North Melbourne will celebrate the club’s Centenary with a blockbuster Thursday night fixture against the Western Bulldogs in Round 17.

The Centenary-themed home fixture, originally pencilled in to be played in Round 20, will now be celebrated on a Thursday night at Marvel Stadium in Round 17. 

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“We were presented with a fantastic opportunity for our Centenary match to be fixtured standalone on a Thursday night,” North Melbourne CEO Jen Watt said.

“We couldn’t be more excited to partner with Channel 7 to bring this significant moment in our club history to life and tell 100 years of club stories to as big an audience as possible.

“The prospect of this match being available via a dual television broadcast on both Channel 7 and Fox Footy was an opportunity that made a lot of sense for our club.

“Delivering a fixture is a complicated process and we acknowledge and thank the AFL for supporting this significant occasion for us.”

The change, along with North Melbourne’s fixture for the second half of the AFL season was confirmed on Thursday.

Victorian members will have the opportunity to watch their team under lights at Marvel Stadium on a Saturday night against Geelong in Round 20 and again for Member Appreciation Round in Round 24, when the Roos take on the Adelaide Crows with the exact match details to be confirmed at a later date.

Round 23 will see the Roos travel to Hobart to take on Richmond on a Sunday afternoon in the club’s last home AFL fixture in the Apple Isle.

AFL Fixture Rounds 16-24

Round 16
Hawthorn v North Melbourne
Saturday, June 28
4.15pm AEST | UTAS Stadium

Round 17 (Centenary Game)
North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Thursday, July 3
7.30pm AEST | Marvel Stadium

Round 18
Melbourne v North Melbourne
Sunday, July 13
1.10pm AEST | MCG

Round 19
Sydney Swans v North Melbourne
Saturday, July 19
4.15pm AEST | SCG

Round 20
North Melbourne v Geelong
Saturday, July 26
7.35pm AEST | Marvel Stadium

Round 21
St Kilda v North Melbourne
Sunday, August 3
1.40pm AEST | Marvel Stadium

Round 22
GWS Giants v North Melbourne
Sunday, August 10
1.40pm AEST | Manuka Oval

Round 23
North Melbourne v Richmond
Sunday, August 17
1.10pm AEST | Ninja Stadium

Round 24
North Melbourne v Adelaide
August 21-24
TBC | Marvel Stadium