2027 season · VIC · latest version
Melbourne
23 games · 11 home · 12 away · bye A round in which a club does not play. Round 12
ladder position Where Melbourne finished on the 2026 ladder (the finals-reseeded ladder: the final order once the finals were played, so the premier is first). The fixture's double-up rule splits that ladder into thirds of six and uses them to choose which six clubs Melbourne plays twice. · middle 6
Stored on this device only. Nothing is sent. Calendar entries use the modelled kickoff time and say so; a game with no time is all-day.
Season opener
SUN 21 MAR
Sunday twilightModelled time (assumption). A kickoff clock copied from the ground's usual start for that weekday and band in recent seasons, used only to estimate which games suit TV. Not a fact about 2027.
Hawthorn
- Broadcast
- Slot band: Sunday twilight Kickoff: 3:15 pm AEDT · modelled TV channel: not recorded
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Season at a glance
Home games
How this is counted
Counted from the home and away roles each game records.
11
Away games
12
Interstate trips
How this is counted
Games at a ground outside Victoria, including home games played interstate.
7
Prime time
How this is counted
Thursday-night and Friday-night games, from each game’s recorded time slot.
0
0 Thu · 0 Fri
Byes
1
R12
Longest away run
How this is counted
Rounds in a row listed away. A bye does not break the run.
4
R2–R5
Who they play twice
Melbourne meets 6 clubs twice. By where they finished in 2026: 1 from the top six, 4 from the middle six and 1 from the bottom six.
Top 6 finished 1st–6th 1
- Fremantle 2nd · R11 and R23
Middle 6 finished 7th–12th 4
- Western Bulldogs 7th · R5 and R17
- Carlton 8th · R10 and R22
- Collingwood 10th · R13 and R24
- St Kilda 11th · R2 and R18
Bottom 6 finished 13th–18th 1
- Port Adelaide 15th · R9 and R21
Ladder: the finals-reseeded ladder. See every club's double-ups
Home and away rhythm
- Round 1: home v Hawthorn
- Round 2: away v St Kilda
- Round 3: away v Gold Coast
- Round 4: away v Sydney
- Round 5: away v Western Bulldogs
- Round 6: home v Richmond
- Round 7: home v North Melbourne
- Round 8: home v West Coast
- Round 9: away v Port Adelaide
- Round 10: away v Carlton
- Round 11: home v Fremantle
- Round 12: bye
- Round 13: home v Collingwood
- Round 14: away v Adelaide
- Round 15: home v Brisbane Lions
- Round 16: away v Essendon
- Round 17: home v Western Bulldogs
- Round 18: home, played interstate v St Kilda
- Round 19: away v Greater Western Sydney
- Round 20: away v Geelong
- Round 21: home v Port Adelaide
- Round 22: home v Carlton
- Round 23: away v Fremantle
- Round 24: away v Collingwood
H homeA away– bye· not recorded* home game played interstate
Breaks · days since the previous game: red 5 or fewer, amber 6, green 7+
- R1–first game
- R26-day break
- R37-day break
- R48-day break
- R56-day break
- R67-day break
- R78-day break
- R87-day break
- R96-day break
- R108-day break
- R116-day break
- R12Bye
- R1316-day break across the bye
- R146-day break
- R157-day break
- R166-day break
- R178-day break
- R186-day break
- R198-day break
- R206-day break
- R217-day break
- R228-day break
- R237-day break
- R247-day break
The season, game by game · break The number of days between a club's two consecutive games. are days between recorded dates
Times marked modelled are a modelled assumption A value we chose because the AFL has not published the 2027 fact, or because a convention is only visible in past fixtures., not announced kickoffs.
March
April
7-day break
R3SAT 3 APRSaturday twilight
Gold Coast
8-day break
R4SUN 11 APRSunday twilight
Sydney
6-day break
R5SAT 17 APRSaturday day
Western Bulldogs
7-day break
R6SAT 24 APRSaturday night
Richmond
May
8-day break
R7SUN 2 MAYSunday twilight
North Melbourne
7-day break
R8SUN 9 MAYSunday night
West Coast
6-day break
R9SAT 15 MAYSaturday day
Port Adelaide
8-day break
R10SUN 23 MAYSunday twilight
Carlton
6-day break
R11SAT 29 MAYSaturday twilight
Fremantle
June
MelbourneByeR12
16-day break across the bye
R13MON 14 JUNMonday twilight
Collingwood
6-day break
R14SUN 20 JUNSunday day
Adelaide
7-day break
R15SUN 27 JUNSunday twilight
Brisbane Lions
July
6-day break
R16SAT 3 JULSaturday day
Essendon
8-day break
R17SUN 11 JULSunday twilight
Western Bulldogs
6-day break
R18SAT 17 JULSaturday day
St Kilda
8-day break
R19SUN 25 JULSunday twilight
Greater Western Sydney
6-day break
R20SAT 31 JULSaturday day
Geelong
August
7-day break
R21SAT 7 AUGSaturday night
Port Adelaide
8-day break
R22SUN 15 AUGSunday night
Carlton
7-day break
R23SUN 22 AUGSunday day
Fremantle
7-day break
R24SUN 29 AUGSunday twilight
Collingwood