List of VFL/AFL pre-season and night series premiers
December 07, 2023
This page is a complete chronological listing of the pre-season and night series premiers of the Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990. Although it spans three different competitions, the premierships are considered historically equivalent.
From 1956 to 1971, the first VFL Night Series was a consolation knock-out competition held in September at the Lake Oval in Albert Park amongst the eight teams who failed to reach the finals in the VFL premiership season, apart from 1957, when all twelve teams competed.[1]
There were no official VFL night series held during the 1972 to 1976 seasons, however in 1976 the National Football League (the national governing body at the time) held their own night series mid-week during the season, known as the NFL Wills Cup. In 1977, the VFL revived their own night series, also held mid-week during the season and televised on Channel 7 to rival the NFL series that was shown on Channel 10.[2] Whilst the 1977 series only featured the twelve VFL teams, between 1978 and 1986 a selection of teams from the SANFL, WAFL and representative teams from Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania also competed.[3] This became known as the Australian Football Championships Night Series and ran until 1987.
With the national expansion of the VFL to include teams from Western Australia and Queensland the 1987 series was restricted to only the 14 VFL teams and commenced during the pre-season period, but was completed mid-week between rounds 5 and 6 of the 1987 VFL season.[4]
From 1988 until 2013, the competition was played in its entirety before the premiership season began and is competed for by only the VFL or AFL teams (the VFL was renamed the AFL in 1990), and became the Australian Football League pre-season competition. The preseason competition was abandoned in 2014, and replaced with discrete practice matches.
^The Australian Football League was called the Victorian Football League prior to 1990. From 2003 onwards, the pre-season cup competition has had a modified scoring system (not the usual scoring system that is used in the premiership season), that includes awarding 9 points for Super Goals that are kicked from outside the 50m arc and 3 points for rushed behinds.
The last pre-season premiership was awarded in 2013, as subsequent pre-season tournaments had no declared winner.
Most pre-season cup competition wins (1988–2013)edit
The double premiership of winning both the night/pre-season and main premiership competitions has been achieved on seven occasions, by three clubs. In 2007, the AFL announced that if a club won both titles, they would win a $1 million bonus.[6] The offer was not extended past that season, so neither St Kilda, who won the 2008 NAB Cup and made the preliminary final of the 2008 AFL season,[7] nor Geelong, who achieved the double in 2009, were eligible for the extra prize money.
Four teams have won the pre-season premiership immediately after winning the main-season premiership. Carlton won the main VFL Premiership in 1982 and backed it up with a night premiership in 1983. Hawthorn won the AFL Premiership in 1991; they then backed it up the following year to win the pre-season competition in 1992. Essendon won the 1993 AFL Grand Final and then also won the 1994 Foster's Cup. Collingwood won the 2010 AFL Grand Final and then also won the 2011 NAB Cup.
^$1 million finals bonus off the table for St Kilda
