1996 AFL Lightning Premiership

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1996 AFL Lightning Premiership
Season1996
Teams16
Winners Essendon (2nd title)
Runner up Brisbane Bears
Matches played15
Attendance24,276 (average 1,618 per match)

The 1996 AFL Lightning Premiership was an Australian rules football knock-out competition, played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's main pre-season competition began. The Lightning Premiership was held for the only time in the modern era in 1996 - the Centenary Season of the AFL. It was a knock-out competition played from Friday, 9 February until Sunday, 11 February, with four games each evening at Waverley Park, each consisting of two 17.5-minute halves. The game trialled a number of highly experimental rules, including three points awarded both for deliberate rushed behinds and balls which hit the goalposts, and timekeepers not blowing the siren if scores were tied. However, the rule which altered play most significantly was the ball not being thrown in from the boundary line after travelling out of bounds, a free kick being awarded instead against the last team to touch the ball. Essendon won the title defeating Brisbane by 17 points in the Grand Final.

Contents

Rules

Matches

Round 1

MatchHome teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundDateTime
1. North Melbourne 3.5 (23) Melbourne 3.4 (22) Waverley Park Friday, 9 February6:30pm
2. Fitzroy 2.5 (17) Collingwood 6.4 (40) Waverley Park Friday, 9 February7:30pm
3. St Kilda 7.8 (50) Hawthorn 3.2 (20) Waverley Park Friday, 9 February8:30pm
4. Brisbane 6.4 (40) Carlton 3.8 (26) Waverley Park Friday, 9 February9:30pm
5. West Coast 4.8 (32) Richmond 6.1 (37) Waverley Park Saturday, 10 February11:00am
6. Adelaide 6.6 (42) Fremantle 8.7 (55) Waverley Park Saturday, 10 February12:00pm
7. Geelong 6.7 (43) Essendon 10.7 (67) Waverley Park Saturday, 10 February1:00pm
8. Sydney 6.6 (42) Footscray 6.4 (40) Waverley Park Saturday, 10 February2:00pm

Quarter-finals

MatchHome teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundDateTime
9. North Melbourne 5.6 (36) Collingwood 6.7 (43) Waverley Park Saturday, 10 February6:30pm
10. St Kilda 3.3 (21) Brisbane 6.7 (43) Waverley Park Saturday, 10 February7:30pm
11. Richmond 5.1 (31) Fremantle 8.13 (61) Waverley Park Saturday, 10 February8:30pm
12. Essendon 7.13 (55) Sydney 3.10 (28) Waverley Park Saturday, 10 February9:30pm

Semi-finals

MatchHome teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundDateTime
13. Collingwood 4.2 (26) Brisbane 7.13 (55) Waverley Park Sunday, 11 February6:30pm
14. Fremantle 5.8 (38) Essendon 6.11 (47) Waverley Park Sunday, 11 February7:30pm

Grand final

MatchHome teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundDateTime
15. Brisbane 2.9 (21) Essendon 6.2 (38) Waverley Park Sunday, 11 February9:30pm

Results

Round OneQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsGrand Final
North Melbourne 23
Melbourne 22   North Melbourne 36
Fitzroy 17   Collingwood 43
Collingwood 40  Collingwood 26
St Kilda 50  Brisbane Bears 55
Hawthorn 20   St Kilda 21
Brisbane Bears 40  Brisbane Bears 43
Carlton 26   Brisbane Bears 21
West Coast 32   Essendon 38
Richmond 37  Richmond 31
Adelaide 42   Fremantle 61
Fremantle 55  Fremantle 38
Geelong 43   Essendon 47
Essendon 67  Essendon 55
Sydney 42  Sydney 28
Western Bulldogs 40

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