2007 AFL season

2007 AFL premiership season
Official 2007 AFL logo
Teams	16
Premiers	Geelong (7th premiership)
Minor premiers	Geelong (12th minor premiership)
Pre-season cup	Carlton (3rd pre-season cup win)
Matches played	185
Attendance	7,050,945 (38,113 per match)
Highest attendance	98,002 (first preliminary final, Geelong vs. Collingwood)
Coleman Medallist	Jonathan Brown (Brisbane Lions)
Brownlow Medallist	Jimmy Bartel (Geelong)
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The 2007 Australian Football League season was the 111th season of the elite Australian rules football competition. The regular season commenced on 30 March 2007, and concluded with the 2007 AFL Grand Final on 29 September 2007, with Geelong defeating Port Adelaide by 119 points, the highest winning-margin in an AFL Grand Final, to claim the 2007 AFL premiership.

Preseason competition

	Round One									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		St Kilda	1	5	6	45
		Brisbane Lions	0	7	10	52					Brisbane Lions	2	12	12	102
		Western Bulldogs	1	12	16	97					Western Bulldogs	2	7	10	70
		Sydney	1	9	7	70														Brisbane Lions	3	8	10	85
		Geelong	3	17	10	139														Geelong	0	10	13	73
		Richmond	1	14	3	96					Geelong (aet)	0	9	6	60
		Port Adelaide	2	9	17	89					Port Adelaide	0	7	15	57
		Adelaide	2	10	8	86																							Brisbane Lions	0	10	12	72
		Melbourne	2	9	14	86																							Carlton	2	12	7	97
		Hawthorn	3	11	17	110					Hawthorn	2	7	8	68
		Carlton	1	10	14	83					Carlton	1	9	12	75
		Essendon	1	9	16	79														Carlton	1	13	13	100
		Kangaroos	1	15	18	117														Kangaroos	1	12	4	85
		Collingwood	1	8	9	66					Kangaroos	1	14	7	100
		Fremantle	4	11	10	112					Fremantle	0	13	13	91
		West Coast	0	10	15	75

	2007 NAB Cup Grand Final
17 March (7:20 pm)	Brisbane Lions 0.10.12 (72)	def. by	Carlton 2.12.7 (97)	Telstra Dome (crowd: 46,094)	Report

Premiership season

Round 1 (season launch)

	Round 1 - Season Launch
Friday, 30 March (7:40 pm)	Melbourne 9.8 (62)	def. by	St Kilda 13.15 (93)	MCG (crowd: 49,490)
Saturday, 31 March (2:10 pm)	Kangaroos 10.19 (79)	def. by	Collingwood 12.10 (82)	MCG (crowd: 42,402)
Saturday, 31 March (2:10 pm)	Fremantle 16.9 (105)	def. by	Port Adelaide 19.7 (121)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 37,425)
Saturday, 31 March (7:15 pm)	Brisbane Lions 9.15 (69)	def.	Hawthorn 6.8 (44)	The Gabba (crowd: 27,104)
Saturday, 31 March (7:15 pm)	Sydney 10.13 (73)	def. by	West Coast 11.8 (74)	ANZ Stadium (crowd: 62,586)
Sunday, 1 April (12:40 pm)	Adelaide 10.14 (74)	def. by	Essendon 16.9 (105)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 43,064)
Sunday, 1 April (2:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs 17.11 (113)	def.	Geelong 13.15 (93)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 42,626)
Sunday, 1 April (5:10 pm)	Carlton 15.25 (115)	def.	Richmond 15.8 (98)	MCG (crowd: 59,847)

Round 2 (Easter)

Round 3 (Rivalry Round)

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9 (Indigenous Round)

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12 (Split Round)

Round 13

Round 14 (Heritage Round)

