2024 Fixture

[one-eyed]

“Every interstate club travels interstate every second week. The competition is not equal.”

Why Tim Gossage believes the AFL fixture is “embarrassingly” lopsided towards Victorian teams.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/11/15/why-gossage-believes-the-afl-fixture-is-embarrassingly-lopsided-towards/

 

[mightytiges]

Update guess of the fixture so far from what we know:

R1 vs Gold Coast   Sat Mar 9        Heritage Bank Stadium   Away
R2 vs Carlton        Thurs Mar 14   MCG                              Away ..... (5-day break after playing in the heat & humidity )
R3                        Mar 21-24                                           Home ..... (should be after two away games)
R4                        Mar 28-31                                                                ..... (Easter - so not Haw/Geel)
R5 vs St Kilda        Apr    7           Norwood Oval                'Neutral/Away' .... (Gather Round)
R6                        Apr 11-14
R7 ..... Bye? .... would make sense given Anzac Eve is on a Wed & Melb need an early bye as well (although the AFL lack commonsense so it will probably be another 5-day break instead )
R8 vs Melbourne    Apr 24            MCG                              Home ..... (Anzac Eve)
R9                        May 2-5                                         
R10 vs Essendon    May 11           MCG                              Home  ..... (Dreamtime)

R11-15 .... A second bye somewhere here.

R16-24 .... floating fixture.

[one-eyed]

Apparently, the release has been delayed to 3.30pm according to Sam Edmund.

[one-eyed]

Breaking: In a win for fans, the AFL fixture announcement set to see Friday night footy start at 7.40, 10 minutes earlier than previous years.

@7NewsMelbourne

https://twitter.com/KateMassey_7/status/1724966399393800508

[one-eyed]

Full Fixture has been released.

We play Gold Coast, Carlton, Fremantle, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide & St Kilda twice.


OR. Gold Coast (A, Carrara)
1. Carlton (A, MCG)
2. Port Adelaide (H, MCG)
3. Sydney (H, MCG)
4. St Kilda (N, Norwood) ... Gather Round
5. West Coast (A, Optus)
6. BYE
7. Melbourne (H, MCG) .... Anzac Eve
8. Fremantle (H, MCG)
9. Bulldogs (H, MCG)
10. Brisbane (A, Gabba)
11. Essendon (H, MCG) ... Dreamtime
12. Geelong (A in Geelong)
13. Adelaide (A, AO)
14. Hawthorn (H, MCG)
15. BYE
16. Carlton (H, MCG)
17. Fremantle (A, Optus)
18. GWS (H, MCG)
19. Port Adelaide (A, AO)
20. Collingwood (A, MCG)
21. North (A, Marvel)
22. St Kilda ("H" but at Marvel  )
23. Hawthorn (A, MCG)
24. Gold Coast (H, MCG)

https://www.afl.com.au/fixture?Competition=1&Season=62&Round=958&Teams=16

[cub]

I stuffn hate the AFL

[mightytiges]

We're unlikely to finish high up the ladder anyway but not sure how you can finish in the bottom 6 of the ladder and then get three of the top 6 twice plus five finalists alongside two interstate trips in our first seven games  .

Of course, add the usual Marvel "home" game forced upon us that favours our opponents greatly .

Then add the trip down to little Sleepy Hollow when the other three Big 4 clubs play the Cats at the MCG.

No Friday night games either.

The AFL have done us no favours.

[one-eyed]

RICHMOND'S 2024 FIXTURE:

