The fixture for the 2016 AFL season has been revealed.
The 2016 season commences on Thursday, March 24 with the traditional Richmond versus Carlton match at the MCG.
The bye rounds run from Round 14 to Round 16.
There will also be an additional bye round between Round 23 and the start of the finals series in an effort to discourage teams from resting large numbers of players.
The AFL has also chosen to host their first Friday night fixture in Tasmania, with North Melbourne and Richmond set to meet at Blundstone arena in Round 11.
You can view the complete AFL fixture for the 2016 season below.
ROUND 1
Thursday March 24
Richmond v Carlton at MCG (7.20pm)
Saturday March 26
Melbourne v GWS Giants at MCG (1.40pm)
Gold Coast Suns v Essendon at Metricon Stadium (4.35pm)
Sydney Swans v Collingwood at ANZ Stadium (7.25pm)
North Melbourne v Adelaide at Etihad Stadium (7.25pm)
Sunday March 27
Western Bulldogs v Fremantle at Etihad Stadium (1.10pm)
Port Adelaide v St Kilda at Adelaide Oval (3.20pm)
West Coast Eagles v Brisbane Lions at Subiaco Oval (7.40pm)
Monday March 28
Geelong v Hawthorn at MCG (3.20pm)
ROUND 2
Friday April 1
Collingwood v Richmond at MCG (7.50pm)
Saturday April 2
Adelaide v Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval (1.45pm)
Essendon v Melbourne at MCG (2.10pm)
Brisbane Lions v North Melbourne at Gabba (4.35pm)
St Kilda v Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium (7.25pm)
Fremantle v Gold Coast Suns at Subiaco Oval at (7.40pm)
Sunday April 3
GWS Giants v Geelong at StarTrack Oval (1.10pm)
Hawthorn v West Coast Eagles at MCG (3.20pm)
Carlton v Sydney Swans at Etihad Stadium (4.40pm)
ROUND 3
Friday April 8
Port Adelaide v Essendon at Adelaide Oval (7.50pm)
Saturday April 9
St Kilda v Collingwood at MCG (1.45pm)
Richmond v Adelaide at Etihad Stadium (2.10pm)
Sydney Swans v GWS Giants at SCG (4.35pm)
Gold Coast Suns v Carlton at Metricon Stadium (7.25pm)
West Coast Eagles v Fremantle at Subiaco Oval (7.40pm)
Sunday April 10
North Melbourne v Melbourne at Blundstone Arena (1.10pm)
Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn at Etihad Stadium (3.20pm)
Geelong v Brisbane Lions at Simonds Stadium (4.40pm)
ROUND 4
Friday April 15
West Coast Eagles v Richmond at Subiaco Oval (8.10pm)
Saturday April 16
Essendon v Geelong at MCG (1.45pm)
Hawthorn v St Kilda at Aurora Stadium (2.10pm)
Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns at Gabba (4.35pm)
Carlton v Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium (7.25pm)
Adelaide v Sydney Swans at Adelaide Oval (7.40pm)
Sunday April 17
GWS Giants v Port Adelaide at StarTrack Oval (1.10pm)
Collingwood v Melbourne at MCG (3.20pm)
North Melbourne v Fremantle at Etihad Stadium (4.40pm)
ROUND 5
Friday April 22
Hawthorn v Adelaide at MCG (7.50pm)
Saturday April 23
Sydney Swans v West Coast Eagles at SCG (1.40pm)
Gold Coast Suns v North Melbourne at Metricon Stadium (4.35pm)
Western Bulldogs v Brisbane Lions at Etihad Stadium (7.25pm)
Port Adelaide v Geelong at Adelaide Oval (7.40pm)
Sunday April 24
St Kilda v GWS Giants at Etihad Stadium (1.10pm)
Fremantle v Carlton at Subiaco Oval (4.10pm)
Melbourne v Richmond at MCG (7.10pm)
Monday April 25
Collingwood v Essendon at MCG (3.20pm)
ROUND 6
Friday April 29
North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium (7.50pm)
Saturday April 30
Melbourne v St Kilda at Etihad Stadium (1.45pm)
Adelaide v Fremantle at Adelaide Oval (2.10pm)
GWS Giants v Hawthorn at Spotless Stadium (4.35pm)
Richmond v Port Adelaide at MCG (7.25pm)
