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Round 1 will be split across two weekends, with a Spud\u2019s Game double-header between St Kilda and Carlton at Marvel Stadium to open the season as the sole women\u2019s match of the weekend. The remaining eight games will be played the following weekend.<\/p>\n
The Saints-Blues clash is one of four confirmed double-headers for 2026.<\/p>\n
In Round 1, two AFL-AFLW double-headers between the same clubs will take place: North Melbourne-Geelong at Marvel Stadium and Giants-West Coast at ENGIE Stadium. In Round 2 at the SCG, Sydney and Essendon will play an AFLW game followed by a Round 24 Swans-North Melbourne AFL match.<\/p>\n
No AFLW matches will be held on AFL Grand Final day. Instead, the Cats and Hawks will again meet on a Thursday night, followed by four games on Grand Final eve and another four on Sunday September 27.<\/p>\n
The Cats and Hawks have delivered some cracking games on the Thursday before the AFL Grand Final. Picture: Daniel Pockett\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Fremantle and Hawthorn will play their home matches at their respective club headquarters. The Dockers will host six matches at Cockburn ARC Oval, while the Hawks will host four matches at the Kennedy Community Centre. Hawthorn will also play a home game at Ikon Park (against Melbourne to kick off week two of Round 1) and Cazalys Stadium (against North in Round 6).<\/p>\n
The grand final rematch will also occur in Round 2, with the Brisbane Lions hosting reigning premiers North Melbourne at Brighton Homes Arena.<\/p>\n
Both Indigenous Round (Rounds 3 and 4) and Pride Round (9 and 10) will again span two weeks.<\/p>\n
AFL Head of Strategy and Scheduling Josh Bowler said the fixture was \u201canother exciting step forward for the competition\u201d that featured \u201ca strong mix of traditional rivalries, marquee moments and fan-focused scheduling, as well as new ways to showcase AFLW across the country\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe inclusion of AFL\/AFLW double-headers during the season crossover period will provide a unique experience for fans and clubs alike, and we\u2019re especially excited to launch the season at Marvel Stadium as part of Spud\u2019s Game,\u201d Bowler said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile the time for the Spud\u2019s Game double-header is confirmed, the times for the other three AFL\/AFLW double-headers will be confirmed alongside Rounds 23 and 24 of the Toyota AFL Premiership Season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn addition to AFL\/AFLW double-headers, this season will also feature three AFLW-only double-headers, giving fans even more opportunities to enjoy an extended day of football.<\/p>\n
The Kangaroos celebrate winning the 2025 AFLW Grand Final. Picture: Josh Chadwick\/AFL Photos\/via Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re excited to have new venues such as Cockburn ARC Oval and Kennedy Community Centre host matches for premiership points for the first time, creating even stronger connections between clubs and their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
AFLW executive boss Laura Kane added: \u201cWe know our fans love the unique atmosphere of AFLW matches and this fixture delivers more ways to experience it \u2013 whether that\u2019s at heartland venues, major stadiums or through extended matchday experiences.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we head into a new era of AFLW, there is strong momentum behind the competition, and we\u2019re excited for it to get underway in August.\u201d<\/p>\n
FULL AFLW FIXTURE 2026<\/p>\n
