107th season of the Australian Football League (AFL)
Australian rules football season
2003 AFL premiership season |
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Teams | 16 |
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Premiers | Brisbane 3rd premiership |
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Minor premiers | Port Adelaide 2nd minor premiership |
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Pre-season cup | Adelaide 1st pre-season cup win |
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Brownlow Medallist | Nathan Buckley (Collingwood) Adam Goodes (Sydney) Mark Ricciuto (Adelaide) |
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Coleman Medallist | Matthew Lloyd (Essendon) |
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Attendance |
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Matches played | 185 |
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Total attendance | 6,351,655 (34,333 per match) |
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Highest | 79,451 (Grand Final, Brisbane Lions vs. Collingwood) |
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The 2003 AFL season was the 107th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level of senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixteen clubs, ran from 28 March until 27 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
The premiership was won by the Brisbane Lions for the third time and third time consecutively, after it defeated Collingwood by 50 points in the AFL Grand Final.
AFL Draft
See 2003 AFL Draft.
Wizard Home Loans Cup
The 2003 Wizard Home Loans Cup saw Adelaide defeat Collingwood 15.14 (104) to 10.13 (73) in the final.
Premiership season
Round 1
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Collingwood | 13.16 (94) | Richmond | 8.18 (66) | MCG | 61,058 | Friday, 28 March |
West Coast | 17.20 (122) | Port Adelaide | 11.8 (74) | Subiaco Oval | 35,083 | Saturday, 29 March |
Kangaroos | 14.12 (96) | St Kilda | 10.10 (70) | MCG | 28,361 | Saturday, 29 March |
Brisbane Lions | 14.20 (104) | Essendon | 8.13 (61) | The Gabba | 36,197 | Saturday, 29 March |
Sydney | 22.14 (146) | Carlton | 10.12 (72) | Telstra Stadium | 30,803 | Saturday, 29 March |
Adelaide | 22.13 (145) | Fremantle | 13.11 (89) | AAMI Stadium | 45,436 | Sunday, 30 March |
Melbourne | 16.10 (106) | Hawthorn | 15.10 (100) | MCG | 41,888 | Sunday, 30 March |
Western Bulldogs | 19.16 (130) | Geelong | 13.13 (91) | Telstra Dome | 27,931 | Sunday, 30 March |
Round 2
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Carlton | 13.13 (91) | Collingwood | 16.11 (107) | MCG | 51,894 | Friday, 4 April |
Essendon | 17.10 (112) | Melbourne | 10.15 (75) | MCG | 43,448 | Saturday, 5 April |
St Kilda | 15.9 (99) | Adelaide | 13.13 (91) | Telstra Dome | 19,131 | Saturday, 5 April |
Fremantle | 12.14 (86) | Sydney | 8.12 (60) | Subiaco Oval | 24,887 | Saturday, 5 April |
Port Adelaide | 10.16 (76) | Brisbane Lions | 13.8 (86) | AAMI Stadium | 27,876 | Saturday, 5 April |
Hawthorn | 13.13 (91) | West Coast | 14.5 (89) | York Park | 16,217 | Sunday, 6 April |
Geelong | 9.17 (71) | Kangaroos | 13.16 (94) | Skilled Stadium | 22,588 | Sunday, 6 April |
Richmond | 16.15 (111) | Western Bulldogs | 13.11 (89) | Telstra Dome | 28,847 | Sunday, 6 April |
Round 3
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Essendon | 13.16 (94) | Carlton | 15.15 (105) | MCG | 44,268 | Friday, 11 April |
West Coast | 21.18 (144) | St Kilda | 11.8 (74) | Subiaco Oval | 32,009 | Saturday, 12 April |