Geelong v Gold Coast Suns at Simonds Stadium (7.25pm)
Sunday May 1
Brisbane Lions v Sydney Swans at Gabba (1.10pm)
Carlton v Essendon at MCG (3.20pm)
West Coast Eagles v Collingwood at Subiaco Oval (4.40pm)
ROUND 7
Friday May 6
Richmond v Hawthorn at MCG (7.50pm)
Saturday May 7
Collingwood v Carlton at MCG (1.45pm)
Geelong v West Coast Eagles at Simonds Stadium (2.10pm)
Sydney Swans v Essendon at ANZ Stadium (4.35pm)
Gold Coast Suns v Melbourne at Metricon Stadium (5.10pm)
Western Bulldogs v Adelaide at Etihad Stadium (7.40pm)
Fremantle v GWS Giants at Subiaco Oval (8.40pm)
Sunday May 8
St Kilda v North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium (3.20pm)
Port Adelaide v Brisbane Lions at Adelaide Oval (4.40pm)
ROUND 8
Friday May 13
Adelaide v Geelong at Adelaide Oval (7.50pm)
Saturday May 14
Essendon v North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium (1.45pm)
Hawthorn v Fremantle at Aurora Stadium (2.10pm)
GWS Giants v Gold Coast Suns at Spotless Stadium (4.35pm)
Brisbane Lions v Collingwood at Gabba (7.25pm)
Richmond v Sydney Swans at MCG (7.25pm)
Sunday May 15
Carlton v Port Adelaide at Etihad Stadium (1.10pm)
Melbourne v Western Bulldogs at MCG (3.20pm)
West Coast Eagles v St Kilda at Subiaco Oval (4.40pm)
ROUND 9
Friday May 20
Hawthorn v Sydney Swans at MCG (7.50pm)
Saturday May 21
Collingwood v Geelong at MCG (1.45pm)
Gold Coast Suns v Adelaide at Metricon Stadium (2.10pm)
Port Adelaide v West Coast Eagles at Adelaide Oval (4.35pm)
North Melbourne v Carlton at Etihad Stadium (7.25pm)
Fremantle v Richmond at Subiaco Oval (7.40pm)
Sunday May 22
Melbourne v Brisbane Lions at MCG (1.10pm)
GWS Giants v Western Bulldogs at Spotless Stadium (3.20pm)
St Kilda v Essendon at Etihad Stadium (4.40pm)
ROUND 10
Friday May 27
Sydney Swans v North Melbourne at SCG (7.50pm)
Saturday May 28
Brisbane Lions v Hawthorn at Gabba (1.45pm)
Melbourne v Port Adelaide at TIO Traeger Park, Alice Springs (2.10pm)
St Kilda v Fremantle at Etihad Stadium (4.35pm)
Essendon v Richmond at MCG (7.25pm)
Adelaide v GWS Giants at Adelaide Oval (7.40pm)
Sunday May 29
Carlton v Geelong at Etihad Stadium (1.10pm)
Collingwood v Western Bulldogs at MCG (3.20pm)
West Coast Eagles v Gold Coast Suns at Subiaco Oval (4.40pm)
ROUND 11
Friday June 3
North Melbourne v Richmond at Blundstone Arena (7.50pm)
Saturday June 4
Hawthorn v Melbourne at MCG (1.45pm)
Carlton v Brisbane Lions at Etihad Stadium (2.10pm)
Geelong v GWS Giants at Simonds Stadium (4.35pm)
Gold Coast Suns v Sydney Swans at Metricon Stadium (7.25pm)
Fremantle v Essendon at Subiaco Oval (7.40pm)
Sunday June 5
Collingwood v Port Adelaide at MCG (1.10pm)
Western Bulldogs v West Coast Eagles at Etihad Stadium (3.20pm)
Adelaide v St Kilda at Adelaide Oval (4.40pm)
ROUND 12
Friday June 10
Essendon v Hawthorn at Etihad Stadium (7.50pm)
Saturday June 11
Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs at Adelaide Oval (1.40pm)
Brisbane Lions v Fremantle at Gabba (4.35pm)
Geelong v North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium (7.25pm)
West Coast Eagles v Adelaide Subiaco Oval (7.40pm)
Sunday June 12
St Kilda v Carlton at Etihad Stadium (1.10pm)
Richmond v Gold Coast Suns at MCG (3.20pm)
GWS Giants v Sydney Swans at Spotless Stadium (4.40pm)
Monday June 13
Melbourne v Collingwood at MCG (3.20pm)
ROUND 13
Friday June 17
North Melbourne v Hawthorn at Etihad Stadium (7.50pm)
Saturday June 18
Brisbane Lions v West Coast Eagles at Gabba (1.40pm)
Fremantle v Port Adelaide at Subiaco Oval (4.35pm)
