2008 AFL Draw

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The 2008 AFL Fixture also known as the "Draw" or schedule of matches:

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Finals

Dates and times are for the Australian venue. See table here for guide to times and conversion to North American time zones. For key to grounds and other abbreviations go here. Format is: Home Club vs Away Club (Venue) (Time of Day)

Round 1

Date	Teams	Venue
03/20	Carlton v. Richmond	MCG (Night)
	Port Adelaide v. Geelong	AAMI Stadium (Night)
03/22	Collingwood v. Fremantle	MCG (Afternoon)
	St. Kilda v. Sydney	Telstra Dome (Night)
	West Coast v. Brisbane	Subiaco (Night)
03/23	Western v. Adelaide	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)
	Hawthorn v. Melbourne	MCG (Day)
03/24	North Melbourne v. Essendon	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)

Round 2

Date	Teams	Venue
03/28	Brisbane v. Collingwood	Gabba (Night)
03/29	Melbourne v. Western	MCG (Afternoon)
	Adelaide v. West Coast	AAMI Stadium (Day)
	St. Kilda v. Carlton	Telstra Dome (Night)
	Fremantle v. Hawthorn	Subiaco (Night)
03/30	Sydney v. Port Adelaide	SCG (Afternoon)
	Geelong v. Essendon	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)
	Richmond v. North Melbourne	MCG (Day)

Round 3

Date	Teams	Venue
04/04	Western v. St. Kilda	Telstra Dome (Night)
04/05	North Melbourne v. Hawthorn	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)
	West Coast v. Fremantle	Subiaco (Day)
	Brisbane v. Sydney	Gabba (Night)
	Essendon v. Carlton	MCG (Night)
04/06	Geelong v. Melbourne	Skilled Stadium (Afternoon)
	Richmond v. Collingwood	MCG (Afternoon)
	Adelaide v. Port Adelaide	AAMI Stadium (Day)

Round 4

Date	Teams	Venue
04/11	Essendon v. Western	Telstra Dome (Night)
04/12	St. Kilda v. Geelong	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)
	North Melbourne v. Melbourne	MCG (Day)
	Sydney v. West Coast	ANZ Stadium (Night)
	Port Adelaide v. Brisbane	AAMI Stadium (Night)
04/13	Hawthorn v. Adelaide	Aurora Stadium (Afternoon)
	Carlton v. Collingwood	MCG (Afternoon)
	Fremantle v. Richmind	Subiaco (Day)

Round 5

Date	Teams	Venue
04/18	St. Kilda v. Essendon	Telstra Dome (Night)
04/19	Geelong v. Sydney	Skilled Stadium (Afternoon)
	Adelaide v. Fremantle	AAMI Stadium (Day)
	Brisbane v. Hawthorn	Gabba (Night)
	Collingwood v. North Melbourne	MCG (Night)
04/20	Melbourne v. Carlton	MCG (Afternoon)
	Western v. Richmond	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)
	West Coast v. Port Adelaide	Subiaco (Day)

Round 6

Date	Teams	Venue
04/25	Collingwood v. Essendon	MCG (Afternoon)
	Fremantle v. Collingwood	Subiaco (Night)
04/26	Carlton v. Adelaide	MCG (Afternoon)
	Western v. West Coast	Telstra Dome (Night)
	Port Adelaide v. St. Kilda	AAMI Stadium (Night)
04/27	Brisbane v. Melbourne	Gabba (Afternoon)
	North Melbourne v. Sydney	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)
	Hawthorn v. Richmond	MCG (Day)

Round 7

Date	Teams	Venue
05/02	West Coast v . Carlton	Subiaco (Night)
05/03	Geelong v. Brisbane	Skilled Stadium (Afternoon)
	Hawthorn v. Collingwood	MCG (Afternoon)
	Richmond v. St. Kilda	Telstra Dome (Night)
	Adelaide v. North Melbourne	AAMI Stadium (Night)
05/04	Sydney v. Western	SCG (Afternoon)
	Melbourne v. Fremantle	MCG (Afternoon)
	Essendon v. Port Adelaide	Telstra Dome (Day)

Round 8

Date	Teams	Venue
05/16	St. Kilda v. Collingwood	Telstra Dome (Night)
05/17	Hawthorn v. Port Adelaide	Aurora Stadium (Afternoon)
	Richmond v. Geelong	MCG (Afternoon)
	Carlton v. Brisbane	Telstra Dome (Night)
	North Melbourne v. West Coast	Gold Coast Stadium (Night)
05/18	Adelaide v. Melbourne	AAMI Stadium (Afternoon)
	Sydney v. Essendon	ANZ Stadium (Afternoon)
	Fremantle v. Western	Subiaco (Day)

