2003 Wizard Home Loans Cup
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The 2003 Wizard Home Loans Cup was the Australian Football League
competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League
's 2003 Premiership Season
began. The AFL National Cup is also sometimes referred to as the pre-season cup because it is played in its entirety before the Premiership Season begins. The final was won by Adelaide for the first time in its history, defeating Collingwood
by 31 points
The AFL introduced a range of innovations for this pre-season competition, the Wizard Home Loans Cup, to make the game faster and more exciting. Five new rules changes were trialled in the competition, which in itself resorts back to a knock-out format after three years as a round-robin series. In the most notable innovation, players were awarded nine points for goals kicked outside the 50-metre arc in a move designed to bring the game’s longer kickers into play. The player must have his back foot on or beyond the 50m arc if kicking on the run and the player on the mark must be on or beyond the 50m arc if the kicker is taking a set shot. The ball can still bounce through for a goal. With a running shot at goal, the ball must leave the player’s back foot planted on or outside the 50m line.
The other rules trialled included:
In other changes, the field umpires instead wore orange shirts and black shorts, while goal umpires wove different coloured flags for the different scores. The new rules were used in conjunction with those incorporated last year: an expanded interchange bench, and the ball to be bounced only for the start of the match, and then thrown up.
|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 1.8.5 (62) || || 2.12.15 (105) || Telstra Dome || 16,990 || Friday, 21st February, 7:30 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 1.13.13 (100) || || 1.11.8 (83) || Subiaco Oval
|| 32,701 || Friday, 21st February, 7:30 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 0.8.9 (57) || || 1.15.20 (119) || Manuka Oval
|| 8,041 || Saturday, 22nd February, 2:30 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 0.11.16 (82) || || 1.7.8 (59)|| York Park
|| 11,427 || Saturday, 22nd February, 2:30 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 0.14.9 (93) || || 0.9.7 (61)|| Telstra Stadium || 8,276 || Saturday, 22nd February, 7:30 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 1.10.9 (78) || || 0.11.11 (77)|| AAMI Stadium
|| 25,560 || Saturday, 22nd February, 7:30 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 4.7.9 (87) || || 2.19.14 (146) || Kardinia Park || 8,406 || Sunday, 23rd February, 2:30 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 0.14.8 (92) || || 4.16.16 (148) || Telstra Dome || 20,893 || Sunday, 23rd February, 6:00 PM
|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 1.10.11 (80) || || 0.17.4 (106) || Marrara Oval
|| 9,404 || Friday, 28th February, 7:10 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 1.10.9 (78) || || 1.8.8 (65) || Telstra Dome || 10,311 || Saturday, 1st March, 6:40 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 2.9.7 (79) || || 1.9.8 (71) || Bundaberg Rum Stadium
|| 8,150 || Saturday, 1st March, 7:40 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 1.15.13 (112) || || 1.9.9 (72) || Telstra Dome || 19,556 || Sunday, 2nd March, 6:10 PM
|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 5.8.10 (103) || || 1.8.9 (66) || Telstra Dome || 24,728 || Saturday, 8th March, 6:10 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 1.9.10 (73) || || 0.10.9 (69)|| AAMI Stadium
|| 17,962 || Saturday, 8th March, 8:10 PM
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
's 2003 Premiership Season
2003 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2003.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:...
began. The AFL National Cup is also sometimes referred to as the pre-season cup because it is played in its entirety before the Premiership Season begins. The final was won by Adelaide for the first time in its history, defeating Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
by 31 points
The AFL introduced a range of innovations for this pre-season competition, the Wizard Home Loans Cup, to make the game faster and more exciting. Five new rules changes were trialled in the competition, which in itself resorts back to a knock-out format after three years as a round-robin series. In the most notable innovation, players were awarded nine points for goals kicked outside the 50-metre arc in a move designed to bring the game’s longer kickers into play. The player must have his back foot on or beyond the 50m arc if kicking on the run and the player on the mark must be on or beyond the 50m arc if the kicker is taking a set shot. The ball can still bounce through for a goal. With a running shot at goal, the ball must leave the player’s back foot planted on or outside the 50m line.
The other rules trialled included:
- teams will concede three points for rushed behinds instead of one point.
- umpires calling play-on, and not awarding a mark, for players kicking backwards to team-mates outside the attacking 50m arc,
- the centre square will be expanded from 45 metres to 50 metres,
- defenders will also be able to kick out after a behind straight away, rather than wait for the goal umpire to wave his flags, in a move designed to speed up the game.
In other changes, the field umpires instead wore orange shirts and black shorts, while goal umpires wove different coloured flags for the different scores. The new rules were used in conjunction with those incorporated last year: an expanded interchange bench, and the ball to be bounced only for the start of the match, and then thrown up.
Round 1
|- style="background:#ccf;"|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 1.8.5 (62) || || 2.12.15 (105) || Telstra Dome || 16,990 || Friday, 21st February, 7:30 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 1.13.13 (100) || || 1.11.8 (83) || Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
|| 32,701 || Friday, 21st February, 7:30 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 0.8.9 (57) || || 1.15.20 (119) || Manuka Oval
Manuka Oval
Manuka Oval is a 13,550 capacity ground located in the suburb of Griffith, adjacent to Manuka, a business district of Canberra, Australia's capital....
|| 8,041 || Saturday, 22nd February, 2:30 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 0.11.16 (82) || || 1.7.8 (59)|| York Park
Aurora Stadium
York Park is a sports ground in the Inveresk and York Park Precinct, Launceston, Australia. Holding 20,000 people—more than any other stadium in Tasmania—York Park has been known as Aurora Stadium under a six-year naming rights agreement signed with Aurora Energy in 2004...
|| 11,427 || Saturday, 22nd February, 2:30 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 0.14.9 (93) || || 0.9.7 (61)|| Telstra Stadium || 8,276 || Saturday, 22nd February, 7:30 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 1.10.9 (78) || || 0.11.11 (77)|| AAMI Stadium
AAMI Stadium
Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...
|| 25,560 || Saturday, 22nd February, 7:30 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 4.7.9 (87) || || 2.19.14 (146) || Kardinia Park || 8,406 || Sunday, 23rd February, 2:30 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 0.14.8 (92) || || 4.16.16 (148) || Telstra Dome || 20,893 || Sunday, 23rd February, 6:00 PM
Quarter Finals
|- style="background:#ccf;"|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 1.10.11 (80) || || 0.17.4 (106) || Marrara Oval
Marrara Oval
Marrara Stadium is a sports ground in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The ground was built in 1991 and Australian rules football and Cricket are primarily played at the venue...
|| 9,404 || Friday, 28th February, 7:10 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 1.10.9 (78) || || 1.8.8 (65) || Telstra Dome || 10,311 || Saturday, 1st March, 6:40 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 2.9.7 (79) || || 1.9.8 (71) || Bundaberg Rum Stadium
Cazaly's Stadium
Cazaly's Stadium, also known by its sponsorship name as Bundaberg Rum Stadium, is a sports stadium in Cairns, Australia, that is named after former VFL legend Roy Cazaly....
|| 8,150 || Saturday, 1st March, 7:40 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 1.15.13 (112) || || 1.9.9 (72) || Telstra Dome || 19,556 || Sunday, 2nd March, 6:10 PM
Semi Finals
|- style="background:#ccf;"|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 5.8.10 (103) || || 1.8.9 (66) || Telstra Dome || 24,728 || Saturday, 8th March, 6:10 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 1.9.10 (73) || || 0.10.9 (69)|| AAMI Stadium
AAMI Stadium
Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...
|| 17,962 || Saturday, 8th March, 8:10 PM