1998 AFL Season

These are the results for the 1998 season of the Australian Football League.

It featured twenty-two rounds. North Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Eight system. Adelaide were the premiers, with Mark Bickley as the premiership captain and Malcolm Blight as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1998 AFL Season
Teams: 16
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Eight System
Matches: 185

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Adelaide Football Park Malcolm Blight
Brisbane Lions Gabba John Northey Roger Merrett
Carlton Optus Oval David Parkin
Collingwood MCG Tony Shaw
Essendon MCG Kevin Sheedy
Fremantle Subiaco Oval Gerard Neesham
Geelong Kardinia Park Gary Ayres
Hawthorn Waverley Park Ken Judge
Melbourne MCG Neale Daniher
North Melbourne MCG Denis Pagan
Port Adelaide Football Park John Cahill
Richmond MCG Jeff Gieschen
St Kilda Waverley Park Stan Alves
Sydney SCG Rodney Eade
West Coast Subiaco Oval Mick Malthouse
Western Bulldogs Optus Oval Terry Wallace

Season Results

Premiers: Adelaide
Runners-Up: North Melbourne
Minor Premiers: North Melbourne

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
North Melbourne 1st 16 -0- 6 64 117.4% 2,486 2,117 362 314 308 269
Western Bulldogs 2nd 15 -0- 7 60 116.5% 2,353 2,019 344 289 298 231
Sydney 3rd 14 -0- 8 56 106.5% 2,283 2,143 342 231 312 271
Melbourne 4th 14 -0- 8 56 102.7% 2,009 1,956 292 257 283 258
Adelaide 5th 13 -0- 9 52 123.2% 2,172 1,763 314 288 252 251
St Kilda 6th 13 -0- 9 52 102.1% 2,148 2,104 317 246 300 304
West Coast 7th 12 -0- 10 48 109.4% 1,940 1,773 278 272 254 249
Essendon 8th 12 -0- 10 48 108.6% 2,250 2,071 332 258 293 313
Richmond 9th 12 -0- 10 48 104.8% 2,018 1,926 292 266 282 234
Port Adelaide 10th 9 -1- 12 38 95.6% 1,928 2,017 276 272 294 253
Carlton 11th 9 -0- 13 36 95.7% 2,018 2,109 293 260 306 273
Geelong 12th 9 -0- 13 36 90.5% 1,777 1,963 254 253 285 253
Hawthorn 13th 8 -0- 14 32 95.6% 1,992 2,083 289 258 305 253
Collingwood 14th 7 -0- 15 28 90.8% 1,968 2,167 285 258 312 295
Fremantle 15th 7 -0- 15 28 76.4% 1,739 2,277 251 233 340 237
Brisbane Lions 16th 5 -1- 16 22 75.8% 1,860 2,453 261 294 358 305

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Adelaide 1st Premiers
North Melbourne 2nd Runners-Up
Western Bulldogs 3rd Defeated by Adelaide (Preliminary Final)
Melbourne 4th Defeated by North Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Sydney 5th Defeated by Adelaide (Semi Final)
St Kilda 6th Defeated by Melbourne (Semi Final)
West Coast 7th Defeated by Western Bulldogs (Qualifying Final)
Essendon 8th Defeated by North Melbourne (Qualifying Final)
Richmond 9th Did not qualify for finals
Port Adelaide 10th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton 11th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong 12th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 13th Did not qualify for finals
Collingwood 14th Did not qualify for finals
Fremantle 15th Did not qualify for finals
Brisbane Lions 16th Did not qualify for finals

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 27/03/1998 7:40 PM North Melbourne v West Coast MCG 103 - 101 27,150
SAT 28/03/1998 2:10 PM Carlton v Adelaide Optus Oval 73 - 63 20,957
SAT 28/03/1998 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong Waverley Park 109 - 91 34,323
SAT 28/03/1998 3:40 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn MCG 123 - 84 47,628
SAT 28/03/1998 8:40 PM Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs Gabba 72 - 118 18,788
SUN 29/03/1998 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 103 - 89 70,200
SUN 29/03/1998 2:40 PM Port Adelaide v Sydney Football Park 117 - 124 31,230
SUN 29/03/1998 3:20 PM Fremantle v Melbourne Subiaco Oval 84 - 61 18,133

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 1 -0- 0 4 163.9% 118 72
Collingwood 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 146.4% 123 84
Fremantle 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 137.7% 84 61
St Kilda 4th 1 -0- 0 4 119.8% 109 91
Carlton 5th 1 -0- 0 4 115.9% 73 63
Richmond 6th 1 -0- 0 4 115.7% 103 89
Sydney 7th 1 -0- 0 4 106.0% 124 117
North Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 0 4 102.0% 103 101
West Coast 9th 0 -0- 1 0 98.1% 101 103
Port Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 1 0 94.4% 117 124
Essendon 11th 0 -0- 1 0 86.4% 89 103
Adelaide 12th 0 -0- 1 0 86.3% 63 73
Geelong 13th 0 -0- 1 0 83.5% 91 109
Melbourne 14th 0 -0- 1 0 72.6% 61 84
Hawthorn 15th 0 -0- 1 0 68.3% 84 123
Brisbane Lions 16th 0 -0- 1 0 61.0% 72 118

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 03/04/1998 8:40 PM West Coast v Collingwood Subiaco Oval 116 - 56 35,909
SAT 04/04/1998 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 99 - 80 26,669
SAT 04/04/1998 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Port Adelaide Waverley Park 67 - 112 18,698
SAT 04/04/1998 3:40 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 125 - 100 29,990
SAT 04/04/1998 7:40 PM Sydney v Brisbane Lions SCG 135 - 97 32,111
SUN 05/04/1998 2:10 PM Adelaide v Fremantle Football Park 167 - 74 40,602
SUN 05/04/1998 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda MCG 182 - 93 53,905
SUN 05/04/1998 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Carlton Optus Oval 140 - 84 27,659

