Prime-time Dockers headline AFL fixture drop

Prime-time Dockers headline AFL fixture drop

Fremantle will return to prime-time soccer in 2023, reaping the rewards of a climb up the ladder whereas the Eagles have been relegated to the AFL fixture graveyard.

West Coast will play only one Friday evening recreation, which will likely be blanketed by a blockbuster MCG conflict between Victorian powerhouses Geelong and Richmond.

Fremantle will obtain an enormous business increase subsequent 12 months, with their request for extra Saturday evening video games granted by the AFL.

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The Dockers are set to play within the time-slot 4 occasions of their first 15 video games. That contains their first dwelling recreation of the 12 months and fixtures towards high-rating Melbourne golf equipment Hawthorn, Richmond and Essendon.

The most tantalising fixture of the primary 15 rounds is a spherical six reunion with Rory Lobb and the Western Bulldogs, which comes after final 12 months’s epic elimination ultimate victory.

In an on-field increase, the Dockers are a really life like likelihood to start out the season 5-0.

Their first ever assembly with a former senior coach, towards Ross Lyon’s Max King-less St Kilda in spherical one, is adopted by matches towards 4 of final 12 months’s backside seven groups — North Melbourne, West Coast, Adelaide and Gold Coast — in a mouth-watering opening month.

Their run dwelling can also be beneficial, with three of the Dockers’ ultimate 4 video games to be performed in Perth, earlier than a ultimate spherical journey to the MCG to play Hawthorn.

The penalties of West Coast’s non-competitive season have come again to chew them with the discharge of the AFL fixtures for 2023 on Sunday.

The Eagles are largely excluded from prime-time slots subsequent season.

Laithlain - West Coast Eagles pre-season training
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Camera IconThe Eagles have been largely relegated in season 2023. Credit: Kelsey Reid/The West Australian

WA-based followers watching interstate video games might want to flick their TVs on earlier than lunchtime, with 5 video games demoted to the Saturday and Sunday morning spots.

It follows a disastrous 12 months for the membership, which narrowly averted the wood spoon with simply two wins in 2022.

West Coast will play only one fixture on the MCG. Not inclusive of the shortened season in 2020, it’s the least the membership has featured on the dwelling of soccer since 2009.

The Eagles will as an alternative journey to Tasmania to face Hawthorn, whereas their remaining Melbourne video games will likely be performed below the Marvel Stadium roof.

But there’s extra perks than simply draft picks for membership to gather from the cellar, with a beneficial draw of opponents for subsequent season.

Aside from the 2 western derbies towards Fremantle, the Eagles will play a high eight aspect from final 12 months simply as soon as in Richmond.

Instead the membership will get double doses of North Melbourne, Adelaide, Essendon and Carlton, which – other than the finals-contending Blues – loom as a possibility to snare eight factors.

Better but, West Coast received’t journey to their bogey floor in GMHBA Stadium subsequent season, as an alternative going through the Cats at impartial venue Adelaide Oval throughout Gather Round.

Alongside Geelong, the Eagles are set for single dates with Melbourne (Optus Stadium), Sydney (SCG), Collingwood (OS), Brisbane (Gabba) and Western Bulldogs (MS).

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West Coast Eagles 2023 AFL Fixtures

  • R1 v North Melbourne (Marvel Stadium) Saturday, March 18: 10.45am
  • R2 v GWS (Optus Stadium) Sunday, March 26: 3.20pm
  • R3 v Fremantle (Optus Stadium) Sunday, April 2: 3.20pm
  • R4 v Melbourne (Optus Stadium) Sunday, April 9: 3.20pm
  • R5 v Geelong (Adelaide Oval) Sunday, April 16: 11.10am
  • R6 v Port Adelaide (Adelaide Oval) Saturday, April 22: 11.45am
  • R7 v Carlton (Optus Stadium) Saturday, April 29: 5.30pm
  • R8 v Richmond (MCG) Saturday, May 6: 11.45am
  • R9 v Gold Coast (Optus Stadium) Friday, May 12: 6.40pm
  • R10 v Hawthorn (UTAS) Sunday, May 21: 11.10am
  • R11 v Essendon (Optus Stadium) Saturday, May 27: 5.30pm
  • R12 v v Collingwood (Optus Stadium) Saturday, June 3: 2.35pm
  • R13 v Adelaide (Adelaide Oval) Saturday, June 10: 2.35pm
  • R14: BYE
  • R15 v Sydney (SCG) Saturday, June 24: 2.35pm
  • R16 v St Kilda (Optus Stadium)
  • R17 v Brisbane (Gabba)
  • R18 v Richmond (Optus Stadium)
  • R19 v Carlton (Marvel Stadium)
  • R20 v North Melbourne (Optus Stadium)
  • R21 v Essendon (Marvel Stadium)
  • R22 v Fremantle (Optus Stadium)
  • R23 v Western Bulldogs (Marvel Stadium)
  • R24 v Adelaide (Optus Stadium)

