Williamstown and Footscray will kick off their Victorian Football League men’s and women’s seasons on March 22.
Both competitions will commence on the weekend of March 22 to 24, aligning with round two of the 2024 AFL season.
The fixture release includes the full schedule for rounds one to 14 of the VFL season, along with match ups and venues for the remaining eight rounds.
Each team will play 18 matches and have three byes across the 21 round season.
In the men’s competition, Williamstown will kick off its season against Frankston on the Friday night, March 22, at Kinetic Stadium, while Footscray will begin on Sunday afternoon, March 24, with a clash against the GWS Giants at Whitten Oval.
In a change to this year’s fixture, there will be more matches scheduled between VFL standalone clubs such as Williamstown. All seven of the standalone clubs will play 10 home games from their 18 matches. Each of the seven Victorian-based AFL standalone clubs have been fixtured to play eight home games instead of nine.
At the completion of the home and away season the VFL’s wildcard round will return and be played across the weekend of August 24-25. The top-six teams on the ladder will have a pre-finals bye.
The VFL finals series begins on the weekend of August 31 with the grand final scheduled to be played on Sunday, September 22.
All 14 rounds of the VFLW season was released.
All 12 teams who took part in the VFLW last year will again feature in the 2024 VFLW season, which will again comprise 14 rounds. In a change to the VFLW fixture, the Sydney Swans and GWS Giants will compete in part of the season, with each New South Wales-based club to play five matches against VFLW clubs from rounds three to seven of the home-and-away season.
Both Footscray and Williamstown will open its seasons on the afternoon of Saturday, March 23.
The Bulldogs will play North Melbourne at home, while Williamstown will travel to La Trobe University in Bundoora to face Darebin.
