The AFL fixture has been announced by the league with every round up until Round 15 locked with times and venues.
Rounds 16-24 has been populated with fixtures but days, times and venues won't be determined until later in the season.
Some of the current fixture highlights include Opening Round, Gather Round, Easter, ANZAC Day and former players returning to play their old clubs.
AllSportsPeople lists all the highlights from the AFL fixture release.
AFL fixture highlights
Opening Round
- Sydney vs. Carlton (SCG) - Thursday night
- Gold Coast vs. Geelong (People First Stadium) - Friday night
- GWS vs. Hawthorn (Engie Stadium) - Saturday
- Brisbane vs. Western Bulldogs (Gabba) - Saturday night
- St Kilda vs. Collingwood (MCG) - Sunday night
Gather Round (Round 5)
Games at Adelaide Oval unless specified
- Adelaide vs. Carlton - Thursday night
- Collingwood vs. Fremantle - Friday night
- North Melbourne vs. Brisbane - Saturday (Barossa)
- Essendon vs. Melbourne - Saturday
- Sydney vs. Gold Coast - Saturday (Norwood)
- Hawthorn vs. Western Bulldogs - Saturday night
- Geelong vs. West Coast - Sunday (Norwood)
- GWS vs, Richmond - Sunday (Barossa)
- Port Adelaide vs. St Kilda - Sunday night
Easter Round
- Brisbane vs. Collingwood (Gabba) - Easter Thursday night
- North Melbourne vs. Carlton (Marvel) - Good Friday
- Adelaide vs. Fremantle (Adelaide Oval) - Good Friday night
- Richmond vs. Port Adelaide (MCG) - Easter Saturday
- West Coast vs. Sydney (Optus) - Easter Saturday night
- Melbourne vs, Gold Coast (MCG) - Easter Sunday
- Western Bulldogs vs. Essendon (Marvel) - Easter Sunday night
- Hawthorn vs. Geelong (MCG) - Easter Monday
- BYES: St Kilda, GWS
Anzac Day (four matches on the Saturday)
- Hawthorn vs. Gold Coast (UTAS)
- Essendon vs. Collingwood (MCG)
- Port Adelaide vs. Geelong (Adelaide Oval)
- Fremantle vs. Carlton (Optus)
Players returning to former clubs/rivalry matches
- The first match of the AFL season will see Charlie Curnow make his Sydney debut against Carlton
- Ex-St Kilda captain Jack Steele plays against the Saints for Melbourne in Round 2
- Zach Merrett's Essendon will play Hawthorn on Friday night in Round 1
- Tom De Koning and Jack Silvagni will play for St Kilda against former side Carlton on Saturday night in Round 8
- Christian Petracca will face his former side Melbourne in Gold Coast colours on Easter Sunday
- Round 12 will see Clayton Oliver playing for GWS against the Demons at the MCG
Other highlights
- Grand Final rematch is in Round 10, Thursday night, Brisbane vs. Geelong at the Gabba
- The Western Bulldogs won't play at MARS Stadium in 2026 due to construction at the Ballarat venue
- Carlton and Richmond will play in the traditional Thursday night timeslot at the MCG in Round 1