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105th season of the Australian Football League (AFL)
Australian rules football season
The 2001 AFL season was the 105th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia. The season featured sixteen clubs, ran from 30 March until 29 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 first time, after it defeated Essendon by 26 points in the AFL Grand Final .
AFL Draft
See 2001 AFL Draft .
Ansett Australia Cup
Port Adelaide defeated the Brisbane Lions 17.9 (111) to 3.8 (26) in the grand final.
Premiership season
Round 1
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Kangaroos
9.7 (61)
Essendon
23.8 (146)
MCG
56,028
Friday, 30 March
Hawthorn
13.7 (85)
Collingwood
11.15 (81)
MCG
52,190
Saturday, 31 March
Fremantle
18.10 (118)
Carlton
18.11 (119)
Subiaco Oval
23,716
Saturday, 31 March
Western Bulldogs
16.11 (107)
St Kilda
16.16 (112)
Colonial Stadium
30,047
Saturday, 31 March
Port Adelaide
14.15 (99)
Brisbane Lions
14.9 (93)
Football Park
25,948
Saturday, 31 March
Geelong
17.13 (115)
West Coast
7.7 (49)
Shell Stadium
20,149
Sunday, 1 April
Melbourne
15.13 (103)
Richmond
20.14 (134)
MCG
44,466
Sunday, 1 April
Sydney
19.12 (126)
Adelaide
10.14 (74)
SCG
31,174
Sunday, 1 April
Round 2
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Essendon
23.7 (145)
Port Adelaide
16.11 (107)
Colonial Stadium
34,918
Friday, 6 April
Carlton
11.15 (81)
Hawthorn
16.11 (107)
Optus Oval
27,597
Saturday, 7 April
Richmond
9.15 (69)
Western Bulldogs
17.9 (111)
MCG
36,427
Saturday, 7 April
Collingwood
15.15 (105)
Fremantle
13.10 (88)
Colonial Stadium
26,067
Saturday, 7 April
Adelaide
11.14 (80)
Melbourne
12.11 (83)
Football Park
35,653
Saturday, 7 April
Brisbane Lions
17.16 (118)
Kangaroos
8.10 (58)
Gabba
22,970
Sunday, 8 April
St Kilda
13.8 (86)
Geelong
17.13 (115)
Colonial Stadium
33,867
Sunday, 8 April
West Coast
13.11 (89)
Sydney
15.14 (104)
Subiaco Oval
32,673
Sunday, 8 April
Round 3
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Carlton
14.9 (93)
Essendon
11.10 (76)
MCG
63,088
Thursday, 12 April
Richmond
17.14 (116)
Brisbane Lions
14.10 (94)
MCG
31,688
Saturday, 14 April
Western Bulldogs
12.9 (81)
Collingwood
23.15 (153)
Colonial Stadium
37,598
Saturday, 14 April
Kangaroos
11.5 (71)
Sydney
23.13 (151)
SCG
22,395
Saturday, 14 April
Adelaide
13.10 (88)
Port Adelaide
23.15 (153)
Football Park
40,296
Sunday, 15 April
St Kilda
16.11 (107)
West Coast
19.11 (125)
Colonial Stadium
19,496
Sunday, 15 April
Fremantle
8.11 (59)
Hawthorn
11.16 (82)
Subiaco Oval
20,703
Sunday, 15 April
Melbourne
18.16 (124)
Geelong
15.14 (104)
MCG
48,551
Monday, 16 April
Round 4
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Collingwood
10.11 (71)
Richmond
13.8 (86)
MCG
78,638
Friday, 20 April
Sydney
6.19 (55)
Essendon
15.12 (102)
SCG
40,131
Friday, 20 April
Carlton
8.5 (53)
Adelaide
9.8 (62)
Optus Oval
21,110
Saturday, 21 April
Western Bulldogs
21.14 (140)
Brisbane Lions
12.15 (87)
Colonial Stadium
20,322
Saturday, 21 April
Fremantle
13.10 (88)
West Coast
16.16 (112)
Subiaco Oval
38,804
Saturday, 21 April
Port Adelaide
17.12 (114)
