List of Australian Football League grounds

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Current Australian Football League grounds

The Australian Football League has numerous grounds upon which senior VFL/AFL games have been played. This list comprises current grounds in use, former grounds in use (both major and minor), regional pre-season grounds and international grounds.

In accordance with the Laws of Australian football, a ground must be grassed, have a minimum length of 135 metres (443 ft) and a minimum width of 110 metres (360 ft).[1]

Most Australian rules football grounds are also used for other sports, most traditionally cricket, which also uses an oval-shaped ground. Sports such as Rugby and soccer, can also be readily played on an Australian rules football arena, as their rectangular fields are typically small enough to be set on the larger oval. Many Australian rules football stadiums with larger capacities have been converted and used for events such as the Olympic Games, rock concerts or exhibitions.

The oldest Australian football league ground is the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The ground, originally only used for cricket, was used to play Australian rules football during the winter months when cricket wasn't possible. The ground was built in 1854 and is still used for hosting AFL matches. The ground also has the largest capacity, at 100,000 after a major refurbishment that took place in 2005, ready for Melbourne's hosting of the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

The most recent grounds to be used for Australian Football League matches are Cazaly's Stadium, located in Cairns, Queensland, and the Adelaide Oval, both hosting their first matches in 2011.

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[edit] AFL/VFL premiership season venues

[edit] Current grounds

The following table shows a list of all of the current grounds that are used in the Australian Football League, in order of capacity. The table also includes grounds where teams have commercial deals in place to transfer home games to these grounds each season but are not actual tenants of those grounds.

The Melbourne Cricket Ground is now the only ground in Australia that has been host to AFL matches since the inauguration of the league back in 1897.

Ground Other/sponsored names City State
/territory		 Capacity First used Current tenant(s)
Melbourne Cricket Ground MCG Melbourne Victoria 100,021[2] 1897 Melbourne
Richmond
Collingwood
Hawthorn
Stadium Australia Telstra Stadium (2002–07)
ANZ Stadium (2008+)		 Sydney New South Wales 83,500[3] 2002 Sydney Swans
Docklands Stadium Colonial Stadium (2000–02)
Telstra Dome (2003–08)
Etihad Stadium (2009+)		 Melbourne Victoria 56,347[4] 2000 North Melbourne
Essendon
St Kilda
Western Bulldogs
Carlton
Football Park AAMI Stadium (2003+) Adelaide South Australia 51,515[5] 1991 Port Adelaide
Adelaide
Sydney Cricket Ground SCG Sydney New South Wales 47,000[6] 1903[7] Sydney Swans
Subiaco Oval Patersons Stadium (2011+) Perth Western Australia 42,922[8] 1987 West Coast Eagles
Fremantle
The Gabba Brisbane Cricket Ground Brisbane Queensland 42,000[9] 1991 Brisbane Lions
Adelaide Oval Adelaide South Australia 36,000[10] 2011[n 1] Port Adelaide
Kardinia Park Shell Stadium (1999–2001)
Baytec Stadium (2002 pre-season)
Skilled Stadium (2002–2011)
Simonds Stadium {2012–)		 Geelong Victoria 27,000[11] 1941 Geelong
Sydney Showgrounds Main Arena Skoda Stadium Sydney New South Wales 25,000 2012 Greater Western Sydney[12]
York Park Aurora Stadium (2004+) Launceston Tasmania 20,000[13] 2001 Hawthorn[n 2]
Carrara Stadium Metricon Stadium (2011+) Gold Coast Queensland 18,000[14] 1987 Gold Coast
Bellerive Oval Blundstone Arena (2012+) Tasmania Tasmania 18,000 2012 North Melbourne[15]
Manuka Oval Canberra ACT 15,000[16] 1998 Western Bulldogs[n 2]
Marrara Stadium TIO Stadium (2006+) Darwin Northern Territory 15,000[17] 2004 Melbourne[n 2]
Western Bulldogs[n 2]
Richmond[n 2]
Port Adelaide[n 2]
Cazaly's Stadium[18][19] Cairns Queensland 12,000[20] 2011 Richmond[n 2]
Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney New South Wales 10,000 2012 Greater Western Sydney[21]
  1. ^ Adelaide Oval hosted its first AFL match in Round 24 of the 2011 season as a Port Adelaide home game against Melbourne. The ground is scheduled to be redeveloped and host more games from the 2014 season onwards.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g These teams have commercial deals in place to transfer home games to these grounds each season but are not actually tenants of those grounds.

