THE 2019 AFL Women’s fixture has been announced, with two conferences set to take to fields across the country from February.
Conference A features the Western Bulldogs, North Melbourne, Melbourne, Adelaide Crows and Fremantle. Conference B includes the Brisbane Lions, Greater Western Sydney (GWS) Giants, Collingwood, Carlton and Geelong.
For the first time, AFLW games will be played at Marvel Stadium, with a double-header set to take place in Round 6. Collingwood will also return to its spiritual home, Victoria Park, hosting games in Round 2 and Round 7.
Meanwhile, Carlton has been dumped from its Round 1 season opener against the Pies, with the latter instead set to take on Geelong at GMHBA Stadium. On the same night, Adelaide will begin its AFLW season with a clash against reigning premiers, Western Bulldogs at Norwood Oval.
Each team will play seven home-and-away games, followed by a finals series that will go for two weeks. The top two teams in each conference will play off in the preliminary finals, and the winners of those games will go head-to-head in the following week’s Grand Final. The team who finished first in conference A will face off against the second-ranked team in conference B in the first preliminary final, while the top-ranked conference B team will play against the second-ranked conference A team in the second preliminary final.
Strangely, the two expansion clubs, North Melbourne and Geelong will not face off against each other in the home-and-away season.
Admission into AFLW games will still be free of charge in 2019.
2019 AFLW FIXTURE
ROUND 1
GEELONG v COLLINGWOOD
Saturday 2 February, 6.40pm at GMHBA Stadium
ADELAIDE v WESTERN BULLDOGS
Saturday 2 February, 8.40pm at Norwood Oval
NORTH MELBOURNE v CARLTON
Sunday 3 February, 1.05pm at North Hobart Oval
MELBOURNE v FREMANTLE
Sunday 3 February, 3.05pm at Casey Fields
BRISBANE v GWS GIANTS
Sunday 3 February, 5.05pm at Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex
ROUND 2
GWS GIANTS v NORTH MELBOURNE
Friday 8 February, 7.15pm at Dummoyne Oval
COLLINGWOOD v MELBOURNE
Saturday 9 February, 4.45pm at Victoria Park
WESTERN BULLDOGS v GEELONG
Saturday 9 February, 7.15pm at Whitten Oval
CARLTON v ADELAIDE
Sunday February 10, 4.05pm at Ikon Park
FREMANTLE v BRISBANE
Sunday 10 February at Fremantle Oval
ROUND 3
NORTH MELBOURNE v WESTERN BULLDOGS
Friday 15 February, 7.15pm at University of Tasmania Stadium
GWS GIANTS v CARLTON
Saturday 16 February, 4.45pm at Blacktown International Sportspark
FREMANTLE v COLLINGWOOD
Saturday 16 February, 7.15pm at Fremantle Oval
ADELAIDE v GEELONG
Sunday 17 February, 2.35pm at Norwood Oval
BRISBANE v MELBOURNE
Sunday 17 February, 4.35pm at Hickey Park
ROUND 4
GEELONG v CARLTON
Saturday 23 February, 4.45pm at GMHBA Stadium
WESTERN BULLDOGS v BRISBANE
Saturday 23 February, 7.15pm at Whitten Oval
ADELAIDE v FREMANTLE
Saturday 23 February, 9.35pm at TIO Stadium
COLLINGWOOD v GWS GIANTS
Sunday 24 February, 2.05pm at Morewell Recreation Reserve
MELBOURNE v NORTH MELBOURNE
Sunday 24 February, 4.05pm at Casey Fields
ROUND 5
BRISBANE v GEELONG
Saturday 2 March, 4.45pm at Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex
CARLTON v COLLINGWOOD
Saturday 2 March, 7.15pm at Ikon Park
GWS GIANTS v MELBOURNE
Sunday 3 March, 2.05pm at Blacktown International Sportspark
NORTH MELBOURNE v ADELAIDE
Sunday 3 March, 4.05pm at Chirnside Park
FREMANTLE v WESTERN BULLDOGS
Sunday 3 March, 6.05pm at Fremantle Oval
ROUND 6
GEELONG v FREMANTLE
Saturday 9 March, 2.35pm at GHMBA Stadium
COLLINGWOOD v NORTH MELBOURNE
Saturday 9 March, 4.45pm at Marvel Stadium
WESTERN BULLDOGS v MELBOURNE
Saturday 9 March, 7.15pm at Marvel Stadium
ADELAIDE v GWS GIANTS
Sunday 10 March, 2.05pm at Unley Oval
CARLTON v BRISBANE
Sunday 10 March, 4.05pm at Ikon Park
ROUND 7
GWS GIANTS v GEELONG
Friday 15 March, 7.15pm at UNSW Canberra Oval
MELBOURNE v ADELAIDE
Saturday 16 March, 4.45pm at Casey Fields
FREMANTLE v NORTH MELBOURNE
Saturday 16 March, 7.15pm at Fremantle Oval
COLLINGWOOD v BRISBANE
Sunday 17 March, 2.05pm at Victoria Park
WESTERN BULLDOGS v CARLTON
Sunday 17 March, 4.05pm at Whitten Oval
PRELIMINARY FINALS
TBC v TBC
Saturday 23 March, TBC at TBC
TBC v TBC
Saturday 23 March, TBC at TBC
GRAND FINAL
TBC v TBC
Saturday 30 March or Sunday 31 March, TBC at TBC
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