St Kilda
7.8 (50)
Football Park
27,017
Saturday, 21 April
Geelong
4.9 (33)
Kangaroos
7.11 (53)
Shell Stadium
14,298
Sunday, 22 April
Hawthorn
11.17 (83)
Melbourne
5.14 (44)
MCG
30,113
Sunday, 22 April
Round 5
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Essendon
15.13 (103)
Collingwood
14.11 (95)
MCG
83,905
Wednesday, 25 April
West Coast
11.4 (70)
Richmond
17.7 (109)
Subiaco Oval
38,424
Friday, 27 April
Carlton
17.23 (125)
St Kilda
14.8 (92)
Optus Oval
24,385
Saturday, 28 April
Western Bulldogs
19.12 (126)
Hawthorn
24.11 (155)
Colonial Stadium
34,400
Saturday, 28 April
Adelaide
12.18 (90)
Kangaroos
10.15 (75)
Football Park
37,596
Saturday, 28 April
Brisbane Lions
25.21 (171)
Fremantle
19.8 (122)
Gabba
20,059
Sunday, 29 April
Geelong
15.12 (102)
Port Adelaide
23.10 (148)
Shell Stadium
18,736
Sunday, 29 April
Melbourne
18.11 (119)
Sydney
15.14 (104)
MCG
31,168
Sunday, 29 April
Round 6
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Kangaroos
12.6 (78)
Richmond
19.15 (129)
Colonial Stadium
39,773
Friday, 4 May
St Kilda
18.12 (120)
Sydney
14.10 (94)
Colonial Stadium
28,933
Saturday, 5 May
Fremantle
9.20 (74)
Melbourne
18.11 (119)
Subiaco Oval
19,775
Saturday, 5 May
Port Adelaide
20.9 (129)
Western Bulldogs
13.8 (86)
Football Park
30,197
Saturday, 5 May
Brisbane Lions
17.14 (116)
Geelong
8.13 (61)
Gabba
25,881
Saturday, 5 May
Collingwood
15.13 (103)
Carlton
14.11 (95)
MCG
73,572
Sunday, 6 May
Essendon
24.14 (158)
West Coast
10.10 (70)
Colonial Stadium
33,829
Sunday, 6 May
Hawthorn
16.8 (104)
Adelaide
12.19 (91)
York Park
17,460
Sunday, 6 May
Round 7
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Melbourne
12.5 (77)
Western Bulldogs
15.17 (107)
MCG
32,299
Friday, 11 May
Richmond
10.14 (74)
Essendon
16.24 (120)
MCG
77,576
Saturday, 12 May
St Kilda
15.9 (99)
Hawthorn
16.14 (110)
Colonial Stadium
37,940
Saturday, 12 May
Adelaide
14.19 (103)
Fremantle
12.11 (83)
Football Park
38,292
Saturday, 12 May
Collingwood
14.13 (97)
Kangaroos
15.9 (99)
Colonial Stadium
34,600
Sunday, 13 May
Geelong
9.14 (68)
Carlton
17.6 (108)
MCG
29,150
Sunday, 13 May
Sydney
12.8 (80)
Brisbane Lions
15.22 (112)
SCG
22,390
Sunday, 13 May
West Coast
7.8 (50)
Port Adelaide
17.19 (121)
Subiaco Oval
28,026
Sunday, 13 May
Round 8
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Richmond
14.8 (92)
Adelaide
17.18 (120)
MCG
29,073
Friday, 18 May
Carlton
21.16 (142)
Brisbane Lions
9.14 (68)
Optus Oval
21,997
Saturday, 19 May
Hawthorn
21.12 (138)
West Coast
8.10 (58)
MCG
22,988
Saturday, 19 May
Kangaroos
19.24 (138)
St Kilda
13.11 (89)
Manuka Oval
10,958
Saturday, 19 May
Port Adelaide
16.14 (110)
Collingwood
18.11 (119)
Football Park
34,232
Saturday, 19 May
Melbourne
11.13 (79)
Essendon
12.13 (85)
MCG
47,452
Sunday, 20 May
Western Bulldogs
18.14 (122)
Sydney
15.11 (101)
SCG
22,874
Sunday, 20 May
Fremantle
10.13 (73)
Geelong
14.11 (95)
Subiaco Oval
20,231
Sunday, 20 May
Round 9
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Kangaroos
10.9 (69)
Carlton
12.10 (82)
MCG
43,624
Friday, 25 May
Collingwood
14.14 (98)
St Kilda
12.8 (80)
MCG
49,937
Saturday, 26 May
West Coast
11.11 (77)
