1917
109 years ago
The Victorian Football Association voted to cancel the 1917 season, after it had already cancelled 1916 entirely, to support the war effort.
War and society
5 February
From the archive
- 2013
Essendon reported itself to the AFL and the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority over concerns about its supplements program, starting a saga that ran for years.
Administration
- 2017
Thunder and lightning halted Melbourne v Brisbane in the opening round of the AFL Women's at Casey Fields in Cranbourne, and Brisbane returned from a twenty-minute break to win by 15 points.
Had the game been abandoned before half-time it would have been deemed a draw under the rules.
Women's football
Matches
- 2017
Melbourne's first AFLW match
AFLW · Round 1 · Casey Fields · crowd 6,500
Debuts
- 2017Tahlia Randall
Brisbane Lions v Melbourne, first of 114 AFLW games so far
- 2017Alexandra Anderson
Brisbane Lions v Melbourne, first of 113 AFLW games so far
- 2017Breanna Koenen
Brisbane Lions v Melbourne, first of 112 AFLW games so far
- 2017Shannon Campbell
Brisbane Lions v Melbourne, first of 112 AFLW games so far
- 2017Paxy Paxman
Melbourne v Brisbane Lions, first of 101 AFLW games so far
- 2017Lily Mithen
Melbourne v Brisbane Lions, first of 101 AFLW games so far
- 2017Emily Bates
Brisbane Lions v Melbourne, first of 101 AFLW games so far
- 2017Kaitlyn Ashmore
Brisbane Lions v Melbourne, first of 100 AFLW games so far
- 2017Sabrina Frederick
Brisbane Lions v Melbourne, first of 100 AFLW games so far
- 2017Tayla Harris
Brisbane Lions v Melbourne, first of 94 AFLW games so far
Born on this day
- 2006Jasmine Evans, still playing
Port Adelaide, 6 games (2025-2026)
- 2003Ned Long, still playing
Collingwood, 59 games (2022-2026)
- 1998Jarrod Berry, still playing
Brisbane, 206 games (2017-2026)
- 1998Will Setterfield, still playing
Essendon, 95 games (2017-2026)
- 1997Blake Hardwick, still playing
Hawthorn, 223 games (2016-2026)
- 1985Paul Duffield
Fremantle, 171 games (2006-2015)
