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Results and statistics for the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

season of 2001.

See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.

National Cup

Port Adelaide

Port Adelaide Football Club

The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...

defeated Brisbane Lions

Brisbane Lions

The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...

17.9 (111) to 3.8 (26) in the Final.

Round 1 (season launch)

Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...

| 56,028
| Friday, 30 March
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.7 (85)
|
| 11.15 (81)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 52,190
| Saturday, 31 March
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.10 (118)
|
| 18.11 (119)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 23,716
| Saturday, 31 March
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.11 (107)
|
| 16.16 (112)
| Colonial Stadium
| 30,047
| Saturday, 31 March
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.15 (99)
|
| 14.9 (93)
| Football Park
| 25,948
| Saturday, 31 March
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.13 (115)
|
| 7.7 (49)
| Shell Stadium
| 20,149
| Sunday, 1 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.13 (103)
|
| 20.14 (134)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 44,466
| Sunday, 1 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 19.12 (126)
|
| 10.14 (74)
| SCG

Sydney Cricket Ground

The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...

| 31,174
| Sunday, 1 April

Round 2

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 36,427
| Saturday, 7 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.15 (105)
|
| 13.10 (88)
| Colonial Stadium
| 26,067
| Saturday, 7 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.14 (80)
|
| 12.11 (83)
| Football Park
| 35,653
| Saturday, 7 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.16 (118)
|
| 8.10 (58)
| The Gabba
| 22,970
| Sunday, 8 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.8 (86)
|
| 17.13 (115)
| Colonial Stadium
| 33,867
| Sunday, 8 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.11 (89)
|
| 15.14 (104)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 32,673
| Sunday, 8 April

Round 3 (Easter)

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 63,088
| Thursday, 12 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.14 (116)
|
| 14.10 (94)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 31,688
| Saturday, 14 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.9 (81)
|
| 23.15 (153)
| Colonial Stadium
| 37,598
| Saturday, 14 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.5 (71)
|
| 23.13 (151)
| SCG

Sydney Cricket Ground

| 22,395
| Saturday, 14 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.10 (88)
|
| 23.15 (153)
| Football Park
| 40,296
| Sunday, 15 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.11 (107)
|
| 19.11 (125)
| Colonial Stadium
| 19,496
| Sunday, 15 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.11 (59)
|
| 11.16 (82)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 20,703
| Sunday, 15 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.16 (124)
|
| 15.14 (104)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 48,551
| Monday, 16 April

Round 4

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 78,638
| Friday, 20 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 6.19 (55)
|
| 15.12 (102)
| SCG

Sydney Cricket Ground

| 40,131
| Friday, 20 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.5 (53)
|
| 9.8 (62)
| Optus Oval
| 21,110
| Saturday, 21 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 21.14 (140)
|
| 12.15 (87)
| Colonial Stadium
| 20,322
| Saturday, 21 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.10 (88)
|
| 16.16 (112)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 38,804
| Saturday, 21 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.12 (114)
|
| 7.8 (50)
| Football Park
| 27,017
| Saturday, 21 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 4.9 (33)
|
| 7.11 (53)
| Shell Stadium
| 14,298
| Sunday, 22 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.17 (83)
|
| 5.14 (44)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 30,113
| Sunday, 22 April

Round 5 (ANZAC Day
ANZAC Day
Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, commemorated by both countries on 25 April every year to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who fought at Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It now more broadly commemorates all...

