The 2023 AFLW home-and-away season will remain a 10-round fixture and no games will be played at big stadiums, despite players demanding a longer season and for marquee games to be played at larger venues.
The AFL released the fixture for season eight on Monday afternoon, less than 50 days out from the opening game on September 1. The release followed an agreement between players and the sporting body on season length amid collective bargaining agreement negotiations with the player’s union.
That round will also include the Showdown at Norwood Oval, the Sydney derby – to be held at North Sydney Oval for the first time – rivals Hawthorn and Essendon at Kinetic Stadium in Frankston and the western derby between West Coast and Fremantle at Fremantle Oval.There will be a “festival of footy” in round five during the AFL men’s grand final week, which will include Melbourne and Geelong’s first game against each other.
The fixture includes Indigenous round, across in rounds seven and eight, and Pride round in round 10. The Women’s Big Bash League’s fixture for 2023, released last Thursday, features standalone regular season matches at the MCG, SCG and Adelaide Oval for the first time, including a double header at Sydney’s iconic cricket stadium.
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