2027 season · VIC · version 4485ed8
Essendon
23 games · 11 home · 12 away · bye A round in which a club does not play. Round 13
ladder position Where Essendon 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 Essendon plays twice. · bottom 6
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Season opener
SAT 20 MAR
Saturday night
Fremantle
- Broadcast
- Slot band: Saturday night Kickoff: not recorded 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.
4
2 Thu · 2 Fri
Byes
1
R13
Longest away run
How this is counted
Rounds in a row listed away. A bye does not break the run.
2
R1–R2
Who they play twice
Essendon 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
Middle 6 finished 7th–12th 2
Bottom 6 finished 13th–18th 2
- West Coast 16th · R8 and R23
- Richmond 17th · R10 and R22
Ladder: the home-and-away ladder. See every club's double-ups
Home and away rhythm
- Round 1: away v Fremantle
- Round 2: away v Brisbane Lions
- Round 3: home v Geelong
- Round 4: away v Adelaide
- Round 5: home v Carlton
- Round 6: away v Collingwood
- Round 7: home v Hawthorn
- Round 8: away v West Coast
- Round 9: home v Gold Coast
- Round 10: home v Richmond
- Round 11: away v Greater Western Sydney
- Round 12: home v Melbourne
- Round 13: bye
- Round 14: home v North Melbourne
- Round 15: away v Geelong
- Round 16: home v Adelaide
- Round 17: away v Carlton
- Round 18: home v Port Adelaide
- Round 19: away v St Kilda
- Round 20: home v Western Bulldogs
- Round 21: away v Sydney
- Round 22: away v Richmond
- Round 23: home v West Coast
- Round 24: away v Melbourne
H homeA away– bye· not recorded
Breaks · days since the previous game: red 5 or fewer, amber 6, green 7+
- R1–first game
- R28-day break
- R36-day break
- R46-day break
- R58-day break
- R68-day break
- R76-day break
- R87-day break
- R97-day break
- R107-day break
- R117-day break
- R128-day break
- R13Bye
- R1412-day break across the bye
- R156-day break
- R167-day break
- R179-day break
- R187-day break
- R197-day break
- R207-day break
- R218-day break
- R226-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
Kickoff times:not recordedin this version.
March
R1SAT 20 MARSaturday night
Fremantle
8-day break
R2SUN 28 MARSunday twilight
Brisbane Lions
April
6-day break
R3SAT 3 APRSaturday twilight
Geelong
6-day break
R4FRI 9 APRFriday night
Adelaide
8-day break
R5SAT 17 APRSaturday twilight
Carlton
8-day break
R6SUN 25 APRSunday twilight
Collingwood
May
6-day break
R7SAT 1 MAYSaturday day
Hawthorn
7-day break
R8SAT 8 MAYSaturday day
West Coast
7-day break
R9SAT 15 MAYSaturday night
Gold Coast
7-day break
R10SAT 22 MAYSaturday night
Richmond
7-day break
R11SAT 29 MAYSaturday night
Greater Western Sydney
June
8-day break
R12SUN 6 JUNSunday twilight
Melbourne
EssendonByeR13
12-day break across the bye
R14FRI 18 JUNFriday night
North Melbourne
6-day break
R15THU 24 JUNThursday night
Geelong
July
7-day break
R16THU 1 JULThursday night
Adelaide
9-day break
R17SAT 10 JULSaturday twilight
Carlton
7-day break
R18SAT 17 JULSaturday night
Port Adelaide
7-day break
R19SAT 24 JULSaturday day
St Kilda
7-day break
R20SAT 31 JULSaturday night
Western Bulldogs
August
8-day break
R21SUN 8 AUGSunday twilight
Sydney
6-day break
R22SAT 14 AUGSaturday day
Richmond
7-day break
R23SAT 21 AUGSaturday night
West Coast
7-day break
R24SAT 28 AUGSaturday night
Melbourne