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Ladder

2007 AFL Ladder
	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Geelong (P)	22	18	4	0	2542	1664	152.76	72
2	Port Adelaide	22	15	7	0	2314	2038	113.54	60
3	West Coast	22	15	7	0	2162	1935	111.73	60
4	Kangaroos	22	14	8	0	2183	1998	109.26	56
5	Hawthorn	22	13	9	0	2097	1855	113.05	52
6	Collingwood	22	13	9	0	2011	1992	100.95	52
7	Sydney	22	12	9	1	2031	1698	119.61	50
8	Adelaide	22	12	10	0	1881	1712	109.87	48
9	St Kilda	22	11	10	1	1874	1941	96.55	46
10	Brisbane Lions	22	9	11	2	1986	1885	105.36	40
11	Fremantle	22	10	12	0	2254	2198	102.55	40
12	Essendon	22	10	12	0	2184	2394	91.23	40
13	Western Bulldogs	22	9	12	1	2111	2469	85.50	38
14	Melbourne	22	5	17	0	1890	2418	78.16	20
15	Carlton	22	4	18	0	2167	2911	74.44	16
16	Richmond	22	3	18	1	1958	2537	77.18	14
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

Ladder progression

• Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
• Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
• Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round.

	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
1	Geelong	0	4	8	8	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40	44	48	52	56	60	64	68	68	72
2	Port Adelaide	4	8	8	12	16	20	24	24	24	24	24	28	32	32	36	40	44	44	48	52	56	60
3	West Coast	4	8	12	16	20	24	24	28	28	32	32	32	36	36	36	40	44	44	48	52	56	60
4	Kangaroos	0	0	0	4	8	12	16	20	24	24	28	28	32	36	40	44	48	48	48	48	52	56
5	Hawthorn	0	4	8	12	12	16	16	20	24	28	28	32	36	36	40	40	40	44	48	48	52	52
6	Collingwood	4	4	8	8	12	16	20	20	24	28	28	32	32	36	36	40	40	44	44	48	52	52
7	Sydney	0	4	8	8	12	12	12	16	20	20	24	24	24	28	32	32	36	40	44	46	46	50
8	Adelaide	0	4	8	12	12	12	16	20	24	24	24	28	28	32	32	32	32	36	36	40	44	48
9	St Kilda	4	4	8	8	8	12	16	16	16	16	16	20	24	24	28	32	36	38	38	42	42	46
10	Brisbane Lions	4	8	8	8	12	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	22	26	30	34	38	38	40	40	40
11	Fremantle	0	0	0	4	8	8	12	12	16	16	20	20	24	24	24	28	28	32	36	36	40	40
12	Essendon	4	8	8	12	12	12	12	16	20	24	28	28	32	32	32	32	36	36	36	40	40	40
13	Western Bulldogs	4	4	4	8	12	12	16	20	20	20	24	28	28	32	36	36	36	38	38	38	38	38
14	Melbourne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	20
15	Carlton	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
16	Richmond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	10	14	14

Finals Series

	Qualifying / Elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals				Grand final
		QF1: Sep 9, MCG
	1	Geelong	23.18 (156)
	4	Kangaroos	8.2 (50)			SF1: Sep 15, MCG
						Kangaroos	14.9 (93)
		EF1: Sep 8, Telstra Dome				Hawthorn	8.12 (60)					PF1: Sep 21, MCG
	5	Hawthorn	15.15 (105)									Geelong	13.14 (92)
	8	Adelaide	15.12 (102)									Collingwood	13.9 (87)			GF: Sep 29, MCG
																Geelong	24.19 (163)
		EF2: Sep 8, MCG										PF2: Sep 22, AAMI Stadium				Port Adelaide	6.8 (44)
	6	Collingwood	18.17 (125)									Port Adelaide	20.13 (133)
	7	Sydney	13.9 (87)			SF2: Sep 14, Subiaco Oval						Kangaroos	5.16 (46)
						West Coast	10.14 (74) (aet)
		QF2: Sep 7, AAMI Stadium				Collingwood	13.15 (93) (aet)
	2	Port Adelaide	9.14 (68)
	3	West Coast	9.11 (65)

Qualifying and Elimination Finals

Semi Finals

• West Coast became the second team since the current Finals system was established in 2000 to lose both of its finals after qualifying for the double chance by finishing in the top four.

