2009 AFL season
2009 AFL premiership season | |
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File:AFL 2009 Logo.jpg | |
Teams | 16 |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 176 |
Total attendance | 6,373,355 (36,212 per match) |
Highest | 86,972 |
The 2009 Australian Football League season commenced on 26 March 2009 and will conclude on 26 September, 2009. The season will mark the 113th season of the VFL/AFL competition. The season will consist of 22 home and away rounds and 4 rounds of finals, culminating in the Grand Final, to determine the 2009 AFL Premier.
Pre-season
AFL pre-season draft
The main hype around the 2009 pre-season draft was fallen ex-eagle star Ben Cousins' draft by Richmond after they were refused by the AFL to place injured player Graham Polak on the rookie list and have two draft picks.
AFL rookie draft
NAB Cup
Geelong won their second Pre-Season cup after beating Collingwood in the final.
Premiership season
Round 1 (Season Launch)
- In the season-opener on Thursday night, Carlton easily defeated Richmond, and Richmond's high-profile recruit Ben Cousins injured his hamstring in the final quarter; he had suffered the same injury in his final match with West Coast in 2007.
- The opening match between Richmond and Carlton is the highest attended game thus far with a crowd of 86,972 at the MCG.
- Michael Voss began his Brisbane Lions coaching career with a win; the Lions beat West Coast by 9 points at the Gabba, after trailing by 38 points during the second quarter. For the eleventh straight year, the Lions won their first home game of the season.
Round 2
Round 3 (Easter)
- Brisbane Lions snapped a 9-match winless streak against Sydney, beating them by 33 points, their first win over the Swans since Round 1, 2004.
Round 4
- Sydney won its twelfth straight match over Carlton.
- St Kilda defeated Fremantle by 83 points, and restricted them to 4.4 (28), their second-lowest ever score at that time, and the equal-lowest score ever recorded at Docklands Stadium (tied with St Kilda's 3.10 (28) in 2002).
- Geelong midfielder Gary Ablett, Jr. recorded 46 disposals with 33 handpasses as his side defeated Adelaide by 48 points. It broke West Coast's Matt Priddis' year-old record for most handpasses in a game, and equalled Collingwood's Nathan Buckley's ten-year-old record for the most disposals in a game since the length of the quarters was shortened to twenty minutes in 1994.
- North Melbourne defender Daniel Pratt became the first player to give away a free kick for deliberately rushing a behind, in his side's win against Essendon.
- Warren Tredrea kicked 6 goals for the 2nd straight week in Port's win over Hawthorn.
Round 5 (Anzac Day)
- Port Adelaide were restricted to their second-lowest score in club history, going down to St Kilda 15.12 (102) to 5.6 (36).
- Essendon's David Zaharakis kicked the winning goal in the final seconds, ensuring that Essendon beat Collingwood for the first time on Anzac Day since 2005.
- Richmond won their first match of the season, winning against North Melbourne by 36 points.
- Fremantle also won their first match of the season, defeating Sydney by 21 points, in the process snapping a five-match winless streak against the Swans which had stretched back to 2004.
- Geelong defeated Brisbane Lions by 93 points. The Brisbane Lions' score of 5.3 (33) was the lowest in club history (although both predecessors of the merged club, the Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy had scored lower). The club's previous lowest score of 5.5 (35) was also scored against Geelong at Skilled Stadium, two years earlier in 2007 AFL season. Additionally, Geelong amassed 490 disposals, smashing the old record of 469 disposals set by West Coast in 2007 and matched by Geelong in 2008; their 254 handpasses was also a record. These two records would stand for seven days.
- Cold and rainy conditions in Melbourne saw the MCG host its lowest crowd (14,129) since 2004.
Round 6
- In the Hawthorn-Carlton game, Carlton's Brendan Fevola and Hawthorn's Jarryd Roughead both kicked 8 goals for the game. In the final minute of the game, Fevola had a chance to win the game by a point, but his shot hit the post and Hawthorn held on for a 4-point win.
- Dustin Fletcher played his 300th match for Essendon, but his side went down to Brisbane Lions. In the same game, Matthew Lloyd became the 8th player in the history of the VFL/AFL to kick 900 goals.
- Geelong amassed 498 disposals, including 259 handpasses, against Melbourne at the MCG, breaking the two records which they had set the previous week.
Round 7
- Essendon snapped a six-match losing streak against Hawthorn with its 44-point victory on Friday night.
