2011 AFL season

For the 2011 season of the Arena Football League, see 2011 Arena Football League season.

2011 AFL premiership season
Official 2011 AFL logo
Teams	17
Premiers	Geelong (9th premiership)
Minor premiers	Collingwood (19th minor premiership)
Pre-season cup	Collingwood (1st pre-season cup win)
Matches played	196
Attendance	7,139,272 (36,425 per match)
Highest attendance	99,537 (Grand Final, Collingwood vs. Geelong)
Coleman Medallist	Lance Franklin (Hawthorn) 71 goals
Brownlow Medallist	Dane Swan (Collingwood) 34 votes
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The 2011 Australian Football League season was the 115th season of the Australian rules football competition. It was the debut year for Gold Coast, and was scheduled to be the only season to be played with 17 teams. Geelong beat Collingwood in the 2011 AFL Grand Final by 38 points.

The season opened on 24 March 2011, with Carlton defeating Richmond at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

This was the first season since 1994 to have byes, and only the fourth after the 1991, 1992 and 1994 seasons to feature a 24-round format. The full fixture was announced on 29 October 2010.

Pre-season

Draft

Main article: 2010 AFL Draft

The 2010 National Draft was held on 18 November 2010 at the Gold Coast Convention Centre. 107 players were drafted, including 28 promoted rookies. Gold Coast were awarded the first three selections as part of its draft concessions, and selected David Swallow with the number one draft pick.

The 2011 Pre-season and Rookie Drafts were held on 7 December 2010, with another 80 players being selected. Greater Western Sydney had the first eight selections in the Rookie Draft as part of its draft concessions.

NAB Cup

Main article: 2011 NAB Cup

The 2011 NAB Cup featured the addition of two new teams, Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney. The first round of matches featured 6 pools of 3 teams, with each game being shortened to two twenty-minute halves. Collingwood defeated Essendon in the Grand Final at Etihad Stadium on Friday, 11 March.

	2011 NAB Cup Grand Final
Friday, 11 March 7:45 pm	Essendon	def. by	Collingwood	Etihad Stadium (Crowd: 45,304)	Report
	0.2.2 (14) 0.3.4 (22) 0.9.5 (59) 0.13.8 (86)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.3.4 (22) 0.7.6 (48) 1.11.7 (82) 1.15.9 (108)	Umpires: Rosebury, Stevic, Nicholls, Jennings Michael Tuck Medal: Heath Shaw Television broadcast: Seven Network
		Super Goals	1 Buckley
Hurley, Monfries 3 Ryder, Watson, Zaharakis 2 Hocking 1		Goals	3 Krakouer, Dawes 2 Cloke 1 Ball, Beams, McCarthy, Pendlebury, Swan, Thomas, Wellingham
Hardingham (groin)		Injuries	Nil
By winning this NAB Cup, Collingwood became the first team since its opponent Essendon, in 1993/1994, to win a pre-season premiership after winning the previous year's grand final. This was Collingwood's second pre-season/night premiership, the previous one coming in the 1979 Night Series.

Premiership season

The fixture was officially announced on 29 October. Some of the highlights included:

• Gold Coast had a bye for the first round and played its first home match in the second round against Carlton at the Gabba. Its first match at the renovated Metricon Stadium was against Geelong on 28 May. As well as this, its draw includes two trips each to Western Australia and South Australia, one to Tasmania and one to Far North Queensland. Its only games against 2010 Grand Finalists Collingwood and St Kilda were at home, in Rounds 18 and 19 respectively. Its only match at the MCG was against Melbourne in the penultimate round of the season.
• This season had 24 rounds; 19 rounds featured eight matches with one team having a bye, and five rounds featured seven matches with three teams having a bye. There were eleven additional matches compared with 2010, giving a total of 196 games including finals (previously was 185).
• Two venues hosted their first AFL matches during the season: Cazaly's Stadium in Cairns hosted the Richmond vs Gold Coast match in Round 17, and the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide hosted the Port Adelaide vs Melbourne match in Round 24. (The Adelaide Oval match was not a part of the original fixture released on 29 October; the game was moved there from AAMI Stadium during the season).