Western Bulldogs
18.17 (125)
Subiaco Oval
30,063
Saturday, 26 May
Brisbane Lions
18.14 (122)
Adelaide
19.13 (127)
Gabba
24,122
Saturday, 26 May
Essendon
18.14 (122)
Hawthorn
8.9 (57)
Colonial Stadium
50,701
Saturday, 26 May
Port Adelaide
13.10 (88)
Melbourne
9.14 (68)
Football Park
22,423
Sunday, 27 May
Geelong
17.16 (118)
Richmond
11.10 (76)
Shell Stadium
27,421
Sunday, 27 May
Sydney
12.12 (84)
Fremantle
10.5 (65)
SCG
20,611
Sunday, 27 May
Round 10
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Western Bulldogs
11.13 (79)
Kangaroos
19.11 (125)
Colonial Stadium
32,793
Friday, 1 June
Carlton
21.23 (149)
West Coast
3.12 (30)
Optus Oval
19,757
Saturday, 2 June
Hawthorn
10.13 (73)
Port Adelaide
17.14 (116)
MCG
28,228
Saturday, 2 June
St Kilda
17.11 (113)
Melbourne
22.12 (144)
Colonial Stadium
30,497
Saturday, 2 June
Brisbane Lions
15.12 (102)
Essendon
10.14 (74)
Gabba
36,149
Saturday, 2 June
Adelaide
9.12 (66)
Geelong
8.7 (55)
Football Park
40,466
Sunday, 3 June
Collingwood
7.13 (55)
Sydney
11.7 (73)
Colonial Stadium
42,640
Sunday, 3 June
Fremantle
6.10 (46)
Richmond
12.12 (84)
Subiaco Oval
19,626
Sunday, 3 June
Round 11
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
St Kilda
13.8 (86)
Essendon
19.14 (128)
Colonial Stadium
40,075
Friday, 8 June
Geelong
14.9 (93)
Hawthorn
13.12 (90)
Colonial Stadium
37,526
Saturday, 9 June
West Coast
9.8 (62)
Brisbane Lions
11.18 (84)
Subiaco Oval
25,588
Saturday, 9 June
Adelaide
14.13 (97)
Western Bulldogs
19.13 (127)
Football Park
38,829
Saturday, 9 June
Kangaroos
23.16 (154)
Fremantle
10.8 (68)
Colonial Stadium
18,023
Sunday, 10 June
Richmond
13.10 (88)
Carlton
8.13 (61)
MCG
71,767
Sunday, 10 June
Sydney
18.17 (125)
Port Adelaide
10.18 (78)
SCG
28,187
Sunday, 10 June
Melbourne
8.9 (57)
Collingwood
19.20 (134)
MCG
62,761
Monday, 11 June
Round 12
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Essendon
18.14 (122)
Adelaide
11.7 (73)
Colonial Stadium
38,816
Friday, 15 June
Geelong
13.9 (87)
Western Bulldogs
15.4 (94)
Shell Stadium
22,771
Saturday, 16 June
Fremantle
11.14 (80)
St Kilda
12.18 (90)
Subiaco Oval
19,857
Saturday, 16 June
Melbourne
14.15 (99)
Brisbane Lions
23.10 (148)
Gabba
23,740
Sunday, 17 June
Collingwood
26.17 (173)
West Coast
14.8 (92)
Colonial Stadium
36,589
Friday, 22 June
Hawthorn
15.11 (101)
Kangaroos
14.14 (98)
MCG
41,295
Saturday, 23 June
Richmond
12.14 (86)
Sydney
8.12 (60)
Colonial Stadium
37,196
Saturday, 23 June
Port Adelaide
10.10 (70)
Carlton
15.14 (104)
Football Park
35,805
Sunday, 24 June
Round 13
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Brisbane Lions
20.20 (140)
Hawthorn
8.5 (53)
Gabba
30,573
Friday, 29 June
Carlton
23.15 (153)
Western Bulldogs
13.14 (92)
Optus Oval
30,067
Saturday, 30 June
Essendon
18.10 (118)
Fremantle
10.12 (72)
Colonial Stadium
29,528
Saturday, 30 June
Kangaroos
14.11 (95)
Port Adelaide
10.13 (73)
Manuka Oval
10,030
Saturday, 30 June
Adelaide
14.13 (97)
Collingwood
15.9 (99)
Football Park
39,010
Saturday, 30 June
St Kilda
13.9 (87)
Richmond
19.12 (126)
Colonial Stadium
40,783
Sunday, 1 July
Sydney
9.11 (65)
Geelong
12.12 (84)
SCG
26,760