- Sydney's 51-point loss against Geelong was its heaviest since 2004. Sydney's Michael O'Loughlin did however kick his 500th career goal in that match.
- Brisbane Lions beat Richmond for the first time since 2004, running out 26-point winners. Ben Cousins returned for Richmond and went through the game without injury.
- After leading by as many as five goals, North Melbourne defeated Port Adelaide by 5 points. The crowd of 14,342 is currently the lowest at Docklands Stadium this season.
- Fremantle won in Queensland for the first time ever, beating Carlton at Gold Coast Stadium.
- Western Bulldogs beat Adelaide at AAMI Stadium for the first time since 2001.
- St Kilda and Collingwood played a Monday night game, the AFL's first for several seasons. St Kilda won easily, and Collingwood's score of 5.10 (40) was its lowest with Mick Malthouse as coach.
Round 8
- Sydney defeated West Coast by five points. It was the eighth time in the past ten encounters between the teams that the final margin was less than one goal.
- For the second week in a row, Brisbane Lions came back from 25 points down mid-way in the second quarter, defeating Adelaide by 36 points. In the same game, Brisbane's Daniel Bradshaw surpassed Alastair Lynch's record of 460 goals for Brisbane.
- Both St Kilda and Essendon wore clash jumpers instead of their traditional strips in their game.
Round 9 (Indigenous Round)
- Western Bulldogs lost to Geelong by two points after Brad Johnson missed a shot for goal (from near the behind post) after the siren. It was the second time in twelve months that Johnson had missed a game-winning goal after the siren.
- North Melbourne overcame a 26 point quarter-time deficit to record a 13 point victory against Fremantle.
- Essendon won its first game against Richmond in two years in the annual "Dreamtime at the 'G" match.
- Adelaide snapped a 3 game losing streak to beat Carlton by 44 points. It was the second time for the season that the Crows had kept its opposition goalless to half time (the first being in Round 5 against Melbourne).
Round 10
- Western Bulldogs beat Sydney at Manuka Oval by 40 points. The Bulldogs set up the win with thirteen unanswered goals in the first half, but well after that Sydney's Barry Hall kicked his 600th career goal.
- St Kilda held Melbourne goalless in the second half of their 37 point victory. This was Melbourne's second goalless half of the season (the other was the first half against Adelaide in Round 5), and the second time St Kilda had held its opponent goalless for two consecutive quarters this season (the other was the second and third quarters against Sydney in Round 1).
- Collingwood's Dane Swan amassed 48 disposals in Sunday's game against Port Adelaide, breaking the previous record of 46 held by Nathan Buckley and Gary Ablett, Jr. for most disposals in a game since the quarters were shortened to 20 minutes in 1994.
Round 11 (Women’s Round, Queen's Birthday Holiday Weekend)
- Richmond lost by 68 points against the Western Bulldogs after leading by a mere two points at halftime. It was Terry Wallace's final match in charge of the Tigers, who had announced his retirement earlier in the week.
- St Kilda won its 11th consecutive game, breaking the previous club record of 10 set in 2004 by beating North Melbourne by 46 points, despite trailing by almost five goals in the first quarter.
- The streak of 11 in a row by both St Kilda and Geelong is the best start to a premiership season since Essendon in 2000.
- Carlton won its third straight match against Brisbane Lions, the first time they have done so since 2000.
- Adelaide defeated Essendon by 16 points in a game notable for having the highest combined goal-kicking accuracy in VFL/AFL history. The combined score of 39.10 (244) had an overall goalkicking accuracy of 79.6%; the previous best was 76.1%, when Essendon and St Kilda combined for 35.11 (221) in Round 20, 1984.
Round 12 (Split Round)
- Geelong and St Kilda became the sixth and seventh club to begin a season with twelve consecutive wins, the feat having previously been achieved by Collingwood in 1929, Geelong in 1953, Melbourne in 1956, West Coast in 1991 and Essendon in 2000. In the competition's history, every team with 12 consecutive wins has reached the grand final.
- Richmond defeated West Coast by fifteen points in Jade Rawlings' first game as Richmond's caretaker coach, and Ben Cousins' first game against his former team.
- Western Bulldogs set a new record for the highest number of interchanges made in their win against Port Adelaide,[citation needed] played in hot conditions in Darwin.
