ETIHAD STADIUM - 2018 AFL SEASON FIXTURE ROUND DATE START TIME HOME TEAM AWAY TEAM 1 Friday, March 23 7:50pm Essendon v Adelaide Crows 1 Saturday, March 24 3:35pm St Kilda v Brisbane Lions 2 Friday, March 30 4:20pm North Melbourne v St Kilda 2 Saturday, March 31 1:45pm Carlton v Gold Coast SUNS 2 Sunday, April 1 3:20pm Western Bulldogs v West Coast Eagles 3 Saturday, April 7 7:25pm St Kilda v Adelaide Crows 3 Sunday, April 8 3:20pm Western Bulldogs v Essendon 4 Saturday, April 14 4:35pm Western Bulldogs v Sydney Swans 4 Sunday, April 15 1:10pm Essendon v Port Adelaide 5 Saturday, April 21 1:45pm St Kilda v GWS GIANTS 5 Sunday, April 22 3:20pm North Melbourne v Hawthorn 6 Friday, April 27 7:50pm Western Bulldogs v Carlton 6 Saturday, April 28 2:10pm North Melbourne v Port Adelaide 6 Sunday, April 29 1:10pm Essendon v Melbourne 7 Sunday, May 6 3:20pm St Kilda v Melbourne 8 Saturday, May 12 7:25pm Western Bulldogs v Brisbane Lions 8 Sunday, May 13 1:10pm North Melbourne v Richmond 9 Saturday, May 19 7:25pm St Kilda v Collingwood 10 Friday, May 25 7:50pm Collingwood v Western Bulldogs 10 Sunday, May 27 1:10pm Hawthorn v West Coast Eagles 11 Saturday, June 2 1:45pm Western Bulldogs v Melbourne 11 Sunday, June 3 1:10pm North Melbourne v Brisbane Lions 12 Saturday, June 9 7:25pm St Kilda v Sydney Swans 13 Saturday, June 16 1:45pm Carlton v Fremantle 14 Saturday, June 23 7:25pm Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne 15 Thursday, June 28 7:20pm Richmond v Sydney Swans 15 Friday, June 29 7:50pm Western Bulldogs v Geelong Cats 15 Sunday, July 1 3:20pm Essendon v North Melbourne 16 Saturday, July 7 7:25pm Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn 16 Sunday, July 8 1:10pm North Melbourne v Gold Coast SUNS 17 Friday, July 13 7:50pm St Kilda v Carlton 17 Sunday, July 15 3:20pm North Melbourne v Sydney Swans 18 Friday, July 20 7:50pm St Kilda v Richmond 18 Saturday, July 21 4:35pm Essendon v Fremantle 18 Sunday, July 22 1:10pm Carlton v Hawthorn 19 Friday, July 27 7:50pm Essendon v Sydney Swans 20 Saturday, August 4 7:25pm St Kilda v Western Bulldogs 20 Sunday, August 5 1:10pm Carlton v GWS GIANTS 21 Friday, August 10 7:50pm Essendon v St Kilda 21 Saturday, August 11 7:25pm Collingwood v Brisbane Lions 21 Sunday, August 12 1:10pm North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs 22 Saturday, August 18 7:25pm St Kilda v Hawthorn 22 Sunday, August 19 1:10pm Carlton v Western Bulldogs 23 TBC TBC Carlton v Adelaide Crows 23 TBC TBC St Kilda v North Melbourne.