Collingwood | 18.8 (116) | Geelong | 10.9 (69) | MCG | 43,979 | Saturday, 12 April |
Kangaroos | 16.13 (109) | Brisbane Lions | 16.13 (109) | Telstra Dome | 24,359 | Saturday, 12 April |
Port Adelaide | 19.14 (128) | Hawthorn | 11.5 (71) | AAMI Stadium | 24,902 | Saturday, 12 April |
Sydney | 11.10 (76) | Adelaide | 15.13 (103) | SCG | 23,651 | Sunday, 13 April |
Melbourne | 20.7 (127) | Western Bulldogs | 14.11 (95) | Telstra Dome | 20,790 | Sunday, 13 April |
Richmond | 14.10 (94) | Fremantle | 6.10 (46) | MCG | 19,677 | Sunday, 13 April |
Round 4
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Brisbane Lions | 14.11 (95) | Collingwood | 11.15 (81) | The Gabba | 36,803 | Thursday, 17 April |
Geelong | 13.12 (90) | Melbourne | 6.8 (44) | Skilled Stadium | 23,001 | Saturday, 19 April |
Hawthorn | 17.8 (110) | Sydney | 10.8 (68) | MCG | 26,359 | Saturday, 19 April |
Western Bulldogs | 16.14 (110) | Essendon | 20.9 (129) | Telstra Dome | 35,238 | Saturday, 19 April |
Adelaide | 15.16 (106) | West Coast | 10.13 (73) | AAMI Stadium | 43,525 | Sunday, 20 April |
Fremantle | 25.17 (167) | Kangaroos | 19.8 (122) | Subiaco Oval | 25,435 | Sunday, 20 April |
Carlton | 12.12 (84) | Port Adelaide | 17.12 (114) | Optus Oval | 22,507 | Sunday, 20 April |
St Kilda | 11.15 (81) | Richmond | 17.5 (107) | Telstra Dome | 44,382 | Monday, 21 April |
Round 5
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Essendon | 23.9 (147) | Collingwood | 12.9 (81) | MCG | 62,589 | Friday, 25 April |
Sydney | 17.7 (109) | Melbourne | 13.7 (85) | SCG | 24,286 | Friday, 25 April |
Hawthorn | 14.11 (95) | Richmond | 18.7 (115) | MCG | 45,140 | Saturday, 26 April |
Adelaide | 9.12 (66) | Port Adelaide | 12.6 (78) | AAMI Stadium | 51,140 | Saturday, 26 April |
Kangaroos | 16.17 (113) | Carlton | 18.14 (122) | Telstra Dome | 38,094 | Saturday, 26 April |
Brisbane Lions | 15.16 (106) | Western Bulldogs | 12.7 (79) | The Gabba | 24,341 | Sunday, 27 April |
Fremantle | 10.13 (73) | West Coast | 16.12 (108) | Subiaco Oval | 41,654 | Sunday, 27 April |
St Kilda | 18.11 (119) | Geelong | 11.8 (74) | Telstra Dome | 27,240 | Sunday, 27 April |
Round 6
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Kangaroos | 9.16 (70) | Adelaide | 19.10 (124) | Telstra Dome | 38,469 | Friday, 2 May |
Carlton | 9.9 (63) | Hawthorn | 11.8 (74) | Optus Oval | 27,725 | Saturday, 3 May |
Melbourne | 14.10 (94) | West Coast | 19.13 (127) | MCG | 17,534 | Saturday, 3 May |
Collingwood | 13.11 (89) | Sydney | 17.7 (109) | Telstra Dome | 41,874 | Saturday, 3 May |
Port Adelaide | 12.12 (84) | Richmond | 8.9 (57) | AAMI Stadium | 29,608 | Saturday, 3 May |
Geelong | 12.6 (78) | Brisbane Lions | 13.14 (92) | Skilled Stadium | 21,246 | Sunday, 4 May |
Fremantle | 20.11 (131) | Essendon | 15.10 (100) | Subiaco Oval | 28,492 | Sunday, 4 May |
Western Bulldogs | 12.13 (85) | St Kilda | 15.10 (100) | Telstra Dome | 27,278 | Sunday, 4 May |
Round 7
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Hawthorn | 13.11 (89) | Kangaroos | 18.9 (117) | Telstra Dome | 32,435 | Friday, 9 May |
West Coast | 17.11 (113) | Geelong | 14.13 (97) | Subiaco Oval | 36,268 | Saturday, 10 May |
Richmond | 11.18 (84) | Essendon | 5.12 (42) | MCG | 52,196 | Saturday, 10 May |
Adelaide | 16.13 (109) | Collingwood | 18.6 (114) | AAMI Stadium | 44,706 | Saturday, 10 May |
St Kilda | 16.17 (113) | Carlton | 15.11 (101) | Telstra Dome | 45,122 | Saturday, 10 May |
Sydney | 15.8 (98) | Brisbane Lions | 11.13 (79) | SCG | 23,276 | Sunday, 11 May |
