St.Kilda, Round 1

The Cats open the season at home at GMHBA Stadium for the first time since 2014, which is great news for Geelong supporters who have had to travel everywhere from Subiaco to the Sydney Showgrounds to open the season over the last decade. 

All up, it’s been three times in 23 years, including West Coast in 2001 and Brisbane in 2006. 

If that’s not enough, it’ll also be the much-anticipated grand opening of the new Northern Stand. Also, while historical form can mean very little, it is worth mentioning that St.Kilda hasn’t won at Kardinia Park this century.

So, 40,000 in Round 1 in Geelong against St.Kilda?

Yes, please. 

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2024 Fixture | Cats Idol

For this years fixture reveal we in listed the help of some of our junior Cats. Presented by Ford.

Hawthorn, Round 17

It would have been too easy to say Easter Monday here because, well, it’s Hawthorn. 

But the 2024 fixture has dished up something outside the box this time around, because in Round 17, Hawthorn is coming to Geelong. 

You read that right. For the first time since 2006 – because we’re not going to count 2020 games – the Hawks will be playing at GMHBA.  In front of fans. 

Save the date and make that one loud. 

You probably don’t have any Hawthorn fans in your circle of friends, why would you, but if you do, flick them this.

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Gold Coast, Round 10

This one will be fun. 

In another first, the Cats will travel to TIO Stadium in Darwin for the first time in history, again, for premiership points. There’s been practice matches played up north, but this is something else. 

The best part is it’ll be on a Thursday night and it will open Sir Doug Nicholls Round. What a privilege.

SDNR, in the NT? How good. 

Melbourne, Round 8

This one might not be as obvious, but here’s why it makes the list.

Of the first five teams Geelong play, only St.Kilda played finals last year. Now, there’s every chance the other four make a leap next season, but all we can go on today is last year’s form. 

That could mean that Round 6 (Brisbane in Brisbane), Carlton (in Melbourne), and then the Demons at the MCG, will give the Cats a good sense of where the club is at.

Geelong, Melbourne games have the makings of a real modern rivalry, so to take it to the MCG where the two teams have met just five times since 2010, means it’s worth highlighting. 

Collingwood, Round 18

Speaking of rivalries….while the anti-Hawthorn feelings still simmer, no team fires up the base quite like the Magpies have over the past couple of seasons. Close finishes, big games, and even bigger crowds mean this is the one you’re not going to want to miss. 

There may not have been a louder crowd than the noise made during the 2022 Qualifying Final. If you say you've heard something louder, you're making it up. Round 1 last season wouldn’t have been far behind either. 

Fair to say there have been some moments – Jezza, Gary Rohan, Ollie Henry, and Max Holmes to name a few– we don’t even need to spell them out, you know what we’re talking about. 

The only bad thing? We have to wait until Round 18 for the game. 

Round 18? C’mon AFL.