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 2 -0- 0 8 165.4% 258 156
Sydney 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 121.0% 259 214
Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 156.5% 230 147
Essendon 4th 1 -0- 1 4 138.3% 271 196
West Coast 5th 1 -0- 1 4 136.5% 217 159
Port Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 1 4 119.9% 229 191
Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 1 4 101.1% 186 184
Geelong 8th 1 -0- 1 4 100.5% 190 189
Richmond 9th 1 -0- 1 4 97.3% 183 188
North Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 1 4 89.8% 203 226
Collingwood 11th 1 -0- 1 4 89.5% 179 200
Carlton 12th 1 -0- 1 4 77.3% 157 203
St Kilda 13th 1 -0- 1 4 74.0% 202 273
Fremantle 14th 1 -0- 1 4 69.3% 158 228
Brisbane Lions 15th 0 -0- 2 0 66.8% 169 253
Hawthorn 16th 0 -0- 2 0 64.3% 151 235

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/04/1998 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Collingwood Optus Oval 119 - 85 26,518
SAT 11/04/1998 3:40 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 103 - 97 39,954
SAT 11/04/1998 8:40 PM Port Adelaide v North Melbourne Football Park 69 - 98 28,167
SUN 12/04/1998 2:10 PM St Kilda v Adelaide Waverley Park 82 - 60 20,532
SUN 12/04/1998 2:40 PM Sydney v Geelong SCG 160 - 57 29,614
SUN 12/04/1998 3:20 PM Fremantle v West Coast Subiaco Oval 67 - 94 34,710
MON 13/04/1998 2:10 PM Brisbane Lions v Melbourne Gabba 87 - 100 17,161
MON 13/04/1998 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon MCG 98 - 99 68,177

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 3 -0- 0 12 156.4% 377 241
Sydney 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 154.6% 419 271
West Coast 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 137.6% 311 226
Essendon 4th 2 -0- 1 8 125.9% 370 294
Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 1 8 105.5% 286 271
North Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 1 8 102.0% 301 295
Richmond 7th 2 -0- 1 8 100.4% 286 285
St Kilda 8th 2 -0- 1 8 85.3% 284 333
Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 2 4 126.6% 290 229
Port Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 2 4 103.1% 298 289
Carlton 11th 1 -0- 2 4 84.4% 255 302
Collingwood 12th 1 -0- 2 4 82.8% 264 319
Geelong 13th 1 -0- 2 4 70.8% 247 349
Fremantle 14th 1 -0- 2 4 69.9% 225 322
Hawthorn 15th 0 -0- 3 0 73.4% 248 338
Brisbane Lions 16th 0 -0- 3 0 72.5% 256 353

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 17/04/1998 7:40 PM Collingwood v Richmond MCG 133 - 88 78,259
SAT 18/04/1998 2:10 PM Geelong v Western Bulldogs Kardinia Park 79 - 94 26,301
SAT 18/04/1998 3:40 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Waverley Park 121 - 129 36,117
SAT 18/04/1998 8:40 PM West Coast v Sydney WACA 99 - 118 27,059
SUN 19/04/1998 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne Optus Oval 70 - 72 27,508
SUN 19/04/1998 2:10 PM Essendon v Fremantle Waverley Park 76 - 100 26,241
SUN 19/04/1998 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Brisbane Lions MCG 137 - 120 22,688
SUN 19/04/1998 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Adelaide Football Park 73 - 64 41,476

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 4 -0- 0 16 147.2% 471 320
Sydney 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 145.1% 537 370
North Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 105.5% 438 415
Melbourne 4th 3 -0- 1 12 105.0% 358 341
St Kilda 5th 3 -0- 1 12 91.0% 413 454
West Coast 6th 2 -0- 2 8 119.2% 410 344
Essendon 7th 2 -0- 2 8 113.2% 446 394
Port Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 2 8 105.1% 371 353
Collingwood 9th 2 -0- 2 8 97.5% 397 407
Richmond 10th 2 -0- 2 8 89.5% 374 418
Fremantle 11th 2 -0- 2 8 81.7% 325 398
Adelaide 12th 1 -0- 3 4 117.2% 354 302
Carlton 13th 1 -0- 3 4 86.9% 325 374
Geelong 14th 1 -0- 3 4 73.6% 326 443
Hawthorn 15th 0 -0- 4 0 79.0% 369 467
Brisbane Lions 16th 0 -0- 4 0 76.7% 376 490

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 24/04/1998 7:40 PM Richmond v West Coast MCG 86 - 71 34,837
SAT 25/04/1998 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Brisbane Lions Waverley Park 124 - 83 22,366
SAT 25/04/1998 3:40 PM Collingwood v Essendon MCG 108 - 88 81,542
SAT 25/04/1998 8:40 PM Fremantle v North Melbourne WACA 104 - 87 26,335
SUN 26/04/1998 2:10 PM Melbourne v Port Adelaide MCG 102 - 53 21,726
SUN 26/04/1998 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Waverley Park 88 - 66 31,955
SUN 26/04/1998 2:40 PM Sydney v Western Bulldogs SCG 99 - 83 36,505
SUN 26/04/1998 3:20 PM Adelaide v Geelong Football Park 87 - 61 39,974

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 5 -0- 0 20 140.4% 636 453
Western Bulldogs 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 132.2% 554 419
Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 116.8% 460 394
St Kilda 4th 4 -0- 1 16 96.3% 501 520
Collingwood 5th 3 -0- 2 12 102.0% 505 495
North Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 2 12 101.2% 525 519
Richmond 7th 3 -0- 2 12 94.1% 460 489
Fremantle 8th 3 -0- 2 12 88.5% 429 485
Adelaide 9th 2 -0- 3 8 121.5% 441 363
West Coast 10th 2 -0- 3 8 111.9% 481 430
Essendon 11th 2 -0- 3 8 106.4% 534 502
Port Adelaide 12th 2 -0- 3 8 93.2% 424 455
Hawthorn 13th 1 -0- 4 4 89.6% 493 550
Carlton 14th 1 -0- 4 4 84.6% 391 462
Geelong 15th 1 -0- 4 4 73.0% 387 530
Brisbane Lions 16th 0 -0- 5 0 74.8% 459 614

