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2018 AFL season
122nd season of the Australian Football League (AFL) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the 2018 season of the AFL Women's competition, see 2018 AFL Women's season.
The 2018 AFL season was the 122nd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured eighteen clubs, ran from 22 March until 29 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
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2018 AFL premiership season | |
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Date | 22 March – 29 September |
Teams | 18 |
Premiers | West Coast 4th premiership |
Runners-up | Collingwood (27th runners-up) |
Minor premiers | Richmond 9th minor premiership |
Brownlow Medallist | Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn – 28 votes) |
Coleman Medallist | Jack Riewoldt (Richmond – 65 goals) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 207 |
Total attendance | 7,595,165 (36,692 per match) |
Highest (H&A) | 91,440 (round 5, Collingwood v Essendon) |
Highest (finals) | 100,022 (Grand Final, West Coast vs. Collingwood) |
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The premiership was won by the West Coast Eagles for the fourth time, after it defeated Collingwood by five points in the AFL Grand Final.