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2003 Wizard Home Loans Cup

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2003 Wizard Home Loans Cup
Season2003
Teams16
WinnersAdelaide (1st title)
Matches played15
Attendance265,976 (average 17,732 per match)
Michael Tuck MedallistAndrew McLeod (Adelaide)

The 2003 Wizard Home Loans Cup was the Australian Football League competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 2003 Premiership Season began. The AFL National Cup is also sometimes referred to as the pre-season cup because it is played in its entirety before the Premiership Season begins. The final was won by Adelaide for the first time in its history, defeating Collingwood by 31 points

The AFL introduced a range of innovations for this pre-season competition, the Wizard Home Loans Cup, to make the game faster and more exciting. Five new rules changes were trialled in the competition, which in itself resorts back to a knock-out format after three years as a round-robin series. In the most notable innovation, players were awarded nine points for goals kicked outside the 50-metre arc in a move designed to bring the game’s longer kickers into play. The player must have his back foot on or beyond the 50m arc if kicking on the run and the player on the mark must be on or beyond the 50m arc if the kicker is taking a set shot. The ball can still bounce through for a goal. With a running shot at goal, the ball must leave the player’s back foot planted on or outside the 50m line.

The other rules trialled included:

  • teams will concede three points for rushed behinds instead of one point.
  • umpires calling play-on, and not awarding a mark, for players kicking backwards to team-mates outside the attacking 50m arc,
  • the centre square will be expanded from 45 metres to 50 metres,
  • defenders will also be able to kick out after a behind straight away, rather than wait for the goal umpire to wave his flags, in a move designed to speed up the game.

In other changes, the field umpires wore orange shirts and black shorts instead of the traditional white, while goal umpires waved different coloured flags for the different scores. The new rules were used in conjunction with those incorporated last year: an expanded interchange bench, and the ball to be bounced only for the start of the match, and then thrown up.

Games

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Week 1

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Richmond 1.8.0.5 (62) Melbourne 2.12.0.15 (105) Telstra Dome 16,990 Friday, 21 February, 7:40 PM
West Coast 1.13.0.13 (100) Fremantle 1.11.1.5 (83) Subiaco Oval 32,701 Friday, 21 February, 7:10 PM
Essendon 0.8.0.9 (57) Kangaroos 1.15.1.17 (119) Manuka Oval 8,041 Saturday, 22 February, 2:40 PM
Hawthorn 0.11.1.13 (82) St Kilda 1.7.0.8 (59) York Park 11,427 Saturday, 22 February, 2:40 PM
Brisbane Lions 0.14.1.6 (93) Sydney 0.9.0.7 (61) Telstra Stadium 8,276 Saturday, 22 February, 7:40 PM
Adelaide 1.10.0.9 (78) Port Adelaide 0.11.0.11 (77) AAMI Stadium 25,560 Saturday, 22 February, 7:40 PM
Western Bulldogs 4.7.0.9 (87) Geelong 2.19.0.14 (146) Skilled Stadium 8,406 Sunday, 23 February, 2:40 PM
Carlton 0.14.0.8 (92) Collingwood 4.16.1.13 (148) Telstra Dome 20,893 Sunday, 23 February, 6:10 PM

Week 2

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
West Coast 1.10.0.11 (80) Adelaide 0.17.0.4 (106) Marrara Oval 9,404 Friday, 28 February, 7:10 PM
Kangaroos 1.10.0.9 (78) Melbourne 1.8.0.8 (65) Telstra Dome 10,311 Saturday, 1 March, 7:40 PM
Geelong 2.9.0.7 (79) Brisbane Lions 1.9.0.8 (71) Bundaberg Rum Stadium 8,150 Saturday, 1 March, 7:40 PM
Collingwood 1.15.0.13 (112) Hawthorn 1.9.1.6 (72) Telstra Dome 19,556 Sunday, 2 March, 6:10 PM

Semi finals

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Collingwood 5.8.0.10 (103) Geelong 1.8.0.9 (66) Telstra Dome 24,728 Saturday, 8 March, 6:10 PM
Adelaide 1.9.0.10 (73) Kangaroos 0.10.0.9 (69) AAMI Stadium 17,962 Saturday, 8 March, 8:10 PM

Grand final

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Grand Final
Saturday, 15 March, 7:45 PM Adelaide def. Collingwood Telstra Dome (crowd: 43,571)
0.4.0.1 (25)
1.8.0.3 (60)
1.9.0.4 (67)
2.13.0.8 (104)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
0.3.0.2 (20)
0.4.0.4 (28)
0.6.0.7 (43)
1.9.1.7 (73)
Umpires: Brett Allen, Darren Morris, Scott McLaren, Stephen McBurney
Michael Tuck Medal: Andrew McLeod (Adelaide)
Television broadcast: Nine Network
Andrew McLeod, Rhett Biglands Super Goals Scott Burns
Ian Perrie 3, Mark Stevens 2, Rhett Biglands 2, Wayne Carey 2, Tyson Edwards, Chris Ladhams, Andrew McLeod, Graham Johncock Goals Alan Didak 2, Chris Tarrant 2, Jarrod Molloy, Rupert Betheras, Andrew Williams, Ryan Lonie, Shane Woewodin
Matthew Bode, Andrew McLeod, Matthew Clarke, Simon Goodwin, Brett Burton, Tyson Edwards, Mark Stevens Best Rhyce Shaw, Tarkyn Lockyer, Andrew Williams, Nathan Buckley
Nil Injuries Nil
Nil Reports Chris Tarrant (Col) for unduly rough play (charging) against Brent Reilly (Ade) in the third quarter. The charge against Tarrant was withdrawn by the AFL on the following Monday

See also

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