2018 Draw

2018 DRAW
Round One Hawthorn v Collingwood Saturday 24 March MCG, 7.25pm	Round 13 BYE
Round Two Collingwood v Greater Western Sydney Saturday 31 March MCG, 4.35pm	Round 14 Collingwood v Carlton Sunday 24 June MCG, 3.20pm
Round Three Carlton v Collingwood Friday 6 April MCG, 7.50pm	Round 15 Gold Coast v Collingwood Saturday 30 June Metricon Stadium, 7.25pm
Round Four Adelaide v Collingwood Friday 13 April Adelaide Oval, 7.20pm	Round 16 Essendon v Collingwood Sunday 8 July MCG, 3.20pm
Round Five Collingwood v Essendon Wednesday 25 April MCG, 3.20pm	Round 17 Collingwood v West Coast Sunday 15 July MCG, 1.10pm
Round Six Collingwood v Richmond Sunday 29 April MCG, 3.20pm	Round 18 Collingwood v North Melbourne Saturday 21 July MCG, 1.45pm
Round Seven Brisbane v Collingwood Sunday 6 May Gabba, 4.40pm	Round 19 Richmond v Collingwood Saturday 28 July MCG, 1.45pm
Round Eight Collingwood v Geelong Sunday 13 May MCG, 3.20pm	Round 20 Sydney v Collingwood Saturday 4 August SCG, 7.25pm
Round Nine St Kilda v Collingwood Saturday 19 May Etihad Stadium, 7.25pm	Round 21 Collingwood v Brisbane Saturday 11 August Etihad Stadium, 7.25pm
Round 10 Collingwood v Western Bulldogs Friday 25 May Etihad Stadium, 7.50pm	Round 22 Collingwood v Port Adelaide Saturday 18 August MCG, 1.45pm
Round 11 Collingwood v Fremantle Sunday 3 June MCG, 3.20pm	Round 23 Fremantle v Collingwood Perth Stadium Date and time to be confirmed
Round 12 Melbourne v Collingwood Monday 11 June MCG, 3.20pm

Collingwood News
2018 is a year for traditional rivalries at the home of football, with Collingwood taking on old foes Richmond, Essendon and Carlton twice in the 2018 home and away season.
In addition, Collingwood is proud to again be part of its traditional matches of significance on ANZAC Day against Essendon (Round 5) and Queen’s Birthday against Melbourne (Round 12).
The favourable draw will see the club play at the MCG on 14 occasions, including five of its first six matches. The team will travel just five times, the equal least of any club, with no back-to-back interstate matches and only two of these clashes against 2017 finalists.
With home matches scheduled against Victorian clubs Carlton, Essendon, Geelong, North Melbourne, Richmond and the Western Bulldogs, Collingwood members will enjoy big matches in Melbourne.
Collingwood Interim CEO Peter Murphy welcomed the fixture.
“As a total package it is a favourable draw: on-field, broadcast and most importantly for our fans,” Murphy said.
“The fixture presents great opportunities from a team performance perspective. We think the balance is right, we play ten of our first 12 games in Melbourne and our travel is well spaced across the year.”
“It’s a draw that delivers plenty of marquee games for our supporters in timeslots that will enable them to enjoy the footy with family and friends.”
“You can’t understate the magic of a Collingwood-Carlton or a Collingwood-Essendon clash at the heartland of footy, the MCG. In 2018 there will be a number of these big footy occasions that the club will share with the Collingwood Army.”
“We are pleased to play in all five of the main football states, enabling our interstate fans to connect with the club and players.”
“With the fixtures for all three of our elite teams now released we have well and truly turned our focus to 2018 and can’t wait to get back out on the field and court in front of the Collingwood Army.”
The team will play eight games in the prime time night slots, with three Friday night and five Saturday night matches. The club also has 11 day and two twilight matches across the season
The Round 5 ANZAC Day clash falls on a Wednesday, resulting in both Collingwood and Essendon going into their Round 6 matches off a four-day break.

Fox Sports

NATHAN Buckley and Collingwood have been handed a dream fixture that could prove to be the turning point in the coach’s rocky tenure.
The Magpies will only play Essendon and Richmond twice from the sides that played finals this year, while they have snared double-up encounters against Brisbane, Carlton and Fremantle.
The AFL released the full fixture for the 2018 season on Tuesday and the league has stuck with a floating Round 23 fixture with a bye round before the finals series gets underway.
The Magpies’ fixture shapes as the easiest of all clubs following a horror opening few weeks in 2017 which saw them face reigning premiers the Western Bulldogs and runners-up Sydney in two of the first three rounds.
Collingwood finished 13th in 2017, meaning it was placed as the ‘first seed’ in the bottom third rung of clubs, just as Richmond was after its disappointing 2016 season.
The parallels between the Tigers of 2016 and the Magpies of 2017 are evident, although it would take a brave punter to suggest Buckley’s team can follow in the footsteps of Damien Hardwick’s side.
But as we know a “good fixture” does not guarantee success and the Magpies draw is not without its quirks.
Due to an awkwardly placed Anzac Day clash that falls on a Wednesday in Round 5, Collingwood will have a 12-day break leading into the match but just a four-day rest after it.
The condensed Wednesday to Sunday break will test the club’s depth and recovery ahead of a match against Richmond, who themselves will only have five days between games.
They have three Friday night matches, up from two last season. Although the Pies have been shafted from Thursday night blockbusters and will not feature in this timeslot in 2018.