1998 AFL season

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1998 AFL premiership season
Teams16
Premiers Adelaide
2nd premiership
Minor premiers North Melbourne
4th minor premiership
Pre-season cup North Melbourne
2nd pre-season cup win
Brownlow Medallist Robert Harvey (St Kilda)
Leading goalkicker Tony Lockett (Sydney)
Attendance
Matches played185
Total attendance6,691,897 (36,172 per match)
Highest94,431 (Grand Final, Adelaide vs. North Melbourne)
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The 1998 AFL season was the 102nd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixteen clubs, ran from 27 March until 26 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.

Contents

The premiership was won by the Adelaide Football Club for the second time and second time consecutively, after it defeated North Melbourne by 35 points in the 1998 AFL Grand Final.

AFL draft

See 1998 AFL draft.

Ansett Australia Cup

North Melbourne defeated St Kilda 14.13 (97) to 12.11 (83) in the final.

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA%Pts
1 North Melbourne 22166024862117117.464
2 Western Bulldogs 22157023532019116.560
3 Sydney 22148022832143106.556
4 Melbourne 22148020091956102.756
5 Adelaide (P)22139021721763123.252
6 St Kilda 22139021482104102.152
7 West Coast 221210019401773109.448
8 Essendon 221210022502071108.648
9 Richmond 221210020181926104.848
10 Port Adelaide 2291211928201795.638
11 Carlton 2291302018210995.736
12 Geelong 2291301777196390.536
13 Hawthorn 2281401992208395.632
14 Collingwood 2271501968216790.828
15 Fremantle 2271501739227776.428
16 Brisbane Lions 2251611860245375.822

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 93.6
Source: AFL Tables

Progression by round

  Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
  Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round.
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
North Melbourne 44812121616202424282828323640444852566064
Western Bulldogs 481216162024283232364040404448485252566060
Sydney 481216202024242828282832323640444852525256
Melbourne 04812162020242424282828323236364044485256
Adelaide 04448812121620202428323636364044484852
St Kilda 44812162020242428323640444448484848485252
West Coast 0488888121620242830323236364044484848
Essendon 0488888121620242424242832364044484848
Richmond 4488121216202024242828323636404044444848
Port Adelaide 044881216162020202226303030343434343838
Carlton 444444444881212161620242424283236
Geelong 04444812162024242828282828282832323236
Hawthorn 00004488888812121212121620242832
Collingwood 4448121616161620202020202428282828282828
Fremantle 4448121212121616202024242424282828282828
Brisbane Lions 000004888881014181818181818181822
Source: [ citation needed ]

Finals series

Qualifying finals

Semi finals

Preliminary finals

Grand final

Attendance

TeamHostedAverageHighestLowestTotalLast season+/-
Essendon1154,89483,77326,241603,83052,848+ 2046
Collingwood1149,39981,54223,188543,39148,708+ 691
Richmond1144,30770,20025,723487,37734,515+ 9792
Adelaide1141,24546,85038,430453,69640,173+ 1072
Melbourne1140,08576,38716,518440,93127,714+ 12,371
St Kilda1136,23171,48820,063398,54335,232+ 999
North Melbourne1135,79168,05011,321393,70332,520+ 3271
West Coast Eagles1134,19937,92027,059376,19432,582+ 1617
Carlton1132,63469,96316,058358,97133,634- 1000
Hawthorn1132,17341,78018,698353,90232,380- 207
Port Adelaide1131,79941,47628,167349,79435,829- 4030
Sydney1131,54936,50525,951347,03435,818- 4269
Geelong1128,37161,08919,449312,07828,324+ 47
Western Bulldogs1123,83236,42816,131262,15319,335+ 4497
Fremantle1123,10434,71017,452254,14321,982+ 1122
Brisbane Lions1116,67519,50914,738183,42419,550- 2875
Totals17634,76883,77311,3216,119,16433,197+ 1571
VenueHostedAverageHighestLowestTotalLast season+/-
MCG5547,58583,77316,5182617,18243,488+ 4097
Football Park2236,52246,85028,167803,49038,001- 1479
Waverley Park2634,54971,48818,698898,26933,806+ 743
SCG1131,54936,50525,951347,03435,818- 4269
Subiaco Oval1629,80037,92017,452476,79828,371+ 1429
WACA625,59028,19322,037153,53923,578+ 2012
Kardinia Park923,30726,87919,449209,76721,269+ 2038
Victoria Park223,24123,29323,18846,48124,473- 1233
Optus Oval1721,87427,65916,058371,85920,781+ 1093
Gabba1116,67519,50914,738183,42419,550- 2875
Manuka Oval111,32111,32111,32111,321N/AN/A
Totals17634,76883,77311,3216,119,16433,197- 1571

Awards

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "AFL Tables – Sydney – Game Records". afltables.com.
  2. ↑ @sirswampthing (10 February 2020). "That is correct The next best is by COLL and HAW who haven't had 100 point defeats since 2005 @AFL" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 March 2024– via Twitter.

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