The 2002 Australian Football League season was the 106th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 13th 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.
Brisbane lost its first match since round 9, 2001, ending a 20-match winning streak. The streak equalled with Essendon's streak in 2000 as the second-longest winning streak in VFL/AFL history.
Round 6[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
St Kilda
3.10 (28)
Collingwood
16.15 (111)
Colonial Stadium
46,089
Friday, 3 May
Fremantle
13.11 (89)
Essendon
9.8 (62)
Subiaco Oval
25,319
Saturday, 4 May
Kangaroos
13.9 (87)
Hawthorn
24.11 (155)
MCG
33,345
Saturday, 4 May
Carlton
9.14 (68)
Western Bulldogs
14.12 (96)
Colonial Stadium
29,783
Saturday, 4 May
Brisbane Lions
21.20 (146)
Geelong
13.11 (89)
The Gabba
27,015
Saturday, 4 May
Sydney
15.9 (99)
Melbourne
10.11 (71)
SCG
23,578
Sunday, 5 May
Port Adelaide
20.13 (133)
West Coast
11.13 (79)
Football Park
27,056
Sunday, 5 May
Richmond
11.7 (73)
Adelaide
14.21 (105)
Colonial Stadium
23,355
Sunday, 5 May
Round 7[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Essendon
12.15 (87)
Carlton
9.8 (62)
MCG
55,633
Friday, 10 May
West Coast
21.13 (139)
Kangaroos
13.12 (90)
Subiaco Oval
32,815
Saturday, 11 May
Hawthorn
20.10 (130)
Geelong
11.12 (78)
MCG
38,709
Saturday, 11 May
Richmond
13.10 (88)
Sydney
12.10 (82)
Colonial Stadium
29,303
Saturday, 11 May
Adelaide
18.10 (118)
Fremantle
13.11 (89)
Football Park
44,058
Saturday, 11 May
Brisbane Lions
19.15 (129)
Port Adelaide
11.6 (72)
The Gabba
24,538
Sunday, 12 May
Melbourne
15.15 (105)
St Kilda
15.12 (102)
MCG
20,892
Sunday, 12 May
Western Bulldogs
8.15 (63)
Collingwood
11.7 (73)
Colonial Stadium
34,400
Sunday, 12 May
Round 8[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Hawthorn
12.17 (89)
Carlton
12.8 (80)
MCG
39,142
Friday, 17 May
Richmond
13.16 (94)
West Coast
10.13 (73)
MCG
22,647
Saturday, 18 May
Port Adelaide
20.9 (129)
Geelong
7.12 (54)
Football Park
18,193
Saturday, 18 May
Fremantle
14.10 (94)
Melbourne
13.11 (89)
Subiaco Oval
25,027
Saturday, 18 May
Collingwood
17.12 (114)
Brisbane Lions
16.15 (111)
Colonial Stadium
46,279
Saturday, 18 May
Kangaroos
16.14 (110)
Adelaide
14.9 (93)
Manuka Oval
7,671
Sunday, 19 May
Western Bulldogs
24.15 (159)
Sydney
11.24 (90)
SCG
20,934
Sunday, 19 May
Essendon
26.15 (171)
St Kilda
11.6 (72)
Colonial Stadium
34,262
Sunday, 19 May
Round 9[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Port Adelaide
14.7 (91)
Collingwood
12.14 (86)
Football Park
35,834
Friday, 24 May
Geelong
17.3 (105)
Western Bulldogs
18.9 (117)
Skilled Stadium
22,033
Saturday, 25 May
Melbourne
17.9 (111)
Kangaroos
15.17 (107)
MCG
28,625
Saturday, 25 May
St Kilda
10.12 (72)
Richmond
9.9 (63)
Colonial Stadium
30,336
Saturday, 25 May
Sydney
11.17 (83)
Essendon
12.13 (85)
Stadium Australia
54,129
Saturday, 25 May
Brisbane Lions
16.13 (109)
Fremantle
11.13 (79)
The Gabba
21,709
Sunday, 26 May
West Coast
19.12 (126)
Hawthorn
14.4 (88)
Subiaco Oval
38,646
