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2009 Fixtures Revealed

  • 24-10-2008 6:02am
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    Xavi6
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    http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=12&ContentID=104360
    Four games on Anzac Day

    24th October 2008, 9:30 WST

    Fremantle will begin the 2009 AFL season with a home clash with the Western Bulldogs, while West Coast will travel to the Brisbane Lions after the season’s fixtures were released today.

    The season will feature a non-public holiday Monday night game and four matches played on Anzac Day.

    Collingwood and St Kilda will play on Monday night in round seven because the AFL wanted to avoid scheduling too many games on the previous Sunday, which is Mother’s Day.

    Two games will also be played on Thursday nights next year.

    But AFL chief operating officer Gillon McLachlan said the league was yet to finalise its preference on new timeslots for when two new clubs come in over the next four years.

    Anzac Day next year falls on a Saturday which means four games will be played including the traditional Collingwood-Essendon clash at the MCG, along with a twilight game in Launceston between Hawthorn and West Coast.

    As was the case in 2008, Carlton and Richmond will open the season on a Thursday night.

    The season starts on March 26.

    Reigning premiers Hawthorn will play Geelong in a rematch of the 2008 grand final the following night.

    The Hawks will again host four games in Launceston, against the Eagles, the Brisbane Lions, North Melbourne and St Kilda.

    McLachlan said the AFL was pleased with its draw and had satisfied most of the requests from clubs and venues for a fair and equitable fixture.

    All teams travel interstate at least four times and all will host home games against either the high-drawing Magpies or Bombers.

    But the AFL will continue with its controversial scheduling system of having some clubs play each other twice before they meet others for the first time.

    McLachlan defended the system, as he said it gave the AFL most flexibility in scheduling.

    No teams will play each other twice in the opening 10 rounds.

    The schedule will also reward teams which improved in 2008, by giving more Friday night games to the likes of Hawthorn, Carlton and Richmond.

    But in contrast teams on the slide, such as Melbourne and Essendon, have received fewer clashes in the desired timeslot.

    Geelong were pleased to get two home games at the MCG against big-drawing Victorian opponents next year, after getting no home matches at the competition’s biggest venue as the reigning premiers in 2008.

    “Overall we are comfortable with the draw, which is never an easy exercise for the AFL,” said Cats CEO Brian Cook.

    “We are excited to have home games at the MCG against Collingwood and Hawthorn, as last year we did not have an opportunity to draw 60,000-plus in any of our 11 home matches.

    “ ... the draw is fair in its spread of games and we are happy that there are minimal short recovery periods for us.

    “The main down side is that we had asked for nine home games at Skilled Stadium.

    “However given the capacity at Skilled Stadium reduces to 24,000 next year due the redevelopment we understand the AFL’s decision.

    “We will continue to push for nine home games here.”

    Every team will play at least once on a Thursday or Friday night, with the exception of Sydney, due to the preference of the Seven Network, which broadcasts on Friday.

    The AFL has again decided against scheduling a match on Good Friday but Collingwood and Geelong will play the night before.

    The AFL will release its draw for the pre-season competition in coming weeks.


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    Xavi6
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    AFL fixtures 2008-09

    Round 1

    Thursday, March 26
    Richmond vs. Carlton (MCG)

    Friday, March 27
    Hawthorn vs. Geelong (MCG)

    Saturday, March 28
    Collingwood vs. Adelaide (MCG)
    Brisbane Lions vs. West Coast Eagles (Gabba)
    St Kilda vs. Sydney Swans (Telstra Dome)

    Sunday, March 29
    Melbourne vs. North Melbourne (MCG)
    Port Adelaide vs. Essendon (AAMI Stadium)
    Fremantle vs. Western Bulldogs (Subiaco Oval)


    Round 2

    Friday, April 3
    Adelaide vs. St Kilda (AAMI Stadium)

    Saturday, April 4
    Geelong vs. Richmond (Skilled Stadium)
    Collingwood vs. Melbourne (MCG)
    Carlton vs. Brisbane Lions (Telstra Dome)
    Sydney Swans vs. Hawthorn (ANZ Stadium)

