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The 1989 VFL Season was 93rd edition of elite Australian rules football and the third season under the leagues interstate expansion. The season commenced on the 31st of March and concluded on the 30th of September.
Overview[]
This was the last season under the name of the VFL, with the competition being renamed and rebranded as the AFL. Geelong defeated Melbourne in the night series pre-season competition.
There was 5 coach changes, Allan Jeans returned as Hawthorn coach after missing the 1988 season through ill-health. Geelong brought in North Melbourne-legend, Malcolm Blight as their coach. Rod Austin replaced David Parkin as Fitzroy coach. Col Kinnear replaced Tom Hafey as Sydney Swans coach. After a poor start to the season, Alex Jesaulenko replaced Robert Walls as Carlton coach.
The biggest improver from last season was Geelong who climbed 6 places which took them into the Grand Final. Whilst West Coast Eagles fell 7 places to 11th and out of the finals series. Fitzroy also rose from a 12th to 6th
Final Ladder[]
Position | Team | Played | Won | Loss | Draw | Percentage (%) | Points |
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1 | Hawthorn Hawks (Premiers) | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 153.2 | 76 |
2 | Essendon Bombers | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 131.4 | 68 |
3 | Geelong Cats | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 146.8 | 64 |
4 | Melbourne Demons | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 96.5 | 56 |
5 | Collingwood Magpies | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 112.8 | 52 |
6 | Fitzroy | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 97.4 | 48 |
7 | Sydney Swans | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 100.1 | 44 |
8 | Carlton Blues | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 92.4 | 38 |
9 | North Melbourne Demons | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 89.6 | 36 |
10 | Brisbane Bears | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 78.8 | 32 |
11 | West Coast Eagles | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 86. | 28 |
12 | St Kilda Saints | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 84.3 | 28 |
13 | Footscray Bulldogs | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 87.0 | 26 |
14 | Richmond Tigers | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 70.9 | 20 |
Finals Series[]
Qualifying Semi Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Hawthorn | |||||||||||||||||||||
Essendon | Grand Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Qualifying Final | Preliminary Final | Geelong | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Essendon | Essendon | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Geelong | Eliminating Semi Final | Geelong | |||||||||||||||||||
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Elimination Final | Melbourne | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Melbourne | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Collingwood | |||||||||||||||||||||
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