Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1997. The Port Adelaide Power joined the competition. The Brisbane Lions had their first match after the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions . Before the start of the 1997 season, Footscray Football Club changed its name to the Western Bulldogs Football Club. [edit] Premiership season [edit] Round 1 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | North Melbourne | 7.13 (55) | Melbourne | 10.10 (70) | MCG | 35,802 | Thursday 27, March | | Collingwood | 26.10 (166) | Port Adelaide | 13.9 (87) | MCG | 51,883 | Saturday 29, March | | Western Bulldogs | 11.10 (76) | Fremantle | 10.20 (80) | Princes Park | 8,664 | Saturday 29, March | | West Coast | 12.6 (78) | Sydney | 5.7 (37) | Subiaco Oval | 29,965 | Saturday 29, March | | St Kilda | 10.11 (71) | Hawthorn | 11.11 (77) | Waverley Park | 35,732 | Saturday 29, March | | Adelaide | 20.12 (132) | Brisbane Lions | 14.12 (96) | AAMI Stadium | 36,602 | Sunday 30, March | | Richmond | 15.14 (104) | Geelong | 13.17 (95) | MCG | 48,358 | Sunday 30, March | | Essendon | 16.10 (106) | Carlton | 15.9 (99) | MCG | 82,363 | Monday 31, March | [edit] Round 2 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | Melbourne | 7.14 (56) | Collingwood | 24.19 (163) | MCG | 61,138 | Friday 4, April | | Richmond | 19.14 (128) | Adelaide | 15.10 (100) | MCG | 32,880 | Saturday 5, April | | Geelong | 11.12 (78) | West Coast | 11.6 (72) | Skilled Stadium | 17,988 | Saturday 5, April | | Western Bulldogs | 13.12 (90) | Sydney | 12.11 (83) | Princes Park | 12,604 | Saturday 5, April | | Brisbane Lions | 23.16 (154) | St Kilda | 7.15 (57) | Gabba | 17,123 | Sunday 6, April | | Port Adelaide | 8.12 (60) | Essendon | 14.9 (93) | AAMI Stadium | 32,747 | Sunday 6, April | | Fremantle | 13.9 (87) | Hawthorn | 10.13 (73) | Subiaco Oval | 19,057 | Sunday 6, April | | North Melbourne | 12.14 (86) | Carlton | 8.12 (60) | MCG | 38,170 | Monday 7, April | [edit] Round 3 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | Sydney | 15.9 (99) | Melbourne | 14.7 (91) | SCG | 23,598 | Friday 11, April | | Western Bulldogs | 16.9 (105) | Richmond | 12.14 (86) | MCG | 35,438 | Saturday 12, April | | St Kilda | 19.11 (125) | Collingwood | 17.16 (118) | Waverley Park | 54,699 | Saturday 12, April | | Port Adelaide | 18.21 (129) | Geelong | 14.6 (90) | AAMI Stadium | 32,074 | Saturday 12, April | | Essendon | 18.14 (122) | North Melbourne | 12.8 (80) | MCG | 57,978 | Sunday 13, April | | Carlton | 15.18 (108) | Adelaide | 12.8 (80) | Princes Park | 25,966 | Sunday 13, April | | Hawthorn | 12.15 (87) | Brisbane Lions | 11.9 (75) | Waverley Park | 27,947 | Sunday 13, April | | West Coast | 16.15 (111) | Fremantle | 9.17 (71) | Subiaco Oval | 39,294 | Sunday 13, April | [edit] Round 4 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | Melbourne | 13.9 (87) | Western Bulldogs | 13.11 (89) | MCG | 28,043 | Friday 18, April | | Collingwood | 12.12 (84) | Carlton | 15.11 (101) | MCG | 78,704 | Saturday 19, April | | Richmond | 10.12 (72) | Fremantle | 10.7 (67) | Princes Park | 15,461 | Saturday 19, April | | West Coast | 17.10 (112) | Hawthorn | 13.10 (88) | Subiaco Oval | 38,222 | Saturday 19, April | | St Kilda | 12.9 (81) | Sydney | 18.19 (127) | Waverley Park | 35,061 | Saturday 19, April | | Brisbane Lions | 15.19 (109) | North Melbourne | 12.11 (83) | Gabba | 18,575 | Sunday 20, April | | Adelaide | 11.6 (72) | Port Adelaide | 11.17 (83) | AAMI Stadium | 47,256 | Sunday 20, April | | Geelong | 11.19 (85) | Essendon | 11.12 (78) | MCG | 54,922 | Sunday 20, April | [edit] Round 5 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | Essendon | 10.10 (70) | Collingwood | 14.15 (99) | MCG | 83,271 | Friday 25, April | | Fremantle | 16.11 (107) | St Kilda | 15.11 (101) | Subiaco Oval | 23,504 | Friday 25, April | | Melbourne | 12.6 (78) | West Coast | 19.12 (126) | MCG | 19,655 | Saturday 26, April | | Western Bulldogs | 9.17 (71) | Adelaide | 19.7 (121) | Princes Park | 12,694 | Saturday 26, April | | Hawthorn | 15.9 (99) | Sydney | 11.8 (74) | Waverley Park | 37,576 | Saturday 26, April | | Port Adelaide | 10.13 (73) | Brisbane Lions | 10.11 (71) | AAMI Stadium | 31,757 | Sunday 27, April | | North Melbourne | 21.15 (141) | Richmond | 7.4 (46) | MCG | 44,449 | Sunday 27, April | | Carlton | 12.14 (86) | Geelong | 13.16 (94) | Princes Park | 25,801 | Sunday 27, April | [edit] Round 6 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | West Coast | 14.15 (99) | Western Bulldogs | 17.11 (113) | WACA | 29,838 | Friday 2, May | | Essendon | 15.12 (102) | Brisbane Lions | 9.17 (71) | MCG | 37,642 | Saturday 3, May | | Collingwood | 13.6 (84) | Adelaide | 11.17 (83) | Victoria Park | 24,663 | Saturday 3, May | | Geelong | 14.13 (97) | Fremantle | 6.7 (43) | Skilled Stadium | 16,467 | Saturday 3, May | | Hawthorn | 14.9 (93) | North Melbourne | 16.7 (103) | Waverley Park | 38,953 | Saturday 3, May | | Sydney | 21.16 (142) | Carlton | 11.17 (83) | SCG | 37,933 | Sunday 4, May | | St Kilda | 17.19 (121) | Melbourne | 4.11 (35) | Waverley Park | 21,104 | Sunday 4, May | | Port Adelaide | 19.8 (122) | Richmond | 8.10 (58) | AAMI Stadium | 36,090 | Sunday 4, May | [edit] Round 7 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | North Melbourne | 9.14 (68) | Collingwood | 17.9 (111) | MCG | 54,901 | Friday 9, May | | Richmond | 10.16 (76) | Carlton | 14.14 (98) | MCG | 48,833 | Saturday 10, May | | Western Bulldogs | 19.19 (133) | Hawthorn | 13.10 (88) | Princes Park | 18,860 | Saturday 10, May | | Geelong | 11.10 (76) | Sydney | 6.8 (44) | Skilled Stadium | 22,151 | Saturday 10, May | | Fremantle | 17.22 (124) | Melbourne | 10.9 (69) | WACA | 18,198 | Saturday 10, May | | St Kilda | 20.6 (126) | Port Adelaide | 8.13 (61) | Waverley Park | 17,752 | Saturday 10, May | | Brisbane Lions | 8.12 (60) | West Coast | 21.13 (139) | Gabba | 17,524 | Sunday 11, May | | Adelaide | 18.18 (126) | Essendon | 11.7 (73) | AAMI Stadium | 39,275 | Sunday 11, May | [edit] Round 8 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | Collingwood | 19.15 (129) | Western Bulldogs | 11.17 (83) | MCG | 61,014 | Friday 16, May | | Melbourne | 7.7 (49) | Geelong | 19.14 (128) | MCG | 28,989 | Saturday 17, May | | North Melbourne | 19.14 (128) | Port Adelaide | 