1994 AFL season

98th season of the Australian Football League (AFL)

For the 1994 season of the Arena Football League, see 1994 Arena Football League season.

Australian rules football season

1994 AFL premiership season

Teams| 15
Premiers| West Coast
2nd premiership
Minor premiers| West Coast
2nd minor premiership
Pre-season cup| Essendon
3rd pre-season cup win
Brownlow Medallist| Greg Williams (Carlton)
Leading goalkicker| Gary Ablett (Geelong)
Attendance
Matches played| 174
Total attendance| 5,237,398 (30,100 per match)
Highest| 93,860 (Grand Final, West Coast vs. Geelong)

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1995 ->

The 1994 AFL season was the 98th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured fifteen clubs, ran from 26 March until 1 October, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs – an increase from the six clubs which had contested the finals in previous years.

The premiership was won by the West Coast Eagles for the second time, after it defeated Geelong by 80 points in the 1994 AFL Grand Final.

## Foster's Cup

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Main article: 1994 Foster's Cup

Essendon 15.12 (102) defeated Adelaide 9.14 (68) in the final.

## Rule changes

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There were several significant alterations to the laws of the game brought in for the 1994 season:

* The number of interchange players was increased from two to three which, when added to the "run on" team of 18 on-the-field players, increased the standard team squad size to 21 players.
* The number of field umpires was increased from two to three.
* Playing time was reduced from 25 minutes per quarter to 20 minutes, but additional stoppages (including all scores and boundary throw-ins) attracted "time-on" allocations; the total reduction of playing time was approximately 10%.[1]
* The size of each club's senior playing list was significantly reduced from 52 to 42 players from the 1994 season (with the exception of the struggling Sydney, which was granted a list of 50 players). Victorian clubs could list ten players on a supplementary list to make up the numbers in their reserves teams, but those players were not eligible for AFL senior selection. The change was part of an AFL Commission plan to completely abolish the Victorian clubs' reserves competition by 1995, but this final stage did not occur until 2000.[2]
* Advertising was permitted for the first time on the backs of guernseys. Small sponsors' logos had previously been permitted over the breast and on the shorts, but the new regulations allowed for logos 30 cm long and 8 cm high below the number on the back of the guernsey, which has since become the prime advertising location on guernseys. Under the original rules, the logo was required to be consistent with the colour of the guernsey, a stipulation which has since been relaxed.[3]

## Home-and-away season

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### Round 1

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Collingwood | 17.12 (114) | Fitzroy | 16.7 (103) | Victoria Park | 25,602 | Saturday 26, March
Footscray | 17.11 (113) | Richmond | 17.9 (111) | Whitten Oval | 18,592 | Saturday 26, March
St Kilda | 15.7 (97) | Hawthorn | 23.15 (153) | Waverley Park | 29,582 | Saturday 26, March
Essendon | 12.10 (82) | West Coast | 11.13 (79) | MCG | 39,492 | Saturday 26, March
Melbourne | 26.18 (174) | Geelong | 16.13 (109) | MCG | 39,741 | Sunday 27, March
Brisbane Bears | 13.21 (99) | Sydney | 12.17 (89) | Gabba | 7,901 | Sunday 27, March
Adelaide | 22.18 (150) | Carlton | 13.6 (84) | Football Park | 44,953 | Sunday 27, March

### Round 2

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Saturday, 2 April (2:00 pm)  | Fitzroy 17.10 (112)  | def.  | Essendon 14.15 (99)  | Optus Oval (crowd: 24,872)  | Report
Saturday, 2 April (2:00 pm)  | North Melbourne 21.16 (142)  | def.  | St Kilda 10.13 (73)  | MCG (crowd: 27,195)  | Report
Saturday, 2 April (2:08 pm)  | Hawthorn 8.16 (64)  | def. by  | Melbourne 17.16 (118)  | Waverley Park (crowd: 29,581)  | Report
Sunday, 3 April (2:08 pm)  | Richmond 20.14 (134)  | def.  | Brisbane Bears 11.6 (72)  | MCG (crowd: 15,333)  | Report
Sunday, 3 April (2:15 pm)  | West Coast 14.13 (97)  | def.  | Adelaide 11.12 (78)  | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 28,228)  | Report
Monday, 4 April (2:00 pm)  | Geelong 22.20 (152)  | def.  | Footscray 8.16 (64)  | Kardinia Park (crowd: 24,019)  | Report
Monday, 4 April (2:08 pm)  | Carlton 9.12 (66)  | def. by  | Collingwood 14.16 (100)  | MCG (crowd: 85,063)  | Report
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* Under pressure to respond after their poor showing against Melbourne the previous week, Geelong scored their biggest win over Footscray, starting and finishing strongly to run out winners by 88 points.[4] Gary Ablett kicked seven goals and ruckman John Barnes' masterful display (22 hit-outs and 24 disposals) would gain him three Brownlow votes. In the middle of the week, the Footscray board sacked Terry Wheeler and replaced him with ex-Hawthorn coach Alan Joyce.[5]