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 01/05/1998 7:40 PM Brisbane Lions v Richmond Gabba 86 - 51 19,219
SAT 02/05/1998 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 90 - 73 23,267
SAT 02/05/1998 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Essendon Optus Oval 97 - 89 24,813
SAT 02/05/1998 3:40 PM Carlton v Collingwood MCG 67 - 96 69,963
SAT 02/05/1998 8:40 PM Port Adelaide v Fremantle Football Park 96 - 60 30,519
SUN 03/05/1998 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Adelaide MCG 106 - 102 23,041
SUN 03/05/1998 2:40 PM Sydney v Melbourne SCG 61 - 80 25,951
SUN 03/05/1998 3:20 PM West Coast v St Kilda Subiaco Oval 119 - 121 36,406

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 5 -0- 1 20 130.8% 697 533
Western Bulldogs 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 128.1% 651 508
Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 118.7% 540 455
St Kilda 4th 5 -0- 1 20 97.3% 622 639
Collingwood 5th 4 -0- 2 16 106.9% 601 562
North Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 2 16 101.6% 631 621
Port Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 3 12 101.0% 520 515
Richmond 8th 3 -0- 3 12 88.9% 511 575
Fremantle 9th 3 -0- 3 12 84.2% 489 581
Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 4 8 115.8% 543 469
West Coast 11th 2 -0- 4 8 108.9% 600 551
Essendon 12th 2 -0- 4 8 104.0% 623 599
Geelong 13th 2 -0- 4 8 79.1% 477 603
Hawthorn 14th 1 -0- 5 4 88.4% 566 640
Carlton 15th 1 -0- 5 4 82.1% 458 558
Brisbane Lions 16th 1 -0- 5 4 82.0% 545 665

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 08/05/1998 6:40 PM Fremantle v Hawthorn WACA 57 - 99 22,037
FRI 08/05/1998 7:40 PM Collingwood v Sydney MCG 79 - 115 57,894
SAT 09/05/1998 2:10 PM Carlton v Port Adelaide Optus Oval 76 - 165 16,058
SAT 09/05/1998 2:10 PM St Kilda v Brisbane Lions Waverley Park 82 - 99 23,960
SAT 09/05/1998 7:40 PM Essendon v Geelong MCG 70 - 79 56,093
SUN 10/05/1998 1:40 PM Adelaide v West Coast Football Park 79 - 71 39,057
SUN 10/05/1998 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 91 - 49 46,217
SUN 10/05/1998 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne Optus Oval 111 - 83 22,058

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 6 -0- 1 24 132.7% 812 612
Western Bulldogs 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 128.9% 762 591
Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 107.9% 589 546
St Kilda 4th 5 -0- 2 20 95.4% 704 738
Port Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 3 16 115.9% 685 591
Collingwood 6th 4 -0- 3 16 100.4% 680 677
North Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 3 16 97.5% 714 732
Richmond 8th 4 -0- 3 16 96.5% 602 624
Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 4 12 115.2% 622 540
Geelong 10th 3 -0- 4 12 82.6% 556 673
Fremantle 11th 3 -0- 4 12 80.3% 546 680
West Coast 12th 2 -0- 5 8 106.5% 671 630
Essendon 13th 2 -0- 5 8 102.2% 693 678
Hawthorn 14th 2 -0- 5 8 95.4% 665 697
Brisbane Lions 15th 2 -0- 5 8 86.2% 644 747
Carlton 16th 1 -0- 6 4 73.9% 534 723

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 15/05/1998 7:40 PM Essendon v Brisbane Lions MCG 84 - 70 35,384
SAT 16/05/1998 2:10 PM Geelong v Fremantle Kardinia Park 76 - 54 19,449
SAT 16/05/1998 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Sydney MCG 105 - 95 43,400
SAT 16/05/1998 7:40 PM St Kilda v Port Adelaide Waverley Park 72 - 45 20,063
SUN 17/05/1998 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs Waverley Park 96 - 136 34,541
SUN 17/05/1998 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 114 - 111 57,425
SUN 17/05/1998 2:40 PM Adelaide v Richmond Football Park 79 - 92 40,559
SUN 17/05/1998 3:20 PM West Coast v Carlton Subiaco Oval 92 - 84 37,361

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 7 -0- 1 28 130.7% 898 687
Sydney 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 126.5% 907 717
Melbourne 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 107.0% 703 657
St Kilda 4th 6 -0- 2 24 99.1% 776 783
North Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 3 20 99.0% 819 827
Richmond 6th 5 -0- 3 20 98.7% 694 703
Port Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 4 16 110.1% 730 663
Collingwood 8th 4 -0- 4 16 100.0% 791 791
Geelong 9th 4 -0- 4 16 86.9% 632 727
Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 5 12 110.9% 701 632
West Coast 11th 3 -0- 5 12 106.9% 763 714
Essendon 12th 3 -0- 5 12 103.9% 777 748
Fremantle 13th 3 -0- 5 12 79.4% 600 756
Hawthorn 14th 2 -0- 6 8 91.4% 761 833
Brisbane Lions 15th 2 -0- 6 8 85.9% 714 831
Carlton 16th 1 -0- 7 4 75.8% 618 815

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 22/05/1998 8:40 PM Fremantle v St Kilda WACA 105 - 90 22,803
SAT 23/05/1998 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Optus Oval 74 - 115 20,205
SAT 23/05/1998 2:10 PM Geelong v West Coast Kardinia Park 44 - 65 19,848
SAT 23/05/1998 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Richmond Waverley Park 88 - 75 36,428
SAT 23/05/1998 3:40 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 84 - 122 49,580
SAT 23/05/1998 7:40 PM Brisbane Lions v Adelaide Gabba 50 - 98 19,509
SUN 24/05/1998 2:40 PM Sydney v Hawthorn SCG 117 - 80 31,420
SUN 24/05/1998 3:20 PM Port Adelaide v Collingwood Football Park 80 - 63 35,659

