2027 season · VIC · version 5516b49
Melbourne
23 games · 12 home · 11 away · bye A round in which a club does not play. Round 16
ladder position Where Melbourne 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 Melbourne plays twice. · middle 6
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Season opener
SAT 20 MAR
Saturday day
North Melbourne
- Broadcast
- Slot band: Saturday day 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.
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.
5
2 Thu · 3 Fri
Byes
1
R16
Longest away run
How this is counted
Rounds in a row listed away. A bye does not break the run.
2
R2–R3
Who they play twice
Melbourne meets 6 clubs twice. By where they finished in 2026: 3 from the top six, 1 from the middle six and 2 from the bottom six.
Top 6 finished 1st–6th 3
Middle 6 finished 7th–12th 1
- Western Bulldogs 8th · R5 and R18
Bottom 6 finished 13th–18th 2
Ladder: the home-and-away ladder. See every club's double-ups
Home and away rhythm
- Round 1: home v North Melbourne
- Round 2: away v St Kilda
- Round 3: away v Fremantle
- Round 4: home, played interstate v Hawthorn
- Round 5: away v Western Bulldogs
- Round 6: home v Richmond
- Round 7: away v Sydney
- Round 8: home v Port Adelaide
- Round 9: home v West Coast
- Round 10: away v Adelaide
- Round 11: home v Geelong
- Round 12: away v Essendon
- Round 13: home v Collingwood
- Round 14: home v Brisbane Lions
- Round 15: away v Carlton
- Round 16: bye
- Round 17: away v Hawthorn
- Round 18: home v Western Bulldogs
- Round 19: home v Gold Coast
- Round 20: away v Greater Western Sydney
- Round 21: away v Richmond
- Round 22: home v Adelaide
- Round 23: away v Geelong
- Round 24: home, played interstate v Essendon
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
- R27-day break
- R36-day break
- R49-day break
- R57-day break
- R66-day break
- R77-day break
- R88-day break
- R95-day break
- R106-day break
- R1110-day break
- R127-day break
- R138-day break
- R145-day break
- R157-day break
- R16Bye
- R1715-day break across the bye
- R187-day break
- R197-day break
- R207-day break
- R215-day break
- R226-day break
- R2310-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
Kickoff times:not recordedin this version.
March
R1SAT 20 MARSaturday day
North Melbourne
7-day break
R2SAT 27 MARSaturday twilight
St Kilda
April
6-day break
R3FRI 2 APRFriday night
Fremantle
9-day break
R4SUN 11 APRSunday twilight
Hawthorn
7-day break
R5SUN 18 APRSunday night
Western Bulldogs
6-day break
R6SAT 24 APRSaturday day
Richmond
May
7-day break
R7SAT 1 MAYSaturday twilight
Sydney
8-day break
R8SUN 9 MAYSunday night
Port Adelaide
5-day break
R9FRI 14 MAYFriday night
West Coast
6-day break
R10THU 20 MAYThursday night
Adelaide
10-day break
R11SUN 30 MAYSunday day
Geelong
June
7-day break
R12SUN 6 JUNSunday twilight
Essendon
8-day break
R13MON 14 JUNMonday twilight
Collingwood
5-day break
R14SAT 19 JUNSaturday night
Brisbane Lions
7-day break
R15SAT 26 JUNSaturday twilight
Carlton
July
MelbourneByeR16
15-day break across the bye
R17SUN 11 JULSunday twilight
Hawthorn
7-day break
R18SUN 18 JULSunday day
Western Bulldogs
7-day break
R19SUN 25 JULSunday twilight
Gold Coast
August
7-day break
R20SUN 1 AUGSunday twilight
Greater Western Sydney
5-day break
R21FRI 6 AUGFriday night
Richmond
6-day break
R22THU 12 AUGThursday night
Adelaide
10-day break
R23SUN 22 AUGSunday twilight
Geelong
6-day break
R24SAT 28 AUGSaturday night
Essendon