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)

Source: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...-11088,00.html

Nice to see the afl listens.

the first five rounds already are [censored] house

we want home games that draw big crowds

we play both richmond and collingwood away at the G

and play adelaide at home (f***ing twilight game) and north melbourne at home on the f***ing day of the grand prix

the draw so far is utterly crap

Not one home Friday night game? Yay.

4 weeks in a row, port an wc at the G, Cats at Geelong and then another "home game" against Sydney at Manuka (though apparently, that's not unfair because you must keep intact the integrity of the league)

Pies round 2, massive

And is that 13 Sunday matches?

No we didnt in short.

We Have:

7 home games against victorian teams (1 sat, 5 sun, 1 mon)

4 home games against interstate teams (2 sat, 2 sun)

6 away games in victoria (1 fri, 3 sat, 2 sun)

5 interstate games (2 sat, 3 sun)

All up we have 1 friday night game, 8 saturday games, 12 sunday games, 1 monday game

Bloody terrible!!

** note: thats counting the sydney game as an away interstate game, even though it technically isnt

I've now had time to go through it. We've been royally fcuked over.

Adelaide, Port Adelaide, Fremantle, and West Coast all home at the G.

And the AFL doesn't compensate us for the inequality of the draw. Maybe the AFL sees this as there last chance to kick us out.

Just our matches.

1 Sunday March 29 1:10pm NORTH MELBOURNE MCG

2 Saturday April 4 2:10pm COLLINGWOOD MCG

3 Sunday April 12 12:40pm PORT ADELAIDE AAMI Stadium

4 Sunday April 19 2:10pm RICHMOND MCG

5 Sunday April 26 4:40pm ADELAIDE MCG

6 Sunday May 3 2:10pm GEELONG MCG

7 Sunday May 10 2:40pm WEST COAST EAGLES Subiaco Oval

8 Saturday May 16 2:10pm WESTERN BULLDOGS MCG

9 Sunday May 24 4:40pm HAWTHORN MCG

10 Saturday May 30 7:10pm ST KILDA Gold Coast Stadium

11 Monday June 8 2:10pm COLLINGWOOD MCG

12 Friday June 19 7:40pm ESSENDON Telstra Dome

13 Saturday June 27 7:10pm BRISBANE LIONS Gabba

14 Saturday July 4 2:10pm WEST COAST EAGLES MCG

15 Sunday July 12 2:10pm PORT ADELAIDE MCG

16 Saturday July 18 2:10pm GEELONG Skilled Stadium

17 Sunday July 25 1:10pm SYDNEY SWANS Manuka Oval

18 Sunday August 2 1:10pm RICHMOND MCG

19 Sunday August 9 1:10pm NORTH MELBOURNE Telstra Dome

20 Sunday August 16 1:10pm FREMANTLE MCG

21 Saturday August 22 2:10pm CARLTON Telstra Dome

22 Sunday August 30 2:10pm ST KILDA MCG

Two home matches in the first 5 weeks, against the Roos on Grand Prix day, and Adelaide.

Pretty much explicitly tell us what the AFL thinks of our club

hmm the link doesn't work now. perhaps some hack journo at the herald sun jumped the gun a little too early.

Two night matches for the whole year and neither of them are our home games, thanks AFL. Way to run an even competition, really helping us get back on our feet.

Day spread is something like this:

Friday: 1 (Not home)

Saturday day: 6 (2 Home)

Saturday Night: 1 (Not home)

Sunday Day: 10 (7 home)

Sunday twilight: 3 (1 home)

Monday: 1 (home)

I thought last years scheduling was horrible, but this is just disgusting. Having seen what having all those Sunday games did to us last year they still thought it was fair to give us a crap load of them again. I wouldn't have minded so much if they'd given us an even spread of home games on other days, but no it's all good. I am so [censored] off right now, just wanna walk up to AFL headquarters and spit on the building.

Is this official? Hasn't been released on AFL website, and HUN site says it will come out at 11.30. So maybe a fake? Plus only 4 interestate and Manuka and Geelong. Hmmm.

OK - 2 things.

1. From a financial viewpoint, this is an utter, utter, utter disgrace and potentially very damaging.

HOWEVER

Point 2 - From a playing perspective, I actually don't think its too bad. Depending on how Bailey works his magic over summer, a bullish start to the season is possible. (OK, slightly optimistic, but better that the Hawks, Dogs and Cats we copped this year).

Lets face it, if the teams performance isn;t up to scratch, then the most favourable draw in the world isn't going to help.

.. but I don;t like Sunday games.. not as easy to enjoy a few beers with it

4* night matches in 2 years. Humph.

*Edit: 3 this year.

OK - 2 things.

1. From a financial viewpoint, this is an utter, utter, utter disgrace and potentially very damaging.

HOWEVER

Point 2 - From a playing perspective, I actually don't think its too bad. Depending on how Bailey works his magic over summer, a bullish start to the season is possible. (OK, slightly optimistic, but better that the Hawks, Dogs and Cats we copped this year).

