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{{Seasons_main_page|year = 1993|premiers = Essendon |runner-up = Carlton|brownlow_medalist = Gavin Wanganeen (Essendon)|coleman_medalist = Gary Ablett (Geelong)|next_season = [[1994 season|1994]]|previous_season= [[1992 AFL season|1992]]}}The '''1993 AFL Season''' was 97th edition of elite Australian rules football and the seventh season under the leagues interstate expansion, but the fourth to be officially named the Australian Football League (AFL) The season commenced on the Friday the 26th of March and concluded on the 25th of September.
   
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Although the league was still called the VFL until the start of the 1990 season, the 1993 season was the unofficial 7th AFL season as the league expanded from 12 clubs to 14 clubs in 1987.
 
   
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==Overview ==
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The new clubs were West Coast Eagles and Brisbane Bears. In 1991, Adelaide Crows joined the AFL to bring the number of clubs to 15. With the additional clubs, 6 clubs now participate in the finals series.
  
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The pre-season cup was won by Essendon over Richmond.
   
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There were a number of coaching changes. Denis Pagan replaced Wayne Schimmelbusch as North Melbourne coach. John Northey became the new Richmond coach, Neil Balme took his place as Melbourne coach. Ron Barassi became coach of Sydney.
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===Club Changes===
  
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* Denis Pagan replaced Wayne Schimmelbusch as coach at North Melbourne.
  
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* John Northey left Melbourne to coach Richmond. He was replaced with Neil Balme as Melbourne coach.
  
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* Football-legend, Ron Barassi was appointed as coach at Sydney Swans in a bid to avoid another wooden spoon.
  
   
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Hawthorn and St Kilda moved to Waverley Park and Brisbane moved to the GABBA.
   
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1993 saw the start of clubs moving to big stadiums
  
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* Waverley Park became the home ground for Hawthorn and St Kilda. Hawthorn stopped co-tenant Princes Park with Carlton and Fitzroy. Whilst St Kilda left Moorabbin Oval.
  
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* Brisbane Bears moved their games to Brisbane playing at the Gabba, leaving Carrara Stadium.
  
   
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North went from a lowly 12th to finish the 3rd in 1993. Footscray dropped from 2nd to 9th. Essendon went from missing the finals to the premiers.
   
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Denis Pagan appointment at North Melbourne brought immediate success with the club climbing 9 places to return to the finals series. Footscray fell 7 places after playing in last season's Preliminary Final.
  
   
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==Ladder==
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{| class="article-table"
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===Titles===
  
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! Position
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Essendon were the minor premiers and won the premiership. They played Carlton in the Grand Final who finished 2nd in the ladder. Whilst Sydney Swans won back-to-back wooden spoons.
  
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!Team
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!Played
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!Won
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===Medals===
  
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!Loss
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The Coleman Medal for the leading goalscorer was awarded to Gary Ablett Sr. of Geelong. Gavin Wanganeen of Essendon won the Brownlow Medal.
  
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!Draw
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!Percentage (%)
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</div>
  
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!Points
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|- style="background:Yellow; color:Black;"
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|1
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===Ladder===
  
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|Essendon Bombers '''(Premiers)'''
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{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
 
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|-
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|20
  +
|13
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! scope="col" style="width: 5%;"| #
  
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|6
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! scope="col" style="width: 7%;"| 1992
  
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|1
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! scope="col" style="width: ;"|Team
  
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|119.1
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! scope="col" style="width: ;"|Home Ground
  
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|54
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! scope="col" style="width: ;"|Coach
  
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|- style="background:Yellow; color:Black;"
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! scope="col" style="width: ;"|Captain
  
