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3 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

Confirmation from whom?

Based on article in Age 30 minutes ago (or in fact a strategic leak from AFL to keep horse racing off the back page), by my reading there is still one game needed forr the G.  Being either bombers or MFC.

Otherwise, its west Coast at Perth, GC away or Port Adelaaide away.

In other fixture news:

 Melbourne will head interstate for the first game of the season.

 

In other fixture news:

 Melbourne will head interstate for the first game of the season.

 North Melbourne was slated to take on St Kilda their Round 1 game.

 Geelong will be taking their handbags .....

it is a weird stat that we haven’t played interstate since 1998. Hasn’t helped us and can’t begrudge an away game to start the year

After process of elimination with respect to confirmed and unconfirmed leaks, I reckon we're playing GC at Metricon round 1.

 

 

Edited by Bring-Back-Powell

 
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FULL 2020 ROUND 1 AFL FIXTURE
FULL 2020 ROUND 1 AFL FIXTURE

Thursday, Mar 19 STADIUM (NETWORK) EST LOCAL

Richmond vs. Carlton MCG (SEVEN) 7:25pm 7:25pm

Friday, Mar 20 STADIUM (NETWORK) EST LOCAL

Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood Marvel Stadium (SEVEN) 7:50pm 7:50pm

Saturday, Mar 21 STADIUM (NETWORK) EST LOCAL

Essendon vs. Fremantle Marvel Stadium (FOX) 1:45pm 1:45pm

Adelaide Crows vs. Sydney Swans Adelaide Oval (FOX) 4:35pm 4:05pm

GWS GIANTS vs. Geelong Cats Giants Stadium (SEVEN) 7:25pm 7:25pm

Gold Coast SUNS vs. Port Adelaide Metricon Stadium (FOX) 7:25pm 6:25pm

Sunday, Mar 22 STADIUM (NETWORK) EST LOCAL

North Melbourne vs. St Kilda Marvel Stadium (FOX) 1:10pm 1:10pm

Hawthorn vs. Brisbane Lions MCG (SEVEN) 3:20pm 3:20pm

West Coast Eagles vs. Melbourne Optus Stadium (FOX) 6:20pm 3:20pm


We have played well 2 of the last 3 games there. Pretty much a free swing. Bring it on.

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1 minute ago, Forest Demon said:

We have played well 2 of the last 3 games there. Pretty much a free swing. Bring it on.

I like your approach. BUT 3.20 in Perth in late March. 

 

^^^

The Sunday 3.20 pm time slots start right up front.  Horribly hot at that time in Perth!!!

No pre-season game in WA so every chance we play both WCE and Freo in Perth....

The club likes to have the first few games in Melbourne to get memberships rolling.  Not a great start.  Worse if we lose.

Edited by Lucifer's Hero

 

AFL: How can we burn any of the teams confidence going into 2020, cause as many cramps as possible and invoke dehydration and injuries?

Gill: Give them Sunday afternoon in Perth against the premiership favorites

AFL: done

Edited by olisik

Anyone else think that is a really boring Round 1 fixture...


Love it.

No excuses. Fresh and fit list. 

Plenty of time to have a game plan and strategy to win.

at least they wont have spent weeks doing pre-season in the rain, but you never know with Melbourne aha

Always good to play last years top 4 in the early rounds. Takes them a few weeks to get going. 

Bring it on!

and the dogs v pies at dock lands constitutes a blockbuster now? According to the herald. 

2 minutes ago, Sorry kids said:

Love it.

No excuses. Fresh and fit list. 

Plenty of time to have a game plan and strategy to win.

Agreed. 5 months to start planning. 
Win this one and the confidence grows. 
get them fit and angry....


In spite of optimism,, I couldnt imagine a Worse start to 2020!!

Goody under pump right from the start!

Is it 3:20 local time? Usually don’t have two 3:20 games

3 minutes ago, FarNorthernD said:

West Coast first up out West. Friggin brilliant motivation all pre-season long. Love it

Yep. Nowhere to hide...

5 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Is it 3:20 local time? Usually don’t have two 3:20 games

620pm Melbourne time


Bennell will smash them,  Langdon BOG and only 140 odd days to go. 

 

24 minutes ago, Forest Demon said:

We have played well 2 of the last 3 games there. Pretty much a free swing. Bring it on.

Spot on. Also that loss in the prelim was followed by an awful season. Time to get revenge.

11 minutes ago, FarNorthernD said:

West Coast first up out West. Friggin brilliant motivation all pre-season long. Love it

Can see your point of view but it would of been nice to play them one next year and at the G. 

 

Bring it on. 

No better way to kick off the season than rolling the Eagles in Perth. 

No doubt we embrace the challenge and see it as an opportunity to out 2019 quickly in the rear view mirror. 

On 10/25/2019 at 4:51 PM, Jaded said:

True. 
But also clubs like Carlton and Essendon, have dug their own grave in no less significant ways and still have never suffered poor draws like we have. 
Yes I know, big clubs and so on and so forth. Hard to become a big club with this level of inequality though. 

Yes, completely agree, but you have to view the AFL as the business that it is, and those clubs are big drawers than us. Simple as that. Commercially, we have a long way to go. A few flags would help convert a few. 2018 finals shows we can draw if we're playing successful finals footy.

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Just saw that Round 1's against West Coast - literally loled


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