Demonland

Definitely not from the Richmond Doctor.

I think teams will have to go into a hub now.

Oh boy. This is not good for the AFL Season.

Not the worst idea.

Look away Dees fans.

UPDATED ROUND 18 FIXTURE Thursday, July 15 Fremantle v Geelong at Optus Stadium, 6.10pm AWST, Seven Friday, July 16 Richmond v Brisbane at Metricon Stadium, 8.05pm AEST, Seven Saturday, July 17 St Kilda v Port Adelaide at Marvel Stadium, 1.45pm AEST, Fox Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs at Metricon Stadium, 4.35pm AEST, Fox Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG, 7.25pm AEST, Seven Sunday, July 18 North Melbourne v Essendon at Metricon Stadium, 12.35pm AEST, Fox Collingwood v Carlton at MCG, 3.20pm AEST, Seven Adelaide v West Coast at Adelaide Oval, 4.10pm ACST, Fox GWS Giants v Sydney Swans at Metricon Stadium, 6.10pm AEST, Fox

You’d think this will be rescheduled just because we’d have been in Victoria this week. unless we get a fly in fly out exemption which they wouldn’t give last time.

Of course they have.

Congratulations to the MFC

The AFL is expected to flip its Saturday fixture to turn Melbourne-Hawthorn into a prime time clash but still expects St Kilda-Port Adelaide to be played at Marvel Stadium. The league is working through government protocols about isolation as it assesses whether the Power can still fly into Melbourne on Saturday. The game is slated for 7.25pm but the Herald Sun understands it is likely to be turned into an earlier fixture in either the 1.45pm or 4.35pm slot. It would allow St Kilda to fly into Adelaide and out on the same day, or the Power to fly into Melbourne and get out by the Saturday night Adelaide Airport curfew. The league said on Friday it still expected the game to go ahead on Saturday at Marvel Stadium in front of no crowds. But the Melbourne-Hawthorn game will be announced as the only night contest on Saturday. Port Adelaide could fly into Melbourne for a 1.45pm clash but if St Kilda flew into Adelaide the league would need to fixture a twilight game to give authorities enough time to turn around negative Covid tests upon their arrival. Port Adelaide was originally expected to fly into Melbourne on Friday night but as of late Thursday was still in the dark about its travel plans. If the South Australian health authorities allow a fly-in fly-out mission on Saturday with limited quarantine for the Power players upon return, the game will go ahead in Melbourne. But the Power is anxiously awaiting clarification on whether it would simply need its players to isolate until a negative Covid test or need a more exhaustive isolation period. Victorian sides which flew into South Australia in recent weeks needed a 60-hour quarantine period before they flew west and then had to have a negative Covid test on the day of the game when they arrived in Adelaide. The fixture changes come as seven teams were evacuated from Covid-hit Melbourne in what is looming as a nerve-racking 12 hours for the AFL.

Lost top spot.