2001 AFL season
Template:Short description Template:Use Australian English Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox 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 Template:AFL Ess by 26 points in the AFL Grand Final.
AFL Draft
See 2001 AFL draft.
Ansett Australia Cup
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Port Adelaide defeated the Brisbane Lions 17.9 (111) to 3.8 (26) in the grand final.
Premiership season
Round 1
Template:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Template:AFL Kan | 9.7 (61) | Template:AFL Ess | 23.8 (146) | MCG | 56,028 | Friday, 30 March |- style="background:#fff;" | Template:AFL Haw | 13.7 (85) | Template:AFL Col | 11.15 (81) | MCG | 52,190 | Saturday, 31 March |- style="background:#fff;" | Template:AFL Fre | 18.10 (118) | Template:AFL Car | 18.11 (119) | Subiaco Oval | 23,716 | Saturday, 31 March |- style="background:#fff;" | Template:AFL WB | 16.11 (107) | Template:AFL StK | 16.16 (112) | Colonial Stadium | 30,047 | Saturday, 31 March |- style="background:#fff;" | Template:AFL | 14.15 (99) | Template:AFL BL | 14.9 (93) | Football Park | 25,948 | Saturday, 31 March |- style="background:#fff;" | Template:AFL Gee | 17.13 (115) | Template:AFL WC | 7.7 (49) | Shell Stadium | 20,149 | Sunday, 1 April |- style="background:#fff;" | Template:AFL Mel | 15.13 (103) | Template:AFL Ric | 20.14 (134) | MCG | 44,466 | Sunday, 1 April |- style="background:#fff;" | Template:AFL Syd | 19.12 (126) | Template:AFL Ade | 10.14 (74) | SCG | 31,174 | Sunday, 1 April Template:S-end
Round 2
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 23.7 (145) | Template:AFL | 16.11 (107) | Colonial Stadium | 34,918 | Friday, 6 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 11.15 (81) | Template:AFL Haw | 16.11 (107) | Optus Oval | 27,597 | Saturday, 7 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 9.15 (69) | Template:AFL WB | 17.9 (111) | MCG | 36,427 | Saturday, 7 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 15.15 (105) | Template:AFL Fre | 13.10 (88) | Colonial Stadium | 26,067 | Saturday, 7 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 11.14 (80) | Template:AFL Mel | 12.11 (83) | Football Park | 35,653 | Saturday, 7 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 17.16 (118) | Template:AFL Kan | 8.10 (58) | Gabba | 22,970 | Sunday, 8 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 13.8 (86) | Template:AFL Gee | 17.13 (115) | Colonial Stadium | 33,867 | Sunday, 8 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 13.11 (89) | Template:AFL Syd | 15.14 (104) | Subiaco Oval | 32,673 | Sunday, 8 April Template:S-end
Round 3
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 14.9 (93) | Template:AFL Ess | 11.10 (76) | MCG | 63,088 | Thursday, 12 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 17.14 (116) | Template:AFL BL | 14.10 (94) | MCG | 31,688 | Saturday, 14 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 12.9 (81) | Template:AFL Col | 23.15 (153) | Colonial Stadium | 37,598 | Saturday, 14 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 11.5 (71) | Template:AFL Syd | 23.13 (151) | SCG | 22,395 | Saturday, 14 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 13.10 (88) | Template:AFL | 23.15 (153) | Football Park | 40,296 | Sunday, 15 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 16.11 (107) | Template:AFL WC | 19.11 (125) | Colonial Stadium | 19,496 | Sunday, 15 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 8.11 (59) | Template:AFL Haw | 11.16 (82) | Subiaco Oval | 20,703 | Sunday, 15 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 18.16 (124) | Template:AFL Gee | 15.14 (104) | MCG | 48,551 | Monday, 16 April Template:S-end
Round 4
