AFL 2014 FIXTURE HIGHLIGHTS - First round split over two weekends - March 14-16 and March 20-23 - A home-and-away season of 25 weeks, including the split round and two byes for each club - Nicky Winmar tribute game between St Kilda and Collingwood on the first night of Indigenous Round - A trial of Sunday night football, with at least five games to be shown at 7.40pm in a time-slot to be shunned by families - A pre-season of just two NAB Cup practice matches and no NAB Cup final, with a representative game on March 7 or 8 - Carlton being hit with a tough draw given its unlikely finals win, playing twice against Collingwood, Geelong and Essendon - James Podsiadly taking on his former side in Round 1 as Adelaide and Geelong face off at Simonds Stadium - An AFL Grand Final expected to be 2.30pm on Saturday September 27 - Carlton and Collingwood facing off twice, but the Blues play Richmond only once - Richmond and Carlton’s traditional season opener pushed back to Round 2 given the MCG is unavailable in Round 1 - Port Adelaide hosting Adelaide in the Adelaide Oval grand opening in Round 2 - Melbourne playing two home-and-away matches in the Northern Territory, one in Darwin and one in Alice Springs - Hawthorn unfurling its premiership flag twice - the first against Brisbane in Launceston in Round 1 - St Kilda to play against Brisbane in Wellington on Anzac Day after the traditional Essendon v Collingwood game
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:11:41 +0000
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