Note: All times until Saturday October 3 are AEST, all times from Sunday October 4 AEDT<\/p>\n
ROUND 1<\/p>\n
St Kilda v Carlton, Marvel Stadium (4.35pm)<\/p>\n
Thursday August 13<\/p>\n
Hawthorn v Melbourne, Ikon Park (7.15pm)<\/p>\n
Saturday August 15<\/p>\n
Gold Coast Suns v Western Bulldogs, People First Stadium (2.05pm)<\/p>\n
GWS Giants v West Coast Eagles, ENGIE Stadium (TBC)<\/p>\n
North Melbourne Kangaroos v Geelong Cats, Marvel Stadium (TBC)<\/p>\n
Richmond v Collingwood, Ikon Park (7.15pm)<\/p>\n
Sunday August 16<\/p>\n
Essendon v Brisbane Lions, Windy Hill (12.35pm)<\/p>\n
Adelaide Crows v Sydney Swans, Thomas Farms Oval (2.35pm)<\/p>\n
Fremantle v Port Adelaide, Cockburn ARC Oval (4.35pm)<\/p>\n
ROUND 2<\/p>\n
Saturday August 22<\/p>\n
Geelong Cats v St Kilda, GMHBA Stadium (2.05pm)<\/p>\n
Sydney Swans v Essendon, SCG (TBC)<\/p>\n
Western Bulldogs v Richmond, Mission Whitten Oval (5.05pm)<\/p>\n
Brisbane Lions v North Melbourne Kangaroos, Brighton Homes Arena (7.15pm)<\/p>\n
Sunday August 23<\/p>\n
Collingwood v Fremantle, Victoria Park (12.35pm)<\/p>\n
Carlton v Adelaide Crows, Ikon Park (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Melbourne v GWS Giants, Casey Fields (2.35pm)<\/p>\n
Port Adelaide v Hawthorn, Alberton Oval (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
West Coast Eagles v Gold Coast Suns, Mineral Resources Park (5.05pm)<\/p>\n
ROUND 3<\/p>\n
Saturday August 29<\/p>\n
North Melbourne Kangaroos v Western Bulldogs, UTAS Stadium (12.35pm)<\/p>\n
Adelaide Crows v West Coast Eagles, Thomas Farms Oval (2.35pm)<\/p>\n
Sydney Swans v St Kilda, C.ex Coffs International Stadium (4.35pm)<\/p>\n
Sunday August 30<\/p>\n
GWS Giants v Port Adelaide, Corroboree Group Oval Manuka (12.35pm)<\/p>\n
Melbourne v Brisbane Lions, Casey Fields (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Gold Coast Suns v Geelong Cats, People First Stadium (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
Collingwood v Hawthorn, Victoria Park (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
Fremantle v Carlton, Cockburn ARC Oval (5.05pm)<\/p>\n
Essendon v Richmond, TIO Stadium (7.15pm)<\/p>\n
ROUND 4<\/p>\n
Saturday September 5<\/p>\n
Western Bulldogs v Sydney Swans, Mission Whitten Oval (12.35pm)<\/p>\n
St Kilda v North Melbourne Kangaroos, RSEA Park (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Port Adelaide v Gold Coast Suns, Alberton Oval (2.35pm)<\/p>\n
Brisbane Lions v GWS Giants, Brighton Homes Arena (4.35pm)<\/p>\n
Sunday September 6<\/p>\n
Richmond v Fremantle, Ikon Park (12.30pm)<\/p>\n
Hawthorn v Adelaide Crows, Kennedy Community Centre (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Geelong Cats v Essendon, GMHBA Stadium (2.35pm)<\/p>\n
Carlton v Collingwood, Ikon Park (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
West Coast Eagles v Melbourne, Mineral Resources Park (5.05pm)<\/p>\n
ROUND 5<\/p>\n
Saturday September 12<\/p>\n
Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs, Kennedy Community Centre (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Gold Coast Suns v Collingwood, People First Stadium (2.35pm)<\/p>\n
Adelaide Crows v Geelong Cats, Thomas Farms Oval (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
West Coast Eagles v Brisbane Lions, Mineral Resources Park (4.35pm)<\/p>\n
Sunday September 13<\/p>\n
Melbourne v Port Adelaide, Casey Fields (12.35pm)<\/p>\n
Richmond v St Kilda, Windy Hill (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Sydney Swans v GWS Giants, Henson Park (2.35pm)<\/p>\n
North Melbourne Kangaroos v Carlton, Arden Street Oval (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