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 10.11 (71) | Template:AFL Ric | 13.8 (86) | MCG | 78,638 | Friday, 20 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 6.19 (55) | Template:AFL Ess | 15.12 (102) | SCG | 40,131 | Friday, 20 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 8.5 (53) | Template:AFL Ade | 9.8 (62) | Optus Oval | 21,110 | Saturday, 21 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 21.14 (140) | Template:AFL BL | 12.15 (87) | Colonial Stadium | 20,322 | Saturday, 21 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 13.10 (88) | Template:AFL WC | 16.16 (112) | Subiaco Oval | 38,804 | Saturday, 21 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 17.12 (114) | Template:AFL StK | 7.8 (50) | Football Park | 27,017 | Saturday, 21 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 4.9 (33) | Template:AFL Kan | 7.11 (53) | Shell Stadium | 14,298 | Sunday, 22 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 11.17 (83) | Template:AFL Mel | 5.14 (44) | MCG | 30,113 | Sunday, 22 April Template:S-end
Round 5
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 15.13 (103) | Template:AFL Col | 14.11 (95) | MCG | 83,905 | Wednesday, 25 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 11.4 (70) | Template:AFL Ric | 17.7 (109) | Subiaco Oval | 38,424 | Friday, 27 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 17.23 (125) | Template:AFL StK | 14.8 (92) | Optus Oval | 24,385 | Saturday, 28 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 19.12 (126) | Template:AFL Haw | 24.11 (155) | Colonial Stadium | 34,400 | Saturday, 28 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 12.18 (90) | Template:AFL Kan | 10.15 (75) | Football Park | 37,596 | Saturday, 28 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 25.21 (171) | Template:AFL Fre | 19.8 (122) | Gabba | 20,059 | Sunday, 29 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 15.12 (102) | Template:AFL | 23.10 (148) | Shell Stadium | 18,736 | Sunday, 29 April |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 18.11 (119) | Template:AFL Syd | 15.14 (104) | MCG | 31,168 | Sunday, 29 April Template:S-end
Round 6
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 12.6 (78) | Template:AFL Ric | 19.15 (129) | Colonial Stadium | 39,773 | Friday, 4 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 18.12 (120) | Template:AFL Syd | 14.10 (94) | Colonial Stadium | 28,933 | Saturday, 5 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 9.20 (74) | Template:AFL Mel | 18.11 (119) | Subiaco Oval | 19,775 | Saturday, 5 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 20.9 (129) | Template:AFL WB | 13.8 (86) | Football Park | 30,197 | Saturday, 5 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 17.14 (116) | Template:AFL Gee | 8.13 (61) | Gabba | 25,881 | Saturday, 5 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 15.13 (103) | Template:AFL Car | 14.11 (95) | MCG | 73,572 | Sunday, 6 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 24.14 (158) | Template:AFL WC | 10.10 (70) | Colonial Stadium | 33,829 | Sunday, 6 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 16.8 (104) | Template:AFL Ade | 12.19 (91) | York Park | 17,460 | Sunday, 6 May Template:S-end
Round 7
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 12.5 (77) | Template:AFL WB | 15.17 (107) | MCG | 32,299 | Friday, 11 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 10.14 (74) | Template:AFL Ess | 16.24 (120) | MCG | 77,576 | Saturday, 12 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 15.9 (99) | Template:AFL Haw | 16.14 (110) | Colonial Stadium | 37,940 | Saturday, 12 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 14.19 (103) | Template:AFL Fre | 12.11 (83) | Football Park | 38,292 | Saturday, 12 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 14.13 (97) | Template:AFL Kan | 15.9 (99) | Colonial Stadium | 34,600 | Sunday, 13 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 9.14 (68) | Template:AFL Car | 17.6 (108) | MCG | 29,150 | Sunday, 13 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 12.8 (80) | Template:AFL BL | 15.22 (112) | SCG | 22,390 | Sunday, 13 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 7.8 (50) | Template:AFL | 17.19 (121) | Subiaco Oval | 28,026 | Sunday, 13 May Template:S-end