Melbourne | 16.15 (111) | Port Adelaide | 12.12 (84) | MCG | 12,410 | Sunday, 11 May |
Western Bulldogs | 10.12 (72) | Fremantle | 23.17 (155) | Telstra Dome | 12,542 | Sunday, 11 May |
Round 8
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Hawthorn | 8.5 (53) | Essendon | 15.16 (106) | MCG | 48,006 | Friday, 16 May |
Collingwood | 15.13 (103) | West Coast | 18.11 (119) | Telstra Dome | 39,912 | Saturday, 17 May |
Port Adelaide | 15.13 (103) | Kangaroos | 7.7 (49) | AAMI Stadium | 24,702 | Saturday, 17 May |
Richmond | 17.10 (112) | Melbourne | 16.7 (103) | MCG | 38,063 | Saturday, 17 May |
Brisbane Lions | 16.11 (107) | Adelaide | 12.17 (89) | The Gabba | 34,469 | Saturday, 17 May |
Sydney | 17.10 (112) | Geelong | 11.7 (73) | SCG | 22,483 | Sunday, 18 May |
Fremantle | 18.15 (123) | St Kilda | 11.16 (82) | Subiaco Oval | 26,723 | Sunday, 18 May |
Carlton | 15.17 (107) | Western Bulldogs | 14.16 (100) | Optus Oval | 20,602 | Sunday, 18 May |
Round 9
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Essendon | 14.12 (96) | Port Adelaide | 23.8 (146) | Telstra Dome | 35,390 | Friday, 23 May |
Carlton | 11.10 (76) | Brisbane Lions | 23.15 (153) | Optus Oval | 24,906 | Saturday, 24 May |
Melbourne | 10.11 (71) | Fremantle | 16.5 (101) | MCG | 17,009 | Saturday, 24 May |
West Coast | 18.16 (124) | Richmond | 11.6 (72) | Subiaco Oval | 40,313 | Saturday, 24 May |
Collingwood | 22.17 (149) | St Kilda | 12.12 (84) | Telstra Dome | 46,096 | Saturday, 24 May |
Kangaroos | 12.12 (84) | Sydney | 8.11 (59) | Manuka Oval | 13,832 | Sunday, 25 May |
Geelong | 16.13 (109) | Hawthorn | 11.9 (75) | Telstra Dome | 28,001 | Sunday, 25 May |
Adelaide | 16.13 (109) | Western Bulldogs | 14.9 (93) | AAMI Stadium | 44,342 | Sunday, 25 May |
Round 10
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Port Adelaide | 14.14 (98) | Collingwood | 10.13 (73) | AAMI Stadium | 43,321 | Friday, 30 May |
Fremantle | 19.13 (127) | Carlton | 15.9 (99) | Subiaco Oval | 33,250 | Saturday, 31 May |
Western Bulldogs | 22.13 (145) | Kangaroos | 24.12 (156) | Telstra Dome | 24,682 | Saturday, 31 May |
Richmond | 10.12 (72) | Sydney | 16.8 (104) | MCG | 34,569 | Saturday, 31 May |
Melbourne | 9.9 (63) | Brisbane Lions | 18.15 (123) | The Gabba | 29,634 | Saturday, 31 May |
Geelong | 8.11 (59) | Adelaide | 11.10 (76) | Skilled Stadium | 19,608 | Sunday, 1 June |
Essendon | 19.14 (128) | West Coast | 16.10 (106) | Telstra Dome | 32,715 | Sunday, 1 June |
St Kilda | 17.16 (118) | Hawthorn | 14.6 (90) | MCG | 25,745 | Sunday, 1 June |
Round 11
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Kangaroos | 13.14 (92) | Richmond | 13.11 (89) | Telstra Dome | 43,200 | Friday, 6 June |
Hawthorn | 11.9 (75) | Adelaide | 10.10 (70) | MCG | 25,841 | Saturday, 7 June |
St Kilda | 13.12 (90) | Brisbane Lions | 13.7 (85) | Telstra Dome | 30,313 | Saturday, 7 June |
Sydney | 21.7 (133) | Essendon | 12.7 (79) | Telstra Stadium | 45,917 | Saturday, 7 June |
Port Adelaide | 16.16 (112) | Fremantle | 9.9 (63) | AAMI Stadium | 30,745 | Sunday, 8 June |
West Coast | 19.10 (124) | Western Bulldogs | 19.10 (124) | Subiaco Oval | 38,540 | Sunday, 8 June |
Geelong | 17.13 (115) | Carlton | 12.3 (75) | Telstra Dome | 43,587 | Sunday, 8 June |
Melbourne | 10.17 (77) | Collingwood | 20.13 (133) | MCG | 60,010 | Monday, 9 June |
- The Kangaroos-Tigers game was especially notable as the comeback of Kangaroos player Jason McCartney from life-threatening burns suffered in the 2002 Bali bombings. McCartney retired immediately after the match.