- Brisbane Lions recorded its first ever win at Aurora Stadium, defeating Hawthorn by 42 points. The Lions outscored the Hawks 10.6 (66) to 1.4 (10) in the second half, and held Hawthorn goalless in the final quarter; it was Hawthorn's first goalless quarter since Round 14 2007.
- In wet weather in Adelaide, North Melbourne was held to 3.6 (24), the club's lowest score since 1971, the lowest score by any team since Round 4 1999, the lowest score ever conceded by the Adelaide Crows, and the lowest score ever at AAMI Stadium. It was also Adelaide's eighth straight win over the Roos.
- Collingwood defeated Sydney by 23 points, extending their winning streak against Sydney to 7 games.
- Geelong defeated Fremantle by 19 points. It was the second time that Geelong have won the first 12 rounds of the season, and became the first ever team in VFL/AFL history to achieve that feat.
Round 13
- St Kilda and Geelong became the sixth and seventh club to begin a season with thirteen consecutive wins, the feat having previously been achieved by Collingwood in 1929, Geelong in 1953, Melbourne in 1956, West Coast in 1991 and Essendon in 2000. In the competition's history, every team with 13 consecutive wins has reached the grand final.
- Matthew Lloyd overtook Leigh Matthews with his 916th career goal to become the 7th highest goalkicker in AFL/VFL history during Essendon's win over Carlton.
- Sydney lost four matches in a row for the first time since 2004, by going down to Adelaide.
- St Kilda and Geelong won their round 13 matches, with wins over Richmond and Port Adelaide respectively, both extending their season records to 13-0.
- Richmond was held scoreless by St Kilda in both the second and third quarters of their game. For St Kilda, it was the third time they held their opponent goalless in two consecutive quarters this season. For Richmond, they became the first team to be held scoreless in two consecutive quarters in a game since Fitzroy in Round 1 1995 (Note: Fremantle was held scoreless in consective quarters across separate weeks, in Rounds 11 and 12 2004).
Round 14
- The round 14 match between St Kilda and Geelong had a change in timeslot, moving from 2:10pm to 3:10pm so that the Seven Network could broadcast the game live. All capital cities (except Sydney and Brisbane, which received a live telecast of the Sydney vs North Melbourne on the same day) received a live telecast of this match. This game broke the record set in Round 8, 1991 between West Coast and Essendon as being the latest into a season that two undefeated teams have played against each other. This game also broke the previous record of the largest crowd at an AFL game held at Docklands Stadium with an attendance of 54,444.
- Port Adelaide beat the Brisbane Lions by 48 points, its biggest ever win over Brisbane.
- Western Bulldogs held Hawthorn goalless in the first half of their game, and reigning Coleman Medallist Lance Franklin was held goalless for the first time since 2006, breaking a streak of 71 consecutive games scoring at least one goal.
- Melbourne won only its second game of the season by 20 points over West Coast in an emotional game after club president, Jim Stynes, announced that he had cancer earlier that week.
Round 15
- Collingwood and Adelaide extended their winning streaks to seven.
- Geelong lost 2 consecutive matches for the first time since Rounds 4 and 5, 2007, going down to Brisbane Lions. It was Brisbane's first victory over Geelong since 2005. Brisbane became the second team (after St Kilda) to beat last year's grand finalists.
- Melbourne won two games in a row for the first time since 2007, Port Adelaide being their latest victims.
- Carlton's Brendan Fevola kicked a career-best nine goals in his team's win against Richmond.
- Adelaide's dominant victory against Fremantle saw the latter held to only 1.7 (13). This was the lowest score in Fremantle's history (its previous lowest was 3.7 (25) in 2004), the lowest score by a team at AAMI Stadium and the lowest score ever conceded by the Adelaide Crows (the previous record for each was set by North Melbourne three weeks earlier), and the lowest score by any team since 1961, when Richmond scored 0.8 (8). Fremantle was held to 0.1 (1) in the first half, the lowest half-time score since Fitzroy was scoreless in the first half in 1995, and the third time this season that Adelaide had held its opponent goalless to half time. Fremantle's 117-point loss was the equal worst in club history.
- St Kilda extended its winning streak to 15 wins with a hard-fought victory over West Coast. St Kilda became the third club to begin a season with fifteen consecutive wins, the feat having previously been achieved by Collingwood in 1929 and Essendon in 2000. In the competition's history, every team with fifteen consecutive wins has reached the AFL Grand Final and has been victorious.
Round 16
- Carlton broke a twelve-game losing streak against Sydney with its victory. Sydney suffered its heaviest defeat since 2004 by going down to Carlton by 61 points.
