St Kilda will travel far and wide in 2013, with seven matches outside Victoria, including a home match in New Zealand. The Saints have a comfortable enough fixture though, with two games against Richmond, Carlton, the Sydney Swans, Gold Coast and Fremantle. There are six short breaks, including back-to-back between rounds seven and nine. The Saints will feature in three Friday night games, and eight twilight games (four Saturday, four Sunday).
CLUB REACTION
"The fixture is well balanced, giving us a number of high profile games in key broadcast slots on Friday and Saturday nights. Importantly for our members we have strong home games at the start of the season together with a spread of interstate games. We have been able to maintain our two home games at the MCG, which is important for the club commercially and there is an understandable level of excitement with the historic Anzac Day match in Wellington, New Zealand against the Sydney Swans in Round 5." - St Kilda CEO Michael Nettlefold.
CLUB HIGHLIGHTS
- Will kick off the season against Gold Coast on Saturday night at Metricon Stadium.
- Seven matches to be played outside Victoria, including a round three appearance at Manuka Oval in Canberra against GWS.
- To play a home match against the Sydney Swans on Anzac Day in round five at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand - the first-ever match for premiership points outside Australia.
- Will again host a Monday night match, against Carlton at Etihad Stadium in round seven, post-Mother's Day.
- To feature on the Friday night stage on three occasions, two of them home games, against Richmond at the MCG in round two and Hawthorn at Etihad Stadium in round 20.
- Must face only two of the 2012 finalists twice - Sydney Swans and Geelong.
To download a pdf version of the 2013 fixture, click here.
| RD | DATE | OPPONENT | VENUE | H/A | LOCAL TIME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday, March 30 | Gold Coast SUNS | Metricon Stadium | Away | 6.40pm |
| 2 | Friday, April 5 | Richmond | MCG | Home | 7.50pm |
| 3 | Saturday, April 13 | GWS GIANTS | Manuka Oval | Away | 4.40pm |
| 4 | Saturday, April 20 | Essendon | Etihad Stadium | Home | 4.40pm |
| 5 | Thursday, April 25 | Sydney Swans | Westpac Stadium | Home | 7.40pm |
| 6 | Friday, May 3 | Collingwood | Etihad Stadium | Away | 7.50pm |
| 7 | Monday, May 13 | Carlton | Etihad Stadium | Home | 7.40pm |
| 8 | Sunday, May 19 | Adelaide Crows | AAMI Stadium | Away | 4.10pm |
| 9 | Saturday, May 25 | Western Bulldogs | Etihad Stadium | Home | 4.40pm |
| 10 | Sunday, June 2 | North Melbourne | Etihad Stadium | Away | 4.40pm |
| 11 | Sunday, June 9 | West Coast Eagles | Etihad Stadium | Home | 4.40pm |
| 12 | Bye | ||||
| 13 | Saturday, June 22 | Melbourne | MCG | Home | 4.40pm |
| 14 | Sunday, June 30 | Richmond | MCG | Away | 4.40pm |
| 15 | Sunday, July 7 | Fremantle | Patersons Stadium | Away | 1.15pm |
| 16 | Saturday, July 13 | Carlton | Etihad Stadium | Away | 7.40pm |
| 17 | Saturday, July 20 | Port Adelaide | Etihad Stadium | Home | 2.10pm |
| 18 | Saturday, July 27 | Geelong Cats | Simonds Stadium | Away | 7.40pm |
| 19 | Saturday, August 3 | Brisbane Lions | Gabba | Away | 7.40pm |
| 20 | Friday, August 9 | Hawthorn | Etihad Stadium | Home | 7.50pm |
| 21 | Sunday, August 18 | Sydney Swans | SCG | Away | 3.15pm |
| 22 | Sunday, August 25 | Gold Coast SUNS | Etihad Stadium | Home | 1.10pm |
| 23 | TBC | Fremantle | Etihad Stadium | Home | TBC |