[edit] Melbourne Cricket Ground

Founded in November 1838 the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) selected the current MCG site in 1853 after previously playing at several grounds around Melbourne. The club’s first game was against a military team at the Old Mint site, at the corner of William and Latrobe Streets. Batman's Hill (now Southern Cross railway station) became its home ground in January 1839, however, the area was already set aside for Botanical Gardens and the club was moved on in October 1846, to an area on the south bank of the Yarra about where the Herald and Weekly Times building is today. Unfortunately the area was subject to flooding forcing the club to move again, this time to a ground in South Melbourne.

It wasn’t long before the club was forced out again, this time because of the expansion of the railway. The South Melbourne ground was in the path of Victoria’s first steam railway line from Melbourne to Sandridge (now Port Melbourne). Governor La Trobe offered the MCC a choice of three sites; an area adjacent to the existing ground, a site at the junction of Flinders and Spring Streets or a ten-acre (about 4 hectares) section of the Government Paddock at Richmond next to Richmond Park.

This last option, which is now Yarra Park, had been used by Aborigines until 1835. Between 1835 and 1853 it was an agistment area for colonial troopers’ horses. In 1850 it was part of a 200-acre (81 ha) stretch set aside for public recreation extending from Governor La Trobe’s Jolimont Estate to the Yarra River. By 1853 it had become a busy promenade for Melbourne residents.

An MCC sub-committee chose the Richmond Park option because it was level enough for cricket but sloped enough to prevent inundation. That ground was located where the Richmond, or outer, end of the current MCG is now.

The Melbourne Cricket Ground, or more commonly known as the MCG, is the largest AFL stadium in Australia with a maximum capacity of over 100,000.

At the same time the Richmond Cricket Club was given occupancy rights to six acres (2.4 hectares) for another cricket ground on the eastern side of the Government Paddock.

At the time of the land grant the Government stipulated that the ground was to be used for cricket and cricket only. This condition remained until 1933[citation needed] when the State Government allowed the MCG’s uses to be broadened to include other purposes when not being used for cricket.

In 1863 a corridor of land running diagonally across Yarra Park was granted to the Hobson’s Bay Railway and divided Yarra Park from the river. The area closest to the river was also developed for sporting purposes in later years including Olympic venues in 1956.


[edit] Stadium Australia

Stadium Australia, presently known as ANZ Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Sydney Olympic Park precinct of Homebush Bay, Sydney, Australia. The stadium was completed in March 1999 at a cost of A$690 million to host the 2000 Summer Olympics.[22] The stadium held the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final.

The stadium was originally built to temporarily hold 110,000 spectators, making it the largest Olympic Stadium ever built as well as the largest stadium in Australia. In 2003 reconfiguration work was completed to shorten the north and south wings, and install movable seating. These changes reduced the capacity to 83,500 for a rectangular field and 81,500 for an oval field (making it the second largest stadium in Australia to the Melbourne Cricket Ground). Awnings were also added over the North and South stands, which means that now most of the seating is under cover. The stadium was also engineered along sustainable lines for example with the low use of steel in the roof structure in comparison to the Olympic stadiums of Athens and Beijing.[23]

[edit] Docklands Stadium

Docklands Stadium, also known by its sponsored name Etihad Stadium (formerly Colonial Stadium and Telstra Dome), is a multi purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne.

The stadium was developed as a replacement for Waverley Park. Originally developed by Docklands Stadium Consortium and thereafter controlled by Seven Network, the remaining leasehold interest in the stadium on 21 June 2006 was sold to James Fielding Funds Management for A$330 million.[24] In 2025 the AFL is expected to take over the ownership.[25]

Like Waverley Park, it was built specifically for Australian rules football, unlike most grounds of a similar size in Australia which were originally designed for cricket. It is used as a home ground by the AFL clubs Carlton, Essendon, North Melbourne, St Kilda and Western Bulldogs. Other Melbourne-based teams in the AFL play home games at Etihad Stadium.

[edit] Football Park

Football Park (presently known as AAMI Stadium due to a naming rights arrangement) is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, Adelaide, South Australia. It was built in 1973 by the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and is now the home ground of the Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide Power. AAMI Stadium is the fourth largest Australian Rules Football stadium in Australia in terms of crowd capacity, behind Etihad Stadium, ANZ Stadium and the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

[edit] Sydney Cricket Ground

The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is a sports stadium in Sydney. It is used for Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches, and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian Football League. It is owned and operated by the SCG Trust that also manages the Sydney Football Stadium located next door.