Lets face it, if the teams performance isn;t up to scratch, then the most favourable draw in the world isn't going to help.

.. but I don;t like Sunday games.. not as easy to enjoy a few beers with it

Magic.............. What Magic?

Magic.............. What Magic?

Have faith, Jackas. I believe in Dean Bailey (what choice have I got)

My breakdown-

Locations

MCG- 13, AS- 1, S- 1, C-1, TD- 3, SS- 1, MO-1

Times

Night- 2!! Day- 17, Twilight- 3

Days-

Fri- 1, Sat- 7, Sun- 13, Mon-1

Teams-

Adelaide-Round 5, Brisbane- Round 13, Carlton- Round 21, Saints- Round 10, 22, Freo- Round 20, Kangaroos-Rd 1, 19

Tigers- Rd 4, 18, Port- Rd 3, 15, Eagles- Rd 7, 14, Magpies- Rd 2, 11, Bulldogs-Rd8, Sydney-rd17, Bombers Rd 12, Geelong Rd 6, 16

Hawks rd 9.

We dont play Freo till round 20 and carlton till 21 LOL WTF , how do you screw up a draw like this!?????????

the more and more I read this and the fact that the Herald Sun withdrew the link, the more i think it is a fabrication

the more and more I read this and the fact that the Herald Sun withdrew the link, the more i think it is a fabrication

Not so sure, I'm thinking they just published the link early.

We'll know soon enough.

MELBOURNE

1 Sunday, Mar 29 (FOX, Sun Early) North Melbourne MCG Home 1:10pm

2 Saturday, Apr 4 (TEN, Sat Aft) Collingwood MCG Away 2:10pm

3 Sunday, Apr 12 (FOX, Sun Early) Port Adelaide AAMI Stadium Away 12:40pm

4 Sunday, Apr 19 (SEVEN, Sun Aft) Richmond MCG Away 2:10pm

5 Sunday, Apr 26 (FOX, Sun Twi) Adelaide MCG Home 4:40pm

6 Sunday, May 3 (SEVEN, Sun Aft) Geelong Cats MCG Home 2:10pm

7 Sunday, May 10 (FOX, Sun Aft) West Coast Eagles Subiaco Oval Away 2:40pm

8 Saturday, May 16 (FOX, Sat Aft) Western Bulldogs MCG Home 2:10pm

9 Sunday, May 24 (FOX, Sun Twi) Hawthorn MCG Away 4:40pm

10 Saturday, May 30 (FOX, Sat Night) St Kilda Gold Coast Stadium Away 7:10pm

11 Monday, Jun 8 (TEN, Mon Aft) Collingwood MCG Home 2:10pm

12 Friday, Jun 19 (SEVEN, Fri Night) Essendon Telstra Dome Away 7:40pm

13 Saturday, Jun 27 (FOX, Sat Night) Brisbane Lions Gabba Away 7:10pm

14 Saturday, Jul 4 (TEN, Sat Aft) West Coast Eagles MCG Home 2:10pm

15 Sunday, Jul 12 (SEVEN, Sun Aft) Port Adelaide MCG Home 2:10pm

16 Saturday, Jul 18 (TEN, Sat Aft) Geelong Cats Skilled Stadium Away 2:10pm

17 Sunday, Jul 26 (FOX, Sun Early) Sydney Swans Manuka Oval Home 1:10pm

18 Sunday, Aug 2 (FOX, Sun Early) Richmond MCG Home 1:10pm

19 Sunday, Aug 9 (FOX, Sun Early) North Melbourne Telstra Dome Away 1:10pm

20 Sunday, Aug 16 (FOX, Sun Early) Fremantle MCG Home 1:10pm

21 Saturday, Aug 22 (TEN, Sat Aft) Carlton Telstra Dome Away 2:10pm

22 Sunday, Aug 30 (SEVEN, Sun Aft) St Kilda MCG Home 2:10pm

That's 13 Sunday games.

Disgrace.

It's official: http://www.afl.com.au/Fixture/tabid/10586/Default.aspx

New timeslots in some rounds as well: http://www.afl.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=2...mp;newsId=69217

Coll v St Kilda on a Monday night (7.20 bounce at Etihad Stadium)

Haw v West Coast on ANZAC day (Saturday twilight, straight after Ess v Coll)

Preparation for Gold Coast

Collingwood have the most MCG games with 14.

We are second with 13 games.

Here's Gillon McLachan's take on our draw:

"They’ve got a good footy draw. What they do have is a lot of Sundays.

"In the end there’s actually no difference between your average crowd on a Sunday versus a Saturday, but it will have an impact on their corporates.

"That’s where the impact is felt, on the corporate revenue.

"We try to do the best we can to keep everyone happy in the end and there’ll always be a couple of clubs who I guess will be marginally more disenfranchised or marginally less happy than everyone else."

http://www.afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tab...px?newsId=69209

Sunday, B1oody Sunday! I don't believe it - how disgusting! How does our draw compare to other teams for Sunday games...? Surely there can't be any worse than our unfortunate MFC.