TSN2 will broadcast one live AFL game each week plus give fans coverage of playoffs through to the AFL GRAND FINAL as theAUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE kicks off a new season. Coverage beginsMonday, April 1 at 12 midnight ET (Sunday, March 31 at 9 p.m. PT) on TSN2with last season’s AFL Grand Final runner-up Hawthorn Hawks taking on Geelong Cats (see complete broadcast schedule below). All AFL games broadcast on TSN2 can also be seen live on TSN Mobile TV.
The 2013 AFL Premiership Season features 18 clubs from across Australia vying for premiership glory across 23 rounds of regular season play. The top eight teams advance to the four-week Finals Series with the surviving two teams settling matters in the biggest event of the Aussie Rules year – the AFL GRAND FINAL – on September 28.
TSN.ca will feature a weekly AFL highlight show on-demand that showcases all the spectacular marks, tackles and goals of the round.
There are currently 22 games scheduled on TSN2 with more games to be added in the final weeks of the regular season and playoffs.
The 2013 AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE broadcast schedule is as follows*:
Monday, April 1 – Round 1
• Hawthorn Hawks vs. Geelong Cats at 12 midnight ET
Sunday, April 7 – Round 2
• Collingwood FC vs. Carlton FC at 1 a.m. ET
Sunday, April 14 – Round 3
• Collingwood FC vs. Hawthorn Hawks at 1 a.m. ET
Saturday, April 20 – Round 4
• Richmond FC vs. Collingwood FC at 12 midnight ET
Saturday, April 27 – Round 5
• Carlton FC vs. Adelaide Crows at 2:30 a.m. ET
Saturday, May 4 – Round 6
• Adelaide Crows vs. Hawthorn Hawks at 2:30 a.m. ET
Monday, May 13 – Round 7
• St. Kilda Saints vs. Carlton FC at 5:30 a.m. ET
Saturday, May 18 – Round 8
• Collingwood FC vs. Geelong Cats at 5:30 a.m. ET
Friday, May 24 – Round 9
• Collingwood FC vs. Sydney Swans at 5:30 a.m. ET
Saturday, June 1 – Round 10
• Sydney Swans vs. Essendon FC at 2:30 a.m. ET
Sunday, June 9 – Round 11
• St. Kilda Saints vs. West Coast Eagles at 2:30 a.m. ET
Friday, June 14 – Round 12
• Carlton FC vs. Hawthorn Hawks at 5:30 a.m. ET
Friday, June 21 – Round 13
• Hawthorn Hawks vs. West Coast Eagles at 5:30 a.m. ET
Friday, June 28 – Round 14
• Sydney Swans vs. Carlton FC at 5:30 a.m. ET
Friday, July 5 – Round 15
• Carlton FC vs. Collingwood FC at 5:30 a.m. ET
Saturday, July 12 – Round 16
• Collingwood FC vs. Adelaide Crows at 5:30 a.m. ET
Friday, July 21 – Round 17
• West Coast Eagles vs. Sydney Swans at 2:30 a.m. ET
Saturday, July 27 – Round 18
• Geelong Cats vs. St. Kilda Saints at 5:30 a.m. ET
Saturday, August 3 – Round 19
• Carlton FC vs. Fremantle FC at 5:30 a.m. ET
Friday, August 10 – Round 20
• Sydney Swans vs. Collingwood FC at 5:30 a.m.
Friday, August 16 – Round 21
• Hawthorn Hawks vs. Collingwood FC at 5:30 a.m. ET
Saturday, August 24 – Round 22
• Geelong Cats vs. Sydney Swans at 2:30 a.m. ET
*Schedule subject to change