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This page is a complete chronological listing of the pre season and night series premiers of the Australian Football League AFL known as the Victorian Football League VFL until 1990 Although it spans three different competitions the premierships are considered historically equivalent From 1956 to 1971 the first VFL Night Series was a consolation knock out competition held in September at the Lake Oval in Albert Park amongst the eight teams who failed to reach the finals in the VFL premiership season apart from 1957 when all twelve teams competed 1 There were no official VFL night series held during the 1972 to 1976 seasons however in 1976 the National Football League the national governing body at the time held their own night series mid week during the season known as the NFL Wills Cup In 1977 the VFL revived their own night series also held mid week during the season and televised on Channel 7 to rival the NFL series that was shown on Channel 10 2 Whilst the 1977 series only featured the twelve VFL teams between 1978 and 1986 a selection of teams from the SANFL WAFL and representative teams from Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Queensland and Tasmania also competed 3 This became known as the Australian Football Championships Night Series and ran until 1987 With the national expansion of the VFL to include teams from Western Australia and Queensland the 1987 series was restricted to only the 14 VFL teams and commenced during the pre season period but was completed mid week between rounds 5 and 6 of the 1987 VFL season 4 From 1988 until 2013 the competition was played in its entirety before the premiership season began and is competed for by only the VFL or AFL teams the VFL was renamed the AFL in 1990 and became the Australian Football League pre season competition The preseason competition was abandoned in 2014 and replaced with discrete practice matches Contents 1 Consolation Night series Lake Oval winners 1956 1971 1 1 Most Consolation Night Series Lake Oval wins 1956 1971 2 Night series winners 1977 1987 2 1 Most night series wins 1977 1987 3 Pre season cup winners 1988 2013 3 1 Most pre season cup competition wins 1988 2013 4 Total pre season and night series wins 5 Back to back night pre season winners 6 Double premiership teams 7 See also 8 ReferencesConsolation Night series Lake Oval winners 1956 1971 editYear Winners Grand Finalist Scores Venue Crowd Margin Season Result1956 South Melbourne Carlton 13 16 94 13 10 88 Lake Oval 32 450 6 9th1957 South Melbourne Geelong 15 13 103 8 4 52 Lake Oval 25 000 51 10th1958 St Kilda Carlton 16 13 109 15 11 101 Lake Oval 26 400 8 8th1959 Fitzroy Hawthorn 10 10 70 4 16 40 Lake Oval 9 200 30 5th1960 South Melbourne Hawthorn 10 12 72 8 11 59 Lake Oval 20 000 13 8th1961 Geelong North Melbourne 9 20 74 9 8 62 Lake Oval 30 465 12 6th1962 Richmond Hawthorn 8 16 64 9 6 60 Lake Oval 24 550 4 8th1963 Footscray Richmond 10 9 69 9 9 63 Lake Oval 25 270 6 9th1964 Footscray St Kilda 11 12 78 11 7 73 Lake Oval 36 300 5 10th1965 North Melbourne Carlton 14 13 97 9 3 57 Lake Oval 37 750 40 9th1966 North Melbourne Hawthorn 20 12 132 12 7 79 Lake Oval 22 800 53 7th1967 Footscray South Melbourne 15 11 101 8 8 56 Lake Oval 26 731 45 12th1968 Hawthorn North Melbourne 16 15 111 6 14 50 Lake Oval 15 650 61 6th1969 Hawthorn Melbourne 10 17 77 9 18 72 Lake Oval 21 067 5 5th1970 Footscray Melbourne 13 17 95 13 15 93 Lake Oval 23 882 2 7th1971 Melbourne Fitzroy 12 7 79 9 9 63 Lake Oval 21 169 16 7thMost Consolation Night Series Lake Oval wins 1956 1971 edit Team Wins SeasonsFootscray 4 1963 1964 1967 1970South Melbourne 3 1956 1957 1960Hawthorn 2 1968 1969North Melbourne 2 1965 1966Melbourne 1 1971St Kilda 1 1958Fitzroy 1 1959Geelong 1 1961Richmond 1 1962Night series winners 1977 1987 editYear Winners Grand Finalist Scores Venue Crowd Margin Season Result1977 Hawthorn Carlton 14 11 95 11 5 71 VFL Park 27 407 24 Preliminary Finalist1978 Fitzroy North Melbourne 13 18 96 2 8 20 VFL Park 26 420 76 9th1979 Collingwood Hawthorn 12 8 80 7 10 52 VFL Park 37 753 28 Grand Finalist1980 North Melbourne Collingwood 8 9 57 7 12 54 VFL Park 50 478 3 Elimination Finalist1981 Essendon Carlton 9 11 65 6 5 41 VFL Park 42 269 24 Elimination Finalist1982 Swans North Melbourne 13 12 90 8 10 58 VFL Park 20 028 32 7th1983 Carlton Richmond 14 16 100 10 6 66 VFL Park 32 927 34 Elimination Finalist1984 Essendon Sydney Swans 13 11 89 5 8 38 VFL Park 30 824 51 Premier1985 Hawthorn Essendon 11 11 77 10 8 68 VFL Park 24 812 9 Grand Finalist1986 Hawthorn Carlton 9 12 66 5 6 36 VFL Park 19 627 30 Premier1987 Melbourne Essendon 8 