North will have a big opportunity to bounce back in 2018 following a fixture loaded with potential and excitement.

The Roos will have the chance to make a hot start with no games against any finalists from last season until Round 6, when Port Adelaide travels to Etihad Stadium.

From that point on however, things get extremely challenging with a tough trot against Sydney, Richmond and GWS.

The Roos have retained the blockbuster Good Friday match (Round 2) – this time against St Kilda - while huge home games against reigning premier Richmond (Round 8) and Hawthorn (Round 5) are also expected to attract large crowds early in the season.

North will face bottom 5 sides Brisbane (Rounds 11 & 20) and Gold Coast (Rounds 1 & 16) on two occasions each, while playing just one top 6 side from last season (Sydney) twice (Rounds 7 & 17).

Victorian-based supporters will have plenty of chances to see their team in action with 14 games spread across the state (11 x Etihad Stadium (8 home games, 3 away), 1 x Geelong, 2 x MCG).

For Tasmanian members, North will fly down to Hobart for games at Blundstone Arena against Carlton (Round 4), GWS (Round 9) and West Coast (Round 19).

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Fixture highlights

• Good Friday retained
• No finalists until Round 6
• Two bottom 5 sides twice: Gold Coast, Brisbane
• One top 6 side twice: Sydney
• Home matches against St Kilda, Carlton, Hawthorn and Richmond in first 10 Rounds
• Indigenous Round home game (Round 11)
• 1 trip to Perth (Round 10)
• 1 trip to Adelaide (Round 22)
• No back-to-back six day breaks

Fixture by opponent

• Home – St Kilda, Carlton, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide, Richmond, Greater Western Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney, West Coast, Bulldogs

• Away - Gold Coast, Melbourne, Sydney, Fremantle, Geelong, Bulldogs, Essendon, Collingwood, Brisbane, Adelaide, St Kilda
Teams played twice

Top 6 – Sydney
Middle 6 – St Kilda, Western Bulldogs
Bottom 6 – Gold Coast, Brisbane

Games with added meaning

• Longest winning streak (currently 17) v Melbourne (Round 3)
• Good Friday v St Kilda (Round 2)

Fixture by timeslot

• Thursday night - 0
• Friday twilight – 1
• Saturday early - 3
• Saturday afternoon - 3
• Saturday night - 4
• Saturday twilight – 0
• Sunday early - 5
• Sunday afternoon - 3
• Sunday twilight – 2

Fixture by Venue

• Etihad Stadium – 11
• Blundstone Arena - 3
• Cazalys Stadium (Cairns) - 1
• Perth Stadium – 1
• Adelaide Oval – 1
• The GABBA – 1
• MCG – 2
• SCG – 1
• Geelong – 1

Fixture by TV

• 6 games on Free-to-Air (Ch 7)
• All games live on pay TV (Fox Footy)

Bye

• Round 13

Possible player milestones

• Todd Goldstein 200 – Round 10
• Trent Dumont 50 – Round 11
• Kayne Turner 50 - Round 15
• Taylor Garner 50 – Round 17
• Shaun Higgins 200 – Round 18
• Jarrad Waite 250 – Round 20
• Marley Williams 100 – Round 20