Here's everything you need to know for Saturday's home opener against Fremantle at Marvel Stadium.

Where: Marvel Stadium, Docklands, VIC
When: Saturday, March 23 at 1.45pm AEDT
Gates open: 12pm. Check your ticket for your entry gate

Get your tickets

Tickets are still available for our clash with the Dockers!

As our first home game of the season, members will be able to scan their mobile membership card or regular membership to enter the stadium.

To access your mobile membership, please check you have the latest version of the Official NMFC App, and to ensure quick entry, please view and download your ticket before arriving at the match.

>> For everything you need to know about your mobile membership, head to our Member Hub

>> Non-members can buy a ticket to this game from Ticketmaster here

Gate 1 & 7 ticket boxes open: 11am

What's on?

• Visit Roo Squad Clubhouse outside Gate 7 for fun activities pre-game:
• Free face painting
• Footy games
• Colouring-in station
• Kangaroos Resident DJ spinning tunes
• Basketball competition

Inside the stadium
• 1.00pm Player warm up begins
• 1.00pm Minutes with Mazda player interview
• 1.10pm Player to watch
• 1.15pm Digital Collectable reveal
• 1.20pm Goal end reveal – celebrating a club great from one of our most successful eras!
• 1.31pm Team Entry
• 1.45pm Countdown begins

Important information
• When using your ticket, you can enter the ground via Gates 1, 3, 5, or 7.
• Roo Shop merchandise can be found on Level 1, inside Gate 7.
• Our Membership Hub will be available outside Gate 5 until half time, if you require any assistance – you can collect your member item if you haven’t already, simply quote your membership choice voucher to redeem.

Social Club Members
• Social Club function is in the Victory Room, located on Level 1 near Aisle 15.
• Half-time Q&A with Dr Sonja Hood and Jennifer Watt.
• Enjoy the replay of our win against Fremantle from last season on the big screen pre-game.
• Hear from current players in the pre-game Q&A.
• The Social Club History display returns, showcasing our 1999 Premiership side in our 25-year anniversary.

Premiership Club Members
• To access Premiership Club, enter via Gate 6 & take lift/stairs to Level D.
• 1:05pm: Player Appearances in the Parker Room.
• Live Music in the Parker Room.
• Bistro Menu: Chicken Salad, Chicken Parma, Pulled Pork Burger, Loaded Fries, Kids Chicken Tenders and the March Special - Bangers & Mash. Available up until 15 mins into the 1st Quarter.

Getting to Marvel Stadium

Public transport and road disruptions

Buses replace trains on sections of the Belgrave, Lilydale, Sunbury, Werribee, Williamstown, Seymour, Bendigo, Shepparton and Gippsland lines.

Make sure you arrive at the ground early for the unveiling of the Pagan End with the man himself. To view more information and plan your journey ahead of time, visit the Big Build website.

Parking

Information regarding Marvel Stadium parking can be found  below. With Big Build works in place, the use of public transport is encouraged.

Parking | Public Transport | Travel Disruptions | Accessibility

Patrons will have access to Car Park A & B via Bourke Street, and access to Car Park C via the Flinders Street end of Wurundjeri Way.

Please note that Car Park D & E will not be available with Wurundjeri Way closures for this event, due to the Westgate Tunnel Project.

For further details, map and to plan your journey, click here.

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Win Booty thanks to Puma!

For every goal the Roos kick this weekend, Puma will give away a pair of footy boots. If a Puma athlete kicks a goal, it's double your luck. Register here for your chance to win. 

Watch on TV or stream on your phone

Saturday's game will be broadcast live for Foxtel and Kayo Sports subscribers.

>> Remember, you can grab a digital membership to get a discounted Kayo subscription! Find the membership package that suits you here

Stay connected on social media

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Bring on Round 2! 

North Melbourne will be hunting a repeat of last season's thrilling win over Fremantle when it hosts the Dockers on home turf at Marvel Stadium on Saturday.

The Kangas showed promising signs in their season opener in Sydney last week but were ultimately overpowered by a talented Greater Western Sydney outfit.

Round 2, North Melbourne v Fremantle

Where: Marvel Stadium, VIC
When: Saturday, March 23 at 1.35pm AEDT
How to watch: Foxtel, Kayo Sports

The opposition

Things looked ominous for Fremantle after a sluggish start saw the visiting Lions get the jump when the clubs met last week, but Justin Longmuir's side found a way to overrun Brisbane to claim a 23-point win.

Caleb Serong will be one for North Melbourne to keep an eye on after the onballer ran wild in the guts on his way to a club-record 46 disposals.

It's a gritty victory the Dockers will be looking to build on as they prepare for their first interstate trip of 2024.

What the coaches have said

North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson post-game v GWS: "We've got some work to do, we know we need to roll up our sleeves. It was encouraging that we found a way to score and found a way on numerous occasions to challenge the Giants, but we've got some growth as a side to make.

Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir on Wednesday: "We feel the balance up front with three tall forwards (works well). Once the rotation starts and (Luke Jackson)'s on the bench and (Josh Treacy) is in the ruck you end up with two (tall forwards), and we're reluctant to make that one. So, we'll work out the mix, but we like the three talls.

Running hot

Tristan Xerri

The club's No.1 ruck got off to a flying start, as life after Todd Goldstein began for Xerri and the Kangas.

