Queen’s Birthday – Round 12
For the first time in 20 years, Collingwood will host the home match against Melbourne at the MCG in the traditional Queen’s Birthday holiday Monday afternoon match.

Townsville Match – Round 13
The Gold Coast SUNS will host St Kilda at 1.45pm AEST on Saturday June 15 - the first match in Townsville for Premiership points, after Cairns’ Cazalys Stadium has hosted matches for the past eight seasons

Nine matches return - Round 15
Nine match rounds return as Thursday night football heads under the roof for the first time in 2019 as Essendon hosts the GWS GIANTS at MARVEL Stadium.

The Gold Coast SUNS return to the venue of their incredible 2018 upset when they face the Sydney Swans at the SCG on Saturday June 29, with Michael Rischitelli due to play his 250th game.

St Kilda hosts Richmond at MARVEL Stadium on Sunday afternoon for the fourth-consecutive Maddie’s Match, supporting Maddie’s Vision.

Alice Springs match – Round 18
After a successful 2018 event, Melbourne host the reigning AFL Premiers West Coast Eagles at TIO Traeger Park on Sunday June 21. This is first time the Eagles will play a match for Premiership points in Alice Springs.

New Blue - Round 19
The Adelaide Crows travels to the MCG to face Carlton, with new Blue Mitch McGovern facing his old side for the first time.

The Sydney Swans host the Geelong Cats in a big Sunday afternoon match up, with Cats spearhead Tom Hawkins due to play his 250th game.

Friday night footy in Canberra - Round 21
Friday night football returns to the nation’s capital as the GWS GIANTS face Hawthorn under lights at UNSW Canberra Oval.

Pride Game – Round 23
The SCG will host the fourth PRIDE game, as the Sydney Swans host St Kilda.

Round 23 fixturing
As in previous years, in 2019 the AFL has made the decision to release only the opponents and venues for matches in the final home and away round, rather than schedule official timeslots.

This allows the AFL to schedule timeslots for this round of matches closer to the end of the 2019 Toyota AFL Premiership Season, enabling optimal scheduling of Week One of the 2019 Toyota AFL Finals Series (and the weeks that follow) for all competing teams, venues and broadcasters. Therefore, the AFL retains the right to schedule Round 23 matches into final timeslots at an appropriate date prior to the end of the 2019 Toyota AFL Premiership Season.