Round 12
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Essendon | 13.10 (88) | Kangaroos | 14.12 (96) | Telstra Dome | 45,331 | Friday, 13 June |
St Kilda | 7.15 (57) | Port Adelaide | 15.9 (99) | York Park | 17,763 | Saturday, 14 June |
Richmond | 12.14 (86) | Carlton | 14.9 (93) | MCG | 36,557 | Saturday, 14 June |
Fremantle | 13.10 (88) | Geelong | 10.12 (72) | Subiaco Oval | 30,127 | Saturday, 14 June |
Western Bulldogs | 9.9 (63) | Sydney | 19.13 (127) | SCG | 21,742 | Saturday, 14 June |
Brisbane Lions | 13.13 (91) | West Coast | 24.16 (160) | The Gabba | 31,185 | Sunday, 15 June |
Adelaide | 21.12 (138) | Melbourne | 10.5 (65) | AAMI Stadium | 40,178 | Sunday, 15 June |
Collingwood | 6.15 (51) | Hawthorn | 12.12 (84) | MCG | 47,365 | Sunday, 15 June |
Round 13
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Essendon | 20.9 (129) | Geelong | 15.3 (93) | Telstra Dome | 48,374 | Friday, 27 June |
Melbourne | 21.10 (136) | St Kilda | 14.10 (94) | MCG | 29,339 | Saturday, 28 June |
Port Adelaide | 14.15 (99) | Sydney | 8.12 (60) | AAMI Stadium | 24,272 | Saturday, 28 June |
Western Bulldogs | 12.13 (85) | Collingwood | 18.20 (128) | Telstra Dome | 42,952 | Saturday, 28 June |
Brisbane Lions | 15.14 (104) | Richmond | 9.7 (61) | The Gabba | 32,623 | Saturday, 28 June |
Hawthorn | 15.8 (98) | Fremantle | 10.8 (68) | York Park | 17,212 | Sunday, 29 June |
West Coast | 11.10 (76) | Kangaroos | 10.7 (67) | Subiaco Oval | 36,641 | Sunday, 29 June |
Carlton | 7.8 (50) | Adelaide | 13.14 (92) | Optus Oval | 19,242 | Sunday, 29 June |
Round 14
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
St Kilda | 7.9 (51) | Essendon | 17.17 (119) | Telstra Dome | 49,148 | Friday, 4 July |
Fremantle | 10.15 (75) | Brisbane Lions | 10.12 (72) | Subiaco Oval | 28,450 | Saturday, 5 July |
Hawthorn | 23.16 (154) | Western Bulldogs | 12.11 (83) | MCG | 31,390 | Saturday, 5 July |
Kangaroos | 7.8 (50) | Collingwood | 19.12 (126) | Telstra Dome | 53,312 | Saturday, 5 July |
Adelaide | 10.12 (72) | Richmond | 6.8 (44) | AAMI Stadium | 44,809 | Saturday, 5 July |
Sydney | 13.14 (92) | West Coast | 12.12 (84) | SCG | 31,121 | Sunday, 6 July |
Carlton | 14.6 (90) | Melbourne | 14.13 (97) | Optus Oval | 24,289 | Sunday, 6 July |
Geelong | 10.10 (70) | Port Adelaide | 10.9 (69) | Skilled Stadium | 19,770 | Sunday, 6 July |
Round 15
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Adelaide | 13.12 (90) | Essendon | 7.7 (49) | AAMI Stadium | 41,758 | Friday, 11 July |
Collingwood | 15.9 (99) | Fremantle | 7.16 (58) | MCG | 40,964 | Saturday, 12 July |
Richmond | 15.7 (97) | Geelong | 15.11 (101) | Telstra Dome | 38,546 | Saturday, 12 July |
West Coast | 28.19 (187) | Carlton | 10.11 (71) | Subiaco Oval | 39,129 | Saturday, 12 July |