    Sunday, April 5
    Essendon vs. Fremantle (Telstra Dome)
    Western Bulldogs vs. North Melbourne (MCG)
    West Coast Eagles vs. Port Adelaide (Subiaco Oval)


    Round 3

    Thursday, April 9
    Geelong vs. Collingwood (MCG)

    Saturday, April 11
    St Kilda vs. West Coast Eagles (Telstra Dome)
    Brisbane Lions vs. Sydney Swans (Gabba)
    Carlton vs. Essendon (MCG)

    Sunday, April 12
    Port Adelaide vs. Melbourne (AAMI Stadium)
    North Melbourne vs. Hawthorn (Tesltra Dome)
    Fremantle vs. Adelaide (Subiaco Oval)

    Monday, April 13
    Western Bulldogs vs. Richmond (Telstra Dome)


    Round 4

    Friday, April 17
    Brisbane Lions vs. Collingwood (Gabba)

    Saturday, April 18
    Sydney Swans vs. Carlton (SCG)
    Hawthorn vs. Port Adelaide (MCG)
    St Kilda vs. Fremantle (Telstra Dome)
    Adelaide vs. Geelong (AAMI Stadium)

    Sunday, April 19
    North Melbourne vs. Essendon (Telstra Dome)
    Richmond vs. Melbourne (MCG)
    West Coast Eagles vs. Western Bulldogs (Subiaco Oval)


    Round 5

    Friday, April 24
    Port Adelaide vs. St Kilda (AAMI Stadium)

    Saturday, April 25
    Essendon vs. Collingwood (MCG)
    Hawthorn vs. West Coast Eagles (Aurora Stadium)
    North Melbourne vs. Richmond (Telstra Dome)
    Fremantle vs. Sydney Swans (Subiaco Oval)

    Sunday, April 26
    Geelong vs. Brisbane Lions (Skilled Stadium)
    Western Bulldogs vs. Carlton (Telstra Dome)
    Melbourne vs. Adelaide (MCG)


    Round 6

    Friday, May 1
    North Melbourne vs. Collingwood (Telstra Dome)

    Saturday, May 2
    Hawthorn vs. Carlton (MCG)
    West Coast Eagles vs. Fremantle (Subiaco Oval)
    Brisbane Lions vs. Essendon (Gabba)
    Port Adelaide vs. Adelaide (AAMI Stadium)

    Sunday, May 3
    Sydney Swans vs. Richmond (SCG)
    Melbourne vs. Geelong (MCG)
    Western Bulldogs vs. St Kilda (Telstra Dome)


    Round 7

    Friday, May 8
    Essendon vs. Hawthorn (Telstra Dome)

    Saturday, May 9
    Geelong vs. Sydney Swans (Skilled Stadium)
    Richmond vs. Brisbane Lions (MCG)
    North Melbourne vs. Port Adelaide (Telstra Dome)
    Carlton vs. Fremantle (Gold Coast Stadium)

    Sunday, May 10
    Adelaide vs. Western Bulldogs (AAMI Stadium)
    West Coast Eagles vs. Melbourne (Subiaco Oval)

    Monday, May 11
    Collingwood vs. St Kilda (Telstra Dome)


    Round 8

    Friday, May 15
    Fremantle vs. Hawthorn (Subiaco Oval)

    Saturday, May 16
    Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs (MCG)
    Geelong vs. North Melbourne (Skilled Stadium)
    Brisbane Lions vs. Adelaide (Gabba)
    Sydney Swans vs. West Coast Eagles (ANZ Stadium)

    Sunday, May 17
    Port Adelaide vs. Richmond (AAMI Stadium)
    Collingwood vs. Carlton (MCG)
    St Kilda vs. Essendon (Telstra Dome)


    Round 9

    Friday, May 22
    Geelong vs. Western Bulldogs (Telstra Dome)