Fremantle Dockers 2023 AFL Fixture

  • R1 v St Kilda (Marvel Stadium) Sunday, March 19: 1.40pm
  • R2 v North Melbourne (Optus Stadium) Saturday, March 25: 4.30pm
  • R3 v West Coast (Optus Stadium) Sunday, April 2: 3.20pm
  • R4 v Adelaide (Adelaide Oval) Saturday, April 8: 11.45am
  • R5 v Gold Coast (Norwood Oval) Friday, April 14: 3.10pm
  • R6 v Western Bulldogs (Optus Stadium) Friday, April 21: 6.10pm
  • R7 v Brisbane (The Gabba) Saturday, April 29: 11.45am
  • R8 v Hawthorn (Optus Stadium) Saturday, May 6: 5.30pm
  • R9 v Sydney (SCG) Saturday, May 13: 11.45am
  • R10 v Geelong (Optus Stadium) Saturday, May 20: 2.35pm
  • R11 v Melbourne (MCG) Saturday, May 27: 12.10pm
  • R12: BYE
  • R13 v Richmond (Optus Stadium) Saturday, June 10: 5.25pm
  • R14 v GWS (GIANTS Stadium) Saturday, June 17: 2.35pm
  • R15 v Essendon (Optus Stadium) Saturday, June 24: 5.25pm
  • R16 v Western Bulldogs (Marvel Stadium)
  • R17 v Carlton (Optus Stadium)
  • R18 v Collingwood (MCG)
  • R19 v Sydney (Optus Stadium)
  • R20 v Geelong (GMHBA Stadium)
  • R21 v Brisbane (Optus Stadium)
  • R22 v West Coast (Optus Stadium)
  • R23 v Port Adelaide (Optus Stadium)
  • R24 v Hawthorn (MCG)

2023 FULL AFL FIXTURE

(All occasions WST)