Preliminary Finals

Grand Final

Awards

• The 2007 Brownlow Medal for the AFL's best and fairest player was awarded to Jimmy Bartel, of Geelong, who polled 29 votes.
• The Leigh Matthews Trophy as the AFL's most valuable player was awarded to Gary Ablett, Jr., of Geelong.
• The Coleman Medal was awarded to Jonathan Brown of Brisbane Lions, who kicked 77 goals.
• The Norm Smith Medal as the player adjudged best afield in the AFL Grand Final was awarded to Steve Johnson, of Geelong.
• The AFL Rising Star award (Ron Evans Medal) was awarded to Joel Selwood, of Geelong.
• The McClelland Trophy was awarded to Geelong for holding top position on the ladder after 22 rounds.
• The Wooden Spoon was awarded to Richmond for coming in last place on the ladder after 22 rounds.
• Andrew McLeod from Adelaide was named the captain of the 2007 All-Australian Team.
• The AFL Mark of the Year was awarded to Michael Newton of Melbourne.
• The AFL Goal of the Year was awarded to Matthew Lloyd of Essendon.
• The AFL Army Award was awarded to Alwyn Davey of Essendon as the footballer who displayed the most courageous and/or team related act of the season.

Best and Fairests

Adelaide: Andrew McLeod[1] Brisbane: Jonathan Brown[2] Carlton: Andrew Carrazzo[3] Collingwood: Travis Cloke[4] Essendon: James Hird[5] Fremantle: Matthew Pavlich[6] Geelong: Gary Ablett, Jr.[7] Hawthorn: Brad Sewell[8]

Kangaroos: Brent Harvey[9] Melbourne: James McDonald[10] Port Adelaide: Kane Cornes[11] Richmond: Matthew Richardson[12] St Kilda: Nick Riewoldt[13] Sydney: Brett Kirk[14] West Coast: Darren Glass[15] Western Bulldogs: Brian Harris[16]

Notable events

• On Thursday 8 February it was announced that the Seven Network (who had not broadcast AFL for five years) and Ten Network had reached an agreement to on-sell four games per round to pay-TV provider Foxtel.
• In Round 6, Geelong scored 35.12 (222) against Richmond, the highest score kicked in an AFL game since quarters were shortened from twenty-five to twenty minutes in 1994 and the first time a team has scored over 200 points since Round 22, 1995. Their winning margin of 157 points also broke the record for the same period, and they scored an all-time record 23 more goals than behinds, and an all-time record three-quarter time score of 29.9 (183). This was also Richmond's biggest loss in its 99-year VFL/AFL history.
• In Round 8, Hawthorn and St Kilda were widely criticised for their game, which in perfect weather yielded only seven goals in the first three quarters (before opening up in the final quarter), and was described as boring by Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy.^[17]
• Round 12's game between Carlton and Hawthorn attracted 53,459 fans, breaking the record for the highest AFL crowd at Telstra Dome. In the same game, Hawthorn kicked their highest ever score against Carlton: 27.18 (180), and also achieved their greatest winning margin against Carlton, 100 points.^[18]
• Robert Harvey became just the 10th player in VFL/AFL history to reach 350 games, helping St Kilda defeat West Coast. The win was the second time in 60 games that a Victorian team had beaten West Coast at Subiaco Oval.^[19]
• The Round 16 game between Brisbane Lions against Carlton at The Gabba saw Jonathan Brown become the first Brisbane Lions player to kick 10 goals in a match, kicking 10.1 for the game. This surpassed Daniel Bradshaw's 9 goals in 2005 v Melbourne at The Gabba. After this match Denis Pagan was sacked as the coach of Carlton.^[20]
• On 24 August, the Seven Network broadcast some details obtained from players' confidential medical records on its nightly news program relating to the use of non-performance enhancing drugs. It allegedly purchased these details for $3000 from a woman who found them in a gutter outside a medical clinic in Melbourne. The network broadcast the name of the club involved was revealed by Seven on air, but before the end of the news program (at which time Seven had promised to actually reveal the names of the players), the AFL obtained a court injunction from the Supreme Court of Victoria which prevented this – and which continues to suppress the publication of any part of the records, including the name of the club.^[21] Because anonymity was guaranteed under the AFL's "three-strikes" drugs policy, the AFL players responded by boycotting the Seven Network, refusing to answer any questions posed by its journalists, including in matches broadcast by the network.^[22] Shortly after the completion of Round 22, faced with the possibility of ongoing player boycotts – including of the Brownlow Medal count^[23] – the Seven Network issued a statement "regretting" any harm the broadcast may have caused to the AFL, the clubs and the players, and promised not to broadcast or reveal any of the details of the medical records in future.^[24] The AFLPA took the "statement of regret" as an apology and the boycott was lifted.^[25] The scandal has came to be known as "Guttergate".^[26]
• The final game of the home-and-away season became particularly controversial through circumstance. The two teams, Melbourne and Carlton, each had records of 4–17, and had no chance of winning the wooden spoon, which had been won by Richmond (record of 3-18-1). Under priority draft pick rules, this meant that whichever team won the game would lose a potential priority draft pick (which would have been the first overall selection if Carlton had it, or pick No. 18 if Melbourne had it). Melbourne won by five goals in a game noted for a lack of defensive pressure, while many in the crowd openly supported their teams to defeat.
• The second semi-final between West Coast and Collingwood went into extra time after scores were level at the end of regulation. This was only the second time that extra time has been used in an AFL game, and was also the second time that these teams had drawn in a final.
• Geelong set a new record for the highest winning margin in a Grand Final against Port Adelaide, winning by 119 points.

