The Victorian Football League men’s and women’s seasons will get underway on the weekend of March 24.
The fixtures for both competitions were released last week by the AFL.
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 four byes across the 22 round season.
Williamstown will start its season against the Gold Coast Suns in Queensland, with their first home match of the season on Good Friday against Port Melbourne.
The Footscray Bulldogs will start their season against the Casey Demons on March 25.
The match will see the Demons unveil their premiership flag.
All seven VFL standalone clubs will face each other during the season.
The VFLW fixture release includes the full schedule for rounds one to 13, along with match ups and venues for the final round of the season.
The competition will again be contested by 12 teams and consist of 14 rounds, with a competition bye scheduled for the King’s Birthday weekend.
In its VFLW season opener, Williamstown will face Collingwood at Victoria Park on March 25, while Essendon will kick off its title defence against the Box Hill Hawks the following day.
The Western Bulldogs will play the Casey Demons.
AFL head of state league competitions Jennie Loughnan said this year shapes as a huge year for both competitions.
“There are many great matches scheduled across round one in both the Smithy’s VFL and rebel VFLW and we look forward to the opening round kickstarting fantastic seasons for both competitions.”
