The time and date for Hawthorn's Round 23 fixture against Carlton has been announced by the AFL.
The Hawks will play the Blues on Saturday 5 September at 4.40pm, at the MCG.
The current top four teams - Fremantle, West Coast Eagles, Hawthorn and Sydney Swans - have all been scheduled to play on September 5.
Public tickets for the Hawks' Round 23 game will go on sale at 9am on Wednesday 12 August.
AFL Reserve tickets for the match will go on sale at 9am on Friday 14 August.
An AFL statement today said:
"All round 23 games involving the current top-four sides (Fremantle away against Port Adelaide, West Coast hosting St Kilda, Hawthorn hosting Carlton and the Sydney Swans hosting the Gold Coast Suns) were scheduled to be played across Saturday September 5, so that all of these teams were playing on the same lead-in to the opening week of the finals.
As Fremantle, West Coast, and Sydney Swans had all been scheduled to play the previous Sunday in round 22, none of the matches involving those teams could be played on the Friday night as each club would have only had a five-day break before playing on Friday September 4.
Hawthorn v Carlton was scheduled to play on the Saturday as it was felt that since three teams could not be scheduled for Friday, and Hawthorn was not currently in the top two positions on the ladder, all teams in the current top four should therefore be played on the same day on Saturday September 5."
Round 23 fixture. All times local
Friday September 4
Richmond v North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium, 7.50pm (Channel 7)
Saturday September 5
Geelong v Adelaide at Simonds Stadium, 1.05pm (Foxtel / Fox Sports)
Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs at the Gabba, 1.45pm (Channel 7)
Port Adelaide v Fremantle at Adelaide Oval, 3.20pm (Foxtel / Fox Sports)
Hawthorn v Carlton at the MCG, 4.40pm (Foxtel / Fox Sports)
West Coast v St Kilda at Domain Stadium, 5.40pm (Channel 7)
Sydney Swans v Gold Coast at the SCG, 7.20pm (Foxtel / Fox Sports)
Sunday September 6
Melbourne v GWS at Etihad Stadium, 1.10pm (Foxtel / Fox Sports)
Collingwood v Essendon at the MCG, 3.20pm (Channel 7)
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