[edit] Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval, known colloquially as Subi, and currently known as Patersons Stadium under its naming rights, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. It is located in the suburb of Subiaco, about four kilometres west of Perth's city centre.

Subiaco Oval is mainly used for Australian rules football matches, being the home ground for the West Coast Eagles and Fremantle Football Club, the two Western Australian teams in the Australian Football League. The ground is also occasionally used for West Australian Football League matches. The ground is not exclusively used for Australian rules football though, having hosted National Soccer League grand finals, regular rugby union Test Matches (including games in the 2003 Rugby World Cup), International Rules and sometimes, rock concerts. It became the home ground for Perth's Super 14 rugby union team, the Western Force, in 2006.

[edit] Brisbane Cricket Ground

The Gabba is a major sports stadium in the Queensland capital of Brisbane. It is named after the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located. The official name of the ground, however, is still Brisbane Cricket Ground.[26][27]

The land on which the ground sits was first set aside for use as a cricket ground in 1895. The first cricket match was held on the site on 19 December 1896 between Parliament and The Press. The Gabba was not used for interstate or international cricket until 1931. The first Sheffield Shield match scheduled for The Gabba was to be played between 31 January 1931 and 4 February 1931. However it was washed out without the captains even bothering to toss a coin. The first cricket Test match at The Gabba was played between Australia and South Africa between 27 November and 3 December 1931.

Over the years The Gabba has hosted athletics, Australian rules football, baseball, concerts, cricket, cycling, rugby league, rugby union, soccer and pony and greyhound races.

Between 1993 and 2005 The Gabba was redeveloped in six stages at a cost of A$128,000,000. The dimensions of the playing field are now 170.6 metres (east-west) by 149.9 metres (north-south). The seating capacity of the ground is now 42,000. In its appearance the Gabba now almost resembles a mini Melbourne Cricket Ground complete with light towers and a gigantic modern grandstand ringing the ground providing an intimidating and noisy atmosphere for visiting teams.

[edit] Kardinia Park

Kardinia Park, currently known as Simonds Stadium, is an Australian rules football (AFL) stadium located in South Geelong, Victoria. The stadium is the home ground of the Geelong Football Club.

[edit] York Park

York Park is located in the Inveresk and York Park Precinct, Launceston, Australia, and is the largest capacity stadium in Tasmania, holding 20,000. Since 2004, it has been known as Aurora Stadium, under a six-year naming-rights sponsorship deal with Aurora Energy. It is primarily used to host Australian rules football and has a record crowd of 20,971, when Hawthorn played Richmond in an AFL match in June 2006.

York Park has been used as an international sports venue since 2001. Before then, the ground was used for North Launceston Football Club games and the occasional state game. The York Park area was originally swampland before becoming Launceston's showground in 1873. Work started on transforming the area into a sports ground in 1919 and was concluded in 1921. Australian rules football has been played at the venue since 1923, and other sports such as cricket, tennis, bowling, cycling and foot-racing have been staged there. A redevelopment at a cost of over A$20 million was completed in 2005. Before the redevelopment, York Park hosted major events such as an Ike and Tina Turner concert and a Billy Graham evangelical performance. Since then, it has hosted two Crusty Demons performances as well as an Elton John concert in November 2007.

Since 2001, the Hawthorn Football Club has played between two and five Australian Football League matches a year at the ground, with the St Kilda Football Club also playing two matches each year from 2003–06. The Tasmanian government has a $16.4 million, five year sponsorship deal with Hawthorn, that includes four home and away season games and one National Australia Bank Cup pre-season match to played at the venue each year. On 21 February the ground will become home of the Tasmanian Hall of Fame.

[edit] Carrara Stadium

Carrara Stadium or Carrara Sports Complex, currently known as Metricon Stadium, is a sporting venue on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Carrara.

It received substantial redevelopment work prior to the entry of the Brisbane Bears for their entry to the VFL/AFL in 1987, but after the Bears relocated to Brisbane Cricket Ground in 1993, it has been used for other sports including rugby league, rugby union and even baseball. It was re-developed again for the introduction of, and is currently used by, the Gold Coast Suns to the AFL in 2011.

