105th season of the: Australian Football League (AFL)
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 Draftβ»
See 2001 AFL Draft.
Ansett Australia Cupβ»
Port Adelaide defeated the Brisbane Lions 17.9 (111)ββto 3.8 (26) in the grand final.
Premiership seasonβ»
Round 1β»
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 2β»
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 3β»
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 4β»
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 5β»
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 6β»
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 7β»
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 8β»
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 9β»
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 10β»
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 11β»
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 12β»
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 13β»
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 14β»
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 15β»
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 16β»
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 17β»
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 18β»
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 19β»
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 20β»
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 21β»
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 22β»
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
|
Ladderβ»
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 ladderRules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Ladder progressionβ»
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 β² 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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Essendon | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 68 |
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Brisbane Lions | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 |
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Port Adelaide | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 |
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Richmond | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 |
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Carlton | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 44 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 |
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Hawthorn | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 48 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 |
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Sydney | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 48 | 48 |
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Adelaide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 48 |
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Collingwood | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 44 |
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Western Bulldogs | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
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Melbourne | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 |
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Geelong | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
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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 |
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Source:
Finals seriesβ»
Week oneβ»
Week twoβ»
Week threeβ»
Week fourβ»
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|
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|
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) 12.10 (82)
|
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final
|
3.7 (25) 5.10 (40) 11.12 (78) 15.18 (108)
|
Umpires: McLaren , Ellis, James Norm Smith Medal: Shaun Hart (Brisbane Lions) Television broadcast: Seven Network National anthem: Julie Anthony
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|
|
|
|
|
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 attendanceβ»
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 |
β 3499
|
West Coast Eagles |
11 |
32,669 |
41,285 |
25,588 |
359,360 |
33,136 |
β 467
|
Hawthorn |
11 |
31,449 |
52,472 |
16,595 |
346,490 |
34,417 |
β 2918
|
Carlton |
11 |
31,263 |
70,051 |
15,622 |
343,889 |
34,414 |
β 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 |
β 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 |
β 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 |
β 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 |
β 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 |
β 3362
|
Optus Oval |
9 |
23,417 |
30,067 |
15,622 |
210,750 |
24,656 |
β 1239
|
Shell Stadium |
7 |
21,445 |
27,421 |
14,298 |
150,114 |
22,108 |
β 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
|
Awardsβ»
Notable eventsβ»
- 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/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 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, and the World Anti Doping Agency later banned the practice in 2007.
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