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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#VFL_era_(1897–1989)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>VFL era (1897–1989)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-VFL_era_(1897–1989)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Background_and_founding" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Background_and_founding"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.1</span> <span>Background and founding</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Background_and_founding-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1897–1900s:_Inaugural_VFL_season_and_early_years" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1897–1900s:_Inaugural_VFL_season_and_early_years"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.2</span> <span>1897–1900s: Inaugural VFL season and early years</span> </div> </a> <ul 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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1976–1981:_VFL_leaves_Australian_National_Football_Council"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.5</span> <span>1976–1981: VFL leaves Australian National Football Council</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1976–1981:_VFL_leaves_Australian_National_Football_Council-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1982–1989:_Professionalism,_club_bankruptcy_and_expansion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1982–1989:_Professionalism,_club_bankruptcy_and_expansion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.6</span> <span>1982–1989: Professionalism, club bankruptcy and expansion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1982–1989:_Professionalism,_club_bankruptcy_and_expansion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-AFL_era_(1990–present)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#AFL_era_(1990–present)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>AFL era (1990–present)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-AFL_era_(1990–present)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-1990–2010:_A_professional_national_competition" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1990–2010:_A_professional_national_competition"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1</span> <span>1990–2010: A professional national competition</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1990–2010:_A_professional_national_competition-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2011–present:_18-team_era" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2011–present:_18-team_era"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2</span> <span>2011–present: 18-team era</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2011–present:_18-team_era-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Clubs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Clubs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Clubs</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Clubs-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Clubs subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Clubs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Current_clubs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current_clubs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Current clubs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Current_clubs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Future_clubs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Future_clubs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Future clubs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Future_clubs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Former_clubs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Former_clubs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Former clubs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Former_clubs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Timeline_of_clubs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Timeline_of_clubs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Timeline of clubs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Timeline_of_clubs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Venues" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Venues"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Venues</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Venues-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Venues subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Venues-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Current_venues" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current_venues"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Current venues</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Current_venues-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Players</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Players-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Players subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Salary_cap" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Salary_cap"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Salary cap</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Salary_cap-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Season_structure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Season_structure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Season structure</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Season_structure-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Season structure subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Season_structure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pre-season" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pre-season"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Pre-season</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pre-season-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Premiership_season" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Premiership_season"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Premiership season</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Premiership_season-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Themed_rounds_and_special_matches" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Themed_rounds_and_special_matches"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.1</span> <span>Themed rounds and special matches</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Themed_rounds_and_special_matches-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sir_Doug_Nicholls_Round" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sir_Doug_Nicholls_Round"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.2</span> <span>Sir Doug Nicholls Round</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sir_Doug_Nicholls_Round-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Finals_series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Finals_series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Finals series</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Finals_series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Awards" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Awards</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Awards-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Awards subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Awards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Team_of_the_Century" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Team_of_the_Century"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Team of the Century</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Team_of_the_Century-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Representative_football" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Representative_football"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Representative football</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Representative_football-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Representative football subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Representative_football-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-State_football" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#State_football"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>State football</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-State_football-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-History_of_the_VFL/AFL's_involvement" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History_of_the_VFL/AFL's_involvement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1.1</span> <span>History of the VFL/AFL's involvement</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-History_of_the_VFL/AFL's_involvement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Global_market" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Global_market"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Global market</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Global_market-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Global market subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Global_market-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-International_Rules_Series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_Rules_Series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>International Rules Series</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_Rules_Series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Corporate_governance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Corporate_governance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Corporate governance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Corporate_governance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Audience" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Audience"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Audience</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Audience-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Audience subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Audience-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Attendance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Attendance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Attendance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Attendance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Television" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Television"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Television</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Television-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Australian_television" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Australian_television"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2.1</span> <span>Australian television</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Australian_television-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Telecast_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Telecast_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2.2</span> <span>Telecast history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Telecast_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_broadcasts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_broadcasts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>International broadcasts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_broadcasts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-International_broadcast_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_broadcast_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3.1</span> <span>International broadcast history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_broadcast_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_broadcast_partners" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_broadcast_partners"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3.2</span> <span>International broadcast partners</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_broadcast_partners-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Radio" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Radio"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.4</span> <span>Radio</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Radio-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Non-English_radio" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Non-English_radio"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.4.1</span> <span>Non-English radio</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Non-English_radio-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Internet" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Internet"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.5</span> <span>Internet</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Internet-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Corporate_relations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Corporate_relations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Corporate relations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Corporate_relations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Corporate relations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Corporate_relations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Sponsorship" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sponsorship"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Sponsorship</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sponsorship-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Membership" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Membership"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Membership</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Membership-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Merchandising" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Merchandising"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>Merchandising</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Merchandising-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-AFL_World" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#AFL_World"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3.1</span> <span>AFL World</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-AFL_World-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Video_games" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Video_games"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3.2</span> <span>Video games</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Video_games-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gambling" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gambling"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3.3</span> <span>Gambling</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gambling-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Activism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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id="toc-Voice_to_Parliament-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lawsuits" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lawsuits"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Lawsuits</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lawsuits-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/AFL_current_event.svg/31px-AFL_current_event.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/AFL_current_event.svg/47px-AFL_current_event.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/AFL_current_event.svg/62px-AFL_current_event.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="60" data-file-height="60" /></span></span> <i><a href="/wiki/2025_AFL_season" title="2025 AFL season">2025 AFL season</a></i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Australian_Football_League.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e4/Australian_Football_League.svg/250px-Australian_Football_League.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e4/Australian_Football_League.svg/375px-Australian_Football_League.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e4/Australian_Football_League.svg/500px-Australian_Football_League.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="143" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">AFL logo (since 1999)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data">Victorian Football League (VFL)<br />(1897–1990)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Sport</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules football</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">2 October 1896<span class="noprint">; 128 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1896-10-02</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">First season</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1897_VFL_season" title="1897 VFL season">1897</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Dillon_(sports_administrator)" title="Andrew Dillon (sports administrator)">Andrew Dillon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">18</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, Victoria, Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" 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The team with the best record at the end of the home-and-away season is awarded the <a href="/wiki/List_of_VFL/AFL_minor_premiers" title="List of VFL/AFL minor premiers">minor premiership</a>; the top eight teams then play off in a four-round <a href="/wiki/AFL_finals_series" title="AFL finals series">finals series</a>, culminating in the <a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final" title="AFL Grand Final">AFL Grand Final</a>, which is normally held at the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a> each year. The grand final winners are termed the <a href="/wiki/List_of_VFL/AFL_premiers" title="List of VFL/AFL premiers">premiers</a>, the most important team prizes for which are the premiership cup and <a href="/wiki/Pennant_(sports)" title="Pennant (sports)">flag</a>. <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a> and <a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> are the joint-most successful clubs in the competition, having each won 16 premierships. The <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Lions" title="Brisbane Lions">Brisbane Lions</a> are the reigning premiers, having won the <a href="/wiki/2024_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2024 AFL Grand Final">2024 AFL Grand Final</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-4"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Australian_Football_League" title="History of the Australian Football League">History of the Australian Football League</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="VFL_era_(1897–1989)"><span id="VFL_era_.281897.E2.80.931989.29"></span>VFL era (1897–1989)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: VFL era (1897–1989)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Background_and_founding">Background and founding</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Background and founding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1896_VFA_premiership_list.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/1896_VFA_premiership_list.jpg/220px-1896_VFA_premiership_list.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/1896_VFA_premiership_list.jpg/330px-1896_VFA_premiership_list.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/1896_VFA_premiership_list.jpg 2x" data-file-width="421" data-file-height="449" /></a><figcaption>The final standing of the 1896 VFA ladder. <a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a> would form the VFL the following year.</figcaption></figure> <p>Several of the AFL's current member clubs date back to the origins of <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian football</a> and were instrumental in establishing the sport's popularity and the AFL. The oldest club is <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne Football Club</a>, which wrote the first laws of the code, and <a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a>, which date back to 1858 and 1859 respectively, while <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_University_Football_Club" title="Melbourne University Football Club">Melbourne University</a>, also founded in 1859, is also one of the oldest clubs to have later participated in the competition. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Football_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian Football Association">Victorian Football Association</a> (VFA) was established in 1877 and quickly went on to become <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>'s football competition. During the 1890s, an off-field power struggle occurred between the VFA's stronger and weaker clubs, the former seeking greater administrative control commensurate with their relative financial contribution to the game. This came to a head in 1896 when it was proposed that gate profits, which were always lower in matches involving the weaker clubs, be shared equally among all teams in the VFA. After it was intimated that the proposal would be put to a vote, six of the strongest clubs—<a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a>, Geelong, Melbourne and <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a>—seceded from the VFA and later invited <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a> to join them in founding a new competition, the Victorian Football League (VFL). The remaining VFA clubs—<a href="/wiki/Footscray_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Footscray Football Club">Footscray</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Port Melbourne Football Club">Port Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a> and <a href="/wiki/Williamstown_Football_Club" title="Williamstown Football Club">Williamstown</a>—were given the opportunity to compete as junior sides at a level beneath the VFL but rejected the offer and remained for the <a href="/wiki/1897_VFA_season" title="1897 VFA season">1897 VFA season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-secession2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-secession2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1897–1900s:_Inaugural_VFL_season_and_early_years"><span id="1897.E2.80.931900s:_Inaugural_VFL_season_and_early_years"></span>1897–1900s: Inaugural VFL season and early years</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1897–1900s: Inaugural VFL season and early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Essendon_fc_1897.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Essendon_fc_1897.jpg/220px-Essendon_fc_1897.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Essendon_fc_1897.jpg/330px-Essendon_fc_1897.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Essendon_fc_1897.jpg/440px-Essendon_fc_1897.jpg 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="470" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> won the inaugural VFL premiership by finishing on top of the <a href="/wiki/1897_VFL_finals_series" title="1897 VFL finals series">1897 round robin finals ladder</a>. A new finals system was implemented during the <a href="/wiki/1898_VFL_season" title="1898 VFL season">1898 VFL season</a> in order that a final match, or "grand final", should determine the premiers.</figcaption></figure> <p>The VFL's inaugural season occurred in 1897. It made several innovations early on to entice the public's interest, including an annual <a href="/wiki/Playoffs" title="Playoffs">finals</a> tournament, rather than awarding the premiership to the team with the best record through the season; and, the formal establishment of the modern scoring system, in which six points are awarded for a goal and one point for a behind. </p><p>Although the VFL and the VFA continued to compete for spectator interest for many years, the VFL quickly established itself as the premier competition in Victoria. In 1908, the league expanded to ten teams, with <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a> crossing from the VFA and <a href="/wiki/University_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="University Football Club">University Football Club</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Amateur_Football_Association" title="Victorian Amateur Football Association">Metropolitan Junior Football Association</a>. Professionalism began from the 1911 season, with clubs permitted to pay players beyond the reimbursement of expenses for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> University, after three promising seasons, finished last each year from 1911 until 1914, including losing 51 matches in a row, in part caused by its players' focus on their studies rather than football and in part because it had chosen to remain amateur; as a result, the club withdrew from the VFL at the end of 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-The_University_Team2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_University_Team2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/List_of_VFA/VFL_premiers" title="List of VFA/VFL premiers">VFL premier</a> and the premier of the <a href="/wiki/SANFL" class="mw-redirect" title="SANFL">South Australian Football League</a> met in a playoff matches for the <a href="/wiki/Championship_of_Australia" title="Championship of Australia">Championship of Australia</a> beginning in <a href="/wiki/1888_Championship_of_Australia" title="1888 Championship of Australia">1888</a> with a 3-game playoff between South Melbourne from the VFL and the <a href="/wiki/Norwood_Football_Club" title="Norwood Football Club">Norwood</a> the most successful club in the SAFA. Matches where then held sporadically during the 1890s as single game playoffs and then annually from 1907 until 1914 (except 1912). South Australian clubs won 8 of the 11 Titles of which <a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a> was the most successful winning four titles in 1890, 1910, 1913 and 1914. The majority of the matches were held in South Australia at <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval">Adelaide Oval</a>. Following the outbreak of World War 1 the Championship playoff ceased and wasn't revived until 1968. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1915–1945:_Three_VFA_clubs_join_the_VFL"><span id="1915.E2.80.931945:_Three_VFA_clubs_join_the_VFL"></span>1915–1945: Three VFA clubs join the VFL</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1915–1945: Three VFA clubs join the VFL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_VFL_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="The VFL during the World Wars">The VFL during the World Wars</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1924_Victorian_Football_Championship.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/1924_Victorian_Football_Championship.jpg/220px-1924_Victorian_Football_Championship.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/1924_Victorian_Football_Championship.jpg/330px-1924_Victorian_Football_Championship.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/1924_Victorian_Football_Championship.jpg/440px-1924_Victorian_Football_Championship.jpg 2x" data-file-width="553" data-file-height="385" /></a><figcaption>In 1924, <a href="/wiki/Footscray_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Footscray Football Club">Footscray</a>, the premiers of the VFA, defeated Essendon, the VFL premiers, in the <a href="/wiki/1924_Championship_of_Victoria" title="1924 Championship of Victoria">Championship of Victoria</a>. The result played a large part in Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne gaining entry into the VFL the following year.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1916, <a href="/wiki/Zoning_(Australian_rules_football)" title="Zoning (Australian rules football)">district football</a> was introduced, meaning new players from metropolitan Melbourne were allocated to clubs based on residential address.<sup id="cite_ref-QC_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QC-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1925, the VFL expanded from nine teams to twelve, with <a href="/wiki/Footscray_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Footscray Football Club">Footscray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> each crossing from the VFA. North Melbourne and Hawthorn remained very weak in the VFL for a very long period. Although <a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> would become the first of the 1925 expansion sides to reach a grand final in <a href="/wiki/1950_VFL_Grand_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1950 VFL Grand Final">1950</a>, initially it was <a href="/wiki/Footscray_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Footscray Football Club">Footscray</a> that adapted to the VFL with the most ease of the three clubs and by 1928 were well off the bottom of the ladder. </p><p>Between the years of 1927 and 1930, Collingwood became the first and only VFL team, to win four successive premierships. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1946–1975:_Post-war_golden_years"><span id="1946.E2.80.931975:_Post-war_golden_years"></span>1946–1975: Post-war golden years</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1946–1975: Post-war golden years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1952, the VFL hosted a national day, when all six matches were played outside Melbourne. Matches were played at the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Cricket_Ground" title="Sydney Cricket Ground">Sydney Cricket Ground</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Exhibition_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Brisbane Exhibition Ground">Brisbane Exhibition Ground</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Hobart_Oval" title="North Hobart Oval">North Hobart Oval</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albury_Sports_Ground" title="Albury Sports Ground">Albury Sports Ground</a> and Victorian country towns <a href="/wiki/Yallourn" title="Yallourn">Yallourn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Euroa" title="Euroa">Euroa</a>. </p><p>Footscray became the first of the 1925 expansion teams to win the premiership in 1954. </p><p>Melbourne became a powerhouse during the 1950s and early 1960s under coach <a href="/wiki/Norm_Smith" title="Norm Smith">Norm Smith</a> and star player <a href="/wiki/Ron_Barassi" title="Ron Barassi">Ron Barassi</a>. The club contested seven consecutive grand finals from 1954 to 1960, winning five premierships, including three in a row from 1955 to 1957. The became the only club to win the minor premiership 6 times in a row from 1955-1960. </p><p>Television coverage for the VFL commenced in 1957 with direct telecasts of the final quarter permitted. At first, several channels competed through broadcasting different games. When the VFL found that television coverage had reduced crowds, it decided no that television coverage was to be allowed for 1960. In 1961 television replays in Melbourne were introduced although direct telecasts were rarely permitted, where as the rest of Australia received live telecasts every Saturday afternoon. </p><p>In 1959, the VFL planned the first purpose-built mega-stadium, <a href="/wiki/Waverley_Park" title="Waverley Park">VFL Park (later known as Waverley Park)</a>, to give it some independence from the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Club" title="Melbourne Cricket Club">Melbourne Cricket Club</a>, which managed the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a>. VFL Park was planned to hold 155,000 spectators, which would have made it one of the largest stadiums in the world – although it would ultimately be built with a capacity of 78,000. Land for the stadium was purchased at Mulgrave, then farmland but predicted to be near the demographic centre of Melbourne's population.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The VFL premiership trophy was first awarded in addition to a pennant flag in 1959; essentially the same trophy design has been in use since.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VFL_Logo_1972-1975.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/17/VFL_Logo_1972-1975.png/220px-VFL_Logo_1972-1975.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/17/VFL_Logo_1972-1975.png/330px-VFL_Logo_1972-1975.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/17/VFL_Logo_1972-1975.png/440px-VFL_Logo_1972-1975.png 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>VFL Logo used from 1972 to 1975</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 1960s, television coverage began to have a huge impact on the VFL. Spectators hurried home from games to watch replays and many former players took up positions as commentators on pre-game preview programs and post-game review programs. There were also several attempts at variety programs featuring VFL players, who generally succeeded in demonstrating that their skills were limited to the football ground. </p><p>The VFL played the first of a series of <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_exhibition_matches" title="Australian rules football exhibition matches">exhibition matches</a> in 1962 in an effort to lift the international profile of the league. In 1967, district football was expanded throughout all of Victoria, clubs now allocated a country zone in addition to their metropolitan districts.