Sydney | 15.22 (112) | St Kilda | 9.7 (61) | SCG | 27,550 | Saturday, 12 July |
Brisbane Lions | 14.9 (93) | Hawthorn | 11.15 (81) | The Gabba | 29,684 | Sunday, 13 July |
Kangaroos | 15.11 (101) | Melbourne | 14.10 (94) | MCG | 24,618 | Sunday, 13 July |
Western Bulldogs | 14.9 (93) | Port Adelaide | 15.18 (108) | Telstra Dome | 14,784 | Sunday, 13 July |
Round 16
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Richmond | 9.8 (62) | Collingwood | 20.11 (131) | MCG | 54,655 | Friday, 18 July |
Carlton | 12.12 (84) | Sydney | 18.7 (115) | Optus Oval | 21,463 | Saturday, 19 July |
Hawthorn | 17.11 (113) | Melbourne | 15.16 (106) | MCG | 32,029 | Saturday, 19 July |
Essendon | 14.10 (94) | Brisbane Lions | 12.14 (86) | Telstra Dome | 47,744 | Saturday, 19 July |
Port Adelaide | 17.12 (114) | West Coast | 7.8 (50) | AAMI Stadium | 37,624 | Saturday, 19 July |
Geelong | 11.15 (81) | Western Bulldogs | 15.9 (99) | Skilled Stadium | 22,067 | Sunday, 20 July |
Fremantle | 13.13 (91) | Adelaide | 13.12 (90) | Subiaco Oval | 31,225 | Sunday, 20 July |
St Kilda | 21.6 (132) | Kangaroos | 19.13 (127) | Telstra Dome | 25,381 | Sunday, 20 July |
Round 17
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
West Coast | 14.14 (98) | Hawthorn | 5.12 (42) | Subiaco Oval | 40,127 | Friday, 25 July |
Kangaroos | 16.8 (104) | Geelong | 12.14 (86) | Manuka Oval | 10,253 | Saturday, 26 July |
Melbourne | 10.11 (71) | Essendon | 13.10 (88) | MCG | 33,368 | Saturday, 26 July |
Western Bulldogs | 14.11 (95) | Richmond | 24.11 (155) | Telstra Dome | 25,204 | Saturday, 26 July |
Brisbane Lions | 15.13 (103) | Port Adelaide | 15.14 (104) | The Gabba | 32,043 | Saturday, 26 July |
Sydney | 17.9 (111) | Fremantle | 14.13 (97) | SCG | 30,228 | Sunday, 27 July |
Adelaide | 22.11 (143) | St Kilda | 13.8 (86) | AAMI Stadium | 44,667 | Sunday, 27 July |
Collingwood | 20.15 (135) | Carlton | 8.14 (62) | MCG | 54,500 | Sunday, 27 July |
Round 18
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Western Bulldogs | 14.17 (101) | Melbourne | 12.8 (80) | Telstra Dome | 20,714 | Friday, 1 August |
Fremantle | 15.14 (104) | Richmond | 11.15 (81) | Subiaco Oval | 31,725 | Saturday, 2 August |
Carlton | 7.14 (56) | Essendon | 13.12 (90) | MCG | 40,697 | Saturday, 2 August |
Geelong | 10.13 (73) | Collingwood | 14.13 (97) | Telstra Dome | 45,887 | Saturday, 2 August |
Brisbane Lions | 20.17 (137) | Kangaroos | 11.17 (83) | The Gabba | 28,044 | Saturday, 2 August |
Adelaide | 14.13 (97) | Sydney | 14.9 (93) | AAMI Stadium | 46,945 | Sunday, 3 August |
Hawthorn | 11.14 (80) | Port Adelaide | 12.12 (84) | MCG | 21,415 | Sunday, 3 August |