Sunday, 26 May
Carlton
11.9 (75)
Adelaide
20.11 (131)
Optus Oval
19,305
Sunday, 26 May
Round 10[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Kangaroos
12.20 (92)
Essendon
12.12 (84)
MCG
34,352
Friday, 31 May
Geelong
12.17 (89)
Melbourne
9.9 (63)
Skilled Stadium
20,031
Saturday, 1 June
Richmond
14.14 (98)
Western Bulldogs
17.15 (117)
MCG
31,586
Saturday, 1 June
Collingwood
14.11 (95)
Sydney
12.12 (84)
Colonial Stadium
45,269
Saturday, 1 June
Adelaide
15.11 (101)
Brisbane Lions
14.10 (94)
Football Park
47,279
Saturday, 1 June
Hawthorn
12.5 (77)
Port Adelaide
17.15 (117)
York Park
18,112
Sunday, 2 June
Fremantle
14.12 (96)
Carlton
10.8 (68)
Subiaco Oval
27,277
Sunday, 2 June
St Kilda
20.7 (127)
West Coast
11.11 (77)
Colonial Stadium
18,876
Sunday, 2 June
Round 11[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Kangaroos
14.11 (95)
Richmond
11.18 (84)
Colonial Stadium
30,889
Friday, 7 June
Adelaide
14.18 (102)
Hawthorn
8.10 (58)
Football Park
42,162
Saturday, 8 June
West Coast
15.12 (102)
Sydney
13.11 (89)
Subiaco Oval
35,014
Saturday, 8 June
Essendon
7.7 (49)
Port Adelaide
16.12 (108)
Colonial Stadium
40,044
Saturday, 8 June
Brisbane Lions
16.17 (113)
St Kilda
7.10 (52)
The Gabba
23,157
Sunday, 9 June
Geelong
15.10 (100)
Carlton
14.12 (96)
Colonial Stadium
37,294
Sunday, 9 June
Western Bulldogs
22.13 (145)
Fremantle
12.8 (80)
Optus Oval
11,539
Sunday, 9 June
Melbourne
10.15 (75)
Collingwood
19.12 (126)
MCG
65,860
Monday, 10 June
Round 12[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Essendon
10.12 (72)
Hawthorn
10.5 (65)
MCG
40,470
Friday, 14 June
Carlton
12.16 (88)
West Coast
12.17 (89)
Optus Oval
16,353
Saturday, 15 June
Sydney
15.9 (99)
Geelong
15.11 (101)
SCG
21,767
Saturday, 15 June
Fremantle
12.18 (90)
Collingwood
12.7 (79)
Subiaco Oval
33,088
Sunday, 16 June
Western Bulldogs
19.19 (133)
St Kilda
13.8 (86)
Colonial Stadium
29,453
Friday, 21 June
Melbourne
14.14 (98)
Adelaide
10.13 (73)
Optus Oval
12,210
Saturday, 22 June
Brisbane Lions
20.18 (138)
Kangaroos
19.9 (123)
The Gabba
27,940
Saturday, 22 June
Port Adelaide
23.16 (154)
Richmond
10.10 (70)
Football Park
25,770
Sunday, 23 June
Round 13[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Essendon
18.12 (120)
Melbourne
16.12 (108)
Colonial Stadium
41,817
Friday, 28 June
Richmond
7.12 (54)
Geelong
14.12 (96)
MCG
30,197
Saturday, 29 June
Port Adelaide
25.11 (161)
Western Bulldogs
18.7 (115)
Football Park
24,751
Saturday, 29 June
Collingwood
13.15 (93)
Kangaroos
8.12 (60)
Colonial Stadium
48,288
Saturday, 29 June
Brisbane Lions
19.10 (124)
Carlton
16.13 (109)
The Gabba
27,324
Saturday, 29 June
Sydney
20.19 (139)
Fremantle
9.8 (62)
SCG
16,844
Sunday, 30 June
West Coast
20.15 (135)
Adelaide
18.9 (117)
Subiaco Oval
34,937
Sunday, 30 June
St Kilda
11.12 (78)
Hawthorn
13.9 (87)
Colonial Stadium
28,928
Sunday, 30 June
Round 14[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Carlton
13.8 (86)
Richmond
12.13 (85)
MCG
36,941
Friday, 5 July
Geelong
8.17 (65)
West Coast