<sup id="cite_ref-history_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1970 season saw the opening of VFL Park, with the inaugural match being played between Geelong and Fitzroy, on 18 April 1970. Construction work was carried out at the stadium as the 1970s progressed, culminating in the building of the now heritage listed Sir Kenneth Luke Stand. <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a>, was a guest at the game and formally opened the stadium to the public. The <a href="/wiki/1970_VFL_Grand_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 VFL Grand Final">1970 grand final</a> between traditional rivals Carlton and Collingwood, arguably the league's most famous game, saw Carlton recover from a 44-point deficit at half-time to win the game by 10 points, featured a famous <a href="/wiki/Spectacular_mark" title="Spectacular mark">spectacular mark</a> by <a href="/wiki/Alex_Jesaulenko" title="Alex Jesaulenko">Alex Jesaulenko</a> and was witnessed by a record crowd of 121,696.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1976–1981:_VFL_leaves_Australian_National_Football_Council"><span id="1976.E2.80.931981:_VFL_leaves_Australian_National_Football_Council"></span>1976–1981: VFL leaves Australian National Football Council</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1976–1981: VFL leaves Australian National Football Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Championship_of_Australia" title="Championship of Australia">Championship of Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/1976_NFL_Championship_Series_(Australia)" title="1976 NFL Championship Series (Australia)">1976 NFL Championship Series (Australia)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_Championships_Night_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Football Championships Night Series">Australian Football Championships Night Series</a></div> <p>In 1976, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_Football_Council" title="Australian National Football Council">National Football League</a>, which was the peak national administrative body of Australian rules football at the time, established the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Night_Series" title="NFL Night Series">NFL Night Series</a> to succeed the <a href="/wiki/Championship_of_Australia" title="Championship of Australia">Championship of Australia</a>. The Night Series was played concurrently with the premiership season and was contested among twelve clubs from the VFL, <a href="/wiki/South_Australian_National_Football_League" title="South Australian National Football League">SANFL</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Australian_Football_League" title="West Australian Football League">WAFL</a>, invited based on their finishing positions from the previous year. The event was mostly played on Tuesday nights, with night games at <a href="/wiki/Norwood_Oval" title="Norwood Oval">Norwood Oval</a> in Adelaide and all games were televised live in colour on <a href="/wiki/Nine_Network" title="Nine Network">Channel 9</a>, which opened up unprecedented revenue streams from television rights and sponsorship opportunities for the sport.<sup id="cite_ref-nightseries_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nightseries-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NFL began plans to expand its Night Series to incorporate more teams from the VFL, SANFL and WAFL, as well as state representative teams from other states. </p><p>In November 1976, the VFL announced that it was withdrawing from the NFL's competition, having arranged more substantial television and sponsorship deals for its own, rival night competition for 1977 to be based in Melbourne and feature only the VFL clubs. Light towers were erected at VFL Park specifically for the event.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The VFL established a <a href="/wiki/Proprietary_limited_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Proprietary limited company">proprietary limited company</a> called Australian Football Championships Pty Ltd in 1978 to run its night competition and offered shareholdings to the other state leagues in an attempt to lure other states into the competition.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the three years from 1977 until 1979, the NFL and VFL night competitions were run separately as rival night competitions. In 1978, the <a href="/wiki/Tasmania_Australian_rules_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Tasmania Australian rules football team">Tasmanian representative team</a> competed in both the NFL and VFL night competitions but all SANFL and WAFL clubs and the minor states teams remained in the NFL Night Series. In 1979, the WAFL clubs and the New South Wales and A.C.T. representative teams defected from the NFL Night Series and joined the VFL's night competition, leaving the NFL Night Series mostly composed of SANFL teams. The NFL Night Series was not revived in 1980 and the SANFL clubs joined the VFL's night competition.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the NFL itself continued to exist as an administrative body into the early 1990s, the power gained by the VFL as a result of its take-over of night competition was one of the first significant steps in the VFL's spread interstate and ultimately its take-over and control of <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian football</a> across Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VFL_Logo_1976-1989.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/VFL_Logo_1976-1989.png/220px-VFL_Logo_1976-1989.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/VFL_Logo_1976-1989.png/330px-VFL_Logo_1976-1989.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/VFL_Logo_1976-1989.png/440px-VFL_Logo_1976-1989.png 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>VFL Logo used from 1973 to 1989<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1980 and 1981, the first years after the NFL Night Series ended, the VFL night competition was at its largest, with all VFL, WAFL and SANFL clubs plus the four minor states teams (selected under residential qualification rather than <a href="/wiki/State_of_origin" class="mw-redirect" title="State of origin">state of origin</a> qualification) competing for a total of 34 teams. In 1982, the size of the competition was reduced and, thereafter, only the top two or three teams from the SANFL and WAFL and the winner of the minor states' annual carnival were invited.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1987, the night competition reverted to include only the VFL teams. The competition was pushed earlier into the year, with the final played on 28 April.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following season, the competition did not overlap with the day premiership season at all and became entirely a <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League_pre-season_competition" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Football League pre-season competition">pre-season competition</a>. The night competition is generally considered<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (January 2023)">by whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> to be of equivalent importance as the pre-season competition and the <a href="/wiki/VFL_Night_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="VFL Night Series">VFL Night Series</a> (1956–1971) and records relating to the three competitions are often combined. </p><p>With the number of players recruited from country leagues increasing, the wealthier VFL clubs were gaining an advantage that metropolitan <a href="/wiki/Zoning_(Australian_rules_football)" title="Zoning (Australian rules football)">zoning</a> and the Coulter law (salary cap) restricting player payments had prevented in the past. Country zoning was introduced in the late 1960s and while it pushed Essendon and Geelong from the top of the ladder, it created severe inequality during the 1970s and 1980s. Between 1972 and 1987, only six of the league's twelve clubs – Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Hawthorn, North Melbourne and Richmond – played in grand finals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1982–1989:_Professionalism,_club_bankruptcy_and_expansion"><span id="1982.E2.80.931989:_Professionalism.2C_club_bankruptcy_and_expansion"></span>1982–1989: Professionalism, club bankruptcy and expansion</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1982–1989: Professionalism, club bankruptcy and expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Proposed_VFL/AFL_clubs" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposed VFL/AFL clubs">Proposed VFL/AFL clubs</a></div> <table class="wikitable floatright"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7">Evolution of competition </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>States </th> <th>Salary cap </th> <th>Average salary </th> <th>TV rights per year </th> <th>Draft </th> <th>Zoning </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1980_VFL_season" title="1980 VFL season">1980</a> </th> <td>· <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_Victoria" title="Australian rules football in Victoria">Victoria</a> </td> <td>none </td> <td>$11,100 <p>(equivalent to $53,142 in 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td>$601,000 <p>(equivalent to $2,898,675 in 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-Footy_Industry_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Footy_Industry-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td>no<sup id="cite_ref-Quayle_1&sy=nstore&docID=AGE0611184V1H51J4CQJ_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quayle_1&sy=nstore&docID=AGE0611184V1H51J4CQJ-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>yes </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1991_AFL_season" title="1991 AFL season">1991</a> </th> <td>· <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_Victoria" title="Australian rules football in Victoria">Victoria</a><br />· <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a><br />· <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">West Australia</a><br />· <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a><br />· <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a> </td> <td>$1,600,000 <p>(equivalent to $3,221,426 in 2022) </p> </td> <td>$46,430 <p>(equivalent to $99,714 in 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td>$7,000,000 <p>(equivalent to $12,885,702 in 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-Footy_Industry_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Footy_Industry-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td>yes<sup id="cite_ref-Quayle_1&sy=nstore&docID=AGE0611184V1H51J4CQJ_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quayle_1&sy=nstore&docID=AGE0611184V1H51J4CQJ-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The 1980s was a period of significant structural change in Australian football around the country. The VFL was dominant among the Australian football leagues around the country in terms of overall attendance, interest and money and began to look towards expanding its influence directly into other states. The VFL and its top clubs were asserting their financial power to recruit top players from interstate. The resulting rising cost pressures drove the VFL's weaker clubs into dire financial situations. The South Melbourne Swans became the first VFL team to relocate interstate. The South Melbourne Football Club was deeply indebted, including to the VFL which took over the club's Swans team and moved the team's home games to Sydney in 1982 and renamed the team the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">Sydney Swans</a> the following year. Under the private ownership of <a href="/wiki/Dr_Geoffrey_Edelsten" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr Geoffrey Edelsten">Dr Geoffrey Edelsten</a> during the mid-1980s, the Sydney Swans became successful on-field. Moving the Swans team to Sydney effectively shifted the debts of a Melbourne club onto Australian football in Sydney and re-directed support and finance to the Swans team to the detriment of existing Australian Football clubs and league competitions in Sydney. However, the Swans team attracted new prominence and supporters for the sport. Despite becoming successful on the field, a succession of owners and transfer to its supporter "members", the Sydney Swans remain indebted to the AFL<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and subject to its veto control and reversion rights<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in what became a model for the AFL control of teams. </p><p>Throughout the 1980s, approaches were made by SANFL and WAFL clubs to enter the VFL. Of particular note were approaches by the <a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Royals" class="mw-redirect" title="East Perth Royals">East Perth Royals</a> in 1980,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Norwood_Redlegs" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwood Redlegs">Norwood Redlegs</a> in 1986<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 1988,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an <a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East</a>–<a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> merger proposal in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> None of these attempts were successful despite Norwood trying again in 1990 and 1994. </p><p>In 1986, the <a href="/wiki/West_Australian_Football_League" title="West Australian Football League">West Australian Football League</a> and <a href="/wiki/AFL_Queensland" title="AFL Queensland">Queensland Australian Football League</a> were awarded licences to field expansion teams in the VFL, leading to the establishment of the clubs in Brisbane and Perth (<a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Bears" title="Brisbane Bears">Brisbane Bears</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles" title="West Coast Eagles">West Coast Eagles</a>), who both joined the league in 1987. These <a href="/wiki/Expansion_team" title="Expansion team">expansion team</a> licences were awarded on payment of multimillion-dollar fees which were not required of the existing VFL clubs. In 1989 financial troubles nearly forced <a href="/wiki/Footscray_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Footscray Football Club">Footscray</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> to merge but fees paid by the Brisbane Bears and West Coast Eagles, propped up the struggling VFL sides. </p><p>The 1980s first saw new regular timeslots for VFL matches. VFL matches had previously been played on Saturday afternoons but Sydney began playing its home matches on Sunday afternoons and North Melbourne pioneered playing matches on Friday night. These have since become regular timeslots for all teams. </p><p>The first <a href="/wiki/AFL_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL Draft">national draft</a> was introduced in 1986 and a <a href="/wiki/Salary_cap" title="Salary cap">salary cap</a> was introduced in 1987. District football within Victoria was discontinued around the same time. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="AFL_era_(1990–present)"><span id="AFL_era_.281990.E2.80.93present.29"></span>AFL era (1990–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: AFL era (1990–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AFL_Logo_1990-1999.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/AFL_Logo_1990-1999.png/220px-AFL_Logo_1990-1999.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/AFL_Logo_1990-1999.png/330px-AFL_Logo_1990-1999.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/AFL_Logo_1990-1999.png/440px-AFL_Logo_1990-1999.png 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>AFL Logo used from 1990 to 1999</figcaption></figure> <p>The league was renamed the Australian Football League in 1990 to reflect its national composition.<sup id="cite_ref-Football_Ltd_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Football_Ltd-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1990–2010:_A_professional_national_competition"><span id="1990.E2.80.932010:_A_professional_national_competition"></span>1990–2010: A professional national competition</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1990–2010: A professional national competition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1990 the <a href="/wiki/AFL_Players_Association" title="AFL Players Association">AFLPA</a>, the players union, signed its first Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the league which outlined wages and conditions in what was becoming a sole source of income for players who had previously had part-time or full-time jobs outside of football.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Functionally, the AFL gave up control over its Victorian-based <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League_reserves_affiliations" title="Australian Football League reserves affiliations">minor grades</a> at the end of 1991 – clubs continued to field reserves teams in a <a href="/wiki/AFL_reserves" title="AFL reserves">competition</a> run by the new <a href="/wiki/Victorian_State_Football_League" title="Victorian State Football League">Victorian State Football League</a> and the under-19s competition and zone-based recruiting were abolished and replaced with an <a href="/wiki/NAB_League" class="mw-redirect" title="NAB League">independent system</a>. </p><p>Midway through 1990, the SANFL's most successful club, <a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a>, made a bid for an AFL licence. In response, the SANFL gained an injunction via <a href="/wiki/Glenelg_Football_Club" title="Glenelg Football Club">Glenelg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norwood_Football_Club" title="Norwood Football Club">Norwood</a> against <a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a>, allowing it time to establish a composite South Australian team called the <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Crows" class="mw-redirect" title="Adelaide Crows">Adelaide Crows</a>, which was awarded the licence and joined the league in 1991 as the fourth non-Victorian club. The same year saw the West Coast Eagles become the first non-Victorian club to reach the grand final, which was won by Hawthorn. The Eagles would then win the premiership in 1992 and 1994. In 1994, <a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Football_Club" title="Fremantle Football Club">Fremantle</a> obtained an AFL licence and joined the AFL in 1995, becoming the fifth non-Victorian club, and the second from Western Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Football_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian Football Association">VFA</a> took over the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Football_League" title="Victorian Football League">Victorian Football League</a> name in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-Football_Ltd_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Football_Ltd-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1996 several Victorian clubs were in severe financial difficulties, most notably Fitzroy and Hawthorn. Hawthorn proposed to merge with Melbourne to form the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Hawks" title="Melbourne Hawks">Melbourne Hawks</a> but the merger ultimately fell through and both teams continued as separate entities. Fitzroy, however, was too weak to continue by itself. The club nearly merged with North Melbourne to form the <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy-North_Melbourne_Kangaroos_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Fitzroy-North Melbourne Kangaroos Football Club">Fitzroy-North Melbourne Kangaroos</a> but the other clubs voted against it. In 1994 Port Adelaide was awarded an AFL licence but could not enter until a Victorian team had folded or merged. At the end of 1996 Fitzroy played its last match and merged with Brisbane to form the Brisbane Lions.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This allowed Port Adelaide to enter the AFL for the 1997 season as the sixth and only pre-existing non Victorian club. </p><p>Through the 1990s there was a significant trend of Melbourne-based teams abandoning the use of their small (20,000–30,000 capacity) suburban venues for home matches in favour of the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> and <a href="/wiki/Waverley_Park" title="Waverley Park">VFL Park</a>, which have and had larger seating capacities. The 1990s saw the last matches played at <a href="/wiki/Windy_Hill,_Essendon" title="Windy Hill, Essendon">Windy Hill</a> (Essendon), <a href="/wiki/Moorabbin_Oval" title="Moorabbin Oval">Moorabbin Oval</a> (St Kilda), <a href="/wiki/Western_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Oval">Western Oval</a> (Footscray) and <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Melbourne" title="Victoria Park, Melbourne">Victoria Park</a> (Collingwood) and saw <a href="/wiki/Visy_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Visy Park">Princes Park</a> abandoned by its long-term co-tenant, Hawthorn. The transition to the use of only two venues in Melbourne was ultimately completed in 2005 when Carlton abandoned the use of Princes Park. In 1999, the league sold <a href="/wiki/Waverley_Park" title="Waverley Park">VFL Park</a> and used the funds in a joint venture to begin construction of a brand-new stadium situated at Melbourne's <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Docklands" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Docklands">Docklands</a>. Representative state football came to an end, with the last <a href="/wiki/State_of_Origin_(Australian_rules_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Origin (Australian rules football)">State of Origin</a> match held in 1999. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2011–present:_18-team_era"><span id="2011.E2.80.93present:_18-team_era"></span>2011–present: 18-team era</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2011–present: 18-team era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the late 2000s, the AFL looked to establish a permanent presence on the <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast,_Queensland" title="Gold Coast, Queensland">Gold Coast</a> in the state of Queensland, which was fast-developing as a major population centre. North Melbourne, which was in financial difficulty and had played a few home games on the Gold Coast in previous years, was offered significant subsidies to relocate to the Gold Coast but declined. The AFL then began work to establish a club on the Gold Coast as a new expansion team. </p><p>Early in 2008, a meeting held by the AFL discussed having two new teams enter the AFL competition.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2008, the AFL won the support of the league's 16 club presidents to establish sides on the <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast,_Queensland" title="Gold Coast, Queensland">Gold Coast</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Western_Sydney" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Sydney">Western Sydney</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Suns" title="Gold Coast Suns">Gold Coast Suns</a> were established and joined the AFL in 2011 as the 17th team.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Greater_Western_Sydney_Giants" title="Greater Western Sydney Giants">Greater Western Sydney Giants</a>, representing both Western Sydney and Canberra, were then established and entered the league as the 18th team in 2012. </p><p>On 25 April 2013 the <a href="/wiki/Westpac_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Westpac Stadium">Westpac Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a>, New Zealand hosted the first ever Australian Football League game played for premiership points outside Australia. The night game between <a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">Sydney</a> was played in front of a crowd of 22,183 on <a href="/wiki/Anzac_Day" title="Anzac Day">Anzac Day</a> to honour the <a href="/wiki/Anzac" class="mw-redirect" title="Anzac">Anzac</a> bond between the two countries.<sup id="cite_ref-stk-rp_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stk-rp-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-age-aflkiwi_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-age-aflkiwi-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/AFL_Women%27s" title="AFL Women's">national women's league</a> comprising a subset of AFL clubs began in 2017. Thirteen AFL clubs placed bids to participate in the women's competition. Eight clubs – <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Adelaide Football Club">Adelaide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Lions" title="Brisbane Lions">Brisbane Lions</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Football_Club" title="Fremantle Football Club">Fremantle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greater_Western_Sydney_Giants" title="Greater Western Sydney Giants">Greater Western Sydney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Western Bulldogs</a> – were granted licences to participate in the inaugural season.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Six clubs joined the league in the coming years; <a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> entered the competition in 2019, while <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Suns" title="Gold Coast Suns">Gold Coast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles" title="West Coast Eagles">West Coast</a> made their debut in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remaining four clubs—<a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">Sydney</a>— entered AFL Women's in the <a href="/wiki/AFL_Women%27s_season_seven" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL Women's season seven">seventh season</a> in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 May 2017, <a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Suns" title="Gold Coast Suns">Gold Coast</a> played the first-ever AFL match for premiership points in <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, China, attracting a crowd of 10,114 at <a href="/wiki/Jiangwan_Stadium" title="Jiangwan Stadium">Jiangwan Stadium</a>. Port Adelaide won the game by 72 points. </p><p>In 2020, the AFL season was <a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_sports" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports">severely disrupted</a> by the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. The first round of matches was played <a href="/wiki/Behind_closed_doors_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Behind closed doors (sports)">in front of no crowds</a> due to the pandemic, before the season was suspended on 22 March due to health concerns and strict government regulations on non-essential travel. After nearly two months of planning with the assistance of state governments and health officials, the season resumed on 11 June, with the length of the season reduced from 22 matches per team to 17 matches. The grand final was played in October at <a href="/wiki/The_Gabba" title="The Gabba">The Gabba</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>, the first time it was held outside of Victoria since the creation of the league due to the spiking cases in that state. The pandemic caused the league to lose out on up to $400 million in anticipated revenue and also precipitated a 20% cut in industry jobs.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2021_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2021 AFL Grand Final">2021 grand final</a> was played in September at <a href="/wiki/Perth_Stadium" title="Perth Stadium">Perth Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a> because an ongoing <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_lockdowns" title="COVID-19 lockdowns">COVID-19 lockdown</a> prevented the match from being played with spectators at the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a> in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, Victoria. It was the first grand final played in Perth and the second consecutive grand final to be played outside Victoria. The event set a new attendance record for Australian rules football in Western Australia, eclipsing the previous record set in 2018 despite not featuring any WA-based teams and being played during the COVID pandemic. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clubs">Clubs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Clubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="position:relative"> <p><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Australia_Melbourne_Inner_Locator.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Australia_Melbourne_Inner_Locator.PNG" decoding="async" width="613" height="378" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="613" data-file-height="378" /></a></span> </p> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:33.42px; top:208.81px"><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles" title="West Coast Eagles">West Coast</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:33.42px; top:221.95px"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Football_Club" title="Fremantle Football Club">Fremantle</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:151.68px; top:228.52px"><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Adelaide Football Club">Adelaide</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:129.78px; top:215.38px"><a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:252.42px; top:158.44px"><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Lions" title="Brisbane Lions">Brisbane Lions</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:274.32px; top:171.58px"><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Suns" title="Gold Coast Suns">Gold Coast</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:283.08px; top:211px"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">Sydney</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:234.9px; top:197.86px"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Western_Sydney_Giants" title="Greater Western Sydney Giants">Greater Western Sydney</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:370.68px; top:105.88px"><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Western Bulldogs</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:303.666px; top:322.69px"><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:412.29px; top:35.8px"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:414.48px; top:79.6px"><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:471.42px; top:94.93px"><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:488.94px; top:122.086px"><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:449.52px; top:149.68px"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:502.08px; top:132.16px"><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:550.26px; top:165.01px"><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:509.964px; top:213.19px"><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></div> </div> <p><br /> The AFL operates on a single table system, with no divisions and conferences, nor <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion and relegation</a> from other leagues. </p><p>The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1897, comprising eight teams only based in the state of <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>. Over the next century, a series of expansions, a relocation, a merger and a club withdrawal saw the league's teams expand to the 18 teams there are today. </p><p>In 1990, the national nature of the competition resulted in the name change to the Australian Football League (AFL). The current 18 teams are based across five states of Australia; the majority (ten) still remain in Victoria, nine of which are located in the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> metropolitan area. The states of <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a> have two teams each, while <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a> will have a team enter the league in 2028.<sup id="cite_ref-19thteam-ABC_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19thteam-ABC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a> are the only mainland territories not to have AFL clubs, although the Greater Western Sydney Giants have a contract to play at least three home games in the former until 2032, while at least two games per year is played in the latter. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_clubs">Current clubs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Current clubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Club </th> <th rowspan="2" class="unsortable">Colours </th> <th rowspan="2">Moniker </th> <th rowspan="2">State </th> <th rowspan="2"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Primary venue for home games">Home venue</span> </th> <th rowspan="2" data-sort-type="number">2024<br />members<sup id="cite_ref-membership_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-membership-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Year of establishment">Est.</span> </th> <th rowspan="2" class="unsortable">Former league </th> <th colspan="2">VFL/AFL seasons </th> <th colspan="2">VFL/AFL premierships </th></tr> <tr> <th>First </th> <th data-sort-type="number">Total </th> <th data-sort-type="number">Total </th> <th>Most recent </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Adelaide Football Club">Adelaide</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg/40px-Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg/60px-Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg/80px-Adelaide_Club_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="235" data-file-height="235" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Crows</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval">Adelaide Oval</a></td> <td>75,477</td> <td>1990</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_AFL_season" title="1991 AFL season">1991</a></td> <td>34</td> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1998 AFL Grand Final">1998</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Lions" title="Brisbane Lions">Brisbane Lions</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brisbanelions_fc_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Brisbanelions_fc_icon.png/40px-Brisbanelions_fc_icon.