Club captains

Club	Captain(s)	Vice Captain(s)/Leadership Group
Adelaide	Mark Ricciuto	Simon Goodwin, Tyson Edwards, Nathan Bassett and Brett Burton[27]
Brisbane Lions	Simon Black, Jonathan Brown, Chris Johnson, Nigel Lappin, Luke Power
Carlton	Lance Whitnall[28]	Nick Stevens,[29] Kade Simpson (interim)
Collingwood	Nathan Buckley	James Clement (Vice Captain), Josh Fraser (deputy VC), Ben Johnson (deputy VC)
Essendon	Matthew Lloyd	David Hille
Fremantle	Matthew Pavlich	Josh Carr
Geelong	Tom Harley	Cameron Ling, Cameron Mooney (deputy)
Hawthorn	Richard Vandenberg[30]	Luke Hodge, Sam Mitchell
Kangaroos	Adam Simpson	Brent Harvey
Melbourne	David Neitz[31]	Cameron Bruce, Brad Green, Brock McLean, James McDonald
Port Adelaide	Warren Tredrea	Shaun Burgoyne, Brendon Lade, Michael Wilson, Chad Cornes
Richmond	Kane Johnson	Nathan Brown, Joel Bowden (deputy)
St Kilda	Luke Ball, Lenny Hayes, Nick Riewoldt
Sydney	Leo Barry, Barry Hall, Brett Kirk
West Coast	Chris Judd	Andrew Embley, Darren Glass, Dean Cox
Western Bulldogs	Brad Johnson[32]	Scott West, Robert Murphy, Daniel Cross and Daniel Giansiracusa

Umpires

Michael Avon Ray Chamberlain Chris Donlon Martin Ellis Luke Farmer Darren Goldspink Stefan Grun Matthew Head Craig Hendrie Scott Jeffery Chris Kamolins Hayden Kennedy Dean Margetts

Stephen McBurney Shane McInerney Simon Meredith Kieron Nicholls Matthew Nicholls Troy Pannell Brett Rosebury Shaun Ryan Matt Stevic Damien Sully Michael Vozzo Stuart Wenn Derek Woodcock

Player changes

Debuts

Retirements

The 2007 AFL season is notable for the unusually large number of players who retired, particularly senior and "champion" players.

