Notable Events
- Defending premiers North Melbourne were the lowest ranked team in the top eight to reach a preliminary final, when it went down to minor premiers St Kilda. It currently stands as the only time in VFL/AFL history that a team has made the preliminary finals outside the top six.
- In its first season as a merged entity the Brisbane Lions finished in the top eight, but it went down to minor premiers St Kilda in the first week of the finals.
- Melbourne became the first wooden-spooner to win their first and last games of the season.
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