2024 Season dates & Fixture

[Dark Beanie]

Dates for H&A season and finals have been announced.

- Season start will be the weekend of 23-24 March
- Home & away will consist of 21 rounds, with all teams to play 18 matches.
- A competition Bye on the weekend of 6-7 April for a VFL vs SANFL representative clash in Adelaide during the AFL Gather Round weekend.
- Wildcard Round on the weekend of 24-25 August. Format the same as last season
- First weekend of the 2024 Smithy’s VFL Finals Series - qualifying and elimination finals- to be held during the AFL pre-finals bye.
- 2024 Smithy’s VFL Grand Final is scheduled to be played on Sunday 22 September, the weekend before the 2024 Toyota AFL Grand Final.
- VFL 2024 season will have the same 21 teams from Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland who competed in 2023.
- Fixture for the 2024 Smithy’s VFL season will be announced early in 2024

[Presti35]

I hope to get to more VFL games in 2024.

I used to go every single week and I used to love it. Going to all the local grounds, getting to know other regulars, and feeling more a part of the club.

[LaurieHolden]

^ that was the best part of going early to Vic Park back in the day, watching the reserves play and getting time to know those regulars around you. Some of the old timers would spin great yarns.

[Dark Beanie]

Round 1 announced:

Friday 22 March
Sandringham vs. Collingwood @ 4:05pm . Venue RSEA Park, Moorabbin.

Double header with the VFLW to play @ 7.05pm

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1075604/smithys-vfl-and-rebel-vflw-round-1-fixtures-locked-in

[lazzadesilva]

[Dark Beanie]

Fixture has been confirmed.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1076002/2024-smithys-vfl-and-rebel-vflw-fixtures-released

https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/1488909/pies-2024-vfl-fixture-confirmed

Dates, times and venues have been set for rounds 1-12.

Dates, times and venues TBC for rounds 13-21
Note: Pies vs Bulldogs game in round 10 listed as TBC.

Fixture as it stands (always subject to change) :

Round 1 Friday 22 March vs Sandringham @ 4.05pm. Venue RSEA Park Moorabbin (A)
Double header with the VFLW at 7.05pm
Round 2 Friday 29 March vs Brisbane @ 12.05pm. Venue Brighton Homes Arena (A)
Round 3 Sunday 14 April vs Carlton @ 2.00pm. Venue Ikon Park (A)
Round 4 Sunday 21 April vs Coburg @ 1.05pm. Venue Piranha Park, Coburg (A)
Round 5 Saturday 27 April vs Essendon @ 2.05pm. Venue Vic Park (H)
Double header with the VFLW at 11.05am
Round 6 Saturday 4 May vs Southport @ 12.05pm. Venue Fankhauser Reserve Southport (A)
Round 7 Saturday 11 May vs Northern Bullants @ 2.05pm.. Venue Preston City Oval (A)
Round 8 Saturday 18 May vs Werribee @ 11.05am. Venue Vic Park (H)
Double header with the VFLW at 3.00pm
Round 9 BYE
Round 10 vs Bulldogs Date, time & venue TBC (H)
Round 11 Sunday 9 June vs Melbourne @ 2.05pm, Venue Casey Fields (A)
Double header with the VFLW at 11.05am
Round 12 Sunday 16 June vs North @ 11.05am Venue AIA Centre (H)
Round 13 BYE
Round 14 vs Bombers Date, time & venue TBC(A)
Round 15 vs Frankston Date, time & venue TBC(A)
Round 16 vs Geelong Date, time & venue TBC (H)
Round 17 vs Carlton Date, time & venue TBC (H)
Round 18 vs Richmond Date, time & venue TBC (H)
Round 19 BYE
Round 20 vs Sydney Date, time & venue TBC (A)
Round 21 vs Brisbane Date, time & venue TBC (H)

[Dark Beanie]

Collingwood

Plays Twice: Brisbane Lions, Carlton, Essendon
Doesn’t Play: Box Hill Hawks, Gold Coast, GWS, Port Melbourne, Williamstown
Interstate Trips: NSW 1, Queensland 2
VFLW Double Headers: 5
AFL curtain raisers/closers: 0
Summary: Rivalry matches feature heavily on the Magpies’ fixture, with return games against both Carlton and Essendon, as well as preliminary finalist Brisbane Lions. Four away games and six of the first seven on the road to start the year means they must protect against a slow start that would have them chasing their tails. Three interstate trips (Brisbane, Southport, Sydney) loom as tests, but no games against premier Gold Coast (two years in a row), third-placed Box Hill Hawks and fifth-placed Williamstown, as well as likely big improver Port Melbourne, plus a game at Swinburne Centre – where they haven’t lost in the modern era – push the difficulty factor into the middle rungs. Still tougher than last year, however.
Difficulty Score: 478 (ranked 12th)

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1076068/2024-smithys-vfl-fixture-club-by-club

[Presti35]

How and why are we not playing Port or Willy?!?
This fixture fkn sucks!

[The Black and White Lion]

What the fixture is that? According to the one above which is consistent with the AFL / VFL website, the VFL Pies play 1 out of the first 7 matches at home, and only play 8 games at home in total out of 21 rounds (3 byes).

[LaurieHolden]

Your questions answered: 2024 VFL season
From the squad list, to the fixture breakdown, and everything in-between, here's all you need to know ahead of the 2024 VFL season.

https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/1510080/your-questions-answered-2024-vfl-season

[Presti35]

When are the "TBA" games going to be given official dates and times?

[Dark Beanie]

I expect it will be in the be in the next couple of weeks.

The date & time for the Buuldogs game has been confirmed:

Friday 31 May @ 4.05pm. Venue Marvel Stadium.

Curtain raiser for the AFL game later that night.

[Presti35]

Thank you DB.

Im still disappointed that we're not playing certain teams and not playing at certain venues.

I have a visitor from the UK staying with us at the moment and he wants to see all the local grounds. Of course this is the year we're not playing at Port, Willy, Werribee, etc.