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Fitzroy | 17.10 (112) | Essendon | 14.15 (99) | Optus Oval | 24,872 | Saturday 2, April
North Melbourne | 21.16 (142) | St Kilda | 10.13 (73) | MCG | 27,195 | Saturday 2, April
Hawthorn | 8.16 (64) | Melbourne | 17.16 (118) | Waverley Park | 29,581 | Saturday 2, April
West Coast | 14.13 (97) | Adelaide | 11.12 (78) | Subiaco Oval | 28,228 | Sunday 3, April
Richmond | 20.14 (134) | Brisbane Bears | 11.6 (72) | MCG | 15,333 | Sunday 3, April
Geelong | 22.20 (152) | Footscray | 8.16 (64) | Kardinia Park | 24,019 | Monday 4, April
Carlton | 9.12 (66) | Collingwood | 14.16 (100) | MCG | 85,063 | Monday 4, April

### Round 3

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North Melbourne | 25.23 (173) | Hawthorn | 6.10 (46) | MCG | 36,726 | Friday 8, April
St Kilda | 16.12 (108) | Essendon | 14.10 (94) | Waverley Park | 30,454 | Saturday 9, April
Fitzroy | 17.9 (111) | Brisbane Bears | 12.6 (78) | Whitten Oval | 8,829 | Saturday 9, April
Richmond | 5.9 (39) | West Coast | 20.15 (135) | MCG | 19,609 | Saturday 9, April
Carlton | 14.15 (99) | Geelong | 10.10 (70) | Optus Oval | 28,496 | Sunday 10, April
Collingwood | 14.11 (95) | Footscray | 12.22 (94) | MCG | 38,307 | Sunday 10, April
Sydney | 21.9 (135) | Adelaide | 24.10 (154) | SCG | 11,068 | Sunday 10, April

### Round 4

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Sydney | 11.20 (86) | Richmond | 10.12 (72) | SCG | 9,727 | Friday 15, April
Hawthorn | 11.7 (73) | Carlton | 24.16 (160) | Waverley Park | 30,944 | Saturday 16, April
Footscray | 14.15 (99) | North Melbourne | 17.10 (112) | Whitten Oval | 21,630 | Saturday 16, April
Essendon | 9.12 (66) | Melbourne | 12.12 (84) | MCG | 61,193 | Saturday 16, April
West Coast | 18.21 (129) | Fitzroy | 8.5 (53) | WACA | 28,980 | Saturday 16, April
Brisbane Bears | 22.19 (151) | St Kilda | 15.8 (98) | Gabba | 11,290 | Sunday 17, April
Adelaide | 15.14 (104) | Geelong | 11.11 (77) | Football Park | 45,638 | Sunday 17, April

### Round 5

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Melbourne | 17.15 (117) | Brisbane Bears | 4.6 (30) | MCG | 20,946 | Friday 22, April
Geelong | 17.18 (120) | North Melbourne | 15.15 (105) | Kardinia Park | 23,490 | Saturday 23, April
Fitzroy | 20.17 (137) | Sydney | 20.9 (129) | Whitten Oval | 10,514 | Saturday 23, April
Essendon | 14.14 (98) | Collingwood | 14.10 (94) | MCG | 74,330 | Saturday 23, April
Adelaide | 13.15 (93) | Footscray | 17.8 (110) | Football Park | 44,426 | Sunday 24, April
West Coast | 8.10 (58) | Hawthorn | 19.15 (129) | Subiaco Oval | 27,357 | Sunday 24, April
St Kilda | 10.10 (70) | Richmond | 15.22 (112) | Waverley Park | 37,870 | Monday 25, April

