2005
AFL Ladder
1st Elimination Final, Telstra Dome
Port Adelaide 26.8 (164) d Kangaroos 11.11 (77)
2nd Elimination Final, MCG
Geelong 18.8 (116) d Melbourne 9.7 (61)
1st Qualifying Final, AAMI Stadium
St. Kilda 10.5 (65) d Adelaide 8.9 (57)
2nd Qualifying Final, Subiaco
West Coast 10.9 (69) d Sydney 10.5 (65)
1st Semi Final, AAMI Stadium
Adelaide 18.15 (123) d Port Adelaide 5.10 (40)
2nd Semi Final, SCG
Sydney 7.14 (56) d Geelong 7.11 (53)
1st Preliminary Final, Subiaco
West Coast 14.9 (93) d Adelaide 11.11 (77)
2nd Preliminary Final, MCG
Sydney 15.6 (96) d St. Kilda 9.11 (65)
Grand Final (24/9/2005), MCG
Sydney 3.0 6.3 6.5 8.10 (58) d West Coast 2.4 2.7 5.9 7.12 (54)
Following on from the first non-Victorian Grand Final last year, it was once again another interstate teams playing at the home of football, the MCG. Will be remembered as one of the great Grand Final's due to a 4 point margin. Leo Barry took an amazing contested mark in the final seconds of the game handing the Swans their first AFL Premiership since 1933, breaking the longest Premiership drought in VFL/AFL history. Chris Judd became the 4th player to win the Norm Smith Medal for the losing side for his best on ground performance.
Best: Sydney - Fosdike, Fosdike, Barry, Kirk, Roberts-Thomson, Goodes.
West Coast - Judd, Cox, Wirrpunda, Hunter, Embley, Cousins, Green.
Goals - Sydney: Hall 2, Buchanan, Goodes, Jolly, Kennelly, O'Loughlin, Schneider.
West Coast - Hunter 2, Nicoski, Hansen, Embley, Cox, Cousins
Umpires: Allen, Goldspink, McLaren. Attendance: 91,898.
SYDNEY
B: Crouch, Barry, Roberts-Thomson
HB: Mathews, C.Bolton, Kennelly
C: Buchanan, Goodes, Dempster
HF: O'Keefe, Hall, J.Bolton
F: Williams, O'Loughlin, Davis
FOLL: Jolly, Kirk, Ablett
I/C: Ball, Bevan, Fosdike, Schneider
WEST COAST
B: Hunter, Glass, Wirrpunda
HB: Chick, Gaspar, Banfield
C: Embley, Cousins, Stenglein
HF: Kerr, Hansen, Staker
F: Green, Gardiner, Sampi
FOLL: Cox, Judd, Fletcher
I/C: Selwood, Butler, Seaby, Nicoski
Brownlow Medal
Winner - Ben Cousins (WC)
Voting - Ben Cousins (WC) 20, Daniel Kerr (WC) 19, Nick Dal Santo (St.K) 18, Scott West (WB) 17, Tyson Edwards (Adel) 16, Barry Hall (Syd) 16, Luke Hodge (Haw) 15, Chris Judd* (WC) 15, Luke Power (BL) 14, Matthew Pavlich (Frem) 14
NAB AFL Rising Star
Winner - Brett Deledio (Rich)
Voting - Brett Deledio (Rich) 43, Ryan Griffen (Dogs) 34, David Mundy (Freo) 19, Brock McLean (Melb) 15, Jed Adcock (Bris) 14, Jordan Lewis (Haw) 3, Justin Sherman (Bris) 2, Adam Selwood (WCE) 2, Lance Franklin (Haw) 1, Kepler Bradley (Ess) 1, Will Minson (Dogs) 1.
