North Cairns coach Jason Love was given an eight-year coaching ban for bringing the game into disrepute, to run alongside his three-year ban, months after the 2004 AFL Cairns grand final brawl.
AFL Cairns had already suspended all 22 North Cairns players, 400 weeks in total.
Oddities
Pink Floyd played a concert at East Fremantle Oval, the WAFL ground one of the windiest in the competition, as part of their A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour.
Grounds
North Melbourne v Melbourne, first of 71 AFLW games so far
Hawthorn, 66 games (2024-2026)
Brisbane, 95 games (2023-2026)
Melbourne, 23 games (2022-2026)
Fremantle, 74 games (2019-2026)
St Kilda, 207 games (2012-2022)
Sydney, 226 games (2009-2022)
Carlton, 205 games (2010-2025)
Western Bulldogs, 168 games (2004-2013)
Brisbane, 325 games (1995-2010)
Essendon, 165 games (1905-1921)
