Why Pies are stepping out of prime time despite preliminary final run

Despite their incredible 2022 season, Collingwood will not feature much in the AFL’s primetime Thursday and Friday slots across the first 15 rounds of the next season. | CarlaJaeger17 agerealfooty

Despite their incredible 2022 season, Collingwood will miss out on many of the AFL’s primetime Thursday and Friday slots next year to accommodate their annual Anzac Day clash against Essendon, which falls on a Tuesday.

Carlton , Brisbane and Geelong are the teams with the most Thursday and Friday night clashes across the first 15 rounds.Last season more than 84,000 fans filled the MCG for the blockbuster Anzac Day match, which was watched by a national average of 1.35 million viewers across both free-to-air and streaming coverage.

Collingwood’s interim boss Graham Wright, said the club looked forward to hosting the annual match, describing it as an “important day for our nation”.

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