2018_AFL_season

2018 AFL season

2018 AFL season

122nd season of the Australian Football League (AFL)


The 2018 AFL season was the 122nd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured eighteen clubs, ran from 22 March until 29 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.

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The premiership was won by the West Coast Eagles for the fourth time, after it defeated Collingwood by five points in the AFL Grand Final.

Pre-season

AFLX

On 17 November 2017, the AFL confirmed that the pre-season would feature an AFLX competition. The game is played on a soccer-sized pitch over two ten minute halves. Each team features seven players on the field and three interchange players. Teams were split into three groups of six, with a grand final to be held for each group. The matches were played from 15–17 February 2018.[1] The winners of the competition were Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane.[2][3][4]

JLT Community Series

The pre-season series of games returned as the 2018 JLT Community Series. The number of games was reduced compared to the previous season, with teams playing two games each. The games were stand-alone, with no overall winner of the series. Each team played two games, many at suburban or regional venues, while all games were televised on Fox Footy.

Premiership season

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 11

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Round 12

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Round 13

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Round 14

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Round 15

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Round 16

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Round 17

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Round 18

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Round 19

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Round 20

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Round 21

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Round 22

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Round 23

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Season notes

  • Carlton lost its first seven matches, the longest losing streak to start a season in the club's history.[23]
  • Carlton's total of two wins for the season was the club's fewest wins in a season since 1901.[24]
  • Melbourne qualified for the finals for the first time since 2006.

Win/loss table

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+WinQualified for finals
-LossXBye
DrawEliminated

Bold – Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder

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

Ladder progression

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicates the team finished the round inside the top 8.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished in first place on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round.
  • Underlined numbers indicates the team had a bye during that round.
  • Subscript numbers indicate ladder position at round's end.
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Positions of teams round by round

Finals series

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand Final
Sep 6, MCG
1Richmond13.17 (95)
4Hawthorn9.10 (64)Sep 14, MCG
Hawthorn10.11 (71)
Sep 7, MCGMelbourne16.8 (104)Sep 21, MCG
5Melbourne10.15 (75)Richmond8.10 (58)
8Geelong6.10 (46)Collingwood15.7 (97)29 Sep, MCG
West Coast11.13 (79)
Sep 8, SCGSep 22, Optus StadiumCollingwood11.8 (74)
6Sydney4.6 (30)West Coast18.13 (121)
7Greater Western Sydney10.19 (79)Sep 15, MCGMelbourne7.13 (55)
Collingwood9.15 (69)
Sep 8, Optus StadiumGreater Western Sydney9.5 (59)
2West Coast12.14 (86)
3Collingwood10.10 (70)

Week one

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Week two

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Week three

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Week four

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Finals notes

  • Melbourne qualified for a preliminary final for the first time since 2000, and qualified for the finals for the first time since 2006.
  • Collingwood qualified for the grand final for the first time since 2011, and qualified for the finals for the first time since 2013.

Attendances

By club

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By ground

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Awards

Milestones

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Coleman Medal

  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the player led the Coleman Medal at the end of that round.
  • Numbers underlined indicates the player did not play in that round.
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Best and fairest

Club leadership

Club membership

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See also


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