### Round 6

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Carlton | 20.14 (134) | Sydney | 11.8 (74) | Optus Oval | 22,810 | Saturday 30, April
Collingwood | 8.7 (55) | Melbourne | 9.6 (60) | Waverley Park | 47,211 | Saturday 30, April
North Melbourne | 13.8 (86) | West Coast | 18.15 (123) | MCG | 27,022 | Saturday 30, April
Brisbane Bears | 17.8 (110) | Adelaide | 18.13 (121) | Gabba | 9,457 | Saturday 30, April

### Round 7

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Hawthorn | 12.16 (88) | Essendon | 11.9 (75) | Waverley Park | 33,927 | Saturday 7, May
Richmond | 20.13 (133) | Fitzroy | 13.14 (92) | Optus Oval | 14,614 | Saturday 7, May
Melbourne | 8.10 (58) | North Melbourne | 13.12 (90) | MCG | 34,601 | Saturday 7, May
Sydney | 17.7 (109) | St Kilda | 16.14 (110) | SCG | 9,295 | Sunday 8, May
Geelong | 18.16 (124) | Collingwood | 13.18 (96) | MCG | 52,342 | Sunday 8, May
Footscray | 12.14 (86) | Brisbane Bears | 7.7 (49) | Whitten Oval | 12,181 | Sunday 8, May
West Coast | 16.19 (115) | Carlton | 6.13 (49) | Subiaco Oval | 26,676 | Sunday 8, May

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Richmond | 16.11 (107) | Carlton | 20.15 (135) | MCG | 50,227 | Friday 13, May
Hawthorn | 25.16 (166) | Brisbane Bears | 10.7 (67) | Waverley Park | 12,233 | Saturday 14, May
Fitzroy | 13.12 (90) | North Melbourne | 17.17 (119) | Whitten Oval | 11,334 | Saturday 14, May
Collingwood | 19.13 (127) | St Kilda | 11.12 (78) | MCG | 35,851 | Saturday 14, May
Melbourne | 13.13 (91) | Footscray | 14.10 (94) | MCG | 28,559 | Sunday 15, May
Sydney | 9.17 (71) | Geelong | 25.15 (165) | SCG | 11,142 | Sunday 15, May
Essendon | 20.11 (131) | Adelaide | 13.10 (88) | Optus Oval | 28,626 | Sunday 15, May

### Round 9

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North Melbourne | 17.19 (121) | Collingwood | 13.10 (88) | MCG | 72,216 | Friday 20, May
Geelong | 21.16 (142) | Richmond | 11.12 (78) | Kardinia Park | 22,777 | Saturday 21, May
Melbourne | 14.13 (97) | Sydney | 16.10 (106) | MCG | 19,333 | Saturday 21, May
Carlton | 7.20 (62) | Essendon | 9.9 (63) | Waverley Park | 40,080 | Saturday 21, May
Footscray | 7.10 (52) | West Coast | 12.11 (83) | Whitten Oval | 14,923 | Saturday 21, May
Adelaide | 7.6 (48) | Hawthorn | 22.13 (145) | Football Park | 44,403 | Sunday 22, May
St Kilda | 11.9 (75) | Fitzroy | 8.14 (62) | Waverley Park | 15,249 | Sunday 22, May

### Round 10

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West Coast | 14.17 (101) | Sydney | 10.15 (75) | WACA | 27,901 | Friday 27, May
Carlton | 16.13 (109) | Footscray | 13.19 (97) | Optus Oval | 23,691 | Saturday 28, May
St Kilda | 4.8 (32) | Melbourne | 15.16 (106) | Waverley Park | 19,914 | Saturday 28, May
Collingwood | 16.14 (110) | Hawthorn | 10.14 (74) | Victoria Park | 26,718 | Saturday 28, May
Essendon | 16.16 (112) | Geelong | 15.11 (101) | MCG | 75,129 | Saturday 28, May
Brisbane Bears | 17.18 (120) | North Melbourne | 12.21 (93) | Gabba | 10,953 | Sunday 29, May
Adelaide | 15.13 (103) | Fitzroy | 9.10 (64) | Football Park | 42,915 | Sunday 29, May