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Brisbanelions_fc_icon.png/60px-Brisbanelions_fc_icon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Brisbanelions_fc_icon.png/80px-Brisbanelions_fc_icon.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Lions</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Gabba" title="The Gabba">The Gabba</a></td> <td>63,268</td> <td>1996</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1997_AFL_season" title="1997 AFL season">1997</a></td> <td>28</td> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2024 AFL Grand Final">2024</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Carlton_2018_AFL.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Carlton_2018_AFL.png/40px-Carlton_2018_AFL.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Carlton_2018_AFL.png/60px-Carlton_2018_AFL.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Carlton_2018_AFL.png/80px-Carlton_2018_AFL.png 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Blues</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Marvel Stadium</a></td> <td>106,345</td> <td>1864</td> <td>VFA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1897_VFL_season" title="1897 VFL season">1897</a><sup>+</sup></td> <td>128</td> <td>16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1995_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1995 AFL Grand Final">1995</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Collingwood_icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Collingwood_icon.svg/40px-Collingwood_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Collingwood_icon.svg/60px-Collingwood_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Collingwood_icon.svg/80px-Collingwood_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="235" data-file-height="235" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Magpies</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a></td> <td>110,628</td> <td>1892</td> <td>VFA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1897_VFL_season" title="1897 VFL season">1897</a><sup>+</sup></td> <td>128</td> <td>16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2023 AFL Grand Final">2023</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EssendonDesign.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/EssendonDesign.svg/40px-EssendonDesign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/EssendonDesign.svg/60px-EssendonDesign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/EssendonDesign.svg/80px-EssendonDesign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Bombers</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Marvel Stadium</a></td> <td>83,664</td> <td>1872</td> <td>VFA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1897_VFL_season" title="1897 VFL season">1897</a><sup>+</sup></td> <td>126<sup>†</sup></td> <td>16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2000 AFL Grand Final">2000</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Football_Club" title="Fremantle Football Club">Fremantle</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fremantle_Football_Club_colours.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Fremantle_Football_Club_colours.jpg/40px-Fremantle_Football_Club_colours.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Fremantle_Football_Club_colours.jpg/60px-Fremantle_Football_Club_colours.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Fremantle_Football_Club_colours.jpg/80px-Fremantle_Football_Club_colours.jpg 2x" data-file-width="437" data-file-height="437" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Dockers</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Stadium" title="Perth Stadium">Optus Stadium</a></td> <td>62,237</td> <td>1994</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1995_AFL_season" title="1995 AFL season">1995</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>0</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AFL_Geelong_Icon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/AFL_Geelong_Icon.jpg/40px-AFL_Geelong_Icon.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/AFL_Geelong_Icon.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="50" data-file-height="50" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Cats</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">GMHBA Stadium</a></td> <td>90,798</td> <td>1859</td> <td>VFA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1897_VFL_season" title="1897 VFL season">1897</a><sup>+</sup></td> <td>125<sup>†</sup></td> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2022 AFL Grand Final">2022</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Suns" title="Gold Coast Suns">Gold Coast</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gold_Coast_Football_Club_colours.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Gold_Coast_Football_Club_colours.jpg/40px-Gold_Coast_Football_Club_colours.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Gold_Coast_Football_Club_colours.jpg/60px-Gold_Coast_Football_Club_colours.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Gold_Coast_Football_Club_colours.jpg/80px-Gold_Coast_Football_Club_colours.jpg 2x" data-file-width="438" data-file-height="434" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Suns</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Carrara_Stadium" title="Carrara Stadium">People First Stadium</a></td> <td>26,157</td> <td>2009</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_AFL_season" title="2011 AFL season">2011</a></td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Western_Sydney_Giants" title="Greater Western Sydney Giants">Greater Western Sydney</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GWS_Giants_Football_Club_colours.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/GWS_Giants_Football_Club_colours.jpg/40px-GWS_Giants_Football_Club_colours.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/GWS_Giants_Football_Club_colours.jpg/60px-GWS_Giants_Football_Club_colours.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/GWS_Giants_Football_Club_colours.jpg/80px-GWS_Giants_Football_Club_colours.jpg 2x" data-file-width="437" data-file-height="437" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Giants</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Showground_Stadium" title="Sydney Showground Stadium">Engie Stadium</a></td> <td>36,629</td> <td>2010</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_AFL_season" title="2012 AFL season">2012</a></td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hawthorn_Football_Club_colours.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Hawthorn_Football_Club_colours.jpg/40px-Hawthorn_Football_Club_colours.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Hawthorn_Football_Club_colours.jpg/60px-Hawthorn_Football_Club_colours.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Hawthorn_Football_Club_colours.jpg/80px-Hawthorn_Football_Club_colours.jpg 2x" data-file-width="398" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Hawks</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a></td> <td>83,823</td> <td>1902</td> <td>VFA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1925_VFL_season" title="1925 VFL season">1925</a></td> <td>100</td> <td>13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2015 AFL Grand Final">2015</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_AFLW_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Melbourne_AFLW_icon.png/40px-Melbourne_AFLW_icon.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Melbourne_AFLW_icon.png/60px-Melbourne_AFLW_icon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Melbourne_AFLW_icon.png/80px-Melbourne_AFLW_icon.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Demons</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a></td> <td>65,479</td> <td>1858</td> <td>VFA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1897_VFL_season" title="1897 VFL season">1897</a><sup>+</sup></td> <td>125<sup>†</sup></td> <td>13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2021 AFL Grand Final">2021</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AFL_North_Melbourne_Icon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/AFL_North_Melbourne_Icon.jpg/40px-AFL_North_Melbourne_Icon.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/AFL_North_Melbourne_Icon.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="50" data-file-height="50" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Kangaroos</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Marvel Stadium</a></td> <td>50,628</td> <td>1869</td> <td>VFA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1925_VFL_season" title="1925 VFL season">1925</a></td> <td>100</td> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1999 AFL Grand Final">1999</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portadelaidesymbol.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Portadelaidesymbol.png/40px-Portadelaidesymbol.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Portadelaidesymbol.png/60px-Portadelaidesymbol.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Portadelaidesymbol.png/80px-Portadelaidesymbol.png 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="170" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Power</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval">Adelaide Oval</a></td> <td>66,015</td> <td>1870</td> <td>SANFL</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1997_AFL_season" title="1997 AFL season">1997</a></td> <td>28</td> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2004 AFL Grand Final">2004</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Heidelberg_Football_Club.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Heidelberg_Football_Club.jpg/40px-Heidelberg_Football_Club.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Heidelberg_Football_Club.jpg/60px-Heidelberg_Football_Club.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Heidelberg_Football_Club.jpg/80px-Heidelberg_Football_Club.jpg 2x" data-file-width="151" data-file-height="151" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Tigers</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a></td> <td>98,489</td> <td>1885</td> <td>VFA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1908_VFL_season" title="1908 VFL season">1908</a></td> <td>117</td> <td>13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2020 AFL Grand Final">2020</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AFL_St_Kilda_Icon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/AFL_St_Kilda_Icon.jpg/40px-AFL_St_Kilda_Icon.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/AFL_St_Kilda_Icon.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="50" data-file-height="50" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Saints</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Marvel Stadium</a></td> <td>60,467</td> <td>1873</td> <td>VFA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1897_VFL_season" title="1897 VFL season">1897</a><sup>+</sup></td> <td>126<sup>†</sup></td> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1966_VFL_Grand_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1966 VFL Grand Final">1966</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">Sydney</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AFL_Sydney_Icon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/AFL_Sydney_Icon.jpg/40px-AFL_Sydney_Icon.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/AFL_Sydney_Icon.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="50" data-file-height="50" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Swans</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>^</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Cricket_Ground" title="Sydney Cricket Ground">Sydney Cricket Ground</a></td> <td>73,757</td> <td>1874</td> <td>VFA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1897_VFL_season" title="1897 VFL season">1897</a><sup>+</sup></td> <td>127<sup>†</sup></td> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2012 AFL Grand Final">2012</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles" title="West Coast Eagles">West Coast</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Coast_Eagles_2018_colours.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/West_Coast_Eagles_2018_colours.png/40px-West_Coast_Eagles_2018_colours.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/West_Coast_Eagles_2018_colours.png/60px-West_Coast_Eagles_2018_colours.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/West_Coast_Eagles_2018_colours.png/80px-West_Coast_Eagles_2018_colours.png 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Eagles</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Stadium" title="Perth Stadium">Optus Stadium</a></td> <td>103,498</td> <td>1986</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1987_VFL_season" title="1987 VFL season">1987</a></td> <td>38</td> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2018 AFL Grand Final">2018</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Western Bulldogs</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Western_Bulldogs_AFLW_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Western_Bulldogs_AFLW_icon.png/40px-Western_Bulldogs_AFLW_icon.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Western_Bulldogs_AFLW_icon.png/60px-Western_Bulldogs_AFLW_icon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Western_Bulldogs_AFLW_icon.png/80px-Western_Bulldogs_AFLW_icon.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Bulldogs</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Marvel Stadium</a></td> <td>62,328</td> <td>1877</td> <td>VFA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1925_VFL_season" title="1925 VFL season">1925</a></td> <td>100</td> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2016 AFL Grand Final">2016</a> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center">^ denotes that the club relocated from a different state at some point in its existence<br /><sup>+</sup> denotes that the club was a founding member of the VFL<br /><sup>†</sup> denotes that the club did not participate in one or more seasons due to one or both of the World Wars </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Future_clubs">Future clubs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Future clubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club </th> <th>Colours </th> <th>Moniker </th> <th>State </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Primary venue for home games">Home venue</span> </th> <th>Joining league </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Tasmania_Football_Club" title="Tasmania Football Club">Tasmania</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tasmania_state_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Tasmania_state_logo.png/40px-Tasmania_state_logo.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Tasmania_state_logo.png/60px-Tasmania_state_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Tasmania_state_logo.png/80px-Tasmania_state_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="145" /></a></span></td> <td>Devils</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Macquarie_Point_Stadium" title="Macquarie Point Stadium">Macquarie Point Stadium</a></td> <td>2028 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_clubs">Former clubs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Former clubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the league commenced in 1897 as the VFL, only one club, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_University_Football_Club" title="Melbourne University Football Club">University</a>, has withdrawn from the competition. It last competed in 1914 and withdrew because, as an amateur club, it was unable to remain competitive in a time when player payments were becoming common;<sup id="cite_ref-The_University_Team_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_University_Team-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the club still competes to this day in the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Amateur_Football_Association" title="Victorian Amateur Football Association">Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two other clubs, the <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy Lions</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Bears" title="Brisbane Bears">Brisbane Bears</a>, merged in 1996 to form the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Lions" title="Brisbane Lions">Brisbane Lions</a>; however, after coming out of financial administration in 1998, Fitzroy resumed its playing operations in 2009 and competes in the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Amateur_Football_Association" title="Victorian Amateur Football Association">VAFA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Club </th> <th rowspan="2" class="unsortable">Colours </th> <th rowspan="2">Moniker </th> <th rowspan="2">State </th> <th rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Primary venue for home games">Home venue</span> </th> <th rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Year of establishment">Est.</span> </th> <th rowspan="2" class="unsortable">Former league </th> <th colspan="3">VFL/AFL seasons </th> <th colspan="2">VFL/AFL premierships </th></tr> <tr> <th>First </th> <th>Last </th> <th data-sort-type="number">Total </th> <th data-sort-type="number">Total </th> <th>Last </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Bears" title="Brisbane Bears">Brisbane</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brisbane_Bears_Football_Club_colours.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Brisbane_Bears_Football_Club_colours.jpg/40px-Brisbane_Bears_Football_Club_colours.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Brisbane_Bears_Football_Club_colours.jpg/60px-Brisbane_Bears_Football_Club_colours.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Brisbane_Bears_Football_Club_colours.jpg/80px-Brisbane_Bears_Football_Club_colours.jpg 2x" data-file-width="397" data-file-height="397" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Bears</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Carrara_Stadium" title="Carrara Stadium">Carrara Stadium</a>/<br /><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Cricket_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Brisbane Cricket Ground">Gabba Ground</a></td> <td>1986</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1987_VFL_season" title="1987 VFL season">1987</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_AFL_season" title="1996 AFL season">1996</a></td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AFL_Fitzroy_icon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/AFL_Fitzroy_icon.png/40px-AFL_Fitzroy_icon.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/AFL_Fitzroy_icon.png 1.5x" data-file-width="50" data-file-height="50" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Lions</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Street_Oval" title="Brunswick Street Oval">Brunswick Street Oval</a></td> <td>1883</td> <td>VFA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1897_VFL_season" title="1897 VFL season">1897</a><sup>+</sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_AFL_season" title="1996 AFL season">1996</a></td> <td>100</td> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1944_VFL_Grand_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1944 VFL Grand Final">1944</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_University_Football_Club" title="Melbourne University Football Club">University</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_University_Football_Club_colours.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Melbourne_University_Football_Club_colours.jpg/40px-Melbourne_University_Football_Club_colours.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Melbourne_University_Football_Club_colours.jpg/60px-Melbourne_University_Football_Club_colours.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Melbourne_University_Football_Club_colours.jpg/80px-Melbourne_University_Football_Club_colours.jpg 2x" data-file-width="436" data-file-height="437" /></a></span></td> <td align="left">Students</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a></td> <td>1859</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Amateur_Football_Association" title="Victorian Amateur Football Association">MJFA</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1908_VFL_season" title="1908 VFL season">1908</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1914_VFL_season" title="1914 VFL season">1914</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="12" style="font-size:8pt; text-align:center"><sup>+</sup> denotes that the club was a founding member of the VFL </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Timeline_of_clubs">Timeline of clubs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Timeline of clubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_qj1ykaa5wimvm1gp0h6k8enskifelsr"></map><img usemap="#timeline_qj1ykaa5wimvm1gp0h6k8enskifelsr" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/qj1ykaa5wimvm1gp0h6k8enskifelsr.png" /></div> <p><span style="background-color:rgb(178,178,178); color:;">Non-formal/junior competitions †</span><br /><span style="background-color:rgb(168,203,253); color:;">Victorian Football Association (1877) †</span><br /><span style="background-color:rgb(107,139,251); color:;">Victorian Football League (1897, later renamed AFL)</span><br /><span style="background-color:rgb(140,203,55); color:;">Australian Football League (1990, formerly VFL)</span><br /><span style="background-color:rgb(223,102,102); color:;">South Australian National Football League (1877) †</span> </p><p>† Not all teams shown. These competitions are current. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Venues">Venues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Venues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a more comprehensive list, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Football_League_grounds" title="List of Australian Football League grounds">List of Australian Football League grounds</a>.</div> <p>Throughout the history of the VFL/AFL to <a href="/wiki/2023_AFL_season" title="2023 AFL season">2023</a>, there have been 50 grounds used.<sup id="cite_ref-groundslist_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-groundslist-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest-capacity ground in use is the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a> (MCG), which has a capacity of over 100,000 people and hosts the grand final each year (see <a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final_location_debate" title="AFL Grand Final location debate">AFL Grand Final location debate</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The MCG is shared by six teams as a home ground, while the other grounds used as home venues by multiple teams are <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Docklands Stadium</a> in Melbourne (five teams), <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval">Adelaide Oval</a> in <a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a> (two teams) and <a href="/wiki/Perth_Stadium" title="Perth Stadium">Perth Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a> (two teams). The AFL has had exclusive ownership of Docklands Stadium (commercially known as <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel</a> Stadium) since late 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-AFLOwners_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFLOwners-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to the expansion of the competition, most grounds were located in suburban Melbourne, with <a href="/wiki/Princes_Park_(stadium)" title="Princes Park (stadium)">Princes Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Melbourne" title="Victoria Park, Melbourne">Victoria Park</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Junction_Oval" title="Junction Oval">Junction Oval</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waverley_Park" title="Waverley Park">Waverley Park</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Lakeside_Stadium" title="Lakeside Stadium">Lake Oval</a> each having hosted over 700 games.<sup id="cite_ref-groundslist_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-groundslist-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, since the introduction of a national competition, each <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">state and territory</a> of Australia has hosted AFL games.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 25 April 2013 (<a href="/wiki/Anzac_Day" title="Anzac Day">Anzac Day</a>), a match took place between St Kilda and Sydney at <a href="/wiki/Wellington_Regional_Stadium" title="Wellington Regional Stadium">Wellington Regional Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a>, New Zealand, being the first AFL match played outside Australia for premiership points.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_venues">Current venues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Current venues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Below are the venues that are hosting AFL matches during the <a href="/wiki/2024_AFL_season" title="2024 AFL season">2024 season</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Perth_Stadium" title="Perth Stadium">Optus Stadium</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Marvel Stadium</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval">Adelaide Oval</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, Victoria </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a>, Western Australia </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, Victoria </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a>, South Australia </td></tr> <tr> <td>Capacity: 100,024 </td> <td>Capacity: 61,266 </td> <td>Capacity: 56,347 </td> <td>Capacity: 53,500 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2017_AFL_Grand_Final_panorama_during_national_anthem.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/2017_AFL_Grand_Final_panorama_during_national_anthem.jpg/200px-2017_AFL_Grand_Final_panorama_during_national_anthem.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/2017_AFL_Grand_Final_panorama_during_national_anthem.jpg/300px-2017_AFL_Grand_Final_panorama_during_national_anthem.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/2017_AFL_Grand_Final_panorama_during_national_anthem.jpg/400px-2017_AFL_Grand_Final_panorama_during_national_anthem.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7386" data-file-height="3918" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2021_AFL_Grand_Final,_Perth_Stadium,_Simon_Goodwin_and_Max_Gawn_hoist_up_the_cup_together,_25_September_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/2021_AFL_Grand_Final%2C_Perth_Stadium%2C_Simon_Goodwin_and_Max_Gawn_hoist_up_the_cup_together%2C_25_September_2021.jpg/200px-2021_AFL_Grand_Final%2C_Perth_Stadium%2C_Simon_Goodwin_and_Max_Gawn_hoist_up_the_cup_together%2C_25_September_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="113" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Telstra_Dome_Panoramic.jpg/300px-Telstra_Dome_Panoramic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Telstra_Dome_Panoramic.jpg/400px-Telstra_Dome_Panoramic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1419" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Adelaide_Oval_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Adelaide_Oval_crop.jpg/200px-Adelaide_Oval_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Adelaide_Oval_crop.jpg/300px-Adelaide_Oval_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Adelaide_Oval_crop.jpg/400px-Adelaide_Oval_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1811" data-file-height="1257" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Cricket_Ground" title="Sydney Cricket Ground">Sydney Cricket Ground</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">GMHBA Stadium</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/The_Gabba" title="The Gabba">The Gabba</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Showground_Stadium" title="Sydney Showground Stadium">Engie Stadium</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, New South Wales </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geelong" title="Geelong">Geelong</a>, Victoria </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>, Queensland </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, New South Wales </td></tr> <tr> <td>Capacity: 48,000 </td> <td>Capacity: 40,000 </td> <td>Capacity: 37,000 </td> <td>Capacity: 23,500 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sydney_Cricket_Ground_September_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1e/Sydney_Cricket_Ground_September_2018.jpg/200px-Sydney_Cricket_Ground_September_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1e/Sydney_Cricket_Ground_September_2018.jpg/300px-Sydney_Cricket_Ground_September_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1e/Sydney_Cricket_Ground_September_2018.jpg/400px-Sydney_Cricket_Ground_September_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kardinia_Park_crop.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Kardinia_Park_crop.png/200px-Kardinia_Park_crop.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Kardinia_Park_crop.png/300px-Kardinia_Park_crop.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Kardinia_Park_crop.png/400px-Kardinia_Park_crop.png 2x" data-file-width="965" data-file-height="586" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Eastern_end_of_The_Gabba_at_sunset_during_an_AFL_game.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/The_Eastern_end_of_The_Gabba_at_sunset_during_an_AFL_game.jpg/200px-The_Eastern_end_of_The_Gabba_at_sunset_during_an_AFL_game.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/The_Eastern_end_of_The_Gabba_at_sunset_during_an_AFL_game.jpg/300px-The_Eastern_end_of_The_Gabba_at_sunset_during_an_AFL_game.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/The_Eastern_end_of_The_Gabba_at_sunset_during_an_AFL_game.jpg/400px-The_Eastern_end_of_The_Gabba_at_sunset_during_an_AFL_game.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="2268" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SkodaStadiumSouthernEnd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/SkodaStadiumSouthernEnd.jpg/200px-SkodaStadiumSouthernEnd.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/SkodaStadiumSouthernEnd.jpg/300px-SkodaStadiumSouthernEnd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/SkodaStadiumSouthernEnd.jpg/400px-SkodaStadiumSouthernEnd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Carrara_Stadium" title="Carrara Stadium">People First Stadium</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Bellerive_Oval" title="Bellerive Oval">Ninja Stadium</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/York_Park" title="York Park">University of Tasmania Stadium</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Manuka_Oval" title="Manuka Oval">Manuka Oval</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast,_Queensland" title="Gold Coast, Queensland">Gold Coast, Queensland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hobart" title="Hobart">Hobart</a>, Tasmania </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Launceston,_Tasmania" title="Launceston, Tasmania">Launceston, Tasmania</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a>, Australian Capital Territory </td></tr> <tr> <td>Capacity: 22,500 </td> <td>Capacity: 20,000 </td> <td>Capacity: 21,000 </td> <td>Capacity: 15,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Adelaide_v_Gold_Coast_-_Carrara_crowd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Adelaide_v_Gold_Coast_-_Carrara_crowd.jpg/200px-Adelaide_v_Gold_Coast_-_Carrara_crowd.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Adelaide_v_Gold_Coast_-_Carrara_crowd.jpg/300px-Adelaide_v_Gold_Coast_-_Carrara_crowd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Adelaide_v_Gold_Coast_-_Carrara_crowd.jpg/400px-Adelaide_v_Gold_Coast_-_Carrara_crowd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bellerive_oval_hobart.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Bellerive_oval_hobart.jpg/200px-Bellerive_oval_hobart.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Bellerive_oval_hobart.jpg/300px-Bellerive_oval_hobart.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Bellerive_oval_hobart.jpg/400px-Bellerive_oval_hobart.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2240" data-file-height="1488" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hawthorn_v_Western_Bulldogs_-_31st_May_2008_181.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Hawthorn_v_Western_Bulldogs_-_31st_May_2008_181.jpg/200px-Hawthorn_v_Western_Bulldogs_-_31st_May_2008_181.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Hawthorn_v_Western_Bulldogs_-_31st_May_2008_181.jpg/300px-Hawthorn_v_Western_Bulldogs_-_31st_May_2008_181.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Hawthorn_v_Western_Bulldogs_-_31st_May_2008_181.jpg/400px-Hawthorn_v_Western_Bulldogs_-_31st_May_2008_181.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manuka_Oval.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Manuka_Oval.JPG/200px-Manuka_Oval.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Manuka_Oval.JPG/300px-Manuka_Oval.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Manuka_Oval.JPG/400px-Manuka_Oval.