- Brisbane Lions won its fifth straight match over Fremantle.
- North Melbourne overcame a 43-point deficit early in the third quarter to record the first draw of the season against Richmond.
- St Kilda joined Collingwood in 1929, Carlton in 1995, Essendon in 2000 and Brisbane Lions in 2001 by winning 16 consecutive matches within one season. In the competition's history, every team with sixteen consecutive wins has won the AFL Grand Final.
Round 17 (Rivalry Round)
- The Round 17 match between Collingwood and Carlton was the second highest attended match of the season with a crowd of 84,938 at the MCG. It also marked the 5th match in the 2009 home and away season attended by more than 80,000, the first time this has occurred in VFL/AFL history and the first time it has occurred between the same two teams in the one season, the other match was in Round 8 when Collingwood and Carlton attracted a crowd of 82,834.
- An additional estimated 497,000 people watched Collingwood and Carlton on TV in Melbourne alone.[1]
- Despite modest crowds at Manuka Oval and the Gabba, Round 17, 2009 had the third largest attendance of any single round of the AFL with an atendance of 361,450. The first and second highest attended rounds were Round 22, 1998 and Round 1, 2007. Over 240,000 people in Melbourne attended AFL matches in a 48 hour period, 6% of the city's population.
- Geelong made a memborable Grand Final rematch, winning by a point kicked after the siren by Jimmy Bartel after trailing by as much as 28 in the 4th quarter. This was only the third instance of an AFL team winning the game with an after-the-siren behind (before Ken Newland in 1972 and Tony Lockett in 1996).
- Jonathan Brown kicked his 400th career goal, as the Brisbane Lions beat North Melbourne.
- The Melbourne vs. Sydney was the lowest-attended match of the season, with just 7,311 attending.
- St Kilda joined Collingwood in 1929 and Essendon in 2000 by winning seventeen consecutive matches within one season. In the competition's history, every team with seventeen consecutive wins has won the AFL Grand Final.
Round 18
- St Kilda joined Collingwood in 1929 and Essendon in 2000 by winning eighteen consecutive matches within one season. In the competition's history, every team with eighteen consecutive wins has won the AFL Grand Final.
- Richmond's Jordan McMahon kicked a goal after the final siren from outside the 50-metre arc to hand his team a four-point win over Melbourne.
- Brad Johnson became the games record holder for the Western Bulldogs this weekend in the Bulldogs' win over Fremantle. His current mark of 342 games surpassed Chris Grant's old record of 341 games for the club.
Round 19
- Carlton defeated Geelong for the first time in more than five years.
- St Kilda joined Essendon in 2000 by winning nineteen consecutive matches within one season. In the competition's history, every team with nineteen consecutive wins has made the AFL Grand Final and been victorious.
- Brisbane Lions' Daniel Bradshaw kicked a goal after the final siren to draw his side's game against Essendon.
- West Coast won its first match away from Perth since Round 21, 2007 with its five-point win over the Western Bulldogs at Docklands Stadium.
- North Melbourne won its first match under Darren Crocker by beating Melbourne.
- Sydney defeated Richmond by 55 points; by doing this the Swans celebrated Michael O'Loughlin's 300th game whilst at the same time spoiling Ben Cousins' 250th game celebrations.
Round 20 (Green Round)
- Collingwood produced their biggest win for the year, beating Richmond by 93 points.
- Geelong defeated Sydney to secure a top 2 finish and the associated advantages for the third year in succession.
- The game between Melbourne and Fremantle, played partially in heavy rain, was the lowest attended match at the MCG since 2004, with an attendence of 13,004.
- Carlton defeated Port Adelaide to clinch a position in the finals, ending the club's seven-year finals drought, the longest in club history.
- Essendon defeated St Kilda by two points to inflict St Kilda's first loss of the season, ending its 19-game winning streak, the fifth-longest winning streak of all time. St Kilda's captain Nick Riewoldt had the chance to win the game with a 45-metre set shot after the final siren, but he missed the goal. It was also St Kilda's first loss at Docklands Stadium since round 8, 2008.
Round 21
- Western Bulldogs have all but secured a position inside the top 4 after defeating Geelong by 14 points. The win also secured 1st position on the ladder for St Kilda and the 2009 Minor Premiership, its first since 1997.
- Carlton scored its' biggest score since 2001, and its 24.9.(153) scoreline was also three points more than what they achieved against Richmond in round one.
