2027 season · VIC · version 5a68694
Western Bulldogs
23 games · 12 home · 11 away · bye A round in which a club does not play. Round 15
ladder position Where Western Bulldogs finished on the 2026 ladder (the home-and-away ladder: the order after the last home-and-away round, before the finals were played). The fixture's double-up rule splits that ladder into thirds of six and uses them to choose which six clubs Western Bulldogs 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 dayModelled 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.
West Coast
- Broadcast
- Slot band: Sunday day Kickoff: 12:15 pm AWST · 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.
12
Away games
11
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.
4
2 Thu · 2 Fri
Byes
1
R15
Longest away run
How this is counted
Rounds in a row listed away. A bye does not break the run.
2
R6–R7
Who they play twice
Western Bulldogs meets 6 clubs twice. By where they finished in 2026: 2 from the top six, 2 from the middle six and 2 from the bottom six.
Top 6 finished 1st–6th 2
- Brisbane Lions 3rd · R11 and R23
- Adelaide 6th · R12 and R24
Middle 6 finished 7th–12th 2
- Melbourne 7th · R2 and R17
- Collingwood 9th · R9 and R21
Bottom 6 finished 13th–18th 2
- West Coast 16th · R1 and R13
- Essendon 18th · R8 and R20
Ladder: the home-and-away ladder. See every club's double-ups
Home and away rhythm
- Round 1: away v West Coast
- Round 2: home v Melbourne
- Round 3: away v Hawthorn
- Round 4: home, played interstate v Greater Western Sydney
- Round 5: home v Richmond
- Round 6: away v Port Adelaide
- Round 7: away v St Kilda
- Round 8: home v Essendon
- Round 9: home v Collingwood
- Round 10: away v Sydney
- Round 11: away v Brisbane Lions
- Round 12: home v Adelaide
- Round 13: home v West Coast
- Round 14: away v Geelong
- Round 15: bye
- Round 16: home v Gold Coast
- Round 17: away v Melbourne
- Round 18: home v North Melbourne
- Round 19: home v Fremantle
- Round 20: away v Essendon
- Round 21: away v Collingwood
- Round 22: home v Carlton
- Round 23: home v Brisbane Lions
- Round 24: away v Adelaide
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
- R38-day break
- R46-day break
- R58-day break
- R67-day break
- R77-day break
- R87-day break
- R96-day break
- R107-day break
- R116-day break
- R126-day break
- R1310-day break
- R146-day break
- R15Bye
- R1615-day break across the bye
- R177-day break
- R187-day break
- R196-day break
- R207-day break
- R217-day break
- R227-day break
- R236-day break
- R246-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
R1SUN 21 MARSunday day
West Coast
6-day break
R2SAT 27 MARSaturday twilight
Melbourne
April
8-day break
R3SUN 4 APRSunday twilight
Hawthorn
6-day break
R4SAT 10 APRSaturday night
Greater Western Sydney
8-day break
R5SUN 18 APRSunday night
Richmond
7-day break
R6SUN 25 APRSunday day
Port Adelaide
May
7-day break
R7SUN 2 MAYSunday day
St Kilda
7-day break
R8SUN 9 MAYSunday night
Essendon
6-day break
R9SAT 15 MAYSaturday night
Collingwood
7-day break
R10SAT 22 MAYSaturday day
Sydney
6-day break
R11FRI 28 MAYFriday night
Brisbane Lions
June
6-day break
R12THU 3 JUNThursday night
Adelaide
10-day break
R13SUN 13 JUNSunday twilight
West Coast
6-day break
R14SAT 19 JUNSaturday day
Geelong
Western BulldogsByeR15
July
15-day break across the bye
R16SUN 4 JULSunday twilight
Gold Coast
7-day break
R17SUN 11 JULSunday twilight
Melbourne
7-day break
R18SUN 18 JULSunday twilight
North Melbourne
6-day break
R19SAT 24 JULSaturday day
Fremantle
7-day break
R20SAT 31 JULSaturday night
Essendon
August
7-day break
R21SAT 7 AUGSaturday night
Collingwood
7-day break
R22SAT 14 AUGSaturday twilight
Carlton
6-day break
R23FRI 20 AUGFriday night
Brisbane Lions
6-day break
R24THU 26 AUGThursday night
Adelaide