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The AFL will release the full fixture list for the 2018 season in Melbourne on Tuesday morning, but the league has already made some aspects of the schedule public.
* The AFL’s Chinese experiment will continue with Port Adelaide to take on Gold Coast at Jiangwan Stadium in Shanghai on a Saturday afternoon in round nine.
* Carlton are set to play for points for the first time at Hobart’s Blundstone Arena in round four when they take on North Melbourne on Saturday night.
* Good Friday footy will continue but it is believed North Melbourne will take on St Kilda instead of the Western Bulldogs.
* West Coast have won the right to host the first home-and-away game at the new Perth Stadium – a Sunday twilight clash clash against Sydney in round one.
* Fremantle will have a bonus game at Perth Stadium after Gold Coast sold them a home game in round three while Metricon Stadium is used for the Commonwealth Games.
* Melbourne will play two home games in the Northern Territory – against Adelaide in Alice Springs in round 10 and Fremantle in Darwin in round 16.
* The full round one fixture for next year has already been released:
Thursday, March 22
Richmond v Carlton, MCG, 7.25pm AEDT
Friday, March 23
Essendon v Adelaide, Etihad Stadium, 7.50pm AEDT
Saturday, March 24
St Kilda v Brisbane Lions, Etihad Stadium, 3.35pm AEDT
Port Adelaide v Fremantle, Adelaide Oval, 4.05pm CDT
Gold Coast v North Melbourne, Cazaly’s Stadium, Cairns, 6.25pm AEST
Hawthorn v Collingwood, MCG, 7.25pm AEDT
Sunday, March 25
Greater Western Sydney v Western Bulldogs, Canberra, 1.10pm AEDT
Melbourne v Geelong, MCG, 3.20pm AEDT
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