- Brisbane Lions produced their second biggest comeback against Port Adelaide. After a 10 goal first quarter saw Port Adelaide lead as much as by 47 points, Brisbane Lions kicked 13.9 (87) to 4.8 (32) after the first quarter to eventually win by 15 points.
- After winning 19 consecutive matches, St Kilda were defeated by North Melbourne, losing their 2nd game in a row and kicking their lowest score of the season, 8.11 (59). With this loss to North Melbourne who were 13th place at the time, in betting odds St. Kilda had moved from clear favourites to win the flag, to equal favourites to win the flag along side Geelong and Collingwood who were all at $3.30 at the end of round 21.
- Collingwood won its eighth straight match over Sydney. This result confirmed Collingwood's first top four finish since 2003, and marked Sydney's first bottom eight finish since 2002.
- Fremantle recorded their highest score of the season and the final margin of 54 points was Essendon's second biggest loss of the season. By defeating Essendon, Fremantle have guaranteed Melbourne the wooden spoon, and left eighth position open until the final round.
Round 22 (Final Round)
- Essendon secured eighth spot and their first finals appearance since 2004 with a 17 point win over Hawthorn in a fiery encounter. Hawthorn is the first team since Adelaide in 1999 to miss the finals after winning the Flag the previous year. It is also the first time in 25 years that Essendon, Carlton and Collingwood have all made the finals.
- Brisbane Lions secured a home final, by beating Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground. It's their first win at the SCG since 2002, and overall in Sydney since 2003.
- The game between Port Adelaide and North Melbourne, which was held in wet and stormy weather, saw an attendance of 17,284 at AAMI Stadium, its lowest AFL crowd ever.
Win/Loss Table
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Ladder |
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Adelaide | 4 | 32 | 24 | 48 | 17 | 26 | 32 | 36 | 44 | 27 | 16 | 44 | 16 | 17 | 117 | 57 | 70 | 2 | 21 | 27 | 74 | 72 | 6 |
Brisbane Lions | 9 | 19 | 33 | 17 | 93 | 43 | 26 | 36 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 42 | 55 | 48 | 43 | 15 | 41 | 40 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 7 |
Carlton | 83 | 19 | 4 | 17 | 43 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 44 | 41 | 6 | 9 | 69 | 15 | 20 | 61 | 54 | 10 | 35 | 54 | 57 | 72 | 5 |
Collingwood | 4 | 53 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 52 | 88 | 51 | 22 | 38 | 66 | 23 | 84 | 35 | 1 | 45 | 54 | 40 | 21 | 93 | 41 | 24 | 3 |
Essendon | 41 | 38 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 43 | 44 | 19 | 40 | 64 | 16 | 48 | 69 | 35 | 35 | 33 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 17 | 8 |
Fremantle | 63 | 38 | 24 | 83 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 84 | 15 | 117 | 15 | 5 | 31 | 42 | 63 | 54 | 40 | 14 |
Geelong | 8 | 20 | 27 | 48 | 93 | 43 | 51 | 70 | 2 | 64 | 22 | 19 | 34 | 6 | 43 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 2 |
Hawthorn | 8 | 38 | 54 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 44 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 42 | 20 | 88 | 9 | 45 | 1 | 18 | 25 | 27 | 42 | 17 | 9 |
Melbourne | 34 | 53 | 57 | 8 | 17 | 43 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 37 | 66 | 48 | 55 | 20 | 11 | 46 | 18 | 4 | 62 | 63 | 57 | 47 | 16 |
North Melbourne | 34 | 15 | 54 | 12 | 36 | 52 | 5 | 70 | 13 | 18 | 46 | 44 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 62 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
Port Adelaide | 41 | 50 | 57 | 30 | 66 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 38 | 24 | 93 | 34 | 48 | 11 | 36 | 70 | 18 | 42 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 10 |
Richmond | 83 | 20 | 47 | 8 | 36 | 19 | 26 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 68 | 15 | 56 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 93 | 42 | 80 | 15 |
St Kilda | 15 | 32 | 97 | 83 | 66 | 28 | 88 | 19 | 16 | 37 | 46 | 9 | 56 | 6 | 20 | 57 | 45 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 1 |
Sydney | 15 | 38 | 33 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 51 | 5 | 55 | 40 | 11 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 35 | 61 | 18 | 1 | 55 | 5 | 41 | 8 | 11 |
West Coast | 9 | 50 | 97 | 33 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 41 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 36 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 38 | 74 | 80 | 12 |
Western Bulldogs | 63 | 15 | 47 | 33 | 43 | 28 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 68 | 93 | 22 | 88 | 1 | 33 | 45 | 31 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 24 | 4 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Ladder |
+ | Win | Qualified for finals | |
- | Loss | X | Bye |
Draw | Eliminated |
Bold – Home game
Ladder
Finals Series
Qualifying and Elimination Finals
Semi Finals
Preliminary Finals
Grand Final
Awards
AFL Rising Star
The AFL Rising Star is awarded to the best player who, as of the beginning of the season, is under the age of 21 and has played fewer than 10 games. Each week one player is nominated and at the end of the season a selection panel votes to select the overall winner.