Sunday, 1 July
West Coast
15.5 (95)
Melbourne
13.10 (88)
Subiaco Oval
29,783
Sunday, 1 July
Round 14
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Western Bulldogs
11.10 (76)
Essendon
24.10 (154)
Colonial Stadium
48,728
Friday, 6 July
Richmond
10.11 (71)
Hawthorn
20.9 (129)
MCG
52,189
Saturday, 7 July
Adelaide
8.16 (64)
West Coast
7.9 (51)
Football Park
31,534
Saturday, 7 July
Brisbane Lions
17.17 (119)
St Kilda
9.8 (62)
Gabba
22,911
Saturday, 7 July
Geelong
16.15 (111)
Collingwood
14.9 (93)
Colonial Stadium
50,160
Sunday, 8 July
Melbourne
13.15 (93)
Kangaroos
18.13 (121)
MCG
27,464
Sunday, 8 July
Sydney
12.19 (91)
Carlton
12.9 (81)
SCG
30,488
Sunday, 8 July
Fremantle
11.5 (71)
Port Adelaide
25.13 (163)
Subiaco Oval
15,961
Sunday, 8 July
Round 15
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
St Kilda
9.5 (59)
Adelaide
23.18 (156)
Colonial Stadium
26,560
Friday, 13 July
Carlton
16.15 (111)
Melbourne
18.9 (117)
Optus Oval
23,901
Saturday, 14 July
Hawthorn
11.11 (77)
Sydney
14.14 (98)
MCG
34,394
Saturday, 14 July
Western Bulldogs
16.23 (119)
Fremantle
11.19 (85)
Colonial Stadium
15,111
Saturday, 14 July
Port Adelaide
14.12 (96)
Richmond
7.10 (52)
Football Park
26,773
Saturday, 14 July
Collingwood
16.7 (103)
Brisbane Lions
19.15 (129)
MCG
45,016
Sunday, 15 July
Essendon
19.13 (127)
Geelong
17.10 (112)
Colonial Stadium
48,152
Sunday, 15 July
West Coast
17.8 (110)
Kangaroos
24.10 (154)
Subiaco Oval
34,259
Sunday, 15 July
Round 16
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Richmond
19.13 (127)
Melbourne
12.14 (86)
MCG
37,938
Friday, 20 July
Carlton
19.17 (131)
Fremantle
8.8 (56)
Optus Oval
15,622
Saturday, 21 July
Collingwood
14.5 (89)
Hawthorn
21.18 (144)
MCG
52,381
Saturday, 21 July
St Kilda
12.6 (78)
Western Bulldogs
16.16 (112)
Colonial Stadium
21,665
Saturday, 21 July
Brisbane Lions
13.16 (94)
Port Adelaide
8.12 (60)
Gabba
29,547
Saturday, 21 July
Adelaide
7.14 (56)
Sydney
16.9 (105)
Football Park
46,852
Sunday, 22 July
Essendon
27.9 (171)
Kangaroos
25.9 (159)
MCG
51,878
Sunday, 22 July
West Coast
12.8 (80)
Geelong
22.18 (150)
Subiaco Oval
31,456
Sunday, 22 July
Round 17
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Western Bulldogs
15.10 (100)
Richmond
15.12 (102)
Colonial Stadium
43,595
Friday, 27 July
Geelong
12.6 (78)
St Kilda
10.6 (66)
Shell Stadium
22,414
Saturday, 28 July
Melbourne
12.12 (84)
Adelaide
15.10 (100)
MCG
17,566
Saturday, 28 July
Fremantle
13.12 (90)
Collingwood
19.5 (119)
Subiaco Oval
20,498
Saturday, 28 July
Kangaroos
18.7 (115)
Brisbane Lions
21.10 (136)
Colonial Stadium
26,776
Saturday, 28 July
Port Adelaide
15.14 (104)
Essendon
14.13 (97)
Football Park
37,930
Sunday, 29 July
Hawthorn
15.6 (96)
Carlton
13.15 (93)
MCG
52,472
Sunday, 29 July
Sydney
11.17 (83)
West Coast
6.12 (48)
SCG
20,669
Sunday, 29 July
Round 18
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Richmond
10.11 (71)
Collingwood
6.15 (51)
MCG
69,930
Friday, 3 August
Geelong
15.10 (100)
Melbourne
16.7 (103)
MCG
31,074
Saturday, 4 August
Hawthorn
13.12 (90)
Fremantle
16.10 (106)
Colonial Stadium
16,595
Saturday, 4 August
Sydney
22.11 (143)
Kangaroos
