2002 VFL season

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2002 VFL season
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Premiers Geelong reserves
1st premiership
Minor premiers Geelong reserves
1st minor premiership
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The 2002 Victorian Football League season was the 121st season of the Australian rules football competition.

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The premiership was won by the Geelong Football Club reserves team, after defeating Port Melbourne by 22 points in the Grand Final on 22 September.

Premiership season

Round 1

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundDateTime
Tasmania 12.4 (76) Geelong reserves 12.15 (87) York Park Friday, 5 April6pm
Carlton reserves 6.6 (42) Port Melbourne 13.18 (96) Optus Oval Saturday, 6 April10:50am
Bendigo Diggers 15.8 (98) Springvale 21.14 (140) Queen Elizabeth Oval Saturday, 6 April2pm
Coburg Tigers 20.12 (132) Essendon reserves 14.10 (94) Coburg City Oval Saturday, 6 April1:10pm
Frankston 12.10 (82) Sandringham 20.12 (132) Frankston Park Saturday, 6 April2pm
North Ballarat 12.8 (80) Williamstown 17.12 (114) Northern Oval Sunday, 7 April2pm
Werribee 11.13 (79) Murray Kangaroos 22.7 (139) Chirnside Park Sunday, 7 April2pm
Northern Bullants 13.6 (84) Box Hill Hawks 23.16 (154) Preston City Oval Sunday, 7 April2pm

Round 2

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundDateTime
Box Hill Hawks 20.17 (137) Bendigo Diggers 9.6 (60) Box Hill City Oval Saturday, 13 April2pm
Werribee 15.10 (100) North Ballarat 12.11 (83) Chirnside Park Saturday, 13 April1:10pm
Springvale 14.16 (100) Frankston 7.6 (48) Moorabbin Saturday, 13 April2pm
Williamstown 19.10 (124) Carlton reserves 18.15 (123) W.C.G. Saturday, 13 April2pm
Sandringham 13.10 (88) Coburg Tigers 10.11 (71) Trevor Barker Beach Oval Sunday, 14 April2pm
Port Melbourne 12.10 (82) Tasmania 14.13 (97) TEAC Oval Sunday, 14 April2pm
Murray Kangaroos 14.12 (96) Geelong reserves 12.15 (87) Coburg City Oval Sunday, 14 April2pm
Northern Bullants 14.11 (95) Essendon reserves 13.11 (89) Preston City Oval Sunday, 14 April2pm

Round 3

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundDateTime
Frankston 9.8 (62) Carlton reserves 15.15 (105) Frankston Oval Saturday, 20 April1:10pm
Tasmania 22.10 (142) Essendon reserves 17.11 (113) North Hobart Oval Saturday, 20 April1:10pm
Geelong reserves 21.17 (143) Springvale 7.10 (52) Skilled Stadium Sunday, 21 April10:50am
Box Hill Hawks 18.17 (125) Williamstown 13.4 (82) Box Hill City Oval Sunday, 21 April2pm
North Ballarat 9.10 (64) Sandringham 14.13 (97) Northern Oval Sunday, 21 April2pm
Northern Bullants 10.10 (70) Werribee 18.16 (124) Preston City Oval Sunday, 21 April2pm
Murray Kangaroos 13.14 (92) Port Melbourne 12.10 (82) Coburg City Oval Sunday, 21 April2pm
Bendigo Diggers 15.6 (96) Coburg Tigers 17.11 (113) Queen Elizabeth Oval Sunday, 21 April2pm

Round 4

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundDateTime
Tasmania 11.12 (78) Frankston 11.6 (72) North Hobart Oval Thursday, 25 April12:30pm
Murray Kangaroos 10.9 (69) Carlton reserves 15.9 (99) Coburg City Oval Saturday, 27 April2pm
Williamstown 13.4 (82) Essendon reserves 12.11 (83) W.C.G. Saturday, 27 April1:10pm
Geelong reserves 31.17 (203) Bendigo Diggers 6.6 (42) Skilled Stadium Saturday, 27 April2pm
Northern Bullants 11.8 (74) North Ballarat 14.6 (90) Preston City Oval Sunday, 28 April2pm
Coburg Tigers 16.9 (105) Box Hill Hawks 13.14 (92) Coburg City Oval Sunday, 28 April2pm
Port Melbourne 14.15 (99) Springvale 11.15 (81) TEAC Oval Sunday, 28 April2pm
Sandringham 11.14 (80) Werribee 11.17 (83) Trevor Barker Beach Oval Sunday, 28 April2pm