4.9 (33)
Skilled Stadium
18,608
Saturday, 6 July
Hawthorn
11.8 (74)
Sydney
9.10 (64)
MCG
25,079
Saturday, 6 July
Fremantle
9.9 (63)
Port Adelaide
22.15 (147)
Subiaco Oval
24,193
Saturday, 6 July
Western Bulldogs
18.10 (118)
Essendon
17.16 (118)
Colonial Stadium
44,864
Saturday, 6 July
Melbourne
20.11 (131)
Brisbane Lions
16.14 (110)
The Gabba
25,166
Sunday, 7 July
Adelaide
17.14 (116)
Collingwood
21.12 (138)
Football Park
46,368
Sunday, 7 July
St Kilda
13.6 (84)
Kangaroos
20.8 (128)
Colonial Stadium
23,864
Sunday, 7 July
Round 15[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Hawthorn
17.14 (116)
Western Bulldogs
14.9 (93)
Colonial Stadium
35,434
Friday, 12 July
Kangaroos
12.11 (83)
Fremantle
12.10 (82)
Manuka Oval
9,242
Saturday, 13 July
Collingwood
15.9 (99)
Geelong
19.13 (127)
MCG
65,331
Saturday, 13 July
Richmond
7.13 (55)
Brisbane Lions
18.10 (118)
Colonial Stadium
22,642
Saturday, 13 July
Adelaide
15.9 (99)
St Kilda
12.9 (81)
Football Park
29,895
Saturday, 13 July
Sydney
13.14 (92)
Port Adelaide
14.10 (94)
SCG
18,974
Sunday, 14 July
West Coast
13.12 (90)
Essendon
8.15 (63)
Subiaco Oval
37,600
Sunday, 14 July
Carlton
14.11 (95)
Melbourne
21.13 (139)
Colonial Stadium
37,915
Sunday, 14 July
Round 16[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Collingwood
13.11 (89)
Richmond
7.7 (49)
MCG
48,620
Friday, 19 July
Melbourne
9.13 (67)
Hawthorn
14.9 (93)
MCG
37,442
Saturday, 20 July
Kangaroos
14.15 (99)
Port Adelaide
10.10 (70)
Optus Oval
9,398
Saturday, 20 July
Fremantle
15.10 (100)
West Coast
11.4 (70)
Subiaco Oval
41,779
Saturday, 20 July
Essendon
8.8 (56)
Geelong
14.11 (95)
Colonial Stadium
47,778
Saturday, 20 July
Brisbane Lions
17.15 (117)
Sydney
12.7 (79)
The Gabba
25,720
Sunday, 21 July
Adelaide
21.12 (138)
Western Bulldogs
14.11 (95)
AAMI Stadium
41,247
Sunday, 21 July
Carlton
14.13 (97)
St Kilda
22.8 (140)
Colonial Stadium
33,813
Sunday, 21 July
Round 17[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Richmond
7.11 (53)
Essendon
7.12 (54)
MCG
39,650
Friday, 26 July
Hawthorn
10.8 (68)
Brisbane Lions
18.16 (124)
MCG
35,202
Saturday, 27 July
West Coast
17.12 (114)
Collingwood
8.8 (56)
Subiaco Oval
38,877
Saturday, 27 July
Port Adelaide
17.14 (116)
Melbourne
17.10 (112)
AAMI Stadium
25,283
Saturday, 27 July
Sydney
13.14 (92)
Carlton
10.9 (69)
Stadium Australia
34,404
Saturday, 27 July
Geelong
12.18 (90)
Adelaide
15.3 (93)
Skilled Stadium
24,325
Sunday, 28 July
St Kilda
18.10 (118)
Fremantle
13.11 (79)
Optus Oval
8,078
Sunday, 28 July
Western Bulldogs
21.13 (139)
Kangaroos
16.9 (105)
Colonial Stadium
31,576
Sunday, 28 July
Round 18[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Collingwood
21.15 (141)
Carlton
4.9 (33)
MCG
54,233
Friday, 2 August
Geelong
7.9 (51)
Kangaroos
17.13 (115)
Skilled Stadium
23,163
Saturday, 3 August
Fremantle
14.12 (96)
Hawthorn
4.11 (35)
Subiaco Oval
24,332
Saturday, 3 August
Essendon
11.5 (71)
Brisbane Lions
16.12 (108)
Colonial Stadium
43,036
Saturday, 3 August
Port Adelaide
16.9 (105)