3.18 (36)
SCG
32,689
Saturday, 4 August
Port Adelaide
16.11 (107)
Adelaide
15.9 (99)
Football Park
49,846
Sunday, 5 August
Brisbane Lions
19.22 (136)
Western Bulldogs
15.13 (103)
Gabba
26,872
Sunday, 5 August
Essendon
14.11 (95)
Carlton
16.6 (102)
MCG
75,873
Sunday, 5 August
West Coast
26.15 (171)
St Kilda
12.7 (79)
Subiaco Oval
31,358
Sunday, 5 August
Fremantle claimed their first win of the season in their match against Hawthorn .
Round 19
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Kangaroos
21.5 (131)
Geelong
12.10 (82)
Colonial Stadium
30,919
Friday, 10 August
St Kilda
16.18 (114)
Port Adelaide
19.11 (125)
Colonial Stadium
14,018
Saturday, 11 August
Melbourne
10.11 (71)
Hawthorn
24.12 (156)
MCG
26,632
Saturday, 11 August
Adelaide
16.10 (106)
Carlton
8.5 (53)
Football Park
44,542
Saturday, 11 August
Brisbane Lions
19.14 (128)
Richmond
15.7 (97)
Gabba
31,324
Sunday, 12 August
Collingwood
17.17 (119)
Western Bulldogs
11.11 (77)
MCG
38,793
Sunday, 12 August
Essendon
11.13 (79)
Sydney
11.11 (77)
Colonial Stadium
45,057
Sunday, 12 August
West Coast
14.14 (98)
Fremantle
9.10 (64)
Subiaco Oval
41,285
Sunday, 12 August
Round 20
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Kangaroos
15.10 (100)
Adelaide
25.12 (162)
Colonial Stadium
25,340
Friday, 17 August
Richmond
20.18 (138)
West Coast
10.13 (73)
Colonial Stadium
25,856
Saturday, 18 August
Port Adelaide
14.15 (99)
Geelong
10.9 (69)
Football Park
25,536
Saturday, 18 August
Collingwood
13.9 (87)
Essendon
15.17 (107)
MCG
71,518
Saturday, 18 August
Hawthorn
12.7 (79)
Western Bulldogs
17.23 (125)
MCG
26,642
Sunday, 19 August
St Kilda
16.8 (104)
Carlton
22.16 (148)
Colonial Stadium
34,521
Sunday, 19 August
Sydney
14.14 (98)
Melbourne
19.17 (131)
SCG
28,367
Sunday, 19 August
Fremantle
12.15 (87)
Brisbane Lions
21.12 (138)
Subiaco Oval
15,136
Sunday, 19 August
Round 21
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Richmond
13.14 (92)
Kangaroos
13.10 (88)
MCG
37,776
Friday, 24 August
Carlton
20.10 (130)
Collingwood
9.8 (62)
MCG
70,051
Saturday, 25 August
West Coast
6.11 (47)
Essendon
21.10 (136)
Subiaco Oval
36,445
Saturday, 25 August
Western Bulldogs
10.13 (73)
Port Adelaide
22.18 (150)
Colonial Stadium
19,649
Saturday, 25 August
Adelaide
13.13 (91)
Hawthorn
8.5 (53)
Football Park
42,827
Sunday, 26 August
Geelong
9.13 (67)
Brisbane Lions
16.14 (110)
Shell Stadium
24,325
Sunday, 26 August
Melbourne
16.18 (114)
Fremantle
12.7 (79)
Colonial Stadium
12,566
Sunday, 26 August
Sydney
21.16 (142)
St Kilda
8.7 (55)
SCG
26,334
Sunday, 26 August
Round 22
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Essendon
12.11 (83)
Richmond
17.5 (107)
MCG
77,028
Friday, 31 August
Carlton
13.19 (97)
Geelong
3.9 (27)
Optus Oval
26,314
Saturday, 1 September
Fremantle
17.18 (120)
Adelaide
11.17 (83)
Subiaco Oval
19,535
Saturday, 1 September
Hawthorn
13.9 (87)
St Kilda
13.11 (89)
MCG
24,113
Saturday, 1 September
Brisbane Lions
13.15 (93)
Sydney
9.8 (62)
Gabba
33,606
Saturday, 1 September
Port Adelaide
24.19 (163)
West Coast
7.9 (51)
Football Park
22,976
Sunday, 2 September
Kangaroos
11.17 (83)
Collingwood
