Adelaide and Port will play in a Showdown before heading to Gold Coast in rounds 3-5 of AFL season
The Crows and Power will clash in a historic Showdown 48 in front of no supporters before venturing to the Gold Coast for the next three weeks. READ THE FULL FIXTURE.
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Adelaide and Port Adelaide look set to have to travel to the Gold Coast and enter a hub ahead of Round 3 even if the State Government relaxes border restrictions prior to the AFL’s restart.
A Saturday night Showdown, a Power home game, is part of Round 2 of the resumed AFL season revealed on Monday.
The AFL has then scheduled the Crows and Power’s next three games in Queensland, when they are due to enter the Gold Coast hub.
The Crows will first take on Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium, then play Brisbane at the Gabba before “hosting” Fremantle at Metricon.
The Power will face the Dockers at Metricon, ‘host’ West Coast, also at Metricon, and play the Lions at the Gabba.
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The Crows and Power were set to be in the Gold Coast this week for the resumption of contact training, only for SA health authorities to change their mind and give the two clubs elite athlete exemptions allowing them to stay in Adelaide.
This, and the Showdown in Round 2 being pushed by Premier Steven Marshall, had fuelled hope they may not even need to enter a hub but AFL fixtures boss Travis Auld said even if restrictions did wind back in SA it was likely the Crows and Power would still go to the Gold Coast.
“The plan at the moment is to certainly leave them in Queensland for that period,” he said.
“We need to create some certainty (in the fixtures) but what it does do though is they are only there for the four week period if the regulations change and we can schedule them back in their home state.”
The next batch of fixtures is set to be outlined after Round 3.
Auld said the AFL would wait to see what the restrictions were in SA.
Ideally we get at the end of this four week block and things progress and we have the ability at some point for these teams to get back and play in their own state,” he said.
“It is just unknown.
“We have received incredible support right around the country from State Governments and health officers in those states,
“We are in their hands, all I can say is that we are ready to adapt if things change really quickly.”
Port Adelaide chief executive Keith Thomas said the playing group and entire club were just looking forward to getting back playing football and said having to go to Queensland would not phase them.
“We have a play anyone, anywhere attitude and if it requires us to play several games in Queensland in succession we’ll adapt to that,” he said.
“We see this block as a real opportunity for the team to build on their connection away from Adelaide as we’ve done so successfully with our pre-season camps in Queensland over the last couple of years.”
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ROUND 2
Thursday June 11
Collingwood vs. Richmond, MCG, 7:40pm
Friday June 12
Geelong Cats vs. Hawthorn, GMHBA, 7:50pm
Saturday June 13
Brisbane Lions vs. Fremantle, Gabba, 1:45pm
Carlton vs. Melbourne, Marvel Stadium, 4:35pm
Port Adelaide vs. Adelaide Crows, Adelaide Oval, 7:40pm
Gold Coast Suns vs. West Coast Eagles, Metricon Stadium, 7:40pm
Sunday June 14
GWS Giants vs. North Melbourne, Giants Stadium, 1:05pm
Sydney Swans vs. Essendon, SCG, 3:35pm
St Kilda vs. Western Bulldogs, Marvel Stadium, 6:05pm
ROUND 3
Thursday June 18
Richmond vs. Hawthorn, MCG, 7:40pm
Friday June 19
Western Bulldogs vs. GWS Giants, Marvel Stadium, 7:50pm
Saturday June 20
North Melbourne vs. Sydney Swans, Marvel Stadium, 1:45pm
Collingwood vs. St Kilda, MCG, 4:35pm
Geelong Cats vs. Carlton, GMHBA, 7:40pm
Brisbane Lions vs. West Coast Eagles, Gabba, 7:40pm
Sunday June 21
Gold Coast Suns vs. Adelaide Crows, Metricon Stadium, 1:05pm
Essendon vs. Melbourne, MCG, 3:35pm
Fremantle vs. Port Adelaide, Metricon Stadium, 6:05pm
ROUND 4
Thursday June 25
Sydney Swans vs. Western Bulldogs, SCG, 7:40pm
Friday June 26
GWS Giants vs. Collingwood, Giants Stadium, 7:50pm
Saturday June 27
Port Adelaide vs. West Coast Eagles, Metricon Stadium, 1:45pm
St Kilda vs. Richmond, Marvel Stadium, 4:35pm
Essendon vs. Carlton, MCG, 7:40pm
Gold Coast Suns vs. Fremantle, Metricon Stadium, 7:40pm
Sunday June 28
Brisbane Lions vs. Adelaide Crows, Gabba, 1:05pm
Melbourne vs. Geelong Cats, MCG, 3:35pm
Hawthorn vs. North Melbourne, Marvel Stadium, 6:05pm
ROUND 5
Thursday July 2
West Coast Eagles vs. Richmond, Metricon Stadium, 7:40pm
Friday July 3
Collingwood vs. Essendon, MCG, 7:50pm
Saturday July 4
Carlton vs. St Kilda, MCG, 1:45pm
Geelong Cats vs. Gold Coast Suns, GMHBA, 4:35pm
Western Bulldogs vs. North Melbourne, Marvel Stadium, 7:40pm
Brisbane Lions vs. Port Adelaide, Gabba, 7:40pm
Sunday July 5
Adelaide Crows vs. Fremantle, Metricon Stadium, 1:05pm
Sydney Swans vs. Melbourne, SCG, 3:35pm
GWS Giants vs. Hawthorn, Giants Stadium, 6:05pm