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Marrara_Oval" title="Marrara Oval">TIO Stadium</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Eureka_Stadium" title="Eureka Stadium">Mars Stadium</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Norwood_Oval" title="Norwood Oval">Norwood Oval</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Traeger_Park" title="Traeger Park">TIO Traeger Park</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Darwin,_Northern_Territory" title="Darwin, Northern Territory">Darwin, Northern Territory</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ballarat" title="Ballarat">Ballarat</a>, Victoria </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a>, South Australia </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alice_Springs" title="Alice Springs">Alice Springs</a>, Northern Territory </td></tr> <tr> <td>Capacity: 12,500 </td> <td>Capacity: 11,000 </td> <td>Capacity: 10,000 </td> <td>Capacity: 7,200 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marrara_Oval_grandstand.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Marrara_Oval_grandstand.png/200px-Marrara_Oval_grandstand.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Marrara_Oval_grandstand.png/300px-Marrara_Oval_grandstand.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Marrara_Oval_grandstand.png/400px-Marrara_Oval_grandstand.png 2x" data-file-width="5966" data-file-height="3356" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mars_Stadium_Ballarat_(Winter_2022).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Mars_Stadium_Ballarat_%28Winter_2022%29.png/200px-Mars_Stadium_Ballarat_%28Winter_2022%29.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Mars_Stadium_Ballarat_%28Winter_2022%29.png/300px-Mars_Stadium_Ballarat_%28Winter_2022%29.png 1.5x, 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Oval</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:82.113%;left:75.517%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="GMHBA"><img alt="GMHBA" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">GMHBA</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:80.375%;left:74.329%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Mars"><img alt="Mars" 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title="Docklands Stadium">Marvel</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:70.093%;left:91.303%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="SCG"><img alt="SCG" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Cricket_Ground" title="Sydney Cricket Ground">SCG</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:70%;left:90.959%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Engie"><img alt="Engie" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Bellerive_Oval" title="Bellerive Oval">Ninja Stadium</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:41.456%;left:51.455%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="TIO Traeger Park"><img alt="TIO Traeger Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" 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style="top:73.428%;left:62.949%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Adelaide Hills"><img alt="Adelaide Hills" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Summit_Sport_and_Recreation_Park" title="Summit Sport and Recreation Park">Adelaide Hills</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_AFL_team_squads" title="List of current AFL team squads">List of current AFL team squads</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:VFL/AFL_players" title="Category:VFL/AFL players">Category:VFL/AFL players</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Luke_Hodge_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Luke_Hodge_2008.jpg/200px-Luke_Hodge_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Luke_Hodge_2008.jpg/300px-Luke_Hodge_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Luke_Hodge_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="398" data-file-height="654" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Luke_Hodge" title="Luke Hodge">Luke Hodge</a>, the first pick in the <a href="/wiki/2001_AFL_draft" title="2001 AFL draft">2001 AFL draft</a>. Hodge has played the most VFL/AFL games of any <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League_draft#Number-one_draft_picks" title="Australian Football League draft">number-one draft pick</a> (346 games played), is the only number-one draft pick to win a <a href="/wiki/Norm_Smith_Medal" title="Norm Smith Medal">Norm Smith Medal</a>, is one of just three number-one draft picks to have won a premiership, and has won the most premierships of any number-one draft pick (4)</figcaption></figure> <p>AFL players are drawn from a number of sources; however, most players enter the league through the <a href="/wiki/AFL_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL draft">AFL draft</a>, held at the end of each season. A small number of players have converted from other sports, or been recruited internationally. Prior to the nationalisation of the competition, a <a href="/wiki/Zoning_(Australian_rules_football)" title="Zoning (Australian rules football)">zoning system</a> was in place. At the end of the season, the best 22 players and coach from across the competition are selected in the <a href="/wiki/All-Australian_team" title="All-Australian team">All-Australian team</a>. </p><p>The AFL has tight controls over the player lists of each club. Currently, apart from the recently added expansion clubs who have some additional players, each team can have a senior list of 38 to 40 players plus 4 to 6 <a href="/wiki/Rookie_list" title="Rookie list">rookie players</a>, to a total of 44 players<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (following a reduction by two of the number of rookies in 2012) and up to three development rookies (international, alternative talent or New South Wales scholarship players).<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Changes to playing lists are permitted only in the off-season: clubs can trade players during a <a href="/wiki/AFL_trade_week" title="AFL trade week">trade period</a> which follows each season and recruit new players through the three <a href="/wiki/AFL_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL draft">AFL drafts</a>, the national draft, the <a href="/wiki/AFL_pre-season_draft" title="AFL pre-season draft">pre-season draft</a> and the rookie draft, which take place after the trade period. A mid-year draft was conducted between 1990 and 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The national draft is the primary method of recruiting new players and has been used since 1986. The draft order is based on reverse-finishing position from the previous year but selections can be traded. <a href="/wiki/Free_agency_(sports)" class="mw-redirect" title="Free agency (sports)">Free agency</a> player movements have only been permitted since the 2012/13 offseason,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> previously having been rejected by the AFL.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Salary_cap">Salary cap</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Salary cap"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/AFL_salary_cap" title="AFL salary cap">AFL salary cap</a></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Salary_cap" title="Salary cap">salary cap</a> (known as the Total Player Payments or TPP) is also in place as part of the league's equalisation policy; this was $9,130,000 for the 2013 season with a salary floor of $8,673,500 except for the <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Suns" title="Gold Coast Suns">Gold Coast</a>, whose salary cap was $9,630,000 with a salary floor of $9,171,500 and <a href="/wiki/Greater_Western_Sydney_Giants" title="Greater Western Sydney Giants">Greater Western Sydney</a>, whose salary cap was $9,987,000 with a floor of $9,530,500. As part of the AFL's enhanced equalisation policies, in 2014 the league announced an increase of the TPP for the <b>2015</b> and <b>2016</b> seasons. TPP increased an additional $150,000 per club in 2015 above previously contracted amounts, increasing from $9.92m to $10.07m in 2015 and $10.22m to $10.37m in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The salary cap was set at $1.25 million for 1987–1989 as per VFL agreement, with the salary floor set at 90% of the cap or $1.125 million; the salary floor was increased to 92.5% of the cap in 2001 and 95% of the cap for 2013 due to increased revenues. Both the salary cap and salary floor has increased substantially since the competition was rebranded as the AFL in 1990. </p><p>Salaries of draft selections are fixed for two years. Salaries for senior players are not normally released to the public, though the average AFL player salary at the conclusion of the 2012 season was $251,559<sup id="cite_ref-afl.com.au_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afl.com.au-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the top few players can expect to earn up to and above $1,000,000 a year.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon successfully trading to the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">Sydney Swans</a> in 2013, marquee player <a href="/wiki/Lance_Franklin" title="Lance Franklin">Lance Franklin</a> signed a 9-year contract with the club, reportedly worth over $10 million and resulting in subsequent payments of $1.8 million annually in consecutive seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Total Player Earnings (TPE) – or total amount of revenue spent on reimbursement of AFL listed players – at the conclusion of the 2012 season was $173.7 million, up by 13 per cent from $153.7 million in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-afl.com.au_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afl.com.au-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2017, the AFL and <a href="/wiki/AFL_Players_Association" title="AFL Players Association">AFL Players Association</a> agreed to a new <a href="/wiki/Collective_Bargaining_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Collective Bargaining Agreement">CBA</a> deal which resulted in a 20% increase in players' salaries. The six-year deal, which began in 2017 and ends in 2022 means that the average player wage rises from $309,000 to $371,000 and the player salary cap from $10.37m to $12.45m. In 2022, the final year of the agreement, the average player wage will be $389,000 with a salary cap of $13.54m.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The breaches of the salary cap and salary floor regulations outlined by the AFL are: exceeding the TPP; falling below the salary floor; not informing the AFL of payments; late or incorrect lodgement or loss of documents; or engaging in draft tampering. Penalties include fines of up to triple the amount involved ($10,000 for each document late or incorrect lodged or lost), forfeiture of draft picks and/or deduction of premiership points. The most significant breach of the salary cap was that of the <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club_salary_cap_breach" title="Carlton Football Club salary cap breach">Carlton Football Club in the early 2000s</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demographics">Demographics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/List_of_VFL/AFL_players_born_outside_Australia" title="List of VFL/AFL players born outside Australia">List of VFL/AFL players born outside Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/VFL/AFL_players_with_international_backgrounds" class="mw-redirect" title="VFL/AFL players with international backgrounds">VFL/AFL players with international backgrounds</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Indigenous_Australian_VFL/AFL_and_AFL_Women%27s_players" title="List of Indigenous Australian VFL/AFL and AFL Women's players">List of Indigenous Australian VFL/AFL and AFL Women's players</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lance_Franklin_2017.1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Lance_Franklin_2017.1.jpg/170px-Lance_Franklin_2017.1.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Lance_Franklin_2017.1.jpg/255px-Lance_Franklin_2017.1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Lance_Franklin_2017.1.jpg/340px-Lance_Franklin_2017.1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="665" data-file-height="999" /></a><figcaption>Indigenous player <a href="/wiki/Lance_Franklin" title="Lance Franklin">Lance Franklin</a>. Although comprising only 2.7% of the broader Australian population, Indigenous Australians make up 9% of AFL players.</figcaption></figure> <p>There were 801 players on AFL club senior, veteran, rookie and international lists in 2011, including players from every <a href="/wiki/States_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="States of Australia">state and mainland territory</a> of Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2014, there were 68 <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="Indigenous Australian">Indigenous Australian</a> players on AFL club lists, comprising approximately 9% of the overall playing population.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were 12 players recruited from outside Australia on AFL lists in 2011, including 10 from <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, all <a href="/wiki/List_of_players_who_have_converted_from_one_football_code_to_another" title="List of players who have converted from one football code to another">converts</a> from <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_football" title="Gaelic football">Gaelic football</a> drafted as part of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Experiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Experiment">Irish Experiment</a> and one each from the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. There were also another five overseas-born players who emigrated to Australia at an early age on AFL lists.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An international rookie list and international scholarship list were introduced in 2006. The international rookie list includes up to two players between the ages of 15 and 23 who are not Australian citizens. These players may remain on this list for up to three years before they must be transferred to the senior or rookie list. For the first year, payments made to international-rookie-listed players fell outside the salary cap. The international scholarship list gives AFL clubs the option of recruiting up to eight players from outside Australia (other than Ireland). Irish players are required to either be placed on clubs' senior or <a href="/wiki/Rookie_list" title="Rookie list">rookie lists</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the beginning of 2011, there were 14 international scholarship players.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the 121 multicultural players, more than half have one parent from <a href="/wiki/Anglophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglophone">Anglophone</a> countries, mainly the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, Ireland and <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season_structure">Season structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Season structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-season">Pre-season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Pre-season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League_pre-season_competition" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Football League pre-season competition">Australian Football League pre-season competition</a></div> <p>From 1988 until 2013, the AFL ran a pre-season competition that finished prior to the commencement of the premiership season, which served as both warm-up matches for the season and as a stand-alone competition. </p><p>It was mostly contested as a four-week <a href="/wiki/Knock_out_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Knock out tournament">knock out tournament</a> but the format changed after the expansion of the league beyond sixteen clubs in 2011 and has frequently been used to trial rule changes. </p><p>In 2014, the competition format was abandoned and practice matches are now played under the sponsored name <b>Marsh Community Series</b>. This consists of all 18 clubs playing two matches each, which are played on some weekdays and weekends, throughout February and early March. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Premiership_season">Premiership season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Premiership season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2024_AFL_season" title="2024 AFL season">2024 AFL season</a></div> <p>The AFL home-and-away season at present lasts for 24 rounds, starting in mid-March and ending in late August. As of the <a href="/wiki/2023_AFL_season" title="2023 AFL season">2023 AFL season</a>, each team plays 23 matches, consisting of 11 home games, 11 away games, <a href="/wiki/Gather_Round" title="Gather Round">1 neutral game</a>, and one bye. Teams receive four premiership points for a win and two premiership points for a draw. Ladder finishing positions are based on the number of premiership points won. "Percentage", calculated as the ratio of points scored to points conceded throughout the season, is used as a tie-breaker when teams finish with equal premiership points. Further tie-breakers, if required, are the premiership points accumulated in head-to-head matches between the tied teams and then the percentage earned in such matches, with a final tie-breaker being a random drawing of lots.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Themed_rounds_and_special_matches">Themed rounds and special matches</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Themed rounds and special matches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anzac_Day_2011_game_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Anzac_Day_2011_game_3.jpg/220px-Anzac_Day_2011_game_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Anzac_Day_2011_game_3.jpg/330px-Anzac_Day_2011_game_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Anzac_Day_2011_game_3.jpg/440px-Anzac_Day_2011_game_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Anzac_Day_clash" class="mw-redirect" title="Anzac Day clash">Anzac Day clash</a>, one of the marquee fixtures in the AFL home and away season</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="#LGBTIQ_policy">§ LGBTIQ policy</a></div> <p>Several teams also play against each other at set times each year, with the most prominent of these being when Collingwood play Essendon in the annual <a href="/wiki/The_Anzac_Day_clash" class="mw-redirect" title="The Anzac Day clash">Anzac Day clash</a> at the MCG.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other prominent matches include the <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Birthday_match" title="King's Birthday match">King's Birthday match</a> between Collingwood and Melbourne and the <a href="/wiki/Easter_Monday" title="Easter Monday">Easter Monday</a> clash between Geelong and Hawthorn.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of November 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the men's league had no plans to introduce a Pride Round in the men's game, although the <a href="/wiki/AFLW" class="mw-redirect" title="AFLW">AFLW</a> had established <a href="/wiki/Pride_Round_(AFLW)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pride Round (AFLW)">their pride round</a> in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-bourke2023_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bourke2023-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are <a href="/wiki/List_of_individual_match_awards_in_the_Australian_Football_League" title="List of individual match awards in the Australian Football League">separate trophies</a> for matches between several clubs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sir_Doug_Nicholls_Round">Sir Doug Nicholls Round</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Sir Doug Nicholls Round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perhaps the most well-known of the themed rounds is the <b>Indigenous Round</b>. In 2007, following the success of the <a href="/wiki/Dreamtime_at_the_%27G" title="Dreamtime at the 'G">Dreamtime at the 'G</a> matches in 2005 and 2006, the AFL nominated a specific Indigenous Round (round 9), which has become an annual event in which the Dreamtime at the 'G match takes centre stage on a Saturday night. The success of the annual match, which now usually features crowds in excess of 80,000, led to the two clubs agreeing to cement the match arrangement for an additional decade in May 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, the round was named after <a href="/wiki/Sir_Doug_Nicholls" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Doug Nicholls">Sir Doug Nicholls</a>, the only VFL player to have been <a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">knighted</a> and who served as a state <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_South_Australia" title="Governor of South Australia">governor</a> (of <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a>). The round is now officially named the <b>Sir Doug Nicholls Round</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-Guard_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guard-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each year, each player in all 18 clubs wears a specially commissioned artwork by an Indigenous artist on their guernsey,<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and some clubs rebrand with Indigenous club names in place of their regular names for the duration. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Finals_series">Finals series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Finals series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Football_League_premiers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Australian Football League premiers">List of Australian Football League premiers</a></div> <p>The top eight teams at the end of the AFL Premiership season compete in a four-week <a href="/wiki/AFL_finals_series" title="AFL finals series">finals series</a> throughout September, culminating in a <a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final" title="AFL Grand Final">grand final</a> to determine the premiers. The finals series is played under the <a href="/wiki/AFL_final_eight_system" title="AFL final eight system">AFL final eight system</a>, and the grand final is traditionally played at the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a> on the afternoon of the last Saturday in September. </p><p>The winning team receives a silver premiership cup, a navy blue premiership flag – a new one of each is manufactured each year – and is recorded on the perpetual E. L. Wilson Shield. The flag has been presented since the league began and is traditionally unfurled at the team's first home game of the following season. The Wilson Shield, named after <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Lionel_Wilson" title="Edwin Lionel Wilson">Edwin Lionel Wilson</a>, was first awarded after the 1929 premiership.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The premiership cup was first introduced in 1959 and is manufactured annually by Cash's International at their metalworks in <a href="/wiki/Frankston,_Victoria" title="Frankston, Victoria">Frankston, Victoria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, each player in the grand final–winning team receives a premiership medallion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following major individual awards and accolades are presented each season: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brownlow_Medal" title="Brownlow Medal">Brownlow Medal</a> – to the <a href="/wiki/Best_and_fairest" title="Best and fairest">fairest and best</a> player in the league, voted by the umpires</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coleman_Medal" title="Coleman Medal">Coleman Medal</a> – to the player who kicks the most <a href="/wiki/Goal_(Australian_rules_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Goal (Australian rules football)">goals</a> during the home-and-away season</li> <li><a href="/wiki/All-Australian_team" title="All-Australian team">All-Australian team</a> – a squad of 22 players deemed the best in their positions, voted by an AFL-appointed committee</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFL_Rising_Star" title="AFL Rising Star">Rising Star Award</a> – to the fairest and best young player (under the age of 21 and with fewer than ten games' experience at the beginning of the year), voted by the All-Australian committee</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norm_Smith_Medal" title="Norm Smith Medal">Norm Smith Medal</a> – the best player on the ground in the grand final, voted by a committee</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jock_McHale_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Jock McHale Medal">Jock McHale Medal</a> – the coach of the premiership-winning team</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_of_the_Year" title="Mark of the Year">Mark of the Year</a> – to the player who takes the best or most <a href="/wiki/Spectacular_mark" title="Spectacular mark">spectacular mark</a> during the season</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goal_of_the_Year_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Goal of the Year (Australia)">Goal of the Year</a> – to the player who kicks the best or most spectacular goal during the season</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leigh_Matthews_Trophy" title="Leigh Matthews Trophy">Leigh Matthews Trophy</a> – to the best player in the league, voted by the players through the <a href="/wiki/AFL_Players%27_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL Players' Association">AFL Players' Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Barassi_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Ron Barassi Medal">Ron Barassi Medal</a> - to the winning captain in the Grand Final. Introduced in 2024 in honour of the late <a href="/wiki/Ron_Barassi" title="Ron Barassi">Ron Barassi</a>, who died in September 2023, aged 87. Ron Barassi was an inaugural member and earnt the Legend status within the AFL Hall of Fame when it was founded in 1996. Barassi won 10 premierships, 6 as a player for <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Demons" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Demons">Melbourne Demons</a> (1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, and 1964) and 4 as a coach (2 with the <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Blues" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlton Blues">Carlton Blues</a> in 1968 & 1970, and the other 2 with the <a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Kangaroos" class="mw-redirect" title="North Melbourne Kangaroos">North Melbourne Kangaroos</a> in 1975 & 1977). AFL Chief Executive <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Dillon" title="Andrew Dillon">Andrew Dillon</a> said, "it was only fitting the Ron Barassi Medal was now etched into our game’s history".<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Other independent <a href="/wiki/Best_and_fairest" title="Best and fairest">best and fairest</a> awards are presented by different football and media organisations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Team_of_the_Century">Team of the Century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Team of the Century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To celebrate the 100th season of the VFL/AFL, the "AFL Team of the Century" was named in 1996. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>VFL/AFL Team of the Century </caption> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Back_line" title="Australian rules football positions">B</a>:</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Smith" title="Bernie Smith">Bernie Smith</a> (<a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="West Adelaide Football Club">West Adelaide</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Silvagni" title="Stephen Silvagni">Stephen Silvagni</a> (<a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Nicholls_(footballer)" title="John Nicholls (footballer)">John Nicholls</a> (<a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Half-back_line" title="Australian rules football positions">HB</a>:</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Doull" title="Bruce Doull">Bruce Doull</a> (<a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ted_Whitten" title="Ted Whitten">Ted Whitten</a> (<a href="/wiki/Footscray_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Footscray Football Club">Footscray</a>) <i>Captain</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Murray_(Australian_footballer)" title="Kevin Murray (Australian footballer)">Kevin Murray</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Midfield" title="Australian rules football positions">C</a>:</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Bourke" title="Francis Bourke">Francis Bourke</a> (<a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Stewart_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)">Ian Stewart</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hobart_Football_Club" title="Hobart Football Club">Hobart</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keith_Greig" title="Keith Greig">Keith Greig</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Half-forward_line" title="Australian rules football positions">HF</a>:</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Jesaulenko" title="Alex Jesaulenko">Alex Jesaulenko</a> (<a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a>, <a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royce_Hart" title="Royce Hart">Royce Hart</a> (<a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dick_Reynolds" title="Dick Reynolds">Dick Reynolds</a> (<a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Forward_line" title="Australian rules football positions">F</a>:</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leigh_Matthews" title="Leigh Matthews">Leigh Matthews</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Coleman_(Australian_footballer)" title="John Coleman (Australian footballer)">John Coleman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haydn_Bunton_Sr." title="Haydn Bunton Sr.">Haydn Bunton Sr.</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a>) <br /> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Followers" title="Australian rules football positions">Foll</a>:</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polly_Farmer" title="Polly Farmer">Graham 'Polly' Farmer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Barassi" title="Ron Barassi">Ron Barassi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Skilton" title="Bob Skilton">Bob Skilton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a>) <br /> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Interchange_bench" title="Australian rules football positions">Int</a>:</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gary_Ablett_Sr." title="Gary Ablett Sr.">Gary Ablett Sr.</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Dyer" title="Jack Dyer">Jack Dyer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Williams_(Australian_footballer)" title="Greg Williams (Australian footballer)">Greg Williams</a> (<a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">Sydney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a>) <br /> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Coach_(sport)" title="Coach (sport)">Coach</a>:</b> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Norm_Smith" title="Norm Smith">Norm Smith</a> (<a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Jack_Elder_(umpire)" title="Jack Elder (umpire)">Jack Elder</a> was declared the <i>Umpire of the Century</i> to coincide with the Team of the Century. Since the naming of this side, most AFL clubs have nominated their own teams of the century. An <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Team_of_the_Century" title="Indigenous Team of the Century">Indigenous Team of the Century</a> was also selected in 2005, featuring the best Aboriginal players of the previous 100 years from both the VFL/AFL and other state leagues. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Representative_football">Representative football</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Representative football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_football">State football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: State football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Interstate_matches_in_Australian_rules_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate matches in Australian rules football">Interstate matches in Australian rules football</a></div> <p>State representation football in the AFL initially ended in 1999. The concept has been revived twice since then in 2008 and 2020 when a Victorian state team took on all stars teams (in 2008 against <i>The Dream Team</i> and in 2020 against the <i>All Stars</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="History_of_the_VFL/AFL's_involvement"><span id="History_of_the_VFL.2FAFL.27s_involvement"></span>History of the VFL/AFL's involvement</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: History of the VFL/AFL's involvement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ted_Whitten_statue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Ted_Whitten_statue.jpg/170px-Ted_Whitten_statue.