St Kilda | 19.14 (128) | West Coast | 9.13 (67) | Telstra Dome | 21,531 | Sunday, 3 August |
Round 19
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Melbourne | 6.9 (45) | Geelong | 11.18 (84) | MCG | 22,508 | Friday, 8 August |
West Coast | 10.7 (67) | Adelaide | 13.13 (91) | Subiaco Oval | 39,681 | Saturday, 9 August |
Collingwood | 8.14 (62) | Brisbane Lions | 15.11 (101) | MCG | 61,868 | Saturday, 9 August |
Richmond | 7.8 (50) | St Kilda | 20.10 (130) | Telstra Dome | 41,514 | Saturday, 9 August |
Sydney | 14.9 (93) | Hawthorn | 17.8 (110) | SCG | 33,473 | Saturday, 9 August |
Port Adelaide | 18.17 (125) | Carlton | 12.9 (81) | AAMI Stadium | 31,083 | Sunday, 10 August |
Essendon | 22.15 (147) | Western Bulldogs | 12.8 (80) | Telstra Dome | 36,138 | Sunday, 10 August |
Kangaroos | 15.8 (98) | Fremantle | 15.9 (99) | MCG | 18,486 | Sunday, 10 August |
Mathew Lloyd would kick 11 goals to surpass Simon Madden as the Essendon Football Club's greatest ever goal scorer.
Round 20
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Collingwood | 15.18 (108) | Adelaide | 11.5 (71) | Telstra Dome | 45,367 | Friday, 15 August |
Carlton | 11.9 (75) | St Kilda | 26.10 (166) | Optus Oval | 22,361 | Saturday, 16 August |
Geelong | 9.9 (63) | West Coast | 9.9 (63) | Skilled Stadium | 19,202 | Saturday, 16 August |
Kangaroos | 14.12 (96) | Hawthorn | 16.14 (110) | Telstra Dome | 29,234 | Saturday, 16 August |
Port Adelaide | 17.10 (112) | Melbourne | 15.8 (98) | AAMI Stadium | 28,032 | Saturday, 16 August |
Brisbane Lions | 10.16 (76) | Sydney | 14.6 (90) | The Gabba | 32,988 | Sunday, 17 August |
Fremantle | 18.25 (133) | Western Bulldogs | 12.5 (77) | Subiaco Oval | 35,518 | Sunday, 17 August |
Essendon | 13.14 (92) | Richmond | 7.11 (53) | MCG | 40,846 | Sunday, 17 August |
Round 21
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Hawthorn | 20.18 (138) | Carlton | 10.4 (64) | MCG | 30,406 | Friday, 22 August |
Adelaide | 10.4 (64) | Kangaroos | 9.20 (74) | AAMI Stadium | 42,259 | Saturday, 23 August |
Essendon | 20.13 (133) | Fremantle | 11.7 (73) | Telstra Dome | 42,256 | Saturday, 23 August |
Brisbane Lions | 19.9 (123) | Geelong | 13.8 (86) | The Gabba | 30,515 | Saturday, 23 August |
Sydney | 12.9 (81) | Collingwood | 14.15 (99) | Telstra Stadium | 72,393 | Saturday, 23 August |
St Kilda | 13.17 (95) | Western Bulldogs | 3.12 (30) | York Park | 15,637 | Sunday, 24 August |
West Coast | 21.17 (143) | Melbourne | 14.7 (91) | Subiaco Oval | 38,029 | Sunday, 24 August |
Richmond | 16.8 (104) | Port Adelaide | 18.16 (124) | Telstra Dome | 15,920 | Sunday, 24 August |
The Sydney vs. Collingwood game is notable as it is the highest attended Australian rules football match ever played outside of Victoria.
