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Round Date Broadcast Opponent Venue Home/Away Local time 1 Friday March 21 Seven Essendon Etihad Stadium Home 7:50pm 2 Sunday March 30 Fox Western Bulldogs Etihad Stadium Away 4:40pm 3 Sunday April 6 Fox Port Adelaide Etihad Stadium Home 4:10pm 4 Sunday April 13 Fox Sydney SCG Away 1:10pm 5 Saturday April 19 Fox Collingwood MCG Away 1:40pm 6 Friday April 25 Seven Fremantle Patersons Stadium Away 6:40pm 7 Sunday May 4 Fox Gold Coast Etihad Stadium Home 1:10pm 8 BYE 9 Saturday May 17 Fox Brisbane Etihad Stadium Home 4:40pm 10 Friday May 23 Seven Geelong Simonds Stadium Away 7:50pm 11 Sunday June 1 Fox West Coast Patersons Stadium Away 5:40pm 12 Sunday June 8 Fox Richmond Etihad Stadium Home 7:10pm 13 Saturday June 14 Seven Adelaide Adelaide Oval Away 7:10pm 14 Sunday June 22 Fox Melbourne MCG Away 4:40pm 15 Saturday June 28 Seven Brisbane The Gabba Away 7:40pm 16 Friday July 4 Seven Hawthorn Etihad Stadium Home 7:50pm 17 Saturday July 12 Fox St Kilda Blundstone Arena Home 2:10pm 18 Friday July 18 Seven Carlton Etihad Stadium Away 7:50pm 19 Saturday August 2 Seven Geelong Etihad Stadium Home 7:40pm 20 Saturday August 9 Seven GWS Giants StarTrack Oval Away 1:45pm 21 Sunday August 17 Fox Western Bulldogs Etihad Stadium Home 1:10pm 22 Saturday August 23 Seven Adelaide Blundstone Arena Home 1:45pm 23 TBC TBC Melbourne Etihad Stadium Home TBC

North Melbourne’s 2014 regular season fixture has been released, highlighted by five Friday night games.The pioneers of the concept, the Kangaroos have not enjoyed as many prime-time encounters since 2001.The season opens with a Friday night blockbuster against Essendon at Etihad Stadium, while North will play its first Anzac Day fixture since 2010, against Fremantle on Patersons Stadium in Round 6.There will be two games at the MCG for the second consecutive season. Collingwood is again one of the opponents, while the Kangaroos will also face Melbourne at the home of football.The redevelopment of Blundstone Arena means North’s two games in Hobart will be in the second half of the season; the first against St Kilda in Round 17 and the second against Adelaide in Round 22.The Kangaroos will play twice in a newly-introduced Sunday night timeslot, at home against Richmond and away against West Coast. The home game against the Tigers is the day before a public holiday, meaning it looms as a blockbuster fixture.Adelaide Oval is in North’s sights in Round 13 to face the Crows. Assuming Brent Harvey plays, it will astonishingly be the 17th ground he has played on in his AFL career. Only Robert Harvey has played at more venues, 19.A return to Canberra is also scheduled in Round 20 against the GWS Giants. It will be the first game North has played there since 2006.The season finishes with three consecutive home games; two at Etihad and one at Blundstone Arena.