)

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 83,905
| Wednesday, 25 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.4 (70)
|
| 17.7 (109)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 38,424
| Friday, 27 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.23 (125)
|
| 14.8 (92)
| Optus Oval
| 24,385
| Saturday, 28 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 19.12 (126)
|
| 24.11 (155)
| Colonial Stadium
| 34,400
| Saturday, 28 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.18 (90)
|
| 10.15 (75)
| Football Park
| 37,596
| Saturday, 28 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 25.21 (171)
|
| 19.8 (122)
| The Gabba
| 20,059
| Sunday, 29 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.12 (102)
|
| 23.10 (148)
| Shell Stadium
| 18,736
| Sunday, 29 April
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.11 (119)
|
| 15.14 (104)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 31,168
| Sunday, 29 April

Round 6

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 19,775
| Saturday, 5 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 20.9 (129)
|
| 13.8 (86)
| Football Park
| 30,197
| Saturday, 5 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.14 (116)
|
| 8.13 (61)
| The Gabba
| 25,881
| Saturday, 5 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.13 (103)
|
| 14.11 (95)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 73,572
| Sunday, 6 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 24.14 (158)
|
| 10.10 (70)
| Colonial Stadium
| 33,829
| Sunday, 6 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.8 (104)
|
| 12.19 (91)
| York Park
| 17,460
| Sunday, 6 May

Round 7 (Mother's Day
Mother's Day
Mother's Day is a celebration honoring mothers and celebrating motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, yet most commonly in March, April, or May...

)

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 32,299
| Friday, 11 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.14 (74)
|
| 16.24 (120)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 77,576
| Saturday, 12 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.9 (99)
|
| 16.14 (110)
| Colonial Stadium
| 37,940
| Saturday, 12 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.19 (103)
|
| 12.11 (83)
| Football Park
| 38,292
| Saturday, 12 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.13 (97)
|
| 15.9 (99)
| Colonial Stadium
| 34,600
| Sunday, 13 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 9.14 (68)
|
| 17.6 (108)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 29,150
| Sunday, 13 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.8 (80)
|
| 15.22 (112)
| SCG

Sydney Cricket Ground

| 22,390
| Sunday, 13 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 7.8 (50)
|
| 17.19 (121)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 28,026
| Sunday, 13 May

Round 8

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 29,073
| Friday, 18 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 21.16 (142)
|
| 9.14 (68)
| Optus Oval
| 21,997
| Saturday, 19 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 21.12 (138)
|
| 8.10 (58)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 22,988
| Saturday, 19 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 19.24 (138)
|
| 13.11 (89)
| Manuka Oval

Manuka Oval

Manuka Oval is a 13,550 capacity ground located in the suburb of Griffith, adjacent to Manuka, a business district of Canberra, Australia's capital....

| 10,958
| Saturday, 19 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.14 (110)
|
| 18.11 (119)
| Football Park
| 34,232
| Saturday, 19 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.13 (79)
|
| 12.13 (85)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 47,452
| Sunday, 20 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.14 (122)
|
| 15.11 (101)
| SCG

Sydney Cricket Ground

| 22,874
| Sunday, 20 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.13 (73)
|
| 14.11 (95)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 20,231
| Sunday, 20 May

Round 9

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 43,624
| Friday, 25 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.14 (98)
|
| 12.8 (80)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 49,937
| Saturday, 26 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.11 (77)
|
| 18.17 (125)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 30,063
| Saturday, 26 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.14 (122)
|
| 19.13 (127)
| The Gabba
| 24,122
| Saturday, 26 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.14 (122)
|
| 8.9 (57)
| Colonial Stadium
| 50,701
| Saturday, 26 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.10 (88)
|
| 9.14 (68)
| Football Park
| 22,423
| Sunday, 27 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.16 (118)
|
| 11.10 (76)
| Shell Stadium
| 27,421
| Sunday, 27 May
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.12 (84)
|
| 10.5 (65)
| SCG

Sydney Cricket Ground

| 20,611
| Sunday, 27 May

Round 10

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 28,228
| Saturday, 2 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.11 (113)
|
| 22.12 (144)
| Colonial Stadium
| 30,497
| Saturday, 2 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.12 (102)
|
| 10.14 (74)
| The Gabba
| 36,149
| Saturday, 2 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 9.12 (66)
|
| 8.7 (55)
| Football Park
| 40,466
| Sunday, 3 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 7.13 (55)
|
| 11.7 (73)
| Colonial Stadium
| 42,640
| Sunday, 3 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 6.10 (46)
|
| 12.12 (84)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 19,626
| Sunday, 3 June

Round 11 (Queen's Birthday
Queen's Official Birthday
The Queen's Official Birthday is the selected day on which the birthday of the monarch of Commonwealth realms is officially celebrated in Commonwealth countries and in Fiji, which is now a republic. It is an invention of the early 20th century...