Round 8
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 14.8 (92) | Template:AFL Ade | 17.18 (120) | MCG | 29,073 | Friday, 18 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 21.16 (142) | Template:AFL BL | 9.14 (68) | Optus Oval | 21,997 | Saturday, 19 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 21.12 (138) | Template:AFL WC | 8.10 (58) | MCG | 22,988 | Saturday, 19 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 19.24 (138) | Template:AFL StK | 13.11 (89) | Manuka Oval | 10,958 | Saturday, 19 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 16.14 (110) | Template:AFL Col | 18.11 (119) | Football Park | 34,232 | Saturday, 19 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 11.13 (79) | Template:AFL Ess | 12.13 (85) | MCG | 47,452 | Sunday, 20 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 18.14 (122) | Template:AFL Syd | 15.11 (101) | SCG | 22,874 | Sunday, 20 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 10.13 (73) | Template:AFL Gee | 14.11 (95) | Subiaco Oval | 20,231 | Sunday, 20 May Template:S-end
Round 9
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 10.9 (69) | Template:AFL Car | 12.10 (82) | MCG | 43,624 | Friday, 25 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 14.14 (98) | Template:AFL StK | 12.8 (80) | MCG | 49,937 | Saturday, 26 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 11.11 (77) | Template:AFL WB | 18.17 (125) | Subiaco Oval | 30,063 | Saturday, 26 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 18.14 (122) | Template:AFL Ade | 19.13 (127) | Gabba | 24,122 | Saturday, 26 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 18.14 (122) | Template:AFL Haw | 8.9 (57) | Colonial Stadium | 50,701 | Saturday, 26 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 13.10 (88) | Template:AFL Mel | 9.14 (68) | Football Park | 22,423 | Sunday, 27 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 17.16 (118) | Template:AFL Ric | 11.10 (76) | Shell Stadium | 27,421 | Sunday, 27 May |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 12.12 (84) | Template:AFL Fre | 10.5 (65) | SCG | 20,611 | Sunday, 27 May Template:S-end
Round 10
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 11.13 (79) | Template:AFL Kan | 19.11 (125) | Colonial Stadium | 32,793 | Friday, 1 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 21.23 (149) | Template:AFL WC | 3.12 (30) | Optus Oval | 19,757 | Saturday, 2 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 10.13 (73) | Template:AFL | 17.14 (116) | MCG | 28,228 | Saturday, 2 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 17.11 (113) | Template:AFL Mel | 22.12 (144) | Colonial Stadium | 30,497 | Saturday, 2 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 15.12 (102) | Template:AFL Ess | 10.14 (74) | Gabba | 36,149 | Saturday, 2 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 9.12 (66) | Template:AFL Gee | 8.7 (55) | Football Park | 40,466 | Sunday, 3 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 7.13 (55) | Template:AFL Syd | 11.7 (73) | Colonial Stadium | 42,640 | Sunday, 3 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 6.10 (46) | Template:AFL Ric | 12.12 (84) | Subiaco Oval | 19,626 | Sunday, 3 June Template:S-end
Round 11
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 13.8 (86) | Template:AFL Ess | 19.14 (128) | Colonial Stadium | 40,075 | Friday, 8 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 14.9 (93) | Template:AFL Haw | 13.12 (90) | Colonial Stadium | 37,526 | Saturday, 9 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 9.8 (62) | Template:AFL BL | 11.18 (84) | Subiaco Oval | 25,588 | Saturday, 9 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 14.13 (97) | Template:AFL WB | 19.13 (127) | Football Park | 38,829 | Saturday, 9 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 23.16 (154) | Template:AFL Fre | 10.8 (68) | Colonial Stadium | 18,023 | Sunday, 10 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 13.10 (88) | Template:AFL Car | 8.13 (61) | MCG | 71,767 | Sunday, 10 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 18.17 (125) | Template:AFL | 10.18 (78) | SCG | 28,187 | Sunday, 10 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 8.9 (57) | Template:AFL Col | 19.20 (134) | MCG | 62,761 | Monday, 11 June Template:S-end