Nominations
- Round 1 – Daniel Rich (Brisbane)[2]
- Round 2 – David Zaharakis (Essendon)[3][4]
- Round 3 – Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide)[5]
- Round 4 – Jaxson Barham (Collingwood)[6]
- Round 5 – Garry Moss (Hawthown)[7]
- Round 6 – Stephen Hill (Fremantle)[8]
- Round 7 – Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne)[9]
- Round 8 – Jarryn Geary (St Kilda)[10]
- Round 9 – Andy Otten (Adelaide)[11]
- Round 10 – Taylor Walker (Adelaide)[12]
- Round 11 – Brad Dick (Collingwood)[13]
- Round 12 – Aaron Joseph (Carlton)[14]
- Round 13 – Tayte Pears (Essendon)[15]
- Round 14 – Jack Grimes (Melbourne)[16]
- Round 15 – Liam Jurrah (Melbourne)[17]
- Round 16 – Chris Masten (West Coast)[18]
- Round 17 – Dayne Beams (Collingwood)[19]
- Round 18 – Callan Ward (Western Bulldogs)
- Round 19 – Mitch Brown (West Coast)[20]
- Round 20 – Michael Hurley (Essendon)[21]
- Round 21 – Nic Suban (Fremantle)[22]
Goal of the Year
The Australian Football League celebrates the best goal of the season through the annual Goal of the Year competition. From 2009 onwards, the commercial name for the award is the AFL Stores Goal of the Year.
Nominations[23]
- Round 1 – Shannon Hurn (West Coast)
- Round 2 – Jason Winderlich (Essendon)
- Round 3 – Taylor Walker (Adelaide)
- Round 4 – Ryan Houlihan (Carlton)
- Round 5 – Gary Ablett, Jr. (Geelong)
- Round 6 – Drew Petrie (North Melbourne)
- Round 7 – Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn)
- Round 8 – Michael Osborne (Hawthorn)
- Round 9 – Steven Milne (St. Kilda)
- Round 10 – Mark LeCras (West Coast)
- Round 11 – David Rodan (Port Adelaide)
- Round 12 – David Rodan (Port Adelaide)
- Round 13 – Nick Naitanui (West Coast)
- Round 14 – Dale Thomas (Collingwood)
- Round 15 – Brendan Fevola (Carlton)
- Round 16 – David Rodan (Port Adelaide)
- Round 17 – Lance Franklin (Hawthorn)
- Round 18 – Leon Davis (Collingwood)
- Round 19 – Adam Schneider (St Kilda)
AFL Army Award
The Australian Football League, with the support of the Australian Army, recognises players who produce act(s) of bravery or selflessness to promote the cause of his team during a game. Each week three players and what they did are made available on the AFL Army Award website for supporters to vote on. The player with the highest percentage of the vote is the AFL Army Award nominee for that round.
Nominations
For the full list of round-by-round nominees, see 2009 AFL Army Award.
- Round 1 – James Kelly (Geelong)
- Round 2 – Campbell Brown (Hawthorn)
- Round 3 – Luke Ball (St Kilda)
- Round 4 – Ricky Dyson (Essendon)
- Round 5 – Lenny Hayes (St Kilda)
- Round 6 – Martin Mattner (Sydney)
- Round 7 – Bryce Gibbs (Carlton)
- Round 8 – Barry Hall (Sydney)
- Round 9 – Matt White (Richmond)
- Round 10 – Travis Varcoe (Geelong)
- Round 11 – Scott McMahon (North Melbourne)
- Round 12 – Brad Green (Melbourne)
- Round 13 – Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide)
- Round 14 – Ryan Griffen (Western Bulldogs)
- Round 15 – Nathan Eagleton (Western Bulldogs)
- Round 16 – Jacob Surjan (Port Adelaide)
- Round 17 – Cameron Mooney (Geelong)
- Round 18 – Aaron Davey (Melbourne)
- Round 19 – Brett Kirk (Sydney)
- Round 20 – Stephen Milne (St Kilda)
Club leadership
Umpiring and rule changes
Two rule changes were introduced into the regular season[29]
- If a player is not 'under pressure' and deliberately rushes a behind would be penalised by a free kick at the spot that the ball was rushed;
- If a player tackles an opponent after he disposes of the ball, preventing him from taking further part in the play, then a free kick and 50m penalty is paid.
