The 2026 Toyota AFL Premiership Season will officially begin at the SCG on Thursday, 5 March when the Sydney Swans take on Carlton before heading north to People First Stadium the next day where the Gold Coast SUNS will play Geelong, on Friday, 6 March.

The NFL has at least one game on Monday night every week of the regular season except for Week 18. The ESPN/ABC Monday Night Football schedule ended with the Atlanta Falcons upset over the Los Angeles Rams in Week 17.

The AFL have confirmed the new dates for the postponed Opening Round matches with Gold Coast and Essendon to square off in the final round of the season. The AFL were forced to postpone Thursday night’s season opener between Brisbane and Geelong, and Saturday night’s Suns-Bombers clash due to Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

How to watch NFL Week 18 games on television this week, including schedule, dates, times, matchups, TV channels, streaming information for every game.

There has been an NFL game every Thursday night since Week 1. But is there a "Thursday Night Football" game tonight?

The final weekend of the 2025-26 NFL regular season officially kicks off on Saturday, January 3, with an important doubleheader that will determine two of the remaining playoff spots. In both of Saturday’s games,

CARLTON and Geelong will open the 2026 AAMI Community Series, while Victorian giants Collingwood, Richmond and Essendon will head to Ballarat for their final pre-season hit-outs early next year.