2002 AFL Season: Adelaide

Season Team Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Team: Adelaide
Home Ground: AAMI Stadium (Football Park)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 15-0-7, P%: 115.0%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Andrew McLeod (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Brett Burton (48)
Malcolm Blight Medal Recipient(s): Ben Hart

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Mark Ricciuto

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bassett, Nathan #8 20 R01-R16, R22, QF, SF, PF 9 2
Beinke, Bryan #25 11 R02-R04, R16-R21, SF, PF 10 0
Bickley, Mark #26 20 R01-R20 5 3
Biglands, Rhett #35 22 R01-R05, R09-R22, QF, SF, PF 10 3
Bode, Matthew #10 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 23 11
Burton, Brett #24 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 51 2
Clarke, Matthew #4 24 R01-R04, R06-R22, QF, SF, PF 5 0
Crowell, Andrew #1 14 R12-R22, QF, SF, PF 5 0
Doughty, Michael #11 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 13 1
Edwards, Tyson #9 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 16 10
Fitzgerald, Ryan #15 8 R01-R08 8 0
Gallagher, James #21 5 R11-R13, R15, R22 3 3
Goodwin, Simon #36 22 R01-R19, QF, SF, PF 17 7
Hart, Ben #34 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 2 0
Hewitt, Evan #2 2 R21-R22 0 0
Johncock, Graham #18 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 14 0
Johnson, Kane #28 19 R01-R05, R08-R11, R14, R17-R22, QF, SF, PF 10 9
Ladhams, Chris #40 16 R10-R22, QF, SF, PF 9 0
Marsh, Ben #31 6 R05-R08, R13-R14 1 0
Massie, Kris #3 16 R05-R13, R19-R22, QF, SF, PF 4 0
Mattner, Martin #39 7 R14-R18, R20-R21 0 0
McGregor, Ken #16 17 R06, R10-R22, QF, SF, PF 5 0
McLeod, Andrew #23 23 R01-R04, R06-R14, R16-R22, QF, SF, PF 25 16
Nelson, Ben #6 12 R01-R03, R05-R09, R13-R16 1 0
Perrie, Ian #22 11 R01-R09, R13-R14 6 0
Reilly, Brent #33 1 R15 0 0
Ricciuto, Mark #32 22 R01, R04-R19, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF 35 13
Schell, Daniel #27 10 R01-R05, R07, R09-R12 9 0
Shir, Matthew #5 6 R15-R20 1 0
Shirley, Robert #12 4 R20-R22, QF 0 0
Smart, Nigel #7 23 R01-R12, R15-R22, QF, SF, PF 3 2
Stenglein, Tyson #20 23 R01-R14, R17-R22, QF, SF, PF 6 2
Stevens, Mark #19 23 R01-R12, R15-R22, QF, SF, PF 38 0
Welsh, Scott #17 13 R01-R10, QF, SF, PF 29 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Tyson Stenglein Nathan Bassett Nigel Smart
Half-Back: Tyson Edwards Ken McGregor Ben Hart
Centre: Kris Massie Mark Ricciuto Michael Doughty
Half-Forward: Chris Ladhams Mark Stevens Scott Welsh
Forward: Brett Burton Andrew Crowell Graham Johncock
Follower: Matthew Clarke Simon Goodwin Andrew McLeod
Interchange: Bryan Beinke Rhett Biglands Matthew Bode
Kane Johnson

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Ayres, Gary 25 16 -0- 9 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
31/03/2002 Round 1 Western Bulldogs AWAY WIN ADE by 19 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
06/04/2002 Round 2 Geelong HOME WIN ADE by 31 Gary Ayres unknown
13/04/2002 Round 3 Sydney HOME WIN ADE by 30 Gary Ayres unknown
19/04/2002 Round 4 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 41 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
27/04/2002 Round 5 Port Adelaide HOME LOSS POR by 8 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
05/05/2002 Round 6 Richmond AWAY WIN ADE by 32 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
11/05/2002 Round 7 Fremantle HOME WIN ADE by 29 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
19/05/2002 Round 8 Kangaroos AWAY LOSS KAN by 17 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
26/05/2002 Round 9 Carlton AWAY WIN ADE by 56 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
01/06/2002 Round 10 Brisbane Lions HOME WIN ADE by 7 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
08/06/2002 Round 11 Hawthorn HOME WIN ADE by 44 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
22/06/2002 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 25 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
30/06/2002 Round 13 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 18 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
07/07/2002 Round 14 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 22 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
13/07/2002 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN ADE by 18 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
21/07/2002 Round 16 Western Bulldogs HOME WIN ADE by 43 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
28/07/2002 Round 17 Geelong AWAY WIN ADE by 3 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
04/08/2002 Round 18 Sydney AWAY WIN ADE by 18 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
11/08/2002 Round 19 Essendon HOME WIN ADE by 48 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
18/08/2002 Round 20 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS POR by 8 Gary Ayres unknown
25/08/2002 Round 21 Richmond HOME WIN ADE by 22 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
01/09/2002 Round 22 Fremantle AWAY WIN ADE by 40 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
07/09/2002 Qualifying Final Brisbane Lions AWAY LOSS BRI by 71 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
14/09/2002 Semi Final Melbourne HOME WIN ADE by 12 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto
21/09/2002 Preliminary Final Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 28 Gary Ayres Mark Ricciuto