15.10 (100) | Princes Park | 13,056 | Saturday 17, May | | Adelaide | 22.12 (144) | Sydney | 8.7 (55) | AAMI Stadium | 40,147 | Saturday 17, May | | Essendon | 14.16 (100) | St Kilda | 18.16 (124) | MCG | 51,928 | Sunday 18, May | | Carlton | 15.16 (106) | Hawthorn | 12.9 (81) | Princes Park | 29,783 | Sunday 18, May | | Fremantle | 14.14 (98) | Brisbane Lions | 15.3 (93) | Subiaco Oval | 14,721 | Sunday 18, May | | Richmond | 18.11 (119) | West Coast | 9.13 (67) | MCG | 26,721 | Monday 19, May | [edit] Round 9 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | Port Adelaide | 10.18 (78) | Melbourne | 3.9 (27) | AAMI Stadium | 32,958 | Friday 23, May | | Carlton | 16.9 (105) | Fremantle | 14.4 (88) | Princes Park | 18,187 | Saturday 24, May | | Hawthorn | 13.10 (88) | Adelaide | 14.18 (102) | Waverley Park | 23,463 | Saturday 24, May | | Sydney | 16.15 (111) | Collingwood | 11.8 (74) | SCG | 39,780 | Saturday 24, May | | Brisbane Lions | 19.12 (126) | Geelong | 15.8 (98) | Gabba | 19,828 | Sunday 25, May | | West Coast | 16.14 (110) | Essendon | 13.7 (85) | Subiaco Oval | 38,984 | Sunday 25, May | | Western Bulldogs | 16.7 (103) | North Melbourne | 10.11 (71) | MCG | 29,307 | Sunday 25, May | | St Kilda | 22.9 (141) | Richmond | 14.10 (94) | Waverley Park | 52,257 | Sunday 25, May | [edit] Round 10 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | Port Adelaide | 14.9 (93) | Carlton | 7.13 (55) | AAMI Stadium | 40,116 | Friday 30, May | | North Melbourne | 15.13 (103) | West Coast | 9.4 (58) | Princes Park | 13,614 | Saturday 31, May | | Hawthorn | 16.12 (108) | Collingwood | 8.7 (55) | Waverley Park | 51,494 | Saturday 31, May | | Geelong | 16.11 (107) | St Kilda | 11.13 (79) | Skilled Stadium | 22,731 | Saturday 31, May | | Richmond | 9.13 (67) | Melbourne | 14.8 (92) | MCG | 28,879 | Saturday 31, May | | Essendon | 17.12 (114) | Western Bulldogs | 20.16 (136) | MCG | 50,138 | Sunday 1, June | | Brisbane Lions | 13.14 (92) | Sydney | 13.11 (89) | Gabba | 20,403 | Sunday 1, June | | Fremantle | 10.12 (72) | Adelaide | 16.9 (105) | Subiaco Oval | 22,464 | Monday 2, June | [edit] Round 11 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | Collingwood | 10.11 (71) | Richmond | 11.11 (77) | MCG | 70,350 | Friday 6, June | | Essendon | 13.13 (91) | Hawthorn | 17.22 (124) | MCG | 60,594 | Saturday 7, June | | Western Bulldogs | 14.12 (96) | Geelong | 11.9 (75) | Princes Park | 24,897 | Saturday 7, June | | Port Adelaide | 4.17 (41) | Sydney | 10.16 (76) | AAMI Stadium | 35,669 | Saturday 7, June | | Melbourne | 5.15 (45) | Adelaide | 14.13 (97) | MCG | 27,463 | Sunday 8, June | | West Coast | 11.7 (73) | St Kilda | 13.11 (89) | Subiaco Oval | 29,390 | Sunday 8, June | | North Melbourne | 15.15 (105) | Fremantle | 12.7 (79) | MCG | 20,585 | Monday 9, June | | Carlton | 12.12 (84) | Brisbane Lions | 9.9 (63) | Princes Park | 27,904 | Monday 9, June | [edit] Round 12 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | Sydney | 26.8 (164) | Richmond | 16.14 (110) | SCG | 35,033 | Friday 13, June | | Western Bulldogs | 12.10 (82) | Port Adelaide | 14.10 (94) | Princes Park | 14,025 | Saturday 14, June | | Collingwood | 7.13 (55) | West Coast | 11.5 (71) | Victoria Park | 25,323 | Saturday 14, June | | Geelong | 12.10 (82) | Hawthorn | 13.10 (88) | Skilled Stadium | 22,871 | Saturday 14, June | | St Kilda | 16.20 (116) | Carlton | 12.13 (85) | Waverley Park | 44,883 | Sunday 15, June | | Adelaide | 12.11 (83) | North Melbourne | 16.9 (105) | AAMI Stadium | 43,345 | Sunday 15, June | | Melbourne | 7.8 (50) | Brisbane Lions | 21.9 (135) | MCG | 13,392 | Sunday 15, June | | Fremantle | 24.13 (157) | Essendon | 9.6 (60) | Subiaco Oval | 21,956 | Sunday 15, June | [edit] Round 13 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | West Coast | 11.13 (79) | Carlton | 12.14 (86) | Subiaco Oval | 37,854 | Friday 27, June | | Richmond | 4.10 (34) | Essendon | 19.13 (127) | MCG | 58,812 | Saturday 28, June | | St Kilda | 11.18 (84) | Western Bulldogs | 15.11 (101) | Waverley Park | 32,370 | Saturday 28, June | | Geelong | 17.8 (110) | Adelaide | 7.12 (54) | Skilled Stadium | 20,236 | Saturday 28, June | | Brisbane Lions | 11.22 (88) | Collingwood | 11.7 (73) | Gabba | 19,560 | Saturday 28, June | | Port Adelaide | 10.9 (69) | Fremantle | 7.12 (54) | AAMI Stadium | 30,827 | Saturday 28, June | | Hawthorn | 17.16 (118) | Melbourne | 7.13 (55) | Waverley Park | 31,517 | Sunday 29, June | | Sydney | 8.17 (65) | North Melbourne | 7.13 (55) | SCG | 30,160 | Sunday 29, June | [edit] Round 14 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | Adelaide | 16.10 (106) | West Coast | 4.7 (31) | AAMI Stadium | 39,221 | Friday 4, July | | Geelong | 9.26 (80) | Collingwood | 10.12 (72) | MCG | 65,228 | Saturday 5, July | | Carlton | 11.8 (74) | Western Bulldogs | 16.14 (110) | Princes Park | 32,183 | Saturday 5, July | | St Kilda | 20.13 (133) | North Melbourne | 11.13 (79) | Waverley Park | 32,635 | Saturday 5, July | | Fremantle | 6.12 (48) | Sydney | 3.15 (33) | WACA | 19,290 | Saturday 5, July | | Essendon | 18.12 (120) | Melbourne | 8.9 (57) | MCG | 44,803 | Sunday 6, July | | Hawthorn | 18.16 (124) | Port Adelaide | 13.14 (92) | Waverley Park | 29,886 | Sunday 6, July | | Brisbane Lions | 7.26 (68) | Richmond | 7.8 (50) | Gabba | 19,155 | Sunday 6, July | [edit] Round 15 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | North Melbourne | 14.8 (92) | Geelong | 15.12 (102) | MCG | 45,120 | Friday 11, July | | Melbourne | 18.11 (119) | Carlton | 15.10 (100) | MCG | 27,992 | Saturday 12, July | | Western Bulldogs | 11.7 (73) | Brisbane Lions | 21.11 (137) | Princes Park | 16,430 | Saturday 12, July | | Collingwood | 25.10 (160) | Fremantle | 9.6 (60) | Victoria Park | 23,433 | Saturday 12, July | | Adelaide | 10.16 (76) | St Kilda | 9.12 (66) | AAMI Stadium | 39,921 | Saturday 12, July | | Sydney | 11.13 (79) | Essendon | 11.12 (78) | SCG | 36,077 | Sunday 13, July | | West Coast | 12.13 (85) | Port Adelaide | 9.13 (67) | Subiaco Oval | 29,723 | Sunday 13, July | | Richmond | 22.13 (145) | Hawthorn | 10.9 (69) | MCG | 49,217 | Sunday 13, July | [edit] Round 16 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | Brisbane Lions | 17.16 (118) | Adelaide | 13.9 (87) | Gabba | 21,348 | Friday 18, July | | Carlton | 25.15 (165) | Essendon | 13.9 (87) | MCG | 58,512 | Saturday 19, July | | Hawthorn | 9.8 (62) | St Kilda | 20.21 (141) | Waverley Park | 43,181 | Saturday 19, July | | Geelong | 16.14 (110) | Richmond | 12.6 (78) | Skilled Stadium | 24,099 | Saturday 19, July | | Sydney | 15.22 (112) | West Coast | 11.9 (75) | SCG | 39,318 | Saturday 19, July | | Port Adelaide | 17.9 (111) | Collingwood | 8.10 (58) | AAMI Stadium | 37,790 | Saturday 19, July | | Melbourne | 7.16 (58) | North Melbourne | 17.12 (114) | MCG | 23,309 | Sunday 20, July | | Fremantle | 15.7 (97) | Western Bulldogs | 13.13 (91) | Subiaco Oval | 18,392 | Sunday 20, July | [edit] Round 17 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | Essendon | 10.12 (72) | Port Adelaide | 18.14 (122) | MCG | 33,076 | Friday 25, July | | Carlton | 7.16 (58) | North Melbourne | 14.12 (96) | Princes Park | 27,689 | Saturday 26, July | | Hawthorn | 9.8 (62) | Fremantle | 10.11 (71) | Waverley Park | 15,939 | Saturday 26, July | | Sydney | 22.17 (149) | Western Bulldogs | 7.10 (52) | SCG | 32,534 | Saturday 26, July | | Adelaide | 29.11 (185) | Richmond | 7.6 (48) | AAMI Stadium | 36,297 | Saturday 26, July | | St Kilda | 12.20 (92) | Brisbane Lions | 5.14 (44) | Waverley Park | 34,859 | Sunday 27, July | | Collingwood | 20.14 (134) | Melbourne | 12.10 (82) | MCG | 37,779 | Sunday 27, July | | West Coast | 20.9 (129) | Geelong | 12.10 (82) | Subiaco Oval | 34,565 | Sunday 27, July | [edit] Round 18 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | North Melbourne | 11.17 (83) | Essendon | 8.16 (64) | MCG | 38,614 | Friday 1, August | | Melbourne | 7.11 (53) | Sydney | 25.19 (169) | MCG | 26,901 | Saturday 2, August | | Richmond | 17.13 (115) | Western Bulldogs | 15.10 (100) | Princes Park | 18,373 | Saturday 2, August | | Geelong | 25.9 (159) | Port Adelaide | 11.8 (74) | Skilled Stadium | 21,867 | Saturday 2, August | | Brisbane Lions | 21.15 (141) | Hawthorn | 11.5 (71) | Gabba | 19,635 | Saturday 2, August | | Adelaide | 18.19 (127) | Carlton | 13.8 (86) | AAMI Stadium | 42,548 | Sunday 3, August | | Collingwood | 12.17 (89) | St Kilda | 15.21 (111) | MCG | 68,036 | Sunday 3, August | | Fremantle | 7.7 (49) | West Coast | 13.4 (82) | Subiaco Oval | 39,711 | Sunday 3, August | [edit] Round 19 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | North Melbourne | 17.14 (116) | Brisbane Lions | 9.5 (59) | MCG | 27,021 | Friday 8, August | | Carlton | 14.23 (107) | Collingwood | 13.13 (91) | MCG | 61,650 | Saturday 9, August | | Western Bulldogs | 14.18 (102) | Melbourne | 9.10 (64) | Princes Park | 13,058 | Saturday 9, August | | Hawthorn | 10.6 (66) | West Coast | 13.9 (87) | Waverley Park | 20,517 | Saturday 9, August | | Fremantle | 12.13 (85) | Richmond | 5.12 (42) | WACA | 15,757 | Saturday 9, August | | Sydney | 17.17 (119) | St Kilda | 18.20 (128) | SCG | 39,287 | Sunday 10, August | | Essendon | 11.7 (73) | Geelong | 9.14 (68) | MCG | 53,901 | Sunday 10, August | | Port Adelaide | 9.4 (58) | Adelaide | 9.11 (65) | AAMI Stadium | 45,498 | Sunday 10, August | [edit] Round 20 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | West Coast | 15.7 (97) | Melbourne | 7.17 (59) | WACA | 21,164 | Friday 15, August | | Collingwood | 13.13 (91) | Essendon | 12.9 (81) | MCG | 50,944 | Saturday 16, August | | St Kilda | 12.5 (77) | Fremantle | 9.10 (64) | Waverley Park | 26,201 | Saturday 16, August | | Geelong | 13.17 (95) | Carlton | 9.13 (67) | Skilled Stadium | 23,007 | Saturday 16, August | | Brisbane Lions | 13.15 (93) | Port Adelaide | 13.15 (93) | Gabba | 20,835 | Saturday 16, August | | Sydney | 20.15 (135) | Hawthorn | 11.11 (77) | SCG | 34,111 | Sunday 17, August | | Richmond | 14.13 (97) | North Melbourne | 14.12 (96) | MCG | 29,620 | Sunday 17, August | | Adelaide | 7.18 (60) | Western Bulldogs | 16.7 (103) | AAMI Stadium | 39,632 | Sunday 17, August | [edit] Round 21 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | Melbourne | 8.14 (62) | St Kilda | 17.12 (114) | MCG | 32,935 | Friday 22, August | | North Melbourne | 10.21 (81) | Hawthorn | 6.7 (43) | MCG | 26,393 | Saturday 23, August | | Carlton | 11.10 (76) | Sydney | 5.11 (41) | Princes Park | 27,375 | Saturday 23, August | | Western Bulldogs | 12.14 (86) | West Coast | 10.8 (68) | Whitten Oval | 26,704 | Saturday 23, August | | Brisbane Lions | 15.12 (102) | Essendon | 16.10 (106) | Gabba | 21,065 | Saturday 23, August | | Richmond | 22.14 (146) | Port Adelaide | 8.13 (61) | MCG | 22,516 | Sunday 24, August | | Fremantle | 9.14 (68) | Geelong | 14.16 (100) | Subiaco Oval | 28,751 | Sunday 24, August | | Adelaide | 6.12 (48) | Collingwood | 5.9 (39) | AAMI Stadium | 37,661 | Monday 25, August | [edit] Round 22 | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | West Coast | 18.12 (120) | Brisbane Lions | 11.15 (81) | WACA | 29,402 | Friday 29, August | | Melbourne | 18.11 (119) | Fremantle | 11.13 (79) | MCG | 15,036 | Saturday 30, August | | Carlton | 13.11 (89) | Richmond | 13.13 (91) | Princes Park | 34,922 | Saturday 30, August | | Hawthorn | 13.9 (87) | Western Bulldogs | 15.15 (105) | Waverley Park | 35,706 | Saturday 30, August | | Sydney | 13.12 (90) | Geelong | 15.10 (100) | SCG | 46,168 | Saturday 30, August | | Collingwood | 18.14 (122) | North Melbourne | 15.21 (111) | MCG | 43,660 | Sunday 31, August | | Essendon | 16.6 (102) | Adelaide | 14.14 (98) | Princes Park | 25,636 | Sunday 31, August | | Port Adelaide | 12.12 (84) | St Kilda | 17.15 (117) | AAMI Stadium | 38,589 | Sunday 31, August | [edit] Ladder
[edit] Finals [edit] Qualifying Finals [edit] Semi Finals [edit] Preliminary Finals [edit] Grand Final | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | | St Kilda | 13.16 (94) | Adelaide | 19.11 (125) | MCG | 98,828 | Saturday 27, September | [edit] Notable events - St Kilda, Geelong and Western Bulldogs finished 1, 2 and 3 and Melbourne finished 16th respectively at the end of the season. This feat would again be achieved in 2009.
- Defending premiers North Melbourne were the lowest ranked team in the top eight to reach a preliminary final, when it went down to minor premiers St Kilda.
- In its first season as a merged entity the Brisbane Lions managed to finish in the top eight, but it went down to minor premiers St Kilda.
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