Round 5

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundDateTime
Tasmania 12.7 (79) Coburg Tigers 19.15 (129) North Hobart Oval Saturday, 4 May2pm
Williamstown 10.17 (77) Springvale 11.15 (81) W.C.G. Saturday, 4 May1:10pm
Box Hill Hawks 22.13 (145) Murray Kangaroos 17.14 (116) Box Hill City Oval Sunday, 5 May2pm
North Ballarat 15.8 (98) Frankston 13.11 (89) Northern Oval Sunday, 5 May2pm
Bendigo Diggers 11.10 (76) Essendon reserves 27.17 (179) Queen Elizabeth Oval Sunday, 5 May2pm
Geelong reserves 14.11 (95) Northern Bullants 11.13 (79) Skilled Stadium Sunday, 5 May2pm
Sandringham 18.24 (132) Port Melbourne 13.10 (88) Trevor Barker Beach Oval Sunday, 5 May2pm
Werribee 15.14 (104) Carlton reserves 8.7 (55) Chirnside Park Sunday, 5 May2pm

Round 6

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundDateTime
Bendigo Diggers 11.7 (73) Tasmania 23.12 (150) Queen Elizabeth Oval Saturday, 11 May1pm
Frankston 11.12 (78) Northern Bullants 20.12 (132) Frankston Oval Saturday, 11 May2pm
Sandringham 12.8 (80) Springvale 11.15 (81) Trevor Barker Beach Oval Saturday, 11 May2pm
Williamstown 11.9 (75) Werribee 16.14 (110) W.C.G. Saturday, 11 May2pm
Carlton reserves 18.12 (120) Essendon reserves 14.9 (93) Optus Oval Saturday, 11 May2pm
Murray Kangaroos 18.19 (127) North Ballarat 15.5 (95) Coburg City Oval Sunday, 12 May2pm
Box Hill Hawks 18.11 (119) Geelong reserves 15.10 (100) Box Hill City Oval Sunday, 12 May2pm
Port Melbourne 14.15 (99) Coburg Tigers 8.10 (58) TEAC Oval Sunday, 12 May2pm

Round 7

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundDateTime
Port Melbourne 13.12 (90) Werribee 12.8 (80) TEAC Oval Saturday, 18 May2pm
Springvale 7.10 (52) Essendon reserves 15.13 (103) Shepley Oval Saturday, 18 May2pm
Carlton reserves 9.10 (64) Box Hill Hawks 18.15 (123) Princes Park Saturday, 18 May2pm
Tasmania 10.8 (68) Murray Kangaroos 14.15 (99) York Park Saturday, 18 May6pm
North Ballarat 7.10 (52) Coburg Tigers 12.4 (76) Northern Oval Sunday, 19 May2pm
Geelong reserves 22.8 (140) Frankston 11.8 (74) Skilled Stadium Sunday, 19 May2pm
Sandringham 20.22 (142) Bendigo Diggers 5.8 (38) Trevor Barker Beach Oval Sunday, 19 May2pm
Northern Bullants 12.8 (80) Williamstown 18.12 (120) Preston City Oval Sunday, 19 May2pm

Round 8

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundDateTime
Geelong reserves 13.8 (86) Werribee 10.7 (67) Skilled Stadium Saturday, 25 May10:50am
Tasmania 13.16 (94) Carlton reserves 19.15 (129) North Hobart Oval Saturday, 25 May1:10pm
Box Hill Hawks 22.15 (147) North Ballarat 8.8 (56) Box Hill City Oval Saturday, 25 May2pm
Williamstown 22.19 (151) Frankston 12.7 (79) W.C.G. Saturday, 25 May2pm
Murray Kangaroos 18.6 (114) Sandringham 14.18 (102) Lavington Sports Ground Sunday, 26 May2pm
Coburg Tigers 20.8 (128) Springvale 11.7 (73) Coburg City Oval Sunday, 26 May2pm
Essendon reserves 18.3 (111) Port Melbourne 16.13 (109) Windy Hill Sunday, 26 May2pm
Bendigo Diggers 8.9 (57) Northern Bullants 30.19 (199) Queen Elizabeth Oval Sunday, 26 May2pm

