St Kilda and Carlton will kick off a revised AAMI Community Series fixture that features less travel and more games at AFL premiership season venues.

The Saints and Blues will face off on Thursday, March 4 at Marvel Stadium in the first of three games in five days at the Docklands venue.

Brett Ratten's men were originally slated to play West Coast at Leederville Oval and Geelong at RSEA Park as part of the original pre-season fixture.

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The AFL's executive general manager of clubs and broadcasting, Travis Auld, said the updated fixture aimed to protect the health and safety of the competition and the community by reducing travel ahead of the Toyota AFL Premiership Season.

Auld thanked the regional communities that had originally been scheduled to host pre-season games for their understanding. The regions of Albury (NSW), Coffs Harbour (NSW), Morwell (VIC), Noarlunga (SA), North Hobart (TAS), Mandurah (WA) and Whyalla (SA) will no longer host AAMI Community Series games this year. 

"Each of those regions play an extremely important role in our game and the decision to revise the AAMI Community Series was made to protect the health and safety of the competition and the wider community which remains the priority for the league," he said. 

It is communities like these that are the heartbeat of Australian Football and we hope to be able to return to each of those areas and play games there in the future.

- Travis Auld

"While we share the disappointment of these regions, we also look forward to more fans being able to safely attend AAMI Community Series matches, particularly in states where supporters have not been able to attend a men's game in over a year."

Ticketing information will be confirmed in due course.

2021 AAMI Community Series

Carlton v St Kilda
Thursday 4 March
Marvel Stadium, 7:10pm

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