While footy fans count down the days until the new AFL season kicks off, players were busy preparing for the 2019 JLT Community Series.
The series was a run of pre-season warm-up matches where teams play twice across a two-week period.
Before city residents flock to the great football stadiums during the regular season, the JLT Community Series gave regional fans the opportunity to see their favourite players in action.
This year, games headed to rural towns across the country including Port Pirie, Lismore, Ballarat, Mandurah, Joondalup and Mackay.
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Sporting News has all results from the 2019 JLT Community Series.
2019 JLT COMMUNITY SERIES FIXTURE
| WEEK ONE | WEEK TWO |
| Thursday, February 28 Carlton 15.10 (100) def. Essendon 14.7 (91) by nine points | Thursday, March 7 Geelong 15.11 (101) def. Essendon 11.7 (73) by 28 points |
| Friday, March 1 West Coast 15.9 (99) def. Geelong 8.17 (15) by 34 points | Friday, March 8 Adelaide 10.15 (75) def. GWS 7.15 (57) by 18 points |
| Saturday, March 2 North Melbourne 11.11 (77) def by. St Kilda 15.12 (102) by 25 points Adelaide 16.10 (106) def. Port Adelaide 14.5 (89) by 17 points GWS 12.9 (81) def. Sydney 8.11 (59) by 22 points | Saturday, March 9 Port Adelaide 19.9 (123) def. North Melbourne 16.6 (102) by 21 points Melbourne 15.7 (97) def. by Brisbane 16.8 (104) by seven points Hawthorn 13.9 (87) def. by Richmond 14.11 (95) by eight points |
| Sunday, March 3 Brisbane 15.12 (102) def. Hawthorn 8.12 (60) by 42 points Richmond 16.17 (113) def. Melbourne 16.5 (101) by 12 points Gold Coast 11.11 (77) def. Western Bulldogs 10.12 (72) by five points | Sunday, March 10 Sydney 19.9 (123) def. Gold Coast 11.15 (81) by 42 points Western Bulldogs 12.7 (79) def. by St Kilda 14.9 (93) by 14 points Fremantle 8.10 (58) def. by West Coast 16.13 (109) by 51 points |
| Monday, March 4 Collingwood 17.9 (111) def. Fremantle 12.12 (84) by 27 points | Monday, March 11 Collingwood 11.11 (77) def. Carlton 10.13 (73) by four points |
