Are bottom 6 teams allowed to play a top 6 team twice?

I thought the rule was bottom 6 teams get a bottom 6 team twice and 3 middle 6 teams twice.

That is what North Melbourne got in 2014..
2 games against Brisbane
2 games against Bulldogs
2 games against Melbourne.

That got them into the finals and enabled them to "scrape into the 8" and after that get enough confidence to go onto the preliminary.
I want the same type of deal North got and to give Carlton the best chance of making the finals. I don't really care about how many times Carlton plays "blockbuster" teams as long as they maximise the chance of winning. Playing Hawthorn twice will not maximise the opportunity for Carlton victories.

Are bottom 6 teams allowed to play a top 6 team twice?

I thought the rule was bottom 6 teams get a bottom 6 team twice and 3 middle 6 teams twice.

The rules that will determine which clubs play each other twice:

– Sides ranked 1-6 on the ladder will have a minimum of two and a maximum of three double-meetings with other top six sides. They will have a minimum of one and a maximum of two double-meetings with sides ranked in the second bracket (7-12). They will have either no double meetings or a maximum of one double-meeting with a side ranked 13-18.

– Sides ranked 7-12 on the ladder will have a minimum of one and a maximum of two double-meetings with sides ranked in the top third bracket (1-6). They will have at least two but no more than three double-meetings with teams in the same bracket. They will have a minimum of one and a maximum of two double-meetings with sides ranked 13-18.

– Sides ranked in the bottom third (13-18) will have either no or a maximum of one double-meeting with a side ranked 1-6. They will have at least one but no more than two double-meetings with sides ranked 7-12. They will have a minimum of two and a maximum of three double-meetings with sides ranked in the same lower third bracket (13-18).

Would fit Sticks's post. We are a bottom 6 side and would play Hawks (top), Coll/Tigers (mid), Giants/Lions (bottom)

St Kilda in New Zealand, flower that.

Pathetic that we now have to travel to play a Victorian club, and to make it even better no free to air coverage.

It will be interesting to see if our members are compensated with access rights to an away game.

It will be interesting to see if our members are compensated with access rights to an away game.

It will be interesting to see if our members are compensated with access rights to an away game.

Essendon* cheated, simple as that

Would be better if it was Geelong or North (top), Coll/Tigers (mid), Giants/St Kilda.. or Melbourne/St Kilda

Lions is tougher as away from home and they are being AFL funded right now.

It is ridiculous for a team that came 13th to play the top team twice. Hawthorn is a team that Carlton hasn't beaten since the mid 2000s.

If the AFL want to make money the fixture is where they can make and lose millions. They want a close finals race. They won't get it they make a fixture like Carlton vs Hawthorn twice. You can pencil in two immediate losses to Hawthorn there.

Carlton is technically the 2nd most supported club in the league - if they do what they can to give Carlton an easier draw they make more money. Logical.

Why should the AFL care that our form against Hawthorn is shit, and why should they care that Brisbane is a side on the improve? Why should they gift us games against Melbourne and St Kilda? The Hawks, Tigers, Pies, Lions, Giants fixture meets their framework perfectly. 'Gift the big sides an armchair ride to the finals and rake in the profits' is not in their policy, not as far as I can tell anyway.

Essendon* cheated, simple as that

I hope there are lots of posters whose health insurance includes waaahhhhmbulance cover

Friday 1st may vs the filth for MMs record breaker


http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/carlto ... 7103972020

If we're playing in NZ on the Saturday before, surely we'd be playing the pies on the Saturday 2nd rather than Friday night?