[edit] Manuka Oval

Manuka Oval is a 15,000 capacity stadium (10,000 seated) located in the suburb of Griffith, adjacent to Manuka, a business district of Canberra, Australia's capital. The stadium is home to many events throughout the year, including cricket matches in the summer months and Australian rules football matches in the winter months. Work began on Manuka Oval to erect a fence, along with other improvements made in 1929. The field had previously been used to casually play rugby league and Australian rules football. The first cricket pitch was played on in April 1930. In 2004, Manuka Oval celebrated the 75th anniversary of its formal establishment.

[edit] Marrara Stadium

Marrara Stadium (also known as Football Park and currently as TIO Stadium) is a sports ground in Darwin, Australia. The ground was built in 1991 and Australian rules football is primarily played at the venue. This includes Northern Territory Football League matches, pre-season Australian Football League matches, and also one AFL Premiership match each year - a 'home' game for the Western Bulldogs. The record crowd of 17,500 was set in 2002 for an AFL pre-season practice match between the Aboriginal All-Stars and Carlton Football Club which the All-Stars won.

The stadium hosted two cricket Tests in 2003 with Australia against Bangladesh and 2004 against Sri Lanka, as well as a total of four one day internationals against Bangladesh in 2003 and 2008. The current total capacity is around 15,000 including 5,000 seats.

In 2007 the Western Bulldogs played the Fremantle Dockers, in the Dockers' first home and away season game at the ground. Port Adelaide Power has also played three games at TIO against the Western Bulldogs, in 2004, 2006 and 2008.

[edit] Cazaly's Stadium

Cazaly's Stadium, located in Cairns, Queensland, will host one Richmond home game per season between 2011 and 2013.

[edit] Adelaide Oval

Adelaide Oval, in Adelaide, South Australia, is the main venue for cricket in Adelaide. It was once the primary venue for SANFL matches, until the league built Football Park in West Lakes in 1973. Adelaide Oval hosted its first AFL match in Round 24, 2011 season between Port Adelaide and Melbourne and will host further matches once its redevelopment is complete.[28]

[edit] Former major grounds

The following table comprises a list of former grounds that were used to play VFL/AFL matches on.

Most of the grounds were the original home of current teams (for example, Arden Street Oval was North Melbourne's home ground) and have seen ceased playing VFL/AFL matches, usually due to location and lack of capacity. These grounds now serve as a boutique training oval and administrative base for many AFL clubs.

Some of the former grounds were also used as clubs were forced relocate during World War II whilst their home ground was being used for military purposes.

Waverley Park, located in Mulgrave, Victoria was the first purpose-built stadium for VFL/AFL matches, opening in 1970. Original plans called for the grounds capacity to be 140,000, making it one of the largest stadiums in the world. The full plans were never built however and Waverley's capacity was set at 78,000, although this was broken on a number of occasions including the Queens Birthday Holiday in 1981 when a ground record 92,935 fans attended a match between Hawthorn and Collingwood.

Waverley, with its planned higher capacity was originally to be a replacement for the Melbourne Cricket Ground as host of the VFL's Grand Final. However, in 1982/1983, when the extensions to finish the original plans were due to commence, the Government of Victoria refused to approve the plans for the stadium because the upgrade would have threatened the Melbourne Cricket Ground's right to host the Grand Final. Hence, no further development ever occurred and the capacity was set at 78,000. By the end of the grounds life as a major venue, its capacity had fallen to 72,000 due to various upgrades such as eliminating standing room areas.

  • Since the ground was situated outside Melbourne, it lacked the appropriate public transport infrastructure.
  • With the ground's ever growing capacity, the number of parking spaces became an issue.
  • Inadequate public and corporate facilities (undercover seating, toilets, catering facilities).
  • Since the ground was unusually larger than most AFL/VFL grounds at the time, the public felt they were too far away from the game.

After the AFL sold the ground to Mirvac in 2001, the ground is now used as the administrative home of the Hawthorn Football Club.

Princes Park (now known as Visy Park) was the last of the older venues to see an AFL game, with the last match occurring in 2005. The ground had been home to the Carlton Football Club since its inauguration in 1897 and various other teams throughout its time as an AFL ground. It was the AFL's decision to close the stadium after it felt it couldn't cope with modern day crowds. The ground is still used for VFL and TAC Cup matches, and it is the administrative home to the Carlton Football Club.