St Kilda
9.9 (63)
AAMI Stadium
22,885
Saturday, 3 August
Sydney
15.8 (98)
Adelaide
17.14 (116)
SCG
18,766
Sunday, 4 August
Melbourne
14.10 (94)
Richmond
14.15 (99)
MCG
28,815
Sunday, 4 August
Western Bulldogs
22.10 (142)
West Coast
14.7 (91)
Optus Oval
11,809
Sunday, 4 August
Round 19[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Hawthorn
15.15 (105)
Collingwood
14.13 (97)
MCG
53,750
Friday, 9 August
Carlton
5.15 (45)
Port Adelaide
7.12 (54)
Optus Oval
14,115
Saturday, 10 August
Richmond
18.14 (122)
Fremantle
10.12 (72)
MCG
19,519
Saturday, 10 August
Brisbane Lions
14.21 (105)
Western Bulldogs
9.13 (67)
The Gabba
27,443
Saturday, 10 August
Kangaroos
15.7 (97)
Sydney
22.12 (144)
SCG
14,776
Saturday, 10 August
Adelaide
18.16 (124)
Essendon
11.10 (76)
AAMI Stadium
43,720
Sunday, 11 August
West Coast
15.10 (100)
Melbourne
15.16 (106)
Subiaco Oval
36,195
Sunday, 11 August
St Kilda
15.11 (101)
Geelong
16.6 (102)
Colonial Stadium
25,552
Sunday, 11 August
Round 20[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Richmond
16.11 (107)
Hawthorn
13.15 (93)
MCG
39,391
Friday, 16 August
Fremantle
17.15 (117)
Geelong
11.6 (72)
Subiaco Oval
22,610
Saturday, 17 August
Kangaroos
17.12 (114)
Carlton
15.5 (95)
Colonial Stadium
23,532
Saturday, 17 August
Essendon
19.12 (126)
Collingwood
10.11 (71)
MCG
69,613
Saturday, 17 August
Brisbane Lions
20.16 (136)
West Coast
13.11 (89)
The Gabba
29,436
Saturday, 17 August
Port Adelaide
12.12 (84)
Adelaide
11.10 (76)
AAMI Stadium
50,275
Sunday, 18 August
Sydney
12.15 (87)
St Kilda
12.8 (80)
SCG
16,079
Sunday, 18 August
Melbourne
15.17 (107)
Western Bulldogs
14.11 (95)
MCG
29,225
Sunday, 18 August
Round 21[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Hawthorn
16.8 (104)
Kangaroos
17.17 (119)
MCG
32,393
Friday, 23 August
Geelong
7.13 (55)
Brisbane Lions
16.14 (110)
Skilled Stadium
24,003
Saturday, 24 August
Melbourne
11.11 (77)
Sydney
23.7 (145)
MCG
27,146
Saturday, 24 August
West Coast
10.5 (65)
Port Adelaide
14.19 (103)
Subiaco Oval
36,502
Saturday, 24 August
Western Bulldogs
14.13 (97)
Carlton
15.9 (99)
Colonial Stadium
22,938
Saturday, 24 August
Adelaide
13.9 (87)
Richmond
9.11 (65)
AAMI Stadium
42,878
Sunday, 25 August
Collingwood
11.11 (77)
St Kilda
9.12 (66)
MCG
42,056
Sunday, 25 August
Essendon
13.15 (93)
Fremantle
10.12 (72)
Colonial Stadium
32,667
Sunday, 25 August
Round 22[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Geelong
8.9 (57)
Hawthorn
11.9 (75)
Colonial Stadium
41,600
Friday, 30 August
Collingwood
10.13 (73)
Western Bulldogs
17.12 (114)
MCG
43,894
Saturday, 31 August
Port Adelaide
13.12 (90)
Brisbane Lions
13.6 (84)
AAMI Stadium
46,439
Saturday, 31 August
St Kilda
18.9 (117)
Melbourne
20.15 (135)
Colonial Stadium
34,185
Saturday, 31 August
Sydney
17.14 (116)
Richmond
11.10 (76)
Telstra Stadium
40,386
Saturday, 31 August
Kangaroos
18.18 (126)
West Coast
22.11 (143)
Manuka Oval
11,613
Sunday, 1 September
Fremantle
12.8 (80)
Adelaide
17.18 (120)
Subiaco Oval
21,610