Round 9

Date	Teams	Venue
05/23	Collingwood v. Geelong	MCG (Night)
05/24	Carlton v. Fremantle	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)
	Port Adelaide v. Sydney	AAMI Stadium (Day)
	Essendon v. Richmond	MCG (Night)
	West Coast v. Adelaide	Subiaco (Night)
05/25	Brisbane v. St. Kilda	Gabba (Afternoon)
	Melbourne v. Hawthorn	MCG (Afternoon)
	Western v. North Melbourne	Telstra Dome (Day)

Round 10

Date	Teams	Venue
05/30	Adelaide v. Essendon	AAMI Stadium (Night)
05/31	Collingwood v. West Coast	MCG (Afternoon)
	Hawthorn v. Western	Aurora Stadium (Afternoon)
	Brisbane v. North Melbourne	Gabba (Night)
	Geelong v. Carlton	Telstra Dome (Night)
06/01	Sydney v. Richmond	SCG (Afternoon)
	St. Kilda v. Melbourne	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)
	Fremantle v. Port Adelaide	Subiaco (Day)

Round 11

Date	Teams	Venue
06/06	North Melbourne v. Geelong	Telstra Dome (Night)
06/07	Richmond v. Adelaide	MCG (Afternoon)
	Essendon v. Hawthorn	Telstra Dome (Night)
	West Coast v. Sydney	Subiaco (Night)
06/08	Brisbane v. Fremantle	Gabba (Afternoon
	St. Kilda v. Western	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)
	Port Adelaide v. Carlton	AAMI Stadium (Day)
06/09	Melbourne v. Collingwood	MCG (Afternoon)

Round 12

Date	Teams	Venue
06/13	Essendon v. West Coast	Telstra Dome (Night)
06/14	Western v. Brisbane	MCG (Afternoon)
	Fremantle v. North Melbourne	Subiaco (Day)
	Sydney v. St. Kilda	SCG (Night)
	Adelaide v. Hawthorn	AAMI Stadium (Night)
06/15	Geelong v. Port Adelaide	Skilled Stadium (Afternoon)
	Collingwood v. Carlton	MCG (Afternoon)
	Richmond v. Melbourne	Telstra Dome (Day)

Round 13

Date	Teams	Venue
06/20	St. Kilda v. Fremantle	Telstra Dome (Night)
06/21	Hawthorn v. North Melbourne	MCG (Afternoon)
	Port Adelaide v. Richmond	AAMI Stadium (Day)
	Brisbane v. Adelaide	Gabba (Night)
	West Coast v. Geelong	Subiaco (Night)
06/22	Melbourne v. Sydney	Manuka Oval (Afternoon)
	Carlton v. Essendon	MCG (Afternoon)
	Collingwood v. Western	Telstra Dome (Day)

Round 14

Date	Teams	Venue
06/27	Hawthorn v. West Coast	MCG (Night)
06/28	Richmond v. Carlton	MCG (Afternoon)
	North Melbourne v. St. Kilda	Gold Coast Stadium (Night)
	Western v. Port Adelaide	TIO Stadium (Night)
06/29	Melbourne v. Brisbane	MCG (Afternoon)
	Fremantle v. Essendon	Subiaco (Day)
07/04	Adelaide v. Geelong	AAMI Stadium (Night)
07/05	Sydney v. Collingwood	ANZ Stadium (Night)

Round 15

Date	Teams	Venue
07/11	Carlton v. St. Kilda	MCG (Night)
07/12	Collingwood v. Adelaide	MCG (Afternoon)
	Geelong v. Fremantle	Skilled Stadium (Afternoon)
	Essendon v. Brisbane	Telstra Dome (Night)
	Port Adelaide v. North Melbourne	AAMI Stadium (Night)
07/13	Hawthorn v. Sydney	MCG (Afternoon)
	Western v. Melbourne	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)
	West Coast v. Richmond	Subiaco (Day)

Round 16

Date	Teams	Venue
07/18	North Melbourne v. Carlton	Telstra Dome (Night)
07/19	Geelong v. Western	Skilled Stadium (Afternoon)
	Richmond v. Essendon	MCG (Afternoon)
	Brisbane v. West Coast	Gabba (Night)
	St. Kilda v. Hawthorn	Telstra Dome (Night)
07/20	Carlton v. Sydney	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)
	Port Adelaide v. Adelaide	AAMI Stadium (Day)
	Fremantle v. Melbourne	Subiaco (Day)

