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 .
See 2001 AFL Draft .
Ansett Australia Cup [ edit ] Port Adelaide defeated the Brisbane Lions 17.9 (111) to 3.8 (26) in the grand final.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 .
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
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