Fixture 2025 AFL Fixture

[The Feeder Club]

2x Thursday and 2x Friday night games in the first 16 rounds is unheard of for us, that 3 week stretch will be massive! Need to go at least 2/3 there.

Also anyone else heard that Collingwood are contracted to play at least 5 away games at the MCG per year? Something about a deal with the AFL and the Vic government and money for the MCG redevelopment.

Strictly speaking it's a deal that guarantees minimum of 14 H&A games featuring Collingwood are played at the MCG oer year. It was part of the concessions the AFL gave to get out of the deal forcing them to play at least one preliminary final at the MCG each year, which led to Brisbane having to play their home prelim at the MCG back in the day. Another part of the deal I think was to guarantee scheduling a minimum of 10 of the 12 highest attendance H&A games (based on historical averages) at the MCG each year. Rumour has it the AFL were opposed to a 80000 capacity stadium at Optus, and that was one of the reasons, so as not to derail their cosy MCG deal

 

[pK75]

Strictly speaking it's a deal that guarantees minimum of 14 H&A games featuring Collingwood are played at the MCG oer year. It was part of the concessions the AFL gave to get out of the deal forcing them to play at least one preliminary final at the MCG each year, which led to Brisbane having to play their home prelim at the MCG back in the day. Another part of the deal I think was to guarantee scheduling a minimum of 10 of the 12 highest attendance H&A games (based on historical averages) at the MCG each year. Rumour has it the AFL were opposed to a 80000 capacity stadium at Optus, and that was one of the reasons, so as not to derail their cosy MCG deal

Not sure how that would limit the Burswood to only 60k seats, even if it were 80k only the Derbies would fill it and they’d be the 2 of 12 not at the G.

 

[Quay Club]

Just sayin....

“Pretty favourable”: Has Carlton been handed a top-four draw by the AFL?

“Let’s be honest you want the easiest fixture possible.”

www.sen.com.au

 

[The Feeder Club]

Not sure how that would limit the Burswood to only 60k seats, even if it were 80k only the Derbies would fill it and they’d be the 2 of 12 not at the G.

I don't know wittout research what the attendance of the 12 biggest H&A games is, I assume most are marquee games involving Collingwood anyway. And I also don't know if the rumours are true, but it was rumoured at the time that the AFL was making it known it was worried and was keen for Optus to be no rival to the pre-eminence of the MCG.

 

[MadMundy]

We've played Geelong in Round 1 a couple of times from memory, we beat them in 2012 in that absolute thriller at Subiaco Oval, they annihilated us in 2017, there may be some others that I'm not remembering.

 

[Deanismyhero]

Just sayin....

“Pretty favourable”: Has Carlton been handed a top-four draw by the AFL?

“Let’s be honest you want the easiest fixture possible.”

www.sen.com.au

The AFL want them to be good soooo badly and they keep messing it up.

 

[Docker82]

The AFL want them to be good soooo badly and they keep messing it up.

They're handed a top four finish every year and it still hasn't happened. Pathetic club drinking its own bathwater on achievements from a pre-AFL era.

 

[Quay Club]

The AFL want them to be good soooo badly and they keep messing it up.

I think the Rubik's Cube had a few extra turns to achieve that draw for them.

 

[Van_Dyke]

Do you have a link to that PDF?

Link/source?

Yeah? Fair enough then, I can't remember a time 7 had more than one game on a day.

AFL releases full fixture for 2025 season

All the matches.

www.sen.com.au

 

[Deanismyhero]

They're handed a top four finish every year and it still hasn't happened. Pathetic club drinking its own bathwater on achievements from a pre-AFL era.

Shame they keep finding a way to break our hearts last few years. God i hope we stick it up them this year.

 

[Randomizor]

It’s a bit silly to try to forecast the difficult of the draw based on this year. The only constant in the ladder each year is change. Some teams rise and some teams fall. What seems a hard draw now, might actually be a cakewalk next year.

Much better to focus on things like amount of travel and prime time exposure. And based on those, this is one of our better fixtures.

 

[Spirit Level]

AFL releases full fixture for 2025 season

All the matches.

www.sen.com.au

Yes!! This is the format they normally release in PDF form but they haven't this year, or at least it's impossible to find