When will 2008 fixture be released????

[jk23]

Does anyone know when, this time last year it was out, I look foward to putting all the games in my new diary..

[LENNY LEADS THE WAY]

Oh my god can't believe u haven't heard it's been all over the news.

The roster is out the following points are the keys.

Collingwood playing 22 games at the mcg playing night or day whatever suits them week to week.

st kilda to play 2 games in adelaide 2 in perth 1 in sydney 1 in brisbane 1 on the gold coast 1 in launceston and 4 in hong kong there remaining 10 games to be played at skilled stadium.

[jk23]

Just popped them in my new diary thanks

[Eastern]

The 1st leak of the 2007 fixture was on 14 Oct last yr. It should be out some time next week. My guess Thu or Fri !!

[Cam1lla]

Hong Kong???

[redwhite&blackblood]

Oh my god can't believe u haven't heard it's been all over the news.

The roster is out the following points are the keys.

Collingwood playing 22 games at the mcg playing night or day whatever suits them week to week.

st kilda to play 2 games in adelaide 2 in perth 1 in sydney 1 in brisbane 1 on the gold coast 1 in launceston and 4 in hong kong there remaining 10 games to be played at skilled stadium.

you for got to mention we have 11 6 day breaks a 5 day break a 4 day break and a back to back round where we have to play collingwood after we have played geelong on the same day. Just a new way for the AFL to screw us!

[Eastern]

On a slightly more serious note !!

We know that we have 11 HOME games at TD. Expect 5-6 of those to be either Fri or Sat Night. We could possibly have 3 away games there too.

We had 2 trips to Perth & 1 to Adelaide this yr. Expect that to be reversed.

We have been involved in the season opener for the past 3 yrs. Expect that again on the Thu Night before Easter.

Would be nice to have home games v Coll & Ess in the same yr. Hasn't hapened for many yrs.

Would love to have Rd's 1, 2, 21 & 22 at TD or MCG !!

[Armoooo]

I just hope we play hawks in round 1 or 2

[SaintBot]

I just hope we play hawks in round 1 or 2

any bets collingwood vs hawks rd 1
sydney vs hawks rd 2
essendon vs hawks rd 3
saints vs hawks rd 4 once they have all their players back

[Ghost Like]

The fixture is my pet hate...surely in this age of transparency with the exception of drug users, the fixture, the priority pick and anything else Andy D wants to keep to himself...with the Broadcast rights, not having too many games clash we can move on from the greatest misnomer in football, that Collingwood keep all the other Victorian clubs alive and start doing our fixtures based on ladder positions from the previous year, with clubs alternating between home games:

Top 8 play each other twice and teams in the bottom half once

Bottom 8 play each other twice and teams in the top half once

Still not entirely fair but a hell of a lot better than facade that we cop each year and a lot more transparent. These bullsh%t labelled rounds for Derbies, Heritage, Crossing Jordan, Cadbury's Favourites, Dreamtime etc are just smokescreens for Eddie and his fellow League of Faceless Men to have what suits them.

[st_Trav_ofWA]

rumor over here is Freo will host St kilda in a night Anzac day game (held after the Coll v's Ess )

aparently Freo have got the game but its either us or Hawthorne playing them

[OneEyedSainter77]

rumor over here is Freo will host St kilda in a night Anzac day game (held after the Coll v's Ess )

aparently Freo have got the game but its either us or Hawthorne playing them

It better be Hawthorn - the AFL needs to take into account what has happened the last ten years now and that's a freo v st.kilda game in perth. Let's ahcvae a year off can we?

[st_Trav_ofWA]

rumor over here is Freo will host St kilda in a night Anzac day game (held after the Coll v's Ess )

aparently Freo have got the game but its either us or Hawthorne playing them

It better be Hawthorn - the AFL needs to take into account what has happened the last ten years now and that's a freo v st.kilda game in perth. Let's ahcvae a year off can we?

your joking right why give up national exposure as the stand alone game for anzac day
its what we have been wanting for ages our own block buster game i dont care if its playing Freo our sponcers will love it

[OneEyedSainter77]

OK, I think I may have just let the fact that we're travelling to Subiaco to play Freo for the eleventh year in a row cloud my judgment there. As a stand alone game on Anzac day it would be good. Its a Friday this year, isn't it? I just hope we put in a better performance than our last three friday nights at subiaco.

