The Official AFL 2009 Draw Discussion

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ROUND 1

THURSDAY, MARCH 26
Richmond v Carlton MCG (N)

FRIDAY, MARCH 27

Hawthorn v Geelong MCG (N)

SATURDAY, MARCH 28

Collingwood v Adelaide MCG

Brisbane Lions v West Coast G (N)

St Kilda v Sydney TD (N)

SUNDAY, MARCH 29

Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG

Port Adelaide v Essendon AS

Fremantle v Western Bulldogs S (N)


ROUND 2

FRIDAY, APRIL 3

Adelaide v St Kilda AS (N)

SATURDAY, APRIL 4

Geelong v Richmond SS

Collingwood v Melbourne MCG

Carlton v Brisbane Lions TD (N)

Sydney v Hawthorn ANZ (N)

SUNDAY, APRIL 5

Essendon v Fremantle TD

Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne MCG

West Coast v Port Adelaide S (T)


ROUND 3

THURSDAY, APRIL 9

Geelong v Collingwood MCG (N)

SATURDAY, APRIL 11

St Kilda v West Coast TD

Brisbane Lions v Sydney G (N)

Carlton v Essendon MCG (N)

SUNDAY, APRIL 12

Port Adelaide v Melbourne AS

North Melbourne v Hawthorn TD

Fremantle v Adelaide S (T)

MONDAY, APRIL 13

Western Bulldogs v Richmond TD


ROUND 4

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

Brisbane Lions v Collingwood G (N)

SATURDAY, APRIL 18

Sydney v Carlton SCG

Hawthorn v Port Adelaide MCG

St Kilda v Fremantle TD (N)

Adelaide v Geelong AS (N)


SUNDAY, APRIL 19

North Melbourne v Essendon TD

Richmond v Melbourne MCG

West Coast v Western Bulldogs S (T)


ROUND 5

FRIDAY, APRIL 24

Port Adelaide v St Kilda AS (N)

SATURDAY, APRIL 25

Essendon v Collingwood MCG

Hawthorn v West Coast AU (T)

North Melbourne v Richmond TD (N)

Fremantle v Sydney S (N)

SUNDAY, APRIL 26

Geelong v Brisbane Lions SS

Western Bulldogs v Carlton TD

Melbourne v Adelaide MCG (T)


ROUND 6

FRIDAY, MAY 1

North Melbourne v Collingwood TD (N)

SATURDAY, MAY 2

Hawthorn v Carlton MCG

West Coast v Fremantle S

Brisbane Lions v Essendon G (N)

Port Adelaide v Adelaide AS (N)

SUNDAY, MAY 3

Sydney v Richmond SCG

Melbourne v Geelong MCG

Western Bulldogs v St Kilda TD (T)


ROUND 7

FRIDAY, MAY 8

Essendon v Hawthorn TD (N)

SATURDAY, MAY 9

Geelong v Sydney SS

Richmond v Brisbane Lions MCG

North Melbourne v Port Adelaide TD (N)

Carlton v Fremantle C (N)

SUNDAY, MAY 10

Adelaide v Western Bulldogs AS

West Coast v Melbourne S (T)

MONDAY, MAY 11

Collingwood v St Kilda TD (N)


ROUND 8

FRIDAY, MAY 15

Fremantle v Hawthorn S (N)

SATURDAY, MAY 16

Melbourne v Western Bulldogs MCG

Geelong v North Melbourne SS

Brisbane Lions v Adelaide G (N)

Sydney v West Coast ANZ (N)

SUNDAY, MAY 17

Port Adelaide v Richmond AS

Collingwood v Carlton MCG

St Kilda v Essendon TD (T)


ROUND 9

FRIDAY, MAY 22

Geelong v Western Bulldogs TD (N)

SATURDAY, MAY 23

North Melbourne v Fremantle TD

Adelaide v Carlton AS

West Coast v Collingwood S (N)

Richmond v Essendon MCG (N)

SUNDAY, MAY 24

Sydney v Port Adelaide SCG

St Kilda v Brisbane Lions TD

Hawthorn v Melbourne MCG (T)


ROUND 10

FRIDAY, MAY 29

Carlton v West Coast TD (N)

SATURDAY, MAY 30

Western Bulldogs v Sydney MO

North Melbourne v Brisbane Lions TD

St Kilda v Melbourne C (N)

Fremantle v Richmond S (N)

SUNDAY, MAY 31

Adelaide v Hawthorn AS

Essendon v Geelong TD

Collingwood v Port Adelaide MCG (T)


ROUND 11

FRIDAY, JUNE 5

Richmond v Western Bulldogs TD (N)

SATURDAY, JUNE 6

North Melbourne v St Kilda TD

Brisbane Lions v Carlton G (N)