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| 2
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|Carlton Blues
  +
|20
  +
|13
  +
|6
  +
|1
  +
|117.6
  +
|54
  +
|- style="background:Yellow; color:Black;"
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| 3
  +
|North Melbourne Kangaroos
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|20
  +
|13
  +
|7
  +
|0
  +
|120.8
  +
|52
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|- style="background:Yellow; color:Black;"
  +
|4
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|Hawthorn Hawks
  +
|20
  +
|13
  +
| 7
  +
|0
  +
|116.6
  +
|52
  +
|- style="background:Yellow; color:Black;"
  +
|5
  +
|Adelaide Crows
  +
|20
  +
|12
  +
|8
  +
|0
  +
|117.8
  +
|48
  +
|- style="background:Yellow; color:Black;"
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|6
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|West Coast Eagles
  +
|20
  +
|12
  +
|8
  +
|0
  +
|115.8
  +
|48
 
|-
 
|-
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|7
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 1
  
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|Geelong Cats
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▲ 7
  
  +
|20
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| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Essendon.png|16px]] Essendon
  
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|12
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| <!-- home --> &nbsp; MCG
  
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|8
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| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Kevin Sheedy
  
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|0
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| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; Mark Thompson
  
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|11.6
  +
|48
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|8
−
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 2
  
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|Collingwood Magpies
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▲ 5
  
  +
|20
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| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Carlton-Football.png|16px]] Carlton
  
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| 11
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| <!-- home --> &nbsp; Princes Park
  
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|9
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| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; David Parkin
  
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|0
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| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; Stephen Kernahan
  
  +
|101.3
−
|-
 
  +
|44
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 3
  
  +
|-
−
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▲ 9
  
  +
|9
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| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_North_Melbourne.png|16px]] North Melbourne
  
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|Footscray Bulldogs
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| <!-- home --> &nbsp; MCG
  
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|20
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| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Denis Pagan
  
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|11
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| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; Wayne Carey
  
  +
|9
  +
|0
  +
|99.0
  +
|44
  +
|-
  +
| 10
  +
|Melbourne Demons
  +
|20
  +
|10
  +
|10
  +
|0
  +
|112.2
  +
|40
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|-
  +
| 11
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|Fitzroy Lions
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|20
  +
|10
  +
|10
  +
|0
  +
|99.5
  +
|40
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|-
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| 12
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|Saint Kilda Saints
  +
|20
  +
|10
  +
|10
  +
|0
  +
|94.2
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|40
 
|-
  
|-
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|13
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 4
  
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|Brisbane Bears
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▲ 1
  
  +
|20
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| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Hawthorn.png|16px]] Hawthorn
  
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|4
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| <!-- home --> &nbsp; Waverley Park
  
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|16
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| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Alan Joyce
  
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|0
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| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; Gary Ayres
  
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|75.3
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|-
 
  +
|16
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 5
  
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|-
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▲ 4
  
  +
|14
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| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Adelaide.png|16px]] Adelaide
  
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|Richmond Tigers
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| <!-- home --> &nbsp; Football Park
  
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|20
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| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Graham Cornes
  
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|4
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| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; Chris McDermott
  
−
|-
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|16
  +
|0
−
| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 6
  
  +
|70.6
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▼ 2
  
  +
|16
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| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_West_Coast.png|16px]] West Coast Eagles
  
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|-
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| <!-- home --> &nbsp; WACA/Subiaco Oval
  
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|15
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| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Mick Malthouse
  
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|Sydney Swans
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| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; John Worsfold
  
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|20
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF"
 
  +
|1
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 7
  
  +
|19
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▼ 6
  
  +
|0
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| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Geelong.png|16px]] Geelong
  
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|63.3
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| <!-- home --> &nbsp; Kardinia Park
  
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|4
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| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Malcolm Blight
  
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| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; Mark Bairstow
  
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF"
  
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 8
  
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▼ 5
  
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| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Collingwood.png|16px]] Collingwood
  
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| <!-- home --> &nbsp; Victoria Park
  
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| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Leigh Matthews
  
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| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; Tony Shaw
  
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF"
  
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 9
  
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▼ 7
  
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| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Western_Bulldogs.png|16px]] Footscray
  
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| <!-- home --> &nbsp; Western Oval
  
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| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Terry Wheeler
  
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| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; Doug Hawkins
  
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF"
  
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 10
  
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▲ 1
  
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| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:Melbourne_logo_2014.png|16px]] Melbourne
  
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| <!-- home --> &nbsp; MCG
  
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| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Neil Balme
  
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| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; Garry Lyon
  
