The AFL has released a round 24 fixture that is designed to orchestrate as much finals tension through the whole weekend as possible. See the full round 24 fixture.
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The league revealed its round 24 fixture on Monday with Essendon to host Collingwood in a Friday night MCG blockbuster.
Then Melbourne will host Sydney in a Sunday 3.20pm clash as the league attempts to orchestrate maximum tension in the final round of the year.
As revealed by this masthead on Monday, the Blues-GWS clash is a stand-alone 6.10pm game to maximise ratings in a game that still could have significant stakes.
While Carlton could have locked in a finals spot by then they might even be pushing for a top four spot, while GWS needs to win two of its last three games to play finals.
While…