Round 17

Date	Teams	Venue
07/25	Hawthorn v. Geelong	MCG (Night)
07/26	Essendon v. Collingwood	MCG (Afternoon)
	West Coast v. St. Kilda	Subiaco (Day)
	Richmond v. Brisbane	Telstra Dome (Night)
	Sydney v. Adelaide	SCG (Night)
07/27	Port Adelaide	AAMI Stadium (Afternoon)
	Melbourne v. North Melbourne	MCG (Afternoon)
	Western v. Carlton	Telstra Dome (Day)

Round 18

Date	Teams	Venue
08/01	Collingwood v. Hawthorn	MCG (Night)
08/02	Essendon v. Melbourne	MCG (Afternoon)
	Adelaide v. Carlton	AAMI Stadium (Day)
	Geelong v. Richmond	Telstra Dome (Night)
	North Melbourne v. Brisbane	Gold Coast Stadium (Night)
08/03	Western v. Sydney	Manuka Oval (Afternoon)
	St. Kilda v. Port Adelaide	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)
	Fremantle v. West Coast	Subiaco (Day)

Round 19

Date	Teams	Venue
08/08	Melbourne v. Geelong	MCG (night)
08/09	Carlton v. Port Adelaide	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)
	Hawthorn v. Brisbane	Aurora Stadium (Afternoon)
	Collingwood v. St. Kilda	MCG (Night)
	Sydney v. Fremantle	SCG (Night)
08/10	North Melbourne v. Western	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)
	Adelaide v. Richmond	AAMI Stadium (Afternoon)
	West Coast v. Essendon	Subiaco (Day)

Round 20

Date	Teams	Venue
08/15	Port Adelaide v. Collingwood	AAMI Stadium (Night)
08/16	Essendon v. Adelaide	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)
	Melbourne v. West Coast	MCG (Afternoon)
	Brisbane v. Western	Gabba (Night)
	Sydney v. Geelong	ANZ Stadium (Night)
08/17	Richmond v. Hawthorn	MCG (Afternoon)
	Carlton v. North Melbourne	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)
	Fremantle v. St. Kilda	Subiaco (Day)

Round 21

Date	Teams	Venue
08/22	Western v. Essendon	Telstra Dome (Night)
08/23	Richmond v. Fremantle	MCG (Afternoon)
	Port Adelaide v. Melbourne	AAMI Stadium (Day)
	Brisbane v. Carlton	Gabba (Night)
	Collingwood v. Sydney	Telstra Dome (Night)
08/24	Geelong v. North Melbourne	Skilled Stadium (Afternoon)
	St. Kilda v. Adelaide	Telstra Dome (Afternoon)
	West Coast v. Hawthorn	Subiaco (Day)

Round 22

Date	Teams	Venue
08/29	Fremantle v. Collingwood	Subiaco (Night)
08/30	North Melbourne v. Port Adelaide	MCG (Afternoon)
	Geelong v. West Coast	Skilled Stadium (Afternoon)
	Adelaide v. Western	AAMI Stadium (Day)
	Carlton v. Hawthorn	Telstra Dome (Night)
	Sydney v. Brisbane	SCG (Night)
08/31	Melbourne v. Richmond	MCG (Afternoon)
	Essendon v. St. Kilda	Telstra Dome (Day)

FINALS

Week 1 - Qualifying and Elimination Finals

2nd Elimination Final - Fri 6th Sept
2nd Qualifying Final - Sat 7th Sept

1st Qualifying Final - Sat 7th Sept
1st Elimination Final - Sun 8th Sept

Week 2 - Semi-Finals

2nd Semi Final Friday Sept 13th

1st Semi Final Saturday Evening Sept 14th

Week 3 - Preliminary Finals

Friday September 20

Saturday September 21

Week 4 - Grand Final

Saturday, September 28 (Melbourne time!)

Key to Abbreviations:

DS: Delayed Start (30 minutes or 1 hour later than normal)
ES: Early Start (30 minutes or 1 hour earlier than normal)

GAME TIMES:

The time differentials for AFL games to US EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) (adjust accordingly for other North American time zones -DST begins in the US on 7 April and ends in Australia) are:

Match Time of Day	Australian City and Time	America (EDT)
Afternoon	Melbourne 2:10 pm	12:10 am same day
Night	Melbourne 7:40 pm	5:40 am same day
Afternoon	Adelaide 1:40 pm	12:10 am same day
Night	Adelaide 7:10 pm	5:40 am same day
Afternoon	Perth 2:10 pm	2:10 am same day
Night	Perth 5:40 pm	5:40 am same day
Afternoon	Sydney 2:10 pm	12:10 am same day
Night	Sydney 7:40 pm	5:40 am same day
Afternoon	Brisbane 2:10 pm	12:10 am same day
Night	Brisbane 7:40 pm	5:40 am same day