Western Bulldogs v Geelong at Etihad Stadium (7.25pm)
Sunday June 19
Sydney Swans v Melbourne at SCG (1.10pm)
Essendon v GWS Giants at Etihad Stadium (4.40pm)
Byes: Adelaide, Carlton, Collingwood, Gold Coast Suns, Richmond and St Kilda
ROUND 14
Thursday June 23
Adelaide v North Melbourne at Adelaide Oval (7.50pm)
Friday June 24
Collingwood v Fremantle at MCG (7.50pm)
Saturday June 25
Richmond v Brisbane Lions at MCG (1.40pm)
GWS Giants v Carlton at Spotless Stadium (4.35pm)
St Kilda v Geelong at Etihad Stadium (7.25pm)
Sunday June 26
Hawthorn v Gold Coast Suns at Aurora Stadium (3.20pm)
Byes: Essendon, Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Sydney Swans, West Coast Eagles and Western Bulldogs
ROUND 15
Thursday June 30
West Coast Eagles v Essendon at Subiaco Oval (8.10pm)
Friday July 1
Port Adelaide v Richmond at Adelaide Oval (7.50pm)
Saturday July 2
Gold Coast Suns v St Kilda at Metricon Stadium (1.40pm)
Sydney Swans v Western Bulldogs at SCG (4.35pm)
Carlton v Collingwood at MCG (7.25pm)
Sunday July 3
Melbourne v Adelaide at MCG (3.20pm)
Byes: Brisbane Lions, Fremantle, Geelong, GWS Giants, Hawthorn and North Melbourne
ROUND 16
Thursday July 7
Port Adelaide v Hawthorn at Adelaide Oval (7.50pm)
Friday July 8
Geelong v Sydney Swans at Simonds Stadium (7.50pm)
Saturday July 9
GWS Giants v Collingwood at Spotless Stadium (1.40pm)
Gold Coast Suns v Brisbane Lions at Metricon Stadium (4.35pm)
Western Bulldogs v Richmond at Etihad Stadium (7.25pm)
Melbourne v Fremantle at TIO Stadium, Darwin (7.40pm)
Sunday July 10
Carlton v Adelaide at MCG (1.10pm)
West Coast Eagles v North Melbourne at Subiaco Oval (3.20pm)
Essendon v St Kilda at Etihad Stadium (4.40pm)
ROUND 17
Thursday July 14
Sydney Swans v Hawthorn at SCG (7.20pm)
Friday July 15
Fremantle v Geelong at Subiaco Oval (8.10pm)
Saturday July 16
Richmond v Essendon at MCG (1.40pm)
North Melbourne v Port Adelaide at Etihad Stadium (4.35pm)
Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast Suns at Cazalys Stadium, Cairns (7.25pm)
Adelaide v Collingwood at Adelaide Oval (7.40pm)
Sunday July 17
Carlton v West Coast Eagles at MCG (1.10pm)
St Kilda v Melbourne at Etihad Stadium (3.20pm)
Brisbane Lions v GWS Giants at Gabba (4.40pm)
ROUND 18
Friday July 22
Collingwood v North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium (7.50pm)
Saturday July 23
Sydney Swans v Carlton at ANZ Stadium (1.45pm)
Gold Coast Suns v Fremantle at Metricon Stadium (2.10pm)
West Coast Eagles v Melbourne at Subiaco Oval (4.35pm)
Western Bulldogs v St Kilda at Etihad Stadium (7.25pm)
Geelong v Adelaide at Simonds Stadium (7.25pm)
Sunday July 24
Essendon v Brisbane Lions at Etihad Stadium (1.10pm)
Hawthorn v Richmond at MCG (3.20pm)
Port Adelaide v GWS Giants at Adelaide Oval (4.40pm)
ROUND 19
Friday July 29
Geelong v Western Bulldogs at Simonds Stadium (7.50pm)
Saturday July 30
GWS Giants v Richmond at StarTrack Oval (1.45pm)
Hawthorn v Carlton at Aurora Stadium (2.10pm)
Collingwood v West Coast Eagles at MCG (4.35pm)
Brisbane Lions v Port Adelaide at Gabba (7.25pm)
North Melbourne v St Kilda at Etihad Stadium (7.25pm)
Sunday July 31
Melbourne v Gold Coast Suns at MCG (1.10pm)
Fremantle v Sydney Swans at Subiaco Oval (3.20pm)
Adelaide v Essendon at Adelaide Oval (4.40pm)
ROUND 20
Friday August 5
Richmond v Collingwood at MCG (7.50pm)
Saturday August 6
Sydney Swans v Port Adelaide at SCG (1.45pm)
Melbourne v Hawthorn at MCG (2.10pm)
Gold Coast Suns v GWS Giants at Metricon Stadium (4.35pm)
Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium (7.25pm)
Adelaide v Brisbane Lions at Adelaide Oval (7.40pm)
Sunday August 7
Carlton v St Kilda at MCG (1.10pm)
Geelong v Essendon at Etihad Stadium (3.20pm)
Fremantle v West Coast Eagles at Subiaco Oval (4.40pm)
ROUND 21
Friday August 12
Western Bulldogs v Collingwood at Etihad Stadium (7.50pm)
Saturday August 13
Brisbane Lions v Carlton at Gabba (1.45pm)
Hawthorn v North Melbourne at MCG (2.10pm)
GWS Giants v West Coast Eagles at Spotless Stadium (4.35pm)
St Kilda v Sydney Swans at Etihad Stadium (7.25pm)
Port Adelaide v Melbourne at Adelaide Oval (7.40pm)
Sunday August 14
Essendon v Gold Coast Suns at Etihad Stadium (1.10pm)
Richmond v Geelong at MCG (3.20pm)
Fremantle v Adelaide at Subiaco Oval (4.40pm)
ROUND 22
Friday August 19
West Coast Eagles v Hawthorn at Subiaco Oval (8.10pm)
Saturday August 20
North Melbourne v Sydney Swans at Blundstone Arena (1.45pm)
Richmond v St Kilda at MCG (2.10pm)
GWS Giants v Fremantle at Spotless Stadium (4.35pm)
Collingwood v Gold Coast Suns at Etihad Stadium (7.25pm)
Port Adelaide v Adelaide at Adelaide Oval (7.40pm)
Sunday August 21
Carlton v Melbourne at MCG (1.10pm)
Brisbane Lions v Geelong at Gabba (3.20pm)
Essendon v Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium (4.40pm)
ROUND 23
Friday August 26 — Sunday August 28 (days and times TBC)
Hawthorn v Collingwood at MCG
Essendon v Carlton at MCG
Adelaide v West Coast Eagles at Adelaide Oval
St Kilda v Brisbane Lions at Etihad Stadium
Sydney Swans v Richmond at SCG
Gold Coast Suns v Port Adelaide at Metricon Stadium
Geelong v Melbourne at Simonds Stadium
North Melbourne v GWS Giants at Etihad Stadium
Fremantle v Western Bulldogs at Subiaco Oval
All times are AEST.
Mitcher
Guest
Completely ignoring the AFL's actual reaction to the Swans 'stealing' Buddy from their love child GWS.
Henry
Guest
Fremantle don't deserve to play at the G'. Bring a brand of football that doesn't go sideways, backwards, averages about 9 goals a game and suffocates the life out of AFL fans.
andyl12
Guest
Oh yes Paul D, I have plenty of happiness to rest on. But I assure you, as long as there are people who don't give Hawthorn due credit for what we've achieved, it goes without saying that we'll want more. It's just wrong that on one hand people downgrade our achievements but on the other hand we're a monstrosity that must be stopped.
tony
Guest
Move on Paul D and enjoy the wonder of 4THORN in 2016...
TOMMY
Guest
Looking at that draw, itll be a 4THORN...
Balthazar
Guest
I really try not to resort to ad hominem attacks Paul D. My arguments have not been personal towards Andyl12 (some frustration with his straw men maybe). But when I read "Fyfe’s broken leg was only fair given the amount of headhunting he’s done this year", I can only say that is a disgraceful comment.
Paul D
Roar Guru
Just be content that your club has crushed the dreams of them and their club. Repeatedly. Pocket the winnings and move on. Arguing the toss with people who in the absence of results are almost certainly going to result to excuses and ad hominem attacks doesn't do you any credit. At best you're going to get a grudging acceptance of how good Hawthorn has been, but I doubt anyone's going to be lining up to tell you how wonderful you are. Plenty of Hawthorn fans already in that queue.
andyl12
Guest
My argument is that I don't accept criticism of Hawthorn actions by people who won't admit the full story. And I'm yet to hear a Freo fan admit the full story.