Name	Club	Date Retired	Reason
Jonathan Hay	Kangaroos	22 February	Contractual problems resulting from bi-polar issues.[33]
Darren Gaspar	Richmond	4 May	To help Richmond's younger players and go for a youth policy.[34]
Brett Montgomery	Western Bulldogs	25 May	Disk bulge in neck.[35]
Rhys Archard	Adelaide	29 July	Return to family in rural Victoria.[36]
Luke Darcy	Western Bulldogs	30 July	Frustrated and angry at game due to knee injuries.[37]
Anthony Koutoufides	Carlton	31 July	Hip injury; had already planned to retire at the end of the season.[38]
Mark Ricciuto	Adelaide	16 August	Body could no longer cope with AFL football.[39]
Matthew Robbins	Western Bulldogs	24 August	Struggled throughout the year despite having a ripping 2006 season.[40]
Josh Mahoney	Port Adelaide	24 August	Unable to hold down a regular position.[41]
Troy Cook	Fremantle	24 August	It seemed the right time for him to leave the game.[42]
Shane Parker	Fremantle	24 August	Was always going to struggle to play the year out and there was no way he could continue.[42]
Chris Scott	Brisbane Lions	25 August	Injury.[43]
Ray Hall	Richmond	28 August	Serious hip injury that had sidelined him for the entire 2007 season.[44]
Trent Knobel	Richmond	28 August	Persistent ankle injury.[44]
Kent Kingsley	Richmond	28 August	Injury.[44]
Darryl Wakelin	Port Adelaide	29 August	Struggled with injury.[45]
Matthew Lappin	Carlton	29 August	To help his club focus on playing younger players.[46]
Nathan Brown	Melbourne	29 August	Ready to start the next chapter of his life.[47]
Clint Bizzell	Melbourne	29 August	Right time to do so.[47]
Byron Pickett	Melbourne	31 August	Waning passion for the game.[48]
Chris Johnson	Brisbane Lions	31 August	Decided to leave the game – he was the last ever Fitzroy player in the AFL.[49]
Andrew Thompson	St Kilda	1 September	Right time to do so.[50]
Matthew Clarke	St Kilda	1 September	One year contract expired; he decided to leave the game.[51]
James Hird	Essendon	1 September	Right time to do so.
Josh Wooden	West Coast	5 September	Nagging hip injury.[52]
Richie Vandenberg	Hawthorn	6 September	Due to a troublesome back injury, his body could not cope any more.[53]
Brett Voss	St Kilda	18 September	Made the most of his time as an AFL footballer.[54]
Ben Dixon	Hawthorn	19 September	Inability of his body to prepare well enough for senior football.[55]
Rowan Jones	West Coast	19 September	Right time to do so.[56]
Glenn Archer	Kangaroos	22 September	Right time to do so.[57]
James Clement	Collingwood	23 September	Family health; right time to do so.[58]
Joel Smith	Hawthorn	25 September	Thought the time was right, it was time to move on.[59]
Kasey Green	Kangaroos	26 September	Wanted to move back to Perth.[60]
Chris Heffernan	Essendon	2 October	His opportunities to play senior football beyond 2007 were limited.[61]
Scott Camporeale	Essendon	2 October	Injury.[62]
Chris Grant	Western Bulldogs	2 October	Injury and right time to do so.[63]
Aaron Hamill	St Kilda	2 October	Injury and right time to do so; he felt it was in the best interest of the club moving forward.[64]
Mark Bolton	Essendon	3 October	Had been struggling to make the starting 22 in 2007 and recognised the right time to do so.[65]
Nathan Buckley	Collingwood	5 October	Chronic hamstring injuries had curtailed his ability to remain fit for selection.[66]
Paul Licuria	Collingwood	5 October	Battled injury and form problems this season.[67]
Nathan Ablett	Geelong	5 October	Ending career after winning 2007 Premiership.[67]
Justin Longmuir	Fremantle	31 October	Chronic knee injury.[68]
Stephen Doyle	Sydney	31 October	Series of knee injuries.[69]
Lance Whitnall	Carlton	12 November	Knee injury.[70]

