Anzac Day alteration??

[BazBoy]

Just announced Anzac Day game (a Saturday) will be a 4.40pm start

[Pies2016]

Excellent that it falls on the weekend proper.
Club would be very pleased also.

[5150]

4:40 pm late April... at the going down of the sun we will begin the game.

[robevpau1]

Indeed, "'At the going down of the sun'- and in the morning - we will remember them!"

[Presti35]

The general reaction has been negative

[Pies4shaw]

^ Any time Essendon is playing on TV, there will be widespread negative reaction.

[BazBoy]

I actually thought a reaction may have been leveled at the 4.40 start considering there were some that grumbled about the AFL home and away season having a few we featured in this year

[watt price tully]

I like it from a pure self interest point of view: I’ll be able to work the morning shift for double time and get to the game on time 😃👍

[Cam]

Bomber/Storm fans will have to cut their booing short and exit the ground briskly to get to the start of the Storm game which is something like 8:00?

[eddiesmith]

Will this be the first time that Collingwood v Essendon hasn’t been the first game on ANZAC Day?

[K]

^ No, it won't be, because there won't be any other games that day.

[AnthonyC]

Is that confirmed? I'd think there might be 4-5 games on the Saturday. IIRC that was the case a few years back when there was the NZ game prior to our game start.

[K]

The full fixture will be released by the AFL tomorrow, so we'll know for sure then. The media source for the twilight info is the same source for the "no other game that day" info, i.e. Fairfax.

[think positive]

just booked parking!!

[eddiesmith]