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No season opener for us again in 2025
« on: September 23, 2024, 07:40:37 PM »
AFL’s northern states extravaganza to return – with a twist

The AFL has made it clear to clubs Opening Round is likely to make a return in 2025. But, writes JON RALPH, it will have a twist to appease Victorian fans.

https://x.com/superfooty/status/1838125691671588952

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Should Gather Round finish with an all Vic clash to give heartland clubs a taste of the footy in the first weekend.... Or did the wait for another week fuel the all-time record crowds which watched round 1?

https://x.com/RalphyHeraldSun/status/1838129316808519972

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Re: No season opener for us again in 2025
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2024, 08:30:30 PM »
Have no issue if we are not part of that stupid round zero
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Re: No season opener for us again in 2025
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2024, 08:44:27 PM »
Have no issue if we are not part of that stupid round zero

Round zero is the most ridiculous thing in the history of sport

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Re: No season opener for us again in 2025
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2024, 08:52:21 PM »
Care factor, yep ZERO

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Re: No season opener for us again in 2025
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2024, 09:16:28 PM »
Gather round can gagf too imo

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Re: No season opener for us again in 2025
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2024, 09:50:53 PM »
Care factor, yep ZERO

Wait for Coke to sponsor it.
“I find it nearly impossible to make those judgments, but he is certainly up there with the really important ones, he is certainly up there with the Francis Bourkes and the Royce Harts and the Kevin Bartlett and the Kevin Sheedys, there is no doubt about that,” Balme said.

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Re: No season opener for us again in 2025
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2024, 12:52:36 PM »
Mitch Cleary’s proposed Opening Round in 2025 (RD0) via Tradies Podcast:

Thursday - Brisbane v Geelong (GABBA)
Friday - Sydney v Bulldogs (SCG)
Saturday -
Gold Coast v Richmond (PFS)
GWS v Essendon (ES)
Sunday - Hawthorn v Carlton (MCG)

https://x.com/aflcentral2/status/1838769560528519613

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Re: No season opener for us again in 2025
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2024, 02:54:23 PM »
Have no issue if we are not part of that stupid round zero

Round zero is the most ridiculous thing in the history of sport

It’s not called Round Zero🤦‍♂️ .. it’s called Opening Round

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Re: No season opener for us again in 2025
« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2024, 04:24:50 PM »
Have no issue if we are not part of that stupid round zero

Round zero is the most ridiculous thing in the history of sport

It’s not called Round Zero🤦‍♂️ .. it’s called Opening Round

Oh well that's alright then  -  makes the whole thing totally less r*tarded & pointless...  :phew
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Re: No season opener for us again in 2025
« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2024, 04:54:16 PM »
Is he proposing us vs GC on the massive assumption that dusty will be playing there? Because otherwise that is a nothing game, it’s pretty close to a nothing game even with dusty involved.

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Re: No season opener for us again in 2025
« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2024, 06:57:23 PM »
Have no issue if we are not part of that stupid round zero

Round zero is the most ridiculous thing in the history of sport

It’s not called Round Zero🤦‍♂️ .. it’s called Opening Round

Who cares what it is called, don't want us part of it. It is a stupid idea that HQ came up with for no other reason than to try and upset the NRL
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Re: No season opener for us again in 2025
« Reply #11 on: September 26, 2024, 07:50:16 PM »
Keep the stupid round zero (opening round) if need be, but please Nick of the pre finals bye. We now have two byes in a season and don't need pre finals 🤦

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Re: No season opener for us again in 2025
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2024, 10:23:55 PM »
According to the Herald Sun’s Jay Clark, the Blues are hoping to avoid a road-heavy schedule in the early part of next year which is part of the reason why they have told the league they would prefer to start their 2025 season in the traditional season-opener against Richmond at the MCG.

The round one clash between the Tigers and Blues will be a Richmond home game in 2025, with the Tigers set to unleash a plethora of exciting youngsters as a new era under Adem Yze begins.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/blues-drop-opening-round-bombshell-possible-seasonopener-revealed-fixture-whispers/news-story/549e17e1d10ff2d18b7ccb15f4798af2