1996 AFL National Cup
Teams	16
Winners	St Kilda (1st title)
Matches played	15
Michael Tuck Medallist	Nicky Winmar (St Kilda)

The 1996 AFL Ansett Australia Cup was the Australian Football League competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 1996 Premiership Season began. It culminated the Final in March 1996. The AFL National Cup is also sometimes referred to as the pre-season cup because it is played in its entirety before the Premiership Season begins. ^[1]

Contents 1 Games 1.1 Round of 16 1.2 Quarter Finals 1.3 Semi Finals 1.4 Final 2 Knock-Out Chart 3 Scorecard 4 1996 AFL Ansett Australia Cup Final Teams 5 St Kilda Football Club 6 Carlton Football Club 7 Final Placings 8 See also 9 References

[edit] Games

[edit] Round of 16

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Report
Adelaide	18.16 (124)	Melbourne	10.5 (65)	Football Park		Friday 23 February 1996
Hawthorn	9.19 (73)	St. Kilda	19.13 (127)	Waverley Park		Saturday, 23 February 1996
Fremantle	7.15 (57)	West Coast	10.11 (71)	Marrara Stadium		Sunday, 25 February 1996
Fitzroy	12.15 (87)	Footsrcay	16.15 (111)	Waverley Park		Monday, 26 February 1996
Collingwood	14.10 (94)	Richmond	8.14 (62)	Waverley Park		Wednesday 25 February 1996
Carlton	14.12 (96)	Essendon	8.14 (62)	Waverley Park		Saturday, 2 March 1996
Sydney	20.8 (128)	North Melbourne	22.18 (150)	Canberra		Sunday, 2 March 1996
Brisbane	14. 25 (109)	Geelong	9.9 (63)	'Gabba		Sunday, 3 March 1996

[edit] Quarter Finals

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Report
Adelaide	11.10 (76)	St. Kilda	18.11 (119)	Football Park		Monday, 4 March 1996
West Coast	11.6 (72)	Footscray	8.10 (58)	Waverley Park		Wednesday, 6 March 1996
Collingwood	15.9 (99)	Carlton	16.8 (104)	Waverley Park		Saturday, 9 March 1996
North Melbourne	15.15 (105)	Brisbane	13.12 (90)	Waverley Park		Sunday, 10 March 1996

[edit] Semi Finals

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Report
St. Kilda	10.13 (73)	West Coast	8.9 (57)	Waverley Park		Wednesday 13 March 1996
Carlton	10.12 (72)	North Melbourne	5.14 (44)	Waverley Park		Saturday, 16 March 1996

[edit] Final

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Report
St. Kilda	20.10 (130)	Carlton	10.12 (72)	Waverley Park	66,888	Saturday 23 March 1996

[edit] Knock-Out Chart

Round Of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	Adelaide				124
	Melbourne				65					Adelaide				76
	Hawthorn				73					St. Kilda				119
	St. Kilda				127														St. Kilda				73
	Fremantle				57														West Coast				57
	West Coast				71					West Coast				72
	Fitzroy				87					Footscray				58
	Footscray				111																							St. Kilda		20	10	130
	Collingwood				94																							Carlton		10	12	72
	Richmond				62					Collingwood				99
	Carlton				96					Carlton				104
	Essendon				54														Carlton				72
	Sydney				128														North Melbourne				44
	North Melbourne				150					North Melbourne				105
	Fremantle				109					Brisbane				90
	Brisbane				63

[edit] Scorecard

St Kilda vs Carlton
Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Final
St Kilda	6. 5. (41)	10. 7. (67)	17. 8. (110)	20.10 (130)
Carlton	2. 3. (15)	6. 6. (42)	8. 9. (57)	10.12 (72)
Venue:		Waverley Park, Melbourne
Date:		Saturday, 23 March 1996
Attendance:		66,888
Umpires:		Peter Carey, Bryan Sheehan, Mark Nash
Goal scorers:	St. Kilda	Loewe 6, Everitt 3, Smith 2, Brown, Burke, Winmar, Sziller, McClaren, Beveridge, Jones, Traianidis, Daniels
	Carlton	Kernahan 4, Pearce 3, Heaver, Sexton, Hogg
Best:	St. Kilda	Winmar, Loewe, Everitt
	Carlton	Ratten, Kernahan
Reports:
Injuries:
Coin toss winner:
Michael Tuck Medal:		Nicky Winmar, St. Kilda
Australian television broadcaster:		Seven Network
National Anthem:		Kevin Johnson

[edit] 1996 AFL Ansett Australia Cup Final Teams

[edit] St Kilda Football Club

St Kilda Football Club 1996 AFL AA Cup Final Team
Justin Peckett	Tony Brown	Nathan Burke (Co-Captain)
Joel Smith	Nicky Winmar	Lazar Vidovic
Peter Everitt	David Sierakowski	Kristian Bardsley
Darryl Wakelin	Robert Neill	Steven Sziller
Stewart Loewe (Co-Captain)	Joe McLaren	Luke Beveridge
J. Elliott	Austinn Jones	Jamie Shanahan
Jason Traianidis	Jason Daniels	Robert Harvey
Joe McLaren		Coach Stan Alves

[edit] Carlton Football Club

Carlton Football Club 1996 AFL AA Cup Final Team
Steven Silvagni	Stephen Kernahan (Captain)	Brett Ratten
D. Devonport	Adrian Hickmott	Earl Spalding
M. Sexton	T. Lynn	Scott Camporeale
Brent Heaver	Justin Murphy	Brad Pearce
Fraser Brown	Glenn Manton	Dean Rice
Matthew Allan	Ben Sexton	Adrian Whitehead
Matthew Hogg	Ang Christou	Anthony Koutoufides
Justin Madden		Coach David Parkin

[edit] Final Placings

1. St. Kilda
2. Carlton
3. West Coast
4. North Melbourne
5. Collingwood
6. Brisbane
7. Footscray
8. Adelaide
9. Sydney
10. Fremantle
11. Fitzroy
12. Richmond
13. Essendon
14. Geelong
15. Hawthorn
16. Melbourne

[edit] See also

• List of Australian Football League night premiers
• 1996 AFL season

[edit] References

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