)

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 25,588
| Saturday, 9 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.13 (97)
|
| 19.13 (127)
| Football Park
| 38,829
| Saturday, 9 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 23.16 (154)
|
| 10.8 (68)
| Colonial Stadium
| 18,023
| Sunday, 10 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.10 (88)
|
| 8.13 (61)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 71,767
| Sunday, 10 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.17 (125)
|
| 10.18 (78)
| SCG

Sydney Cricket Ground

| 28,187
| Sunday, 10 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.9 (57)
|
| 19.20 (134)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 62,761
| Monday, 11 June

Round 12 (Split Round)

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 19,857
| Saturday, 16 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.15 (99)
|
| 23.10 (148)
| The Gabba
| 23,740
| Sunday, 17 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 26.17 (173)
|
| 14.8 (92)
| Colonial Stadium
| 36,589
| Friday, 22 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.11 (101)
|
| 14.14 (98)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 41,295
| Saturday, 23 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.14 (86)
|
| 8.12 (60)
| Colonial Stadium
| 37,196
| Saturday, 23 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.10 (70)
|
| 15.14 (104)
| Football Park
| 35,805
| Sunday, 24 June

Round 13

Manuka Oval

Manuka Oval is a 13,550 capacity ground located in the suburb of Griffith, adjacent to Manuka, a business district of Canberra, Australia's capital....

| 10,030
| Saturday, 30 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.13 (97)
|
| 15.9 (99)
| Football Park
| 39,010
| Saturday, 30 June
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.9 (87)
|
| 19.12 (126)
| Colonial Stadium
| 40,783
| Sunday, 1 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 9.11 (65)
|
| 12.12 (84)
| SCG

Sydney Cricket Ground

| 26,760
| Sunday, 1 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.5 (95)
|
| 13.10 (88)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 29,783
| Sunday, 1 July

Round 14

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 52,189
| Saturday, 7 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.15 (111)
|
| 14.9 (93)
| Colonial Stadium
| 50,160
| Saturday, 7 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.16 (64)
|
| 7.9 (51)
| Football Park
| 31,534
| Saturday, 7 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.17 (119)
|
| 9.8 (62)
| The Gabba
| 22,911
| Saturday, 7 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.15 (93)
|
| 18.13 (121)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 27,464
| Sunday, 8 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.19 (91)
|
| 12.9 (81)
| SCG

Sydney Cricket Ground

| 30,488
| Sunday, 8 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.5 (71)
|
| 25.13 (163)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 15,961
| Sunday, 8 July

Round 15

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 34,394
| Saturday, 14 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.23 (119)
|
| 11.19 (85)
| Colonial Stadium
| 15,111
| Saturday, 14 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.12 (96)
|
| 7.10 (52)
| Football Park
| 26,773
| Saturday, 14 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.7 (103)
|
| 19.15 (129)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 45,016
| Sunday, 15 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 19.13 (127)
|
| 17.10 (112)
| Colonial Stadium
| 48,152
| Sunday, 15 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.8 (110)
|
| 24.10 (154)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 34,259
| Sunday, 15 July

Round 16

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 37,938
| Friday, 20 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 19.17 (131)
|
| 8.8 (56)
| Optus Oval
| 15,622
| Saturday, 21 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.5 (89)
|
| 21.18 (144)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 52,381
| Saturday, 21 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.6 (78)
|
| 16.16 (112)
| Colonial Stadium
| 21,665
| Saturday, 21 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.16 (94)
|
| 8.12 (60)
| The Gabba
| 29,547
| Saturday, 21 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 7.14 (56)
|
| 16.9 (105)
| Football Park
| 46,852
| Sunday, 22 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 27.9 (171)
|
| 25.9 (159)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 51,878
| Sunday, 22 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.8 (80)
|
| 22.18 (150)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 31,456
| Sunday, 22 July