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 8 -0- 1 32 129.4% 986 762
Sydney 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 128.5% 1,024 797
North Melbourne 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 103.7% 934 901
Melbourne 4th 6 -0- 3 24 101.0% 787 779
St Kilda 5th 6 -0- 3 24 97.5% 866 888
Port Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 4 20 111.6% 810 726
Richmond 7th 5 -0- 4 20 97.2% 769 791
Adelaide 8th 4 -0- 5 16 117.2% 799 682
West Coast 9th 4 -0- 5 16 109.2% 828 758
Essendon 10th 4 -0- 5 16 108.1% 899 832
Collingwood 11th 4 -0- 5 16 98.0% 854 871
Geelong 12th 4 -0- 5 16 85.4% 676 792
Fremantle 13th 4 -0- 5 16 83.3% 705 846
Hawthorn 14th 2 -0- 7 8 88.5% 841 950
Brisbane Lions 15th 2 -0- 7 8 82.2% 764 929
Carlton 16th 1 -0- 8 4 74.4% 692 930

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 29/05/1998 8:40 PM West Coast v Western Bulldogs WACA 113 - 100 28,193
SAT 30/05/1998 2:10 PM Carlton v Brisbane Lions Optus Oval 111 - 87 18,317
SAT 30/05/1998 2:10 PM Richmond v Port Adelaide MCG 97 - 67 31,225
SAT 30/05/1998 3:40 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Waverley Park 87 - 93 41,780
SAT 30/05/1998 7:40 PM Sydney v St Kilda SCG 53 - 154 36,180
SUN 31/05/1998 2:10 PM Adelaide v Melbourne Football Park 111 - 58 40,844
SUN 31/05/1998 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fremantle Victoria Park 119 - 112 23,188
SUN 31/05/1998 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong MCG 91 - 114 35,595

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 8 -0- 2 32 124.1% 1,086 875
Sydney 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 113.2% 1,077 951
St Kilda 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 108.4% 1,020 941
North Melbourne 4th 6 -0- 4 24 101.0% 1,025 1,015
Richmond 5th 6 -0- 4 24 100.9% 866 858
Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 4 24 94.9% 845 890
Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 5 20 123.0% 910 740
West Coast 8th 5 -0- 5 20 109.7% 941 858
Essendon 9th 5 -0- 5 20 107.9% 992 919
Port Adelaide 10th 5 -0- 5 20 106.6% 877 823
Collingwood 11th 5 -0- 5 20 99.0% 973 983
Geelong 12th 5 -0- 5 20 89.5% 790 883
Fremantle 13th 4 -0- 6 16 84.7% 817 965
Hawthorn 14th 2 -0- 8 8 89.0% 928 1,043
Brisbane Lions 15th 2 -0- 8 8 81.8% 851 1,040
Carlton 16th 2 -0- 8 8 79.0% 803 1,017

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 05/06/1998 7:40 PM Essendon v Sydney MCG 160 - 100 62,866
SAT 06/06/1998 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Waverley Park 70 - 117 31,365
SAT 06/06/1998 3:40 PM Geelong v Carlton MCG 80 - 63 41,222
SAT 06/06/1998 8:40 PM Port Adelaide v West Coast Football Park 55 - 57 28,284
SUN 07/06/1998 2:10 PM Fremantle v Brisbane Lions Subiaco Oval 121 - 50 17,452
SUN 07/06/1998 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Adelaide Optus Oval 155 - 88 21,165
MON 08/06/1998 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 126 - 97 58,369
MON 08/06/1998 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond Waverley Park 137 - 110 71,488

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 9 -0- 2 36 128.9% 1,241 963
St Kilda 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 110.1% 1,157 1,051
Sydney 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 105.9% 1,177 1,111
North Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 4 28 103.5% 1,151 1,112
Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 4 28 100.2% 962 960
Essendon 6th 6 -0- 5 24 113.1% 1,152 1,019
West Coast 7th 6 -0- 5 24 109.3% 998 913
Richmond 8th 6 -0- 5 24 98.1% 976 995
Geelong 9th 6 -0- 5 24 92.0% 870 946
Adelaide 10th 5 -0- 6 20 111.5% 998 895
Port Adelaide 11th 5 -0- 6 20 105.9% 932 880
Collingwood 12th 5 -0- 6 20 96.5% 1,070 1,109
Fremantle 13th 5 -0- 6 20 92.4% 938 1,015
Hawthorn 14th 2 -0- 9 8 86.0% 998 1,160
Carlton 15th 2 -0- 9 8 78.9% 866 1,097
Brisbane Lions 16th 2 -0- 9 8 77.6% 901 1,161

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 12/06/1998 8:40 PM West Coast v Hawthorn WACA 123 - 108 27,112
SAT 13/06/1998 2:10 PM Carlton v Sydney Optus Oval 100 - 74 23,226
SAT 13/06/1998 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 46 - 141 41,567
SAT 13/06/1998 8:40 PM Adelaide v Essendon Football Park 108 - 106 40,700
SUN 14/06/1998 2:10 PM Brisbane Lions v Port Adelaide Gabba 123 - 123 15,924
SUN 14/06/1998 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Waverley Park 82 - 117 50,578
SUN 14/06/1998 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 127 - 92 43,497
SUN 14/06/1998 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Fremantle Optus Oval 122 - 96 16,487