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF"
  
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 11
  
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▼ 1
  
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| <!-- team --> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fitzroy
  
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| <!-- home --> &nbsp; Princes Park
  
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| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Robert Shaw
  
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| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; Paul Roos
  
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF"
  
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 12
  
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▼ 6
  
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| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_St_Kilda.png|16px]] St Kilda
  
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| <!-- home --> &nbsp; Waverley Park
  
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| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Ken Sheldon
  
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| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; Danny Frawley
  
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF"
  
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 13
  
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▲ 1
  
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| <!-- team --> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Brisbane Bears
  
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| <!-- home --> &nbsp; Gabba
  
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| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Robert Walls
  
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| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; Roger Merrett
  
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF"
  
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 14
  
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> ▼ 1
  
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| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Richmond.png|16px]] Richmond
  
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| <!-- home --> &nbsp; MCG
  
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| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; John Northey
  
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| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; Jeff Hogg
  
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF"
  
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- position --> 15
  
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| style="text-align:center;" | <!-- change --> —
  
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| <!-- team --> &nbsp; [[File:2010_Logo_Sydney.png|16px]] Sydney Swans
  
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| <!-- home --> &nbsp; SCG
  
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| <!-- coach --> &nbsp; Ron Barassi
  
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| <!-- captain --> &nbsp; Paul Kelly
  
 
|}
  
|}
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===Finals Series===
  
===Finals Series===
   
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{| border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 style="font-size: 90%; margin:1em 2em 1em 1em;"
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{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 90%; margin:1em 2em 1em 1em;"
   
 
|-
  
|-
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| width=1|&nbsp;
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| width="1" |&nbsp;
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| width=25|&nbsp;
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| width="25" |&nbsp;
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| width={{{team-width|170}}}|&nbsp;
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| width="{{{team-width|170}}}" |&nbsp;
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| width=20|&nbsp;
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| width="20" |&nbsp;
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| width=20|&nbsp;
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| width="20" |&nbsp;
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| width={{{team-width|170}}}|&nbsp;
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| width="{{{team-width|170}}}" |&nbsp;
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| width=20|&nbsp;
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| width="20" |&nbsp;
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| width=20|&nbsp;
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| width="20" |&nbsp;
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| width={{{team-width|170}}}|&nbsp;
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| width="{{{team-width|170}}}" |&nbsp;
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| width=20|&nbsp;
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| width="20" |&nbsp;
−
| width=20|&nbsp;
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| width="20" |&nbsp;
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| width={{{team-width|170}}}|&nbsp;
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| width="{{{team-width|170}}}" |&nbsp;
   
 
|-
  
|-
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
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| colspan="2" |&nbsp;
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| | Elimination Final
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| |Elimination Final
 
|-
  
|-
 
|
  
|
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| align=center bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"| 4
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| align="center" bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" |4
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| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{EF-team4|Hawthorn}}} <!--Elimination team 4-->
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| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9" |&nbsp;{{{EF-team4|Hawthorn}}}<!--Elimination team 4-->
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| style="border-bottom:1px solid green" |
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
|
  
|
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| align=center bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"| 5
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| align="center" bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" |5
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| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{EF-team3|'''Adelaide'''}}} <!--Elimination team 3-->
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| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9" |&nbsp;{{{EF-team3|'''Adelaide'''}}}<!--Elimination team 3-->
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| rowspan="3" style="border-top:2px solid green; border-right:2px solid green;" | &nbsp;
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| rowspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid green; border-right:2px solid green;" |&nbsp;
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| |
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| |Qualifying Semi Final
   
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|-
  
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| colspan="3" | &nbsp;
  
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| | &nbsp;
  
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| | Qualifying Semi Final
  
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| colspan="5" | &nbsp;
  
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| | Grand Final
  
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|-
  
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| colspan="3" | &nbsp;
  
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid green" | &nbsp;
  
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| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{QSF-team1|Adelaide}}} <!--Qualifying Semi Final team 1-->
  
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| colspan="5" style="border-bottom:2px solid green" | &nbsp;
  
