2027 season · VIC · version 83fcad0
Western Bulldogs
23 games · 11 home · 12 away · bye A round in which a club does not play. Round 13
ladder position Where Western Bulldogs 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 Western Bulldogs plays twice. · middle 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 nightModelled 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.
Sydney
- Broadcast
- Slot band: Saturday night Kickoff: 7:35 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.
11
Away games
12
Interstate trips
How this is counted
Games at a ground outside Victoria, including home games played interstate.
8
Prime time
How this is counted
Thursday-night and Friday-night games, from each game’s recorded time slot.
7
3 Thu · 4 Fri
Byes
1
R13
Longest away run
How this is counted
Rounds in a row listed away. A bye does not break the run.
3
R11–R14
Who they play twice
Western Bulldogs meets 6 clubs twice. By where they finished in 2026: 2 from the top six, 3 from the middle six and 1 from the bottom six.
Top 6 finished 1st–6th 2
Middle 6 finished 7th–12th 3
- Carlton 8th · R9 and R21
- Melbourne 9th · R5 and R17
- Greater Western Sydney 12th · R3 and R15
Bottom 6 finished 13th–18th 1
- West Coast 16th · R4 and R16
Ladder: the finals-reseeded ladder. See every club's double-ups
Home and away rhythm
- Round 1: home v Sydney
- Round 2: home v Richmond
- Round 3: away v Greater Western Sydney
- Round 4: away v West Coast
- Round 5: home v Melbourne
- Round 6: away v Hawthorn
- Round 7: away v Port Adelaide
- Round 8: home v St Kilda
- Round 9: away v Carlton
- Round 10: home v North Melbourne
- Round 11: away v Geelong
- Round 12: away v Adelaide
- Round 13: bye
- Round 14: away v Fremantle
- Round 15: home v Greater Western Sydney
- Round 16: home v West Coast
- Round 17: away v Melbourne
- Round 18: away v Gold Coast
- Round 19: home v Essendon
- Round 20: away v Collingwood
- Round 21: home v Carlton
- Round 22: away v Brisbane Lions
- Round 23: home v Geelong
- Round 24: home v Adelaide
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
- R48-day break
- R57-day break
- R67-day break
- R77-day break
- R87-day break
- R96-day break
- R108-day break
- R115-day break
- R127-day break
- R13Bye
- R1413-day break across the bye
- R158-day break
- R169-day break
- R177-day break
- R187-day break
- R196-day break
- R206-day break
- R218-day break
- R227-day break
- R235-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
April
6-day break
R3SAT 3 APRSaturday twilight
Greater Western Sydney
8-day break
R4SUN 11 APRSunday twilight
West Coast
7-day break
R5SUN 18 APRSunday twilight
Melbourne
7-day break
R6SUN 25 APRSunday twilight
Hawthorn
May
7-day break
R7SUN 2 MAYSunday twilight
Port Adelaide
7-day break
R8SUN 9 MAYSunday twilight
St Kilda
6-day break
R9SAT 15 MAYSaturday night
Carlton
8-day break
R10SUN 23 MAYSunday day
North Melbourne
5-day break
R11FRI 28 MAYFriday night
Geelong
June
7-day break
R12FRI 4 JUNFriday night
Adelaide
Western BulldogsByeR13
13-day break across the bye
R14THU 17 JUNThursday night
Fremantle
8-day break
R15FRI 25 JUNFriday night
Greater Western Sydney
July
9-day break
R16SUN 4 JULSunday twilight
West Coast
7-day break
R17SUN 11 JULSunday twilight
Melbourne
7-day break
R18SUN 18 JULSunday day
Gold Coast
6-day break
R19SAT 24 JULSaturday twilight
Essendon
6-day break
R20FRI 30 JULFriday night
Collingwood
August
8-day break
R21SAT 7 AUGSaturday night
Carlton
7-day break
R22SAT 14 AUGSaturday night
Brisbane Lions
5-day break
R23THU 19 AUGThursday night
Geelong
7-day break
R24THU 26 AUGThursday night
Adelaide