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 10 -0- 2 40 128.7% 1,363 1,059
St Kilda 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 112.4% 1,274 1,133
West Coast 3rd 7 -0- 5 28 109.8% 1,121 1,021
Sydney 4th 7 -0- 5 28 103.3% 1,251 1,211
Geelong 5th 7 -0- 5 28 101.9% 1,011 992
Richmond 6th 7 -0- 5 28 101.5% 1,103 1,087
North Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 5 28 100.3% 1,243 1,239
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 5 28 91.6% 1,008 1,101
Essendon 9th 6 -0- 6 24 111.6% 1,258 1,127
Adelaide 10th 6 -0- 6 24 110.5% 1,106 1,001
Port Adelaide 11th 5 -1- 6 22 105.2% 1,055 1,003
Collingwood 12th 5 -0- 7 20 94.0% 1,152 1,226
Fremantle 13th 5 -0- 7 20 90.9% 1,034 1,137
Carlton 14th 3 -0- 9 12 82.5% 966 1,171
Brisbane Lions 15th 2 -1- 9 10 79.8% 1,024 1,284
Hawthorn 16th 2 -0- 10 8 86.2% 1,106 1,283

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 19/06/1998 7:40 PM Essendon v West Coast MCG 72 - 83 45,277
SAT 20/06/1998 2:10 PM Collingwood v Adelaide MCG 70 - 79 34,630
SAT 20/06/1998 2:10 PM Geelong v Brisbane Lions Kardinia Park 80 - 106 21,833
SAT 20/06/1998 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Waverley Park 114 - 112 23,845
SAT 20/06/1998 8:40 PM Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs Football Park 73 - 39 28,746
SUN 21/06/1998 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 42 - 127 35,055
SUN 21/06/1998 2:40 PM Sydney v Richmond SCG 102 - 91 28,445
SUN 21/06/1998 3:20 PM Fremantle v Carlton Subiaco Oval 76 - 68 23,899

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 10 -0- 3 40 123.9% 1,402 1,132
St Kilda 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 119.2% 1,401 1,175
West Coast 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 110.2% 1,204 1,093
Sydney 4th 8 -0- 5 32 103.9% 1,353 1,302
Adelaide 5th 7 -0- 6 28 110.6% 1,185 1,071
Richmond 6th 7 -0- 6 28 100.4% 1,194 1,189
North Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 6 28 100.1% 1,355 1,353
Geelong 8th 7 -0- 6 28 99.4% 1,091 1,098
Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 6 28 85.5% 1,050 1,228
Port Adelaide 10th 6 -1- 6 26 108.3% 1,128 1,042
Essendon 11th 6 -0- 7 24 109.9% 1,330 1,210
Fremantle 12th 6 -0- 7 24 92.1% 1,110 1,205
Collingwood 13th 5 -0- 8 20 93.6% 1,222 1,305
Brisbane Lions 14th 3 -1- 9 14 82.8% 1,130 1,364
Hawthorn 15th 3 -0- 10 12 87.5% 1,220 1,395
Carlton 16th 3 -0- 10 12 82.9% 1,034 1,247

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 26/06/1998 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Essendon MCG 127 - 109 48,618
SAT 27/06/1998 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Optus Oval 92 - 76 25,529
SAT 27/06/1998 2:10 PM Richmond v Fremantle MCG 145 - 55 25,723
SAT 27/06/1998 2:10 PM St Kilda v Western Bulldogs Waverley Park 87 - 72 49,706
SAT 27/06/1998 8:40 PM Port Adelaide v Geelong Football Park 91 - 73 32,431
SUN 28/06/1998 2:40 PM Brisbane Lions v Collingwood Gabba 135 - 83 17,275
SUN 28/06/1998 2:40 PM Sydney v Adelaide SCG 87 - 124 30,735
SUN 28/06/1998 3:20 PM West Coast v Melbourne Subiaco Oval 79 - 96 35,238

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda 1st 11 -0- 3 44 119.3% 1,488 1,247
Western Bulldogs 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 120.9% 1,474 1,219
Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 6 32 113.0% 1,309 1,158
West Coast 4th 8 -0- 6 32 107.9% 1,283 1,189
Richmond 5th 8 -0- 6 32 107.6% 1,339 1,244
North Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 6 32 101.4% 1,482 1,462
Sydney 7th 8 -0- 6 32 101.0% 1,440 1,426
Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 6 32 87.7% 1,146 1,307
Port Adelaide 9th 7 -1- 6 30 109.3% 1,219 1,115
Geelong 10th 7 -0- 7 28 97.9% 1,164 1,189
Essendon 11th 6 -0- 8 24 107.6% 1,439 1,337
Fremantle 12th 6 -0- 8 24 86.3% 1,165 1,350
Collingwood 13th 5 -0- 9 20 90.6% 1,305 1,440
Brisbane Lions 14th 4 -1- 9 18 87.4% 1,265 1,447
Carlton 15th 4 -0- 10 16 85.1% 1,126 1,323
Hawthorn 16th 3 -0- 11 12 87.2% 1,296 1,487

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 03/07/1998 7:40 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 132 - 70 66,287
SAT 04/07/1998 2:10 PM Essendon v Port Adelaide MCG 108 - 81 37,685
SAT 04/07/1998 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Waverley Park 79 - 145 36,557
SAT 04/07/1998 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Melbourne Optus Oval 83 - 65 20,782
SAT 04/07/1998 7:40 PM Brisbane Lions v West Coast Gabba 49 - 76 15,369
SUN 05/07/1998 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong MCG 71 - 61 44,806
SUN 05/07/1998 2:40 PM Adelaide v Hawthorn Football Park 68 - 35 38,430
SUN 05/07/1998 3:20 PM Fremantle v Sydney Subiaco Oval 69 - 82 21,042

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 11 -0- 4 44 121.3% 1,557 1,284
St Kilda 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 112.6% 1,567 1,392
Adelaide 3rd 9 -0- 6 36 115.4% 1,377 1,193
Richmond 4th 9 -0- 6 36 111.9% 1,471 1,314
West Coast 5th 9 -0- 6 36 109.8% 1,359 1,238
North Melbourne 6th 9 -0- 6 36 105.6% 1,627 1,541
Sydney 7th 9 -0- 6 36 101.8% 1,522 1,495
Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 7 32 87.1% 1,211 1,390
Port Adelaide 9th 7 -1- 7 30 106.3% 1,300 1,223
Essendon 10th 7 -0- 8 28 109.1% 1,547 1,418
Geelong 11th 7 -0- 8 28 97.2% 1,225 1,260
Collingwood 12th 6 -0- 9 24 91.7% 1,376 1,501
Fremantle 13th 6 -0- 9 24 86.2% 1,234 1,432
Brisbane Lions 14th 4 -1- 10 18 86.3% 1,314 1,523
Carlton 15th 4 -0- 11 16 82.2% 1,196 1,455
Hawthorn 16th 3 -0- 12 12 85.6% 1,331 1,555