Fremantle v Essendon, Cockburn ARC Oval (5.05pm)<\/p>\n
ROUND 6<\/p>\n
Friday September 18<\/p>\n
Hawthorn v North Melbourne Kangaroos, Cazalys Stadium (5.45pm)<\/p>\n
Saturday September 19<\/p>\n
Collingwood v Geelong Cats, Victoria Park (12.35pm)<\/p>\n
Melbourne v Carlton, Casey Fields (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Port Adelaide v Sydney Swans, Alberton Oval (2.35pm)<\/p>\n
Fremantle v Western Bulldogs, Cockburn ARC Oval (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
Sunday September 20<\/p>\n
GWS Giants v Richmond, Corroboree Group Oval Manuka (12.35pm)<\/p>\n
Essendon v Gold Coast Suns, Windy Hill (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
St Kilda v West Coast Eagles, RSEA Park (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
Brisbane Lions v Adelaide Crows, Brighton Homes Arena (5.05pm)<\/p>\n
ROUND 7<\/p>\n
Thursday September 24<\/p>\n
Geelong Cats v Hawthorn, GMHBA Stadium (7.15pm)<\/p>\n
Friday September 25<\/p>\n
Essendon v West Coast Eagles, Windy Hill (12.05pm)<\/p>\n
Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide, Mission Whitten Oval (2.05pm)<\/p>\n
Carlton v Richmond, Ikon Park (4.05pm)<\/p>\n
Melbourne v North Melbourne Kangaroos, Ikon Park (7.15pm)<\/p>\n
Sunday September 27<\/p>\n
Collingwood v GWS Giants, Windy Hill (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Adelaide Crows v Fremantle, Thomas Farms Oval (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Sydney Swans v Brisbane Lions, Henson Park (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
Gold Coast Suns v St Kilda, People First Stadium (5.05pm)<\/p>\n
ROUND 8<\/p>\n
Thursday October 1<\/p>\n
Carlton v Hawthorn, Ikon Park (7.15pm)<\/p>\n
Friday October 2<\/p>\n
Richmond v Geelong Cats, Ikon Park (7.15pm)<\/p>\n
Saturday October 3<\/p>\n
GWS Giants v Essendon, Henson Park (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Western Bulldogs v St Kilda, Mars Stadium (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns, Brighton Homes Arena (5.05pm)<\/p>\n
Port Adelaide v Adelaide Crows, Alberton Oval (7.15pm)<\/p>\n
Sunday October 4<\/p>\n
North Melbourne Kangaroos v Sydney Swans, Arden Street Oval (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Collingwood v Melbourne, Victoria Park (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
West Coast Eagles v Fremantle, Sullivan Logistics Stadium (5.05pm)<\/p>\n
ROUND 9<\/p>\n
Friday October 9<\/p>\n
Western Bulldogs v Essendon, Mission Whitten Oval (7.15pm)<\/p>\n
Saturday October 10<\/p>\n
St Kilda v Collingwood, RSEA Park (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Port Adelaide v West Coast Eagles, Alberton Oval (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
Geelong Cats v GWS Giants, GMHBA Stadium (5.05pm)<\/p>\n
Richmond v Adelaide Crows, Ikon Park (7.15pm)<\/p>\n
Gold Coast Suns v Melbourne, Great Barrier Reef Arena (8.15pm)<\/p>\n
Sunday October 11<\/p>\n
North Melbourne Kangaroos v Fremantle, Arden Street Oval (12.35pm)<\/p>\n
Hawthorn v Brisbane Lions, Kennedy Community Centre (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Sydney Swans v Carlton, Henson Park (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
ROUND 10<\/p>\n
Friday October 16<\/p>\n
Melbourne v Richmond, Ikon Park (7.15pm)<\/p>\n
Saturday October 17<\/p>\n
Adelaide Crows v Gold Coast Suns, Thomas Farms Oval (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Carlton v Western Bulldogs, Ikon Park (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
Brisbane Lions v Port Adelaide, Brighton Homes Arena (5.05pm)<\/p>\n
West Coast Eagles v Geelong Cats, Sullivan Logistics Stadium (7.15pm)<\/p>\n
