2027 season · VIC · version b02a02c
Essendon
23 games · 12 home · 11 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
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
FRI 19 MAR
Friday 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.
Fremantle
- Broadcast
- Slot band: Friday night Kickoff: 7:40 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.
7
Prime time
How this is counted
Thursday-night and Friday-night games, from each game’s recorded time slot.
7
0 Thu · 7 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
R6–R7
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
- Brisbane Lions 3rd · R2 and R14
- Hawthorn 4th · R7 and R19
Middle 6 finished 7th–12th 2
- Western Bulldogs 8th · R8 and R20
- Carlton 10th · R5 and R17
Bottom 6 finished 13th–18th 2
- West Coast 16th · R11 and R23
- Richmond 17th · R10 and R24
Ladder: the home-and-away ladder. See every club's double-ups
Home and away rhythm
- Round 1: home v Fremantle
- Round 2: home v Brisbane Lions
- Round 3: away v Geelong
- Round 4: home, played interstate v Adelaide
- Round 5: home v Carlton
- Round 6: away v Collingwood
- Round 7: away v Hawthorn
- Round 8: home v Western Bulldogs
- Round 9: away v Gold Coast
- Round 10: home v Richmond
- Round 11: away v West Coast
- Round 12: home v Melbourne
- Round 13: bye
- Round 14: away v Brisbane Lions
- Round 15: away v Greater Western Sydney
- Round 16: home v North Melbourne
- Round 17: away v Carlton
- Round 18: home v St Kilda
- Round 19: home v Hawthorn
- Round 20: away v Western Bulldogs
- Round 21: away v Port Adelaide
- Round 22: home v Sydney
- Round 23: home v West Coast
- Round 24: away v Richmond
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
- R29-day break
- R36-day break
- R46-day break
- R58-day break
- R68-day break
- R75-day break
- R89-day break
- R96-day break
- R106-day break
- R118-day break
- R127-day break
- R13Bye
- R1413-day break across the bye
- R158-day break
- R167-day break
- R177-day break
- R187-day break
- R196-day break
- R208-day break
- R216-day break
- R228-day break
- R237-day break
- R248-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
R1FRI 19 MARFriday night
Fremantle
9-day break
R2SUN 28 MARSunday night
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
5-day break
R7FRI 30 APRFriday night
Hawthorn
May
9-day break
R8SUN 9 MAYSunday twilight
Western Bulldogs
6-day break
R9SAT 15 MAYSaturday night
Gold Coast
6-day break
R10FRI 21 MAYFriday night
Richmond
8-day break
R11SAT 29 MAYSaturday night
West Coast
June
7-day break
R12SAT 5 JUNSaturday day
Melbourne
EssendonByeR13
13-day break across the bye
R14FRI 18 JUNFriday night
Brisbane Lions
8-day break
R15SAT 26 JUNSaturday day
Greater Western Sydney
July
7-day break
R16SAT 3 JULSaturday twilight
North Melbourne
7-day break
R17SAT 10 JULSaturday twilight
Carlton
7-day break
R18SAT 17 JULSaturday day
St Kilda
6-day break
R19FRI 23 JULFriday night
Hawthorn
8-day break
R20SAT 31 JULSaturday twilight
Western Bulldogs
August
6-day break
R21FRI 6 AUGFriday night
Port Adelaide
8-day break
R22SAT 14 AUGSaturday day
Sydney
7-day break
R23SAT 21 AUGSaturday night
West Coast
8-day break
R24SUN 29 AUGSunday twilight
Richmond