OR      Saturday, March 9          Gold Coast    3:20 pm EST/4:20 pm EDT  Heritage Bank Stadium    Away      Fox
R1      Thursday, March 14           Carlton                  7:30 pm EDT                 MCG                        Away     Seven
R2       Sunday, March 24        Port Adelaide              4:00 pm EDT                 MCG                        Home     Fox
R3       Sunday, March 31             Sydney                 4:00 pm EDT                 MCG                        Home      Fox
R4       Sunday, April 7                 St Kilda      2:50 pm CST/3:20 pm EST   Norwood Oval             Neutral    Seven
R5       Sunday, April 14            West Coast    2:00 pm WST/4:00 pm EST   Optus Stadium             Away      Fox
R6    ------------------------------- BYE -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
R7    Wednesday, April 24          Melbourne              7:25 pm EST                  MCG                        Home    Seven
R8       Sunday, May 5               Fremantle               1:00 pmEST                   MCG                        Home     Fox
R9      Saturday, May 11       Western Bulldogs         7:30 pm EST                  MCG                        Home    Seven
R10    Saturday, May 18             Brisbane                7:30 pm EST                'Gabba                      Away     Seven 
R11    Saturday, May 25             Essendon               7:40 pm EST                  MCG                       Home     Seven
R12    Saturday, June 1              Geelong                 7:30 pm EST            GMHBA Stadium            Away      Seven
R13    Thursday, June 6             Adelaide     7:00 pm CST/7:30 pm EST     Adelaide Oval               Away      Seven
R14    Saturday, June 15           Hawthorn                4:35 pm EST                  MCG                       Home      Fox
R15 ---------------------------------- BYE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
R16            TBC                        Carlton                       TBC                           MCG                       Home      TBC
R17            TBC                       Fremantle                    TBC                     Optus Stadium              Away       TBC
R18            TBC                      GWS Giants                   TBC                          MCG                       Home      TBC
R19            TBC                      Port Adelaide                 TBC                     Adelaide Oval               Away       TBC
R20            TBC                      Collingwood                   TBC                          MCG                       Away       TBC
R21            TBC                   North Melbourne               TBC                     Marvel Stadium            Away       TBC
R22            TBC                         St Kilda                      TBC                     Marvel Stadium           "Home"     TBC
R23            TBC                        Hawthorn                    TBC                           MCG                       Away      TBC
R24            TBC                       Gold Coast                   TBC                           MCG                       Home      TBC

https://www.afl.com.au/fixture?Competition=1&Season=62&Round=958&Teams=16

[one-eyed]

Summary:

Play twice:
Carlton
Fremantle
Gold Coast
Hawthorn
Port Adelaide
St Kilda

Venues:
MCG                13
Marvel Stadium 2
Adelaide Oval   2
Optus Stadium 2
'Gabba          1
Norwood Oval 1
GMHBA Stadium 1
Heritage Bank Stadium 1

Days: (up until Round 15)
Wed night 1
Thurs night 2
Fri night  0
Sat arvo 1
Sat twilight 1
Sat night 4
Sun arvo 2
Sun twilight 2

Day breaks: (up until Round 15)
5-day    2
6-day    1
7-day    6
8-day    0
9-day    1
10-day  2
11-day  1

TV broadcast: (up until Round 15)
Seven   8
Fox       6

[one-eyed]

https://twitter.com/FOXFOOTY/status/1725011123727106050

It’s also slightly strange to see bottom-six sides Fremantle and Richmond needing to play two top-six sides twice, as they fall victim to the AFL’s relaxation of the rules around how many members of each bracket each team plays. (When teams had five double-ups each, bottom six teams would play a maximum of one top six team, and vice versa.)

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-fixture-2024-winners-and-losers-from-afl-draw-doubleup-games-easiest-and-hardest-fixtures-analysis-latest-news/news-story/5311b190e24ddef23cb1170512745ff4

[georgies31]

Useless those idiots at afl house no idea.

[mat073]

Ouch !!!!!

[one-eyed]

The AFL trying to explain why we only get two Thursday night and no Friday night primetime games.

Go to 0:45 min mark: https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status/1725059060993593582


"Richmond have had a really strong fixture and strong performance run over a long period of time now. Ultimately, they've got what they've got. [If] they're performing well in the early part of the season, that will be reflected when we release the back part of the fixture."

- Josh Bowler, AFL head of fixturing.

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[WilliamPowell]

The AFL have done us no favours.

I think we need to be honest here

We did ourselves no favours with our performances this year. Example: We had primetime against Brisbane at the Gabba and we put up one of the poorest performances of the year.

So our draw reflects that. I'm not surprised we have no Friday nights. Top 8 teams always get the marque timeslots. And our performances on Friday nights outside of the Geelong game were average

The new numpty at HQ in charge of fixturing is right first 15 rounds we play well and we will get decent slots in the run home

Be around the bottom 4 and we have no chance