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2019 JLT Community Series Fixture Week one Thursday, February 28 Carlton v Essendon at Ikon Park, 6.40pm EDT Friday, March 1 West Coast v Geelong at Leederville Oval, 4.10pm WST Saturday, March 2 North Melbourne v St Kilda at Avalon Airport Oval, Werribee, 1.10pm EDT Adelaide v Port Adelaide at the Memorial Oval, Port Pirie, 3.40pm CDT GWS Giants v Sydney at Blacktown International Sportspark, 7.10pm EDT Sunday, March 3 Brisbane v Hawthorn at Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex, 12.40pm EST Richmond v Melbourne at Deakin Reserve, Shepparton, 4.40pm EDT Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs at Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay, 6.40pm EST Monday, March 4 Fremantle v Collingwood at HBF Arena, Joondalup, 3.40pm WST Week two Thursday, March 7 Geelong v Essendon at GMHBA Stadium, 7.10pm EDT Friday, March 8 GWS Giants v Adelaide at UNSW Canberra Oval, 7.10pm EDT Saturday, March 9 Port Adelaide v North Melbourne at Alberton Oval, 12.40pm CDT Melbourne v Brisbane at Casey Fields, Cranbourne, 4.10pm EDT Hawthorn v Richmond at UTAS Stadium, 7.10pm EDT Sunday, March 10 Sydney v Gold Coast at Oakes Oval, Lismore, 1.10pm EDT Western Bulldogs v St Kilda at Mars Stadium, Ballarat, 4.10pm EDT Fremantle v West Coast at Rushton Park, Mandurah, 4.10pm WST Monday, March 11 Collingwood v Carlton at Morwell Recreation Reserve, 2.10pm EDT

Our last 3 home and away games against West Coast have been at their home ground. The one before that was our TIO Stadium game and the last time we played them at the G was 2014. We are due for a home game. Happy for that to be at our fortress at Marvel.

I happy for the media, opposition supporters and most importantly other clubs to underestimate us.

Sam Weideman’s dad Mark wearing a Melbourne jumper at Collingwood training in 1983.

I've had the pleasure to listen him speak at a few functions since he has arrived and as you said he just oozes leadership. I was extremely impressed at the player sponsors function at the beginning of the season when he just came up to a small group of us and introduced himself and started chatting. In all my time going to functions with players in attendance not one player has ever done that. Having said that I don't expect players to do this but it was a nice surprise for a young player at his first official function.

Any changes going into 2019? Current Leadership Group: Nathan Jones, Jack Viney, Max Gawn & Jordan Lewis. Steven May was Gold Coast Co-Captain. Does he get a look in? Someone else? Or leave it the way it is?

That is one of the main ways they are generated.

Hogan is fully aware of what he might be leaving behind at Melbourne after their preliminary final appearance in 2018. “To come from the bottom and see the list now and how close they potentially are to winning a flag, that was a serious factor going into this,” he said. “But I sat down with Simon Goodwin at the end of the year and had a really good chat about where I was at mentally and as a footballer. “Obviously I do want to play in finals and flags, but at this stage it was more important to get back around my family and friends, and have a fresh start.”