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Ted_Whitten_statue.jpg/255px-Ted_Whitten_statue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Ted_Whitten_statue.jpg/340px-Ted_Whitten_statue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3744" data-file-height="5616" /></a><figcaption>Statue of Footscray legend and leading State of Origin proponent <a href="/wiki/Ted_Whitten" title="Ted Whitten">Ted Whitten</a>, after whom the <a href="/wiki/E._J._Whitten_Legends_Game" title="E. J. Whitten Legends Game">E. J. Whitten Legends Game</a> is named</figcaption></figure> <p>VFL players first represented the Victoria representative team in 1897 regardless of their state of origin. </p><p>Being the dominant league drawing many of the country's best players, the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Australian_rules_football_team" title="Victoria Australian rules football team">Victoria Australian rules football team</a> (nicknamed the "Big V" and composed mostly of VFL players) dominated interstate matches until the introduction of State of Origin selection criteria by the <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_Football_Council" title="Australian National Football Council">Australian Football Council</a> in 1977, after which Victoria's results with the other main Australian football states became more even. </p><p>The AFL assumed control of interstate football in 1993<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Please clarify the preceding statement or statements with a good explanation from a reliable source. (January 2023)">how?</span></a></i>]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag needs further explanation. (January 2023)">further explanation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and coordinated an annual <a href="/wiki/Representative_matches_in_Australian_rules_football" title="Representative matches in Australian rules football">State of Origin</a> series typically held during a mid-season bye round. </p><p>However, after the 1999 series, the AFL declared the concept of interstate football "on hold", citing club unwillingness to release star players and a lack of public interest. Indeed, the 1999 series, where Victoria defeated South Australia by 54 points, was played in wet conditions in front of a crowd of 26,063, whereas 10 years earlier, the same match-up with a plethora of star players attracted a crowd of 91,960. </p><p>The AFL shifted its focus of representative football to the International Rules Series, where at the time in the late 1990s, drew a greater television revenue. A once-off representative match, known as the <a href="/wiki/AFL_Hall_of_Fame_Tribute_Match" title="AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match">AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match</a>, was played in 2008 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the sport between a team of players of Victorian origin and a team of players of interstate origin (the "Dream Team"), which was won by Victoria. </p><p>In 2020, the AFL hosted a <a href="/wiki/State_of_Origin_for_Bushfire_Relief_Match" title="State of Origin for Bushfire Relief Match">special one-off State of Origin match</a>, with the money raised from the event going towards affected bushfire communities. On 28 February, the game took place at Marvel Stadium, with Victoria defeating an All-Stars team and <a href="/wiki/Dustin_Martin" title="Dustin Martin">Dustin Martin</a> being declared best on ground. </p><p>Since 1996, some past AFL players participated and helped with the promotion of the <a href="/wiki/E._J._Whitten_Legends_Game" title="E. J. Whitten Legends Game">E. J. Whitten Legends Game</a>, although this, too, was put on indefinite hiatus following the 2019 edition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Global_market">Global market</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Global market"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although no <a href="/wiki/Professional_sports" title="Professional sports">professional</a> leagues or teams exist outside Australia, the AFL has stated that it wishes to showcase Australian rules football to other countries such as India, China and South Africa so as to create a global following, thus creating more exposure for its sponsors in the increasing Asian and African markets.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 October 2010, AFL clubs <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne Demons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Lions" title="Brisbane Lions">Brisbane Lions</a> played an exhibition game in front of 7,000 people at the <a href="/wiki/Jiangwan_Sports_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Jiangwan Sports Center">Jiangwan Sports Center</a> in Shanghai.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the first professional AFL game to be played in China. Since then, AFL premiership matches have been played in New Zealand and China, and the competition developed some interest in North America amidst the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_Rules_Series">International Rules Series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: International Rules Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/International_rules_football" title="International rules football">International rules football</a></div> <p>The AFL has garnered increased interest in Ireland due to the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/International_Rules_Series" title="International Rules Series">International Rules Series</a> played between an AFL-picked <a href="/wiki/Australia_international_rules_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Australia international rules football team">Australian Team</a> (sourced entirely from <a href="/wiki/All-Australian_team" title="All-Australian team">All-Australian</a> players since 2004) and <a href="/wiki/Ireland_international_rules_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Ireland international rules football team">Ireland international rules football team</a> beginning from 1984. The series is organised under the auspices of the AFL and the <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Athletic_Association" title="Gaelic Athletic Association">Gaelic Athletic Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game itself is a <a href="/wiki/Hybrid_sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Hybrid sport">hybrid sport</a>, consisting of rules from both Australian football and Gaelic football. The series provides the only outlet for AFL players to represent their nation.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This series encouraged young Irish footballers switching code to join AFL teams because, whilst the <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaelic Football">Gaelic Football</a> is strictly amateur, the AFL is fully professional, thus players can make a living out of playing AFL. However, some Irish players fail to make the grade into the very competitive AFL.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This also paved the way for extended news coverage and increased broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Around the same time that the inaugural International Rules Series commenced, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_Hall_of_Fame#Legends" title="Australian Football Hall of Fame">Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend</a> <a href="/wiki/Ron_Barassi" title="Ron Barassi">Ron Barassi</a> launched the <a href="/wiki/Irish_experiment_(Australian_rules_football)" title="Irish experiment (Australian rules football)">Irish experiment</a>, which scouted and recruited dozens of Irishmen (usually Gaelic footballers) with potential for crossing over to playing in the AFL. This resulted in successful recruitmant and training of Australian Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Jim_Stynes" title="Jim Stynes">Jim Stynes</a> among other successful players. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate_governance">Corporate governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Corporate governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/AFL_Commission" title="AFL Commission">AFL Commission</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_VFL/AFL_commissioners_and_club_presidents" title="List of VFL/AFL commissioners and club presidents">List of VFL/AFL commissioners and club presidents</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gillon_McLachlan_03.02.201.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Gillon_McLachlan_03.02.201.jpg/170px-Gillon_McLachlan_03.02.201.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Gillon_McLachlan_03.02.201.jpg/255px-Gillon_McLachlan_03.02.201.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Gillon_McLachlan_03.02.201.jpg/340px-Gillon_McLachlan_03.02.201.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1838" data-file-height="2708" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gillon_McLachlan" title="Gillon McLachlan">Gillon McLachlan</a>, Former CEO of the AFL</figcaption></figure> <p>The AFL is governed by directors known as the <a href="/wiki/AFL_Commission" title="AFL Commission">AFL Commission</a>. The commission was established in December 1985 and replaced the board of directors elected by and representing the original member clubs in 1993,<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after the club parochialism and self-interest which came with the traditional club delegate based administrative structure threatened to undermine the competition.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag needs further explanation. (January 2023)">further explanation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The commission chairman is <a href="/wiki/Richard_Goyder" title="Richard Goyder">Richard Goyder</a>, who took over from <a href="/wiki/Mike_Fitzpatrick_(footballer)" title="Mike Fitzpatrick (footballer)">Mike Fitzpatrick</a> on 4 April 2017. The CEO of the AFL is <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Dillon_(sports_administrator)" title="Andrew Dillon (sports administrator)">Andrew Dillon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to administering the national competition, the AFL is heavily involved in promoting and developing the sport in Australia. It provides funds for local leagues and in conjunction with local clubs, administers the <a href="/wiki/Auskick" title="Auskick">Auskick</a> program for young boys and girls. </p><p>The AFL also plays a leading role in developing the game outside Australia, with projects to develop the game at junior level in other countries (e.g. South Africa) and by supporting affiliated competitions around the world (See <a href="/wiki/Australian_football_around_the_world" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian football around the world">Australian football around the world</a>). </p><p>The players of the AFL are represented by the <a href="/wiki/AFL_Players_Association" title="AFL Players Association">AFL Players Association</a>, the coaches are represented by the <a href="/wiki/AFL_Coaches_Association" title="AFL Coaches Association">AFL Coaches Association</a>, the umpires are represented by the <a href="/wiki/AFL_Umpires_Association" title="AFL Umpires Association">AFL Umpires Association</a> and the related media employees are represented by the Australian Football Media Association. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Audience">Audience</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Audience"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The AFL was the <a href="/wiki/2012_Australian_football_code_crowds" title="2012 Australian football code crowds">best-attended sporting league in Australia in 2012</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to market research, the AFL is the second-most-watched sporting event in Australia, behind <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Currently, broadcast rights for the AFL are shared between the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Seven Network</a> (<a href="/wiki/Free-to-air" title="Free-to-air">free-to-air</a>), <a href="/wiki/Foxtel" title="Foxtel">Foxtel</a> (pay TV) and <a href="/wiki/Kayo_Sports" title="Kayo Sports">Kayo Sports</a> (internet). In 2019, a record 1,057,572 people were members of an AFL club.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> TV audiences during the <a href="/wiki/2022_AFL_season" title="2022 AFL season">2022 AFL season</a> totalled 125.4 million viewers, with an average of 537,000 people watching each match; the TV audience for the <a href="/wiki/2023_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2023 AFL Grand Final">2023 AFL Grand Final</a> was 4.98 million—plus an additional 756,000 on <a href="/wiki/7plus" title="7plus">7plus</a>, for a total of 5.736 million<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—and the game was seen by 100,024 stadium spectators, which was exactly the same as the <a href="/wiki/2022_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2022 AFL Grand Final">2022 AFL Grand Final</a>. Excluding the grand final (which is exclusive to Seven Network in Australia), 54% of viewers watched using the paid services of Foxtel or Kayo in 2022, while 46% watched the Seven Network's free-to-air broadcasts.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attendance">Attendance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Attendance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following are the most recent season attendances: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Home and Away</th> <th>Average</th> <th>Finals<sup>1</sup></th> <th>Average<sup>1</sup></th> <th>Grand final </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_AFL_season" title="2024 AFL season">2024</a></td> <td>7,753,251<sup>2</sup></td> <td>37,455<sup>2</sup></td> <td>533,520</td> <td>59,280</td> <td>100,013 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_AFL_season" title="2023 AFL season">2023</a></td> <td>7,474,684</td> <td>36,110</td> <td>664,780</td> <td>73,864</td> <td>100,024<sup>2</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_AFL_season" title="2022 AFL season">2022</a></td> <td>6,112,431</td> <td>30,871</td> <td>639,980</td> <td>71,109</td> <td>100,024<sup>2</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_AFL_season" title="2021 AFL season">2021</a><sup>6</sup></td> <td>3,976,228</td> <td>19,209</td> <td>272,746</td> <td>30,305</td> <td>61,118 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_AFL_season" title="2020 AFL season">2020</a><sup>6</sup></td> <td>826,458</td> <td>6,665</td> <td>206,579</td> <td>22,953</td> <td>29,707<sup>7</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_AFL_season" title="2019 AFL season">2019</a></td> <td>6,954,187</td> <td>35,122</td> <td>563,460</td> <td>62,607</td> <td>100,014 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_AFL_season" title="2018 AFL season">2018</a></td> <td>6,894,772</td> <td>34,822</td> <td>700,393<sup>2</sup></td> <td>77,821<sup>2</sup></td> <td>100,022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_AFL_season" title="2017 AFL season">2017</a></td> <td>6,734,062</td> <td>34,010</td> <td>553,818</td> <td>61,535</td> <td>100,021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_AFL_season" title="2016 AFL season">2016</a></td> <td>6,311,656</td> <td>31,877</td> <td>558,343</td> <td>62,038</td> <td>99,981 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_AFL_season" title="2015 AFL season">2015</a></td> <td>6,367,302</td> <td>32,321</td> <td>518,694</td> <td>57,663</td> <td>98,633 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_AFL_season" title="2014 AFL season">2014</a></td> <td>6,403,941</td> <td>32,343</td> <td>570,568</td> <td>63,396</td> <td>99,454 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_AFL_season" title="2013 AFL season">2013</a></td> <td>6,372,784</td> <td>32,186</td> <td>558,391</td> <td>62,043</td> <td>100,007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_AFL_season" title="2012 AFL season">2012</a></td> <td>6,238,876</td> <td>31,509</td> <td>538,934</td> <td>59,882</td> <td>99,683 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_AFL_season" title="2011 AFL season">2011</a></td> <td>6,533,138</td> <td>34,937</td> <td>614,250</td> <td>68,250</td> <td>99,537 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_AFL_season" title="2010 AFL season">2010</a></td> <td>6,494,564</td> <td>36,901</td> <td>651,764</td> <td>65,176</td> <td>100,016<sup>4</sup> and 93,853<sup>5</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_AFL_season" title="2009 AFL season">2009</a></td> <td>6,375,622</td> <td>36,225</td> <td>615,463</td> <td>68,385</td> <td>99,251 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_AFL_season" title="2008 AFL season">2008</a></td> <td>6,512,999</td> <td>37,006<sup>2</sup></td> <td>571,760</td> <td>63,258</td> <td>100,012 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_AFL_season" title="2007 AFL season">2007</a></td> <td>6,475,521</td> <td>36,793</td> <td>575,424</td> <td>63,936</td> <td>97,302 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_AFL_season" title="2006 AFL season">2006</a></td> <td>6,204,056</td> <td>35,250</td> <td>532,178</td> <td>59,131</td> <td>97,431 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_AFL_season" title="2005 AFL season">2005</a></td> <td>6,283,788</td> <td>35,703</td> <td>480,112</td> <td>53,346</td> <td>91,898<sup>3</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_AFL_season" title="2004 AFL season">2004</a></td> <td>5,909,836</td> <td>33,579</td> <td>458,326</td> <td>50,925</td> <td>77,671<sup>3</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2003_AFL_season" title="2003 AFL season">2003</a></td> <td>5,876,515</td> <td>33,389</td> <td>478,425</td> <td>53,158</td> <td>79,451<sup>3</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_AFL_season" title="2002 AFL season">2002</a></td> <td>5,648,021</td> <td>32,091</td> <td>449,445</td> <td>49,938</td> <td>91,817 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_AFL_season" title="2001 AFL season">2001</a></td> <td>5,919,026</td> <td>33,631</td> <td>525,993</td> <td>58,444</td> <td>91,482 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_AFL_season" title="2000 AFL season">2000</a></td> <td>5,731,091</td> <td>32,563</td> <td>566,562</td> <td>62,951</td> <td>96,249 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_AFL_season" title="1999 AFL season">1999</a></td> <td>5,768,611</td> <td>32,776</td> <td>472,007</td> <td>52,445</td> <td>94,228 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_AFL_season" title="1998 AFL season">1998</a></td> <td>6,119,861</td> <td>34,772</td> <td>572,733</td> <td>63,637</td> <td>94,431 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1997_AFL_season" title="1997 AFL season">1997</a></td> <td>5,853,449</td> <td>33,258</td> <td>560,406</td> <td>62,267</td> <td>99,645 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_AFL_season" title="1996 AFL season">1996</a></td> <td>5,222,266</td> <td>29,672</td> <td>478,773</td> <td>53,197</td> <td>93,102 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1995_AFL_season" title="1995 AFL season">1995</a></td> <td>5,119,694</td> <td>29,089</td> <td>594,919</td> <td>66,102</td> <td>93,678 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1994_AFL_season" title="1994 AFL season">1994</a></td> <td>4,723,023</td> <td>28,624</td> <td>514,375</td> <td>57,153</td> <td>93,860 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1993_AFL_season" title="1993 AFL season">1993</a></td> <td>4,185,388</td> <td>27,903</td> <td>472,101</td> <td>67,443</td> <td>96,862 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_AFL_season" title="1992 AFL season">1992</a></td> <td>4,332,917</td> <td>26,260</td> <td>481,348</td> <td>68,764</td> <td>95,007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_AFL_season" title="1991 AFL season">1991</a></td> <td>3,797,177</td> <td>23,013</td> <td>381,707</td> <td>54,530</td> <td>75,230<sup>8</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_AFL_season" title="1990 AFL season">1990</a></td> <td>3,587,495</td> <td>23,295</td> <td>475,790</td> <td>67,970</td> <td>98,944 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup>1</sup> Finals total and Finals average include grand final crowds. <br /><sup>2</sup> Record. <br /><sup>3</sup> Capacity reduced due to MCG refurbishment. <br /><sup>4</sup> Crowd for the drawn grand final. <br /><sup>5</sup> Crowd for the grand final replay, played one week after the drawn grand final. <br /><sup>6</sup> Attendance reduced due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. <br /><sup>7</sup> Capacity reduced due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. <br /><sup>8</sup> <a href="/wiki/Waverley_Park" title="Waverley Park">Waverley Park</a> was used for the Grand Final due to the <a href="/wiki/Great_Southern_Stand" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Southern Stand">Great Southern Stand</a> at the <a href="/wiki/MCG" class="mw-redirect" title="MCG">MCG</a> was under construction. <sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Australian_television">Australian television</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Australian television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Football_League_television_shows" title="List of Australian Football League television shows">List of Australian Football League television shows</a></div><p>AFL matches are currently broadcast in Australia by the free-to-air <a href="/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Seven Network</a> and subscription television provider <a href="/wiki/Foxtel" title="Foxtel">Foxtel</a>. The current deal was announced in August 2015 and covered the inclusive 2017–2022 seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-CurrentTVrightsOverview_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CurrentTVrightsOverview-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, the deal was extended until 2024 inclusive. </p><p>The Seven Network broadcasts an average of three-and-a-half games a round; Friday Night, Saturday Night, Sunday Afternoon and any Thursday or Monday Night matches that may occur throughout the year. Channel Seven also airs the AFL Finals Series and the <a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final" title="AFL Grand Final">AFL Grand Final</a>. Foxtel broadcasts every match through their <a href="/wiki/Fox_Footy" title="Fox Footy">Fox Footy</a> channels, including simulcasts from the Seven Network except for the grand final, which is aired exclusively on Channel Seven. Foxtel also has the rights to air rounds on their internet protocol television platform titled <a href="/wiki/Foxtel_Now" title="Foxtel Now">Foxtel Now</a>, as well as via the sports streaming service <a href="/wiki/Kayo_Sports" title="Kayo Sports">Kayo</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Telecast_history">Telecast history</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Telecast history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1957 VFL season was the first broadcast after the commencement of television in Australia (introduced in 1956 to coincide with the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Olympic_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Olympic Games">Melbourne Olympic Games</a>). During the late 1950s and 1960s, all Melbourne stations (<a href="/wiki/ABV2" class="mw-redirect" title="ABV2">ABV2</a>, <a href="/wiki/HSV7" class="mw-redirect" title="HSV7">HSV7</a>, <a href="/wiki/GTV9" class="mw-redirect" title="GTV9">GTV9</a> and, after it commenced in 1965, <a href="/wiki/ATV10" class="mw-redirect" title="ATV10">ATV0/ATV10</a>) broadcast some games. However, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the VFL was concerned that direct telecasts may affect attendances and stations were only permitted to telecast a delayed replay of the last quarter of games. From 1974 until 1986, the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Seven Network</a> and the <a href="/wiki/ABC_(Australian_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC (Australian TV channel)">Australian Broadcasting Corporation</a> (ABC) were given exclusive rights to VFL/AFL games. The only year Seven did not telecast games was 1987 when the rights were bought by Broadcom, which on-sold the rights to the ABC in Victoria. Seven regained the rights in 1988 and also exclusive rights. </p><p>With the launch of subscription television in Australia, AFL match coverage commenced on cable television. <a href="/wiki/Optus_Vision" class="mw-redirect" title="Optus Vision">Optus Vision</a> bid for and won exclusive pay-TV rights from 1996 to 2001, screening coverage on its own 24-hour AFL channel, branded <i>Sports AFL</i> in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne (where available). The Sports AFL channel was later closed due to financial issues and relaunched in March 1999 as <a href="/wiki/C7_Sport" title="C7 Sport">C7 Sport</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Seven Network</a> with AFL match coverage also transferred to the new channel. C7 Sport became available in regional areas not in the <a href="/wiki/Foxtel" title="Foxtel">Foxtel</a> or <a href="/wiki/Optus_Vision" class="mw-redirect" title="Optus Vision">Optus Vision</a> licence area via <a href="/wiki/Austar" title="Austar">Austar</a> soon after the re-launch. The AFL coverage was not available through Foxtel at this time as the Seven Network and Foxtel disagreed on the cost of carrying the C7 channel. These issues regarding C7 and AFL broadcasting rights evolved into a court case between not just the Seven Network and <a href="/wiki/News_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="News Limited">News Limited</a> but Seven against the owners of the Nine Network and Network Ten in the years that followed. </p><p>On 25 January 2001, the Seven Network's main rivals, the <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Packer" title="Kerry Packer">Kerry Packer</a> led <a href="/wiki/Nine_Network" title="Nine Network">Nine Network</a>, <a href="/wiki/Network_Ten" class="mw-redirect" title="Network Ten">Network Ten</a> and pay-TV's <a href="/wiki/Foxtel" title="Foxtel">Foxtel</a> set up a consortium which bid $500 million for the right to broadcast the <a href="/wiki/2002_AFL_season" title="2002 AFL season">2002</a>–<a href="/wiki/2006_AFL_season" title="2006 AFL season">2006 seasons</a> inclusive. Seven had purchased a guaranteed right to make the last bid in 1995,<sup id="cite_ref-SevenFox_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SevenFox-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but decided not to outbid their rivals.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The games were split between the networks, with Nine screening <a href="/wiki/Friday_Night_Football_(AFL)" title="Friday Night Football (AFL)">Friday Night Football</a>, a live Sunday afternoon game in the east and, if needed, a doubleheader for WA and SA, Ten screened a Saturday afternoon and a Saturday night match, with the remaining three matches shown on Foxtel. Foxtel set up its own version of a dedicated AFL-only channel, the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Footy_Channel" title="Fox Footy Channel">Fox Footy Channel</a>, which showed every game on replay during the week, as well as many news, <a href="/wiki/Talk_radio" title="Talk radio">talkback</a> and general interest shows related to Australian rules football.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the rights were offered again in January 2006 for the <a href="/wiki/2007_AFL_season" title="2007 AFL season">2007</a> to 2011 seasons, Seven formed an alliance with Ten and used its guaranteed last bid rights to match Nine's offer of $780 million to win back the broadcast rights in what was the biggest sport telecasting deal in Australian history at the time. After lengthy negotiations, Foxtel agreed to be a broadcast partner and showed four live matches each week, although no longer on a dedicated AFL channel.<sup id="cite_ref-SevenFox_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SevenFox-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seven took back the Friday night match and only one game on Sunday, while Ten retained showing two matches on Saturdays. Foxtel showed two games on Saturday and two on Sunday, including a late afternoon or twilight game.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2012–2016 rights were bought by Seven, Foxtel and Telstra for $1.25 billion, the biggest sport telecasting deal in Australian history at the time. As part of the deal, Foxtel would show all home-and-away AFL matches live, as well as all Finals bar the grand final, via the resurrected Fox Footy. Telstra would broadcast all matches via mobile and Seven would broadcast three live matches (Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon) and one delayed match (Saturday afternoon). Seven also had the option to on-sell one game a week to either Nine or Ten; this did not happen.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2017–2022 rights were re-bought by Seven, Foxtel and Telstra for $2.5 billion, besting the previous deal to become the most lucrative in Australian history at the time. Under the terms of the deal, Seven broadcasts at least three live matches per round as well as all Finals matches, whilst Foxtel broadcasts (or simulcasts Seven's feed) all nine matches per round, as well as all Finals bar the grand final, which is exclusively broadcast by Seven. Telstra continues to maintain exclusive mobile broadcast rights to all matches.<sup id="cite_ref-CurrentTVrightsOverview_98-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CurrentTVrightsOverview-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are some variations in broadcasting dependent on the relevant <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">state or territory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The agreement with Seven, Foxtel and Telstra was extended in 2020 by two years to include the 2023 and 2024 seasons. </p><p>In 2021 Telstra's AFL streaming service, AFL Live Pass, was removed and replaced with access to <a href="/wiki/Kayo_Sports" title="Kayo Sports">Kayo</a>, run by <a href="/wiki/Hubbl" title="Hubbl">Hubbl</a> (then called Streamotion), a wholly owned subsidiary of Foxtel.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2025–2031 rights were re-bought by Seven, Foxtel and Telstra for $4.5 billion, once again besting the previous deal to become the most lucrative in Australian history. As part of the deal, Seven would show three-and-a-half games a week on average during the home-and-away season, as well as all Finals and the Brownlow Medal. This includes Thursday Night games for the first 15 rounds of each season and streaming rights to all matches they broadcast via 7+. Fox Footy would continue to show every home-and-away game and every final live bar the Grand Final via Foxtel and Kayo, as well as select matches on Binge. All Foxtel matches will have Fox Footy commentary, including simulcasts of Channel Seven matches, and Saturday matches will be exclusive to Fox Footy for the first fifteen rounds bar any marquee matches. These arrangements differ outside of Victoria, where every local team's match will be broadcast on free-to-air, albeit with Saturday matches on delay for the first eight rounds.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_broadcasts">International broadcasts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: International broadcasts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="International_broadcast_history">International broadcast history</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: International broadcast history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically AFL broadcasts in other countries have varied. </p><p>In late 1979, the brand new <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> cable network signed the league's first international TV contract. Coverage began with the 1980 season with matches airing on late Friday and Saturday nights, sometimes live but usually one or two week tape delayed to up to 2.5 million subscribers.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, reports indicated ESPN paid the VFL nearly $100,000 (the VFL's Australian TV rights deal at the time was just $600,000<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). The 1983 VFL Grand Final was the first time in history that the Grand Final was broadcast live into the US.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coverage continued on ESPN until 1986, when the sport was dropped after which it was not broadcast in the US for over a decade. </p><p>New Zealand was the second country which held broadcast rights in 1980, with highlight packages with the Grand Final going live into the country.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early 1990s, American regional sports network <a href="/wiki/Prime_Sports" title="Prime Sports">Prime Sports</a> (unrelated to the <a href="/wiki/Prime7" title="Prime7">Australian regional television network</a>) aired Seven's weekly highlight show as well as the grand final. Some other English speaking countries have shown the game, however, it has been since 2008 that channels in other countries began televising matches. From 1998 to 2006 games were broadcast in the United States by the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Soccer" title="Fox Soccer">Fox Sports World</a> network.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, after the record domestic television rights deal, the AFL secured an additional bonus: greater international television rights and increase exposure to overseas markets, including a five-year deal with <a href="/wiki/Setanta_Sports" title="Setanta Sports">Setanta Sports</a> and new deals with other overseas <a href="/wiki/Pay-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Pay-TV">pay-TV</a> networks. The deal ended early in 2009 when Setanta stopped broadcasting into Great Britain. ESPN again took up the contract.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, AFL games can be shown in Irish pubs and sport pubs by request in <a href="/wiki/Bangkok" title="Bangkok">Bangkok</a> although <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> has no AFL rights because these pubs have subscribed internet cable services. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="International_broadcast_partners">International broadcast partners</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: International broadcast partners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following countries are ranked by the approximate extent of their current television coverage (and whether it is free to air): </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Station/Channel</th> <th>Countries</th> <th>Free/Subscription</th> <th>Home & Away</th> <th>Finals</th> <th>Grand final</th> <th>Broadcasting since</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/SuperSport_(South_African_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="SuperSport (South African TV channel)">SuperSport</a></td> <td>Africa</td> <td>Subscription</td> <td>One game per week (live/delay)</td> <td>Live</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_Africa" title="Australian rules football in Africa">Australian rules football in Africa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/TSN2" title="TSN2">TSN2</a></td> <td>Canada</td> <td>Subscription</td> <td>Two games per week (live/replay)</td> <td></td> <td>Live</td> <td></td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_Canada" title="Australian rules football in Canada">Australian rules football in Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/AFANA" class="mw-redirect" title="AFANA">AFANA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Max" class="extiw" title="es:Sports Max">Digicel SportsMax</a></td> <td>Caribbean</td> <td>Subscription</td> <td>Four games per week (live/highlights/replay)</td> <td>Live</td> <td>Live</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/TG4" title="TG4">TG4</a></td> <td>Ireland</td> <td>Free</td> <td>One game per week (highlights)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_Ireland" title="Australian rules football in Ireland">Australian rules football in Ireland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/UPC_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="UPC Ireland">UPC Ireland</a></td> <td>Ireland</td> <td>Subscription</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_Ireland" title="Australian rules football in Ireland">Australian rules football in Ireland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/EM_TV" title="EM TV">EM TV</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></td> <td>Free</td> <td>Up to three games per week (highlights)</td> <td>Live</td> <td>Live</td> <td></td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Australian rules football in Papua New Guinea">Australian rules football in Papua New Guinea</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fiji_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiji TV">Fiji TV</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a></td> <td>Free</td> <td>One game per week, replay also available</td> <td>Live</td> <td>Live</td> <td></td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_Fiji" title="Australian rules football in Fiji">Australian rules football in Fiji</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/International_Channel_Shanghai" title="International Channel Shanghai">International Channel Shanghai</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a></td> <td>Free</td> <td>One game per week</td> <td>Live</td> <td>Live</td> <td></td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_China" title="Australian rules football in China">Australian rules football in China</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/CCTV-5%2B" title="CCTV-5+">CCTV-5+</a></td> <td>People's Republic of China</td> <td>Free</td> <td>One game per week</td> <td>Live</td> <td>Live</td> <td></td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_China" title="Australian rules football in China">Australian rules football in China</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ABC_Australia_(Southeast_Asian_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC Australia (Southeast Asian TV channel)">ABC Australia</a></td> <td>Asia-Pacific region<br /><a href="/wiki/Indian_Subcontinent" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Subcontinent">Indian Subcontinent</a><br />Middle East</td> <td>Free (may required subscription in selected operators)</td> <td>Five games per week</td> <td>Yes</td> <td>Live</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eurosport_2" title="Eurosport 2">Eurosport 2</a></td> <td>Europe</td> <td>Free</td> <td>One game per week (highlights/live/replay)</td> <td></td> <td>Live</td> <td></td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_Europe" title="Australian rules football in Europe">Australian rules football in Europe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox Sports Israel">Fox Sports Israel</a></td> <td>Israel</td> <td>Subscription</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_the_Middle_East" title="Australian rules football in the Middle East">Australian rules football in the Middle East</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Disney%2B" title="Disney+">Disney+</a></td> <td>Latin America<br />Brasil</td> <td>Subscription</td> <td>Eight games per week (live/replay)</td> <td>Live</td> <td>Live</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/OSN_Sports" title="OSN Sports">OSN Sports</a></td> <td>Middle East<br />North Africa</td> <td>Subscription</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sky_Network_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Network Television">Sky Sport</a></td> <td>New Zealand</td> <td>Subscription</td> <td>Up to two games per week (live/delayed) + highlights</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_New_Zealand" title="Australian rules football in New Zealand">Australian rules football in New Zealand</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Movistar%2B" class="mw-redirect" title="Movistar+">Movistar+</a></td> <td>Spain</td> <td>Free</td> <td>highlights, delayed matches</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2009</td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian rules football in Spain">Australian rules football in Spain</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sky_(UK_%26_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky (UK & Ireland)">Sky</a></td> <td>United Kingdom</td> <td>Subscription</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian rules football in the United Kingdom">Australian rules football in the United Kingdom</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/TNT_Sports_(United_Kingdom)" title="TNT Sports (United Kingdom)">TNT Sports</a></td> <td>United Kingdom<br /><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a></td> <td>Subscription</td> <td>Three games per week (highlights/live/replay)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>2013</td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian rules football in the United Kingdom">Australian rules football in the United Kingdom</a>, See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_Ireland" title="Australian rules football in Ireland">Australian rules football in Ireland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_2" title="Fox Sports 2">Fox Sports 2</a></td> <td>United States</td> <td>Subscription</td> <td>Up to three games per week, some finals</td> <td>Yes</td> <td></td> <td>2013</td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_the_United_States" title="Australian rules football in the United States">Australian rules football in the United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/AFANA" class="mw-redirect" title="AFANA">AFANA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fox_Soccer_Plus" title="Fox Soccer Plus">Fox Soccer Plus</a></td> <td>United States</td> <td>Subscription</td> <td>varying number of games per week, some finals, grand final</td> <td>Yes</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_the_United_States" title="Australian rules football in the United States">Australian rules football in the United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/AFANA" class="mw-redirect" title="AFANA">AFANA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/MHz_Worldview" class="mw-redirect" title="MHz Worldview">MHz Worldview</a></td> <td>United States</td> <td>Subscription</td> <td>"Game of the Week" (one-week delay; highlights)</td> <td></td> <td>Live</td> <td></td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_the_United_States" title="Australian rules football in the United States">Australian rules football in the United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/AFANA" class="mw-redirect" title="AFANA">AFANA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Viasat_Sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Viasat Sport">Viasat Sport</a><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a><br />Other <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States" title="Commonwealth of Independent States">CIS</a> countries</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Live</td> <td></td> <td>See also <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian rules football in Russia">Australian rules football in Russia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/TVWan" title="TVWan">TVWan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific islands">Pacific islands</a></td> <td>Subscription to <a href="/wiki/Sky_Pacific" title="Sky Pacific">Sky Pacific</a></td> <td>at least 6 games per week</td> <td>Live</td> <td>Live</td> <td></td> <td>TVWan, TVWan Sports and TVWan Sports 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sport1_(Germany)" title="Sport1 (Germany)">Sport1</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a></td> <td>Subscription</td> <td>3 games per week</td> <td>Live</td> <td>Live</td> <td>2022</td> <td>all on Sport1+ </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first broadcast of a VFL game was by <a href="/wiki/Radio_National" title="Radio National">3AR</a> in 1923, the year that licensed broadcasting commenced in Australia. The first commentator was <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wallace_Shallard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wallace Shallard (page does not exist)">Wallace (Jumbo) Shallard</a>, a former Geelong player who went on to have a long and respected career in print and broadcast media. The VFL/AFL has been broadcast every year since then by the ABC and (since 1927) by various commercial stations. The saturation period was the early 1960s when seven of the eight extant radio stations (<a href="/wiki/Radio_National" title="Radio National">3AR</a>, <a href="/wiki/3UZ" class="mw-redirect" title="3UZ">3UZ</a>, <a href="/wiki/3DB_(Melbourne)" title="3DB (Melbourne)">3DB</a>, <a href="/wiki/3KZ" class="mw-redirect" title="3KZ">3KZ</a>, <a href="/wiki/3AW" title="3AW">3AW</a>, <a href="/wiki/3XY" class="mw-redirect" title="3XY">3XY</a> and <a href="/wiki/3AK" title="3AK">3AK</a>) broadcast VFL games each week, as well as broadcasts of Geelong games by local station <a href="/wiki/K-Rock_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="K-Rock (Australia)">3GL</a>. (At this time, the only alternative that radio listeners had to listen to the football on a Saturday afternoon were the classical music and fine arts programs that were broadcast by <a href="/wiki/3LO" class="mw-redirect" title="3LO">3LO</a>). </p><p>The AFL's contracted radio broadcast partners are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Triple_M_Melbourne" title="Triple M Melbourne">Triple M Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_M_Hobart" title="Triple M Hobart">Triple M Hobart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_M_Adelaide" title="Triple M Adelaide">Triple M Adelaide</a> (broadcasts only <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Adelaide Football Club">Adelaide</a> and <a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a> matches)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_M_Perth" title="Triple M Perth">Triple M Perth</a> (broadcasts only <a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Football_Club" title="Fremantle Football Club">Fremantle</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles" title="West Coast Eagles">West Coast</a> matches)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_M_Sydney" title="Triple M Sydney">Triple M Sydney</a> (broadcasts only <a href="/wiki/Greater_Western_Sydney_Giants" title="Greater Western Sydney Giants">Greater Western Sydney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">Sydney</a> matches)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_M_Brisbane" title="Triple M Brisbane">Triple M Brisbane</a> (broadcasts only <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Lions" title="Brisbane Lions">Brisbane</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Suns" title="Gold Coast Suns">Gold Coast</a> matches)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1116_SEN" title="1116 SEN">1116 SEN</a> <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SEN_SA" class="mw-redirect" title="SEN SA">SEN SA</a> <a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3AW" title="3AW">3AW</a> <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIVEaa" title="FIVEaa">FIVEAA</a> <a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6PR" title="6PR">6PR</a> <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K-Rock_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="K-Rock (Australia)">K-Rock</a> <a href="/wiki/Geelong" title="Geelong">Geelong</a> (includes broadcasts of <a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a> matches)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4AAA" class="mw-redirect" title="4AAA">98.9FM</a> <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_Grandstand" title="ABC Radio Grandstand">ABC Sport</a> (broadcasts matches across Australia to selected major cities in ACT/NSW/QLD/SA/TAS/WA)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Non-English_radio">Non-English radio</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Non-English radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The vast majority of radio broadcasting is done in <a href="/wiki/Australian_English" title="Australian English">English</a>. However, ethnic radio stations broadcast the AFL in a variety of languages, including <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many also broadcast in <a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_languages" title="Australian Aboriginal languages">Indigenous languages</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-indlang_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indlang-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as the sport is very popular among Indigenous Australians. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Station </th> <th>Language </th> <th>State/territory </th> <th>Reference(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Australian_Aboriginal_Media_Association" title="Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association">Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association</a> (CAAMA) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arrernte_language" title="Arrernte language">Arrernte</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-indlang_118-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indlang-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Top_End_Aboriginal_Bush_Broadcasting_Association&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association (page does not exist)">Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association</a> (TEABBA) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiwi_language" title="Tiwi language">Tiwi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-indlang_118-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indlang-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yol%C5%8Bu_Radio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yolŋu Radio (page does not exist)">Yolŋu Radio</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yol%C5%8Bu_languages" title="Yolŋu languages">Yolŋu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-indlang_118-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indlang-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Internet">Internet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Internet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The AFL's contracted internet/mobile broadcast partner is <a href="/wiki/Telstra" title="Telstra">Telstra</a>. The AFL also provides exclusive broadband content, including streaming video for international fans, via its website. Telstra also hosts the websites of all the 18 AFL clubs. </p><p>However, the website is frequently derided by users for its convoluted <a href="/wiki/Information_architecture" title="Information architecture">information architecture</a> and <a href="/wiki/Software_bloat" title="Software bloat">bloated</a> presentation.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2012, Telstra has broadcast live matches over its <a href="/wiki/Telstra#Mobile_networks" title="Telstra">Next G</a> mobile network for a pay-per-view or season fee.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2019, <a href="/wiki/Kayo_Sports" title="Kayo Sports">Kayo</a> has broadcast every game, except the Grand Final, live. In Feb 2021, Telstra terminated the AFL Live Pass service, replacing it with access to Kayo at a discount for Telstra customers. </p><p>Streaming rights outside of Australia for full games are currently held by the Watch AFL subscription service operated by Fox Sports Australia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate_relations">Corporate relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Corporate relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sponsorship">Sponsorship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Sponsorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The VFL/AFL's competition naming sponsors have been: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_%26_United_Breweries" title="Carlton & United Breweries">Carlton & United Breweries</a> (1980–81, 86, 89–94, 2001–03)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holden" title="Holden">Holden</a> (1982–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nissan" title="Nissan">Nissan</a> (1984–85)</li> <li>Sportsplay (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elders_Limited" title="Elders Limited">Elders IXL</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola_Amatil" title="Coca-Cola Amatil">Coca-Cola</a> (1995–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyota_Australia" title="Toyota Australia">Toyota</a> (2004–present)</li></ul> <p>The AFL's contracted print media partner is <a href="/wiki/News_Corp_Australia" title="News Corp Australia">News Corp Australia</a>. The <i><a href="/wiki/AFL_Record" title="AFL Record">AFL Record</a></i> is a match-day magazine published by the AFL and is read by around 225,000 people each week. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Membership">Membership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The AFL sells memberships that entitle subscribers to reserve seats for matches at <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Docklands Stadium</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a> in Melbourne. AFL members also receive priority access to finals. Three levels of memberships are offered, bronze, silver and full (gold). Only full members have guaranteed access to preliminary and grand final matches. Bronze members are restricted to fewer matches at the MCG only.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Merchandising">Merchandising</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Merchandising"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The AFL runs a chain of stores that sell merchandise from all clubs. Merchandise is also available from other retailers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="AFL_World">AFL World</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: AFL World"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A modern museum called the Hall of Fame and Sensation opened in Melbourne in 2003 to celebrate the culture of the AFL and to provide a venue for the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Australian Football Hall of Fame">Australian Football Hall of Fame</a>. The museum, a licensed offshoot of the AFL, was originally touted for the MCG but the Hall of Fame failed to receive support from the Melbourne Cricket Club. The new QV shopping centre on Swanston Street was then chosen as the location. However, controversy followed the appointment of an administrator as the museum began running at a loss. Many blamed high entry prices, which were subsequently reduced and the museum remained open to the public. In early 2006 the name was changed to AFL World. It featured various honour boards and memorabilia as well as a range of innovative interactive displays designed to immerse visitors in the experience of elite Australian rules football. It was closed in 2008. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Video_games">Video games</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Video games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/AFL_(video_game_series)" title="AFL (video game series)">AFL (video game series)</a></div> <p>The following is a list of all the video games from the AFL video game series: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Australian_Rules_Football_(1989_video_game)" title="Australian Rules Football (1989 video game)">Australian Rules Football</a></i> (1989) <a href="/wiki/Commodore_64" title="Commodore 64">Commodore 64</a>, <a href="/wiki/ZX_Spectrum" title="ZX Spectrum">ZX Spectrum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amstrad_CPC" title="Amstrad CPC">Amstrad CPC</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aussie_Rules_Footy" title="Aussie Rules Footy">Aussie Rules Footy</a></i> (1991) <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System" title="Nintendo Entertainment System">NES</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_(video_game_series)#AFL_Finals_Fever" title="AFL (video game series)">AFL Finals Fever</a></i> (1996) <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_(video_game_series)#AFL_98" title="AFL (video game series)">AFL 98</a></i> (1997) <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_(video_game_series)#AFL_99" title="AFL (video game series)">AFL 99</a></i> (1998) <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_(console)" title="PlayStation (console)">PlayStation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_Coach_2002" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL Coach 2002">Kevin Sheedy's: AFL Coach 2002</a></i> (2001) <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_Live_2003" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL Live 2003">AFL Live 2003</a></i> (2002) <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_2" title="PlayStation 2">PlayStation 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_Live_2004" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL Live 2004">AFL Live 2004</a></i> (2003) <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_2" title="PlayStation 2">PlayStation 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_Live_Premiership_Edition" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL Live Premiership Edition">AFL Live Premiership Edition</a></i> (2004) <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_2" title="PlayStation 2">PlayStation 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_Premiership_2005" title="AFL Premiership 2005">AFL Premiership 2005</a></i> (2005) <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_2" title="PlayStation 2">PlayStation 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_Premiership_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL Premiership 2006">AFL Premiership 2006</a></i> (2006) <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_2" title="PlayStation 2">PlayStation 2</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_Premiership_2007" title="AFL Premiership 2007">AFL Premiership 2007</a></i> (2007) <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_2" title="PlayStation 2">PlayStation 2</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_Mascot_Manor_(video_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL Mascot Manor (video game)">AFL Mascot Manor</a></i> (2009) <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_DS" title="Nintendo DS">Nintendo DS</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_Challenge" title="AFL Challenge">AFL Challenge</a></i> (2009) <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_Portable" title="PlayStation Portable">PlayStation Portable</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_Live" title="AFL Live">AFL Live</a></i> (2011) <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_3" title="PlayStation 3">PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_(Wii)" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL (Wii)">AFL</a></i> (2011) <a href="/wiki/Wii" title="Wii">Wii</a>, <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_Live_2" title="AFL Live 2">AFL Live 2</a></i> (2013) <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_3" title="PlayStation 3">PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a>, <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_Evolution" title="AFL Evolution">AFL Evolution</a></i> (2017) <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_4" title="PlayStation 4">PlayStation 4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_One" title="Xbox One">Xbox One</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_Evolution_2" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL Evolution 2">AFL Evolution 2</a></i> (2020) <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_4" title="PlayStation 4">PlayStation 4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_One" title="Xbox One">Xbox One</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_23" title="AFL 23">AFL 23</a></i> (2023) <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_4" title="PlayStation 4">PlayStation 4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_One" title="Xbox One">Xbox One</a>, <a href="/wiki/PlayStation_5" title="PlayStation 5">PlayStation 5</a>, <a href="/wiki/Xbox_Series_X/S" class="mw-redirect" title="Xbox Series X/S">Xbox Series X/S</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gambling">Gambling</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Gambling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The AFL is the subject of footy tipping and betting competitions around Australia run by individuals, syndicates, workplaces and professional <a href="/wiki/Bookmaker" title="Bookmaker">bookmakers</a>. In recent years national website based tipping competitions have started to replace the traditional but more labour-intensive, office or pub run competitions.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_football_(Australian_rules_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantasy football (Australian rules football)">Fantasy football</a> competitions based on actual player statistics (number of kicks, marks, goals etc.) are also very popular on websites and in newspapers.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activism">Activism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Activism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LGBTIQ_policy">LGBTIQ policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: LGBTIQ policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The AFL has declared its support for <a href="/wiki/LGBT_community" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT community">LGBTIQ</a> community, organising pride games in June 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2017, in conjunction with the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Marriage_Law_Postal_Survey" title="Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey">Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey</a>, the AFL modified its logo sign at <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Docklands Stadium</a> support of <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Australia" title="Same-sex marriage in Australia">same-sex marriage</a> (however, only for 24 hours).<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, As of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> there has never been an openly <a href="/wiki/Category:LGBTQ_players_of_Australian_rules_football" title="Category:LGBTQ players of Australian rules football">gay AFL player</a>, past or present, making the AFL the only major professional sporting code in the world where this is the case.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan has stated that "the pressure and the weight of being... the first AFL player who comes out and plays as an out, gay man" was too much of a burden for the known gay players in the league to come out.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_126-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The AFL has also stated that it will be "proud to stand shoulder to shoulder" with any player who comes out.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former players and officials have suggested that a much stronger reasons for the lack of out gay players is a culture of homophobia and silence within the AFL, with former captain and ally <a href="/wiki/Robert_Murphy_(footballer)" title="Robert Murphy (footballer)">Bob Murphy</a> recalling shamefully his offhanded use of homophobic slurs as a young player.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_126-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Homophobic language remains a problem at games with legal recommendations from the Australian Sports Commission made in 2000 to address this still not implemented.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_126-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015 the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">Sydney Swans</a> played a pre-season game at <a href="/wiki/Drummoyne_Oval" title="Drummoyne Oval">Drummoyne Oval</a> against <a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Dockers" class="mw-redirect" title="Fremantle Dockers">Fremantle Dockers</a> as a Pride Game. This became an annual event, which has grown from year to year in strength and support. The club has Sydney an official LGBTQIA+ supporter group, Rainbow Swans.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2017 the AFL ruled that <a href="/wiki/Hannah_Mouncey" title="Hannah Mouncey">Hannah Mouncey</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a> woman, <a href="/wiki/Transgender_people_in_sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Transgender people in sport">was ineligible</a> for selection in the 2018 <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Australian_rules_football" title="Women's Australian rules football">AFLW</a> draft.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There has been some opposition to the AFL's decision.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It has been suggested that the men's game could do more to promote inclusivity, as has been done in the AFLW. The <a href="/wiki/Pride_Round_(AFLW)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pride Round (AFLW)">AFLW Pride Round</a> has been officially held since 2021, although there were individual AFLW clubs who had played Pride games since 2018. The intention of the Pride Round is to celebrate <a href="/wiki/Gender_diversity" title="Gender diversity">gender diversity</a>, promote inclusion for <a href="/wiki/LGBTIQA%2B" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBTIQA+">LGBTIQA+</a> players, and to help stamp out <a href="/wiki/Homophobia" title="Homophobia">homophobia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All 18 clubs support the round.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of November 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the men's league had no plans to introduce a Pride Round in the men's game.<sup id="cite_ref-bourke2023_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bourke2023-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voice_to_Parliament">Voice to Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Voice to Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The AFL supported the creation of an <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Voice_to_Parliament" title="Indigenous Voice to Parliament">Indigenous Voice to Parliament</a>, ahead of the <a href="/wiki/2023_Australian_Indigenous_Voice_referendum" title="2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum">2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lawsuits">Lawsuits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_Football_League&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Lawsuits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2023, a group of former players began a class-action lawsuit against the league regarding the concussions that they suffered while playing. The case is similar to the cases including cases against the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, former female umpire Libby Toovey is taking the league to the <a href="/wiki/Fair_Work_Commission" title="Fair Work Commission">Fair Work Commission</a>, claiming that she was dismissed after uncovering systemic abuse of female umpires by the league.