The Blues also have arguably the strongest list since their rebuild began and have another new coach in Michael Voss. Sacked during an extensive review of the club's football operations and continued poor on-field performances. Tickets for matches in Rounds 20-22 will go on sale to the public from 11.00am AEST on Wednesday July 13 via Ticketek. April 28th, 2022 4:10 pm The AFL has broken with its mid-season Thursday night tradition, with all three Thursday night matches in the AFL's latest fixture release to be played in Melbourne. R1 FIXTURE REVEAL: New opener, big Buddy plans, Pies in spotlight. Round 19 will see some much-anticipated matches including a bumper Saturday on July 23 as Brisbane Lions and the Gold Coast SUNS battle it out in the QClash at The Gabba and the return Grand Final rematch between Western Bulldogs and Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. Brisbane has been handed its Thursday night clash on the Easter weekend against Collingwood at the Gabba, with a Good Friday double-header as North Melbourne hosts the Western Bulldogs then West Coast hosts Sydney. Dates and times for Rounds 1-15 of 2023 will now be confirmed when the fixture is released. Visit ESPN to view the AFL Schedule for the current and previous seasons The idea would reportedly be to allow as many people to watch their team live in Round 1 as possible, though its unclear if this would mean derbies in the non-Victorian states too. Get all the latest AFL news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. The AFL is pleased to announce the official 2022 NAB AFLW Season Seven fixture. There is momentum building for an earlier start, he added. They use a professional computer program to do the AFL scheduling - by all accounts its one of the toughest in global sports. If the AFL accepts the proposition, the Demons could unfurl their premiership flag in front of their fans who have been waiting 57 years at the earliest point of the 2022 season. . Editor's Picks The 10 best AFL players at the quarter mark of the 2023 season Auld is one of the front runners to take Gillon McLachlans seat as AFL CEO later this year, however he refused to discuss the speculation. [14], The pre-season series of games returned as the 2022 AAMI Community Series, with teams playing one game each. We begin season 2022 with a renewed level of confidence taking the learnings of the previous year and focusing on delivering fans another blockbuster schedule of matches, Mr Auld said. Five days, five all-Vic showdowns in AFL's master plan for Round 1: Fixture whispers AFL fixture 2022: Round 1 fixture, five all-Victorian games to open season, Fixture whispers, release, date . Hugh Fitzpatrick. 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And post your "Liked, Learned, Hated" right here. Craig O'Donoghue The West Australian. Would like to play the Bullies or Geelong. The AFL will delay the release of its 2022 mens fixture until December as it works through complicated WA border issues, the pandemic impacting footy for the third season. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. Please try again later. Thats why I called the AFL straight after the grand final to say: lets look at creating a grand final replay at the MCG [in the] first round. Channel Seven is really open to it, the MCC is keen. The AFL will hold Friday night prime time double-billings in rounds three and eight in 2022, as the fixture is released for the 2022 men's season. Sorry if the thread title got people a little excited but the fixture isn't quite ready, though we are getting some info. Hawthorn and Sydney will have a match in round 1 or round 2. For supporters it is a chance to get back to doing what we all love, going to the footy with our family and friends. R1 FIXTURE REVEAL: New opener, big Buddy plans, Pies in spotlight. Stepped down after round 9 following poor start to the season in his final year of contract. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. The season kicks off for the Blues in blockbuster fashion against traditional rivals Collingwood at IKON . The fixtures for the final round of the 2022 AFL Premiership Season will be confirmed at a later date. The inaugural game of the 2022 USFL season comes your way on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. Were working to restore it. Find out when and where you're playing. Stay abreast of all the Round 7 AFL fixtures, games, news, tips, odds, results, reaction and video as they come to hand. Dates and times for Rounds 1-15 of 2023 will now be confirmed when the fixture is released. Join FREE and support Australia's favourite footy community. Liverpool had their way with Manchester United in 2021-22, beating the Red Devils by an aggregate score of 9-0 across their two Premier League fixtures. Find out when and where you're playing. While the process may prove too complicated, the leagues ideal scenario would see big matches pitting Victorian rivals against each other, one a day from Wednesday to Sunday. On the topic of Friday night start times, Auld accepted there was momentum building for an earlier start. ANALYSIS: WINNERS, LOSERS OF 2022 AFL FIXTURE. The 2022 season was played during the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic. All games were televised live on Fox Footy.