for certain? The wording on the womens.afl article is fairly ambiguous.

Each quarter will now run for 15 minutes plus time-on for goals or major injuries, with the final two minutes of each quarter also holding time for match stoppages.

That could read as either "15 minute quarters, of which the final 2 minutes have full time on", or "15 minute quarters, plus another 2 minutes with full time on".

Based on that small nugget about a R1 western derby, one might guess all two-team towns will start the season the same way. And this is exactly what I wanted (albeit a year late)... no AFL men's football on due to pre-finals bye, so make sure all the AFL women's teams are playing in their home state that weekend!

If so, my guess for round one is as follows.

ROUND ONE FIXTURE PREDICTION (Times AEST)
Thu 7pm: Carlton v Collingwood (Ikon Park)
Fri 7pm: Hawthorn v Essendon (Kinetic Stadium)
Sat 1pm: GWS Giants v Sydney (Henson Park)
Sat 3pm: Adelaide v Port Adelaide (Norwood or Unley)
Sat 5pm: Gold Coast v Brisbane (Heritage Bank Stadium)
Sat 7pm: North Melb. v Melbourne (ETU Stadium)
Sun 1pm: St Kilda v W. Bulldogs (RSEA Park)
Sun 3pm: Richmond v Geelong (Swinburne Centre)
Sun 5pm: Fremantle v West Coast (Fremantle Oval)

As a Crows supporter I'd love to start with the Showdown in round 1. Would certainly make a welcome change from our usual round 1 fixture against the likes of Brisbane, Melbourne, or reigning-premier era Bulldogs!

 

[Teen Wolf]

Is that for certain? The wording on the womens.afl article is fairly ambiguous.


That could read as either "15 minute quarters, of which the final 2 minutes have full time on", or "15 minute quarters, plus another 2 minutes with full time on".

The wording on that particular womens.afl article is wrong, rather than ambiguous. Several other outlets have made the same mistake.

It's not "15 minute quarters, of which the final 2 minutes have full time on" because that's what it already was... which apparently Sarah Black, Lauren Wood, Marnie Vinall and Sarah Burt are unaware of.

The wording of the official AFL statement:

Increased quarter length to 15 minutes plus time on for goals or major injuries only, and the existing additional 2 minutes plus time on for match stoppages, goals or major injuries.

It used to be 13 minutes " " "

From what I've seen, the only outlet that has reported it correctly is Fox (via Ed Bourke from Nca Newswire):

Quarters will run for about two minutes longer after being extended to 15 minutes (plus time on for goals or major injuries) before the existing final two minutes plus full time on.

 

[Teen Wolf]

As a Crows supporter I'd love to start with the Showdown in round 1. Would certainly make a welcome change from our usual round 1 fixture against the likes of Brisbane, Melbourne, or reigning-premier era Bulldogs!

Got me thinking maybe a summary of each club's past round one matchups could be interesting to look at:



ehh it was kinda interesting.

 

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I don't get why they don't just have 15 or 16 min quarters with normal time on.

 

[Teen Wolf]

I don't get why they don't just have 15 min quarters with normal time on.

That would probably work out to an average match length that is about 4 minutes longer. As mentioned earlier in the thread:

The reason to not just go with the 4-minute-longer option could be about maintaining a 2-hour TV product.

They've already shaved off a few minutes from the QT/HT/3QT breaks to keep this new length within 2 hours.

They could cut HT shorter in the future, but to do it all in one move (while also capping interchanges) is potentially a tough ask for particularly the new teams.

 

[parano1a]

Thu 7pm: Carlton v Collingwood (Ikon Park)

So sick of this fixture being at Carlton year after year. If it can't be at Victoria Park due to lighting requirements why not take it to Marvel?

 

[Teen Wolf]

So sick of this fixture being at Carlton year after year. If it can't be at Victoria Park due to lighting requirements why not take it to Marvel?

As mentioned on the previous page in quotes from several articles, expect the small number of games played in big venues like Marvel to drop even further this year.

The AFL's belief, expressed by Gill six months ago, is AFLW in those venues isn't "fun" and they want to double-down on the suburban vibe as a point of difference from the men's competition.

 

[The Victorian]

Based on that small nugget about a R1 western derby, one might guess all two-team towns will start the season the same way. And this is exactly what I wanted (albeit a year late)... no AFL men's football on due to pre-finals bye, so make sure all the AFL women's teams are playing in their home state that weekend!