Round 12
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 18.14 (122) | Template:AFL Ade | 11.7 (73) | Colonial Stadium | 38,816 | Friday, 15 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 13.9 (87) | Template:AFL WB | 15.4 (94) | Shell Stadium | 22,771 | Saturday, 16 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 11.14 (80) | Template:AFL StK | 12.18 (90) | Subiaco Oval | 19,857 | Saturday, 16 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 14.15 (99) | Template:AFL BL | 23.10 (148) | Gabba | 23,740 | Sunday, 17 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 26.17 (173) | Template:AFL WC | 14.8 (92) | Colonial Stadium | 36,589 | Friday, 22 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 15.11 (101) | Template:AFL Kan | 14.14 (98) | MCG | 41,295 | Saturday, 23 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 12.14 (86) | Template:AFL Syd | 8.12 (60) | Colonial Stadium | 37,196 | Saturday, 23 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 10.10 (70) | Template:AFL Car | 15.14 (104) | Football Park | 35,805 | Sunday, 24 June Template:S-end
Round 13
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 20.20 (140) | Template:AFL Haw | 8.5 (53) | Gabba | 30,573 | Friday, 29 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 23.15 (153) | Template:AFL WB | 13.14 (92) | Optus Oval | 30,067 | Saturday, 30 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 18.10 (118) | Template:AFL Fre | 10.12 (72) | Colonial Stadium | 29,528 | Saturday, 30 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 14.11 (95) | Template:AFL | 10.13 (73) | Manuka Oval | 10,030 | Saturday, 30 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 14.13 (97) | Template:AFL Col | 15.9 (99) | Football Park | 39,010 | Saturday, 30 June |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 13.9 (87) | Template:AFL Ric | 19.12 (126) | Colonial Stadium | 40,783 | Sunday, 1 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 9.11 (65) | Template:AFL Gee | 12.12 (84) | SCG | 26,760 | Sunday, 1 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 15.5 (95) | Template:AFL Mel | 13.10 (88) | Subiaco Oval | 29,783 | Sunday, 1 July Template:S-end
Round 14
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 11.10 (76) | Template:AFL Ess | 24.10 (154) | Colonial Stadium | 48,728 | Friday, 6 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 10.11 (71) | Template:AFL Haw | 20.9 (129) | MCG | 52,189 | Saturday, 7 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 8.16 (64) | Template:AFL WC | 7.9 (51) | Football Park | 31,534 | Saturday, 7 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 17.17 (119) | Template:AFL StK | 9.8 (62) | Gabba | 22,911 | Saturday, 7 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 16.15 (111) | Template:AFL Col | 14.9 (93) | Colonial Stadium | 50,160 | Sunday, 8 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 13.15 (93) | Template:AFL Kan | 18.13 (121) | MCG | 27,464 | Sunday, 8 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 12.19 (91) | Template:AFL Car | 12.9 (81) | SCG | 30,488 | Sunday, 8 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 11.5 (71) | Template:AFL | 25.13 (163) | Subiaco Oval | 15,961 | Sunday, 8 July Template:S-end
Round 15