Port Adelaide v Fremantle AS (N)

SUNDAY, JUNE 7

Essendon v Adelaide TD

Hawthorn v Sydney MCG

West Coast v Geelong S (T)

MONDAY, JUNE 8

Melbourne v Collingwood MCG


SPLIT ROUND 12

FRIDAY, JUNE 12

Carlton v St Kilda TD (N)

SATURDAY, JUNE 13

Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide D (N)

Richmond v West Coast TD (N)

SUNDAY, JUNE 14

Hawthorn v Brisbane Lions AU

Adelaide v North Melbourne AS (T)

FRIDAY, JUNE 19

Essendon v Melbourne TD (N)

SATURDAY, JUNE 20

Sydney v Collingwood ANZ (N)

SUNDAY, JUNE 21

Fremantle v Geelong S (T)


ROUND 13

FRIDAY, JUNE 26

Essendon v Carlton MCG (N)

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

Collingwood v Fremantle MCG

Adelaide v Sydney AS

Brisbane Lions v Melbourne G

West Coast v Hawthorn S (N)

SUNDAY, JUNE 28

Geelong v Port Adelaide SS

North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs MCG

St Kilda v Richmond TD (T)


ROUND 14

FRIDAY, JULY 3

Collingwood v Essendon MCG (N)

SATURDAY, JULY 4

Melbourne v West Coast MCG

Port Adelaide v Brisbane Lions AS

Richmond v Adelaide C (N)

Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn TD (N)

SUNDAY, JULY 5

Sydney v North Melbourne SCG

St Kilda v Geelong TD

Fremantle v Carlton S (T)


ROUND 15

FRIDAY, JULY 10

Western Bulldogs v Collingwood TD (N)

SATURDAY, JULY 11

Sydney v Essendon SCG

Carlton v Richmond MCG

Brisbane Lions v Geelong G (N)

Adelaide v Fremantle AS (N)

SUNDAY, JULY 12

Hawthorn v North Melbourne AU

Melbourne v Port Adelaide MCG

West Coast v St Kilda S (T)


ROUND 16

FRIDAY, JULY 17

Essendon v Western Bulldogs TD (N)

SATURDAY, JULY 18

Carlton v Sydney TD

Geelong v Melbourne SS

Collingwood v Hawthorn MCG (N)

Fremantle v Brisbane Lions S (N)

SUNDAY, JULY 19

Port Adelaide v West Coast AS

Richmond v North Melbourne MCG

St Kilda v Adelaide TD (T)


ROUND 17

FRIDAY, JULY 24

Carlton v Collingwood MCG (N)

SATURDAY, JULY 25

Geelong v Hawthorn MCG

Fremantle v West Coast S (T)

Brisbane Lions v North Melbourne G (N)

St Kilda v Western Bulldogs TD (N)

SUNDAY, JULY 26

Melbourne v Sydney MO

Essendon v Richmond MCG

Adelaide v Port Adelaide AS (T)


ROUND 18

FRIDAY, JULY 31

North Melbourne v Carlton TD (N)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 1

Western Bulldogs v Fremantle TD

Geelong v Adelaide SS

Sydney v St Kilda SCG (N)

Collingwood v Brisbane Lions MCG (N)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2

Melbourne v Richmond MCG

Port Adelaide v Hawthorn AS

West Coast v Essendon S (T)


ROUND 19

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7

Carlton v Geelong MCG (N)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8

Western Bulldogs v West Coast TD

Hawthorn v St Kilda AU

Essendon v Brisbane Lions MCG (N)

Adelaide v Collingwood AS (N)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9

North Melbourne v Melbourne TD

Richmond v Sydney MCG

Fremantle v Port Adelaide S (T)


ROUND 20

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14

Hawthorn v Adelaide MCG (N)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15

Richmond v Collingwood MCG

West Coast v North Melbourne S (T)

Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs G (N)

Sydney v Geelong ANZ (N)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16

Melbourne v Fremantle MCG

Port Adelaide v Carlton AS

Essendon v St Kilda TD (T)


ROUND 21

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21

Western Bulldogs v Geelong TD (N)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22

Carlton v Melbourne TD

Adelaide v West Coast AS

Brisbane Lions v Port Adelaide G (N)

Richmond v Hawthorn MCG (N)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 23

St Kilda v North Melbourne TD

Collingwood v Sydney MCG

Fremantle v Essendon S (T)


ROUND 22

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28

West Coast v Richmond S (N)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29

Geelong v Fremantle SS

Hawthorn v Essendon MCG

Carlton v Adelaide TD (T)

Sydney v Brisbane Lions SCG (N)

Port Adelaide v North Melbourne AS (N)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30

Melbourne v St Kilda MCG

Collingwood v Western Bulldogs TD (T)


http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24543685-11088,00.html

 

[ManWithNoName]

Only two Twilight Zone games in Victoria. That's three too many but I can live with it.