Sunday, 1 September
Carlton
5.7 (37)
Essendon
12.20 (92)
MCG
46,649
Sunday, 1 September
Ladder[]
All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 176. An additional 9 games were played during the finals series.
Source: AFL ladder Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. (P) Premiers
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 ╲ Round
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Port Adelaide
0
0
4
8
12
16
16
20
24
28
32
36
40
44
48
48
52
56
60
64
68
72
Brisbane Lions
4
8
12
16
16
20
24
24
28
28
32
36
40
40
44
48
52
56
60
64
68
68
Adelaide
4
8
12
12
12
16
20
20
24
28
32
32
32
32
36
40
44
48
52
52
56
60
Collingwood
0
4
4
8
12
16
20
24
24
28
32
32
36
40
40
44
44
48
48
48
52
52
Essendon
4
8
8
12
12
12
16
20
24
24
24
28
32
34
34
34
38
38
38
42
46
50
Melbourne
4
8
8
12
16
16
20
20
24
24
24
28
28
32
36
36
36
36
40
44
44
48
Kangaroos
4
8
8
8
12
12
12
16
16
20
24
24
24
28
32
36
36
40
40
44
48
48
West Coast
4
4
8
8
12
12
16
16
20
20
24
28
32
32
36
36
40
40
40
40
40
44
Geelong
0
0
4
8
12
12
12
12
12
16
20
24
28
32
36
40
40
40
44
44
44
44
Hawthorn
0
0
4
4
8
12
16
20
20
20
20
20
24
28
32
36
36
36
40
40
40
44
Sydney
0
4
4
8
10
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
18
18
18
18
22
22
26
30
34
38
Western Bulldogs
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
8
12
16
20
24
24
26
26
26
30
34
34
34
34
38
Fremantle
0
4
4
8
8
12
12
16
16
20
20
24
24
24
24
28
28
32
32
36
36
36
Richmond
4
4
8
8
8
8
12
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
20
24
28
28
28
St Kilda
4
4
4
4
6
6
6
6
10
14
14
14
14
14
14
18
22
22
22
22
22
22
Carlton
0
0
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
12
12
Source:[citation needed]
Finals series[]
Qualifying / Elimination finals
Semi-finals
Preliminary finals
Grand final
QF1: 6 Sep, AAMI Stadium
1
Port Adelaide
14.11 (95)
4
Collingwood
16.12 (108)
SF1: 13 Sep, AAMI Stadium
Port Adelaide
11.17 (83)
EF1: 7 Sep, Colonial Stadium
Essendon
8.11 (59)
PF1: 21 Sep, MCG
5
Essendon
17.9 (111)
Collingwood
13.13 (91)
8
West Coast
11.12 (78)
Adelaide
9.9 (63)
GF: 28 Sep, MCG
Collingwood
9.12 (66)
EF2: 8 Sep, MCG
PF2: 21 Sep, The Gabba
Brisbane Lions
10.15 (75)
6
Melbourne
18.14 (122)
Brisbane Lions
21.12 (138)
7
Kangaroos
11.18 (84)
SF2: 14 Sep, MCG
Port Adelaide
12.10 (82)
Adelaide
20.10 (130)
QF2: 7 Sep, The Gabba
Melbourne
17.16 (118)
2
Brisbane Lions
17.13 (115)
3
Adelaide
5.14 (44)
Week one[]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Port Adelaide
14.11 (95)
Collingwood
16.12 (108)
AAMI Stadium
33,131
Friday, 6 September
Essendon
17.9 (111)
West Coast
11.12 (78)
Colonial Stadium
37,475
Saturday, 7 September
Brisbane Lions
17.13 (115)
Adelaide
5.14 (44)
The Gabba
31,854
Saturday, 7 September
Melbourne
18.14 (122)
Kangaroos
11.18 (84)
MCG
53,967
Sunday, 8 September
Week two[]
Home Team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Port Adelaide
11.17 (83)
Essendon
8.11 (59)
AAMI Stadium
27,661
Friday, 13 September
Adelaide
20.10 (130)
Melbourne
17.16 (118)