If so, my guess for round one is as follows.

ROUND ONE FIXTURE PREDICTION (Times AEST)
Thu 7pm: Carlton v Collingwood (Ikon Park)
Fri 7pm: Hawthorn v Essendon (Kinetic Stadium)
Sat 1pm: GWS Giants v Sydney (Henson Park)
Sat 3pm: Adelaide v Port Adelaide (Norwood or Unley)
Sat 5pm: Gold Coast v Brisbane (Heritage Bank Stadium)
Sat 7pm: North Melb. v Melbourne (ETU Stadium)
Sun 1pm: St Kilda v W. Bulldogs (RSEA Park)
Sun 3pm: Richmond v Geelong (Swinburne Centre)
Sun 5pm: Fremantle v West Coast (Fremantle Oval)

Won’t happen - there is no way all derbies will be on the same round.

 

[The Victorian]

Should we get a fixture this week? Imagine if we were in Feb and still didn’t have a mens fixture

 

[Teen Wolf]

Won’t happen - there is no way all derbies will be on the same round.

Yeah they might just do Frem v WCE for R1 because it'll be the only close match of the interstate derbies (unless GWS aren't at full-strength).

 

[The Victorian]

Yeah they might just do Frem v WCE for R1 because it'll be the only close match of the interstate derbies (unless GWS aren't at full-strength).

I think the Q-Clash W will be closer this year. Brisbane have lost a bit of talent over the off season.

 

[Teen Wolf]

I think the Q-Clash W will be closer this year. Brisbane have lost a bit of talent over the off season.

Yes I think it will be closer than the average margin of 68 points in the past 3 encounters. I'm not sure the AFL has faith in the Suns to make it much closer though--if they do, they'd be tempted to give it R1 billing.

 

[CrowdedHouse]

I'll take a punt and say Round 1 Saturday night (7:30pm) at Casey Fields, Grand Final re-match, Melbourne v Brisbane.

Plus, I'd back the Freo v WCE to be held sometime after Daylight Savings (in the East) commences, so they can do the Friday or Saturday night double-header (East Coast game 7pm, WA game 9pm AEDT).

 

[Teen Wolf]

In the H&A season, Melbourne and Brisbane have met 6 times: 4 in VIC, 2 in QLD. Most recent was at Casey Fields, so I reckon the next one should be back at Springfield (where they have good lights, unlike Casey) even though they obviously last met there in the grand final.

 

[timokane]

Like to see Collingwood host Carlton at Vic park for a change round 1 and under lights like a friday night match.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Like to see Collingwood host Carlton at Vic park for a change round 1 and under lights like a friday night match.

Won't happen as capacity is the issue. The opening game is the marquee fixture.

More likely after last year's essendon vs hawks, that pies and blues play at docklands

 

[Teen Wolf]

Won't happen as capacity is the issue. The opening game is the marquee fixture.

More likely after last year's essendon vs hawks, that pies and blues play at docklands

Nnnnnot sure how many times it needs to be said the competition is going to move away from big stadiums like Marvel.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Nnnnnot sure how many times it needs to be said the competition is going to move away from big stadiums like Marvel.

There will be marquee games.
It won't be every week, but there will be some.

No different to a showdown at Adelaide oval

 

[Teen Wolf]

There will be marquee games.
It won't be every week, but there will be some.

No different to a showdown at Adelaide oval

And yet the latest report is the western derby will be held at Fremantle Oval, rather than the vacant Optus Stadium.

Perhaps the AFL will contradict themselves. But based on the info we have atm, it's more likely they'll fixture games (marquee or otherwise) at "community venues" and then consider moving if/when sold out well in advance.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Should we get a fixture this week? Imagine if we were in Feb and still didn’t have a mens fixture

Less than 2 months away and still nothing

Amateur hour

 

[Broken]

Less than 2 months away and still nothing

Amateur hour

Smacks of optics, where the AFL like to give the impression that they working towards a female competition equal to the mens, but they are failing to grow the female version in so many ways.

 

[The Victorian]

Less than 2 months away and still nothing

Amateur hour

Yep. BBL fixture being released today too - that starts December!

 

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NBL fixture got released back in April as well

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Obviously no fixture because of no agreed CBA yet.

Not only annoying for the fan, but hurts the club's bottom line.

As Bree Brock (Brisbane Lions) mentioned on The Outer Sanctum a few years ago, the later they get a fixture, the harder it is to sell corporate sponsorships and packages.