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 9.5 (59) | Template:AFL Ade | 23.18 (156) | Colonial Stadium | 26,560 | Friday, 13 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 16.15 (111) | Template:AFL Mel | 18.9 (117) | Optus Oval | 23,901 | Saturday, 14 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 11.11 (77) | Template:AFL Syd | 14.14 (98) | MCG | 34,394 | Saturday, 14 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 16.23 (119) | Template:AFL Fre | 11.19 (85) | Colonial Stadium | 15,111 | Saturday, 14 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 14.12 (96) | Template:AFL Ric | 7.10 (52) | Football Park | 26,773 | Saturday, 14 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 16.7 (103) | Template:AFL BL | 19.15 (129) | MCG | 45,016 | Sunday, 15 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 19.13 (127) | Template:AFL Gee | 17.10 (112) | Colonial Stadium | 48,152 | Sunday, 15 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 17.8 (110) | Template:AFL Kan | 24.10 (154) | Subiaco Oval | 34,259 | Sunday, 15 July Template:S-end
Round 16
Template:See also Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 19.13 (127) | Template:AFL Mel | 12.14 (86) | MCG | 37,938 | Friday, 20 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 19.17 (131) | Template:AFL Fre | 8.8 (56) | Optus Oval | 15,622 | Saturday, 21 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 14.5 (89) | Template:AFL Haw | 21.18 (144) | MCG | 52,381 | Saturday, 21 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 12.6 (78) | Template:AFL WB | 16.16 (112) | Colonial Stadium | 21,665 | Saturday, 21 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 13.16 (94) | Template:AFL | 8.12 (60) | Gabba | 29,547 | Saturday, 21 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 7.14 (56) | Template:AFL Syd | 16.9 (105) | Football Park | 46,852 | Sunday, 22 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 27.9 (171) | Template:AFL Kan | 25.9 (159) | MCG | 51,878 | Sunday, 22 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 12.8 (80) | Template:AFL Gee | 22.18 (150) | Subiaco Oval | 31,456 | Sunday, 22 July Template:S-end
Round 17
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 15.10 (100) | Template:AFL Ric | 15.12 (102) | Colonial Stadium | 43,595 | Friday, 27 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 12.6 (78) | Template:AFL StK | 10.6 (66) | Shell Stadium | 22,414 | Saturday, 28 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 12.12 (84) | Template:AFL Ade | 15.10 (100) | MCG | 17,566 | Saturday, 28 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 13.12 (90) | Template:AFL Col | 19.5 (119) | Subiaco Oval | 20,498 | Saturday, 28 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 18.7 (115) | Template:AFL BL | 21.10 (136) | Colonial Stadium | 26,776 | Saturday, 28 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 15.14 (104) | Template:AFL Ess | 14.13 (97) | Football Park | 37,930 | Sunday, 29 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 15.6 (96) | Template:AFL Car | 13.15 (93) | MCG | 52,472 | Sunday, 29 July |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 11.17 (83) | Template:AFL WC | 6.12 (48) | SCG | 20,669 | Sunday, 29 July Template:S-end
Round 18
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 10.11 (71) | Template:AFL Col | 6.15 (51) | MCG | 69,930 | Friday, 3 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 15.10 (100) | Template:AFL Mel | 16.7 (103) | MCG | 31,074 | Saturday, 4 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 13.12 (90) | Template:AFL Fre | 16.10 (106) | Colonial Stadium | 16,595 | Saturday, 4 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 22.11 (143) | Template:AFL Kan | 3.18 (36) | SCG | 32,689 | Saturday, 4 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 16.11 (107) | Template:AFL Ade | 15.9 (99) | Football Park | 49,846 | Sunday, 5 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 19.22 (136) | Template:AFL WB | 15.13 (103) | Gabba | 26,872 | Sunday, 5 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 14.11 (95) | Template:AFL Car | 16.6 (102) | MCG | 75,873 | Sunday, 5 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 26.15 (171) | Template:AFL StK | 12.7 (79) | Subiaco Oval | 31,358 | Sunday, 5 August Template:S-end Template:AFL Fre claimed their first win of the season in their match against Template:AFL Haw.
