{"id":437010,"date":"2026-01-25T18:29:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T18:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/437010\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T18:29:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T18:29:52","slug":"dogs-swans-pre-season-match-simulation-locked-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/437010\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs-Swans pre-season match simulation locked in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                The Western Bulldogs will host Sydney in a match simulation on Thursday 19 February.\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            By Western Bulldogs Media\n                            <\/p>\n<p>The Western Bulldogs will ramp up their pre-season preparations with a match simulation against Sydney on Thursday 19 February.<\/p>\n<p>The hit-out will start at 2pm AEDT at Mission Whitten Oval and be broadcast live via Foxtel and Kayo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reigning VFL premiers Footscray will later host Sandringham in a practice match of its own, starting at 5pm AEDT.<\/p>\n<p>The VFL scratch match will consist of four 25-minute quarters with no time on.<\/p>\n<p>Entry to both hit-outs is free for all to attend.<\/p>\n<p>2026 AFL\u00a0match simulation<\/p>\n<p>Western Bulldogs v Sydney<br \/>Mission Whitten Oval \u2022 Wurundjeri\/Boon Wurrung<br \/>Thursday, February 19, 2pm AEDT<br \/>Broadcast: Foxtel and Kayo<\/p>\n<p>2026 VFL practice match<\/p>\n<p>Footscray Bulldogs v Sandringham\u00a0<br \/>Mission Whitten Oval \u2022 Wurundjeri\/Boon Wurrung<br \/>Thursday, February 19, 5pm AEDT<br \/>Broadcast: N\/A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Western Bulldogs will host Sydney in a match simulation on Thursday 19 February. By Western Bulldogs Media&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":["post-437010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437010","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=437010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}