    Saturday, May 23
    North Melbourne vs. Fremantle (Telstra Dome)
    Adelaide vs. Carlton (AAMI Stadium)
    West Coast Eagles vs. Collingwood (Subiaco Oval)
    Richmond vs. Essendon (MCG)

    Sunday, May 24
    Sydney Swans vs. Port Adelaide (SCG)
    St Kilda vs. Brisbane Lions (Telstra Dome)
    Hawthorn vs. Melbourne (MCG)


    Round 10

    Friday, May 29
    Carlton vs. West Coast Eagles (Telstra Dome)

    Saturday, May 30
    Western Bulldogs vs. Sydney Swans (Manuka Oval)
    North Melbourne vs. Brisbane Lions (Telstra Dome)
    St Kilda vs. Melbourne (Gold Coast Stadium)
    Fremantle vs. Richmond (Subiaco Oval)

    Sunday, May 31
    Adelaide vs. Hawthorn (AAMI Stadium)
    Essendon vs. Geelong (Telstra Dome)
    Collingwood vs. Port Adelaide (MCG)


    Round 11

    Friday, June 5
    Richmond vs. Western Bulldogs (Telstra Dome)

    Saturday, June 6
    North Melbourne vs. St Kilda (Telstra Dome)
    Brisbane Lions vs. Carlton (Gabba)
    Port Adelaide vs. Fremantle (AAMI Stadium)

    Sunday, June 7
    Essendon vs. Adelaide (Telstra Dome)
    Hawthorn vs. Sydney Swans (MCG)
    West Coast Eagles vs. Geelong (Subiaco Oval)

    Monday, June 8
    Melbourne vs. Collingwood (MCG)


    Round 12 (split round)

    Friday, June 12
    Carlton vs. St Kilda (Telstra Dome)

    Saturday, June 13
    Western Bulldogs vs. Port Adelaide (TIO Stadium)
    Richmond vs. West Coast Eagles (Telstra Dome)

    Sunday, June 14
    Hawthorn vs. Brisbane Lions (Aurora Stadium)
    Adelaide vs. North Melbourne (AAMI Stadium)

    Friday, June 19
    Essendon vs. Melbourne (Telstra Dome)

    Saturday, June 20
    Sydney Swans vs. Collingwood (ANZ Stadium)

    Sunday, June 21
    Fremantle vs. Geelong (Subiaco Oval)


    Round 13

    Friday, June 26
    Essendon vs. Carlton (MCG)

    Saturday, June 27
    Collingwood vs. Fremantle (MCG)
    Adelaide vs. Sydney Swans (AAMI Stadium)
    Brisbane Lions vs. Melbourne (Gabba)
    West Coast Eagles vs. Hawthorn (Subiaco Oval)

    Sunday, June 28
    Geelong vs. Port Adelaide (Skilled Stadium)
    North Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs (MCG)
    St Kilda vs. Richmond (Telstra Dome)


    Round 14

    Friday, July 3
    Collingwood vs. Essendon (MCG)

    Saturday, July 4
    Melbourne vs. West Coast Eagles (MCG)
    Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane Lions (AAMI Stadium)
    Richmond vs. Adelaide (Gold Coast Stadium)
    Western Bulldogs vs. Hawthorn (Telstra Dome)

    Sunday, July 5
    Sydney Swans vs. North Melbourne (SCG)
    St Kilda vs. Geelong (Telstra Dome)
    Fremantle vs. Carlton (Subiaco Oval)


    Round 15

    Friday, July 10
    Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood (Telstra Dome)

    Saturday, July 11
    Sydney Swans vs. Essendon (SCG)
    Carlton vs. Richmond (MCG)
    Brisbane Lions vs. Geelong (Gabba)
    Adelaide vs. Fremantle (AAMI Stadium)

    Sunday, July 12
    Hawthorn vs. North Melbourne (Aurora Stadium)
    Melbourne vs. Port Adelaide (MCG)
    West Coast Eagles vs. St Kilda (Subiaco Oval)


