Gather Round fixture: Butters v Port the headline act

The AFL has released the fixture for Gather Round 2027.

Port Adelaide will host Zak Butters and the Western Bulldogs in an Adelaide Oval blockbuster to wrap up the round on the Sunday night in South Australia.

Gather Round kicks off with Adelaide hosting Brisbane at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday, April 8. The three-time premiers have been off broadway in the previous four editions but will get a prime time slot.

Collingwood and Sydney meet at the Adelaide Oval on the Friday night before a four-game Saturday which includes Fremantle v Hawthorn.

Sunday hosts three games including Geelong v St Kilda where new Cat Rowan Marshall will take on his old Saints.

Then the much-anticipated Port v Dogs fixture will wrap it up as the headline act in front of an expected sellout crowd.

Gather Round fixture 2027

All times local

Thursday April 8
Adelaide v Brisbane (Adelaide Oval) - 7.10pm

Friday April 9
Collingwood v Sydney (Adelaide Oval) - 7.10pm

Saturday April 10
Gold Coast v GWS (Barossa Park) - 12.05pm
Carlton v Melbourne (Adelaide Oval) - 1.05pm
Richmond v West Coast (Norwood Oval) - 4.05pm
Fremantle v Hawthorn (Adelaide Oval) - 7.15pm

Sunday April 11
Essendon v North Melbourne (Norwood Oval) - 12pm
Geelong v St Kilda (Barossa Park) - 2.45pm
Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs (Adelaide Oval) - 6.45pm