{"id":371134,"date":"2026-04-10T17:38:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T07:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=371134"},"modified":"2026-04-10T17:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T07:44:11","slug":"saints-afl-draw-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/04\/10\/saints-afl-draw-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints&#8217; AFL Draw Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>April 10, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The South Burnett Saints have been allocated seven home games during the 2026 Darling Downs AFL season.<\/p>\n<p>Their first game will be an away game against the South Toowoomba Bombers on May 2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Saints&#8217; first home game will be the annual Heritage Day on May 16 against the Goondiwindi Hawks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This big day, which salutes the history of the Kingaroy Bulldogs, will also feature the official opening of the new change rooms at Lyle Vidler Oval in Kingaroy.<\/p>\n<p>The Saints this week announced their Senior Men&#8217;s team leaders for this season: captain Craig Paterson and vice-captain Jack Mines.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260410afldraw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-371135\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260410afldraw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260410afldraw.jpg 760w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260410afldraw-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260410afldraw-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260410afldraw-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Burnett Saints have been allocated seven home games during the 2026 Darling Downs AFL season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":346627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[219,3,6],"tags":[1146],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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