AFL Cairns suspended all 22 North Cairns players over the 2004 grand final brawl, with bans ranging from ten matches to five years and totalling 400 weeks.
The match was declared no result, and only two of the players had pleaded guilty.
Oddities
Tom Wills, credited as a founder of Australian football, arrived back in Melbourne aboard the steamship Oneida after his years in England.
People
Albert Hartkopf, a University footballer who later graduated in medicine, made his first-class cricket debut for Victoria against New South Wales at the MCG, scoring an unbeaten 42.
He was also Victoria's 440 yards champion that year.
People
Box Hill and Hawthorn formed an alignment partnership, and Box Hill traded its Mustangs nickname for the Hawks while keeping its brown and gold uniform and large white horse emblem.
Both clubs already wore brown and gold, which made the pairing a natural fit.
Clubs
North Melbourne, 64 games (2022-2026)
Western Bulldogs, 32 games (2024-2026)
West Coast Eagles, 11 games (2022-2025)
Collingwood, 264 games (1995-2008)
Footscray, 168 games (1987-1996)