[riccardo]

As long as play Port down here and not in Adelaide, I don't care.

2001 was last time we played them in Melbourne.

[n1ck]

rumor over here is Freo will host St kilda in a night Anzac day game (held after the Coll v's Ess )

aparently Freo have got the game but its either us or Hawthorne playing them

It better be Hawthorn - the AFL needs to take into account what has happened the last ten years now and that's a freo v st.kilda game in perth. Let's ahcvae a year off can we?

I guess thats why they might consider it as an option.

Let me tell you, as much as the AFL appear to rue the aftermaths of the last x saints v freo games, they love the controversy.

Imagine if there was another game like those on ANZAC Day?

The media, supporters, even the AFL would have a field day.

[st_Trav_ofWA]

i think from memory (not the best thing to rely on) when freo came into the comp the AFL said that every year they would get to play the eagles twice fitzroy twice and st kilda twice to try an develop a rivaly for them
well fitzroy is gone so i think they swaped them for port to try and play on the battle of the harbours thing

so i think we will always play Freo in perth just now we have our home game against them in melb insted of tassie

[jk23]

rumor over here is Freo will host St kilda in a night Anzac day game (held after the Coll v's Ess )

aparently Freo have got the game but its either us or Hawthorne playing them

Pleeeeeeeeeeease tell me this is NOT round 3 ?????

[saintspremiers]

i think from memory (not the best thing to rely on) when freo came into the comp the AFL said that every year they would get to play the eagles twice fitzroy twice and st kilda twice to try an develop a rivaly for them
well fitzroy is gone so i think they swaped them for port to try and play on the battle of the harbours thing

so i think we will always play Freo in perth just now we have our home game against them in melb insted of tassie

you're from Perth, and very biased....you WANT us to play twice a year in Perth just to see us live eh???

[Batnoe]

I hope we play Brisbane in Brisbane, for all of us Brisbane Saints


Also wouldnt mind playing The Roos, but there will be too many people there as we are a good team

[saintdooley]

any bets we play freo in the 1st 6 weeks (with no baker)

and i actually have a feeling we are going to play the crows rd 1 at aami on a sat night!

[plugger66]

any bets we play freo in the 1st 6 weeks (with no baker)

and i actually have a feeling we are going to play the crows rd 1 at aami on a sat night!

Based on what?

[Beno88]

First draft of round 1 indicates we will play Sydney at Telstra Dome on the Saturday night.

[saintbrat]

Key dates announced- weddings can now be planned

2008 FIXTURE KEY DATES
Friday, October 12th, 2007 at 5:28 pmBY BRAD KLIBANSKY

THE 2008 AFL fixture will be released later this month, with the key dates for the 2008 season as follows:

NAB Cup round 1 – February 15-17.

NAB Cup round 2 – February 22-24.

NAB Cup semi-finals – Febuary 29 - March 1.

NAB Cup Grand Final – March 8.

Round 1 – Toyota AFL Premiership Season, March 20-24 (Easter).

Round 22 – August 29-31.

Week 1 – Toyota AFL Finals Series – September 5-7.

Week 2 – Toyota AFL Finals Series – September 12-13.

Week 3 – Toyota AFL Preliminary Finals – September 19-20.

Week 4 – Toyota AFL Grand Final – Saturday, September 27.

[HSVKing]

2008 Proposed Round One Fixture (Easter Weekend)

Thursday: Twilight: Richmond v Carlton (MCG), Night: Port Adelaide v Geelong (AAMI)

Friday: No matches (confirmed)

Saturday: Collingwood v Fremantle, Night: St Kilda v Sydney (Dome), West Coast v Lions (Subi)

Sunday: Western Bulldogs v Adelaide (Telstra Dome), Twilight: Hawthorn v Melbourne (MCG)

Monday: Kangaroos v Essendon (Telstra Dome)