{"id":426089,"date":"2026-01-20T19:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/426089\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T19:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:26:16","slug":"dons-lock-in-unofficial-pre-season-practice-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/426089\/","title":{"rendered":"Dons lock in unofficial pre-season practice match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                Essendon to take on the Tigers.\n            <\/p>\n<p>Essendon\u2019s unofficial pre-season practice match has been confirmed in preparation for the 2026 Toyota AFL Premiership Season.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The Dons will host the Tigers at the NEC Hangar on Friday 20 February at 10:30am (AEDT), followed by a VFL practice match between Essendon and Richmond.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The Jack Jones Caf\u00e9 and Bomber Shop will be open to all fans who attend.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Due to capacity limitations, if you plan to attend the practice match, <a href=\"https:\/\/tb.essendonfc.com.au\/tb_app\/542065\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">please register your details here<\/a> to help planning and ensure adequate amenities are available.\u00a0<br \/>For those who can\u2019t attend, the match sim will be accessible via livestream on our website.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Practice match details:<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Date: Friday 20 February<br \/>Time: 10:30am (AEDT)<br \/>Venue: NEC Hangar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Essendon to take on the Tigers. Essendon\u2019s unofficial pre-season practice match has been confirmed in preparation for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-426089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-text","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}