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 17/07/1998 8:40 PM Adelaide v Carlton Football Park 101 - 105 42,713
SAT 18/07/1998 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 76 - 100 26,879
SAT 18/07/1998 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fremantle MCG 106 - 83 20,365
SAT 18/07/1998 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Brisbane Lions Optus Oval 177 - 86 16,131
SAT 18/07/1998 7:40 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Waverley Park 38 - 124 39,325
SUN 19/07/1998 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond MCG 94 - 75 83,773
SUN 19/07/1998 2:40 PM Sydney v Port Adelaide SCG 118 - 84 29,325
SUN 19/07/1998 3:20 PM West Coast v North Melbourne Subiaco Oval 80 - 94 36,463

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 12 -0- 4 48 126.6% 1,734 1,370
St Kilda 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 113.6% 1,667 1,468
North Melbourne 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 106.2% 1,721 1,621
Sydney 4th 10 -0- 6 40 103.9% 1,640 1,579
Adelaide 5th 9 -0- 7 36 113.9% 1,478 1,298
Richmond 6th 9 -0- 7 36 109.8% 1,546 1,408
West Coast 7th 9 -0- 7 36 108.0% 1,439 1,332
Melbourne 8th 9 -0- 7 36 89.4% 1,317 1,473
Essendon 9th 8 -0- 8 32 109.9% 1,641 1,493
Port Adelaide 10th 7 -1- 8 30 103.2% 1,384 1,341
Collingwood 11th 7 -0- 9 28 97.5% 1,500 1,539
Geelong 12th 7 -0- 9 28 95.7% 1,301 1,360
Fremantle 13th 6 -0- 10 24 85.6% 1,317 1,538
Carlton 14th 5 -0- 11 20 83.6% 1,301 1,556
Brisbane Lions 15th 4 -1- 11 18 82.4% 1,400 1,700
Hawthorn 16th 3 -0- 13 12 81.5% 1,369 1,679

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 24/07/1998 8:40 PM Fremantle v Adelaide Subiaco Oval 98 - 97 18,876
SAT 25/07/1998 2:10 PM Carlton v Western Bulldogs Optus Oval 185 - 105 26,911
SAT 25/07/1998 2:10 PM Collingwood v West Coast Victoria Park 65 - 86 23,293
SAT 25/07/1998 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne MCG 152 - 87 36,042
SAT 25/07/1998 8:40 PM Port Adelaide v Hawthorn Football Park 119 - 98 30,104
SUN 26/07/1998 2:10 PM Brisbane Lions v Sydney Gabba 89 - 149 15,475
SUN 26/07/1998 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 67 - 58 44,222
SUN 26/07/1998 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Waverley Park 87 - 90 50,778

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 12 -0- 5 48 118.3% 1,839 1,555
St Kilda 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 112.6% 1,754 1,558
North Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 109.7% 1,873 1,708
Sydney 4th 11 -0- 6 44 107.3% 1,789 1,668
Richmond 5th 10 -0- 7 40 110.0% 1,613 1,466
West Coast 6th 10 -0- 7 40 109.2% 1,525 1,397
Adelaide 7th 9 -0- 8 36 112.8% 1,575 1,396
Essendon 8th 9 -0- 8 36 109.6% 1,731 1,580
Melbourne 9th 9 -0- 8 36 86.4% 1,404 1,625
Port Adelaide 10th 8 -1- 8 34 104.4% 1,503 1,439
Collingwood 11th 7 -0- 10 28 96.3% 1,565 1,625
Geelong 12th 7 -0- 10 28 95.2% 1,359 1,427
Fremantle 13th 7 -0- 10 28 86.5% 1,415 1,635
Carlton 14th 6 -0- 11 24 89.5% 1,486 1,661
Brisbane Lions 15th 4 -1- 12 18 80.5% 1,489 1,849
Hawthorn 16th 3 -0- 14 12 81.6% 1,467 1,798

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 31/07/1998 7:40 PM Collingwood v Western Bulldogs MCG 67 - 110 40,832
SAT 01/08/1998 11:40 AM North Melbourne v Port Adelaide Manuka Oval 131 - 76 11,321
SAT 01/08/1998 2:10 PM Geelong v Sydney Kardinia Park 87 - 121 23,137
SAT 01/08/1998 2:10 PM Melbourne v Brisbane Lions MCG 151 - 56 16,518
SAT 01/08/1998 8:40 PM Adelaide v St Kilda Football Park 137 - 67 40,670
SUN 02/08/1998 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton MCG 84 - 78 70,969
SUN 02/08/1998 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Waverley Park 70 - 34 37,297
SUN 02/08/1998 2:10 PM West Coast v Fremantle Subiaco Oval 99 - 60 37,145

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 13 -0- 5 52 120.2% 1,949 1,622
North Melbourne 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 112.3% 2,004 1,784
Sydney 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 108.8% 1,910 1,755
St Kilda 4th 12 -0- 6 48 107.4% 1,821 1,695
West Coast 5th 11 -0- 7 44 111.5% 1,624 1,457
Adelaide 6th 10 -0- 8 40 117.0% 1,712 1,463
Essendon 7th 10 -0- 8 40 109.5% 1,815 1,658
Richmond 8th 10 -0- 8 40 107.2% 1,647 1,536
Melbourne 9th 10 -0- 8 40 92.5% 1,555 1,681
Port Adelaide 10th 8 -1- 9 34 100.6% 1,579 1,570
Collingwood 11th 7 -0- 11 28 94.1% 1,632 1,735
Geelong 12th 7 -0- 11 28 93.4% 1,446 1,548
Fremantle 13th 7 -0- 11 28 85.1% 1,475 1,734
Carlton 14th 6 -0- 12 24 89.6% 1,564 1,745
Brisbane Lions 15th 4 -1- 13 18 77.3% 1,545 2,000
Hawthorn 16th 4 -0- 14 16 83.9% 1,537 1,832