The big man had the better of GWS tall Kieren Briggs throughout the clash at ENGIE Stadium and finished with 18 disposals, nine tackles, eight clearances, and a goal.

A different type of challenge awaits this weekend, with the dynamic Luke Jackson set to be on deck for the purple haze.

Last time we met

Hearts were racing during the dying stages of this fixture last season as the Dockers and Roos met at Optus Stadium.

The Kangas led at every change, but it was anyone's game in the frantic final seconds, with the home side kicking three consecutive goals late in the final term to get them to within one point.

Determined defensive acts and a deft Harry Sheezel toe-poke saw North Melbourne hang on for a thrilling win in the west, 11.7 (73) to 10.12 (72). 

Star duo Luke Jackson and Andrew Brayshaw have sparked a dramatic turnaround as Fremantle extended their winning start to the season with a 26-point victory over North Melbourne.

Trailing by 32 points midway through the second term, the Dockers rattled off nine consecutive goals in a spirited fightback and held firm late in the match to clinch the 15.12 (102) to 11.10 (76) victory at Marvel Stadium on Saturday.

Fremantle has consecutive wins to open a campaign for the first time since 2015, when it claimed the minor premiership.

North is 0-2 ahead of its Good Friday SuperClash against Carlton.

Jackson (24 disposals, seven clearances, two goals) and Brayshaw (27, four, one) breathed life into the Dockers when they desperately needed it before half-time.

They were also important contributors after the main break, as Fremantle kicked the first seven goals in a third-quarter onslaught to take a stranglehold on the contest.

Caleb Serong (35 disposals, eight clearances), Jordan Clark (28 touches) and Hayden Young (21) all played significant roles, while Matt Taberner and Michael Frederick (two goals each) joined Jackson in kicking multiple majors.

Ex-captain Nat Fyfe (19 disposals, one goal) was also influential before he was substituted out of the game at three-quarter time.

KANGAROOS v DOCKERS Full match coverage and stats

North midfielders Luke Davies-Uniacke (30 disposals, nine clearances) and Tom Powell (28, eight) had a big say in their side's early dominance but were overwhelmed by Fremantle's spread of contributors.

Harry Sheezel was busy with 35 disposals for North, while Powell, Paul Curtis and Cameron Zurhaar finished with two goals each.

Six days after facing a 25-point first-quarter deficit against Brisbane in their season-opener, the Dockers again found themselves on the back foot early.

North dominated territory in the first term and its two-goal lead at quarter-time should have been greater on the back of a 20-7 inside-50 count.

The buffer swelled to 32 points, with Davies-Uniacke and Powell leading the way at the contest, driving the Kangaroos to a 22-14 advantage in clearances in the first half.

But the Dockers kicked three of the last four goals before the main break to get back within 17 points.

They would have been even closer if not for Kallan Dawson's desperate stretch on the goal line to touch a shot by Serong a few seconds before the siren.

Two Taberner goals to start the second half got the Dockers back within a kick and they hit the front for the first time when Jackson booted his second from the goal line after a 50m penalty against Luke McDonald.

Nine consecutive majors gave Fremantle a 29-point lead during the third quarter and they resisted the Kangaroos' attempts to swing the match back in their favour as time ticked away.

Powell goes pow-pow
Powell has been a slow burn since being drafted with pick No.13 in the 2020 draft, slowly becoming a staple of North's improving side in recent seasons. While he was impressive in Round 1, the 22-year-old enjoyed a breakout game in in the Roos' fighting loss against the Dockers, collecting a career-high 28 disposals at 86 per cent efficiency, another career-high eight clearances, to go with his two goals. Working alongside some of the Roos' established guns in the midfield, Powell was pivotal in establishing his side's early dominance in the game and looks set for a big year as the Roos look to improve on their three-win season last year. 

Dockers' defence under fire early
Fremantle's decimated backline was put to the test early as the Kangaroos penetrated their forward-50 time and time again. Missing Oscar McDonald (knee), Brennan Cox (hamstring) and Karl Worner (concussion) after a brutal Round 1 clash, Freo's undermanned defence was forced to hold up an influx of forward 50 entries in the opening half, with the Roos leading the inside-50 differential by 13 at half-time.

NORTH MELBOURNE      4.1     8.4     9.5        11.10 (76)
FREMANTLE                    2.1     5.5     12.10     15.12 (102)

GOALS
North Melbourne: Curtis 2, Powell 2, Zurhaar 2, Larkey, Scott, Simpkin, Stephenson, Wardlaw
Fremantle: Banfield 2, Frederick 2, Jackson 2, Taberner 2, Amiss, Brayshaw, Fyfe, Sharp, Switkowski, Treacy, Walters

BEST
North Melbourne: Powell, Sheezel, Wardlaw, Davies-Uniacke, Xerri, Fisher
Fremantle: Jackson, Serong, Brayshaw, Switkowski, Clark, Young

INJURIES
North Melbourne: Nil
Fremantle: Nil

SUBSTITUTES
North Melbourne: Eddie Ford (replaced Charlie Lazzaro at three-quarter time)
Fremantle: Jaeger O'Meara (replaced Nat Fyfe at three-quarter time)

Crowd: 17,589 at Marvel Stadium