### Round 11

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Fitzroy | 12.8 (80) | Carlton | 20.15 (135) | Waverley Park | 19,090 | Saturday 4, June
Essendon | 24.10 (154) | Richmond | 17.6 (108) | Optus Oval | 22,547 | Saturday 4, June
Geelong | 15.11 (101) | Brisbane Bears | 19.12 (126) | Kardinia Park | 18,599 | Saturday 4, June
Collingwood | 13.12 (90) | Adelaide | 8.19 (67) | Victoria Park | 27,390 | Saturday 4, June
Hawthorn | 20.5 (125) | Footscray | 8.13 (61) | Waverley Park | 22,895 | Sunday 5, June
Sydney | 16.10 (106) | North Melbourne | 19.12 (126) | SCG | 11,182 | Sunday 5, June
Melbourne | 11.8 (74) | West Coast | 18.10 (118) | MCG | 31,324 | Sunday 5, June

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Saturday, 11 June (2:00 pm)  | Geelong 17.11 (113)  | def.  | St Kilda 16.14 (110)  | Kardinia Park (crowd: 23,696)  | Report
Saturday, 11 June (2:08 pm)  | North Melbourne 21.23 (149)  | def.  | Adelaide 10.9 (69)  | Optus Oval (crowd: 16,643)  | Report
Saturday, 11 June (2:08 pm)  | Melbourne 13.16 (94)  | def. by  | Carlton 18.13 (121)  | MCG (crowd: 52,199)  | Report
Sunday, 12 June (1:15 pm)  | Sydney 13.5 (83)  | def. by  | Hawthorn 21.15 (141)  | SCG (crowd: 12,251)  | Report
Sunday, 12 June (4:15 pm)  | West Coast 11.12 (78)  | def.  | Brisbane Bears 10.9 (69)  | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 23,492)  | Report
Monday, 13 June (2:00 pm)  | Footscray 13.14 (92)  | def.  | Essendon 9.10 (64)  | Waverley Park (crowd: 39,181)  | Report
Monday, 13 June (2:08 pm)  | Richmond 14.18 (102)  | def.  | Collingwood 4.12 (36)  | MCG (crowd: 61,983)  | Report
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* Despite missing key players Robert Harvey, Stewart Loewe and Tony Lockett, St Kilda led Geelong at three-quarter time by 26 points after kicking seven goals to nil in the third quarter. However, a spectacular last quarter by Gary Ablett in which he kicked four of his seven goals, and an intercept of Rod Keogh's attempted pass in the forward pocket to Nicky Winmar in the final minute, enabled the Cats to escape with a three-point win.[6]

### Round 13

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Carlton | 22.13 (145) | St Kilda | 10.5 (65) | Optus Oval | 22,927 | Saturday 18, June
Hawthorn | 7.11 (53) | Fitzroy | 10.6 (66) | Waverley Park | 17,599 | Saturday 18, June
Richmond | 9.18 (72) | North Melbourne | 10.7 (67) | MCG | 26,917 | Saturday 18, June
Footscray | 20.14 (134) | Sydney | 9.6 (60) | Whitten Oval | 13,070 | Sunday 19, June
Brisbane Bears | 17.12 (114) | Essendon | 11.15 (81) | Gabba | 18,484 | Sunday 19, June
Collingwood | 18.13 (121) | West Coast | 12.12 (84) | MCG | 27,699 | Sunday 19, June
Adelaide | 11.17 (83) | Melbourne | 12.6 (78) | Football Park | 41,189 | Sunday 19, June

### Round 14

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North Melbourne | 13.10 (88) | Carlton | 15.16 (106) | MCG | 45,177 | Friday 24, June
Footscray | 21.18 (144) | Fitzroy | 6.4 (40) | Whitten Oval | 16,085 | Saturday 25, June
Melbourne | 9.8 (62) | Richmond | 11.12 (78) | MCG | 32,528 | Saturday 25, June
St Kilda | 12.7 (79) | Adelaide | 11.13 (79) | Waverley Park | 13,868 | Saturday 25, June
Geelong | 10.15 (75) | West Coast | 14.9 (93) | Kardinia Park | 21,939 | Saturday 25, June
Essendon | 19.15 (129) | Sydney | 14.11 (95) | MCG | 27,094 | Sunday 26, June
Brisbane Bears | 17.19 (121) | Collingwood | 11.11 (77) | Gabba | 18,881 | Sunday 26, June