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| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{GF-team1|Carlton}}} <!--Grand Final team 1-->
  
 
|-
  
|-
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| colspan="3" | &nbsp;
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| colspan="3" |
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| rowspan="3" style="border-bottom:2px solid green; border-right:2px solid green;" | &nbsp;
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid green" |&nbsp;
−
| style="border-top:2px solid green" | &nbsp;
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| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9" |&nbsp;{{{QSF-team1|'''Carlton'''}}}<!--Qualifying Semi Final team 1-->
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| colspan="4" style="border-bottom:2px solid green" |
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| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{QSF-team2|'''Carlton'''}}} <!--Qualifying Semi Final team 2-->
  
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| |
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| rowspan="3" style="border-top:2px solid red; border-right:2px solid red;" | &nbsp;
  
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| |Grand Final
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
  
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| rowspan="3" style="border-bottom:2px solid green; border-right:2px solid green;" | &nbsp;
  
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| style="border-top:2px solid green" | &nbsp;
  
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| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{GF-team2|'''Essendon'''}}} <!--Grand Final team 2-->
  
   
 
|-
  
|-
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
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| colspan="2" |
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| | Qualifying Final
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| |Qualifying Final
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| rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:2px solid green; border-right:2px solid green;" |&nbsp;
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| colspan="4" | &nbsp;
  
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| style="border-top:2px solid green" |
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| | Preliminary Final
  
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| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9" |&nbsp;{{{QSF-team2|Adelaide}}}<!--Qualifying Semi Final team 2-->
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| rowspan="2" style="border-top:2px solid red; border-right:2px solid red;" |
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| |
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| |Preliminary Final
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| rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:1px solid green; border-right:2px solid green;" |
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid green" |
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| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9" |&nbsp;{{{GF-team1|Carlton}}}<!--Grand Final team 1-->
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
|
  
|
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| align=center bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"| 1
 +
| align="center" bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" |2
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| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{QF-team1|Essendon}}} <!--Qualifying team 1-->
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| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9" |&nbsp;{{{QF-team1|'''Carlton'''}}}<!--Qualifying team 1-->
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| colspan="3" | &nbsp;
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| colspan="3" |
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid red" | &nbsp;
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| style="border-bottom:2px solid red" |
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| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{PF-team1|Adelaide}}} <!--Preliminary Final team 1-->
 +
| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9" |&nbsp;{{{PF-team1|Adelaide}}}<!--Preliminary Final team 1-->
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| style="border-top:2px solid green" |
  +
| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9" |&nbsp;{{{GF-team2|'''Essendon'''}}}<!--Grand Final team 2-->
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|-
  
|-
 
|
  
|
−
| align=center bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"| 2
 +
| align="center" bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" |1
−
| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{QF-team2|'''Carlton'''}}} <!--Qualifying team 2-->
 +
| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9" |&nbsp;{{{QF-team2|Essendon}}}<!--Qualifying team 2-->
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| rowspan="3" style="border-top:2px solid red; border-right:2px solid red;" | &nbsp;
 +
| rowspan="2" style="border-top:2px solid red; border-right:2px solid red;" |
  +
| |
−
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
  
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| |Eliminating Semi Final
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| rowspan="3" style="border-bottom:2px solid green; border-right:2px solid green;" | &nbsp;
  
−
| style="border-top:2px solid green" | &nbsp;
 +
| rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:1px solid green; border-right:2px solid green;" |
−
| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{PF-team2|'''Essendon'''}}} <!--Preliminary Final team 2-->
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| style="border-top:2px solid green" |
  +
| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9" |&nbsp;{{{PF-team2|'''Essendon'''}}}<!--Preliminary Final team 2-->
  +
| style="border-top:1px solid green" |
   
 
|-
  
|-
−
| colspan="5" | &nbsp;
 +
| colspan="4" |
  +
| style="border-bottom:2px solid red" |
−
| | Eliminating Semi Final
 
  +
| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9" |&nbsp;{{{ESF-team1|'''Essendon'''}}}<!--Eliminating Semi Final team 1-->
 
|-
  
|-
−
| colspan="4" | &nbsp;
 +
| colspan="2" |
  +
| |Elimination Final
−
| style="border-bottom:2px solid red" | &nbsp;
  
