THE KANGAROOS and the Brisbane Lions will open next weekend’s matches with a Friday afternoon NAB Challenge game at MC Labour Park in Melbourne.
In the first of the NAB Cup quarter finals, the Bulldogs will face Essendon later that evening at Telstra Dome.
In the other NAB Cup quarter-finals, St Kilda and Geelong travel to Canberra’s Manuka Oval, Hawthorn and Carlton do battle at Telstra Dome, while early NAB Cup favourites Adelaide will play the winning Western Australian side in their quarter-final at AAMI Stadium next Sunday.
In other NAB Challenge fixtures, for clubs eliminated from the NAB Cup, Collingwood will cross the Nullarbor to play the loser of Sunday’s Fremantle-West Coast clash in Albany, the Tigers will play Melbourne in Cairns, while the Swans host Port Adelaide at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium.
FULL FIXTURE (all times are local)
NAB Cup:
Friday February 22, 2008
Western Bulldogs v Essendon at Telstra Dome, 7.40pm (Channel Seven)
Saturday February 23, 2008
St Kilda v Geelong at Manuka Oval, 3.40pm (Fox Sports)
Hawthorn v Carlton at Telstra Dome, 7.10pm (Channel Ten)
Sunday February 24, 2008
Adelaide v winner of West Coast / Fremantle at AAMI Stadium, 4.40pm (Fox Sports)
NAB Challenge:
Friday February 22, 2008
Kangaroos v Brisbane Lions at MC Labour Park, 4.30pm
Richmond v Melbourne at Cairns, 7.30pm
Saturday February 23
Loser of West Coast / Fremantle v Collingwood at Albany, 2pm
Sydney Swans v Port Adelaide at ANZ Stadium, 7pm
