PORT ADELAIDE will open its SANFL season with a Friday night blockbuster away to West Adelaide on the 29th of March.

The Magpies will travel to City Mazda Stadium to begin their 2019 campaign before consecutive home games against South Adelaide and then premiers North Adelaide.

The SANFL fixture was released on Thursday, with Norwood to take on Glenelg at the same time as Port Adelaide faces West to open the 2019 SANFL Statewide Super League.

The Magpies will enjoy a trip to Port Pirie to play Adelaide in a SANFL Showdown at the newly upgraded Port Pirie Oval in Round 13, which is the competition’s Indigenous Round.

Last year the sides also met in Indigenous Round when they played in Kadina.

The Magpies will have nine home games with four on Saturday afternoons and five on Sunday afternoons.

It will be a difficult end to the season with just one game at home in the last four for the Magpies with trips to Noarlunga, Unley and Elizabeth in rounds 15, 17 and 18 respectively.

Port Adelaide’s last home game will be against the Eagles on Sunday 11 August, with the final minor round game of the season to be against Central District away on a date and time to be confirmed.

Here is a quick rundown of the key points

  • Port Adelaide season opener - Round 1 v West Adelaide at City Mazda Stadium (Friday 29 March 7:20pm)
  • Port Adelaide first home game - Round 2 v South Adelaide at Alberton Oval (Saturday 6 April 2:10pm)
  • Last game away – Round 18 v Central District at Elizabeth Oval (details TBC)
  • Easter Thursday night game – Round 4 v Norwood at Coopers Stadium (Thursday 18 April 7:20pm)
  • ANZAC Round away – Round 5 v Eagles at Maughan Them Kia Oval (Saturday 27 April 2:10pm)
  • Three split rounds (Round 8, Round 11 and Round 16)
  • Indigenous Round Showdown Round 13 against Adelaide at Port Pirie Oval (Saturday 13 July 2:40pm)
  • State game v WAFL in Perth at Optus Stadium (Sunday 12 May time TBC)
  • Finals start on the weekend of Saturday 31 August with the Grand Final on Sunday 22 September 

MATCHES BY TIMESLOT

TIME

TOTAL MATCHES

HOME MATCHES

AWAY MATCHES

Thursday 7:20pm

1

0

1

Friday 7:20pm

1

0

1

Saturday 1:40pm

1

1

0

Saturday 2:10pm 

4

3

1

Saturday 2:40pm

2

0

2

Sunday 1:10pm

2

1

1

Sunday 2:10pm

5

3

2

Sunday 2:40pm

1

1

0