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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Star"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Rising Star</span></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%">Clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Adelaide Football Club">Adelaide</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Lions" title="Brisbane Lions">Brisbane Lions</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Football_Club" title="Fremantle Football Club">Fremantle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Suns" title="Gold Coast Suns">Gold Coast</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Western_Sydney_Giants" title="Greater Western Sydney Giants">Greater Western Sydney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">Sydney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles" title="West Coast Eagles">West Coast</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Western Bulldogs</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Future</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tasmania_Football_Club" title="Tasmania Football Club">Tasmania</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Bears" title="Brisbane Bears">Brisbane Bears</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_University_Football_Club" title="Melbourne University Football Club">University</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1897_VFL_season" title="1897 VFL season">1897</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1898_VFL_season" title="1898 VFL season">1898</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1899_VFL_season" title="1899 VFL season">1899</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1900_VFL_season" title="1900 VFL season">1900</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1901_VFL_season" title="1901 VFL season">1901</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1902_VFL_season" title="1902 VFL season">1902</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1903_VFL_season" title="1903 VFL season">1903</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1904_VFL_season" title="1904 VFL season">1904</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1905_VFL_season" title="1905 VFL season">1905</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1906_VFL_season" title="1906 VFL season">1906</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1907_VFL_season" title="1907 VFL season">1907</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1908_VFL_season" title="1908 VFL season">1908</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1909_VFL_season" title="1909 VFL season">1909</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1910_VFL_season" title="1910 VFL season">1910</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1911_VFL_season" title="1911 VFL season">1911</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1912_VFL_season" title="1912 VFL season">1912</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1913_VFL_season" title="1913 VFL season">1913</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1914_VFL_season" title="1914 VFL season">1914</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1915_VFL_season" title="1915 VFL season">1915</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1916_VFL_season" title="1916 VFL season">1916</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1917_VFL_season" title="1917 VFL season">1917</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1918_VFL_season" title="1918 VFL season">1918</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1919_VFL_season" title="1919 VFL season">1919</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1920_VFL_season" title="1920 VFL season">1920</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1921_VFL_season" title="1921 VFL season">1921</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1922_VFL_season" title="1922 VFL season">1922</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1923_VFL_season" title="1923 VFL season">1923</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1924_VFL_season" title="1924 VFL season">1924</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1925_VFL_season" title="1925 VFL season">1925</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1926_VFL_season" title="1926 VFL season">1926</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1927_VFL_season" title="1927 VFL season">1927</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1928_VFL_season" title="1928 VFL season">1928</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1929_VFL_season" title="1929 VFL season">1929</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1930_VFL_season" title="1930 VFL season">1930</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1931_VFL_season" title="1931 VFL season">1931</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1932_VFL_season" title="1932 VFL season">1932</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1933_VFL_season" title="1933 VFL season">1933</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1934_VFL_season" title="1934 VFL season">1934</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1935_VFL_season" title="1935 VFL season">1935</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1936_VFL_season" title="1936 VFL season">1936</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1937_VFL_season" title="1937 VFL season">1937</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1938_VFL_season" title="1938 VFL season">1938</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1939_VFL_season" title="1939 VFL season">1939</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1940_VFL_season" title="1940 VFL season">1940</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1941_VFL_season" title="1941 VFL season">1941</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1942_VFL_season" title="1942 VFL season">1942</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1943_VFL_season" title="1943 VFL season">1943</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1944_VFL_season" title="1944 VFL season">1944</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1945_VFL_season" title="1945 VFL season">1945</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1946_VFL_season" title="1946 VFL season">1946</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1947_VFL_season" title="1947 VFL season">1947</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1948_VFL_season" title="1948 VFL season">1948</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1949_VFL_season" title="1949 VFL season">1949</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1950_VFL_season" title="1950 VFL season">1950</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1951_VFL_season" title="1951 VFL season">1951</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1952_VFL_season" title="1952 VFL season">1952</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1953_VFL_season" title="1953 VFL season">1953</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1954_VFL_season" title="1954 VFL season">1954</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1955_VFL_season" title="1955 VFL season">1955</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1956_VFL_season" title="1956 VFL season">1956</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1957_VFL_season" title="1957 VFL season">1957</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1958_VFL_season" title="1958 VFL season">1958</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1959_VFL_season" title="1959 VFL season">1959</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1960_VFL_season" title="1960 VFL season">1960</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1961_VFL_season" title="1961 VFL season">1961</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1962_VFL_season" title="1962 VFL season">1962</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1963_VFL_season" title="1963 VFL season">1963</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1964_VFL_season" title="1964 VFL season">1964</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1965_VFL_season" title="1965 VFL season">1965</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_VFL_season" title="1966 VFL season">1966</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1967_VFL_season" title="1967 VFL season">1967</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1968_VFL_season" title="1968 VFL season">1968</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_VFL_season" title="1969 VFL season">1969</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1970_VFL_season" title="1970 VFL season">1970</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1971_VFL_season" title="1971 VFL season">1971</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_VFL_season" title="1972 VFL season">1972</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1973_VFL_season" title="1973 VFL season">1973</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_VFL_season" title="1974 VFL season">1974</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_VFL_season" title="1975 VFL season">1975</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_VFL_season" title="1976 VFL season">1976</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_VFL_season" title="1977 VFL season">1977</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1978_VFL_season" title="1978 VFL season">1978</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_VFL_season" title="1979 VFL season">1979</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_VFL_season" title="1980 VFL season">1980</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_VFL_season" title="1981 VFL season">1981</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_VFL_season" title="1982 VFL season">1982</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_VFL_season" title="1983 VFL season">1983</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1984_VFL_season" title="1984 VFL season">1984</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_VFL_season" title="1985 VFL season">1985</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_VFL_season" title="1986 VFL season">1986</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_VFL_season" title="1987 VFL season">1987</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_VFL_season" title="1988 VFL season">1988</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_VFL_season" title="1989 VFL season">1989</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_AFL_season" title="1990 AFL season">1990</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_AFL_season" title="1991 AFL season">1991</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_AFL_season" title="1992 AFL season">1992</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_AFL_season" title="1993 AFL season">1993</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_AFL_season" title="1994 AFL season">1994</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_AFL_season" title="1995 AFL season">1995</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_AFL_season" title="1996 AFL season">1996</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_AFL_season" title="1997 AFL season">1997</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_AFL_season" title="1998 AFL season">1998</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_AFL_season" title="1999 AFL season">1999</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_AFL_season" title="2000 AFL season">2000</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_AFL_season" title="2001 AFL season">2001</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_AFL_season" title="2002 AFL season">2002</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_AFL_season" title="2003 AFL season">2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_AFL_season" title="2004 AFL season">2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_AFL_season" title="2005 AFL season">2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_AFL_season" title="2006 AFL season">2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_AFL_season" title="2007 AFL season">2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_AFL_season" title="2008 AFL season">2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_AFL_season" title="2009 AFL season">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_AFL_season" title="2010 AFL season">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_AFL_season" title="2011 AFL season">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_AFL_season" title="2012 AFL season">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_AFL_season" title="2013 AFL season">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_AFL_season" title="2014 AFL season">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_AFL_season" title="2015 AFL season">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_AFL_season" title="2016 AFL season">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_AFL_season" title="2017 AFL season">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_AFL_season" title="2018 AFL season">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_AFL_season" title="2019 AFL season">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_AFL_season" title="2020 AFL season">2020</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_AFL_season" title="2021 AFL season">2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_AFL_season" title="2022 AFL season">2022</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_AFL_season" title="2023 AFL season">2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_AFL_season" title="2024 AFL season">2024</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2025_AFL_season" title="2025 AFL season">2025</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final" title="AFL Grand Final"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Grand finals</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:grey;">1897</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1898_VFL_grand_final" title="1898 VFL grand final">1898</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1899_VFL_grand_final" title="1899 VFL grand final">1899</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1900_VFL_grand_final" title="1900 VFL grand final">1900</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1901_VFL_grand_final" title="1901 VFL grand final">1901</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1902_VFL_grand_final" title="1902 VFL grand final">1902</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1903_VFL_grand_final" title="1903 VFL grand final">1903</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1904_VFL_grand_final" title="1904 VFL grand final">1904</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1905_VFL_grand_final" title="1905 VFL grand final">1905</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1906_VFL_grand_final" title="1906 VFL grand final">1906</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1907_VFL_grand_final" title="1907 VFL grand final">1907</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1908_VFL_grand_final" title="1908 VFL grand final">1908</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1909_VFL_grand_final" title="1909 VFL grand final">1909</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1910_VFL_grand_final" title="1910 VFL grand final">1910</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1911_VFL_grand_final" title="1911 VFL grand final">1911</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1912_VFL_grand_final" title="1912 VFL grand final">1912</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1913_VFL_grand_final" title="1913 VFL grand final">1913</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1914_VFL_grand_final" title="1914 VFL grand final">1914</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1915_VFL_grand_final" title="1915 VFL grand final">1915</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1916_VFL_grand_final" title="1916 VFL grand final">1916</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1917_VFL_grand_final" title="1917 VFL grand final">1917</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1918_VFL_grand_final" title="1918 VFL grand final">1918</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1919_VFL_grand_final" title="1919 VFL grand final">1919</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1920_VFL_grand_final" title="1920 VFL grand final">1920</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1921_VFL_grand_final" title="1921 VFL grand final">1921</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1922_VFL_grand_final" title="1922 VFL grand final">1922</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1923_VFL_grand_final" title="1923 VFL grand final">1923</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:grey;">1924</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1925_VFL_grand_final" title="1925 VFL grand final">1925</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1926_VFL_grand_final" title="1926 VFL grand final">1926</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1927_VFL_grand_final" title="1927 VFL grand final">1927</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1928_VFL_grand_final" title="1928 VFL grand final">1928</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1929_VFL_grand_final" title="1929 VFL grand final">1929</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1930_VFL_grand_final" title="1930 VFL grand final">1930</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1931_VFL_grand_final" title="1931 VFL grand final">1931</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1932_VFL_grand_final" title="1932 VFL grand final">1932</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1933_VFL_grand_final" title="1933 VFL grand final">1933</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1934_VFL_grand_final" title="1934 VFL grand final">1934</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1935_VFL_grand_final" title="1935 VFL grand final">1935</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1936_VFL_grand_final" title="1936 VFL grand final">1936</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1937_VFL_grand_final" title="1937 VFL grand final">1937</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1938_VFL_grand_final" title="1938 VFL grand final">1938</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1939_VFL_grand_final" title="1939 VFL grand final">1939</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1940_VFL_grand_final" title="1940 VFL grand final">1940</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1941_VFL_grand_final" title="1941 VFL grand final">1941</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1942_VFL_grand_final" title="1942 VFL grand final">1942</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1943_VFL_grand_final" title="1943 VFL grand final">1943</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1944_VFL_grand_final" title="1944 VFL grand final">1944</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1945_VFL_grand_final" title="1945 VFL grand final">1945</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1946_VFL_grand_final" title="1946 VFL grand final">1946</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1947_VFL_grand_final" title="1947 VFL grand final">1947</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1948_VFL_grand_final" title="1948 VFL grand final">1948</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1949_VFL_grand_final" title="1949 VFL grand final">1949</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1950_VFL_grand_final" title="1950 VFL grand final">1950</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1951_VFL_grand_final" title="1951 VFL grand final">1951</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1952_VFL_grand_final" title="1952 VFL grand final">1952</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1953_VFL_grand_final" title="1953 VFL grand final">1953</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1954_VFL_grand_final" title="1954 VFL grand final">1954</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1955_VFL_grand_final" title="1955 VFL grand final">1955</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1956_VFL_grand_final" title="1956 VFL grand final">1956</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1957_VFL_grand_final" title="1957 VFL grand final">1957</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1958_VFL_grand_final" title="1958 VFL grand final">1958</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1959_VFL_grand_final" title="1959 VFL grand final">1959</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1960_VFL_grand_final" title="1960 VFL grand final">1960</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1961_VFL_grand_final" title="1961 VFL grand final">1961</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1962_VFL_grand_final" title="1962 VFL grand final">1962</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1963_VFL_grand_final" title="1963 VFL grand final">1963</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1964_VFL_grand_final" title="1964 VFL grand final">1964</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1965_VFL_grand_final" title="1965 VFL grand final">1965</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_VFL_grand_final" title="1966 VFL grand final">1966</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1967_VFL_grand_final" title="1967 VFL grand final">1967</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1968_VFL_grand_final" title="1968 VFL grand final">1968</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_VFL_grand_final" title="1969 VFL grand final">1969</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1970_VFL_grand_final" title="1970 VFL grand final">1970</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1971_VFL_grand_final" title="1971 VFL grand final">1971</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_VFL_grand_final" title="1972 VFL grand final">1972</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1973_VFL_grand_final" title="1973 VFL grand final">1973</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_VFL_grand_final" title="1974 VFL grand final">1974</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_VFL_grand_final" title="1975 VFL grand final">1975</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_VFL_grand_final" title="1976 VFL grand final">1976</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_VFL_grand_final" title="1977 VFL grand final">1977</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1978_VFL_grand_final" title="1978 VFL grand final">1978</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_VFL_grand_final" title="1979 VFL grand final">1979</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_VFL_grand_final" title="1980 VFL grand final">1980</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_VFL_grand_final" title="1981 VFL grand final">1981</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_VFL_grand_final" title="1982 VFL grand final">1982</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_VFL_grand_final" title="1983 VFL grand final">1983</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1984_VFL_grand_final" title="1984 VFL grand final">1984</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_VFL_grand_final" title="1985 VFL grand final">1985</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_VFL_grand_final" title="1986 VFL grand final">1986</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_VFL_grand_final" title="1987 VFL grand final">1987</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_VFL_grand_final" title="1988 VFL grand final">1988</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_VFL_grand_final" title="1989 VFL grand final">1989</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1990 AFL Grand Final">1990</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1991 AFL Grand Final">1991</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1992 AFL Grand Final">1992</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1993 AFL Grand Final">1993</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1994 AFL Grand Final">1994</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1995 AFL Grand Final">1995</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1996 AFL Grand Final">1996</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1997 AFL Grand Final">1997</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1998 AFL Grand Final">1998</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1999 AFL Grand Final">1999</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2000 AFL Grand Final">2000</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2001 AFL Grand Final">2001</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2002 AFL Grand Final">2002</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2003 AFL Grand Final">2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2004 AFL Grand Final">2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2005 AFL Grand Final">2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2006 AFL Grand Final">2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2007 AFL Grand Final">2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2008 AFL Grand Final">2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2009 AFL Grand Final">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2010 AFL Grand Final">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2011 AFL Grand Final">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2012 AFL Grand Final">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2013 AFL Grand Final">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2014 AFL Grand Final">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2015 AFL Grand Final">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2016 AFL Grand Final">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2017 AFL Grand Final">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2018 AFL Grand Final">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2019 AFL Grand Final">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2020 AFL Grand Final">2020</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2021 AFL Grand Final">2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2022 AFL Grand Final">2022</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2023 AFL Grand Final">2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2024 AFL Grand Final">2024</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%"><abbr title="Venues that hosted matches during the 2024 season">Venues</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval">Adelaide Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bellerive_Oval" title="Bellerive Oval">Blundstone Arena</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Showground_Stadium" title="Sydney Showground Stadium">Engie Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Gabba" title="The Gabba">The Gabba</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">GMHBA Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manuka_Oval" title="Manuka Oval">Manuka Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eureka_Stadium" title="Eureka Stadium">Mars Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Marvel Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norwood_Oval" title="Norwood Oval">Norwood Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Stadium" title="Perth Stadium">Optus Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carrara_Stadium" title="Carrara Stadium">People First Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Summit_Sport_and_Recreation_Park" title="Summit Sport and Recreation Park">Summit Sport and Recreation Park</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Cricket_Ground" title="Sydney Cricket Ground">Sydney Cricket Ground</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marrara_Oval" title="Marrara Oval">TIO Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Traeger_Park" title="Traeger Park">TIO Traeger Park</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/York_Park" title="York Park">University of Tasmania Stadium</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%">Other awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Coaches_Association_awards" title="AFL Coaches Association awards">AFL Coaches Association awards</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Players_Association_awards" title="AFL Players Association awards">AFL Players Association awards</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leigh_Matthews_Trophy" title="Leigh Matthews Trophy">Leigh Matthews Trophy</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Goal_of_the_Year_(AFL)" title="Goal of the Year (AFL)">Goal of the Year</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_of_the_Year" title="Mark of the Year">Mark of the Year</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%">Major recurring<br />events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Football League Draft">AFL draft</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_finals_series" title="AFL finals series">AFL finals series</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Futures_match" title="AFL Futures match">AFL Futures match</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final" title="AFL Grand Final">AFL Grand Final</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anzac_Day_match#Other_ANZAC_Day_fixtures" title="Anzac Day match">Anzac Day Eve match</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anzac_Day_match" title="Anzac Day match">Anzac Day match</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dreamtime_at_the_%27G" title="Dreamtime at the 'G">Dreamtime at the 'G</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rivalries_in_the_Australian_Football_League#Hawthorn_v_Geelong" title="Rivalries in the Australian Football League">Easter Monday clash</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/E._J._Whitten_Legends_Game" title="E. J. Whitten Legends Game">E. J. Whitten Legends Game</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gather_Round" title="Gather Round">Gather Round</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Birthday_match" title="King's Birthday match">King's Birthday match</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anzac_Day_match#Len_Hall_Tribute_game" title="Anzac Day match">Len Hall Tribute game</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rivalries_in_the_Australian_Football_League#Richmond_v_Carlton" title="Rivalries in the Australian Football League">Opening game</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/QClash" title="QClash">QClash</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Showdown_(AFL)" title="Showdown (AFL)">Showdown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Derby_(AFL)" title="Sydney Derby (AFL)">Sydney Derby</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Western_Derby" title="Western Derby">Western Derby</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%">Second-tier and<br />junior competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_National_Championships" title="AFL National Championships">AFL National Championships</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Talent_League" title="Talent League">Talent League</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South_Australian_National_Football_League" title="South Australian National Football League">South Australian National Football League</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Football_League" title="Victorian Football League">Victorian Football League</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/West_Australian_Football_League" title="West Australian Football League">West Australian Football League</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_reserves" title="AFL reserves">AFL reserves</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_under-19s" title="AFL under-19s">AFL under-19s</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_East_Australian_Football_League" title="North East Australian Football League">North East Australian Football League</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/VFL_Sub-Districts" title="VFL Sub-Districts">VFL Sub-Districts</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Coaches_Association" title="AFL Coaches Association">AFL Coaches Association</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Commission" title="AFL Commission">AFL Commission</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Players_Association" title="AFL Players Association">AFL Players Association</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_Record" title="AFL Record">AFL Record</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Umpires_Association" title="AFL Umpires Association">AFL Umpires Association</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Women%27s" title="AFL Women's">AFL Women's</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFLX" title="AFLX">AFLX</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club_salary_cap_breach" title="Carlton Football Club salary cap breach">Carlton salary cap breach</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Australian_Football_League_coaches" title="List of current Australian Football League coaches">Current coaches</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club_supplements_saga" title="Essendon Football Club supplements saga">Essendon supplements saga</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final_location_debate" title="AFL Grand Final location debate">Grand final location debate</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_AFL_Grand_Final_pre-match_performances" title="List of AFL Grand Final pre-match performances">Grand Final pre-match performances</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Australian_Football_League" title="History of the Australian Football League">History</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_individual_match_awards_in_the_Australian_Football_League" title="List of individual match awards in the Australian Football League">Individual match awards</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/International_Rules_Series" title="International Rules Series">International Rules Series</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/McClelland_Trophy" title="McClelland Trophy">McClelland Trophy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club_tanking_scandal" title="Melbourne Football Club tanking scandal">Melbourne tanking scandal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_VFL/AFL_premiership_captains_and_coaches" title="List of