2003 AFL season


The 2003 Australian Football League season was the 107th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 14th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989.
See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.

AFL Draft

See 2003 AFL Draft.

Wizard Home Loans Cup

The 2003 Wizard Home Loans Cup saw defeat 15.14 to 10.13 in the final.

Premiership season

Round 1 (season launch)

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4 (Easter)

Round 5 (ANZAC Day)

Round 6

Round 7 (Mother's Day)

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11 (Queen's Birthday)

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19 (Heritage Round)

Round 20

Round 21

The vs. game is notable as it is the highest attended Australian rules football match ever played outside of Victoria.

Round 22

Ladder


This marks the first time that Fremantle played a finals match and the first, and only time to date that all non-Victorian teams played in a finals series.

Ladder progression

Finals series

Week one

Week two

Week three

Week four

Match attendance

Total match attendance for all games was 5,872,352 people. Attendance at the grand final was 79,451 people. The largest non-finals attendance was 72,393 people for the vs game in round 21.

Awards