FOOTBALL will return to Moorabbin in 2020, with St Kilda to host Hawthorn in the opening match of the Marsh Community Series at its original home at RSEA Park.
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The two sides will open the three-week pre-season series on Thursday, February 20, with the clash set to become the first senior game played at RSEA Oval (pictured) in more than 25 years.
AFL general manager of clubs and broadcasting Travis Auld and Carlton co-captain Sam Docherty join Damian Schinck, the head of risk management at Marsh, at Monday's announcement.
Moorabbin is one of three new suburbs named for Marsh Community Series games next year, with Lathlain in Western Australia and the South Australian town of Whyalla to also host their first matches.
Mineral Resources Park (pictured) in Lathlain, which acts as West Coast's training base, will host the side's clash against Essendon to begin the second weekend of action.
Meanwhile, Bennett Oval in Whyalla will be the venue for Port Adelaide's encounter with the Western Bulldogs in the third and final weekend of the Marsh Community Series.
Marvel Stadium, Metricon Stadium and UTAS Stadium are the only 'traditional' AFL venues set to host matches across the 18-game series.
Last year's Grand Finalists, Richmond and Greater Western Sydney, will renew acquaintances very early in the new year when they meet in the pre-season's most high-profile contest at Robertson Oval in Wagga Wagga.
Each side will play two matches across three weekends in the non-competitive Marsh Community Series format, which was first brought into existence in 2014.
AFL general manager of broadcasting Travis Auld said there would be double-headers between AFL (practice and home and away games) and AFLW matches, given the overlap between the two competitions.
"The AFLW season will run through the pre-season competition and into the men's competition," Auld said.
"We're certainly planning to have a few double-headers, both in the pre-season competition and the men's home and away. Clubs have been really, really keen to make that work. It's complicated in some ways with different venues and travel schedules, but we'll get a number in there."
Possible double-headers in the Marsh Community Series and the AFLW:
Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne, Marvel Stadium on Friday, February 21
Melbourne v Adelaide, Casey Fields on Saturday, February 22
Gold Coast v Geelong, Metricon Stadium on Saturday, February 22
Fremantle v Carlton, David Grays Arena (Mandurah) on Saturday, February 29
Adelaide v Gold Coast, Flinders University Stadium on Friday, March 6
Collingwood v St Kilda, Morwell Recreation Reserve on Sunday, March 8
Carlton v Brisbane, Ikon Park on Sunday, March 8