Other nominees - Troy Selwood, Anthony Corrie (BL) Adam Bentick, Kade Simpson (Carl) Travis Cloke (Coll) Jason Laycock (Ess) Nathan Ablett, Shannon Byrnes (Geel) Jarryd Roughead (Haw) Colin Sylvia (Melb) Raphael Clarke (St.K)
All-Australian Team
B: David Wirrpunda (WC) - Ben Rutten (Adel) - James Clement (Coll)
HB: Joel Bowden (Rich) - Trent Croad (Haw) - Luke Hodge (Haw)
C: Nick Dal Santo (St.K) - Scott West (WB) - Lenny Hayes (St.K)
HF: M Ricciuto (Adel, capt) - Matthew Pavlich (Frem) - Shannon Grant (Kang)
F: Brad Johnson (WB) - Barry Hall (Syd) - Peter Everitt (Haw)
Foll: Dean Cox (WC) - Luke Ball (St.K) - Ben Cousins (WC, v capt)
I/C: Leo Barry (Syd) - Kane Cornes (PA) - Simon Goodwin (Adel) - Brent Harvey (Kang)
Norm Smith Medal
Winner - Chris Judd (WC)
Voting - Chris Judd (WC) 11, Nic Fosdike (Syd) 6, Brett Kirk (Syd) 4, Amon Buchanan (Syd) 4, Ben Cousins (WC) 2, David Wirrpanda (WC) 1, Leo Barry (Syd) 1, Lewis Roberts-Thomson (Syd) 1
Coleman Medal
Winner - Fraser Gehrig (St.K)
Goals 2005 - Barry Hall (Syd) 80, Fraser Gehrig (St.K) 78, Russell Robertson (Melb) 73, Warren Tredrea (PA) 65, Matthew Richardson (Rich) 65, Mark Williams (Haw) 63, Matthew Pavlich (Frem) 61, Stephen Milne (St.K) 61, Matthew Lloyd (Ess) 59, Scott Welsh (Adel) 58
Retirees
James Begley, Mark Stevens (Adel) Martin Pike, Darryl White (BL) Matthew Allan (Ess) James Rahilly, Brenton Sanderson (Geel) Simon Beaumont, Nick Holland (Haw) Leigh Colbert, Corey McKernan (Kang) Roger James, Jared Poulton, Matthew Primus (PA) Wayne Campbell, Mark Graham (Rich) Austinn Jones (St.K) Jason Ball, Stuart Maxfield, Matthew Nicks (Syd) Steven Koops, Ben Harrison (WB)
Best & Fairest 2005
Malcolm Blight Medallist (Adelaide) -Simon Goodwin
Top 3 - Simon Goodwin 195, Nathan Bassett 169, Ben Rutten 166
Merrett-Murray Medallist (Brisbane Lions) - Jason Akermanis
Top 3 - Jason Akermanis 52, Chris Johnson 47, Jed Adcock 45.5
John Nicholls Medallist (Carlton) - Anthony Koutoufides
Top 3 - Anthony Koutoufides 401, Nick Stevens 367, Lance Whitnall 350
E.W Copeland Trophy Winner (Collingwood) - James Clement
Top 3 - James Clement 48, Brodie Holland 46, Shane Wakelin 38
Crichton Medallist (Essendon) - Jason Johnson
Top 3 - Jason Johnson 308, Mark Johnson 265, Brent Stanton 253
Doig Medallist (Fremantle) - Matthew Pavlich
Top 3 - Matthew Pavlich 47, Peter Bell 25, Shane Parker 25
'Carji' Greeves Medallist (Geelong) - Joel Corey
Top 3 - Joel Corey 509, Matthew Scarlett 465, Gary Ablett 436
Peter Crimmins Medallist (Hawthorn) - Luke Hodge
Top 3 - Luke Hodge 173, Peter Everitt 109, Shane Crawford 108
Syd Barker Medallist (Kangaroos) - Brent Harvey
Top 3 - Brent Harvey 50, Shannon Grant 44, Glen Archer 43
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Memorial Trophy Winner (Melbourne) - Travis Johnstone
Top 3 - Travis Johnstone 316, Russell Robertson 262, Aaron Davey 183
John Chaill Medallist (Port Adelaide) - Warren Tredrea
Top 3 - Warren Tredrea 176, Kane Cornes 173, Domenic Cassisi 153
Jack Dyer Medallist (Richmond) - Joel Bowden
Top 3 - Joel Bowden 221, Matthew Richardson 220, Shane Tuck 197