Round 17

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 17,566
| Saturday, 28 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.12 (90)
|
| 19.5 (119)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 20,498
| Saturday, 28 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.7 (115)
|
| 21.10 (136)
| Colonial Stadium
| 26,776
| Saturday, 28 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.14 (104)
|
| 14.13 (97)
| Football Park
| 37,930
| Sunday, 29 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.6 (96)
|
| 13.15 (93)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 52,472
| Sunday, 29 July
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.17 (83)
|
| 6.12 (48)
| SCG

Sydney Cricket Ground

| 20,669
| Sunday, 29 July

Round 18

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 69,930
| Friday, 3 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.10 (100)
|
| 16.7 (103)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 31,074
| Saturday, 4 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.12 (90)
|
| 16.10 (106)
| Colonial Stadium
| 16,595
| Saturday, 4 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 22.11 (143)
|
| 3.18 (36)
| SCG

Sydney Cricket Ground

| 32,689
| Saturday, 4 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.11 (107)
|
| 15.9 (99)
| Football Park
| 49,846
| Sunday, 5 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 19.22 (136)
|
| 15.13 (103)
| The Gabba
| 26,872
| Sunday, 5 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.11 (95)
|
| 16.6 (102)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 75,873
| Sunday, 5 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 26.15 (171)
|
| 12.7 (79)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 31,358
| Sunday, 5 August

Round 19

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 26,632
| Saturday, 11 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.10 (106)
|
| 8.5 (53)
| Football Park
| 44,542
| Saturday, 11 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 19.14 (128)
|
| 15.7 (97)
| The Gabba
| 31,324
| Sunday, 12 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.17 (119)
|
| 11.11 (77)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 38,793
| Sunday, 12 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.13 (79)
|
| 11.11 (77)
| Colonial Stadium
| 45,057
| Sunday, 12 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.14 (98)
|
| 9.10 (64)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 41,285
| Sunday, 12 August

Round 20

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 71,518
| Saturday, 18 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.7 (79)
|
| 17.23 (125)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 26,642
| Sunday, 19 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.8 (104)
|
| 22.16 (148)
| Colonial Stadium
| 34,521
| Sunday, 19 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.14 (98)
|
| 19.17 (131)
| SCG

Sydney Cricket Ground

| 28,367
| Sunday, 19 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.15 (87)
|
| 21.12 (138)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 15,136
| Sunday, 19 August

Round 21

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 37,776
| Friday, 24 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 20.10 (130)
|
| 9.8 (62)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 70,051
| Saturday, 25 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 6.11 (47)
|
| 21.10 (136)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 36,445
| Saturday, 25 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.13 (73)
|
| 22.18 (150)
| Colonial Stadium
| 19,649
| Saturday, 25 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.13 (91)
|
| 8.5 (53)
| Football Park
| 42,827
| Sunday, 26 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 9.13 (67)
|
| 16.14 (110)
| Shell Stadium
| 24,325
| Sunday, 26 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.18 (114)
|
| 12.7 (79)
| Colonial Stadium
| 12,566
| Sunday, 26 August
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| 21.16 (142)
|
| 8.7 (55)
| SCG

Sydney Cricket Ground

| 26,334
| Sunday, 26 August

Round 22

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 77,028
| Friday, 31 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
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| 13.19 (97)
|
| 3.9 (27)
| Optus Oval
| 26,314
| Saturday, 1 September
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.18 (120)
|
| 11.17 (83)
| Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

| 19,535
| Saturday, 1 September
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
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| 13.9 (87)
|
| 13.11 (89)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 24,113
| Saturday, 1 September
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.15 (93)
|
| 9.8 (62)
| The Gabba
| 33,606
| Saturday, 1 September
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 24.19 (163)
|
| 7.9 (51)
| Football Park
| 22,976
| Sunday, 2 September
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.17 (83)
|
| 19.12 (126)
| Manuka Oval

Manuka Oval

Manuka Oval is a 13,550 capacity ground located in the suburb of Griffith, adjacent to Manuka, a business district of Canberra, Australia's capital....

| 13,117
| Sunday, 2 September
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 19.9 (123)
|
| 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 9 games were played during the finals series.

