Fixture 2025 AFL Fixture

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A Herald Sun article has emerged tonight with more information about next season’s fixture. Opening Round is definitely happening, with Collingwood open to participation in Opening Round of the 2025 season. The Herald Sun has also revealed that the Western Bulldogs could be hosting the Magpies at the MCG or Marvel Stadium early in the season to commemorate 100 years since their inception. The entire fixture is also going to be finalised by the AFL over the next fortnight.

And Western Bulldogs are eying a blockbuster early-season game, potentially against Collingwood at the MCG, to help ramp up their 100th- year anniversary celebrations.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...d/news-story/90d9d6105f2e32d5bf881ebb89db09ec

 

[neilk]

A Herald Sun article has emerged tonight with more information about next season’s fixture. Opening Round is definitely happening, with Collingwood open to participation in Opening Round of the 2025 season. The Herald Sun has also revealed that the Western Bulldogs could be hosting the Magpies at the MCG or Marvel Stadium early in the season to commemorate 100 years since their inception. The entire fixture is also going to be finalised by the AFL over the next fortnight.

And Western Bulldogs are eying a blockbuster early-season game, potentially against Collingwood at the MCG, to help ramp up their 100th- year anniversary celebrations.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...d/news-story/90d9d6105f2e32d5bf881ebb89db09ec

My son's mate works at Norf and told him that the Bulldogs 100-year home game against us is likely to be in round one at the MCG.

 

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More information has come through from Herald Sun journalist Jon Ralph, who has stated that Collingwood will not continue with its pursuit of selling a home game at People First Stadium on the Gold Coast in 2025. The Magpies considered playing a Victorian club in Queensland, but have baulked at the idea due to the costly exercise of transferring everything so quickly with inadequate time to get everything planned and prepared for such an accomplishment.

 

[stormskye]

Swans in melb, Gold Coast in melb, and either doggies or north at the MCG. Please and thanks

 

[Pragmatic Shill]

Collingwood has parked its plans to play a home game on the Gold Coast for next year as the Suns put up their hand to be a recipient of the expanded suite of Thursday night games.

The Pies had investigated the feasibility of moving a Marvel Stadium home clash to the Gold Coast next year in a move that would give them two weeks in the state in midwinter.

Collingwood would have hosted a Victorian club and also played an away contest against the Gold Coast in that time up north.

But the price of compensating the AFL for moving a game from Marvel Stadium would have been steep as rival clubs including Carlton and Essendon also seek to play extra games at the MCG.

The Pies are now open to being part of the Opening Round fixture which will continue next year in a largely unchanged format after at one stage suggesting it would be overly taxing on their early-season fixture.

 

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Mitch Cleary on X has stated that the AFL will release the fixture on November 14.

 

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[PonsfordMagpie]

Hearing us, Hawthorn, Essendon and one more unnamed club will be involved in Opening Round

 

[Eric Shin]

If we get an easy draw like Geelong did this year, then the flag is ours.


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[cfc19902010]

If we get an easy draw like Geelong did this year, then the flag is ours.


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That won’t happen
As in easy draw

 

[Thinking Magpie]

Hearing us, Hawthorn, Essendon and one more unnamed club will be involved in Opening Round

If that is correct, we will play either Hawthorn and the unnamed team (I saw Geelong somewhere) is the likely opponent as they will not have us play Essendon so close to ANZAC Day.

 

[Jelly Bean]

If that is correct, we will play either Hawthorn and the unnamed team (I saw Geelong somewhere) is the likely opponent as they will not have us play Essendon so close to ANZAC Day.

No, I think Opening Round has all four north easten clubs (Bris, GC, Syd, GWS) hosting in their home state that week. The rationale is that it is an NRL-free week, and so saturate the cities with AFL.

So we'd play one of those interstate teams at their home ground. I'd probably take Sydney of that lot.

 

[HoraceStrasbork]

would love to see us play some marvel tenants at the g

We do, Carlton and Essendon

 

[manicmagpie]

If we’re playing in Opening Round odds are that it’s Sydney.

It won’t be Brisbane because of the Easter Thursday game, it probably won’t be Gold Coast because they like their home game against us to be in the July holidays and we played GWS last year.

 

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Gather Round details are set to be released on Tuesday afternoon. Tom Morris thinks we're likely to host Sydney at the Adelaide Oval on Friday April 11 in a prime time time slot.

 

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[jmac70]

Dreading the Thursday night fixture. No good for people who actually have to physically go to work the next day.

 

[South of the Yarra]

GWS in Opening Round and Swans in Gather Round.

 

[manicpie]

GWS in Opening Round and Swans in Gather Round.

Yep, that's what I read today. Sydney in Adelaide

 

[Knoxy]

Gather Round details are set to be released on Tuesday afternoon. Tom Morris thinks we're likely to host Sydney at the Adelaide Oval on Friday April 11 in a prime time time slot.

That would be right. The AFL won't allow their precious Swans to play us at the MCG.

 

[Smackdos]

Hopefully swans still have PTSD from the last time they played at Adelaide oval, at least we get the extra days break on Brisbane leading into Easter Thursday the following week.

 

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Pies to face interstate rival in 2025 Gather Round

Collingwood’s 2025 Gather Round fixture has been confirmed, with the Pies set to face the Sydney Swans during Round Five’s ‘festival of football’.

www.collingwoodfc.com.au

 

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Officially confirmed by the AFL within 24 hours, instead of 48 hours, which Tom Morris had originally forecasted.

 

[Forethought]

GWS in Opening Round and Swans in Gather Round.

Does that mean they are our 2x double up games vs last years top 6 ?
If so I’m ok with that.
Means likely double ups against Blues and Bombers then

 

[Lings of Geelong]

That would be right. The AFL won't allow their precious Swans to play us at the MCG.

Um...they played us at the MCG this year and smashed us