Round 19
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 21.5 (131) | Template:AFL Gee | 12.10 (82) | Colonial Stadium | 30,919 | Friday, 10 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 16.18 (114) | Template:AFL | 19.11 (125) | Colonial Stadium | 14,018 | Saturday, 11 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 10.11 (71) | Template:AFL Haw | 24.12 (156) | MCG | 26,632 | Saturday, 11 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 16.10 (106) | Template:AFL Car | 8.5 (53) | Football Park | 44,542 | Saturday, 11 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 19.14 (128) | Template:AFL Ric | 15.7 (97) | Gabba | 31,324 | Sunday, 12 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 17.17 (119) | Template:AFL WB | 11.11 (77) | MCG | 38,793 | Sunday, 12 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 11.13 (79) | Template:AFL Syd | 11.11 (77) | Colonial Stadium | 45,057 | Sunday, 12 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 14.14 (98) | Template:AFL Fre | 9.10 (64) | Subiaco Oval | 41,285 | Sunday, 12 August Template:S-end
Round 20
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 15.10 (100) | Template:AFL Ade | 25.12 (162) | Colonial Stadium | 25,340 | Friday, 17 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 20.18 (138) | Template:AFL WC | 10.13 (73) | Colonial Stadium | 25,856 | Saturday, 18 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 14.15 (99) | Template:AFL Gee | 10.9 (69) | Football Park | 25,536 | Saturday, 18 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Col | 13.9 (87) | Template:AFL Ess | 15.17 (107) | MCG | 71,518 | Saturday, 18 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 12.7 (79) | Template:AFL WB | 17.23 (125) | MCG | 26,642 | Sunday, 19 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL StK | 16.8 (104) | Template:AFL Car | 22.16 (148) | Colonial Stadium | 34,521 | Sunday, 19 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 14.14 (98) | Template:AFL Mel | 19.17 (131) | SCG | 28,367 | Sunday, 19 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 12.15 (87) | Template:AFL BL | 21.12 (138) | Subiaco Oval | 15,136 | Sunday, 19 August Template:S-end
Round 21
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ric | 13.14 (92) | Template:AFL Kan | 13.10 (88) | MCG | 37,776 | Friday, 24 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 20.10 (130) | Template:AFL Col | 9.8 (62) | MCG | 70,051 | Saturday, 25 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WC | 6.11 (47) | Template:AFL Ess | 21.10 (136) | Subiaco Oval | 36,445 | Saturday, 25 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 10.13 (73) | Template:AFL | 22.18 (150) | Colonial Stadium | 19,649 | Saturday, 25 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ade | 13.13 (91) | Template:AFL Haw | 8.5 (53) | Football Park | 42,827 | Sunday, 26 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Gee | 9.13 (67) | Template:AFL BL | 16.14 (110) | Shell Stadium | 24,325 | Sunday, 26 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Mel | 16.18 (114) | Template:AFL Fre | 12.7 (79) | Colonial Stadium | 12,566 | Sunday, 26 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Syd | 21.16 (142) | Template:AFL StK | 8.7 (55) | SCG | 26,334 | Sunday, 26 August Template:S-end
Round 22
Template:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Ess | 12.11 (83) | Template:AFL Ric | 17.5 (107) | MCG | 77,028 | Friday, 31 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Car | 13.19 (97) | Template:AFL Gee | 3.9 (27) | Optus Oval | 26,314 | Saturday, 1 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Fre | 17.18 (120) | Template:AFL Ade | 11.17 (83) | Subiaco Oval | 19,535 | Saturday, 1 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Haw | 13.9 (87) | Template:AFL StK | 13.11 (89) | MCG | 24,113 | Saturday, 1 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL BL | 13.15 (93) | Template:AFL Syd | 9.8 (62) | Gabba | 33,606 | Saturday, 1 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL | 24.19 (163) | Template:AFL WC | 7.9 (51) | Football Park | 22,976 | Sunday, 2 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL Kan | 11.17 (83) | Template:AFL Col | 19.12 (126) | Manuka Oval | 13,117 | Sunday, 2 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Template:AFL WB | 19.9 (123) | Template:AFL Mel | 21.7 (133) | Colonial Stadium | 21,146 | Sunday, 2 September Template:S-end
Ladder
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|col_Q=#CCFFCC|text_Q=Finals series |result1=Q|result2=Q|result3=Q|result4=Q|result5=Q|result6=Q|result7=Q|result8=Q
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Ladder progression
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Finals series
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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 | 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 |
Awards
- The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Jason Akermanis of the Brisbane Lions.
- The AFL Players Association MVP Award went to Andrew McLeod 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 was awarded to Matthew Lloyd of Essendon.
- The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Shaun Hart of the Brisbane Lions.
- The AFL Rising Star award was awarded to Justin Koschitzke of St Kilda.
Notable events
- 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.
- Template:AFL Mel and Template:AFL Col 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.
- Template:AFL Fre 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 Template:AFL BL 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,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the World Anti Doping Agency later banned the practice in 2007.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>