Geelong Cats 2026 Fixtures List: Every Round Game, Every Opponent Date, Start-Times, Full Schedule, venues

GOOD: Alongside the Hawks and Crows, the Cats are the kings of Broadway next year with eight Thursday or Friday night games in the first 15 weeks of the season. Chris Scott’s side also gets to play North Melbourne twice in 2026, who they’ve defeated in their past 14 encounters. The Cats only play one game outside of Victoria in the final nine weeks of the season, a trip to ENGIE Stadium to take on the Giants, while their GMHBA Stadium home games are a bit more spread out than some other years when they’ve been heavily back-loaded.

BAD: They’ve got a brutal draw when it comes to double-ups, copping four top-six teams in Adelaide, Brisbane, Collingwood and Gold Coast, plus Fremantle, who are expected to rise in 2026. The Cats have finished in the top four in six of their last seven seasons but if Chris Scott can lead them there once more he’ll have done it the hard way. You’d expect Essendon, North Melbourne and Richmond to be in the bottom half of the ladder in 2026, so if they’re getting another easy run into September, that’ll be questioned – though it didn’t hurt them (until Grand Final day) in 2025.

Fixture difficulty (based on double-ups): Hardest

2026 Geelong Cats Fixtures List: Every Round Game, Timetable, Schedule, date, venues

Opening Round: Gold Coast Suns v Geelong Cats, People First Stadium (Friday March 6, 8.05pm)

Round 1: Geelong Cats v Fremantle, GMHBA Stadium (Saturday March 14, 4.15pm)

Round 2: BYE

Round 3: Geelong Cats v Adelaide Crows at GMHBA Stadium (Thursday March 26, 7.30pm)

Round 4: Hawthorn v Geelong Cats at MCG (Monday April 6, 3.15pm)

Round 5: Geelong Cats v West Coast Eagles at Norwood Oval (Sunday April 12, 12.30pm)

Round 6: Geelong Cats v Western Bulldogs at GMHBA Stadium (Friday April 17, 7.20pm)

Round 7: Port Adelaide v Geelong Cats at Adelaide Oval (Saturday April 25, 6.35pm)

Round 8: Geelong Cats v North Melbourne at GMHBA Stadium (Saturday May 2, 4.35pm)

Round 9: Geelong Cats v Collingwood at MCG (Saturday May 9, 7.35pm)

Round 10: Brisbane Lions v Geelong Cats at The Gabba (Thursday May 14, 7.30pm)

Round 11: Geelong Cats v Sydney Swans at GMHBA Stadium (Saturday May 23, 4.15pm)

Round 12: Carlton v Geelong Cats at MCG (Friday May 29, 7.40pm)

Round 13: Adelaide Crows v Geelong Cats at Adelaide Oval (Thursday June 4, 7.30pm)

Round 14: Geelong Cats v Gold Coast Suns at GMHBA Stadium (Friday June 12, 7.40pm)

Round 15: Fremantle v Geelong Cats at Optus Stadium (Thursday June 18, 7.30pm)

Round 16: BYE

Round 17: Geelong Cats v Brisbane Lions at GMHBA Stadium

Round 18: GWS Giants v Geelong Cats at ENGIE Stadium

Round 19: Geelong Cats v St Kilda at GMHBA Stadium

Round 20: Melbourne v Geelong Cats at MCG

Round 21: Collingwood v Geelong Cats at MCG

Round 22: Geelong Cats v Essendon at GMHBA Stadium

Round 23: North Melbourne v Geelong Cats at Marvel Stadium

Round 24: Geelong Cats v Richmond at GMHBA Stadium

AFL 2026 Club by Club schedule: Every Team fixture.

Adelaide Crows Fixtures — Brisbane Lions Fixtures —

Carlton Blues Fixtures —  Collingwood Magpies Fixtures —

Essendon Bombers Fixtures — Fremantle Dockers Fixtures —

Geelong Cats Fixtures —  Gold Coast Suns Fixtures —

GWS Giants Fixtures —  Hawthorn Hawks Fixtures —

Melbourne Demons Fixtures —  North Melbourne Kangaroos Fixtures — Port Adelaide Power Fixtures —

Richmond Tigers Fixtures  —  St Kilda Saints Fixtures  — Sydney Swans Fixtures —

West Coast Eagles Fixtures — Western Bulldogs Fixtures —

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