10 58 8 6 54 VFL Park 26 860 4 Preliminary FinalistMost night series wins 1977 1987 edit Team Wins SeasonsHawthorn 3 1977 1985 1986Essendon 2 1981 1984Melbourne 1 1987Carlton 1 1983Sydney Swans 1 1982North Melbourne 1 1980Collingwood 1 1979Fitzroy 1 1978Pre season cup winners 1988 2013 editYear Premier Runner Up Scores Venue Crowd Margin Winner Season Runner Up Season1988 Hawthorn Geelong 10 10 70 9 13 67 Waverley Park 35 803 3 Premier 9th1989 Melbourne Geelong 10 16 76 9 13 67 Waverley Park 48 720 9 Semi Finalist Grand Finalist1990 Essendon North Melbourne 17 10 112 10 16 76 Waverley Park 48 559 36 Grand Finalist 6th1991 Hawthorn North Melbourne 14 19 103 7 12 54 Waverley Park 46 629 49 Premier 8th1992 Hawthorn Fitzroy 19 14 128 8 15 63 Waverley Park 49 453 65 Elimination Finalist 10th1993 Essendon Richmond 14 18 102 11 13 79 Waverley Park 75 533 23 Premier 14th1994 Essendon Adelaide 15 12 102 9 14 68 Waverley Park 43 925 34 10th 11th1995 North Melbourne Adelaide 14 9 93 8 15 63 Waverley Park 39 393 30 Preliminary Finalist 11th1996 St Kilda Carlton 20 10 130 10 12 72 Waverley Park 66 888 58 10th Semi Finalist1997 Carlton Geelong 14 13 97 5 10 40 MCG 63 898 57 11th Semi Finalist1998 North Melbourne St Kilda 14 13 97 12 11 83 Waverley Park 63 760 14 Grand Finalist Semi Finalist1999 Hawthorn Port Adelaide 12 11 83 5 6 36 Waverley Park 74 786 47 9th Elimination Finalist2000 Essendon North Melbourne 16 21 117 11 10 76 MCG 56 720 41 Premier Preliminary Finalist2001 Port Adelaide Brisbane Lions 17 9 111 3 8 26 Football Park 35 304 85 Semi Finalist Premier2002 Port Adelaide Richmond 10 11 71 9 8 62 Colonial Stadium 36 481 9 Preliminary Finalist 14th2003 Adelaide Collingwood 2 13 8 104 1 9 10 73 Telstra Dome 43 571 31 Semi Finalist Grand Finalist2004 St Kilda Geelong 1 14 5 98 1 10 7 76 Telstra Dome 50 533 22 Preliminary Finalist Preliminary Finalist2005 Carlton West Coast Eagles 1 14 18 111 1 11 9 84 Telstra Dome 43 391 27 16th Wooden Spoon Grand Finalist2006 Geelong Adelaide 3 10 5 92 1 10 15 84 AAMI Stadium 30 707 8 9th Preliminary Finalist2007 Carlton Brisbane Lions 2 12 7 97 0 10 12 72 Telstra Dome 46 094 25 15th 10th2008 St Kilda Adelaide 2 7 9 69 0 9 10 64 AAMI Stadium 26 823 5 Preliminary Finalist Elimination Finalist2009 Geelong Collingwood 0 18 19 127 1 6 6 51 Etihad Stadium 37 277 76 Premier Preliminary Finalist2010 Western Bulldogs St Kilda 2 13 8 104 0 9 10 64 Etihad Stadium 42 381 40 Preliminary Finalist Grand Finalist2011 Collingwood Essendon 1 15 9 108 0 13 8 86 Etihad Stadium 45 304 22 Grand Finalist Elimination Finalist2012 Adelaide West Coast Eagles 2 10 17 95 2 5 13 61 AAMI Stadium 27 376 34 Preliminary Finalist Semi Finalist2013 Brisbane Lions Carlton 0 16 13 109 2 7 9 69 Etihad Stadium 24 884 40 12th Semi Finalist The Australian Football League was called the Victorian Football League prior to 1990 From 2003 onwards the pre season cup competition has had a modified scoring system not the usual scoring system that is used in the premiership season that includes awarding 9 points for Super Goals that are kicked from outside the 50m arc and 3 points for rushed behinds The last pre season premiership was awarded in 2013 as subsequent pre season tournaments had no declared winner Most pre season cup competition wins 1988 2013 edit Team Wins Most Recent WinEssendon 4 2000Hawthorn 4 1999St Kilda 3 2008Carlton 3 2007Adelaide 2 2012Geelong 2 2009Port Adelaide 2 2002North Melbourne 2 1998Brisbane Lions 1 2013Collingwood 1 2011Western Bulldogs 1 2010Melbourne 1 1989Total pre season and night series wins editTeam Wins SeasonsHawthorn 9 1968 1969 1977 1985 1986 1988 1991 1992 1999Essendon 6 1981 1984 1990 1993 1994 2000Footscray Western Bulldogs 5 1963 1964 1967 1970 2010North Melbourne Kangaroos 5 1965 1966 1980 1995 1998South Melbourne Sydney Swans 4 1956 1957 1960 1982St Kilda 4 1958 1996 2004 2008Carlton 4 1983 1997 2005 2007Geelong 3 1961 2006 2009Melbourne 3 1971 1987 1989Adelaide 2 2003 2012Collingwood 2 1979 2011Fitzroy 2 1959 1978Port Adelaide 2 2001 2002Brisbane Lions 1 2013Richmond 1 1962Ref 5 Back to