Coburg's 2008 VFL Draw

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Chutney sauce has some early info on Coburg's draw for next year:

* 20 round VFL season.

* Coburg start the season at home against Geelong (ABC TV game).

* Coburg play Collingwood on the Saturday of the Mothers' day weekend (day of the VIC -v- All star). Another ABC TV game.

* Coburg and Geelong will play again in round 7 at the MCG as a curtain raiser to the Richmond vs Geelong game.

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* Coburg and Geelong will play again in round 7 at the MCG as a curtain raiser to the Richmond vs Geelong game.

That's great news. The more curtain raisers the better 

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Chutney tells me the VFL draw is up on the VFL site

All of Chutney Sauce's info was spot on 

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Here's the Coburg full draw for 2008:

Coburg Tigers VFL Fixture Season 2008

Round 1 Saturday March 29th
Vs. Geelong
ABD Group Stadium 1:10 PM


Round 2 Sunday April 6th
Vs. Northern Bullants
NAB Oval 2:00 PM


Round 3 Saturday April 12th
Vs. North Ballarat
ABD Group Stadium 2:00 PM


Round 4 Saturday April 19th
Vs. Port Melbourne
TEAC Oval 2:00 PM


Round 5 Friday April 25th
Vs. Box Hill
ABD Group Stadium 2:00 PM


Round 6 Saturday May 10th
Vs. Collingwood
ABD Group Stadium 1:10 PM


Round 7 Saturday May 17th
Vs. Geelong
M.C.G 10:40 AM

Round 8 Sunday May 25th
Vs. Bendigo
ABD Group Stadium 2:00 PM


Round 9 Sunday June 8th
Vs. Werribee
Bartercard Oval 2:00 PM


Round 10 Saturday June 14th
Vs. Tasmania
ABD Group Stadium 2:00 PM


Round 11 Sunday June 22nd
Vs. Casey
ABD Group Stadium 2:00 PM


Round 12 Sunday June 29th
Vs. Frankston
Frankston Oval 2:00 PM


Round 13 Sunday July 6th
Vs. Box Hill
Box Hill City Oval 2:00 PM


Round 14 Saturday July 12th
Vs. Port Melbourne
ABD Group Stadium 2:00 PM


Round 15 Sunday July 20th
Vs. Williamstown
Burbank Oval 2:00 PM


Round 16 Sunday August 3rd
Vs. North Ballarat
AUSTAR Arena 2:00 PM


Round 17 Saturday August 9th
Vs. Northern Bullants
ABD Group Stadium 2:00 PM


Round 18 Saturday August 16th
Vs. Sandringham
ABD Group Stadium 2:00 PM


Round 19 Saturday August 23rd
Vs. Casey
Casey Fields 2:00 PM


Round 20 Saturday August 30th
Vs. Bendigo
Windy Hill 2:00 PM


http://www.coburgtigers.com.au/

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ABC TV games

R1 Coburg Tigers vs. Geelong ABD Group Stadium 1:10 PM
R6 Coburg Tigers vs. Collingwood ABD Group Stadium 1:10 PM

AFL Curtain raisers

R7 Geelong vs. Coburg Tigers Melbourne Cricket Ground 10.40 AM

Geelong have 6 curtain raisers and Collingwood 3.
Collingwood have 6 ABC TV games  .

http://vfl.aflvic.com.au/_content/document/00056816-src.pdf

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The fixture will see 14 clubs compete for the VFL Premiership Cup. The clubs are as follows:

1. Bendigo Bombers (AFL Alignment - Essendon)
2. Box Hill Hawks (AFL Alignment - Hawthorn)
3. Casey Scorpions (AFL Alignment - St Kilda)
4. Coburg Tigers (AFL Alignment - Richmond)
5. Collingwood (AFL Alignment - Collingwood)
6. Frankston
7. Geelong (AFL Alignment - Geelong)
8. North Ballarat (AFL Alignment - Kangaroos)
9. Northern Bullants (AFL Alignment - Carlton)
10. Port Melbourne
11. Sandringham (AFL Alignment - Melbourne)
12. Tasmania
13. Werribee (AFL Alignment - Kangaroos)
14. Williamstown (AFL Alignment - Western Bulldogs)

The VFL fixture incorporates 20 Home and Away Rounds, 2 Split Round weekends and a full competition bye for the Interstate Representative Match to be played in South Australia on Saturday 31st May.

AFL Curtain Raiser matches are subject to approval by the AFL.

Finals Dates

Qualifying and Eliminations Finals
Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th September

Semi Finals
Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September

Preliminary Finals
Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September

Grand Final
Friday 26th September   - AFL Grand Final Eve

http://vfl.aflvic.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&aid=127927

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Not a bad draw for the Burgers on paper. Only one trip outside Melbourne to Ballarat.

Only two ABC TV games is disappointing for a side that finished runners-up especially when "unknown" Collingwood ressies gets favoured at VFL level just as much as the Pies do in the AFL  .