    Round 16

    Friday, July 17
    Essendon vs. Western Bulldogs (Telstra Dome)

    Saturday, July 18
    Carlton vs. Sydney Swans (Telstra Dome)
    Geelong vs. Melbourne (Skilled Stadium)
    Collingwood vs. Hawthorn (MCG)
    Fremantle vs. Brisbane Lions (Subiaco Oval)

    Sunday, July 19
    Port Adelaide vs. West Coast Eagles (AAMI Stadium)
    Richmond vs. North Melbourne (MCG)
    St Kilda vs. Adelaide (Telstra Dome)


    Round 17

    Friday, July 24
    Carlton vs. Collingwood (MCG)

    Saturday, July 25
    Geelong vs. Hawthorn (MCG)
    Fremantle vs. West Coast Eagles (Subiaco Oval)
    Brisbane Lions vs. North Melbourne (Gabba)
    St Kilda vs. Western Bulldogs (Telstra Dome)

    Sunday, July 26
    Melbourne vs. Sydney Swans (Manuka Oval)
    Essendon vs. Richmond (MCG)
    Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide (AAMI Stadium)


    Round 18

    Friday, July 31
    North Melbourne vs. Carlton (Telstra Dome)

    Saturday, August 1
    Western Bulldogs vs. Fremantle (Telstra Dome)
    Geelong vs. Adelaide (Skilled Stadium)
    Sydney Swans vs. St Kilda (SCG)
    Collingwood vs. Brisbane Lions (MCG)

    Sunday, August 2
    Melbourne vs. Richmond (MCG)
    Port Adelaide vs. Hawthorn (AAMI Stadium)
    West Coast Eagles vs. Essendon (Subiaco Oval)


    Round 19

    Friday, August 7
    Carlton vs. Geelong (MCG)

    Saturday, August 8
    Western Bulldogs vs. West Coast Eagles (Telstra Dome)
    Hawthorn vs. St Kilda (Aurora Stadium)
    Essendon vs. Brisbane Lions (MCG)
    Adelaide vs. Collingwood (AAMI Stadium)

    Sunday, August 9
    North Melbourne vs. Melbourne (Telstra Dome)
    Richmond vs. Sydney Swans (MCG)
    Fremantle vs. Port Adelaide (Subiaco Oval)


    Round 20

    Friday, August 14
    Hawthorn vs. Adelaide (MCG)

    Saturday, August 15
    Richmond vs. Collingwood (MCG)
    West Coast Eagles vs. North Melbourne (Subiaco Oval)
    Brisbane Lions vs. Western Bulldogs (Gabba)
    Sydney Swans vs. Geelong (ANZ Stadium)

    Sunday, August 16
    Melbourne vs. Fremantle (MCG)
    Port Adelaide vs. Carlton (AAMI Stadium)
    Essendon vs. St Kilda (Telstra Dome)


    Round 21

    Friday, August 21
    Western Bulldogs vs. Geelong (Telstra Dome)

    Saturday, August 22
    Carlton vs. Melbourne (Telstra Dome)
    Adelaide vs. West Coast Eagles (AAMI Stadium)
    Brisbane Lions vs. Port Adelaide (Gabba)
    Richmond vs. Hawthorn (MCG)

    Sunday, August 23
    St Kilda vs. North Melbourne (Telstra Dome)
    Collingwood vs. Sydney Swans (MCG)
    Fremantle vs. Essendon (Subiaco Oval)

    Round 22

    Friday, August 28
    West Coast Eagles vs. Richmond (Subiaco Oval)

    Saturday, August 29
    Geelong vs. Fremantle (Skilled Stadium)
    Hawthorn vs. Essendon (MCG)
    Carlton vs. Adelaide (Telstra Dome)
    Sydney Swans vs. Brisbane Lions (SCG)
    Port Adelaide vs. North Melbourne (AAMI Stadium)

    Sunday, August 30
    Melbourne vs. St Kilda (MCG)
    Collingwood vs. Western Bulldogs (Telstra Dome)


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