16 August

2015

11 years ago

A women's exhibition match drew a bigger television audience than the AFL men's game the day before, averaging 175,000 viewers against 114,000 for Adelaide and Essendon.

It was the first women's AFL game on free-to-air television.

Media

From the archive

1890
A half-time head count at the Esplanade showed Metropolitan had been playing against Rovers with 21 men, so its first-half score of 2.3 was annulled.
Metropolitan began the second half two goals behind its opponents.
Rules
2006
20 years ago
The AFL announced that the Western Bulldogs' Sydney 'home' game would be played at Manuka Oval in Canberra in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Grounds
2025
Adelaide Oval set a new AFL attendance record of 54,283 for Adelaide against Collingwood, beating the mark set in 2017.
Records

Matches

2026
Draw
Western Bulldogs12 goals 10 behinds, 82 pointsdrew withCarlton12 goals 10 behinds, 82 points
AFL · Round 23 · Marvel Stadium · crowd 44,106
2003
Draw
Geelong9 goals 9 behinds, 63 pointsdrew withWest Coast9 goals 9 behinds, 63 points
AFL · Round 20 · Skilled Stadium · crowd 19,202
1930
Carlton won by 128 points
Carlton23 goals 17 behinds, 155 pointsdef.North Melbourne3 goals 9 behinds, 27 points
VFL · Round 14 · Princes Park · crowd 11,000

Debuts

2008
Patrick Dangerfield
Adelaide v Essendon, first of 379 VFL/AFL games so far
1969
Greg Wells
Melbourne v Carlton, first of 267 VFL/AFL games
1998
Greg Tivendale
Richmond v West Coast, first of 188 VFL/AFL games
1980
Peter Foster
Fitzroy v South Melbourne, first of 170 VFL/AFL games
2019
Kade Chandler
Melbourne v Sydney, first of 102 VFL/AFL games so far

Birthdays

2002
Carly Remmos
Collingwood, 30 games (2021-2026)
2007
Aoife Berry
Port Adelaide