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 07/08/1998 7:40 PM Brisbane Lions v North Melbourne Gabba 86 - 113 14,973
SAT 08/08/1998 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 113 - 64 39,704
SAT 08/08/1998 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Waverley Park 69 - 128 32,286
SAT 08/08/1998 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Geelong Optus Oval 96 - 97 17,535
SAT 08/08/1998 8:40 PM Fremantle v Essendon Subiaco Oval 86 - 119 28,444
SUN 09/08/1998 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 86 - 67 57,303
SUN 09/08/1998 2:40 PM Sydney v West Coast SCG 74 - 68 30,934
SUN 09/08/1998 3:20 PM Adelaide v Port Adelaide Football Park 144 - 70 46,850

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 13 -0- 6 52 119.0% 2,045 1,719
North Melbourne 2nd 13 -0- 6 52 113.2% 2,117 1,870
Sydney 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 108.8% 1,984 1,823
St Kilda 4th 12 -0- 7 48 103.7% 1,890 1,823
Adelaide 5th 11 -0- 8 44 121.1% 1,856 1,533
Essendon 6th 11 -0- 8 44 110.9% 1,934 1,744
West Coast 7th 11 -0- 8 44 110.5% 1,692 1,531
Richmond 8th 11 -0- 8 44 108.1% 1,733 1,603
Melbourne 9th 11 -0- 8 44 95.6% 1,668 1,745
Port Adelaide 10th 8 -1- 10 34 96.2% 1,649 1,714
Geelong 11th 8 -0- 11 32 93.9% 1,543 1,644
Collingwood 12th 7 -0- 12 28 93.3% 1,699 1,821
Fremantle 13th 7 -0- 12 28 84.2% 1,561 1,853
Carlton 14th 6 -0- 13 24 87.6% 1,628 1,858
Hawthorn 15th 5 -0- 14 20 87.6% 1,665 1,901
Brisbane Lions 16th 4 -1- 14 18 77.2% 1,631 2,113

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 14/08/1998 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Fremantle MCG 151 - 47 19,429
SAT 15/08/1998 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood MCG 109 - 99 64,480
SAT 15/08/1998 2:10 PM Geelong v Adelaide Kardinia Park 44 - 118 22,384
SAT 15/08/1998 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Sydney Waverley Park 99 - 97 32,577
SAT 15/08/1998 7:40 PM Brisbane Lions v Hawthorn Gabba 59 - 94 14,738
SUN 16/08/1998 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda MCG 134 - 104 42,120
SUN 16/08/1998 2:40 PM Port Adelaide v Melbourne Football Park 71 - 94 28,660
SUN 16/08/1998 3:20 PM West Coast v Richmond Subiaco Oval 112 - 73 37,920

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 6 56 118.3% 2,268 1,917
Western Bulldogs 2nd 14 -0- 6 56 118.1% 2,144 1,816
Sydney 3rd 13 -0- 7 52 108.3% 2,081 1,922
Adelaide 4th 12 -0- 8 48 125.2% 1,974 1,577
West Coast 5th 12 -0- 8 48 112.5% 1,804 1,604
Essendon 6th 12 -0- 8 48 110.9% 2,043 1,843
St Kilda 7th 12 -0- 8 48 101.9% 1,994 1,957
Melbourne 8th 12 -0- 8 48 97.0% 1,762 1,816
Richmond 9th 11 -0- 9 44 105.3% 1,806 1,715
Port Adelaide 10th 8 -1- 11 34 95.1% 1,720 1,808
Geelong 11th 8 -0- 12 32 90.1% 1,587 1,762
Collingwood 12th 7 -0- 13 28 93.2% 1,798 1,930
Carlton 13th 7 -0- 13 28 89.8% 1,762 1,962
Fremantle 14th 7 -0- 13 28 80.2% 1,608 2,004
Hawthorn 15th 6 -0- 14 24 89.7% 1,759 1,960
Brisbane Lions 16th 4 -1- 15 18 76.6% 1,690 2,207

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 21/08/1998 7:40 PM Essendon v Western Bulldogs MCG 90 - 101 67,157
SAT 22/08/1998 2:10 PM Richmond v Brisbane Lions MCG 155 - 78 27,912
SAT 22/08/1998 2:10 PM St Kilda v West Coast Waverley Park 63 - 55 26,895
SAT 22/08/1998 8:40 PM Adelaide v North Melbourne Football Park 92 - 105 43,297
SUN 23/08/1998 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton MCG 63 - 118 60,741
SUN 23/08/1998 2:10 PM Fremantle v Port Adelaide Subiaco Oval 71 - 124 20,412
SUN 23/08/1998 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Waverley Park 84 - 63 28,833
MON 24/08/1998 7:40 PM Melbourne v Sydney MCG 114 - 83 52,614

