2005 AFL season
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Results and statistics for 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...

 season of 2005
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See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.

National Cup

defeated 1.14.18 (111) to 1.11.9 (84) (For an explanation of pre-season scoring see Pre-season rule changes
Australian Football League pre-season competition
The Australian Football League pre-season competition, which is known at present as the NAB Cup, is a competition held before the beginning of the Australian Football League premiership season...

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Round 3 (Rivalry Round
AFL team rivalries
AFL team rivalries are matches in the Australian Football League which typically draw large crowds and interest regardless of both teams' positions on the ladder...

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  • Michael Voss
    Michael Voss
    Michael Voss is the senior coach of the Brisbane Lions Australian Football League team and a former professional Australian rules footballer....

     of the Brisbane Lions
    Brisbane Lions
    The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...

     played his 250th game.


Round 5 (ANZAC Day
ANZAC Day
Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, commemorated by both countries on 25 April every year to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who fought at Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It now more broadly commemorates all...

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  • At the conclusion of the round the Brisbane Lions
    Brisbane Lions
    The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...

     were on the bottom of the ladder for the first time in seven seasons. West Coast inflicted what was to be the Lions' worst ever defeat at the Gabba at the time, winning by 73 points.
  • Sydney came under scrutiny following its insipid performance against Melbourne.


Round 9 (Community Weekend)

  • Carlton played their last match at Optus Oval (currently known as Visy Park; previously called Princes Park) in this round. This was also the last VFL/AFL match to be held at a surburban ground, leaving only two stadiums in Melbourne to host AFL matches.
  • West Coast suffered their first loss of the season against Collingwood who were on the bottom of the ladder at the time


Round 10

  • In this match, Richmond forward Nathan G. Brown
    Nathan G. Brown
    Nathan Gordon Brown is a former Australian rules footballer for the Richmond and the Western Bulldogs in the AFL...

     broke his leg in one of 2005's most shocking incidents.
  • Fraser Gehrig
    Fraser Gehrig
    Fraser Gehrig is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League who played for the St Kilda Football Club and the West Coast Eagles...

     of St Kilda played his 200th game.
  • The Sydney Swans were condemned for the way they played against the Saints. Please see this section of Andrew Demetriou.


Round 20 (Heritage Round
AFL Heritage Round
Heritage Round was a round of matches in the Australian Football League in which all the teams wore guernseys from their past. The first Heritage Round was in 2003 and had been continuing every year until 2008....

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  • Melbourne defeated Geelong at Skilled Stadium for the first time since 1987 in this round.


Awards

  • The Brownlow Medal
    Brownlow Medal
    The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...

     was awarded to Ben Cousins
    Ben Cousins
    Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....

     of . Ben Cousins
    Ben Cousins
    Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....

     received 21 votes to beat fellow West Coast
    West Coast Eagles
    The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...

     midfielder Daniel Kerr
    Daniel Kerr
    Daniel Matthew Kerr is an Australian rules footballer.Kerr was recruited from East Fremantle Football Club and made his AFL debut in 2001 with the West Coast Eagles. He is a hard-running midfielder who is a vital part of the midfield at the Eagles.-Background:Kerr is of Anglo-Indian descent...

    .
  • The Leigh Matthews Trophy
    Leigh Matthews Trophy
    The Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. It is named in honour of Leigh Matthews, who won the first MVP award in 1982, when the league was still known as the Victorian Football League...

     was awarded to Ben Cousins
    Ben Cousins
    Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....

     of .
  • The Coleman Medal
    Coleman Medal
    The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...

     was awarded to Fraser Gehrig
    Fraser Gehrig
    Fraser Gehrig is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League who played for the St Kilda Football Club and the West Coast Eagles...

     of .
  • The Norm Smith Medal
    Norm Smith Medal
    The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match.-History:The Norm Smith Medal is named after former Melbourne player and coach, Norm Smith...

     was awarded to Chris Judd
    Chris Judd
    Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

     of .
  • The AFL Rising Star award
    AFL Rising Star award
    The NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League. Since 2007 the winner has been presented with the Ron Evans Medal and was first awarded in 1993...

     was awarded to Brett Deledio
    Brett Deledio
    Brett Deledio is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life/career:...

     of .
  • The Wooden Spoon
    Wooden spoon (award)
    A wooden spoon is a mock or real award, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events...

    was "awarded" to for coming last. They became the first team in AFL history to win the pre-season competition and then finish last in the season proper.
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