Ash Bolt
The Cats will start their AFLW season with a trip to Arden Street.
The AFL last week released the fixtures for the upcoming AFLW season, which starts in less than a month.
With a move to a 10 round season in 2022, the Cats will host five games at GMHBA Stadium, against Western Bulldogs, Collingwood, West Coast, Fremantle and GWS Giants.
The Cats start their season against the Kangaroos on Saturday, January 8, before hosting the Dogs at home in a night game a week later.
The Cats host two Friday night games, against Collingwood in round three and West Coast in round five.
“This is a well balanced fixture for our club,” Geelong chief executive Steve Hocking said.
“We have a strong home fixture at GMHBA Stadium, we play a number of away games in Melbourne, and we have strong timeslots, both to aid attendance and draw supporters to be able to watch from home if they cannot make it to the game.
“We are all looking forward to welcoming bigger crowds back to the footy and want to see as many supporters at the games as possible.”
Geelong will only have to make two interstate trips through the season, heading to Queensland twice to play Brisbane in round four and Gold Coast in round six.
The VFLW also announced the start date for its season, with the season to start two weeks earlier in 2022 to better align with the AFLW season.
The VFLW season will kick off on February 12, five weeks into the AFLW season.
A fixture for the 14-round season is expected to be released in the coming weeks.
Geelong was set to play Collingwood in this year’s grand final, but it was eventually called off after several attempts at rescheduling around COVID-19 lockdowns.
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