1990 AFL reserves season

1990 AFL reserves season
Date	31 March – 6 October
Teams	13
Premiers	Carlton 8th premiership
Minor premiers	Carlton
Wooden spooners	Richmond
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The 1990 AFL reserves season was the 71st season of the AFL reserve grade competition, the Australian rules football competition operating as the second-tier competition to the Australian Football League (AFL).

The premiership was won by Carlton after they defeated Melbourne in the 1990 AFL reserves Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the 1990 AFL Grand Final at the MCG on 6 October. ^{[1] [2]}

This was the first season under the AFL reserves name, after the competition was renamed when the Victorian Football League (VFL) was renamed to the AFL. ^[3]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Carlton (P)	20	16	4	0	2495	1882	132.57	64	Finals series
2	Melbourne	20	16	4	0	2184	1751	124.73	64
3	North Melbourne	20	15	5	0	2664	1820	146.37	60
4	Fitzroy	20	12	7	1	2221	1822	121.90	50
5	Footscray	20	12	8	0	2076	1742	119.17	48
6	Collingwood	20	10	10	0	2005	2001	100.20	40
7	Geelong	20	9	11	0	2200	2294	95.90	36
8	Brisbane Bears	20	8	12	0	1776	1998	88.89	32
9	Essendon	20	7	13	0	2227	2192	101.60	28
10	Sydney	20	7	13	0	1838	2080	88.37	28
11	Hawthorn	20	7	13	0	1863	2435	76.51	28
12	St Kilda	20	6	13	1	1926	2418	79.65	26
13	Richmond	20	4	16	0	1685	2725	61.83	16

Source: ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Finals series

Grand Final

	1990 AFL reserves Grand Final
Saturday, 28 September	Carlton	def.	Melbourne	MCG
	3.6 (24) 6.8 (44) 9.11 (65) 14.15 (99)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.4 (16) 7.11 (53) 11.11 (77) 11.15 (81)

Carlton team

Carlton 1990 grand final team ^[5]

B:	19. Stephen Edgar	45. Warren McKenzie	38. Shane Robertson
HB:	36. Tim Rieniets	22. Ian Aitken	15. Simon Verbeek
C:	43. Chris Bond	47. Andrew McKinnon	40. Brett Ratten
HF:	14. Michael Sexton	6. Jon Dorotich	2. Dominic Fotia
F:	30. Fraser Murphy	29. Simon Minton-Connell	17. Mark Naley
Foll:	24. Jamie Dunlop	32. David Glascott (c)	19. Andrew Phillips
Int:	48. Ashley Matthews	34. Anthony Loone
Coach:	Rod Ashman

References

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2. "1990 Reserves scores". Tigerland Archive. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
3. Linnell, Garry (1995). Football Ltd. Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia. p. 297. ISBN   0-330-35665-8.
4. "1990 AFL Reserves". Australian Football. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
5. "1990 Reserves". Blueseum. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.