1999 AFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 16 |
Premiers |
Kangaroos (4th premiership) |
Minor premiers |
Essendon (15th minor premiership) |
Pre-season cup |
Hawthorn (3rd pre-season cup win) |
Matches played | 185 |
Attendance | 6,243,586 (33,749 per match) |
Highest attendance | 94,228 (Grand Final, Kangaroos v Carlton) |
Coleman Medallist | Scott Cummings (West Coast) |
Brownlow Medallist | Shane Crawford (Hawthorn) |
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The 1999 Australian Football League season was the 103rd season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.
See 1999 AFL Draft for more information.
Hawthorn defeated Port Adelaide 12.11 (83) to 5.6 (36)
The Collingwood and Brisbane Lions match was the last to be held at Victoria Park and the Hawthorn and Sydney match was the last to be held at Waverley Park
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.
Note: West Coast Eagles played its "home" final at the MCG despite being ranked above Carlton due to the agreement then in place with the Melbourne Cricket Club that at least one game each week of the finals be played at the MCG.