The Western Bulldogs will open their 2015 home and away season at Etihad Stadium, securing a home fixture against the West Coast Eagles under lights.
This follows the AFL confirming the opening round fixtures for 2015, with Carlton and Richmond to once again kicking off the new season at the MCG on Easter Thursday, April 2.
Scheduled for the Easter long weekend, the Bulldogs will face-off on Saturday night (4 April 2015) against the Eagles.
The marquee match of the round will be at Patersons Stadium on the opening Sunday with a replay of this year's first semi-final between Fremantle and Port Adelaide. The Power stormed home to knock the Dockers out of the finals by 22 points in a major upset.
Melbourne and St Kilda will both open with winnable home games against Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney, respectively.
Adelaide, under new coach Phil Walsh, will kick-start the Adelaide Oval season on the Sunday afternoon against North Melbourne.
James Hird's first game back as coach of Essendon will be at ANZ Stadium on the opening Saturday afternoon against the Sydney Swans
Hawthorn is likely to unfurl its 2014 premiership flag with the now traditional Easter Monday clash against Geelong at the MCG in what will be the last game of the round.
The AFL will unveil the complete fixture for 2015 on Thursday October 30.
Thursday (2 April 2015)
Carlton v Richmond
Saturday (4 April 2015)
Melbourne v Gold Coast
Sydney Swans v Essendon
Brisbane Lions v Collingwood
Western Bulldogs v West Coast
Sunday (5 April 2015)
St Kilda v Greater Western Sydney
Adelaide v North Melbourne
Fremantle v Port Adelaide
Monday (6 April 2015)
Hawthorn v Geelong