Round 9

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundDateTime
Frankston 7.9 (51) Box Hill Hawks 30.13 (193) Frankston Oval Saturday, 1 June2pm
Carlton reserves 24.20 (164) Bendigo Diggers 6.5 (41) Optus Oval Saturday, 1 June2pm
North Ballarat 6.6 (42) Springvale 17.20 (122) Northern Oval Saturday, 1 June2pm
Essendon reserves 11.12 (78) Murray Kangaroos 26.18 (174) Windy Hill Saturday, 1 June2pm
Sandringham 9.9 (63) Geelong reserves 16.12 (108) Trevor Barker Beach Oval Sunday, 2 June2pm
Werribee 12.11 (83) Coburg Tigers 14.11 (95) Chirnside Park Sunday, 2 June2pm
Port Melbourne 20.10 (130) Williamstown 16.19 (115) TEAC Oval Sunday, 2 June2pm
Northern Bullants 24.15 (159) Tasmania 9.5 (59) Preston City Oval Sunday, 2 June2pm

Round 10

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundDateTime
Springvale 6.13 (49) Northern Bullants 9.10 (64) Moorabbin Oval Saturday, 8 June1:10pm
Coburg Tigers 10.6 (66) Murray Kangaroos 16.13 (109) Coburg City Oval Saturday, 8 June2pm
Carlton reserves 6.10 46 Geelong reserves 24.16 (160) Optus Oval Saturday, 8 June2pm
Port Melbourne 25.15 (163) North Ballarat 13.8 (86) TEAC Oval Saturday, 8 June2pm
Bendigo Diggers 7.10 (52) Werribee 17.16 (116) Queen Elizabeth Oval Sunday, 9 June2pm
Tasmania 11.8 (74) Box Hill Hawks 11.8 (74) Fairway Park, Ulverstone Sunday, 9 June2pm
Williamstown 12.13 (85) Sandringham 13.14 (92) W.C.G. Sunday, 9 June2pm
Essendon reserves 18.12 (120) Frankston 17.10 (112) Northern Oval Sunday, 9 June2pm

Round 11

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundDateTime
Springvale 14.14 (98)

Ladder

2002 VFL season
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Geelong reserves (P)20173021711377157.768 Finals
2 Werribee 20164022331450154.064
3 Coburg 20164020191466137.764
4 Port Melbourne 20146020971780117.856
5 Box Hill 20127122351758127.150
6 Williamstown 20119019971821109.744
7 Murray Kangaroos 20109120181949103.542
8 Sandringham 201010018311768103.640
9 Carlton reserves 20101001785180798.840
10 Essendon reserves 20101002091214497.540
11 Springvale 2091101654174894.636
12 Tasmania 2081111730194289.134
13 Northern Bullants 2061401824212186.024
14 North Ballarat 2051501485202473.420
15 Frankston 2041601530225867.816
16 Bendigo 2001911266255349.62
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals Series

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand final
31 August, North Port Oval
1 Geelong 16.14 (110)
4 Port Melbourne 18.9 (117)September 8, North Port Oval
Geelong 18.15 (123)
August 31, Box Hill City Oval Sandringham 4.9 (33)September 14, North Port Oval
5 Box Hill 9.7 (61) Port Melbourne 13.10 (88)
8 Sandringham 8.15 (63) Coburg 12.13 (85)September 22, Optus Oval
Port Melbourne 12.11 (83)
September 1, W.C.G.September 15, North Port Oval Geelong 15.15 (105)
6 Williamstown 14.14 (98) Werribee 9.11 (65)
7 Murray Kangaroos 18.18 (126)September 7, North Port Oval Geelong 12.20 (92)
Coburg 14.15 (99)
September 1, North Port Oval Murray Kangaroos 11.8 (74)
2 Werribee 13.13 (91)
3 Coburg 14.6 (90)

Grand Final

2002 VFL Grand Final
Sunday 22 September

(2:10 pm)

 Port Melbourne def. by Geelong Optus Oval (crowd: 11,500) [1] [2]
2.3 (15)
7.5 (47)
12.8 (80)
12.11 (83)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		3.2 (20)
7.6 (48)
9.12 (66)
15.15 (105)		 Norm Goss Memorial Medal: James Rahilly (Geelong)
Television broadcast: ABC
Stevens 2, Gill 2, Ablett, Buchanan, Evans, O'Keefe, Phibbs, Rix, Robertson, Schneider Goals Mensch 3, S. Johnson 2, Ablett, Chapman, Chatfield, Gardiner, Hunt, McCarthy, McGrath, O'Brien, Slade, White
Brockman, Obst, Rose, R O'Loughlin, McMahon, O'KeefeBest Rahilly, Slade, Mensch, Bartel, Chapman, McGrath

Awards

Notable events

See also

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