VFL/AFL premiership captains and coaches">Premiership captains and coaches</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/VFL/AFL_premiership_and_grand_final_statistics" title="VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics">Premiership/grand final statistics</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Proposed_VFL/AFL_clubs" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposed VFL/AFL clubs">Proposed clubs</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_AFL_bid" class="mw-redirect" title="Tasmanian AFL bid">Tasmanian AFL bid</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_VFL/AFL_records" title="List of VFL/AFL records">Records</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League_reserves_affiliations" title="Australian Football League reserves affiliations">Reserves affiliations</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rivalries_in_the_Australian_Football_League" title="Rivalries in the Australian Football League">Rivalries</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Football_League_television_shows" title="List of Australian Football League television shows">Television shows</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_(video_game_series)" title="AFL (video game series)">Video games</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white"><div>Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="AFL_Women&#039;s" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed 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href="/wiki/AFL_Women%27s" title="AFL Women's"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">AFL Women's</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#F16C51; color:white"><div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_AFL_Women%27s_premiers" title="List of AFL Women's premiers"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Premiers</span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_AFL_Women%27s_minor_premiers" title="List of AFL Women's minor premiers"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Minor premiers</span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Women%27s_best_and_fairest" title="AFL Women's best and fairest"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Best and fairest</span></a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_AFL_Women%27s_best_and_fairest_winners" title="List of AFL Women's best and fairest winners"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">winners</span></a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Women%27s_games_records" title="AFL Women's games records"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Games records</span></a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_AFL_Women%27s_players_to_have_played_50_games_for_one_club" title="List of AFL Women's players to have played 50 games for one club"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">50-game players for one club</span></a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Women%27s_goalkicking_records" title="AFL Women's goalkicking records"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Goalkicking records</span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Women%27s_All-Australian_team" title="AFL Women's All-Australian team"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">All-Australian team</span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Women%27s_leading_goalkicker" title="AFL Women's leading goalkicker"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Leading goalkicker</span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Women%27s_Rising_Star" title="AFL Women's Rising Star"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Rising Star</span></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F16C51; color:white;width:1%">Clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#F16C51; color:white">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Football_Club#AFL_Women's_team" title="Adelaide Football Club">Adelaide</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Lions#AFL_Women's_team" title="Brisbane Lions">Brisbane</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club#AFL_Women's_team" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club#AFL_Women's_team" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club#AFL_Women's_team" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Football_Club#AFL_Women's_team" title="Fremantle Football Club">Fremantle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club#AFL_Women's_team" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Suns#AFL_Women's_team" title="Gold Coast Suns">Gold Coast</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Western_Sydney_Giants#AFL_Women's_team" title="Greater Western Sydney Giants">Greater Western Sydney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club_(AFL_Women%27s)" title="Hawthorn Football Club (AFL Women's)">Hawthorn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club#AFL_Women's_team" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club#AFL_Women's_team" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club_(AFL_Women%27s)" title="Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL Women's)">Port Adelaide</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club#AFL_Women's_team" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club_(AFL_Women%27s)" title="St Kilda Football Club (AFL Women's)">St Kilda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans#Women's_team" title="Sydney Swans">Sydney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles_(AFL_Women%27s)" title="West Coast Eagles (AFL Women's)">West Coast</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs#AFL_Women's_team" title="Western Bulldogs">Western Bulldogs</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#F16C51; color:white">Future</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tasmania_Football_Club" title="Tasmania Football Club">Tasmania</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F16C51; color:white;width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_AFL_Women%27s_season" title="2017 AFL Women's season">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_AFL_Women%27s_season" title="2018 AFL Women's season">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_AFL_Women%27s_season" title="2019 AFL Women's season">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_AFL_Women%27s_season" title="2020 AFL Women's season">2020</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_AFL_Women%27s_season" title="2021 AFL Women's season">2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_AFL_Women%27s_season_6" title="2022 AFL Women's season 6">S6</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_AFL_Women%27s_season_7" title="2022 AFL Women's season 7">S7</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_AFL_Women%27s_season" title="2023 AFL Women's season">2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/2024_AFL_Women%27s_season" title="2024 AFL Women's season">2024</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F16C51; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Women%27s_Grand_Final" title="AFL Women's Grand Final"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Grand finals</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_AFL_Women%27s_Grand_Final" title="2017 AFL Women's Grand Final">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_AFL_Women%27s_Grand_Final" title="2018 AFL Women's Grand Final">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_AFL_Women%27s_Grand_Final" title="2019 AFL Women's Grand Final">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:grey;">2020</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_AFL_Women%27s_Grand_Final" title="2021 AFL Women's Grand Final">2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_AFL_Women%27s_season_6_Grand_Final" title="2022 AFL Women's season 6 Grand Final">S6</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_AFL_Women%27s_season_7_Grand_Final" title="2022 AFL Women's season 7 Grand Final">S7</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_AFL_Women%27s_Grand_Final" title="2023 AFL Women's Grand Final">2023</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F16C51; color:white;width:1%"><abbr title="Venues that hosted matches during the 2024 season">Venues</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alberton_Oval" title="Alberton Oval">Alberton Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arden_Street_Oval" title="Arden Street Oval">Arden Street Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Springfield_Central_Stadium" title="Springfield Central Stadium">Brighton Homes Arena</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coffs_Harbour_International_Stadium" title="Coffs Harbour International Stadium">C.ex Coffs International Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Casey_Fields" title="Casey Fields">Casey Fields</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cazalys_Stadium" title="Cazalys Stadium">Cazalys Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Oval" title="Fremantle Oval">Fremantle Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">GMHBA Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef_Arena" title="Great Barrier Reef Arena">Great Barrier Reef Arena</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henson_Park" title="Henson Park">Henson Park</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Princes_Park_(stadium)" title="Princes Park (stadium)">Ikon Park</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frankston_Park" title="Frankston Park">Kinetic Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manuka_Oval" title="Manuka Oval">Manuka Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eureka_Stadium" title="Eureka Stadium">Mars Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lathlain_Park" title="Lathlain Park">Mineral Resources Park</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Whitten_Oval" title="Whitten Oval">Mission Whitten Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_Hobart_Oval" title="North Hobart Oval">North Hobart Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_Sydney_Oval" title="North Sydney Oval">North Sydney Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norwood_Oval" title="Norwood Oval">Norwood Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carrara_Stadium" title="Carrara Stadium">People First Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Moorabbin_Oval" title="Moorabbin Oval">RSEA Park</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leederville_Oval" title="Leederville Oval">Sullivan Logistics Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Punt_Road_Oval" title="Punt Road Oval">Swinburne Centre</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Unley_Oval" title="Unley Oval">Thomas Farms Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marrara_Oval" title="Marrara Oval">TIO Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/York_Park" title="York Park">University of Tasmania Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Melbourne" title="Victoria Park, Melbourne">Victoria Park</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Windy_Hill,_Essendon" title="Windy Hill, Essendon">Windy Hill</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F16C51; color:white;width:1%">Competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#F16C51; color:white">Second-tier</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/QAFL_Women%27s" title="QAFL Women's">QAFL Women's</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/SANFL_Women%27s_League" title="SANFL Women's League">SANFL Women's League</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/VFL_Women%27s" title="VFL Women's">VFL Women's</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/WAFL_Women%27s" title="WAFL Women's">WAFL Women's</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#F16C51; color:white">Junior</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Talent_League_Girls" title="Talent League Girls">Talent League Girls</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Women%27s_Under-18_Championships" title="AFL Women's Under-18 Championships">Under-18 Championships</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F16C51; color:white;width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Women%27s_National_Championship" title="AFL Women's National Championship">AFL Women's National Championship</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Australian Football League</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_AFL_Women%27s_coaches" title="List of current AFL Women's coaches">Current coaches</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_AFL_Women%27s_team_squads" title="List of current AFL Women's team squads">Current team squads</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Women%27s#Women's_exhibition_games_(2013–2016)" title="AFL Women's">Exhibition games (2013–2016)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hampson%E2%80%93Hardeman_Cup" title="Hampson–Hardeman Cup">Hampson–Hardeman Cup</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/McClelland_Trophy" title="McClelland Trophy">McClelland Trophy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_AFL_Women%27s_premiership_captains_and_coaches" title="List of AFL Women's premiership captains and coaches">Premiership captains and coaches</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td 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reserves</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F0001B; color:white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C3F91, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C3F91;;width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Final season</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club#Reserves_team" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club#Reserves_team" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club#Reserves_team" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club#Reserves_team" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club#Reserves_team" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club#Reserves_team" title="North Melbourne Football Club">Kangaroos</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club#Reserves_team" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club#Reserves_team" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club#Reserves_team" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans#Reserves_team" title="Sydney Swans">Sydney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs#Reserves_team" title="Western Bulldogs">Western Bulldogs</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Bears" title="Brisbane Bears">Brisbane Bears</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club#Reserves_team" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton District</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/East_Caulfield_Football_Club" title="East Caulfield Football Club">Caulfield</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coburg_Football_Club" title="Coburg Football Club">Coburg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_District_Football_Club" title="Collingwood District Football Club">Collingwood District</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy Juniors</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leopold_Football_Club" title="Leopold Football Club">Leopold</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club#Reserves_team" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda District</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_University_Football_Club" title="Melbourne University Football Club">University A</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_University_Football_Club" title="Melbourne University Football Club">University B</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/West_Melbourne_Football_Club_(1918)" title="West Melbourne Football Club (1918)">West Melbourne</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F0001B; color:white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C3F91, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C3F91;;width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1919_VJFL_season" title="1919 VJFL season">1919</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1920_VJFL_season" title="1920 VJFL season">1920</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1921_VJFL_season" title="1921 VJFL season">1921</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1922_VJFL_season" title="1922 VJFL season">1922</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1923_VJFL_season" title="1923 VJFL season">1923</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1924_VJFL_season" title="1924 VJFL season">1924</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1925_VFL_seconds_season" title="1925 VFL seconds season">1925</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1926_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1926 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1926</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1927_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1927 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1927</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1928_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1928 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1928</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1929_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1929 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1929</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1930_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1930 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1930</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1931_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1931 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1931</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1932_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1932 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1932</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1933_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1933 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1933</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1934</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1935 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1935</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1936_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1936 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1936</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1937 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1937</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1938 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1938</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1939 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1939</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1940 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1940</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1941_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1941 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1941</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1942_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1942 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1942</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1943 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1943</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1944_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1944 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1944</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1945_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1945 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1945</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1946 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1946</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1947</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1948 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1948</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1949_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1949 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1949</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1950</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1951</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1952 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1952</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1953 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1953</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1954</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1955</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1956 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1956</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1957</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1958</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_VFL_seconds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 VFL seconds season (page does not exist)">1959</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1960_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1960 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1960</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1961 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1961</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1962 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1962</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1963</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1964_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1964 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1964</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1965 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1965</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1966 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1966</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1967</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1968</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1969 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1969</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1970 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1970</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1971 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1971</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1972 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1972</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1973</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1974_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1974 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1974</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1975</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1976</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1977 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1977</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1978 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1978</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1979</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1980 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1980</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1981 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1981</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1982</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1983</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1984 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1984</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1985_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1985 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1985</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1986</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1987</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_VFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988 VFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1988</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_VFL_reserves_season" title="1989 VFL reserves season">1989</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_AFL_reserves_season" title="1990 AFL reserves season">1990</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_AFL_reserves_season" title="1991 AFL reserves season">1991</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_AFL_reserves_season" title="1992 AFL reserves season">1992</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_AFL_reserves_season" title="1993 AFL reserves season">1993</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1994_AFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1994 AFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1994</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_AFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 AFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1995</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_AFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1996 AFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1996</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_AFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1997 AFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1997</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_AFL_reserves_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 AFL reserves season (page does not exist)">1998</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_AFL_reserves_season" title="1999 AFL reserves season">1999</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F0001B; color:white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C3F91, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C3F91;;width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League_reserves_affiliations" title="Australian Football League reserves affiliations">AFL reserves affiliations</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_under-19s" title="AFL under-19s">AFL under-19s</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_VFL/AFL_reserves_premiers" title="List of VFL/AFL reserves premiers">Premiers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_VFL/AFL_reserves_records" title="List of VFL/AFL reserves records">Records</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Football_League" title="Victorian Football League">Victorian Football League</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#F0001B; color:white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C3F91, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C3F91;"><div>Known as the Victorian Junior Football League from 1919–1924; <br /> VFL seconds 1925–1959; VFL reserves 1960–1989</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">Sydney</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Doutta_Stars_Football_Club" title="Essendon Doutta Stars Football Club">North Essendon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/TAA_(football_club)" title="TAA (football club)">TAA</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond Juniors</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F0001B; color:white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C3F91, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C3F91;;width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1946_VFL_thirds_season" title="1946 VFL thirds season">1946</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1947_VFL_thirds_season" title="1947 VFL thirds season">1947</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1948_VFL_thirds_season" title="1948 VFL thirds season">1948</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1949_VFL_thirds_season" title="1949 VFL thirds season">1949</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1950_VFL_thirds_season" title="1950 VFL thirds season">1950</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_VFL_thirds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 VFL thirds season (page does not exist)">1951</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_VFL_thirds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1952 VFL thirds season (page does not exist)">1952</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_VFL_thirds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1953 VFL thirds season (page does not exist)">1953</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_VFL_thirds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 VFL thirds season (page does not exist)">1954</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_VFL_thirds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 VFL thirds season (page does not exist)">1955</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_VFL_thirds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1956 VFL thirds season (page does not exist)">1956</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_VFL_thirds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957 VFL thirds season (page does not exist)">1957</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_VFL_thirds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958 VFL thirds season (page does not exist)">1958</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_VFL_thirds_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 VFL thirds season (page does not exist)">1959</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1960_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1960 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1960</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1961 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1961</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1962 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1962</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1963</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1964_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1964 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1964</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1965 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1965</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1966 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1966</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1967</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1968</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1969 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1969</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1970 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1970</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1971 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1971</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1972 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1972</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1973</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1974_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1974 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1974</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1975</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1976</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1977 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1977</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1978 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1978</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1979</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1980 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1980</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1981 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1981</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1982</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1983</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1984 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1984</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1985_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1985 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1985</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1986</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1987</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1988</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_VFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989 VFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1989</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_AFL_under-19s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1990 AFL under-19s season (page does not exist)">1990</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_AFL_under-19s_season" title="1991 AFL under-19s season">1991</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#F0001B; color:white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C3F91, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C3F91;;width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_reserves" title="AFL reserves">AFL reserves</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_VFL/AFL_premiers#VFL/AFL_Thirds/Under-19s_premierships" title="List of VFL/AFL premiers">Premiers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Talent_League" title="Talent League">Talent League</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Football_League#Thirds/Under-19s" title="Victorian Football League">VFA thirds</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#F0001B; color:white; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C3F91, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C3F91;"><div>Known as the VFL thirds from 1946–1958; VFL under-19s from 1960–1989</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Australian_rules_football" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Australian_rules_football" 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