Qualifying and Elimination Finals (Father's Day
Father's Day
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)

Semi Finals

Preliminary Finals

Grand Final

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	5921,117	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	5921,117	32,618	+ 1025

Awards

The Brownlow Medal
Brownlow Medal
The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...

was awarded to Jason Akermanis
Jason Akermanis
Jason Dean Akermanis is an Australian rules football player. He is a Brownlow Medallist and triple premiership player who played for the Brisbane Bears, Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs...

of the Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...

.
The AFL Players Association MVP Award
Leigh Matthews Trophy
The Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. It is named in honour of Leigh Matthews, who won the first MVP award in 1982, when the league was still known as the Victorian Football League...

went to Andrew McLeod
Andrew McLeod
Andrew Luke McLeod is a former Australian rules footballer for the Adelaide Football Club. He is the games record holder for Adelaide, having played 340 games....

of Adelaide.
- This was the last year for the award under this name; starting with the 2002 season, it would be renamed the "Leigh Matthews Trophy".
The Coleman Medal
Coleman Medal
The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...

was awarded to Matthew Lloyd
Matthew Lloyd
Matthew James Lloyd is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and was the captain of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League...

of Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

.
The Norm Smith Medal
Norm Smith Medal
The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match.-History:The Norm Smith Medal is named after former Melbourne player and coach, Norm Smith...

was awarded to Shaun Hart
Shaun Hart
Shaun Hart is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played his entire Australian Football League at the Brisbane Lions where he was a premiership winning utility player known for his courage...

of the Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions
The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...

.
The AFL Rising Star award
AFL Rising Star award
The NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League. Since 2007 the winner has been presented with the Ron Evans Medal and was first awarded in 1993...

was awarded to Justin Koschitzke
Justin Koschitzke
Justin Gregory Koschitzke is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Career overview:Recruited in the 2000 AFL Draft at pick number two, there were high expectations on Koschitzke from a young age...

of St Kilda.

Notable events

In their round 16 game, Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

trailed by 69 points 12 minutes into the second quarter against the Kangaroos
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...

, but recovered to record a high-scoring 12 point win. This presently stands as the largest ever comeback in a VFL/AFL game. Essendon would not beat the Kangaroos again until the first round of the 2008 season. and 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
1958 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1958.-Premiership season:In 1958, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...

game's attendance of 99,346 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 quarter was recorded in the Round 5 match between Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

and the Western Bulldogs. The second quarter went for 40 minutes and 39 seconds. lost their first 17 matches of the season in succession, the worst start to a season by any team in the AFL era (post-1990). Including a loss in the final round of the 2000 season, the Dockers' long losing streak stood at 18, well short of Sydney's 26 consecutive losses endured in 1992 to 1993. As well as this, they only won one game at home, which happened to be their final home match of the season.

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National Cup

Round 1 (season launch)

Round 2

Round 3 (Easter)

Round 4

Round 6

Round 7 (Mother's DayMother's DayMother's Day is a celebration honoring mothers and celebrating motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, yet most commonly in March, April, or May...)

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11 (Queen's BirthdayQueen's Official BirthdayThe Queen's Official Birthday is the selected day on which the birthday of the monarch of Commonwealth realms is officially celebrated in Commonwealth countries and in Fiji, which is now a republic. It is an invention of the early 20th century...)

Round 12 (Split Round)

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Ladder

Qualifying and Elimination Finals (Father's DayFather's DayFather's Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June but it is also celebrated widely on other days...)

Semi Finals

Preliminary Finals

Grand Final

Match attendance

Awards

Notable events

Round 7 (Mother's Day
Mother's Day
Mother's Day is a celebration honoring mothers and celebrating motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, yet most commonly in March, April, or May...

)