Fremantle gained’t be entrance and centre of the AFL’s new Gather Round subsequent season, with the Dockers relegated to a suburban floor for the spherical 5 competition.
Freo will face Gold Coast at Norwood Oval, which has a capability of about 15,000, on Friday April 14, a day after Adelaide and Carlton kick off the brand new themed spherical that sees all 9 matches performed in South Australia.
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The Dockers are one in all six golf equipment to be fixtured to play away from Adelaide Oval for the showpiece spherical, regardless of ending fifth final season and broadly being tipped to rise additional in 2023.
Norwood Oval has hosted AFLW matches, however the conflict with be the primary AFL fixture on the east Adelaide venue.
The begin time of three.10pm on Friday additionally means loads of Fremantle followers within the west shall be at work for a lot of the match, although it does fall inside college holidays.
It’s simply the second time within the membership’s historical past that they’ll play nearly all of a match inside commonplace WA workplace hours on a weekday that isn’t a public vacation. Freo performed North Melbourne on the MCG in a 12.10pm begin time on a Monday in 1997 that was a Queen’s Birthday public vacation in Victoria however not in WA.
The Dockers’ social media staff reacted to the early Friday begin time with humour, posting an outdated clip from The Simpsons with the adage “behind every wish lurks grave misfortune”.
West Coast will face Geelong at Adelaide Oval within the first of three matches on Sunday April 16 for the ultimate day of the spherical, with the match to begin at 11.10am WA time.
Tickets for the spherical go on sale on Monday by Ticketek, with 1000’s of West Aussie followers anticipated to flock to SA for the weekend.
It comes after The West Australian completely revealed the slot for the primary western derby subsequent season, with Fremantle to host West Coast in a Sunday afternoon match in spherical three.
The 3.20pm begin on Sunday April 2 will imply one other derby out of a primetime slot. It would be the fifth time in six derbies that the golf equipment will meet within the remaining Sunday recreation of the spherical.
With Fremantle and West Coast each on the street in spherical one earlier than each internet hosting matches at Optus Stadium in spherical two, attributable to an Ed Sheeran live performance in early March, one WA membership will play three successive home-state video games in rounds two, three and 4 earlier than making the journey to SA.
The AFL is about to verify the rest of the fixture throughout the weekend.
ROUND 5 FIXTURE
(all occasions WA)
Thursday, April 13
Adelaide v Carlton, Adelaide Oval, 5.40pm
Friday, April 14
Fremantle v Gold Coast, Norwood Oval, 3.10pm
Richmond v Sydney, Adelaide Oval, 6.10pm
Saturday, April 15
Brisbane v North Melbourne, Adelaide Hills, 11.10am
Essendon v Melbourne, Adelaide Oval, 2.10pm
Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs, Adelaide Oval, 5.50pm
Sunday, April 16
Geelong v West Coast, Adelaide Oval, 11.10am
Greater Western Sydney v Hawthorn, Norwood Oval, 1.20pm
Collingwood v St Kilda, Adelaide Oval, 2.50pm