### Round 15

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West Coast | 19.14 (128) | St Kilda | 7.7 (49) | WACA | 24,632 | Friday 1, July
North Melbourne | 11.19 (85) | Essendon | 14.8 (92) | MCG | 50,141 | Saturday 2, July
Hawthorn | 16.19 (115) | Geelong | 11.13 (79) | Waverley Park | 35,267 | Saturday 2, July
Fitzroy | 9.11 (65) | Melbourne | 16.15 (111) | Whitten Oval | 8,484 | Saturday 2, July
Carlton | 22.12 (144) | Brisbane Bears | 6.10 (46) | Optus Oval | 21,119 | Saturday 2, July
Sydney | 10.13 (73) | Collingwood | 13.15 (93) | SCG | 13,083 | Sunday 3, July
Adelaide | 12.11 (83) | Richmond | 13.12 (90) | Football Park | 43,052 | Sunday 3, July

### Round 16

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Fitzroy | 11.14 (80) | Collingwood | 19.15 (129) | Whitten Oval | 15,394 | Saturday 9, July
Geelong | 22.13 (145) | Melbourne | 17.13 (115) | Kardinia Park | 23,687 | Saturday 9, July
Hawthorn | 21.16 (142) | St Kilda | 11.12 (78) | Waverley Park | 25,037 | Saturday 9, July
Richmond | 14.13 (97) | Footscray | 12.22 (94) | MCG | 49,878 | Saturday 9, July
Sydney | 15.20 (110) | Brisbane Bears | 21.9 (135) | SCG | 5,728 | Sunday 10, July
West Coast | 11.14 (80) | Essendon | 5.14 (44) | Subiaco Oval | 29,723 | Sunday 10, July
Carlton | 20.16 (136) | Adelaide | 10.16 (76) | Optus Oval | 29,695 | Sunday 10, July

### Round 17

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Melbourne | 17.10 (112) | Hawthorn | 11.8 (74) | Optus Oval | 14,096 | Saturday 16, July
Footscray | 17.11 (113) | Geelong | 13.7 (85) | Whitten Oval | 23,953 | Saturday 16, July
St Kilda | 8.7 (55) | North Melbourne | 17.14 (116) | Waverley Park | 21,097 | Saturday 16, July
Collingwood | 7.12 (54) | Carlton | 14.13 (97) | MCG | 85,831 | Saturday 16, July
Essendon | 24.9 (153) | Fitzroy | 12.17 (89) | MCG | 33,265 | Sunday 17, July
Brisbane Bears | 12.12 (84) | Richmond | 15.8 (98) | Gabba | 14,936 | Sunday 17, July
Adelaide | 12.10 (82) | West Coast | 11.12 (78) | Football Park | 42,860 | Sunday 17, July

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Adelaide | 10.15 (75) | Sydney | 13.9 (87) | Football Park | 43,788 | Friday 22, July
Footscray | 13.9 (87) | Collingwood | 7.13 (55) | Whitten Oval | 25,540 | Saturday 23, July
Essendon | 15.10 (100) | St Kilda | 18.2 (110) | MCG | 38,858 | Saturday 23, July
Hawthorn | 9.5 (59) | North Melbourne | 15.9 (99) | Waverley Park | 26,936 | Saturday 23, July
Brisbane Bears | 8.17 (65) | Fitzroy | 7.16 (58) | Gabba | 8,236 | Sunday 24, July
Geelong | 13.12 (90) | Carlton | 8.6 (54) | Waverley Park | 42,930 | Sunday 24, July
West Coast | 14.17 (101) | Richmond | 7.11 (53) | Subiaco Oval | 26,020 | Sunday 24, July

