Alfredton Recreation Reserve will host one of the North Ballarat Rebels’ early-season fixtures in 2017.

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The newly-revamped ground, which played host to the Central Highlands Football League grand final in September, has been booked for the Rebels’ round two clash with Bendigo Pioneers on April 2.

This clash was revealed as part of Thursday’s release of the 2017 TAC Cup fixture.

The game at Alfredton has been locked in because works at the team’s home ground at Eureka Stadium are expected to still be underway.

North Ballarat is set to kick-start its campaign on Marsh 25 with an encounter against Geelong Falcons at Simonds Stadium and graces Eureka Stadium for the first time in round seven on May 14 against the Western Jets.

TAC Cup clubs will each play 18 home and away games in 2017 – one more than last season – before the top eight teams battle it out in a new three-week finals series.

This will see elimination finals (1v8, 2v7, 3v6, 4v5) before two preliminary finals determine who plays off in the decider.

IMPRESSIVE: Alfredton Recreation Reserve will host a round two TAC Cup clash next year. Picture: Skyline Drone Imaging.

REBELS’ FIXTURE

ROUND 1 – v Geelong Falcons (March 25, Simonds Stadium, Geelong)

ROUND 2 – v Bendigo Pioneers (April 2, Alfredton)

ROUND 3 – v Dandenong Stingrays (April 8, Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo)

ROUND 4 – v Calder Cannons (April 23, RAMS Arena, Craigieburn)

ROUND 5 – v Eastern Ranges (April 29, Box Hill City Oval)

ROUND 6 – v Oakleigh Chargers (May 6, Warrawee Park, Oakleigh)

ROUND 7 – v Western Jets (May 14, Eureka Stadium)

ROUND 8 – v Sandringham Dragons (May 20, Trevor Barker Oval, Sandringham)

ROUND 9 – v Murray Bushrangers (June 4, RAMS Arena, Craigieburn)

ROUND 10 – v Gippsland Power (June 17, Morwell Recreation Reserve)

ROUND 11 – v Northern Knights (June 25, Eureka Stadium)

ROUND 12 – v Eastern Ranges (July 8, Eureka Stadium)

ROUND 13 – v Oakleigh Chargers (July 16, Eureka Stadium)

ROUND 14 – v Geelong Falcons (July 30, Eureka Stadium)

ROUND 15 – v Murray Bushrangers (August 6, Ikon Park, Carlton North)

ROUND 16 – v Dandenong Stingrays (August 20, Eureka Stadium)

ROUND 17 – v Calder Cannons (August 27, Eureka Stadium)

ROUND 18 – v Bendigo Pioneers (September 2, RAMS Arena, Craigieburn)

LEADER: Coach Gerard FitzGerald and his North Ballarat Rebels side will begin the 2017 campaign with a clash against Geelong on March 25. Picture: Dylan Burns.