Sackings and delistings

Player	Club	Date
Craig Flint[71]	Carlton	6 September 2007
Dylan McLaren[71]	Carlton	6 September 2007
Anthony Raso[71]	Carlton	6 September 2007
David Teague[71]	Carlton	6 September 2007
Ross Young[71]	Carlton	6 September 2007
Simon Godfrey[72]	Melbourne	11 September 2007
Daniel Hayes (rookie)[72]	Melbourne	11 September 2007
Shane Neaves (rookie)[72]	Melbourne	11 September 2007
Heath Neville[72]	Melbourne	11 September 2007
Daniel Ward[72]	Melbourne	11 September 2007
Travis Baird[73]	Western Bulldogs	12 September 2007
Cameron Faulkner[73]	Western Bulldogs	12 September 2007
Damian McCormack[73]	Western Bulldogs	12 September 2007
Marty Pask (rookie)[73]	Western Bulldogs	12 September 2007
Tim Walsh[73]	Western Bulldogs	12 September 2007
Michael West (rookie)[73]	Western Bulldogs	12 September 2007
Marcus Allan[74]	Brisbane Lions	22 September 2007
Ben Fixter[74]	Brisbane Lions	22 September 2007
Ben Hughes (rookie)[75][76]	Kangaroos	26 September 2007
Tim Hutchison (rookie)[75][76]	Kangaroos	26 September 2007
Daniel McConnell[75][76]	Kangaroos	26 September 2007
Callum Urch[75][76]	Kangaroos	26 September 2007
Djaran Whyman[75][76]	Kangaroos	26 September 2007
Phillip Raymond[77][78]	St Kilda	4 October 2007
Justin Sweeney[77][78]	St Kilda	4 October 2007
Matthew Bode[79]	Adelaide	12 October 2007
John Hinge[79]	Adelaide	12 October 2007
Ian Perrie[79]	Adelaide	12 October 2007
Darren Pfeiffer[79]	Adelaide	12 October 2007
Jason Torney[79]	Adelaide	12 October 2007
Richard Cole[80]	Essendon	12 October 2007
Lance Whitnall[81]	Carlton	12 October 2007
Mark Johnson[82]	Essendon	15 October 2007
Kepler Bradley[82]	Essendon	15 October 2007
Lachlan McKinnon (rookie)[82]	Essendon	15 October 2007
Ryan Ferguson[83]	Melbourne	15 October 2007
Matthew Little[84]	Hawthorn	16 October 2007
Josh Thurgood[84]	Hawthorn	16 October 2007
Matthew Davis (rookie)[85]	Sydney	17 October 2007
Simon Phillips[85]	Sydney	17 October 2007
Earl Shaw (rookie)[85]	Sydney	17 October 2007
Jonathan Simpkin[85]	Sydney	17 October 2007
Luke Vogels[85]	Sydney	17 October 2007
Barry Brooks[78]	St Kilda	17 October 2007
Fergus Watts[78]	St Kilda	17 October 2007
Ben Cousins[86] [note 1]	West Coast	17 October 2007
Todd Grima (rookie)[87]	Geelong	18 October 2007
Joel Reynolds (rookie)[87]	Geelong	18 October 2007
Sam Hunt[87]	Geelong	18 October 2007
Stephen Owen[87]	Geelong	18 October 2007
Matthew Spencer[87]	Geelong	18 October 2007
Patrick Bowden[88][89]	Richmond	22 October 2007
Tasman Clingan (rookie)[89]	Richmond	22 October 2007
Brent Hartigan[88][89]	Richmond	22 October 2007
Andrew Krakouer[88][89]	Richmond	22 October 2007
Clayton Collard[89]	Fremantle	22 October 2007
Ryley Dunn[89]	Fremantle	22 October 2007
Robert Haddrill[89]	Fremantle	22 October 2007
Calib Mourish[89]	Fremantle	22 October 2007
James Walker	Fremantle	22 October 2007
David Trotter[76]	Kangaroos	23 October 2007
Ashley Sampi[90]	West Coast	30 October 2007
Daniel Chick[91]	West Coast	31 October 2007
Guy Richards[91]	Collingwood	31 October 2007
Nathan Batsanis (rookie)[92]	Port Adelaide	16 November 2007
Peter Hardy (rookie)[92]	Port Adelaide	16 November 2007
Alex Lee (rookie)[92]	Port Adelaide	16 November 2007
Ryan Willits[92]	Port Adelaide	16 November 2007

Trades

Coaching changes

Name	Club	Date	Reason
Neale Daniher	Melbourne	29 June	Decision that he could take the club no further.[93]
Chris Connolly	Fremantle	17 July	Quit after run of poor results.[94]
Denis Pagan	Carlton	23 July	Fired after five heavy losses in a row.[95]
Kevin Sheedy	Essendon	25 July	Contract would not be renewed at end of season.[96]
Brett Ratten	Carlton	20 August	Interim coach Ratten was given a two-year contract.[97]
Dean Bailey	Melbourne	31 August	Dean Bailey was appointed Melbourne coach.[98]
Mark Harvey	Fremantle	17 September	Fremantle appointed Harvey senior coach.[99]
Matthew Knights	Essendon	27 September	Knights promised a new direction at Essendon.[100]

See also

• 2007 Australian football code crowds
• List of 2007 AFL debuts
• List of Australian Football League premiers

Notes

1. Ben Cousins was sacked by the West Coast after he was arrested on drug charges.^[86]

References

• "2007 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 August 2012.

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External links

• 2007 Season – AFL Tables
• Official AFL website
• FOXSPORTS Australia AFL section
• Heraldsun site
• The Age Online
• Sportal AFL
• 2007 AFL season – Finalsiren.com
• CSV file of 2007 fixture for use with Microsoft Outlook calendars