THE AFL will use rounds seven and eight as an opportunity to catch up on matches postponed by COVID-19 outbreaks at clubs.

There will be 16 matches across the two rounds with Gold Coast, Brisbane, GWS, St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs to play three matches across the two weeks.

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As it stands, Fremantle has played six matches, one more than the standard five, while the above teams have played four games.

ROUND SEVEN ALTERATIONS:

• QClash between Gold Coast and Brisbane will be played at Metricon Stadium on Thursday night, having been called off due to COVID-19 in round three
• Brisbane v Melbourne has moved from Sunday to Monday, to give the Lions a longer break after their Thursday night match
• Western Bulldogs will play two games in the round: one against Geelong at VU Whitten Oval on Friday night, and another against Gold Coast on Tuesday at Metricon Stadium
• Having played one more game than the rest of the competition, Fremantle will have a bye in round seven
• North Melbourne v Collingwood has moved from Friday to be the sole match on Sunday

ROUND EIGHT ALTERATIONS:

• GWS and St Kilda will open the round on Wednesday night before playing a second match on Sunday.
• There will be no Friday night match with four games scheduled on Sunday. 
• The blockbuster Fremantle v Adelaide clash has been moved from Sunday to Saturday
• GWS v Carlton has moved from Friday night to Sunday night, and will still be played at Manuka Oval in Canberra
• Gold Coast v St Kilda is now a Saints home match with the venue still to be determined
• West Coast v Brisbane has moved from Saturday to Sunday at 2:10pm AWST
• Collingwood v Western Bulldogs has been pushed back two hours, now beginning at 3:10pm AEDT

"We are pleased to be able to update the AFLW community with the revised fixture for rounds seven and eight of the 2022 NAB AFL Women’s Competition," AFL general manager competition management Laura Kane said.

"While the ongoing pandemic continues to impact and challenge our competition and our wider community, we want to thank every AFLW Club, players and the AFLPA, umpires, venues, governments, ticketing agents and all supporters for their understanding and commitment to the season.

"We look forward to a festival of football from round seven with nine games across seven days while round eight, the NAB AFLW Indigenous Round, is a truly significant round that provides further opportunity for the competition to continue to celebrate and learn from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players and staff in our game.

"The health and safety of the community remains the highest priority for the AFL and we will continue to work closely with respective state governments and health authorities on arrangements that both protects that and allows us to progress the NAB AFLW season."

Round seven

Thursday, Feb 17
Gold Coast v Brisbane at Metricon Stadium, 6.40pm AEST

Friday, Feb 18
Western Bulldogs v Geelong at VU Whitten Oval, 7.10pm AEDT

Saturday, Feb 19
GWS v Adelaide at Henson Park, 3.10pm AEDT
Carlton v St Kilda at Ikon Park, 5.10pm AEDT
West Coast v Richmond at Mineral Resources Park, 4.10 AWST

Sunday, Feb 20
North Melbourne v Collingwood at North Hobart Oval, 3.10pm AEDT

Monday, Feb 21
Brisbane v Melbourne at Metricon Stadium, 6.10pm AEST

Tuesday, Feb 22
Gold Coast v Western Bulldogs at Metricon Stadium, 6.10pm AEST

Round eight

Wednesday, Feb 23
GWS v St Kilda at Blacktown International Sportspark, 5.40pm AEDT

Saturday, Feb 26
Fremantle v Adelaide at Fremantle Oval, 12.10pm AWST
Richmond v Geelong at the Swinburne Centre, 5.10pm AEDT
Melbourne v North Melbourne at Casey Fields, 7.10pm AEDT

Sunday, Feb 27
St Kilda v Gold Coast at TBC, 1.10pm AEDT
Collingwood v Western Bulldogs at Victoria Park, 3.10pm AEDT
West Coast v Brisbane at Mineral Resources Park, 2.10pm AWST 
GWS v Carlton at Manuka Oval, 7.10pm AEDT

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