A torrential downpour flooded VFA grounds around Melbourne, so Williamstown and North Melbourne drew without playing, while at Junction Oval the umpire made twelve Footscray players face a full St Kilda side.
St Kilda won 10.5 to nil after both teams' players, captains and officials objected to playing.
Oddities
Melbourne beat Geelong by 18 points at the MCG in the rain, with newspapers naming a Jackson in the side, a name the Demonwiki club history says hid either Joe Hodgkins or Jack Strong.
Oddities
Central District played its first league home game, against Glenelg, in the club's debut SANFL season.
State leagues
Perth's board voted 115 to 83 to stay at Lathlain in the WAFL, despite the travel trouble many players had and unsuccessful WAFL plans to shift the Demons to the Perth Hills.
Administration
Gold Coast sacked coach Stuart Dew after losses to Collingwood and Port Adelaide ended its finals hopes, with Steven King taking over as interim coach.
Clubs
Adelaide won by 117 points
AFL · Round 15 · AAMI Stadium · crowd 32,451
Draw
VFL · Round 12 · MCG · crowd 19,402
State of Origin
State of Origin · Round 2 · Football Park · crowd 18,204
Brisbane v Geelong, first of 263 VFL/AFL games
St Kilda v Essendon, first of 210 VFL/AFL games
North Melbourne v Geelong, first of 204 VFL/AFL games
North Melbourne v Sydney, first of 194 VFL/AFL games
Melbourne v Essendon, first of 174 VFL/AFL games so far
Melbourne v North Melbourne, first of 171 VFL/AFL games
Essendon v Melbourne, first of 164 VFL/AFL games so far
Gold Coast v Melbourne, first of 127 VFL/AFL games so far
St Kilda, 21 games (2025-2026)
GWS, 104 games (2020-2026)
Essendon, 8 games (2024-2026)
Hawthorn, 83 games (2020-2026)
Collingwood, 37 games (2022-2026)
Hawthorn, 252 games (2008-2022)
Port Adelaide, 150 games (1998-2006)
Carlton, 255 games (1990-2003)
