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Bern to Host Opening Round

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Round 1 – 2 April 2022

Bern will be the host city for the first round of the 2022 AFL Switzerland season this Saturday. It is the first time the league has scheduled play in the capital.

A grand final replay will feature in Round 1, with last years premiers the Geneva Jets taking on the Zurich Giants at midday in the new four-quarter format. Moving away from the round-robin model, each seniors match will be 4 x 18 minute quarters with each team playing only once per round. Reserves matches remain at 4 x 15 minutes.

The second match will see the return of the Basel Dragons to the seniors competition for the first time since their debut season in 2019. This weekend when they will face the Winterthur Lions.

The Reserves game will round out the day with the Northern Bears outfit back in the competition against the Geneva Jets Reserves.

12:00SeniorsGeneva Jets v Zurich Giants
13.45SeniorsWinterthur Lions v Basel Dragons
15:30ReservesGeneva Jets v Northern Bears
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Official Sponsor – Pacific Wines

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AFL Switzerland officially welcomed Pacific Wines, a Neuchâtel-based importer of quality products predominantly from Australia and New Zealand, as our newest sponsor during a specially curated wine tasting event to mark the occasion.

Many thanks to Craig and Fred for coming up to Zurich and sharing their time, knowledge and wines with us – around 40 of us from the AFL Switzerland community were treated to 19 different wines from Australia and New Zealand as well as one French Champagne.

There was great interest from everyone in attendance and already many of us have placed orders so we can enjoy them again soon!

We look forward to hosting more social events with Pacific Wines in 2022 and beyond – we’ll keep you posted about the next one!

If you would like to find out more about which wines are available, please head to the Pacific Wines website (https://www.southpacificwines.ch/shop/en/12-our-wines). To benefit from a special discount as part of AFL Switzerland’s partnership with Pacific Wines, please reach out to sponsorship@aflswitzerland.ch for more details.