1998 Ansett Australia Cup

1998 Ansett Australia Cup
Season	1998
Teams	16
Winners	St Kilda (2nd title)
Matches played	15
Michael Tuck Medallist	Austinn Jones, (St Kilda)

The 1998 AFL Ansett Australia Cup was the Australian Football League competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 1998 Premiership Season began. It culminated the Final in March 1998. The competition was sometimes referred to as the pre-season cup because it is played in its entirety before the AFL Premiership Season begins.

Teams

North Melbourne

B:	13 Martin Pike	4 Mick Martyn	11 Glenn Archer
HB:	12 John Blakey	5 Jason McCartney	34 David King
C:	6 Shannon Grant	10 Anthony Stevens	28 Byron Pickett
HF:	17 Glenn Freeborn	18 Wayne Carey (Capt)	24 Craig Sholl
F:	26 Peter Bell	35 John Longmire	15 Winston Abraham
Foll:	16 Matthew Capuano	8 Robert Scott	3 Anthony Rock
Int:	Damian Houlihan	14 Brady Anderson	23 Chris Groom
	37 Adam Simpson	20 Anthony Mellington	38 Danny Stevens
Coach:	Denis Pagan

St. Kilda

B:	1 Justin Peckett	13 David Sierakowski	8 Max Hudghton
HB:	7 Nicky Winmar	15 Darryl Wakelin	18 Jason Cripps
C:	29 Andrew Thompson	35 Robert Harvey	5 Austinn Jones
HF:	2 Tony Brown	23 Stewart Loewe (Co-Capt)	22 Matthew Lappin
F:	27 Luke Beveridge	25 Barry Hall	12 Shane Wakelin
Foll:	10 Peter Everitt	19 Steven Sziller	3 Nathan Burke (Co-Capt)
Int:	11 Gavin Mitchell	17 Rod Keogh	20 Matthew Young
	42 Brett Cook	26 Joe McLaren	21 Ben Thompson
Coach:	Stan Alves

Knock-Out Chart

	Round Of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Brisbane				125
		Fremantle				103					Brisbane				125
		Adelaide				112					Adelaide				70
		Richmond				108														Brisbane				55
		Carlton				74														North Melbourne				100
		North Melbourne				119					North Melbourne				110
		Hawthorn				52					Essendon				63
		Essendon				125																							North Melbourne		14	13	97
		West Coast				90																							St. Kilda		12	11	83
		Collingwood				36					West Coast				64
		Port Adelaide				99					St. Kilda				162
		St. Kilda				119														St. Kilda				102
		Sydney				93														Melbourne				65
		Melbourne				105					Melbourne				88
		Geelong				81					Western Bulldogs				64
		Western Bulldogs				144

Scorecard

North Melbourne vs St Kilda
Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Final
North Melbourne	4.2 (26)	6.6 (42)	9.7 (61)	14.13 (97)
St Kilda	3.4 (22)	9.8 (62)	11.11 (77)	12.11 (83)
Venue:		Waverley Park, Melbourne
Date:		Saturday, 21 March 1998
Attendance:		63,898
Umpires:
Goal scorers:	North Melbourne	Carey 5, Abraham 3, Blakey, Grant 2, Scott, Sholl
	St. Kilda	Loewe 3, Everitt, Sierakowski 2, Jones, Winmar, Keogh, Sziller, Hall
Best:	North Melbourne	Carey, Abraham, Pike, Archer, A.Stevens, Grant
	St. Kilda	Jones, Loewe, Sziller, Lappin, Winmar
Reports:
Injuries:		Nill
Coin toss winner:
Michael Tuck Medal:		Austinn Jones, St Kilda
Australian television broadcaster:		Seven Network, commentators: Bruce McAvaney & Ian Robertson
National Anthem:		Susie Ahern

Final Placings

(Based on percentage in each individual round)

1. St Kilda
2. Melbourne
3. Brisbane
4. Western Bulldogs
5. Essendon
6. Adelaide
7. West Coast
8. Richmond
9. Sydney
10. Port Adelaide
11. Fremantle
12. Carlton
13. Geelong
14. Hawthorn
15. Collingwood

DSQ: North Melbourne

See also

• List of Australian Football League night premiers
• 1998 AFL season

References

• http://www.users.on.net/~pwong/1998_ansettcup_r4.htm#Teams
• https://web.archive.org/web/20130507051335/http://footystats.freeservers.com/Special/1998review.html