Sunday, 26 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.13 (67) | | 16.14 (110) | Shell Stadium | 24,325 | Sunday, 26 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.18 (114) | | 12.7 (79) | Colonial Stadium | 12,566 | Sunday, 26 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 21.16 (142) | | 8.7 (55) | SCG | 26,334 | Sunday, 26 August Round 22 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.11 (83) | | 17.5 (107) | MCG | 77,028 | Friday, 31 August |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.19 (97)| | 3.9 (27) | Optus Oval | 26,314 | Saturday, 1 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.18 (120)| | 11.17 (83) | Subiaco Oval | 19,535 | Saturday, 1 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.9 (87) | | 13.11 (89)| MCG | 24,113 | Saturday, 1 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.15 (93)| | 9.8 (62) | Gabba | 33,606 | Saturday, 1 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 24.19 (163)| | 7.9 (51) | Football Park | 22,976 | Sunday, 2 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.17 (83) | | 19.12 (126)| Manuka Oval | 13,117 | Sunday, 2 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 19.9 (123) | | 21.7 (133)''' | Colonial Stadium | 21,146 | Sunday, 2 September Ladder All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 176. An additional nine games were played during the finals series. Ladder progression Finals series Week one Week two Week three Week four Match attendance Awards The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Jason Akermanis of the Brisbane Lions. The AFL Players Association MVP Award went to Andrew McLeod of Adelaide. This was the last year for the award under this name; starting with the 2002 season, it would be renamed the "Leigh Matthews Trophy". The Coleman Medal was awarded to Matthew Lloyd of Essendon. The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Shaun Hart of the Brisbane Lions. The AFL Rising Star award was awarded to Justin Koschitzke of St Kilda. Notable events In their Round 16 match, Essendon trailed by 69 points 12 minutes into the second quarter against the Kangaroos, but recovered to record a high-scoring 12-point win. This presently stands as the largest ever comeback in a VFL/AFL game. and began its annual tradition of playing each other at the