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So much pain in one screenshot 😢

Agreed. It is a shocking day and time for those in the surrounding areas as well as for a TV audience. Given ours and the Tigers performances over the past 2 seasons it is no surprise that we have been given such a bad draw.

Carlton should have to play the Cats in Geelong given they probably have not played there since the late 80s.

For those who like visual representations of fixtures:

Done.

To be fair, the target market live audience for these rural community games is the people who actually live in those towns. Live attendance isn’t aimed at fans from Melbourne or the surrounding suburbs. The AFL is perfectly content for us to watch from home and keep paying our Kayo or Foxtel subscriptions.

AFL AAMI COMMUNITY SERIES 2026 PRE-SEASON FIXTURE All times AEDT - All games live on Fox Footy and Kayo Wednesday February 25 Carlton v Geelong, 7:10pm at Ikon Park Thursday February 26 Sydney Swans v GWS Giants, 4:10pm at Henson Park Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns, 7:10pm at Brighton Homes Arena Friday February 27 Melbourne v Richmond, 4:10pm at Mars Stadium Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn, 7:10pm at Mission Whitten Oval Saturday February 28 St Kilda v Essendon, 3:10pm at Mars Stadium Fremantle v Adelaide Crows, 6:10pm at Rushton Park Sunday March 1 North Melbourne v Collingwood, 3:10pm at Mars Stadium West Coast Eagles v Port Adelaide, 6:10pm at Mineral Resources Park

