Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.10 (70) | | 18.16 (124) | MCG | 55,682 | Saturday, 11 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 19.12 (126) | | 10.13 (73) | Gabba | 24,045 | Saturday, 11 September Note: West Coast Eagles played its "home" final at the MCG despite being ranked above Carlton due to the agreement then in place with the Melbourne Cricket Club that at least one game each week of the finals be played at the MCG. Preliminary Finals |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 19.9 (123) | | 11.12 (78) | MCG | 61,031 | Friday, 17 September |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.19 (103) | | 16.8 (104) | MCG | 80,519 | Saturday, 18 September Grand Final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 19.10 (124) | | 12.17 (89) | MCG | 94,228 | Saturday, 25 September Match attendance Awards The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Shane Crawford of Hawthorn. The Leigh Matthews Trophy as the AFL's most valuable player was awarded to Shane Crawford of Hawthorn. The Coleman Medal was awarded to Scott Cummings of the West Coast Eagles. The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Shannon Grant of the Kangaroos The AFL Rising Star award was awarded to Adam Goodes of the Sydney Swans. The wooden Spoon was "awarded" to Collingwood. The Reserves Grand Final was won by Essendon against St Kilda. This was the last Reserves Grand Final before the competition was merged with the Victorian Football League. See also List of AFL debuts in 1999 Notes Richmond and Adelaide played in torrential and stormy conditions at Football Park in Round 9. Under new laws that were introduced following the power outage which interrupted a game at Waverley Park in 1996, the captains met in the centre to decide whether to call the game off at three quarter time (accepting the progress score as final), due to the thunder and lightning having put out two light towers during half time. At that stage, Adelaide led by a point, but the captains agreed to carry on with the game. Richmond ended up winning by 11 points. Two rounds later, once again played in heavy and unrelenting rain at Football