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I'm not sure if it's been mentioned elsewhere. But I've had a look at the NAB Cup fixture and it seemed strange that the round 2 and 3 matches are predetermined. Have I missed some rule changes? Or is this just the AFL being open about match fixing? Round 1 Date Venue Match One Match Two Match Three Network Week 1 Pool 1Friday, Feb 17 6:45pm Etihad Stadium Richmond vs. North Melbourne North Melbourne vs. Hawthorn Hawthorn vs. Richmond Fox Footy Pool 2 Saturday, Feb 18 7:15pm Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney GWS GIANTS vs. Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood Collingwood vs. GWS GIANTS Fox Footy Pool 3 Sunday, Feb 19 4:45pm Patersons Stadium West Coast vs. Essendon Essendon vs. Fremantle Fremantle vs. West Coast Fox Footy Week 2 Pool 4 Friday, Feb 24 6:40pm Etihad Stadium St Kilda vs. Sydney Swans Sydney Swans vs. Geelong Cats St Kilda vs. Geelong Cats Fox Footy Pool 5 Saturday, Feb 25 6:10pm Metricon Stadium Gold Coast SUNS vs. Melbourne Melbourne vs. Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions vs. Gold Coast SUNS Fox Footy Pool 6 Sunday, Feb 26 2:40pm AAMI Stadium Port Adelaide vs. Carlton Carlton vs. Adelaide Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide Fox Footy Round 2 Date Venue Match Time Network Friday, Mar 2 Metricon Stadium Gold Coast Suns vs. Geelong Cats 7.40pm Fox Footy Saturday, Mar 3 Bruce Purser Sydney Swans vs. North Melbourne 7.00pm Saturday, Mar 3 Aurora Stadium Hawthorn vs. GWS Giants 3.40pm Fox Footy Saturday, Mar 3 Mandurah West Coast Eagles vs. Port Adelaide 4.10pm Saturday, Mar 3 Wangaratta Essendon vs. St Kilda 7.00pm Saturday, Mar 3 Etihad Stadium Collingwood vs. Melbourne 7.40pm Fox Footy Saturday, Mar 3 Alice Springs Adelaide Crows vs. Brisbane Lions 7.10pm Sunday, Mar 4 Etihad Stadium Western Bulldogs vs. Carlton 5.40pm Fox Footy Sunday, Mar 4 Patersons Stadium Fremantle vs. Richmond 5.10pm Fox Footy Round 3 Date Venue Match Time Network Friday, Mar 9 Etihad Stadium Essendon vs. Sydney Swans 6.10pm Fox Footy Friday, Mar 9 AAMI Stadium Adelaide Crows vs. Collingwood 8.10pm Fox Footy Saturday, Mar 10 Simonds Stadium Geelong Cats vs. Richmond 3.10pm Fox Footy Saturday, Mar 10 Victor Harbor Port Adelaide vs. Fremantle 3.40pm Saturday, Mar 10 Maroochydore Brisbane Lions vs. Carlton 3.40pm Saturday, Mar 10 Albury (Lavington) GWS Giants vs. Gold Coast Suns 4.00pm Saturday, Mar 10 Etihad Stadium Melbourne vs. Hawthorn 5.40pm Fox Footy Saturday, Mar 10 Patersons Stadium West Coast Eagles vs. St Kilda 5.10pm Fox Footy Sunday, Mar 11 North Ballarat North Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs 3.40pm Fox Footy Grand Final Date Venue Match Time Network Saturday, Mar 17 (Venue TBC) 7.40pm EDT* Fox Footy/Seven