Port Adelaide will "host" Melbourne in Remark during next year's pre-season NAB Cup. Picture: Simon Cross. Source: adelaidenow
PORT Adelaide again will be confronted with the possibility of playing just one pre-season match at an AFL venue after the release of next year's NAB Cup draw yesterday.
After being scheduled to open against cross-town rival Adelaide and St Kilda in the triangular format at AAMI Stadium on Sunday February 17, the Power - as it did this year - will be forced to play at country grounds in its next two fixtures.
Port will "host" Melbourne at Renmark from 4pm on Sunday, March 3, before facing West Coast at Alice Springs from 7pm on Saturday, March 9.
Unless Port qualifies for the NAB Cup grand final, this will leave it in the same position it was this year in asking the AFL to schedule it at an AFL venue in the last week before the premiership season begins.
Having faced West Coast (Mandurah) and Fremantle (Victor Harbor) earlier this year, Port was granted a match against Melbourne at AAMI Stadium in its last contest before round one.
In contrast, the Crows' three scheduled matches are all at regular AFL stadiums. After clashing with the Saints and the Power, Brenton Sanderson's men will confront Geelong at Simonds Stadium on Saturday, March 2 (2.10pm) and Carlton at AAMI Stadium on Friday, March 8 (8.10pm).
The triangular NAB Cup opener at AAMI Stadium - involving the Crows, Power and Saints - will be a twilight fixture starting from 4.10pm.
All six opening-round triple-headers in the AFL's 2013 pre-season Cup will be played as twilight or night fixtures.
Collingwood, Essendon and the Western Bulldogs will take part in the first of the triple-headers at Etihad Stadium on February 15.
"The shortened format enables clubs to use their senior players as they see fit for the opening to the season, as well as offering the flexibility to provide opportunities for new players and rookies," said AFL broadcasting and scheduling head Simon Lethlean.
"We have now fixtured each club's matches for both rounds two and three of the NAB Cup, so clubs are aware of their travel schedule and can fully plan their preparation ... as they build up to the start of the premiership season," he said.
"In rounds two and three, we will mix matches across both regional venues and our major AFL venues."
Townsville, Wagga Wagga, Renmark, Alice Springs, Northam and Wangaratta are among the regional venues to have been allocated pre-season games.
Essendon will take on Richmond in Wangaratta on March 2.
The Bombers' pre-season match against St Kilda in the Victorian city did not go ahead this year after their chartered flight was unable to land due to adverse weather conditions.
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