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What we know about the 2018 AFL fixture

Daniel Rioli and Shaun Grigg celebrate during the 2017 AFL grand final. (Photo by Adam Trafford/AFL Media/Getty Images)
30th October, 2017
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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:

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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

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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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