 

[beez]

I'm happy

 

[CoZi36]

Friday night game again for the Lions, thanks Collingwood .

Thanks for posting this, got work today and wanted to know about the draw prior to leaving.

 

[Thrawn]

Carlton v Fremantle C (N)

Huh?

 

[A Living God]

Huh?

Carrara

 

[Thrawn]

Carrara

I know what the abbreviation was, but I was questioning the game. Why against Freo... over there?

 

[The Cotch]

Richmond 2 Friday night games to Carltons 6.......go figure

 

[Giants FC]

Saturday afternoon games in Sydney is something that's never been tried before. It'll be interesting to see how that works.
The NRL stopped playing games on Saturday afternoon because no-one used to go - hopefully the AFL will do better.

 

[The Punter]

This page is not available from any other page on the H-S site, and includes games that are contrary to what has been leaked elsewhere (St Kilda playing Melbourne at Gold Coast rather than Adelaide). It is also well before the announced 11:30am release date. I'm not sure of the accuracy or source of this "fixture".

 

[tazhawk]

I'm happy

Since when would a Collingwood supporter be unhappy with the draw.

 

[krusden]

Not happy the saints only have one MCG game all year

However - we avoid the two trips to subi we had this year replaced by two trips to AAMI. which is heaps better inre: travelling. Also, no trips to the gabba, one to the scg and one to Aurora.

Overall - can't really complain. But will be interesting to see the crowd number for round 10 at carrara vs. the demons!

 

[juddola]

Carlton Vs Collingwood on a friday night.

 

[mediumsizered]

I know what the abbreviation was, but I was questioning the game. Why against Freo... over there?

We got 29k at the game against Freo at TD this year. You don't make money on that. A guaranteed $400k for playing them at Carrara, compared to losing money at Etihad Stadium. Easy choice.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

The Thursday night game will be interesting, the winner an early favourite for 9th spot

 

[thatday]

I'm happy

I'm ****ing not.

A home game at the DOME against St Kilda (on a monday night ) and the Western Bulldogs. Correct me if i'm wrong, but thats not our home ground and it is theirs. Why are we playing home games against them at the dome? Shouldn't we be playing against interstaters at the dome, not dome tenants?

 

[CROWS08]

Why have the split round 5 one weekend and 3 the next weekend.
How hard is it to just have 4 and 4.
Why must the AFL continue with different comobos for the split round when 4 each weekend would make perfect sense.

 

[inyourcool]

Richmond 2 Friday night games to Carltons 6.......go figure

Its not all about Carlton!

 

[celtic_pride]

Fantastic draw for Carlton ...

we only get to play the top 4 once this year (all of them lol)

IN this draw, a top 6 finish is just about a cert for Carlton in 2009 ...

 

[tazhawk]

Fantastic draw for Carlton ...

we only get to play the top 4 once this year (all of them lol)

IN this draw, a top 6 finish is just about a cert for Carlton in 2009 ...

Look a bit closer.


Anyway it must be hard for you to work out the draw, since you follow Geelong then Carltank ............ who knows who you will be supporting in 2009.

 

[winty]

Interesting that Geelong have back-to-back Sunday twilight matches at Subiaco (although the second one is in the second week of the split round).

 

[Crypt Keeper]

So let me get this staright. Collingwood have to play the Bulldogs twice within 7 weeks ... at Etihad Stadium, which is the Bulldogs' home ground ... riiiight! How the f*ck does that even make sense?

 

[Reveler]

interesting that freo's draw doesn't go home-away-home-away like usual. We have two away games in a row early on, and then two home games in a row later on

 

[celtic_pride]

So let me get this staright. Collingwood have to play the Bulldogs twice within 7 weeks ... at Etihad Stadium, which is the Bulldogs' home ground ... riiiight! How the f*ck does that even make sense?

LOL it's back to that stupid system they had this year, where the draw is totally out of whack (and some teams play each other twice in the first 8/9 rnds)

Carlton doesn't play the Dees till rnd 21 for the first time for instance, but that is fine, cause we basically play other teams twice that I think we are better then (IE Brisbane, Richmond, Essendon etc) so it's all good news ...

The friday night games are a big boost as well and far less sunday games (only 3)

 

[dutchy12]

Once again Melbourne have been royally r*ped. If you thought we had low crowd figures this year, have a look at our draw.

Our first 2 home games are against the Roos on Grand Prix day )can't wait for that one) and the Crows on a Sunday afternoon.

Probably get a combined crowd of 35,000 for both matches. Nothing short of pathetic from the AFL.