2006 fixture

[hammo]

Our best draw in years.

Interesting that Essendon has been "relegated" to SCG and replaced at Telstra by Geelong. Would have thought Essendon attracts a bigger crowd.

St Kilda at Telstra would have been a more appropriate blockbuster IMO.

[Young Blood]

So we've got the following twice:
Carlton
Port
Essendon
Melbourne
Geelong
Brisbane (as always)
Richmond

Probably no more than 4 finalists there, so not too bad.

Other away games against
Hawthorn
Roos (as always)
WCE

All in all, it looks like there are only two games that are going to be really really tough to win - away against WCE and the Cats. (easy to say 6-9 months out, I know).

[garethb83]

Hmmm the game against the Roos is on Sunday at Manuka this year, is much better on a Saturday i say for us Sydney people making the trek down there...

Other than that, no complaints, we get to play the Lions up there, always good! We tend to do well there...

[BayesysLeftBoot]

One of the only things that really p***es me off is that both the bulldogs and kangaroos automaticly get a home game against us every year. Even though I'm against teams being allowed to change their venues it's something I can deal with, however they shouldn't be given home games every year just so they can do this.

[Norris Lurker]

Originally posted by hammo
Interesting that Essendon has been "relegated" to SCG and replaced at Telstra by Geelong. Would have thought Essendon attracts a bigger crowd.

Can't say I'm particularly surprised. The Essendon game this year only got 30,000 - that was the weekend immediately after Demetriou's gaffe, which killed off a lot of the crowd. The Marn Grook game at the SCG could well sell out.
First 2 games in Sydney are both Sunday games, but then there's only 1 more before the last round. Great to have some more Saturday night games next year, there weren't many of them this year.

[BayesysLeftBoot]

Originally posted by Norris Lurker
Can't say I'm particularly surprised. The Essendon game this year only got 30,000 - that was the weekend immediately after Demetriou's gaffe, which killed off a lot of the crowd. The Marn Grook game at the SCG could well sell out.
First 2 games in Sydney are both Sunday games, but then there's only 1 more before the last round. Great to have some more Saturday night games next year, there weren't many of them this year.

Probably a decision made after the Geelong final where a lot of cats fans travelled up for the match and also maybe a bit of rivalry generated because of the result.

[big bear]

Originally posted by hammo
Our best draw in years.

Interesting that Essendon has been "relegated" to SCG and replaced at Telstra by Geelong. Would have thought Essendon attracts a bigger crowd.

St Kilda at Telstra would have been a more appropriate blockbuster IMO.

Some of our biggest crowds have been against Geelong

[Ryan Bomford]

Only 4 SCG Sunday arvo games

[BarneyG]

Originally posted by Ryan Bomford
Only 4 SCG Sunday arvo games

AFL has stated that the TV ratings are better for the Swans on Saturday night than sunday arvo, I hate it how TV comes before the supporters.

[Dr Worm]

I might get a membership for next year. lots of Saturday night games is a good thing for footy in Sydney. in th past i couldn't justify the cost with so many Sunday afternoon games, work and other commitments would have kept me away.

[Bart]

Round 1
Saturday, 1st April Essendon vs. Sydney Telstra Dome (Night) 7:10 PM
Round 2
Sunday, 9th April Sydney vs. Port Adelaide S.C.G. (Early Start) 1:10 PM
Round 3 (Easter)
Saturday, 15th April Carlton vs. Sydney Telstra Dome (Night) 7:10 PM 7:10 PM
Round 4 (Anzac)
Sunday, 23rd April Sydney vs. Melbourne S.C.G. (Early Start) 1:10 PM
Round 5
Saturday, 29th April Sydney vs. Geelong Telstra Stadium (Night) 7:10 PM
Round 6
Sunday, 7th May Brisbane Lions vs. Sydney Gabba (Early Start) 1:10 PM
Round 7 (Mothers Day)
Saturday, 13th May Richmond vs. Sydney Telstra Dome 2:10 PM
Round 8
Saturday, 20th May Western Bulldogs vs. Sydney S.C.G. (Night) 7:10 PM
Round 9
Saturday, 27th May Hawthorn vs. Sydney M.C.G. (Night) 7:10 PM
Round 10
Sunday, 4th June Kangaroos vs. Sydney Manuka Oval (Early Start) 1:10 PM
Round 11 (Queens Bday)
Saturday, 10th June Sydney vs. St. Kilda S.C.G. (Night) 7:10 PM
Round 12
Saturday, 24th June Sydney vs. Collingwood Telstra Stadium (Night) 7:10 PM
Round 13
Saturday, 1st July Sydney vs. Fremantle S.C.G. (Night) 7:10 PM
Round 14
Sunday, 9th July Sydney vs. Adelaide S.C.G. (Early Start) 1:10 PM
Round 15
Saturday, 15th July West Coast vs. Sydney Subiaco (Night) 7:40 PM
Round 16
Saturday, 22nd July Sydney vs. Richmond S.C.G. (Night) 7:10 PM
Round 17
Saturday, 29th July Port Adelaide vs. Sydney AAMI Stadium (Night) 7:40 PM
Round 18
Saturday, 5th August Sydney vs. Essendon S.C.G. (Night) 7:10 PM
Round 19
Saturday, 12th August Melbourne vs. Sydney M.C.G. 2:10 PM
Round 20
Saturday, 19th August Geelong vs. Sydney Skilled Stadium 2:10 PM
Round 21
Saturday, 26th August Sydney vs. Brisbane Lions Telstra Stadium (Night) 7:10 PM
Round 22
Sunday, 3rd September Sydney vs. Carlton S.C.G. (Early Start) 1:10 PM

[Young Blood]

Originally posted by BayesysLeftBoot
One of the only things that really p***es me off is that both the bulldogs and kangaroos automaticly get a home game against us every year. Even though I'm against teams being allowed to change their venues it's something I can deal with, however they shouldn't be given home games every year just so they can do this.

There are lots of constraints on our draw
* We always play the Dogs once, in an 'away' game at the SCG, meaning we only really have 10 away games.
* We always play Brisbane twice, with the AFL trying to foster 'rivalry' between us. (Away game 1)
* Like other teams, we have to play at least one game in Adelaide and Perth each year, just in the interest of fairness (Away games 2 and 3)
* We always play the Roos at Manuka (Away game 4) - so we never play them in Melbourne.
* We always play Collingwood in Sydney during the split round. So we never play them in Melbourne.

Given this, we can only get 6 Vic games if we avoid a 2nd trip to Perth or Adelaide. We've been lucky enough to get this for the 2nd year in a row (admittedly after a drought) - even though this time there's a trip to Geelong.

[cruiser]

Looks good to me. No Crows in Adelaide, no St Kilda in Melbourne, no Freo in Perth. A few Sat arvo games in Melb means not having to stay overnight ie no accommodation to pay for, same as Brisbane at the Gabba on a Sunday arvo. I prefer night games in Sydney cause I reckon the atmosphere is better.

Draw 'analysed' here:

http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=233162

Watch them cry favouritism for us over on Big Footy.

Wonder if our premiership odds will increase a little.

[peterh_oz]

Originally posted by BarneyG
AFL has stated that the TV ratings are better for the Swans on Saturday night than sunday arvo, I hate it how TV comes before the supporters.

Sunday games suck at 1.10pm. Sat night is MUCh better for atmosphere!

[Mark]

Wow, that is a cracking draw:

Only 2/3 really tough travel games Port, WCE, Geelong

Lots of Saturday nights

and best of all we get to keep the Bulldogs game at the SCG

Very very nice indeed.

Mebourne/Richmond twice might be the wild card games tho