−
| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{ESF-team1|'''Essendon'''}}} <!--Eliminating Semi Final team 1-->
 +
| rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:1px solid green; border-right:2px solid green;" |
  +
| style="border-top:2px solid green" |
−
|-
  
  +
| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9" |&nbsp;{{{ESF-team2|West Coast Eagles}}}<!--Eliminating Semi Final team 2 -->
−
| colspan="3" | &nbsp;
  
−
| rowspan="3" style="border-bottom:2px solid green; border-right:2px solid green;" | &nbsp;
 +
| style="border-top:1px solid green" |
−
| style="border-top:2px solid green" | &nbsp;
  
−
| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{ESF-team2|West Coast Eagles}}} <!--Eliminating Semi Final team 2 -->
  
   
−
|-
  
−
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
  
−
| | Elimination Final
  
 
|-
  
|-
 
|
  
|
−
| align=center bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"| 6
 +
| align="center" bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" |6
−
| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{EF-team5|'''West Coast Eagles'''}}} <!--Elimination team 5-->
 +
| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9" |&nbsp;{{{EF-team5|'''West Coast Eagles'''}}}<!--Elimination team 5-->
 
|-
  
|-
 
|
  
|
−
| align=center bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;"| 3
 +
| align="center" bgcolor="#f2f2f2" style="border:1px solid #aaa;" |3
−
| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9"| &nbsp;{{{EF-team6|North Melbourne}}} <!--Elimination team 6-->
 +
| style="border:1px solid #aaa;" bgcolor="#f9f9f9" |&nbsp;{{{EF-team6|North Melbourne}}}<!--Elimination team 6-->
  +
| style="border-top:1px solid green" |
   
 
|-
  
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The 1993 AFL Season was 97th edition of elite Australian rules football and the seventh season under the leagues interstate expansion, but the fourth to be officially named the Australian Football League (AFL) The season commenced on the Friday the 26th of March and concluded on the 25th of September.


Overview[]

The pre-season cup was won by Essendon over Richmond.

There were a number of coaching changes. Denis Pagan replaced Wayne Schimmelbusch as North Melbourne coach. John Northey became the new Richmond coach, Neil Balme took his place as Melbourne coach. Ron Barassi became coach of Sydney.

Hawthorn and St Kilda moved to Waverley Park and Brisbane moved to the GABBA.


North went from a lowly 12th to finish the 3rd in 1993. Footscray dropped from 2nd to 9th. Essendon went from missing the finals to the premiers.


Ladder[]

Position Team Played Won Loss Draw Percentage (%) Points
1 Essendon Bombers (Premiers) 20 13 6 1 119.1 54
2 Carlton Blues 20 13 6 1 117.6 54
3 North Melbourne Kangaroos 20 13 7 0 120.8 52
4 Hawthorn Hawks 20 13 7 0 116.6 52
5 Adelaide Crows 20 12 8 0 117.8 48
6 West Coast Eagles 20 12 8 0 115.8 48
7 Geelong Cats 20 12 8 0 11.6 48
8 Collingwood Magpies 20 11 9 0 101.3 44
9 Footscray Bulldogs 20 11 9 0 99.0 44
10 Melbourne Demons 20 10 10 0 112.2 40
11 Fitzroy Lions 20 10 10 0 99.5 40
12 Saint Kilda Saints 20 10 10 0 94.2 40
13 Brisbane Bears 20 4 16 0 75.3 16
14 Richmond Tigers 20 4 16 0 70.6 16
15 Sydney Swans 20 1 19 0 63.3 4



Finals Series[]

                       
  Elimination Final
4  Hawthorn
5  Adelaide   Qualifying Semi Final
   Carlton Grand Final
Qualifying Final    Adelaide Preliminary Final  Carlton
2  Carlton  Adelaide  Essendon
1  Essendon Eliminating Semi Final  Essendon
 Essendon
Elimination Final  West Coast Eagles
6  West Coast Eagles
3  North Melbourne
   
Key:       Losing team progressing       Winning team progressing
 

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