[33]. Melbourne will also play in other marquee games early in the season, including the Queen's Birthday . Don't miss out on the headlines from AFL. . Brisbane Lions v Melbourne GABBA. And in what could be the perfect one-two punch, Melbourne have asked league officials for their rematch with grand final opponents the Western Bulldogs to be played one day later. Full AFL fixture list released for the 2023 season: Round by round guide | Sporting News Australia PHI CLE 4:30p MEM MIA 4:30p LAL HOU 5:00p SAC CHI 5:00p BOS MIN 5:00p DAL SAN 5:30p GSW LAC. Then match-ups would need to be created between Collingwood, Essendon, Geelong, Hawthorn, North Melbourne and St Kilda. Thursday, March 17 Carlton v Richmond, MCG, 7.25pm AEDT. The AFL will hold Friday night prime time . You must log in or register to reply here. SCROLL DOWN TO SEE EVERY GAME IN THE 2022 AFL SEASON. I think were seeing more Thursdays well see more Thursdays and you can see why, he stated. Rounds 16 19 will see all current top nine clubs featured across Thursday and Friday nights kicking off with the Brisbane Lions hosting the Western Bulldogs at The Gabba. WA premier Mark McGowan will only drop border restrictions when the state is expected to reach 90 per cent vaccination rates, which is expected to be in late January or . The main impacts of the pandemic to the AFL season were: Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs opened the season in a rematch of the previous season's grand final. I take a look at a model to make the AFL Fixturing fairer and more concise. This page was last edited on 24 April 2023, at 05:59. Round 18 will also see another match in the NT with Melbourne hosting Port Adelaide at TIO Stadium on Sunday, July 17 at 2:50pm local / 3:20pm AEST. In Round 8 on Friday night Port Adelaide hosts the Western Bulldogs at Adelaide Oval with Fremantle then hosting Melbourne at Optus Stadium. Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the player led the Coleman Medal at the end of that round. Sources at the AFL said the early rounds of the 2022 fixture were still being worked through. Why not just have that game on the Friday night instead of the Saint v Pies at Marvel. [11] Accor Stadium hosted its first premiership match since the 2016 Qualifying Final, with a Sydney Derby between Greater Western Sydney and Sydney fixtured for the ground in round one. Carlton and Richmond will again open the mens season next year, in front of what the AFL hopes will be a near capacity crowd at the MCG. Are we supposed to be more excited for the rest of our fixtures because we got a teaser that we are playing Richmond for the 87th year in a row? The season featured eighteen clubs and ran from 16 March until 24 September, comprising a 22 game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs. Alastair Clarkson and Chris Fagan are both reluctant to be participants in a mediation process that could bring about a resolution to the Hawthorn First Nations investigation. Hoping they'll keep it, but not sure they will. Will be out next week, not sure what day however. Really disappointed in Richmonds 2021 performance. While the rest of the schedule is yet to be revealed, the season runs between mid-April and . There will be five Thursday night games to start the season and then likely a chunk of Thursday nighters later in the season across school holidays after 10 of them in 2021. The AFL will delay the release of its 2022 men's fixture until December as it works through complicated WA border issues, the pandemic impacting footy for the third season. North Melbourne v Gold Coast Marvel Stadium. WA premier Mark McGowan will only drop border restrictions when the state is expected to reach 90 per cent vaccination rates, which is expected to be in late January or early February. Byes: Carlton, Essendon, GWS Giants, Port Adelaide, Richmond, St Kilda, Byes: Adelaide Crows, Geelong Cats, Gold Coast Suns, Sydney Swans, West Coast Eagles, Western Bulldogs, Byes: Brisbane Lions, Collingwood, Fremantle, Hawthorn, Melbourne, North Melbourne. We deliberately started later a Friday because a lot of people were getting to the game late, were talking five, six, seven, eight years ago, (now) that seems to be happening a bit less. . On sale times for Rounds 16 - 19 will be advised soon. I liked how they kept the slots open and released the schedule in blocks. Edit: Round 1 released ROUND 1 FIXTURE Thursday, March 16 Richmond v Carlton, MCG, 7.20pm AEDT Friday, March 17 Keep up to date with the best AFL coverage in the country. Reserved. hopefully the AFL take advantage of non-Vic public holidays where they can. The Demons played the Bulldogs twice in the home-and-away season this year and both were behind closed doors. AFL Fixture: Every round of the 2022 premiership season, Richmond 7.10 (52) drew with Fremantle 7.10 (52). AFL FIXTURE ROUND 23. AFL GM of broadcasting and clubs Travis Auld has forecasted several potential changes to the AFL fixture in the coming years. The AFL has released its early-season schedule for 2022, with football returning to Victoria and NSW after a COVID-hit 2021, two Friday night double-headers, and all but three teams featuring in marquee timeslots in the first six rounds. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images). AFL 2022 | The AFL Fixture Release | Fixing The Fixtures? At the start of the season, the roll-out of Australia's vaccination program was almost complete with 95% of adults vaccinated to a two-dose standard and about 50% having received a booster;[1] and across all states except for Western Australia, practically all social and interstate travel restrictions which had been in place through the latter half of 2021 had been lifted;[2] Western Australia maintained some restrictions into the start of the season.