Trevor Barker Medallists (St.Kilda) - Luke Ball & Steven Baker
Top 3 - Luke Ball 146, Steven Baker 146, Lenny Hayes 144
Bob Skilton Medallist (Sydney) - Brett Kirk
Top 3 - Brett Kirk 575, Barry Hall 501, Craig Bolton 482
Club Champion (West Coast) - Ben Cousins
Top 3 - Ben Cousins 477, Chris Judd 416, Dean Cox 411
Charles Sutton Medallist (Western Bulldogs) - Scott West
Top 3 - Scott West 160, Daniel Cross 138, Lindsay Gilbee 125
Toyota AFL Mark of the Year - Luke McPharlin (Frem)
Toyota AFL Goal of the Year - Chris Judd (WC)
Trade Period
Fergus Watts (Adel) -> (St.K) Pick #17
Richard Cole (Coll) -> (Ess) Pick #23
Ted Richards, Pick #55 (Ess) -> (Syd) Picks #19 & #51
Paul Chambers (Geel) -> (Syd) Pick #35
Jonathan Hay (Haw) -> (Kang) Pick #18
Nathan Lonie, Pick #54 (Haw) -> (Port) Pick #14
Daniel Motlop (Kang) -> (Port) Picks #28 & #46
Byron Pickett, Picks #54, 62 (Port) -> (Melb) Picks #28, #44 & #60
Jason Saddington (Syd) -> (Carl) Pick #52
Mark Powell (Syd) -> (Kang) Pick 61
Daniel McConnell, Pick #18 (WC) -> (Kang) Picks #13 & #29
Jade Rawlings, Pick #43 (WB) -> (Kang) Pick #46
Patrick Bowden (WB) -> (Rich) Pick #56
Compiled by Michael Robinson (Lonie_from_50)
AFL Ladder
Code:
P W L F A % Pts
1 Adelaide (4) 22 17 5 2070 1517 136.45 68
2 West Coast (2) 22 17 5 2261 1824 123.96 68
3 Sydney (1) 22 15 7 1974 1696 116.39 60
4 St Kilda (3) 22 14 8 2407 1806 133.28 56
5 Kangaroos (7) 22 13 9 2053 2069 99.23 52
6 Geelong (5) 22 12 10 2134 1906 111.96 48
7 Melbourne (8) 22 12 10 2171 2266 95.81 48
8 P Adelaide (6) 22 11* 10 2028 2066 98.16 46
9 W Bulldogs 22 11 11 2385 2351 101.45 44
10 Fremantle 22 11 11 2041 2038 100.15 44
11 Brisbane Lions 22 10 12 2139 2164 98.84 40
12 Richmond 22 10 12 2022 2190 92.33 40
13 Essendon 22 8 14 2118 2302 92.01 32
14 Hawthorn 22 5 17 1904 2317 82.18 20
15 Collingwood 22 5 17 1884 2425 77.69 20
16 Carlton 22 4* 17 2016 2670 75.51 18
* - Port Adelaide and Carlton drew.1st Elimination Final, Telstra Dome
Port Adelaide 26.8 (164) d Kangaroos 11.11 (77)
2nd Elimination Final, MCG
Geelong 18.8 (116) d Melbourne 9.7 (61)
1st Qualifying Final, AAMI Stadium
St. Kilda 10.5 (65) d Adelaide 8.9 (57)
2nd Qualifying Final, Subiaco
West Coast 10.9 (69) d Sydney 10.5 (65)
1st Semi Final, AAMI Stadium
Adelaide 18.15 (123) d Port Adelaide 5.10 (40)
2nd Semi Final, SCG
Sydney 7.14 (56) d Geelong 7.11 (53)
1st Preliminary Final, Subiaco
West Coast 14.9 (93) d Adelaide 11.11 (77)
2nd Preliminary Final, MCG
Sydney 15.6 (96) d St. Kilda 9.11 (65)
Grand Final (24/9/2005), MCG
Sydney 3.0 6.3 6.5 8.10 (58) d West Coast 2.4 2.7 5.9 7.12 (54)
Following on from the first non-Victorian Grand Final last year, it was once again another interstate teams playing at the home of football, the MCG. Will be remembered as one of the great Grand Final's due to a 4 point margin. Leo Barry took an amazing contested mark in the final seconds of the game handing the Swans their first AFL Premiership since 1933, breaking the longest Premiership drought in VFL/AFL history. Chris Judd became the 4th player to win the Norm Smith Medal for the losing side for his best on ground performance.