19.12 (126)
Manuka Oval
13,117
Sunday, 2 September
Western Bulldogs
19.9 (123)
Melbourne
21.7 (133)
Colonial Stadium
21,146
Sunday, 2 September
Ladder
All teams played 22 games during the home-and-away season, for a total of 176. An additional nine games were played during the finals series.
Source:
AFL ladder Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
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 Essendon 4 8 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 56 56 60 64 68 68 Brisbane Lions 0 4 4 4 8 12 16 16 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 Port Adelaide 4 4 8 12 16 20 24 24 28 32 32 32 32 36 40 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 Richmond 4 4 8 12 16 20 20 20 20 24 28 32 36 36 36 40 44 48 48 52 56 60 Carlton 4 4 8 8 12 12 16 20 24 28 28 32 36 36 36 40 40 44 44 48 52 56 Hawthorn 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 32 32 32 36 36 40 40 44 48 48 52 52 52 52 Sydney 4 8 12 12 12 12 12 12 16 20 24 24 24 28 32 36 40 44 44 44 48 48 Adelaide 0 0 0 4 8 8 12 16 20 24 24 24 24 28 32 32 36 36 40 44 48 48 Collingwood 0 4 8 8 8 12 12 16 20 20 24 28 32 32 32 32 36 36 40 40 40 44 Western Bulldogs 0 4 4 8 8 8 12 16 20 20 24 28 28 28 32 36 36 36 36 40 40 40 Melbourne 0 4 8 8 12 16 16 16 16 20 20 20 20 20 24 24 24 28 28 32 36 40 Geelong 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 12 16 16 20 20 24 28 28 32 36 36 36 36 36 36 Kangaroos 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 12 12 16 20 20 24 28 32 32 32 32 36 36 36 36 West Coast 0 0 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 12 12 12 12 12 16 20 20 20 20 St Kilda 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 16 Fremantle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 8
Finals series
Week one
Week two
Week three
Week four
Grand Final
Saturday 29 September (2:30 pm)
Essendon
def. by
Brisbane Lions
MCG (crowd: 91,482)
3.2 (20) 8.6 (54) 9.8 (62)
Q1 Q2 Q3
3.7 (25) 5.10 (40) 11.12 (78)
Norm Smith Medal : Shaun Hart (Brisbane Lions ) Field umpires: McLaren , Ellis , James National anthem: Julie Anthony Television broadcast: Seven Network
12.10 (82)
Final
15.18 (108)
Lloyd 5, Lucas 4, Caracella , Johnson , Moorcroft
Goals
Power 3, Akermanis 2, Brown 2, Lappin 2, Lynch 2, Ashcroft , Notting , Pike , Voss
Lloyd , Lucas , J. Johnson
Best
Hart , Johnson , Voss , Lappin , Power
Match attendance
Team
Hosted
Average
Highest
Lowest
Total
Last Year
Up/Down
Essendon
11
51,790
83,905
29,528
569,685
48,353
+ 3437
Collingwood
11
49,977
78,638
26,067
549,751
45,012
+ 4965
Richmond
11
46,129
77,576
25,856
507,416
44,012
+ 2117
Adelaide
11
39,627
46,852
31,534
435,897
38,470
+ 1157
Melbourne
11
34,060
62,761
12,566
374,665
37,599
– 3499
West Coast Eagles
11
32,669
41,285
25,588
359,360
33,136
– 467
Hawthorn
11
31,449
52,472
16,595
346,490
34,417
– 2918
Carlton
11
31,263
70,051
15,622
343,889
34,414
– 3151
Port Adelaide
11
30,789
49,846
22,423
338,683
26,377
+ 4412
St Kilda
11
29,850
40,783
14,018
328,355
24,422
+ 5428
Western Bulldogs
11
29,660
48,728
15,111
326,263
30,572
– 912
Sydney
11
27,982
40,131
20,611
307,800
25,563
+ 2419
