http://neafl.com.au/uploads/media/NE...14_Fixture.pdf
Summary:
- 8 home games and 10 away games. Exactly the same as in 2013.
- 6 games will be curtain raisers to a Swans home game, and one will be a curtain raiser to a Swans away game (GC). The seniors home games that miss out on a reserves curtain raiser are R2 Collingwood @ SCG, R11 Geelong @ SCG, R13 Port @ SCG, R17 Carlton @ SCG and the final round fixture against Richmond which will be the first week of NEAFL finals. In 2013 7 games were curtain raisers to a Swans home game.
- 10 games against AFL Reserves sides (4 vs UWS, 3 each vs Suns and Lions), 8 games against non AFL Reserves sides. Exactly the same as in 2013. The demise of Tuggeranong has been filled in with a first visit by the NT Thunder to Sydney, but sadly it's been scheduled for Blacktown instead of the SCG as one of the non-curtain raiser home games.
- Besides the NT Thunder and the AFL Reserves sides, who we've played previously, we play none of the Queensland based NEAFL sides. So in reality while there is now one NEAFL ladder, there is still a pseudo-conference system happening with none of the AFL Reserves sides playing a non AFL Reserves side not located in the same state (yes I know the ACT is not a state for all you pedants out there) as them. There is still cross-state battles between the non AFL Reserves sides.
- SCG is hosting 5 games, Blacktown has 2 and one game each at ANZ Stadium, Bruce Purser Reserve, Cooparoo, Giants Stadium, Harrup Park, Kippax Oval, Manuka Oval, Metricon Stadium, North Dalton Park, TIO Stadium and one To Be Confirmed.
- 2 rep games for the NEAFL team, one against the WAFL and one against the TSL (Tassie). Last year, the NEAFL Northern representative team were allowed to select Lions and Suns players who were on the rookie list, I wonder if this rule will be translated to the now combined rep outfit.
- 6 team, 3 week finals series. That's 2 less weeks than the finals series in 2013 and most importantly gets rid of the utterly superfluous and irrelevant cross-conference grand final where both sides didn't seem to care that much about it.
- Week 1 - 3v6, 4v5, 1 and 2 byes
- Week 2 - 1v(winner of 4v5), 2v(winner of 3v6)
- Week 3 - Grand Final
Round H/A Date Time Team Venue Notes R1 Away Sat 29 Mar 1.30pm Brisbane Lions Reserves Coorparoo (Means no curtain raiser for R2 Collingwood) R2 Away Sun 6 Apr 9.30am UWS Giants Giants Stadium (Seniors play Crows in Adelaide day before) R3 Home Sun 13 Apr 10.00am Queanbeyan SCG (Curtain raiser to North Melbourne game) R4 Home Sat 19 Apr 1.00pm Gold Coast Suns Reserves SCG (Curtain raiser to Freo game) R5 Away Fri 25 Apr 2.15pm Brisbane Lions Reserves Harrup Park (Google says that is in Mackay. Seniors play Demons in Melbourne day after) R6 N/A N/A N/A BYE N/A (Seniors play Brisbane@Gabba) R7 Home Fri 9 May 4.10pm UWS Giants ANZ Stadium (Curtain raiser to Hawthorn game) R8 Away Sat 17 May 12.00pm Eastlake Manuka (Seniors play Bombers in Melbourne day before) R9 N/A N/A N/A BYE N/A (Seniors BYE) R10 Home Sat 31 May 2.00pm NT Thunder Blacktown (Seniors play Cats@SCG 2 days before) R11 Away Sun 8 Jun 11.30am Gold Coast Suns Reserves Metricon (Curtain raiser to Gold Coast away game) R12 Away Sat 14 Jun 10.00am Sydney Uni TBC (Seniors play Port@SCG the same day. Guessing a FOXTEL cup curtain raiser here.) N/A N/A N/A N/A BYE N/A Competition wide BYE R13 Home Sat 28 Jun 4.00pm UWS Giants SCG (Curtain raiser to GWS game) R14 Away Sun 6 Jul 12.00pm Ainslie North Dalton Park (Google says that is in Wollongong. Seniors play Eagles in Perth the same day) R15 Away Sat 12 Jul 12.00pm Belconnen Kippax (Seniors play the Blues@SCG the same day) R16 N/A N/A N/A BYE N/A (Seniors BYE) R17 Away Sat 26 Jul 7.00pm NT Thunder TIO (Seniors play Hawks in Melbourne the same day) R18 Home Fri 1 Aug 4.10pm Brisbane Lions Reserves SCG (Curtain raiser to Bombers game) R19 Home Sat 9 Aug 12.00pm Gold Coast Suns Reserves Blacktown (Seniors play Port in Adelaide the same day) R20 Home Sat 16 Aug 10.00am UWS Giants SCG (Curtain raiser to Saints game) R21 Away Sun 24 Aug 12.00pm Hills Eagles Bruce Purser Reserve (Seniors play Bulldogs in Melbourne the same day)
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