Best: Sydney - Fosdike, Fosdike, Barry, Kirk, Roberts-Thomson, Goodes.
West Coast - Judd, Cox, Wirrpunda, Hunter, Embley, Cousins, Green.
Goals - Sydney: Hall 2, Buchanan, Goodes, Jolly, Kennelly, O'Loughlin, Schneider.
West Coast - Hunter 2, Nicoski, Hansen, Embley, Cox, Cousins
Umpires: Allen, Goldspink, McLaren. Attendance: 91,898.
SYDNEY
B: Crouch, Barry, Roberts-Thomson
HB: Mathews, C.Bolton, Kennelly
C: Buchanan, Goodes, Dempster
HF: O'Keefe, Hall, J.Bolton
F: Williams, O'Loughlin, Davis
FOLL: Jolly, Kirk, Ablett
I/C: Ball, Bevan, Fosdike, Schneider
WEST COAST
B: Hunter, Glass, Wirrpunda
HB: Chick, Gaspar, Banfield
C: Embley, Cousins, Stenglein
HF: Kerr, Hansen, Staker
F: Green, Gardiner, Sampi
FOLL: Cox, Judd, Fletcher
I/C: Selwood, Butler, Seaby, Nicoski
Brownlow Medal
Winner - Ben Cousins (WC)
Voting - Ben Cousins (WC) 20, Daniel Kerr (WC) 19, Nick Dal Santo (St.K) 18, Scott West (WB) 17, Tyson Edwards (Adel) 16, Barry Hall (Syd) 16, Luke Hodge (Haw) 15, Chris Judd* (WC) 15, Luke Power (BL) 14, Matthew Pavlich (Frem) 14
NAB AFL Rising Star
Winner - Brett Deledio (Rich)
Voting - Brett Deledio (Rich) 43, Ryan Griffen (Dogs) 34, David Mundy (Freo) 19, Brock McLean (Melb) 15, Jed Adcock (Bris) 14, Jordan Lewis (Haw) 3, Justin Sherman (Bris) 2, Adam Selwood (WCE) 2, Lance Franklin (Haw) 1, Kepler Bradley (Ess) 1, Will Minson (Dogs) 1.
Other nominees - Troy Selwood, Anthony Corrie (BL) Adam Bentick, Kade Simpson (Carl) Travis Cloke (Coll) Jason Laycock (Ess) Nathan Ablett, Shannon Byrnes (Geel) Jarryd Roughead (Haw) Colin Sylvia (Melb) Raphael Clarke (St.K)
All-Australian Team
B: David Wirrpunda (WC) - Ben Rutten (Adel) - James Clement (Coll)
HB: Joel Bowden (Rich) - Trent Croad (Haw) - Luke Hodge (Haw)
C: Nick Dal Santo (St.K) - Scott West (WB) - Lenny Hayes (St.K)
HF: M Ricciuto (Adel, capt) - Matthew Pavlich (Frem) - Shannon Grant (Kang)
F: Brad Johnson (WB) - Barry Hall (Syd) - Peter Everitt (Haw)
Foll: Dean Cox (WC) - Luke Ball (St.K) - Ben Cousins (WC, v capt)
I/C: Leo Barry (Syd) - Kane Cornes (PA) - Simon Goodwin (Adel) - Brent Harvey (Kang)
Norm Smith Medal
Winner - Chris Judd (WC)
Voting - Chris Judd (WC) 11, Nic Fosdike (Syd) 6, Brett Kirk (Syd) 4, Amon Buchanan (Syd) 4, Ben Cousins (WC) 2, David Wirrpanda (WC) 1, Leo Barry (Syd) 1, Lewis Roberts-Thomson (Syd) 1
Coleman Medal
Winner - Fraser Gehrig (St.K)
Goals 2005 - Barry Hall (Syd) 80, Fraser Gehrig (St.K) 78, Russell Robertson (Melb) 73, Warren Tredrea (PA) 65, Matthew Richardson (Rich) 65, Mark Williams (Haw) 63, Matthew Pavlich (Frem) 61, Stephen Milne (St.K) 61, Matthew Lloyd (Ess) 59, Scott Welsh (Adel) 58
Retirees