MCG
51,533
Saturday, 14 September
Note: Adelaide played its "home" final at the MCG despite being ranked above Melbourne 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.
Total match attendance for all games was 5,643,908 people. Attendance at the Grand Final was 91,817 people. The largest non-finals attendance was 84,894 people for the Collingwood v Essendon game in round 5.
Awards[]
The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Simon Black of the Brisbane Lions.
The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Luke Darcy of the Western Bulldogs and Michael Voss of the Brisbane Lions.
This was the first year for this award under this name. Previously, it was the AFL Players Association MVP Award.
The Coleman Medal was awarded to David Neitz of Melbourne.
The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Nathan Buckley of Collingwood.
The AFL Rising Star award was awarded to Nick Riewoldt of St Kilda.
Notable events[]
For the first time since 1965, no player kicked ten goals or more in a match.
Collingwood would appear in the finals for the first time since 1994, breaking an eight year drought, the longest in club history. They would also win their first final in twelve years since their last premiership in 1990, also the longest drought of finals wins in club history.
Carlton won the wooden spoon for the first time. Carlton was the last of the twelve traditional Victorian clubs to win the wooden spoon in the VFL/AFL.
Carlton played only four home games at Optus Oval, after arranging a deal to play four home games at Colonial Stadium. In order for the AFL to meet its contractual obligation to stage nine games per year at Optus Oval, six neutral games between a low-drawing Victorian team and an interstate team were staged at the venue. The unpopular venture was not repeated, as all of the home teams in these neutral games lost money due to poor crowds and, in many cases, conflicting sponsorship deals.[2]
Even though Adelaide was entitled to a home Semi-Final after losing its Qualifying Final to Brisbane, the game was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground due to a licence agreement which required at least one game to be played at the ground during each week of the finals.
At the end of the season, the Carlton Football Club was found to have systematically breached the salary cap in 2000 and 2001. The club was fined and stripped of draft picks in the following two drafts, hampering their on-field results and long-term playing list rebuild in subsequent seasons.
Sydney coach Rodney Eade resigned following round 12, after the Swans slumped to 14th on the ladder. He was eventually replaced by Paul Roos on a full-time basis, despite the board pushing for Terry Wallace, who resigned as coach of the Western Bulldogs with one round to play in the regular season, to be appointed.[3] Roos would later coach the side to the premiership in 2005 before stepping down at the end of the 2010 season.[4][5]