1998 AFL season

1998 AFL premiership season
1998 AFL premiership season
Teams	16
Premiers	Adelaide; (2nd premiership)
Minor premiers	North Melbourne; (4th minor premiership)
Pre-season cup	North Melbourne; (2nd pre-season cup win)
Matches played	185
Attendance	6,691,897 (36,172 per match)
Highest attendance	94,431 (Grand Final, Adelaide vs. North Melbourne)
Leading goalkicker	Tony Lockett (Sydney)
Brownlow Medallist	Robert Harvey (St Kilda)
Wooden spooners	Brisbane Lions; (1st wooden spoon)

The 1998 Australian Football League season was the 102nd season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 9th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989.

See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.

AFL draft

See 1998 AFL Draft.

Ansett Australia Cup

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

Premiership 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

All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 176. An additional 9 games were played during the finals series.

1998 AFL ladder
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	North Melbourne	22	16	6	0	2486	2117	117.4	64	Finals series
2	Western Bulldogs	22	15	7	0	2353	2019	116.5	60
3	Sydney	22	14	8	0	2283	2143	106.5	56
4	Melbourne	22	14	8	0	2009	1956	102.7	56
5	Adelaide (P)	22	13	9	0	2172	1763	123.2	52
6	St Kilda	22	13	9	0	2148	2104	102.1	52
7	West Coast	22	12	10	0	1940	1773	109.4	48
8	Essendon	22	12	10	0	2250	2071	108.6	48
9	Richmond	22	12	10	0	2018	1926	104.8	48
10	Port Adelaide	22	9	12	1	1928	2017	95.6	38
11	Carlton	22	9	13	0	2018	2109	95.7	36
12	Geelong	22	9	13	0	1777	1963	90.5	36
13	Hawthorn	22	8	14	0	1992	2083	95.6	32
14	Collingwood	22	7	15	0	1968	2167	90.8	28
15	Fremantle	22	7	15	0	1739	2277	76.4	28
16	Brisbane Lions	22	5	16	1	1860	2453	75.8	22

Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Ladder progression

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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team ╲ Round
North Melbourne	4	4	8	12	12	16	16	20	24	24	28	28	28	32	36	40	44	48	52	56	60	64
Western Bulldogs	4	8	12	16	16	20	24	28	32	32	36	40	40	40	44	48	48	52	52	56	60	60
Sydney	4	8	12	16	20	20	24	24	28	28	28	28	32	32	36	40	44	48	52	52	52	56
Melbourne	0	4	8	12	16	20	20	24	24	24	28	28	28	32	32	36	36	40	44	48	52	56
Adelaide	0	4	4	4	8	8	12	12	16	20	20	24	28	32	36	36	36	40	44	48	48	52
St Kilda	4	4	8	12	16	20	20	24	24	28	32	36	40	44	44	48	48	48	48	48	52	52
West Coast	0	4	8	8	8	8	8	12	16	20	24	28	30	32	32	36	36	40	44	48	48	48
Essendon	0	4	8	8	8	8	8	12	16	20	24	24	24	24	28	32	36	40	44	48	48	48
Richmond	4	4	8	8	12	12	16	20	20	24	24	28	28	32	36	36	40	40	44	44	48	48
Port Adelaide	0	4	4	8	8	12	16	16	20	20	20	22	26	30	30	30	34	34	34	34	38	38
Carlton	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	12	12	16	16	20	24	24	24	28	32	36
Geelong	0	4	4	4	4	8	12	16	20	24	24	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	32	32	32	36
Hawthorn	0	0	0	0	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	16	20	24	28	32
Collingwood	4	4	4	8	12	16	16	16	16	20	20	20	20	20	24	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Fremantle	4	4	4	8	12	12	12	12	16	16	20	20	24	24	24	24	28	28	28	28	28	28
Brisbane Lions	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	8	8	8	8	10	14	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	22

Source:

Finals series

Qualifying finals

Semi finals

Preliminary finals

Grand final

Attendance

Team	Hosted	Average	Highest	Lowest	Total	Last Season	+/-
Essendon	11	54,894	83,773	26,241	603,830	52,848	+ 2046
Collingwood	11	49,399	81,542	23,188	543,391	48,708	+ 691
Richmond	11	44,307	70,200	25,723	487,377	34,515	+ 9792
Adelaide	11	41,245	46,850	38,430	453,696	40,173	+ 1072
Melbourne	11	40,085	76,387	16,518	440,931	27,714	+ 12,371
St Kilda	11	36,231	71,488	20,063	398,543	35,232	+ 999
North Melbourne	11	35,791	68,050	11,321	393,703	32,520	+ 3271
West Coast Eagles	11	34,199	37,920	27,059	376,194	32,582	+ 1617
Carlton	11	32,634	69,963	16,058	358,971	33,634	- 1000
Hawthorn	11	32,173	41,780	18,698	353,902	32,380	- 207
Port Adelaide	11	31,799	41,476	28,167	349,794	35,829	- 4030
Sydney	11	31,549	36,505	25,951	347,034	35,818	- 4269
Geelong	11	28,371	61,089	19,449	312,078	28,324	+ 47
Western Bulldogs	11	23,832	36,428	16,131	262,153	19,335	+ 4497
Fremantle	11	23,104	34,710	17,452	254,143	21,982	+ 1122
Brisbane Lions	11	16,675	19,509	14,738	183,424	19,550	- 2875
Totals	176	34,768	83,773	11,321	6119,164	33,197	+ 1571

Venue	Hosted	Average	Highest	Lowest	Total	Last Season	+/-
MCG	55	47,585	83,773	16,518	2617,182	43,488	+ 4097
Football Park	22	36,522	46,850	28,167	803,490	38,001	- 1479
Waverley Park	26	34,549	71,488	18,698	898,269	33,806	+ 743
SCG	11	31,549	36,505	25,951	347,034	35,818	- 4269
Subiaco Oval	16	29,800	37,920	17,452	476,798	28,371	+ 1429
WACA	6	25,590	28,193	22,037	153,539	23,578	+ 2012
Kardinia Park	9	23,307	26,879	19,449	209,767	21,269	+ 2038
Victoria Park	2	23,241	23,293	23,188	46,481	24,473	- 1233
Optus Oval	17	21,874	27,659	16,058	371,859	20,781	+ 1093
Gabba	11	16,675	19,509	14,738	183,424	19,550	- 2875
Manuka Oval	1	11,321	11,321	11,321	11,321	N/A	N/A
Totals	176	34,768	83,773	11,321	6119,164	33,197	- 1571

Awards

The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Robert Harvey of St Kilda
The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Wayne Carey of North Melbourne
The Coleman Medal was awarded to Tony Lockett of Sydney
The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Andrew McLeod of Adelaide
The AFL Rising Star award was awarded to Byron Pickett of North Melbourne
The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to Brisbane Lions

Notes

Adelaide became the first club since the introduction of the final five to win the premiership from outside the top four. The club was fifth at the end of the home-and-away season.
Sydney's 101-point loss to St Kilda in round 10 is the most recent time that the club has lost a premiership match by more than 100 points.[1]

References

"AFL Tables – Sydney – Game Records". afltables.com.

1998 Season - AFL Tables

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[1] "AFL Tables – Sydney – Game Records". afltables.com.

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