2027 season · VIC · version 83fcad0
Essendon
23 games · 12 home · 11 away · bye A round in which a club does not play. Round 14
ladder position Where Essendon finished on the 2026 ladder (the finals-reseeded ladder: the final order once the finals were played, so the premier is first). 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
Stored on this device only. Nothing is sent. Calendar entries use the modelled kickoff time and say so; a game with no time is all-day.
Season opener
SAT 20 MAR
Saturday dayModelled time (assumption). A kickoff clock copied from the ground's usual start for that weekday and band in recent seasons, used only to estimate which games suit TV. Not a fact about 2027.
Fremantle
- Broadcast
- Slot band: Saturday day Kickoff: 1:15 pm AEDT · modelled 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.
5
Prime time
How this is counted
Thursday-night and Friday-night games, from each game’s recorded time slot.
1
1 Thu · 0 Fri
Byes
1
R14
Longest away run
How this is counted
Rounds in a row listed away. A bye does not break the run.
3
R12–R15
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
- Collingwood 10th · R6 and R18
- St Kilda 11th · R7 and R21
Bottom 6 finished 13th–18th 2
- West Coast 16th · R12 and R24
- Richmond 17th · R10 and R22
Ladder: the finals-reseeded ladder. See every club's double-ups
Home and away rhythm
- Round 1: home v Fremantle
- Round 2: home v Brisbane Lions
- Round 3: home v Geelong
- Round 4: home, played interstate v Adelaide
- Round 5: home v Hawthorn
- Round 6: away v Collingwood
- Round 7: away v St Kilda
- Round 8: home v Sydney
- Round 9: away v Greater Western Sydney
- Round 10: home v Richmond
- Round 11: home v Gold Coast
- Round 12: away v West Coast
- Round 13: away v Carlton
- Round 14: bye
- Round 15: away v Geelong
- Round 16: home v Melbourne
- Round 17: away v North Melbourne
- Round 18: home v Collingwood
- Round 19: away v Western Bulldogs
- Round 20: away v Port Adelaide
- Round 21: home v St Kilda
- Round 22: away v Richmond
- Round 23: away v Sydney
- Round 24: home v West Coast
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
- R38-day break
- R47-day break
- R56-day break
- R68-day break
- R76-day break
- R87-day break
- R98-day break
- R106-day break
- R118-day break
- R127-day break
- R137-day break
- R14Bye
- R1511-day break across the bye
- R169-day break
- R177-day break
- R187-day break
- R197-day break
- R207-day break
- R217-day break
- R227-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
Times marked modelled are a modelled assumption A value we chose because the AFL has not published the 2027 fact, or because a convention is only visible in past fixtures., not announced kickoffs.
March
R1SAT 20 MARSaturday day
Fremantle
7-day break
R2SAT 27 MARSaturday twilight
Brisbane Lions
April
8-day break
R3SUN 4 APRSunday twilight
Geelong
7-day break
R4SUN 11 APRSunday day
Adelaide
6-day break
R5SAT 17 APRSaturday day
Hawthorn
8-day break
R6SUN 25 APRSunday day
Collingwood
May
6-day break
R7SAT 1 MAYSaturday twilight
St Kilda
7-day break
R8SAT 8 MAYSaturday twilight
Sydney
8-day break
R9SUN 16 MAYSunday twilight
Greater Western Sydney
6-day break
R10SAT 22 MAYSaturday night
Richmond
8-day break
R11SUN 30 MAYSunday twilight
Gold Coast
June
7-day break
R12SUN 6 JUNSunday day
West Coast
7-day break
R13SUN 13 JUNSunday night
Carlton
EssendonByeR14
11-day break across the bye
R15THU 24 JUNThursday night
Geelong
July
9-day break
R16SAT 3 JULSaturday day
Melbourne
7-day break
R17SAT 10 JULSaturday day
North Melbourne
7-day break
R18SAT 17 JULSaturday night
Collingwood
7-day break
R19SAT 24 JULSaturday twilight
Western Bulldogs
7-day break
R20SAT 31 JULSaturday twilight
Port Adelaide
August
7-day break
R21SAT 7 AUGSaturday day
St Kilda
7-day break
R22SAT 14 AUGSaturday twilight
Richmond
7-day break
R23SAT 21 AUGSaturday twilight
Sydney
7-day break
R24SAT 28 AUGSaturday twilight
West Coast