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 15 -0- 6 60 118.1% 2,373 2,009
Western Bulldogs 2nd 15 -0- 6 60 117.8% 2,245 1,906
Sydney 3rd 13 -0- 8 52 106.3% 2,164 2,036
St Kilda 4th 13 -0- 8 52 102.2% 2,057 2,012
Melbourne 5th 13 -0- 8 52 98.8% 1,876 1,899
Adelaide 6th 12 -0- 9 48 122.8% 2,066 1,682
West Coast 7th 12 -0- 9 48 111.5% 1,859 1,667
Essendon 8th 12 -0- 9 48 109.7% 2,133 1,944
Richmond 9th 12 -0- 9 48 109.4% 1,961 1,793
Port Adelaide 10th 9 -1- 11 38 98.1% 1,844 1,879
Carlton 11th 8 -0- 13 32 92.8% 1,880 2,025
Geelong 12th 8 -0- 13 32 89.4% 1,650 1,846
Hawthorn 13th 7 -0- 14 28 91.1% 1,843 2,023
Collingwood 14th 7 -0- 14 28 90.9% 1,861 2,048
Fremantle 15th 7 -0- 14 28 78.9% 1,679 2,128
Brisbane Lions 16th 4 -1- 16 18 74.9% 1,768 2,362

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 28/08/1998 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs MCG 113 - 108 68,050
SAT 29/08/1998 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon MCG 127 - 117 61,089
SAT 29/08/1998 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fremantle Waverley Park 149 - 60 39,735
SAT 29/08/1998 7:40 PM Brisbane Lions v St Kilda Gabba 92 - 91 14,993
SAT 29/08/1998 8:40 PM West Coast v Adelaide Subiaco Oval 81 - 106 37,388
SUN 30/08/1998 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 133 - 57 76,387
SUN 30/08/1998 2:40 PM Sydney v Collingwood SCG 119 - 107 35,814
SUN 30/08/1998 3:20 PM Port Adelaide v Carlton Football Park 84 - 138 34,518

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 16 -0- 6 64 117.4% 2,486 2,117
Western Bulldogs 2nd 15 -0- 7 60 116.5% 2,353 2,019
Sydney 3rd 14 -0- 8 56 106.5% 2,283 2,143
Melbourne 4th 14 -0- 8 56 102.7% 2,009 1,956
Adelaide 5th 13 -0- 9 52 123.2% 2,172 1,763
St Kilda 6th 13 -0- 9 52 102.1% 2,148 2,104
West Coast 7th 12 -0- 10 48 109.4% 1,940 1,773
Essendon 8th 12 -0- 10 48 108.6% 2,250 2,071
Richmond 9th 12 -0- 10 48 104.8% 2,018 1,926
Port Adelaide 10th 9 -1- 12 38 95.6% 1,928 2,017
Carlton 11th 9 -0- 13 36 95.7% 2,018 2,109
Geelong 12th 9 -0- 13 36 90.5% 1,777 1,963
Hawthorn 13th 8 -0- 14 32 95.6% 1,992 2,083
Collingwood 14th 7 -0- 15 28 90.8% 1,968 2,167
Fremantle 15th 7 -0- 15 28 76.4% 1,739 2,277
Brisbane Lions 16th 5 -1- 16 22 75.8% 1,860 2,453

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
North Melbourne 1st 16 -0- 6 64 117.4% 2,486 2,117 362 314 308 269
Western Bulldogs 2nd 15 -0- 7 60 116.5% 2,353 2,019 344 289 298 231
Sydney 3rd 14 -0- 8 56 106.5% 2,283 2,143 342 231 312 271
Melbourne 4th 14 -0- 8 56 102.7% 2,009 1,956 292 257 283 258
Adelaide 5th 13 -0- 9 52 123.2% 2,172 1,763 314 288 252 251
St Kilda 6th 13 -0- 9 52 102.1% 2,148 2,104 317 246 300 304
West Coast 7th 12 -0- 10 48 109.4% 1,940 1,773 278 272 254 249
Essendon 8th 12 -0- 10 48 108.6% 2,250 2,071 332 258 293 313
Richmond 9th 12 -0- 10 48 104.8% 2,018 1,926 292 266 282 234
Port Adelaide 10th 9 -1- 12 38 95.6% 1,928 2,017 276 272 294 253
Carlton 11th 9 -0- 13 36 95.7% 2,018 2,109 293 260 306 273
Geelong 12th 9 -0- 13 36 90.5% 1,777 1,963 254 253 285 253
Hawthorn 13th 8 -0- 14 32 95.6% 1,992 2,083 289 258 305 253
Collingwood 14th 7 -0- 15 28 90.8% 1,968 2,167 285 258 312 295
Fremantle 15th 7 -0- 15 28 76.4% 1,739 2,277 251 233 340 237
Brisbane Lions 16th 5 -1- 16 22 75.8% 1,860 2,453 261 294 358 305

Final Round 1

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 04/09/1998 7:45 PM North Melbourne v Essendon MCG 82 - 60 71,154
SAT 05/09/1998 2:30 PM Melbourne v Adelaide MCG 115 - 67 60,817
SAT 05/09/1998 7:45 PM Sydney v St Kilda SCG 89 - 87 36,076
SUN 06/09/1998 2:30 PM Western Bulldogs v West Coast MCG 121 - 51 43,025

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
North Melbourne 1st
Western Bulldogs 2nd
Sydney 3rd
Melbourne 4th
Adelaide 5th
St Kilda 6th
West Coast 7th
Essendon 8th

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/09/1998 2:30 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 107 - 56 88,456
SAT 12/09/1998 7:45 PM Sydney v Adelaide SCG 67 - 94 37,498

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
North Melbourne 1st
Western Bulldogs 2nd
Melbourne 3rd
Adelaide 4th
Sydney 5th
St Kilda 6th
West Coast 7th
Essendon 8th

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 18/09/1998 7:45 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne MCG 114 - 84 73,719
SAT 19/09/1998 2:30 PM Western Bulldogs v Adelaide MCG 93 - 161 67,557

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
North Melbourne 1st
Adelaide 2nd
Western Bulldogs 3rd
Melbourne 4th
Sydney 5th
St Kilda 6th
West Coast 7th
Essendon 8th

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/09/1998 2:50 PM North Melbourne v Adelaide MCG 70 - 105 94,431

Final Round 4 Ladder

Team Pos.
Adelaide 1st
North Melbourne 2nd
Western Bulldogs 3rd
Melbourne 4th
Sydney 5th
St Kilda 6th
West Coast 7th
Essendon 8th