Round One

Thursday, Mar 16

Richmond v Carlton MCG 4:20pm

Friday, Mar 17

Geelong v Collingwood MCG 4:40pm

Saturday, Mar 18

North Melbourne v West Coast Marvel Stadium 10:45am

Port Adelaide v Brisbane Adelaide Oval 1:35pm

Melbourne v Western Bulldogs MCG 4:25pm

Gold Coast v Sydney Metricon Stadium 5pm

Sunday, Mar 19

GWS v Adelaide GIANTS Stadium 10:10am

Hawthorn v Essendon MCG 12:20pm

St Kilda v Fremantle Marvel Stadium 1:40pm

Round Two

Thursday, Mar 23

Carlton v Geelong MCG 4:20pm

Friday, Mar 24

Brisbane v Melbourne The Gabba 4:50pm

Saturday, Mar 25

Collingwood v Port Adelaide MCG 10:45am

Adelaide v Richmond Adelaide Oval 1:35pm

Western Bulldogs v St Kilda Marvel Stadium 4:25pm

Fremantle v North Melbourne Optus Stadium 4:30pm

Sunday, Mar 26

Sydney v Hawthorn SCG 10:10am

Essendon v Gold Coast Marvel Stadium 12:20pm

West Coast v GWS Optus Stadium 3:20pm

Round Three

Thursday, Mar 30

Western Bulldogs v Brisbane Marvel Stadium 4:20pm

Friday, Mar 31

Collingwood v Richmond MCG 4:50pm

Saturday, Apr 1

Hawthorn v North Melbourne University of Tasmania Stadium 10:45am

GWS v Carlton GIANTS Stadium 1:35pm

St Kilda v Essendon MCG 4:25pm

Port Adelaide v Adelaide Adelaide Oval 4:30pm

Sunday, Apr 2

Gold Coast v Geelong Metricon Stadium 12:10pm

Melbourne v Sydney MCG 1:20pm

Fremantle v West Coast Optus Stadium 3:20pm

Round Four

Thursday, Apr 6

Brisbane v Collingwood The Gabba 5:35pm

Friday, Apr 7

North Melbourne v Carlton Marvel Stadium 2:20pm

Saturday, Apr 8

Adelaide v Fremantle Adelaide Oval 11:45am

Richmond v Western Bulldogs MCG 2:35pm

St Kilda v Gold Coast Marvel Stadium 5:30pm

Sydney v Port Adelaide SCG 5:30pm

Sunday, Apr 9

Essendon v GWS Marvel Stadium 12:10pm

West Coast v Melbourne Optus Stadium 3:20pm

Monday, Apr 10

Geelong v Hawthorn MCG 1:20pm

Round Five

Thursday, Apr 13

Adelaide v Carlton Adelaide Oval 5:40pm

Friday, Apr 14

Fremantle v Gold Coast Norwood Oval 3:10pm

Sydney v Richmond Adelaide Oval 6:10pm

Saturday, Apr 15

North Melbourne v Brisbane Adelaide Hills 11:10am

Essendon v Melbourne Adelaide Oval 2:10pm

Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs Adelaide Oval 5:50pm

Sunday, Apr 16

Geelong v West Coast Adelaide Oval 11:10am

Hawthorn v GWS Norwood Oval 1:20pm

St Kilda v Collingwood Adelaide Oval 2:50pm

Round Six

Friday, Apr 21

Fremantle v Western Bulldogs Optus Stadium 6:10pm

Saturday, Apr 22

Port Adelaide v West Coast Adelaide Oval 11:45am

GWS v Brisbane Manuka Oval 2:35pm

Geelong v Sydney GMHBA Stadium 5:25pm

Sunday, Apr 23

Hawthorn v Adelaide University of Tasmania Stadium 11:10am

Carlton v St Kilda Marvel Stadium 1:20pm

Gold Coast v North Melbourne Metricon Stadium 2:40pm

Monday, Apr 24

Melbourne v Richmond MCG 5:20pm

Tuesday, Apr 25

Collingwood v Essendon MCG 1:20pm

Round Seven

Friday, Apr 28

St Kilda v Port Adelaide Marvel Stadium 5:50pm

Saturday, Apr 29

Brisbane v Fremantle The Gabba 11:45am

Sydney v GWS SCG 12:10pm

Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn Marvel Stadium 2:35pm

Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 5:25pm

West Coast v Carlton Optus Stadium 5:30pm

Sunday, Apr 30

Essendon v Geelong MCG 11:10am

Richmond v Gold Coast Marvel Stadium 1:20pm

Adelaide v Collingwood Adelaide Oval 2:40pm

Round Eight

Friday, May 5

Carlton v Brisbane Marvel Stadium 5:50pm

Saturday, May 6

Richmond v West Coast MCG 11:45am