back night pre season winners editSeason Premier Runner Up Score Venue Attendance Margin1956 South Melbourne Carlton 13 16 94 13 10 88 Lake Oval 32 450 61957 South Melbourne Geelong 15 13 103 8 4 52 Lake Oval 25 000 511963 Footscray Richmond 10 9 69 9 9 63 Lake Oval 25 270 61964 Footscray St Kilda 11 12 78 11 7 73 Lake Oval 36 300 51965 North Melbourne Carlton 14 13 97 9 3 57 Lake Oval 37 750 401966 North Melbourne Hawthorn 20 12 132 12 7 79 Lake Oval 22 800 531968 Hawthorn North Melbourne 16 15 111 6 14 50 Lake Oval 15 650 611969 Hawthorn Melbourne 10 17 77 9 18 72 Lake Oval 21 067 51985 Hawthorn Essendon 11 11 77 10 8 68 Waverley Park 24 812 91986 Hawthorn Carlton 9 12 66 5 6 36 Waverley Park 19 627 301991 Hawthorn North Melbourne 14 19 103 7 12 54 Waverley Park 46 629 491992 Hawthorn Fitzroy 19 14 128 8 15 63 Waverley Park 49 453 651993 Essendon Richmond 14 18 102 11 13 79 Waverley Park 75 533 231994 Essendon Adelaide 15 12 102 9 14 68 Waverley Park 43 925 342001 Port Adelaide Brisbane Lions 17 9 111 3 8 26 Football Park 35 304 852002 Port Adelaide Richmond 10 11 71 9 8 62 Colonial Stadium 36 481 9Double premiership teams editThe double premiership of winning both the night pre season and main premiership competitions has been achieved on seven occasions by three clubs In 2007 the AFL announced that if a club won both titles they would win a 1 million bonus 6 The offer was not extended past that season so neither St Kilda who won the 2008 NAB Cup and made the preliminary final of the 2008 AFL season 7 nor Geelong who achieved the double in 2009 were eligible for the extra prize money Four teams have won the pre season premiership immediately after winning the main season premiership Carlton won the main VFL Premiership in 1982 and backed it up with a night premiership in 1983 Hawthorn won the AFL Premiership in 1991 they then backed it up the following year to win the pre season competition in 1992 Essendon won the 1993 AFL Grand Final and then also won the 1994 Foster s Cup Collingwood won the 2010 AFL Grand Final and then also won the 2011 NAB Cup Season Premier Runner Up Score Venue Attendance Premiership1984 Essendon Sydney Swans 13 11 89 5 8 38 Waverley Park 30 824 1984 Night series1984 Essendon Hawthorn 14 21 105 12 9 81 MCG 92 685 1984 VFL Grand Final1986 Hawthorn Carlton 9 12 66 5 6 36 Waverley Park 19 627 1986 Night series1986 Hawthorn Carlton 16 14 110 9 14 68 MCG 101 861 1986 VFL Grand Final1988 Hawthorn Geelong 10 10 70 9 13 67 Waverley Park 35 803 1988 Pre Season Cup1988 Hawthorn Melbourne 22 20 152 6 20 56 MCG 93 754 1988 VFL Grand Final1991 Hawthorn North Melbourne 14 19 103 7 12 54 Waverley Park 46 629 1991 Pre Season Cup1991 Hawthorn West Coast 20 19 139 13 8 86 Waverley Park 75 230 1991 AFL Grand Final1993 Essendon Richmond 14 18 102 11 13 79 Waverley Park 75 533 1993 Pre Season Cup1993 Essendon Carlton 20 13 133 13 11 89 MCG 96 862 1993 AFL Grand Final2000 Essendon North Melbourne 16 21 117 11 10 76 MCG 56 720 2000 Pre Season Cup2000 Essendon Melbourne 19 21 135 11 9 75 MCG 96 249 2000 AFL Grand Final2009 Geelong Collingwood 0 18 19 127 1 6 6 51 Etihad Stadium 37 277 2009 Pre Season Cup2009 Geelong St Kilda 12 8 80 9 14 68 MCG 99 251 2009 AFL Grand FinalSee also editList of Australian Football League premiersReferences edit Taylor Kevin 2000 Inside Football Footystats Oakleigh Victoria ACP Action p 76 ISBN 0 646 37926 7 Ross John ed 1997 100 years of Australian football Ringwood Victoria Penguin Books p 277 ISBN 0 14 026969 X Devaney John VFL amp AFL Night Series amp Pre season Grand Finals Archived from the original on 14 May 2011 Retrieved 12 October 2008 Poat Peter amp East Alan 1987 Football Register 25th ed Applecross Western Australia Westralian Publishers pp 103 117 Lovett Michael ed 2005 AFL Record Guide to Season 2005 AFL Publishing p 760 AFL glory equals 1m bonus 1 million finals bonus off the table for St Kilda Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of VFL AFL pre season and night series premiers amp oldid 1148439926, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