Paul D
Roar Guru
Yes, Alistair Clarkson, such a shy retiring violet that one. Never had a go at another bloke in his life. Brad Scott got into a dust-up with a fan down at Hobart this year too so I don’t see how you can claim people targeting coaches is just a Hawthorn thing. Fyfe has been suspended a few times over the preceding years. I don’t think any of his incidents were bad enough to see him get rubbed out this year, and I really couldn’t give a hoot if he won the Brownlow or not. I don’t understand the argument you’re trying to construct. Are you really trying to say Hawthorn is unfairly targeted and hard done by? I’m sorry, I can’t accept that as a proposition, I really cannot.
mds1970
Roar Guru
The Geelong game this year sold out - not surprised they're playing in Canberra again. Hopefully a better game this time; and thankfully being round 2 it won't be as cold as it was this year. I was freezing that day.....
andyl12
Guest
Paul D- all of those players have been targeted before and will be targeted again. Plenty of our other players are targeted, not just by opposition players but by opposition fans. Sometimes fans even target our coach when he's walking down the street. The difference is that our blokes usually get a penance to serve, whereas blokes like Fyfe and Goodes don't. Even with Hayden Ballantyne, you only have to pay a free kick against him and the crowd will decide you've cost Fremantle the game. Jordan Lewis, on the other hand, gets rubbed out for self-confessed dives by his opponents and nobody bats an eyelid.
Mister Football
Roar Guru
Canberra getting three decent games: Giants vs Geelong Giants vs Port Giants vs Richmond all three games might be impacting on the make up of the top 8, so real possibility of Manuka averaging 13+k across all three games, which is pretty good.
Mister Football
Roar Guru
Who can ever forget that magnificent last round game in 1998 when 68,000 turned up at the G to see us battle it out for top spot.
Perry Bridge
Guest
Glad to see matches such as North v Doggies on a Friday night. Also cool that Swans host an SCG Friday night game. And North host a Friday night in Hobart. Also Adel, Freo, Geelong, Port and Eagles host Friday nights away from Melbourne. Changes the 'view' a little bit - there's too much sameness when just MCG or Etihad over and over.
Paul D
Roar Guru
Winning the prelim in Perth was a very good effort by Hawthorn. There were mitigating factors, but the best team on the night won. It's not exactly Australia beating India in India, but it's a very good away from home win. Not sure that we all need to get down and pay homage though. I'm sure Freo fans will think it's tremendously significant if they do win in Tasmania, and you will rightfully be able to say "big deal, why didn't you do it earlier". I assume it also follows from your attitudes that if someone goes and knees Sam Mitchell in a marking contest next year and breaks his ribs that's only fair? Maybe someone should elbow Hodge in the head, or drive his neck into a goalpost. Or slam Jordan Lewis across the face with a forearm. I mean, it's only fair...
andyl12
Guest
Well, everybody said that we'd have to finish top 2 to win a flag because winning a final in Perth would be impossible for us. So it's a bit rich now to say we don't deserve big credit for defying the critics on that. It follows from your attitudes that if Freo beat us in Tassie next year, the win shouldn't be rated with any significance. Fyfe's broken leg was only fair given the amount of headhunting he's done this year. Although Ballantyne would've deserved it more.
Paul D
Roar Guru
Andy demanding we all obsequiously crawl around Hawthorn and pay homage to their wins in Perth is probably the most bile inducing thing I've read on here in a while.
Jack Smith
Roar Guru
To be honest, probably because Tassie fans don't want to see Lions get smashed again. Maybe they want someone who might beat Hawks in Tassie. Maybe they have to play their seconds team their.
Jack Smith
Roar Guru
AFL has a crap time balancing out access to MCG for interstate teams.
Balthazar
Guest
I am a freo fan; I don't rate wins against WCE in Perth that highly. Sure, you played well against us and equally we choked. We also had umpire bias, a cooked KPF and our best player with a broken leg, caused by one of your players (naturally). Forgive me if I don't offer a standing ovation. Freo still travelled to get to the game, Andy - your team could travel 6 days before, if it wanted to. And Freo does it nearly 400% more often than Hawthorn. If you like, I could point out the 9 times Freo travels 400kms or more as the visiting team, as opposed to Hawthorn's 2. The point is equally made out. You started this with your rubbish about travelling 9 times. it is almost 400% less of a burden and I really cannot see why you are still trying to argue the point