Collingwood v Adelaide on Thursday night, Brisbane Lions v Geelong on Friday night

“In order to come with Gold Coast Suns, who plays for a place in the first final series, there is still an incredibly exciting last match for the home and away season.”

In accordance with AFL’s contract with Melbourne Cricket Club, any Victorian finals, which have the chance to secure a crowd of 60,000 fans in MCG, cannot be used with CATS’s GMHBA Stadium’s main base – 40,000 capacity.

CATS coach Chris Scott said on Saturday that AFL’s attitude in the home finals was “logically fair”.

“I feel very strong and we feel strongly to choose where they play 11 home matches. And it is up to AFL to decide what they give priority in the finals,” Scott said.

“I think it was quite clear that he had other priorities that would be logically fair. This is their privilege.”

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The qualifying finals tickets will be available this Thursday.

Magpies can expect a hostile reception only weeks after 23 round loss in the same place in Adelaide. Izak Rankine was suspended for four games for a homophobic slurry during this match.

While Crows attracts a 10 -game loss line against Magpies, they will now be potentially one of the most important players for the entire final campaign.

Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell is confident that his team could win four straight finals to win the flag in September and may have missed the best four. Hawks is coming on a opening round against a victory Sydney, except Victoria and Tasmania this season.

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Mitchell, “All of the close ones. This will return. We will probably play between the states in our first final, so the odds in our favor,” he said.

“We do not write ourselves. We are disappointed, but we are excited. Now we play four finals instead of three. Finals for the second year in a row are great for our group.”

The hawks have lost to Frema, Adalaide and now lions for the last seven weeks.