Fixture Week 1 AFL finals

[Rod Stroker]

The AFL will want maximum eyeballs and attendance for Swans v Giants, so I expect it will be Friday or Saturday night, not Thurs

 

[Rod Stroker]

Fun fact; Geelong have lost every final they've hosted at KP

 

[MrAnonymous]

Tom Morris reporting Port Adelaide v Geelong will be played on the Thursday night (regardless of who is hosting).

Which means Bulldogs v Hawks has to be on the Friday night.

 

[adogsfan5]

What are the chances the MCG game will be on the Friday night?

 

[aCunningPlan]

The AFL will want maximum eyeballs and attendance for Swans v Giants, so I expect it will be Friday or Saturday night, not Thurs

I can see Thursday night for Swans and Giants, means it's not forcing fans to travel interstate during the working week and the NRL that night features two non-NSW sides. Would be a cracking game to kick off the finals series.

 

[The Fonz]

Tom Morris reporting Port Adelaide v Geelong will be played on the Thursday night (regardless of who is hosting).

Which means Bulldogs v Hawks has to be on the Friday night.

Swans as top ranked team won't play later than Friday night.

 

[maskmcgee]

 

[MrAnonymous]

Swans as top ranked team won't play later than Friday night.

If Port v Geelong (2nd v 3rd) is on the Thursday as per Morris, then Friday has to be 6th v 7th.

Otherwise the winner of Hawks v Dogs will be coming off a six-day break to play the loser of Port and Geelong.

I’d be shocked if Swans and Giants was on the Thursday or Friday. Won’t rate as high as the other games.

 

[Greasyrhys]

Tom Morris reporting Port Adelaide v Geelong will be played on the Thursday night (regardless of who is hosting).

Which means Bulldogs v Hawks has to be on the Friday night.

Pity.

 

[supahoops]

Now it’s basically settled, Sydney Thursday, Poort Friday, MCG twilight and Lions Saturday night.

 

[shammersting]

All the swans giants finals have been Saturday afternoons, even when they've finished first. I think it'll go:

Dogs v Hawks
Port v Geelong
Swans v giants
Lions vs

Dogs v hawks should get at least 80k plus

 

[BallaratBulldog]

A world where Sportsbet knows before us is pretty sad

 

[TigerTrain23]

My predictions:

Thur 7.30 Port v Geelong
Fri 7.40 Bulldogs v Hawks
Sat 3.20 Sydney v GWS
Sat 7.30 Brisbane v Carl/Freo

We'll find out soon!

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

A world where Sportsbet knows before us is pretty sad

Probably the first stakeholder advised

 

[hawkman]

My predictions:

Thur 7.30 Port v Geelong
Fri 7.40 Bulldogs v Hawks
Sat 3.20 Sydney v GWS
Sat 7.30 Brisbane v Carl/Freo

We'll find out soon!

Exactly what it should be every year. Means no 6 day breaks throughout the finals series and the QF losers get an extra break on their week 2 opponents

 

[YeoShuey]

They’d be crazy not to have Bulldogs vs Hawks in a night slot at the MCG. Preferably Friday night.

 

[aCunningPlan]

My predictions:

Thur 7.30 Port v Geelong
Fri 7.40 Bulldogs v Hawks
Sat 3.20 Sydney v GWS
Sat 7.30 Brisbane v Carl/Freo

We'll find out soon!

Now the sides are locked in, I think you're on the money.

 

[Blackhawk42]

You would have assumed that Brisbane vs Carlton was the Saturday afternoon game to give Carlton reasonable time to fly home that night if they won.

The only MCG game not being on the Friday night feels strange in its own right.

I thought the following made the most sense, but sounds like it won't happen this way...

Thursday - Sydney vs GWS
Friday - Hawthorn vs Bulldogs
Saturday afternoon - Brisbane vs Carlton
Saturday night - Port vs Geelong

 

[pjcrows]

You would have assumed that Brisbane vs Carlton was the Saturday afternoon game to give Carlton reasonable time to fly home that night if they won.

The only MCG game not being on the Friday night feels strange in its own right.

I thought the following made the most sense, but sounds like it won't happen this way...

Thursday - Sydney vs GWS
Friday - Hawthorn vs Bulldogs
Saturday afternoon - Brisbane vs Carlton
Saturday night - Port vs Geelong

Why would the loser of 2v3 get a day less break than winner of 6v7?

 

[V8clock]

We'll beat Geelong easily, got no doubt about that

 

[Blackhawk42]

Why would the loser of 2v3 get a day less break than winner of 6v7?

Could switch the Friday and Saturday night games quite easily.

 

[maskmcgee]

Why would the loser of 2v3 get a day less break than winner of 6v7?

They won't. As I said earlier. There's two groups of timeslots. One is Thursday and Friday, the other is Saturday. And they're two groups of matchups. One is 1v4 and 5v8, the other is 2v3 and 6v7. One group of teams to one group of timeslots.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

 

[adogsfan5]

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A broadcasters nightmare having the only MCG game on Saturday 3:20 (and arguably the most anticipated game).

 

[BandBane]

Given that Sportsbet leaked the Doggies v Hawkers fixture to be on Saturday twilight, it's probably going to play out like this:

Thursday Night: Sydney v GWS to avoid NRL finals clash
Friday Night: Brisbane v Carlton by going off Ralphy from the Herald Sun
Saturday Twilight: Bulldogs v Hawthorn because thanks sportsbet
Saturday Night: Port Adelaide v Geelong to cap things off