Average age: 24.7 (eighth oldest) Average games: 72.6 (10th most experienced) Most games: Taylor Walker (301) Players with 100-plus games: 11 Players with less than 50 games: 18 Average age: 25.3 (equal third oldest) Average games: 88.6 (third most experienced) Most games: Dayne Zorko (304) Players with 100-plus games: 15 Players with less than 50 games: 19 Average age: 24.9 (sixth oldest) Average games: 79.3 (fifth most experienced) Most games: Nick Haynes (234) Players with 100-plus games: 15 Players with less than 50 games: 22 Average age: 25.6 (oldest) Average games: 94.7 (most experienced) Most games: Scott Pendlebury (425) Players with 100-plus games: 18 Players with less than 50 games: 22 Average age: 23.6 (17th oldest) Average games: 57.7 (17th most experienced) Most games: Zach Merrett (251) Players with 100-plus games: 13 Players with less than 50 games: 25 Average age: 24.3 (equal 10th oldest) Average games: 67.2 (13th most experienced) Most games: Jaeger O'Meara (200) Players with 100-plus games: 14 Players with less than 50 games: 19 Average age: 25.3 (equal third oldest) Average games: 89.3 (second most experienced) Most games: Patrick Dangerfield (360) Players with 100-plus games: 19 Players with less than 50 games: 21 Average age: 24.1 (equal 14th oldest) Average games: 63.9 (15th most experienced) Most games: Touk Miller (214) Players with 100-plus games: 14 Players with less than 50 games: 25 Average age: 24.3 (equal 10th oldest) Average games: 77 (seventh most experienced) Most games: Toby Greene (261) Players with 100-plus games: 14 Players with less than 50 games: 22 Average age: 24.3 (equal 10th oldest) Average games: 71.4 (12th most experienced) Most games: Jack Gunston (283) Players with 100-plus games: 13 Players with less than 50 games: 20 Average age: 25.4 (second oldest) Average games: 79 (sixth most experienced) Most games: Steven May (251) Players with 100-plus games: 15 Players with less than 50 games: 23 Average age: 24.1 (equal 14th oldest) Average games: 72 (11th most experienced) Most games: Jack Darling (320) Players with 100-plus games: 12 Players with less than 50 games: 24 Average age: 24.4 (ninth oldest) Average games: 64.9 (14th most experienced) Most games: Ollie Wines (273) Players with 100-plus games: 12 Players with less than 50 games: 21 Average age: 23.8 (16th oldest) Average games: 58.7 (16th most experienced) Most games: Nick Vlastuin (255) Players with 100-plus games: 9 Players with less than 50 games: 29 Average age: 24.2 (13th oldest) Average games: 74.4 (eighth most experienced) Most games: Brad Hill (277) Players with 100-plus games: 13 Players with less than 50 games: 19 Average age: 25 (fifth oldest) Average games: 84.9 (fourth most experienced) Most games: Dane Rampe (272) Players with 100-plus games: 18 Players with less than 50 games: 20 Average age: 23.5 (18th oldest) Average games: 54.1 (18th most experienced) Most games: Jamie Cripps (272) Players with 100-plus games: 9 Players with less than 50 games: 29 Average age: 24.8 (seventh oldest) Average games: 73.4 (ninth most experienced) Most games: Adam Treloar and Marcus Bontempelli (258) Players with 100-plus games: 11 Players with less than 50 games: 23 Average age of list at Opening Round, 2026 Ranking at OR, 2025 1 Collingwood 25.6 Oldest 2 Melbourne 25.4 Equal fifth oldest =3 Brisbane 25.3 Second oldest =3 Geelong 25.3 Fourth oldest 5 Sydney 25 Equal fifth oldest 6 Carlton 24.9 Eighth oldest 7 Western Bulldogs 24.8 Third oldest 8 Adelaide 24.7 Seventh oldest 9 Port Adelaide 24.4 12th oldest =10 Fremantle 24.3 11th oldest =10 Greater Western Sydney 24.3 13th oldest =10 Hawthorn 24.3 10th oldest 13 St Kilda 24.2 Equal 14th oldest =14 Gold Coast 24.1 Ninth oldest =14 North Melbourne 24.1 18th oldest 16 Richmond 23.8 16th oldest 17 Essendon 23.6 Equal 14th oldest 18 West Coast 23.5 17th oldest Average number of games played on list, 2026 Ranking at OR, 2025 1 Collingwood 94.7 Most experienced 2 Geelong 89.3 Third most experienced 3 Brisbane 88.6 Second most experienced 4 Sydney 84.9 Fourth most experienced 5 Carlton 79.3 Eighth most experienced 6 Melbourne 79 Sixth most experienced 7 Greater Western Sydney 77 12th most experienced 8 St Kilda 74.4 14th most experienced 9 Western Bulldogs 73.4 Fifth most experienced 10 Adelaide 72.6 13th most experienced 11 North Melbourne 72 16th most experienced 12 Hawthorn 71.4 Seventh most experienced 13 Fremantle 67.2 15th most experienced 14 Port Adelaide 64.9 10th most experienced 15 Gold Coast 63.9 Ninth most experienced 16 Richmond 58.7 18th most experienced 17 Essendon 57.7 11th most experienced 18 West Coast 54.1 17th most experienced

