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FINALS FIXTURE: Full Wildcard Round schedule, ticket details confirmed
The AFL has confirmed the schedule for wildcard round of the 2026 Toyota AFL Finals Series
THE FULL schedule for an historic wildcard round to kick off the 2026 Toyota AFL Finals Series has been confirmed.
After the completion of round 24, the final 10 – and the two wildcard final match-ups – have been locked in.
On Friday, August 28 the Western Bulldogs will host Collingwood at the MCG from 7.40pm AEST in the first of the wildcard finals.
Melbourne will then host Carlton at the MCG on Saturday, August 29 from 7.35pm AEST.
Tickets for the the wildcard final between the Western Bulldogs and Collingwood will go on sale from 10am on Tuesday, August 25, while tickets for the game between Melbourne and Carlton go on sale from 10am on Wednesday, August 26 (full details below).
AFL wildcard matches and times confirmed
Patrick Cripps will lead Carlton into this weekend's AFL wildcard round against Melbourne. (Getty Images: Morgan Hancock)
Melbourne and Carlton meet in the second wildcard round match on Saturday evening.
Both wildcard matches will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Carlton are confident they can "do some damage" in the AFL finals from 10th spot as they eye a wildcard round clash with Melbourne.
Josh Fraser's men will take on the Demons on Saturday night at the MCG in the second of two knockout wildcard clashes next weekend under the new format.
The Western Bulldogs will meet Collingwood in the first wildcard match on Friday night, also at the MCG.
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Wildcard Final | Dees set for Wildcard showdown with Blues
Melbourne will face Carlton in a Wildcard Final at the MCG
MELBOURNE will host Carlton in Wildcard Final One at the MCG on Saturday night.
The Demons secured seventh place on the ladder with 60 points across the home-and-away season, earning the opportunity to play finals in front of the red and blue faithful.
As part of the new Toyota AFL Finals Series, teams that finish between seventh and 10th on the ladder will contest Wildcard Finals for the right to progress to an Elimination Final.
Melbourne’s seventh-place finish sees it face 10th-placed Carlton at the MCG.
The highest-ranked Wildcard Final winner will then travel to face the sixth-placed side in an Elimination Final, while the lower-ranked winner will meet the team that finished fifth.
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