Geelong v Adelaide GMHBA Stadium 12:10pm

Gold Coast v Melbourne Metricon Stadium 2:35pm

GWS v Western Bulldogs Manuka Oval 5:25pm

Fremantle v Hawthorn Optus Stadium 5:30pm

Sunday, May 7

Port Adelaide v Essendon Adelaide Oval 11:10am

Collingwood v Sydney MCG 1:20pm

North Melbourne v St Kilda Marvel Stadium 2:40pm

Round Nine

Friday, May 12

Richmond v Geelong MCG 5:20pm

West Coast v Gold Coast Optus Stadium 6:40pm

Saturday, May 13

Sydney v Fremantle SCG 11:45am

North Melbourne v Port Adelaide Blundstone Arena 12:10pm

Hawthorn v Melbourne MCG 2:35pm

Brisbane v Essendon The Gabba 5:25pm

Carlton v Western Bulldogs Marvel Stadium 5:30pm

Sunday, May 14

Adelaide v St Kilda Adelaide Oval 11:10am

Collingwood v GWS MCG 2:40pm

Round Ten

Friday, May 19

Port Adelaide v Melbourne Adelaide Oval 5:50pm

Saturday, May 20

North Melbourne v Sydney Marvel Stadium 11:45am

Western Bulldogs v Adelaide Mars Stadium 12:10pm

Fremantle v Geelong Optus Stadium 2:35pm

Brisbane v Gold Coast The Gabba 5:30pm

Essendon v Richmond MCG 5:40pm

Sunday, May 21

Hawthorn v West Coast University of Tasmania Stadium 11:10am

Carlton v Collingwood MCG 1:20pm

GWS v St Kilda GIANTS Stadium 2:40pm

Round Eleven

Friday, May 26

Sydney v Carlton SCG 5:50pm

Saturday, May 27

St Kilda v Hawthorn Marvel Stadium 11:45am

Melbourne v Fremantle MCG 12:10pm

Geelong v GWS GMHBA Stadium 2:35pm

Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs TIO Stadium 5:25pm

West Coast v Essendon Optus Stadium 5:30pm

Sunday, May 28

Richmond v Port Adelaide MCG 11:10am

Collingwood v North Melbourne Marvel Stadium 1:20pm

Adelaide v Brisbane Adelaide Oval 2:40pm

Round Twelve

Friday, Jun 2

Melbourne v Carlton MCG 5:50pm

Saturday, Jun 3

Port Adelaide v Hawthorn Adelaide Oval 11:45am

West Coast v Collingwood Optus Stadium 2:35pm

Western Bulldogs v Geelong Marvel Stadium 5:25pm

Gold Coast v Adelaide TIO Stadium 5:30pm

Sunday, Jun 4

GWS v Richmond GIANTS Stadium 11:10am

Essendon v North Melbourne Marvel Stadium 2:40pm

Byes: Brisbane , Fremantle, St Kilda, Sydney

Round Thirteen

Thursday, Jun 8

Sydney v St Kilda SCG 5:20pm

Friday, Jun 9

Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide Marvel Stadium 5:50pm

Saturday, Jun 10

Hawthorn v Brisbane MCG 11:45am

Adelaide v West Coast Adelaide Oval 2:35pm

Fremantle v Richmond Optus Stadium 5:25pm

Sunday, Jun 11

North Melbourne v GWS Blundstone Arena 1:20pm

Carlton v Essendon MCG 5:15pm

Monday, Jun 12

Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 1:20pm

Byes: Geelong , Gold Coast

Round Fourteen

Thursday, Jun 15

Port Adelaide v Geelong Adelaide Oval 5:20pm

Friday, Jun 16

Brisbane v Sydney The Gabba 5:50pm

Saturday, Jun 17

GWS v Fremantle GIANTS Stadium 2:35pm

Richmond v St Kilda MCG 5:25pm

Sunday, Jun 18

Carlton v Gold Coast MCG 11:10am

North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs Marvel Stadium 2:40pm

Byes: Adelaide , Collingwood, Essendon, Hawthorn, Melbourne, West Coast

Round Fifteen

Thursday, Jun 22

Geelong v Melbourne GMHBA Stadium 5:20pm

Friday, Jun 23

St Kilda v Brisbane Marvel Stadium 5:50pm

Saturday, Jun 24

Sydney v West Coast SCG 2:35pm

Fremantle v Essendon Optus Stadium 5:25pm

Sunday, Jun 25

Collingwood v Adelaide MCG 11:10am

Gold Coast v Hawthorn Metricon Stadium 2:40pm

Byes: Carlton, GWS, North Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Richmond, Western Bulldogs