### Round 19

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North Melbourne | 15.12 (102) | Footscray | 12.10 (82) | MCG | 32,845 | Friday 29, July
Melbourne | 21.9 (135) | Essendon | 8.10 (58) | MCG | 43,132 | Saturday 30, July
St Kilda | 5.15 (45) | Brisbane Bears | 8.7 (55) | Waverley Park | 12,927 | Saturday 30, July
Carlton | 15.14 (104) | Hawthorn | 9.18 (72) | Optus Oval | 25,265 | Saturday 30, July
Richmond | 14.11 (95) | Sydney | 9.8 (62) | MCG | 23,906 | Sunday 31, July
Geelong | 13.13 (91) | Adelaide | 5.8 (38) | Kardinia Park | 15,383 | Sunday 31, July
Fitzroy | 3.8 (26) | West Coast | 13.14 (92) | Whitten Oval | 5,334 | Sunday 31, July

### Round 20

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Collingwood | 19.20 (134) | Essendon | 17.4 (106) | MCG | 76,565 | Friday 5, August
Richmond | 12.21 (93) | St Kilda | 9.7 (61) | MCG | 33,503 | Saturday 6, August
North Melbourne | 11.11 (77) | Geelong | 10.18 (78) | Optus Oval | 26,014 | Saturday 6, August
Hawthorn | 15.10 (100) | West Coast | 7.12 (54) | Waverley Park | 16,328 | Saturday 6, August
Brisbane Bears | 12.12 (84) | Melbourne | 14.15 (99) | Gabba | 12,341 | Sunday 7, August
Footscray | 17.16 (118) | Adelaide | 4.10 (34) | Whitten Oval | 17,591 | Sunday 7, August
Sydney | 9.12 (66) | Fitzroy | 13.16 (94) | SCG | 6,513 | Sunday 7, August

### Round 21

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West Coast | 10.13 (73) | North Melbourne | 9.10 (64) | WACA | 31,948 | Friday 12, August
St Kilda | 10.12 (72) | Footscray | 17.15 (117) | Waverley Park | 14,653 | Saturday 13, August
Fitzroy | 8.11 (59) | Geelong | 13.22 (100) | Optus Oval | 11,388 | Saturday 13, August
Melbourne | 9.10 (64) | Collingwood | 13.14 (92) | MCG | 49,872 | Saturday 13, August
Sydney | 9.16 (70) | Carlton | 8.14 (62) | SCG | 9,622 | Sunday 14, August
Richmond | 11.23 (89) | Hawthorn | 18.9 (117) | MCG | 52,562 | Sunday 14, August
Adelaide | 13.11 (89) | Brisbane Bears | 12.14 (86) | Football Park | 36,599 | Sunday 14, August

### Round 22

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North Melbourne | 12.11 (83) | Melbourne | 15.13 (103) | MCG | 32,951 | Friday 19, August
St Kilda | 17.12 (114) | Sydney | 11.15 (81) | Waverley Park | 13,454 | Saturday 20, August
Fitzroy | 10.9 (69) | Richmond | 19.15 (129) | Whitten Oval | 12,122 | Saturday 20, August
Collingwood | 15.17 (107) | Geelong | 16.8 (104) | MCG | 66,555 | Saturday 20, August
Essendon | 20.16 (136) | Hawthorn | 12.12 (84) | MCG | 49,354 | Sunday 21, August
Brisbane Bears | 13.10 (88) | Footscray | 14.14 (98) | Gabba | 10,572 | Sunday 21, August
Carlton | 19.12 (126) | West Coast | 8.14 (62) | Optus Oval | 28,038 | Sunday 21, August

### Round 23

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North Melbourne | 25.10 (160) | Fitzroy | 10.14 (74) | MCG | 17,960 | Friday 26, August
Carlton | 25.11 (161) | Richmond | 6.12 (48) | Optus Oval | 32,486 | Saturday 27, August
St Kilda | 14.6 (90) | Collingwood | 13.10 (88) | Waverley Park | 40,154 | Saturday 27, August
Geelong | 16.15 (111) | Sydney | 15.9 (99) | Kardinia Park | 22,208 | Saturday 27, August
Footscray | 16.15 (111) | Melbourne | 11.5 (71) | Whitten Oval | 23,615 | Saturday 27, August
Brisbane Bears | 13.13 (91) | Hawthorn | 15.12 (102) | Gabba | 13,718 | Sunday 28, August
Adelaide | 17.13 (115) | Essendon | 8.10 (58) | Football Park | 41,669 | Sunday 28, August

