IT'S THE day you can start planning your football life for 2016.

Streaming LIVE from 10am AEDT the man behind the fixture, AFL executive Simon Lethlean, joins AFL.com.au's Matt Thompson for your first look at next year's 23 home and away rounds.

They'll talk you through all the big headlines and pinpoint the key matches to look forward to.

Then, Lethlean will be joined by AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan to front the press at an all-in news conference, which you can watch unfold LIVE.

Later in the day, Nat Edwards and our AFL.com.au panel will be back to go through the fixture, club-by-club. They'll tell you how your club's fixture shapes up against the rest of the competition.

All the fixture news. And the best analysis. All day Thursday on AFL.com.au and the AFL Live Official App.