Ground City State Capacity Year First Used Year Last Used Tenants
Arden Street Oval North Melbourne Victoria 15,000[29] 1925 1985 North Melbourne
Brunswick Street Oval North Fitzroy Victoria 15,000[30] 1897 1966 Fitzroy (defunct)
Corio Oval Geelong Victoria  ? 1897 1940 Geelong
East Melbourne Cricket Ground East Melbourne Victoria 10,000 1897 1921 Essendon: 1897 - 1915, 1918 - 1921
University (defunct): 1908 - 1910
Glenferrie Oval Hawthorn Victoria 10,000[31] 1925 1973 Hawthorn
Junction Oval St Kilda Victoria 8,000[32] 1897 1984 St Kilda: 1897 - 1915, 1918–1941, 1944 - 1964
Fitzroy (defunct): 1970 - 1984
Lake Oval Albert Park Victoria 14,000[33] 1897 1981 South Melbourne (now Sydney)
Moorabbin Oval Moorabbin Victoria 27,000[34] 1965 1992 St Kilda
Princes Park Carlton Victoria 35,000[35] 1897 2005 Carlton: 1897 - 2005
Fitzroy (defunct): 1967 - 1969, 1987 - 1993
Hawthorn: 1974 - 1991
South Melbourne (now Sydney): 1942 - 1943
Western Bulldogs: 1997 - 1999
Punt Road Oval Richmond Victoria 15,000[36] 1908 1964 Melbourne: 1942 - 1946, 1956
Richmond: 1908 - 1964
Toorak Park Prahran Victoria 15,000[37] 1942 1946 St Kilda: 1942 - 1943
South Melbourne (now Sydney): 1944 - 1946
Victoria Park Abbotsford Victoria 27,000[38] 1897 1999 Collingwood: 1897 - 1999
Fitzroy (defunct): 1985 - 1986
WACA Ground Perth Western Australia 35,000[39] 1987 2000 West Coast: 1987 - 2000
Fremantle: 1995 - 2000
Waverley Park Mulgrave Victoria 72,000[40] 1970 1999 Hawthorn - 1992 - 1999
St Kilda:1993 - 1999
Every team between 1970–91
Western Oval West Footscray Victoria 25,000[41] 1925 1997 Fitzroy (defunct): 1994 - 1996
Footscray: 1925, 1941, 1943–1997
Windy Hill Essendon Victoria 15,000[42] 1922 1991 Essendon

[edit] Former minor grounds

Minor grounds have been used in the VFL/AFL, but only sparringly. One of the main reasons that minor grounds have been used in VFL/AFL was to spread the game to other parts of the country. A great example of this is Round 8, 1952, where all games for that round were played at minor grounds throughout Australia. Other minor grounds have been used as an "experimentation", where the club tests out the ground for future basing there, as did North Melbourne in 1965.

Minor grounds were also used throughout World War II, as some of the larger grounds throughout Victoria were being occupied by servicemen, such as Footscray in 1942.

Ground City State Capacity Times Used Year Last Used Match Played
Albury Oval Albury New South Wales 25,000[43] 1 1952 South Melbourne (now Sydney) vs. North Melbourne: Round 8, 1952
Brisbane Exhibition Ground Bowen Hills Queensland 25,490[44] 1 1952 Essendon vs. Geelong: Round 8, 1952
Bruce Stadium Canberra Australian Capital Territory 25,000[45] 1 1995 Fitzroy (defunct) vs. West Coast: Round 9, 1995
Coburg City Oval Coburg Victoria 25,000[46] 9 1965 North Melbourne home games for the 1965 VFL season.
Euroa Oval Euroa, Victoria Victoria 7,500[47] 1 1952 Carlton vs. Hawthorn: Round 8, 1952
North Hobart Oval Hobart Tasmania 18,000[48] 5 1992 Fitzroy (defunct) vs. Melbourne: Round 8, 1952
Fitzroy (defunct): two home games in each of 1991 and 1992
Motordrome Melbourne Victoria 30 000 3 1932 Melbourne: three home games in early 1932 when MCG was being resurfaced.
Yarraville Oval Yarraville Victoria 10,000 7 1942 Footscray home games for the 1942 VFL season.
Yallourn Oval Yallourn Victoria 3,500[49] 1 1952 St Kilda vs. Footscray: Round 8, 1952

[edit] Pre-season venues

Further information: Australian Football League pre-season competition

The following list, is a list of the venues that have been used in AFL Pre-season competition.

Many of the grounds were used in the Regional Challenge stage of the AFL Pre-season competition, NAB Cup, which was used to bring AFL games to regional centres of South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia and Victoria.

