2020 Fixture

[georgies31]

Nothing short of a joke.Lets hope those later rounds they play away.

[one-eyed]

So for rounds 14-17 we have left to play Eagles, Freo, Geelong & Adelaide.

Two of them need to be 'home' games as we will have only played 6 'home' games by the end of round 13.

Geelong and Adelaide have already played both Perth clubs so we can't travel and play either of them in WA. So either we travel to WA and have to have a bye to achieve a 14-day quarantine before playing both Perth clubs or both Perth clubs travel to Qld to play us. I can imagine the cries of #vicbias if it's the latter lol.

[Francois Jackson]

so last 3 rounds

adelaide
then perth x 2

or
perth x 2
then adelaide

finals start weekend of the 26th september, GF 17 Oct

have i got that right?

[Francois Jackson]

Nothing short of a joke.Lets hope those later rounds they play away.

well how can they Georgie. They play us in one of them.

Looking at the 19 draw we played Eagles in Melbourne (only game for 2020) and Eagles in Perth (only time for 2019)

so if the AFL are being fair and reasonable then we would be playing Eagles in Perth, Freo and Crows in QLD.

can you have 2 years in a row where the team gets home games? I suppose they can do what they want.

[one-eyed]

AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan has revealed there is likely to be another condensed fixture block on the horizon.

Rounds 14-16 is set to be played in a similar fashion to the ‘football frenzy’ between Rounds 9-12 with the final round of matches to be scheduled in the traditional Thursday-Sunday time slots.

The rescheduled match between Essendon and Melbourne will be played at some point between Rounds 14-16 after the initial Round 3 encounter was postponed in June.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/08/07/afl-confirms-when-rescheduled-essendon-melbourne-match-will-be-played

[one-eyed]

so last 3 rounds

adelaide
then perth x 2

or
perth x 2
then adelaide

finals start weekend of the 26th september, GF 17 Oct

have i got that right?

We've got to play Geelong too.

[Francois Jackson]

of course, and it wont be in geelong either, though the cats will try their hardest and make it happen.

[one-eyed]

5. RICHMOND (6-4-1, 116.6%)

Remaining games: Gold Coast Suns at Gabba, Essendon at TIO, Adelaide Crows at TBD, Fremantle at TBD, Geelong Cats at TBD, West Coast Eagles at TBD

Remaining fixture difficulty: 16th-hardest

Despite the loss to Port Adelaide, the Tigers are still well-placed to reach the top four, especially if St Kilda slips up in the coming weeks.

The reigning premiers should be favoured to win their next two games, especially when they have a much longer break than Gold Coast heading into Round 12.

Richmond is also set to be one of the major beneficiaries of West Coast and Fremantle hubbing in Queensland to end the season, as it seems they won’t have to travel west to play either team.

That’s a big win, especially when it comes to facing the Eagles.

Source: Foxsports

[Andyy]

Should win the next 4 and hopefully at least 1 of the last 2.

Finish up about 11-1-5

[one-eyed]

Mark Stevens said both WA clubs will end up in the Qld hub during the remaining fixture (rounds 14-17). So it sounds like we will be playing both the Eagles & Freo in Qld.

Stevens also said Hawthorn will end up in an Adelaide hub and stay for the remainder of the season. I'm guessing that could imply we play the Crows after the Essendon game.

[pmac21]

No certainties for the top 8 at this stage if we drop one we shouldn't.  The Essendon game will be crucial.

[one-eyed]

Looks like we will get a bye during rounds 14-17.

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Rounds 14 to 17 are likely to be compressed into three weeks, just like Rounds 9 to 12. Ten teams will need to have a bye week during that period.

Round 18 will, like the final round of previous seasons, be a “floating fixture” with opponents announced but venues and times to be confirmed later in the year.

The AFL is expected to announce the Round 14-18 fixture later this week, potentially as soon as Thursday, with all clubs except the Hawks, Crows and Power likely to end up based in southeast Queensland.

That would include West Coast and Fremantle. The Eagles’ last true home game is likely to be in Round 13 against GWS, reports Seven Perth, while the Dockers are expected to host the Giants a round later.

If both teams depart WA after those games and don’t return until the season is completed, they would have each played eight of their 17 home and away matches in Perth.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2020-fixture-round-14-fixture-alice-springs-game-melbourne-vs-st-kilda-fixture-announcement-northern-territory/news-story/865bd34e767bb72ea2cec2179483d086

[one-eyed]

We will be playing Freo in Cairns.

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The Fremantle Dockers and Sydney Swans will finish the AFL season in Cairns with all players and staff moving to the tropical north for rounds 15-18.

The Dockers and Swans will play North Melbourne, Melbourne, Western Bulldogs and Richmond opponents who will fly in and out of the third Queensland location with the potential for up to 16 clubs to finish the season in the sunshine state.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/fremantle-dockers/afl-2020-sydney-and-fremantle-will-finish-the-season-in-cairns-as-queensland-firms-to-host-the-grand-final/news-story/69e929e9d79dea0ea8916d514152047f

[one-eyed]

THE AFL's second wave of Big Bash-style programming in the 2020 season will see matches played on 17 of 18 days, beginning Thursday, August 27.

Hawthorn versus Essendon will be one of two matches to be played on that night, with the AFL to release times and locations of the remaining matches of rounds 14 to 17 on Friday.

Round 18 will also be released on Friday, but it will be deemed a "floating fixture", with times of games not to be determined until a later date in order to maximise intrigue leading into the finals.

The home and away season is set to end on Sunday September 20.

There may be a week’s break between round 18 and finals, with the Brownlow Medal now expected to be held in the week after the completion of the final round.

If there is a break, the Grand Final would almost certainly fall on Saturday October 24. If there is no break, it would be Saturday October 17.

Ten teams will have byes in the rounds 14 to 17 block.

The first wave of Big-Bash-type fixturing will be completed on Monday, when a Richmond-Gold Coast match at the Gabba brings to a close a sequence of 33 matches being played in 20 days during rounds nine to 12.

The already scheduled round 13 matches have been "traditionally" structured in a Friday to Monday sequence (August 21 to 24).

There will be a two-day break between the completion of round 13 and the start of round 14.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/485126/17-of-18-days-hawks-dons-to-fire-up-second-fixture-frenzy
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-fixture-2020-release-rounds-14-to-18-dates-venues-second-footy-frenzy-compressed-fixture-latest-news/news-story/4b39b193f6d7f61f644ceb875675b767

[mightytiges]

Next two games are huge for us. Win and we remain in the hunt for a top 4 spot with our missing stars returning; drop one or both and we're back in the chasing pack fighting for a finals place.