2027 season

AFL season 2027 key dates

Round 1 to the Grand Final, with a source for every date.

Photo: Melbourne Cricket Ground by Leighhubbard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped to 2:1, resized and converted to WebP

The 2027 AFL season starts Wed 17 or Thu 18 Mar 2027 and finishes with the Grand Final on Sat 2 Oct 2027.

Season

Round 1 Wed 17 or Thu 18 Mar 2027 [1]
Gather Round (South Australia) Thu 8 – Sun 11 Apr 2027 [1]
Final home-and-away round Ends 30 Aug 2027 [1]
Wildcard Finals First week of Sep 2027 [1]
Grand Final Sat 2 Oct 2027 [1]
  1. AFL.com.au, 2 Sep 2026 (checked 2026-10-17)

When is the 2027 fixture released?

The 2027 AFL fixture is out: every round, venue and bounce time is below.