Round 22
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
Collingwood | 12.11 (83) | Essendon | 9.13 (67) | MCG | 68,381 | Friday, 29 August |
Geelong | 12.12 (84) | St Kilda | 9.11 (65) | Skilled Stadium | 20,728 | Saturday, 30 August |
Melbourne | 9.6 (60) | Sydney | 14.10 (94) | MCG | 22,969 | Saturday, 30 August |
West Coast | 11.16 (82) | Fremantle | 14.12 (96) | Subiaco Oval | 43,027 | Saturday, 30 August |
Western Bulldogs | 13.8 (86) | Brisbane Lions | 26.14 (170) | Telstra Dome | 22,361 | Saturday, 30 August |
Port Adelaide | 14.10 (94) | Adelaide | 12.6 (78) | AAMI Stadium | 48,131 | Sunday, 31 August |
Carlton | 9.9 (63) | Kangaroos | 28.19 (187) | Telstra Dome | 26,138 | Sunday, 31 August |
Richmond | 11.8 (74) | Hawthorn | 11.12 (78) | MCG | 31,389 | Sunday, 31 August |
Ladder
Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
This marks the first time that Fremantle played a finals match and the first, and only time to date that all non-Victorian teams played in a finals series.
Ladder progression
Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round.
Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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Port Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 |
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Collingwood | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 |
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Brisbane Lions | 4 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 38 | 38 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 46 | 50 | 50 | 54 | 58 |
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Sydney | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 52 | 52 | 56 |
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Fremantle | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 52 | 56 |
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Adelaide | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 |
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West Coast | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 38 | 42 | 42 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 52 | 52 |
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Essendon | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 52 |
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Hawthorn | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 |
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North Melbourne | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 42 | 46 |
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St Kilda | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 44 |
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Geelong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 30 |
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Richmond | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
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Melbourne | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
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Carlton | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
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Western Bulldogs | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
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Source: [citation needed]
Finals series
Week one
Week two
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12 September (7:30 pm) | Brisbane Lions 18.16 (124) | def. | Adelaide 12.10 (82) | The Gabba (crowd: 32,432) | |
13 September (7:30 pm) | Port Adelaide 12.11 (83) | def. | Essendon 6.8 (44) | AAMI Stadium (crowd: 36,557) | |
- No game was played at the MCG this week, despite the agreement then in place with the Melbourne Cricket Club that at least one game each week of the finals be played at the MCG. Neither match was considered a viable option to be moved, as one match featured two non-Victorian teams (Brisbane and Adelaide), and the other match featured a first-placed non-Victorian side (Port Adelaide) versus an eighth-placed Victorian side (Essendon).
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Week three
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20 September (2:30 pm) | Collingwood 17.10 (112) | def. | Port Adelaide 9.14 (68) | MCG (crowd: 77,405) | |
20 September (7:30 pm) | Sydney 8.8 (56) | def. by | Brisbane Lions 14.16 (100) | Telstra Stadium (crowd: 71,019) | |
- The attendance of 71,019 for the final between Sydney and Brisbane is the largest attendance ever for an AFL game not featuring a Victorian team played outside Victoria.
- As of 2023, this remains the last time two finals matches were played on the same day after the first week.
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Week four
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| Grand Final | | |
27 September (2:40 pm) | Brisbane Lions 20.14 (134) | def. | Collingwood 12.12 (84) | MCG (crowd: 79,451) | Report |
- The Brisbane Lions victory was the clubs third successive premiership and were the fourth team to achieve three or more premierships in a row.
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Match attendance
Total match attendance for all games was 5,872,352 people. Attendance at the grand final was 79,451 people. The largest non-finals attendance was 72,393 people for the Sydney vs Collingwood game in round 21.
Awards
Notable events
- Western Bulldogs captain Chris Grant suffered a season-ending knee injury in his side's round one win over Geelong. His absence in the team was severely felt as the Bulldogs ended up finishing last on the AFL ladder.[1][2]
- Essendon Forward Matthew Lloyd would kick 11 goals in his sides 67 point win over the Western Bulldogs to surpass Simon Madden as the recorder holder for most goals kicked by an Essendon player in the club's history.
External links
References
- ^ Whiting, Michael (11 April 2016). "Dogs can learn from history on Murphy injury". Australian Football League. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Pierik, Jon (11 April 2016). "AFL 2016: 'I felt the pop,' says Bob Murphy". Redland City Bulletin. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924 |