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Top four teams snubbed as Victorian club lands most Thursday night games
Andrew Slevison • November 13th, 2024 2:02 pm
The AFL has released the list Thursday night games for the first 16 rounds of season 2025.
SEN’s Sam Edmund reported earlier on Wednesday that there will be a Thursday night increase to 23 games next year.
The league has since confirmed this, itemising the Thursday games from Opening Round through to Round 15 with the rest of the fixture to be released later in 2025.
Three of the 18 clubs will be without Thursday night footy.
Interestingly, this year’s runners-up, the Sydney Swans, have seemingly been snubbed having not been afforded any Thursday night games. There is the potential though that the Swans could land multiple Friday night fixtures instead.
Their New South Wales rivals and fellow finalists, GWS Giants, have also missed out on Thursday action, as has West Coast.
Essendon, who failed to qualify for finals in 2024, have the most Thursday night games with four.
Premiers Brisbane along with Carlton, Collingwood, Geelong, Hawthorn and the Western Bulldogs will all play three in the initial phase.
There will be four MCG and Marvel Stadium games apiece while the Lions will host three at the Gabba. Throw in two at Optus Stadium, one at the Adelaide Oval, one at GMHBA Stadium and one at TIO Stadium in Darwin.
The reminder of the 2025 AFL fixture will be released on Thursday.
Thursday night games for 2025
All times local
Opening Round - March 6 - Brisbane v Geelong (Gabba) - 7:50pmRound 1 - March 13 - Richmond v Carlton (MCG) - 7:30pmRound 2 - March 20 - Carlton v Hawthorn (MCG) - 7:30pmRound 3 - March 27 - Essendon v Port Adelaide (Marvel) - 7:30pmRound 4 - April 3 - Collingwood v Carlton (MCG) - 7:30pmRound 5 - April 10 - Adelaide v Geelong (Adelaide Oval) - 7:40pmRound 6 - April 17 - Brisbane v Collingwood (Gabba) - 7:30pmRound 7 - April 24 - Melbourne v Richmond (MCG) - 7:30pmRound 8 - May 1 - Essendon v North Melbourne (Marvel) - 7:30pmRound 9 - May 8 - Fremantle v Collingwood (Optus) - 8:10pmRound 10 - May 15 - Gold Coast v Hawthorn (TIO Darwin) - 7:30pmRound 11 - May 22 - Geelong v Western Bulldogs (GMHBA) - 7:30pmRound 12 - May 29 - Brisbane v Essendon (Gabba) - 7:30pmRound 13 - June 5 - Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn (Marvel) - 7:30pmRound 14 - June 12 - St Kilda v Western Bulldogs (Marvel) - 7:30pmRound 15 - June 19 - Fremantle v Essendon (Optus) - 8:10pm