James Begley, Mark Stevens (Adel) Martin Pike, Darryl White (BL) Matthew Allan (Ess) James Rahilly, Brenton Sanderson (Geel) Simon Beaumont, Nick Holland (Haw) Leigh Colbert, Corey McKernan (Kang) Roger James, Jared Poulton, Matthew Primus (PA) Wayne Campbell, Mark Graham (Rich) Austinn Jones (St.K) Jason Ball, Stuart Maxfield, Matthew Nicks (Syd) Steven Koops, Ben Harrison (WB)
Best & Fairest 2005
Malcolm Blight Medallist (Adelaide) -Simon Goodwin
Top 3 - Simon Goodwin 195, Nathan Bassett 169, Ben Rutten 166
Merrett-Murray Medallist (Brisbane Lions) - Jason Akermanis
Top 3 - Jason Akermanis 52, Chris Johnson 47, Jed Adcock 45.5
John Nicholls Medallist (Carlton) - Anthony Koutoufides
Top 3 - Anthony Koutoufides 401, Nick Stevens 367, Lance Whitnall 350
E.W Copeland Trophy Winner (Collingwood) - James Clement
Top 3 - James Clement 48, Brodie Holland 46, Shane Wakelin 38
Crichton Medallist (Essendon) - Jason Johnson
Top 3 - Jason Johnson 308, Mark Johnson 265, Brent Stanton 253
Doig Medallist (Fremantle) - Matthew Pavlich
Top 3 - Matthew Pavlich 47, Peter Bell 25, Shane Parker 25
'Carji' Greeves Medallist (Geelong) - Joel Corey
Top 3 - Joel Corey 509, Matthew Scarlett 465, Gary Ablett 436
Peter Crimmins Medallist (Hawthorn) - Luke Hodge
Top 3 - Luke Hodge 173, Peter Everitt 109, Shane Crawford 108
Syd Barker Medallist (Kangaroos) - Brent Harvey
Top 3 - Brent Harvey 50, Shannon Grant 44, Glen Archer 43
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Memorial Trophy Winner (Melbourne) - Travis Johnstone
Top 3 - Travis Johnstone 316, Russell Robertson 262, Aaron Davey 183
John Chaill Medallist (Port Adelaide) - Warren Tredrea
Top 3 - Warren Tredrea 176, Kane Cornes 173, Domenic Cassisi 153
Jack Dyer Medallist (Richmond) - Joel Bowden
Top 3 - Joel Bowden 221, Matthew Richardson 220, Shane Tuck 197
Trevor Barker Medallists (St.Kilda) - Luke Ball & Steven Baker
Top 3 - Luke Ball 146, Steven Baker 146, Lenny Hayes 144
Bob Skilton Medallist (Sydney) - Brett Kirk
Top 3 - Brett Kirk 575, Barry Hall 501, Craig Bolton 482
Club Champion (West Coast) - Ben Cousins
Top 3 - Ben Cousins 477, Chris Judd 416, Dean Cox 411
Charles Sutton Medallist (Western Bulldogs) - Scott West
Top 3 - Scott West 160, Daniel Cross 138, Lindsay Gilbee 125
Toyota AFL Mark of the Year - Luke McPharlin (Frem)
Toyota AFL Goal of the Year - Chris Judd (WC)
Trade Period
Fergus Watts (Adel) -> (St.K) Pick #17
Richard Cole (Coll) -> (Ess) Pick #23
Ted Richards, Pick #55 (Ess) -> (Syd) Picks #19 & #51
Paul Chambers (Geel) -> (Syd) Pick #35
Jonathan Hay (Haw) -> (Kang) Pick #18
Nathan Lonie, Pick #54 (Haw) -> (Port) Pick #14
Daniel Motlop (Kang) -> (Port) Picks #28 & #46
Byron Pickett, Picks #54, 62 (Port) -> (Melb) Picks #28, #44 & #60
Jason Saddington (Syd) -> (Carl) Pick #52
Mark Powell (Syd) -> (Kang) Pick 61
Daniel McConnell, Pick #18 (WC) -> (Kang) Picks #13 & #29
Jade Rawlings, Pick #43 (WB) -> (Kang) Pick #46
Patrick Bowden (WB) -> (Rich) Pick #56
Compiled by Michael Robinson (Lonie_from_50)
