It still feels like cricket and tennis season but it’s time for AFL 2026 to get up and running.<\/p>\n
As in previous years, AFL clubs will play two scheduled pre-season matches – a match simulation and an AAMI Community Series match under standard rules.<\/p>\n
Will your club get their preparation right with the AFL season set to start in early March?<\/p>\n
The Sporting News lists all the AFL pre-season games for 2026.<\/p>\n
AFL State of Origin fixtureDateMatchup\/ResultVenueTime (Local)Sat, Feb 14Western Australia vs. VictoriaOptus Stadium4:40pm AWSTAFL match simulation schedule, fixtureDateMatchup\/ResultVenueTime (Local)Mon, Feb 16Hawthorn vs. GeelongKennedy Community Centre3:15pm AEDTWed, Feb 18Brisbane vs. CarltonBrighton Homes Arena5:00pm AESTThu, Feb 19Western Bulldogs vs. SydneyMission Whitten Oval2:00pm AEDTThu, Feb 19Gold Coast vs. St KildaPeople First Stadium6:45pm AESTFri, Feb 20Essendon vs. RichmondNEC Hangar10:30am AEDTFri, Feb 20GWS GIANTS vs. CollingwoodLa Trobe University11:00am AEDTFri, Feb 20Melbourne vs. North MelbourneCasey Fields4:30pm AEDTFri, Feb 20Port Adelaide vs. AdelaideAlberton Oval5:30pm ACDTSat, Feb 21Fremantle vs. West CoastVictor George Kailis Oval9:00am AWSTAAMI Community Series fixture, scheduleDateMatchup\/ResultVenueTime (Local)Wed, Feb 25Carlton vs. GeelongIkon Park7:10pm AEDTThu, Feb 26Sydney vs. GWS GIANTSHenson Park4:10pm AEDTThu, Feb 26Brisbane vs. Gold CoastBrighton Homes Arena6:10pm AESTFri, Feb 27Melbourne vs. RichmondMars Stadium4:10pm AEDTFri, Feb 27Western Bulldogs vs. HawthornMission Whitten Oval7:10pm AEDTSat, Feb 28St Kilda vs. EssendonMars Stadium3:10pm AEDTSat, Feb 28Fremantle vs. AdelaideRushton Park (Mandurah)3:10pm AWSTSun, Mar 1North Melbourne vs. CollingwoodMars Stadium3:10pm AEDTSun, Mar 1West Coast vs. Port AdelaideMineral Resources Park3:10pm AWST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It still feels like cricket and tennis season but it’s time for AFL 2026 to get up and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-442215","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442215","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=442215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}