Sunday October 18<\/p>\n
Collingwood v Sydney Swans, Windy Hill (12.30pm)<\/p>\n
GWS Giants v Hawthorn, Henson Park (2.35pm)<\/p>\n
Essendon v North Melbourne Kangaroos, Windy Hill (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
Fremantle v St Kilda, Cockburn ARC Oval (5.05pm)<\/p>\n
ROUND 11<\/p>\n
Friday October 23<\/p>\n
Port Adelaide v Collingwood, Alberton Oval (7.15pm)<\/p>\n
Saturday October 24<\/p>\n
St Kilda v Brisbane Lions, RSEA Park (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Geelong Cats v Fremantle, GMHBA Stadium (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
Gold Coast Suns v Richmond, People First Stadium (5.05pm)<\/p>\n
Western Bulldogs v Melbourne, Mission Whitten Oval (7.15pm)<\/p>\n
Sunday October 25<\/p>\n
Sydney Swans v West Coast Eagles, Henson Park (12.35pm)<\/p>\n
North Melbourne Kangaroos v Adelaide Crows, North Hobart Oval (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Hawthorn v Essendon, Kennedy Community Centre (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
Carlton v GWS Giants, Ikon Park (5.05pm)<\/p>\n
ROUND 12<\/p>\n
Friday October 30<\/p>\n
Geelong Cats v Western Bulldogs, GMHBA Stadium (7.15pm)<\/p>\n
Saturday October 31<\/p>\n
St Kilda v Port Adelaide, RSEA Park (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Richmond v North Melbourne Kangaroos, Windy Hill (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
Brisbane Lions v Carlton, Brighton Homes Arena (5.05pm)<\/p>\n
West Coast Eagles v Hawthorn, Sullivan Logistics Stadium (7.15pm)<\/p>\n
Sunday November 1<\/p>\n
GWS Giants v Gold Coast Suns, Henson Park (12.35pm)<\/p>\n
Essendon v Collingwood, Windy Hill (1.05pm)<\/p>\n
Adelaide Crows v Melbourne, Thomas Farms Oval (3.05pm)<\/p>\n
Fremantle v Sydney Swans, Cockburn ARC Oval (5.05pm)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 AFLW fixture has been unveiled, featuring multiple double-headers with AFL games and a mega schedule in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[9126,638,64,2347,63,689,55,639,3423,223546,3237,223549,39199,50272,39259,9127,13659,2105,39194,2485,9130,14380,167867,141752,14173,5336,142568,277337,33310,329921,673,33299,7204,677,162522,6082,672,14411,1124,85,1122,329922,50605,670,7200,27727,2801,329923,60279,102473,14420,162521,14394,14453,660,7067,698],"class_list":["post-684375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-adelaide-crows","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-august","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-ben-waterworth","tag-brighton-homes-arena","tag-brisbane-lions","tag-casey-fields","tag-cats-v","tag-coast-eagles","tag-coast-eagles-v","tag-crows-v","tag-geelong-cats","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-giants-v","tag-gold-coast","tag-gold-coast-suns","tag-hawthorn-v","tag-ikon-park","tag-kangaroos-v","tag-laura-kane","tag-lions-v","tag-match-details","tag-mega-schedule","tag-mineral-resources-park","tag-multiple-double-headers","tag-new-south-wales","tag-north-hobart","tag-north-melbourne-kangaroos","tag-oceania","tag-oval-manuka","tag-port-adelaide","tag-richmond-tigers","tag-richmond-v","tag-south-australia","tag-sports","tag-st-kilda","tag-street-oval","tag-sullivan-logistics-stadium","tag-sydney","tag-sydney-swans","tag-sydney-swans-v","tag-tasmania","tag-thomas-farms","tag-v-gold-coast","tag-v-hawthorn","tag-v-port","tag-v-richmond","tag-v-sydney-swans","tag-v-western","tag-victoria","tag-west-coast-eagles","tag-western-bulldogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684375","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=684375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}