Ground City State Capacity Used in Pre-season Series
Blacktown AFL/Cricket Stadium Blacktown New South Wales 10,000 2010
Narrandera Sports Ground Narrandera New South Wales  ? 2007 and 2008
Noarlunga Oval Port Noarlunga South Australia 12,000[50] 2008
Collingwood Park Albany Western Australia  ? 2008
Deakin Reserve Shepparton Victoria  ? 2008 and 2004
Casey Fields Cranbourne Victoria 4,000 2008
Blue Lake Sports Park Mount Gambier South Australia  ? 2007
Quandong Park Red Cliffs Victoria  ? 2007 and 2006
Queen Elizabeth Oval Bendigo Victoria 18,000[51] 2008, 2006 and 2005
Falcons Park Morwell Victoria 12,000[52] 2005
Cazaly's Stadium Cairns Queensland 12,000[53] 2008
Traeger Park Alice Springs Northern Territory 10,000[54] 2008, 2007 and 2004
Arena Joondalup Joondalup Western Australia 16,000[55] 2005
Fremantle Oval Fremantle Western Australia 17,500[56] 2006
Rushton Park Mandurah Western Australia 10,000[57] 2005
Medibank Private Stadium Leederville Western Australia 18,000[58] 2006
Lavington Sports Ground Albury New South Wales 25,000[43] 2006 and 2005
Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground Newcastle New South Wales 20,000[59] 2004
North Sydney Oval North Sydney New South Wales 20,000[60] 2004
Giffin Park Coorparoo Queensland  ? 2004
Coffs Harbour International Stadium Coffs Harbour New South Wales 20,000[61] 2003
Nuriootpa Oval Nuriootpa South Australia  ? 2003
Beachlands Oval Geraldton Western Australia  ? 2003

[edit] International exhibition / pre-season venues

Further information: Australian Football Exhibition Match

The following is a list of all of the international venues where a game of AFL has been played (in order of year last used), whether it be for a pre-season competition match or for an exhibition match.

The first international AFL exhibition match was in London, England in 1916. A team of Australian soldiers stationed in England at the time formed a team to play against a "training group". The game brought a crowd of 3,000 people that even included the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and King Manuel II of Portugal.

The more recent AFL international matches have been part of the pre-season competition format and been highly successful. Countries that have hosted such matches include: United Arab Emirates, South Africa and United Kingdom. There are also plans to expand the game further into countries such as India[62] and Japan.[63]

Name of Ground City Country Match Played Date Attendance
Ghantoot Polo and Racing Club Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Collingwood vs. Adelaide 9 February 2008 6,102 [64]
SuperSport Park Centurion South Africa Carlton vs. Fremantle 2 February 2008 3,500[65] - 5,222[66]
(reports vary)
The Oval London United Kingdom Various matches
Intramural Field at UCLA Los Angeles United States Sydney vs. North Melbourne 15 January 2006 3,200[67]
Westpac Stadium Wellington New Zealand Brisbane vs. Adelaide 17 February 2001 7,500
Western Bulldogs vs. Hawthorn 29 January 2000 11,666
Newlands Cricket Ground Cape Town South Africa Brisbane vs. Fremantle 22 February 1998 10,123
Basin Reserve Wellington New Zealand Sydney vs. Melbourne 3 January 1998 7,820
Auckland New Zealand St Kilda vs. Geelong 5 October 1991 8,500
Civic Stadium Portland, Oregon United States Melbourne vs. West Coast 12 October 1990 14,787
Joe Robbie Stadium Miami United States Essendon vs. Hawthorn 14 October 1989 10,069
Collingwood vs. Geelong 8 October 1988 7,500
SkyDome Toronto Canada Melbourne vs. Geelong 12 October 1989 24,639
Varsity Stadium Toronto Canada Collingwood vs. Hawthorn 16 October 1988 18,500
Yokohama Stadium Yokohama Japan Carlton vs. Hawthorn 3 November 1987 13,000
Essendon vs. Hawthorn 25 October 1987 25,000
BC Place Vancouver Canada Melbourne vs. North Melbourne 18 October 1987 7,980
Melbourne vs. Sydney 9 October 1987 32,789
Athens Greece Carlton vs. Orlando All Stars  ?, 1972  ?
Singapore Singapore Carlton vs. Orlando All Stars  ?, 1972  ?
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre London England Australia vs. Britain  ?, 1967  ?
Big Rec Stadium Los Angeles United States Geelong vs. Melbourne 26 October 1963 3,500
Honolulu United States Geelong vs. Melbourne 20 October 1963 1,500
Queen's Club London England Australian Division vs. Training Groups 28 October 1916 3,000[68]

[edit] See also

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