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Some of our dedicated Demonland Trackwatchers made their way down to Gosch’s Paddock on a magnificent Monday morning to kick off another week of preseason training coverage. HARVEY WALLBANGER'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONSAbsent: TMac, AMW and Bowey (surgery) Serious Rehab: Viney (Foot), Henderson (Groin), McAdam (Achilles), Matthews (PCL) Other Rehab: Langford, Turner (Hamstring), Gawn (Hamstring), Langdon, Melksham What's the opposite to "training the house down"? Let's see how many of the "other rehab" group participate on Wednesday. Another mixed bag of training - small group doing 3/4 field match sim. The remainder doing other craft drills. Max (Hamstring Awareness) was running unimpeded. Whitford (Development coach) working with the draftees and Cat B's. GHOSTWRITER'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONSHarvery Langford is rehabbing. At Friday’s training he copped a knee to his temple and he’s now on concussion protocols. Disco (Hamstring Awareness) is running really well. Bowser is having surgery on his foot this afternoon. The injury is more serious than they thought. He has a torn ligament. He was running the week before last but they didn’t know then what they now know. If he wasn’t having the surgery, he would still be able to run at some point in the future but he wouldn’t be able to change direction at speed. Speaking of an injury worse than what was first thought, Vines is another player who is taking longer to recover. He’s had the foot issue for six weeks and he should really be right by now. I’ve been promised an update next week. Tommy Matthews is running!!!!! It’s so good to see. He’s been champing at the bit to start running and the joy shows on his face. TMac is a no-show because he has a family engagement to attend. Max (Hamstring Awareness) has “a niggle” and they’re exercising extreme caution. According to the medics McAdam he’s tracking well, level with what’s expected. According to the medical staff we’re not. Only Bowser and Vines are considered “long-term.” The worry and stress we experience on here is largely unwarranted. It’s a whole different outlook from the staff. he’s tracking well, level with what’s expected. Saw Kalani take a run and jump grab on the boundary and you’d swear it was Jeff out there. OLD55'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONSHere's my take on the injury front which I shared at training today ... We're in development mode with a new coach and a young list (yes I know we are 2nd oldest by average but that's skewed by a handfull of veterans). We're not in contention and I expect a bottom 6 finish. We need to cycle through the list and find out who's going to make it and where, and who's not. Of the 44 listed players there's less than a handful that, if fit, wouldn't be ready to play AFL - White, Berry (needs to get his running up to AFL standard), maybe Onley - the rest look ready to go including Mentha, Kentfield, Taylor, LSP and Matthews. We need to find out what they've got. Some injuries open up opportunities. MELBOURNE POTTER'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONSMcAdam was doing laps at a reasonable pace and looked unimpeded. Hopefully he can step up from there. JVR looked very good at training. He moved quick and took few good marks in the match sim. BEELZEBUB'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONSMcAdam didn't look overly restricted. Just running the boundary though. Max looked fine.... one test after another... all in his stride. Seemed very comfortable. JVR incurred the wrath of Kingy at one point. Expletives were used.. lol. Roo might want to have a bit of a think. Others breathing down his neck. Roo wants to pay attention. In the one on one drill Kingy was running, a defender versed a forward... the drill was not ( apparently) deemed finished til either the ball was kicked for score, or defender kicked it back to ( couldn’t tell ) Roos 2nd ( 3rd all but non existent) efforts were , well, lax. He was let known in no uncertain terms 😉 Just sayin' what was in front of me . Others seemed... umm... more keen. I don't doubt it. 😉 What i took away from today is very few magnets are already on the board 😉 No one should take anything for granted. And that's how it should be. I liked the looks of Moose... Luker was in seemingly fine fiddle. Roo looked out of sorts at times. Just my take. OLD DEE'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONSJust on the way home after going to my first training run for the 2026 season. Among other things I took the binoculars so I could watch certain players of our tall forwards I thought Kentfield was the best. I watched Jefferson the most, believe me I am trying to be neutral in my opinion on today and it is still early December however I saw nothing to suggest he is about become a key forward at senior level. He looked casual today from what I saw. Turner is a lot bigger player up close than what you normally see from afar in a game at the G. There were a few I had to keep checking to find out who they were. The next best thing was the weather, a great day to watch a bit of training from under the trees. At one point I thought it was raining but know the sprinklers had come in field behind me. HELLFIRE DUB'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONSLovely morning at the Paddock. The team vibe was good and seemed a lot happier than the few times I was there last year. Maysie was doing some resistance training by running with the big elastic band because he said he was a bit tight and sore after the other day. I didn't stay long due to the short attention span of a junior demon with me, but quite a few of the players signed the sherrin and posed for a picture. MELBORN4VR'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONSFirst time at training his morning. Took a bit of time to work out new recruits and numbers. 2 halves match simulation- Mihocek and Rooey look good. Rivers moves very well through midfield contests. Latrelle has some magic. Heard Kingy say- why wouldn’t you give it too him? Steele looks very solid. One issue. I thought on set shots kicking to goal, often misses were associated with having to lean back because forwards were getting in too close to man on mark. We have some talented players, and I was encouraged by more of an attempt to look for passes into the forwards, rather than the bombing in of the last few years. Hopefully this carries forward into the forthcoming season. Let’s keep our fingers crossed with our new coaching team bringing some success!

I think I can forgive him.