Round Sixteen

Thursday, Jun 29 – Sunday, Jul 2

Adelaide v North Melbourne Adelaide Oval

Brisbane v Richmond The Gabba

Essendon v Port Adelaide MCG

Gold Coast v Collingwood Metricon Stadium

Hawthorn v Carlton MCG

Melbourne v GWS TIO Traeger Park

Sydney v Geelong SCG

West Coast v St Kilda Optus Stadium

Western Bulldogs v Fremantle Marvel Stadium

Round Seventeen

Thursday, Jul 6 – Sunday, Jul 9

Brisbane v West Coast The Gabba

Essendon v Adelaide Marvel Stadium

Fremantle v Carlton Optus Stadium

Geelong v North Melbourne GMHBA Stadium

GWS v Hawthorn GIANTS Stadium

Port Adelaide v Gold Coast Adelaide Oval

Richmond v Sydney MCG

St Kilda v Melbourne Marvel Stadium

Western Bulldogs v Collingwood Marvel Stadium

Round Eighteen

Thursday, Jul 13 – Sunday, Jul 16

Adelaide v GWS Adelaide Oval

Carlton v Port Adelaide Marvel Stadium

Collingwood v Fremantle MCG

Geelong v Essendon GMHBA Stadium

Gold Coast v St Kilda Metricon Stadium

Melbourne v Brisbane MCG

North Melbourne v Hawthorn Marvel Stadium

Sydney v Western Bulldogs SCG

West Coast v Richmond Optus Stadium

Round Nineteen

Friday, Jul 21 – Sunday, Jul 23

Brisbane v Geelong The Gabba

Carlton v West Coast Marvel Stadium

Essendon v Western Bulldogs Marvel Stadium

Fremantle v Sydney Optus Stadium

GWS v Gold Coast Manuka Oval

Melbourne v Adelaide MCG

Port Adelaide v Collingwood Adelaide Oval

Richmond v Hawthorn MCG

St Kilda v North Melbourne Marvel Stadium

Round Twenty

Friday, Jul 28 – Sunday, Jul 30

Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval

Collingwood v Carlton MCG

Essendon v Sydney Marvel Stadium

Geelong v Fremantle GMHBA Stadium

Gold Coast v Brisbane Metricon Stadium

Hawthorn v St Kilda Marvel Stadium

Richmond v Melbourne MCG

West Coast v North Melbourne Optus Stadium

Western Bulldogs v GWS Mars Stadium

Round Twenty-One

Friday, Aug 4 – Sunday, Aug 6

Adelaide v Gold Coast Adelaide Oval

Essendon v West Coast Marvel Stadium

Fremantle v Brisbane Optus Stadium

Geelong v Port Adelaide GMHBA Stadium

GWS v Sydney GIANTS Stadium

Hawthorn v Collingwood MCG

North Melbourne v Melbourne Blundstone Arena

St Kilda v Carlton Marvel Stadium

Western Bulldogs v Richmond Marvel Stadium

Round Twenty-Two

Friday, Aug 11 – Sunday, Aug 13

Carlton v Melbourne MCG

Brisbane v Adelaide The Gabba

Collingwood v Geelong MCG

Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs University of Tasmania Stadium

North Melbourne v Essendon Marvel Stadium

Port Adelaide v GWS Adelaide Oval

St Kilda v Richmond Marvel Stadium

Sydney v Gold Coast SCG

West Coast v Fremantle Optus Stadium

Round Twenty-Three

Friday, Aug 18 – Sunday, Aug 20

Adelaide v Sydney Adelaide Oval

Collingwood v Brisbane Marvel Stadium

Fremantle v Port Adelaide Optus Stadium

Gold Coast v Carlton Metricon Stadium

GWS v Essendon GIANTS Stadium

Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG

Richmond v North Melbourne MCG

St Kilda v Geelong Marvel Stadium

Western Bulldogs v West Coast Marvel Stadium

Round Twenty-Four

Friday, Aug 25 – Sunday, Aug 27

Brisbane v St Kilda The Gabba

Carlton v GWS Marvel Stadium

Essendon v Collingwood MCG

Geelong v Western Bulldogs GMHBA Stadium

Hawthorn v Fremantle MCG

North Melbourne v Gold Coast Blundstone Arena

Port Adelaide v Richmond Adelaide Oval

Sydney v Melbourne SCG

West Coast v Adelaide Optus Stadium