2022 Fixture

[mcs]

IIRC they received a dubious 50m penalty late in the last quarter along with their regular #freekickhawthorn & Sewell kicked late sealer from centre bounce?

I think you may well be right - I'm sure there was a dodgy 50 in there I definitely remember that. It was a very high quality contest - not dissimilar to the joy to come.

Who knows what 2022 is to bring, but even half the joy that season brought us would make for a great year!

I'm stoked to have the chance to tick another ground off the list with Launceston - should be a quality weekend away

[KSAS]

Thought we were going to be slotted to play Hawks in Round 2 for Buddy's 1000th goal, but that is unlikely if we're playing them just few weeks later on ANZAC day.

[bloodspirit]

Wees and Poos away on Anzac Day at Launceston. Must have wanted to let us celebrate a decade since that magnificent win against them down there by doing it again.

Count me in for a nice long weekend away down there!

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I suspect that means we won't be hosting them in R2 because it is unlikely they would schedule us to play them twice so close together.

[mcs]

I suspect that means we won't be hosting them in R2 because it is unlikely they would schedule us to play them twice so close together.

I reckon it'll be a traditionally relatively low drawing team like lolnorf or gold coast or st kilda at home in Rd 2.

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[liz]

Essendon would be fun in round 2, given the chestnut repeated every time we play them about how he’s terrorised them throughout his career.

Full fixture set to be released on AFL site in half an hour (12.30pm today).

[dimelb]

OK Liz - we get the message!

[i'm-uninformed2]

It's up now. We have a moderately difficult start to the year, and an easier run into the finals (based on where sides finished this year at least). If we can hold steady heading into the bye, we get a good chance to storm up the ladder late.

[mcs]

ROUND OPPONENT VENUE DATE LOCAL TIME HOME / AWAY

Round 1 GWS GIANTS Accor Stadium Saturday, March 19 5:10pm Away

Round 2 Geelong Cats SCG Friday, March 25 7:50pm Home

Round 3 Western Bulldogs Marvel Stadium Thursday, March 31 7:20pm Away

Round 4 North Melbourne SCG Saturday, April 9 1:45pm Home

Round 5 West Coast Eagles Optus Stadium Friday, April 15 5:40pm Away

Round 6 Hawthorn University of Tasmania Stadium Monday, April 25 12:30pm Away

Round 7 Brisbane Lions SCG Sunday, May 1 4:40pm Home

Round 8 Gold Coast SUNS SCG Saturday, May 7 1:45pm Home

Round 9 Essendon SCG Saturday, May 14 7:25pm Home

Round 10 Carlton Marvel Stadium Friday, May 20 to Sunday, May 22 TBC Away

Round 11 Richmond SCG Friday, May 27 to Sunday, May 29 TBC Home

Round 12 Melbourne MCG Friday, June 3 to Sunday, June 5 TBC Away

Round 13 Bye Thursday, June 9 to Monday, June 13

Round 14 Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval Thursday, June 16 to Sunday, June 19 TBC Away

Round 15 St Kilda SCG Thursday, June 23 to Sunday, June 26 TBC Home

Round 16 Essendon MCG Thursday, June 30 to Sunday, July 3 TBC Away

Round 17 Western Bulldogs SCG Thursday, July 7 to Sunday, July 10 TBC Home

Round 18 Fremantle Optus Stadium Friday, July 15 to Sunday, July 17 TBC Away

Round 19 Adelaide Crows SCG Friday, July 22 to Sunday, July 24 TBC Home

Round 20 GWS GIANTS SCG Friday, July 29 to Sunday, July 31 TBC Home

Round 21 North Melbourne Marvel Stadium Friday, August 5 to Sunday, August 7 TBC Away

Round 22 Collingwood SCG Friday, August 12 to Sunday, August 14 TBC Home

Round 23 St Kilda Marvel Stadium Friday, August 19 to Sunday, August 21 TBC

[mcs]

Not a complaint at all, but some real concentration of home games - 4 in 5 weeks early in the season, then 3 in 4 later in the year.

Definitely a decent run home. If we turn alright @ the bye well placed, we could be well placed.

2 games at Optus Stadium, 1 in Tassie, 1 in Adelaide, 6 in Melbourne, no trip to the Geelong, but none in Queensland (completely a side point, but you'd think the AFL should be able to manage a schedule say >95% of the time where a team plays in each of the states at least once each season - but that just seems far too hard for them to achieve).

Double ups against GWS, Fairypuppies, Lol@Norf, St Kilda, Bombers. A good mix there.

[longmile]

Double ups against GWS, Fairypuppies, Lol@Norf, St Kilda, Bombers. A good mix there.

Get to play 3 out of 4 of my least favourite teams twice. Great. Wouldn't mind playing the Hawks twice this year tho haha

Also strap in for some more controversial close games with the bombers lol

[rb4x]

Note that the fairypuppies are rated as having the easiest draw.????

[longmile]

Note that the fairypuppies are rated as having the easiest draw.????

I think you mean the hardest

[rb4x]

I think you mean the hardest

Yes.

[bloodspirit]

It's a bit of a tough draw: double ups against three out of the top 8 sides (including runners-up) despite finishing middle plus a fair bit of travel with trips to WA (x 2) and Tassie.

[Thunder Shaker]

It's a bit of a tough draw: double ups against three out of the top 8 sides (including runners-up) despite finishing middle plus a fair bit of travel with trips to WA (x 2) and Tassie.

Swans finished seventh (after finals). A tougher fixture can be expected.

Firstly, the Swans play GWS twice every year. That constrains the fixture a bit. Secondly, return games are generally assessed in blocks of six sides. So a side that finished 7th has similar fixturing to a club that finished 12th.

Our return games are Essendon (8th), GWS Giants (6th), North Melbourne (18th), St Kilda (10th), Western Bulldogs (2nd). In blocks of six, that is 2-2-1 so it is fairly normal. Last year, we had a 1-2-2 fixture after finishing 16th.

We have the Bulldogs as our only return game against a top-4 side and we beat them last season. We also get GWS because we are fixtured to play against them twice every year. We only end up with a third top 8 side because we got Essendon (8th). I don't mind playing Essendon twice, they always bring a good game and if we beat them we have earned it.

We also get St Kilda (10th), a difficult matchup.

Our only game against a bottom six side is North Melbourne, but I don't mind getting last season's spooners twice. I expect they will improve next year.

Overall, a somewhat tricky fixture. It was rated equal ninth in difficulty (tied with Geelong), but I rate it slightly harder because our return opponents can all be expected to improve in different ways next year. At least we have avoided Fremantle. They have got lots of good players in the draft in the last couple of years and they will be big improvers next year.