THE AFL will this week release the details of rounds 16-23, with clubs and fans set to get clarity on the back-end of the 2023 season.
But the league won’t touch Round 24 for several more weeks to ensure a thrilling finale to the home-and-away campaign.
Clubs will be officially informed on Thursday of what their eight-match block of games looks like, with the strong performers to be rewarded with the lucrative timeslots.
Ladder leaders Collingwood are expected to be shown some significant Friday night love in the final third of the season.
The Pies could have four Friday night games in seven weeks in Rounds 17, 19, 20 and 23. Those games come against the Bulldogs at Marvel, Port Adelaide away, Carlton at the MCG and Brisbane at Marvel respectively.
Round 16 starts on a Thursday at the Gabba, so the Lions getting some prime time exposure – as they should – this one against Richmond who the AFL do like to keep fixturing in these games given their appeal.
Round 18 is Melbourne v Brisbane at the MCG on a Friday night.
While Round 19 opens with the Power hosting the Pies at the Adelaide Oval on a Friday night, the Lions will host Geelong at the Gabba on the Saturday night.
Carlton will be given a Saturday night home game against Melbourne at the MCG in Round 22. It was in the penultimate round last year in which they suffered the first of two heartbreaking losses that killed their season.