### Round 24

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Friday, 2 September (8:08 pm)  | Collingwood 8.14 (62)  | def. by  | North Melbourne 19.12 (126)  | MCG (crowd: 72,932)  | Report
Saturday, 3 September (2:00 pm)  | Essendon 12.8 (80)  | def.  | Carlton 9.8 (62)  | MCG (crowd: 61,231)  | Report
Saturday, 3 September (2:00 pm)  | Fitzroy 15.12 (102)  | def. by  | St Kilda 21.14 (140)  | Western Oval (crowd: 10,809)  | Report
Saturday, 3 September (2:08 pm)  | Hawthorn 9.12 (66)  | def.  | Adelaide 6.11 (47)  | Waverley Park (crowd: 22,973)  | Report
Saturday, 3 September (2:08 pm)  | Richmond 13.17 (95)  | def. by  | Geelong 27.9 (171)  | Optus Oval (crowd: 25,112)  | Report
Sunday, 4 September (1:15 pm)  | Sydney 18.13 (121)  | def. by  | Melbourne 27.5 (167)  | SCG (crowd: 8,344)  | Report
Sunday, 4 September (4:15 pm)  | West Coast 17.15 (117)  | def.  | Footscray 6.10 (46)  | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 26,992)  | Report
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* West Coast's 71-point win over Footscray was marred by an ugly brawl at half-time after Brett Heady was knocked out by a bump from Stephen Wallis. In the midst of the brawl, Footscray defender Daniel Southern applied a choke hold on West Coast full-forward Peter Sumich, causing him to pass out.[7] Southern was subsequently fined $10,000.[8]

## Ladder

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1 | West Coast (P) | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2078 | 1572 | 132.2 | 64
2 | Carlton | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2351 | 1774 | 132.5 | 60
3 | North Melbourne | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2383 | 1848 | 129.0 | 52
4 | Geelong | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2403 | 2104 | 114.2 | 52
5 | Footscray | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2106 | 1905 | 110.6 | 52
6 | Hawthorn | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2188 | 2005 | 109.1 | 52
7 | Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2190 | 1879 | 116.6 | 48
8 | Collingwood | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2017 | 2019 | 99.9 | 48
9 | Richmond | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2033 | 2167 | 93.8 | 48
10 | Essendon | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2075 | 2119 | 97.9 | 44
11 | Adelaide | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1876 | 2159 | 86.9 | 38
12 | Brisbane Bears | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1940 | 2195 | 88.4 | 36
13 | St Kilda | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1809 | 2415 | 74.9 | 30
14 | Fitzroy | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1726 | 2456 | 70.3 | 20
15 | Sydney | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1987 | 2545 | 78.1 | 16

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 94.4
Source: AFL Tables

## Finals

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Main article: 1994 AFL finals series

The second McIntyre "final six" system, which had operated in 1992 and 1993, was replaced by the McIntyre "final eight" system. The McIntyre "final eight" system would be used until 1999 and was then replaced by the AFL’s Amended "final eight" system in 2000.

### Week one

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Saturday, 10 September (2:30 pm)  | North Melbourne 15.24 (114)  | def.  | Hawthorn 13.13 (91)  | Waverley Park (crowd: 38,223)  | Report
Saturday, 10 September (7:45 pm)  | Geelong 15.16 (106)  | def.  | Footscray 15.11 (101)  | MCG (crowd: 61,182)  | Report
Sunday, 11 September (2:10 pm)  | Carlton 14.12 (96)  | def. by  | Melbourne 18.15 (123)  | MCG (crowd: 56,111)  | Report
Sunday, 11 September (4:45 pm)  | West Coast 11.16 (82)  | def.  | Collingwood 12.8 (80)  | WACA Ground (crowd: 31,824)  | Report

* The third qualifying final between North Melbourne and Hawthorn was the first-ever AFL finals match to require extra time; this is because scores were level at full time, which had North Melbourne 12.19 (91) to Hawthorn 13.13 (91) at the expiration of regular time. (The provision for extra time had been introduced after the controversial 1990 finals series, when the qualifying final between Collingwood and West Coast was drawn.) North Melbourne dominated extra time, kicking 3.5 to Hawthorn's nil, and North Melbourne won the match by 23 points. Hawthorn eliminated by Melbourne beat Carlton a day later.