Brisbane Lions
11
27,638
36,149
20,059
304,014
27,406
+ 232
Geelong
11
27,093
50,160
14,298
298,024
27,729
– 636
Kangaroos
11
26,998
56,028
10,030
296,983
22,092
+ 4906
Fremantle
11
21,258
38,804
15,136
233,842
22,357
– 1099
Totals
176
33,643
83,905
10,030
5,921,117
32,618
+ 1025
Venue
Hosted
Average
Highest
Lowest
Total
Last Year
Up/Down
MCG
44
47,425
83,905
17,566
2086,712
46,141
+ 1284
Football Park
22
35,208
49,846
22,423
774,580
32,424
+ 2784
Colonial Stadium
43
31,939
50,701
12,566
1373,371
30,524
+ 1415
Gabba
12
27,313
36,149
20,059
327,754
27,406
– 93
SCG
13
27,159
40,131
20,611
353,069
22,390
+ 4769
Subiaco Oval
22
26,964
41,285
15,136
593,202
30,326
– 3362
Optus Oval
9
23,417
30,067
15,622
210,750
24,656
– 1239
Shell Stadium
7
21,445
27,421
14,298
150,114
22,108
– 663
York Park
1
17,460
17,460
17,460
17,460
N/A
N/A
Manuka Oval
3
11,368
13,117
10,030
34,105
N/A
N/A
Totals
176
33,643
83,905
10,030
5,921,117
32,618
+ 1025
Awards
Notable events
In their Round 16 match , Essendon trailed by 69 points 12 minutes into the second quarter against the Kangaroos , but recovered to record a high-scoring 12-point win. This presently stands as the largest ever comeback in a VFL/AFL game.
Melbourne and Collingwood began its annual tradition of playing each other at the M.C.G. in a Melbourne home game on Queen's Birthday Holiday, as the only AFL match of the day. The teams had met on the King's or Queen's Birthday Holiday sporadically in the past (1950, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1983, 1993, 1996 and 1999) as one of several games played on the day, with the 1958 game's attendance of 99,256 still enduring as the highest crowd for a non-final, but this was the first season that the fixture became annual, and the second time (after 1996) that the game was the only one played on the day.
The longest recorded quarter occurred during the Round 5 match between Hawthorn and the Western Bulldogs . The second quarter went for 40 minutes and 39 seconds.
Fremantle lost their first 17 matches of the season in succession; having lost in the final round of the 2000 season, this took the Dockers' losing streak to 18, the longest drought since Sydney's 26 consecutive losses in 1992 and 1993.
During the season, it came to the attention of the AFL that in 2000 and 2001, the Brisbane Lions had been using a controversial but then-legal practice of rehydrating its players by use of intravenous saline drip during half-time and between matches. The half-time drips were administered through stents which were inserted into the players' elbows prior to the game and covered with tape during the game. The AFL was concerned about negative perceptions of the practice, and the Lions agreed in early September to immediately cease intravenous rehydration. The league banned the practice in the 2002 pre-season,[ 1] [ 2] and the World Anti Doping Agency later banned the practice in 2007.[ 3]
References
Clubs
Seasons Grand finals Venues Awards Major recurring events Second-tier and junior competitions
Related articles Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924