Umpires were also encouraged to recall a centre bounce if it is offline, throwing it up the second time.
Players contacting umpires continued to be an issue with several players fined for making contact with umpires as they retreated from ball-ups. In related offences, Collingwood's Heath Shaw was suspended for one week after touching an umpire's shoulder, and Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett was fined $5000 after criticising the umpires on radio.[30]
Player changes
Debuts
Following the debuts of the first two draft picks from the 2008 AFL Draft (Jack Watts in Round 11 and Nic Naitanui in Round 12) the first nine draft selections in the had all made their AFL debuts. Other significant debuts included Beau Muston, who had undergone three knee reconstructions since being drafted in 2005, Mike Pyke, who had previously played rugby union for Canada[31] and Irishman Michael Quinn who had only played Australian rules football for 5 months before making his debut in Round 2.[32]
Player retirements, sackings and delistings
Player | Club | Date | Reason |
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Nic Fosdike | Sydney | 9 January 2009 | Persistent knee injury.[33][34] |
Tadhg Kennelly | Sydney | 29 January 2009 | Returned to Ireland.[35][36] |
Kane Johnson | Richmond | 9 June 2009 | Planned end-of-season retirement brought forward due to ongoing knee injury.[37][38] |
Michael O'Loughlin | Sydney | 23 June 2009 | Failed to fully recover from a pre-season ankle operation. Will retire at end of season.[39][40] |
Barry Hall | Sydney | 7 July 2009 | Ongoing discipline problems. Retirement effective immediately.[41] |
Adam Simpson | North Melbourne | 27 July 2009 | "Time was right". Retirement effective immediately.[42] |
Stuart Dew | Hawthorn | 11 August 2009 | Achieved goal of winning another premiership. Retirement effective immediately.[43] |
Joel Bowden | Richmond | 12 August 2009 | Limited playing opportunities due to club's "youth policy". Retirement effective after Round 20 match against Collingwood.[44] |
Paul Wheatley | Melbourne | 14 August 2009 | Retirement, effective at the end of the season.[45] |
Matthew Whelan | Melbourne | 14 August 2009 | Retirement, effective at the end of the season.[45] |
Scott Lucas | Essendon | 18 August 2009 | Retirement, effective immediately - "right time", "combination of things - form, where the club is heading, my own body and mentally".[46] |
Leo Barry | Sydney | 18 August 2009 | "Persistent knee injury ... struggled to regain full fitness". Retirement, effective at the end of the season.[47] |
Russell Robertson | Melbourne | 20 August 2009 | Contract not renewed, wants to continue playing at another club.[48][49] |
Shannon Watt | North Melbourne | 20 August 2009 | unable to break into the side this year. Retirement effective after Round 21 match against St Kilda.[50] |
Jared Crouch | Sydney | 20 August 2009 | Retirement.[51] |
Brendon Lade | Port Adelaide | 26 August 2009 | Retirement effective at the end of the 2009 season.[52] |
Peter Burgoyne | Port Adelaide | 26 August 2009 | Retirement effective at the end of the 2009 season.[52] |
Adam Hunter | West Coast | 28 August 2009 | Shoulder injury. Retirement effective immediately, farewell at conclusion of round 22 match.[53] |
Nathan Brown | Richmond | 98 August 2009 | Last game / Delisted [54] |
Mark Coughlan | Richmond | 98 August 2009 | Last game / Delisted [55] |
Chad Fletcher | West Coast | 98 August 2009 | Retirement [56] |
Coaching changes
Coach | Club | Caretaker Coach | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Terry Wallace | Richmond | Jade Rawlings | 1 June 2009 |
Dean Laidley | North Melbourne | Darren Crocker | 16 June 2009 |
See also
References
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