### Semi finals

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Geelong | 15.15 (105) | Carlton | 10.12 (72)  | Waverley Park | 53,160  | Saturday, 17 September
Melbourne | 21.18 (144) | Footscray | 9.11 (65)  | MCG | 65,577  | Sunday, 18 September

### Preliminary Final

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North Melbourne | 14.19 (103)  | Geelong | 16.13 (109) | MCG | 80,121  | Saturday, 24 September
West Coast | 16.21 (117) | Melbourne | 8.4 (52)  | WACA | 34,317  | Saturday, 24 September

### Grand final

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West Coast | 20.23 (143) | Geelong | 8.15 (63)  | MCG | 93,860  | Saturday, 1 October

## Awards

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* The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Greg Williams of Carlton.
* The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Greg Williams of Carlton.
* The Coleman Medal was awarded to Gary Ablett of Geelong.
* The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Dean Kemp of West Coast.
* The AFL Rising Star award was awarded to Chris Scott of Brisbane Bears.
* The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to Sydney.

## Notable events

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* Fitzroy moved its match-day home ground from Princes Park (which, due to the first ever ground naming rights deal affecting an AFL venue, became known as Optus Oval from this season) to the Western Oval. However, this left Carlton as the sole tenant of Optus Oval, and an existing arrangement between Carlton and the AFL required eighteen matches to be played there during the year; consequently, Fitzroy and the MCG's four co-tenants (Essendon, Richmond, Melbourne and North Melbourne) were each forced to play one or two home games at Optus Oval to make up the balance.[9]
* Starting from Round 20, the "blood rule" was introduced in order to allay fears raised by the threat of AIDS. Under the rule, any bleeding player would be sent from the field by the umpires until his wound had been covered or closed and any blood-stained gear replaced.[10] The rule, which for the first time ever gave umpires the ability to order players from the ground, was not initially well-received – particularly following a Round 23 incident in which Hawthorn ruckman Stephen Lawrence was unable to return to the field after the third quarter because Hawthorn officials could not find a spare sock to replace his bloodstained one.[11]
* The MCG became Collingwood's predominant home ground for the first time, however they would still play sporadic home games at Victoria Park until 1999 against mostly low crowd drawing and/or interstate opposition. To this day, the MCG has remained Collingwood's predominant home ground.

## See also

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* McIntyre "final eight" system

## References

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1. ^ Rohan Connolly; Gerard Wright (21 August 1994). "A goal that wasn't and a clock that ran fast". The Sunday Age (Sport Liftout). Melbourne, VIC. p. 3.
2. ^ Greg Denham (12 June 1993). "League cuts team lists in shake-up". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. p. 32.
3. ^ Stephen Linnell (19 August 1993). "Logos get a guernsey from the AFL". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. p. 28.
4. ^ "Cats rip into Dogs with impressive comeback". The Canberra Times. Vol. 68, no. 21, 538. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 5 April 1994. p. 17. Retrieved 20 May 2021 - via National Library of Australia.
5. ^ "Don't write me off, warns sacked Wheeler". The Canberra Times. Vol. 68, no. 21, 540. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 April 1994. p. 22. Retrieved 20 May 2021 - via National Library of Australia.
6. ^ "Ablett snatches win from Saints". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 June 1994. p. 15. Retrieved 19 May 2021 - via National Library of Australia.
7. ^ "All-in brawl leaves Sumich unconscious". The Canberra Times. Vol. 70, no. 21, 691. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 5 September 1994. p. 24. Retrieved 20 May 2021 - via National Library of Australia.
8. ^ Morris, Tom (4 September 2018). "AFL 2018: Danny Southern, Peter Sumich finally make peace 24 years after horror headlock". foxsports.com.au.
9. ^ Greg Denham (9 November 1993). "MCG tenants protest at 'home' switch". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. p. 46.
10. ^ Ashley Browne (4 August 1994). "AFL under fire over new law on bleeding players". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. p. 30.
11. ^ Steve Perkin; Daryl Timms (29 August 1994). "Blood rule 'ridiculous'". Herald Sun (Afternoon ed.). Melbourne, VIC. p. 86.

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