Round 1

	Round 1
Thursday, 24 March (7:40 pm)	Carlton 14.20 (104)	def.	Richmond 13.6 (84)	MCG (crowd: 60,654)	Report
Friday, 25 March (7:40 pm)	Geelong 6.12 (48)	def.	St Kilda 6.11 (47)	MCG (crowd: 42,869)	Report
Saturday, 26 March (2:10 pm)	Collingwood 24.11 (155)	def.	Port Adelaide 12.8 (80)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 35,773)	Report
Saturday, 26 March (7:10 pm)	Adelaide 16.9 (105)	def.	Hawthorn 12.13 (85)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 42,536)	Report
Saturday, 26 March (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions 14.8 (92)	def. by	Fremantle 13.16 (94)	The Gabba (crowd: 23,373)	Report
Sunday, 27 March (1:10 pm)	Essendon 16.17 (113)	def.	Western Bulldogs 8.10 (58)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 42,617)	Report
Sunday, 27 March (2:10 pm)	Melbourne 11.18 (84)	drew with	Sydney 11.18 (84)	MCG (crowd: 33,951)	Report
Sunday, 27 March (4:10 pm)	West Coast 13.14 (92)	def.	North Melbourne 13.10 (88)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 35,878)	Report
	Bye: Gold Coast
Adelaide commemorated 20 years since joining the AFL with a rematch against Hawthorn, its opponent in Round 1 of its inaugural 1991 season. The Crows won the game, as they did in 1991. The draw between Sydney and Melbourne was the first opening round draw since 1982. Heath Scotland (Carlton) played his 200th AFL match.

Round 2

	Round 2
Friday, 1 April (7:40 pm)	St Kilda 13.17 (95)	drew with	Richmond 14.11 (95)	MCG (crowd: 41,465)	Report
Saturday, 2 April (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne 7.14 (56)	def. by	Collingwood 21.17 (143)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 40,578)	Report
Saturday, 2 April (2:40 pm)	Port Adelaide 15.8 (98)	def. by	West Coast 16.20 (116)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 23,214)	Report
Saturday, 2 April (6:40 pm)	Gold Coast 7.10 (52)	def. by	Carlton 26.15 (171)	The Gabba (crowd: 27,914)	Report
Saturday, 2 April (5:40 pm)	Fremantle 10.18 (78)	def. by	Geelong 13.11 (89)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 37,004)	Report
Sunday, 3 April (1:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs 19.9 (123)	def.	Brisbane Lions 6.9 (45)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 22,331)	Report
Sunday, 3 April (2:10 pm)	Sydney 14.14 (98)	def.	Essendon 13.15 (93)	ANZ Stadium (crowd: 28,082)	Report
Sunday, 3 April (4:40 pm)	Hawthorn 16.26 (122)	def.	Melbourne 12.5 (77)	MCG (crowd: 49,905)	Report
	Bye: Adelaide
The new team, Gold Coast, made its AFL Premiership debut against Carlton at The Gabba. Carlton's score of 26.15 (171) was its highest in a match since 2000, and the winning margin, 119 points, was its greatest since 2001. Richmond drew with St Kilda, ending the club's 13-game losing streak against the Saints, but extending the winless streak against the same opponent to 14 games. Richmond had not beaten St Kilda since Round 4, 2003. For the first time since 1911, there was a draw in each of the first two rounds of the season. Chris Judd (Carlton) played his 200th AFL match.

Round 3

	Round 3
Friday, 8 April (7:40 pm)	Collingwood 15.12 (102)	def.	Carlton 11.8 (74)	MCG (crowd: 88,181)	Report
Saturday, 9 April (2:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs 18.14 (122)	def.	Gold Coast 7.9 (51)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 21,373)	Report
Saturday, 9 April (2:40 pm)	Adelaide 7.12 (54)	def. by	Fremantle 11.13 (79)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 33,414)	Report
Saturday, 9 April (7:10 pm)	Richmond 6.16 (52)	def. by	Hawthorn 17.13 (115)	MCG (crowd: 46,368)	Report
Saturday, 9 April (5:40 pm)	West Coast 13.10 (88)	def. by	Sydney 15.11 (101)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 37,288)	Report
Sunday, 10 April (1:10 pm)	Melbourne 12.10 (82)	def.	Brisbane Lions 11.5 (71)	MCG (crowd: 24,380)	Report
Sunday, 10 April (2:10 pm)	Geelong 17.20 (122)	def.	Port Adelaide 6.7 (43)	Skilled Stadium (crowd: 22,420)	Report
Sunday, 10 April (4:40 pm)	St Kilda 12.12 (84)	def. by	Essendon 21.10 (136)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 47,762)	Report
	Bye: North Melbourne
Matthew Pavlich became Fremantle's club game record holder, breaking former Docker Shane Parker's 238-game record. Barry Hall kicked his 700th goal in the AFL, to become the 20th player to do so. Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson attained AFL Life Membership with his 300th game as a player and coach. Nick Riewoldt played his 200th AFL game for St Kilda.

Round 4

	Round 4
Friday, 15 April (7:40 pm)	Richmond 13.12 (90)	def. by	Collingwood 24.17 (161)	MCG (crowd: 58,050)	Report
Saturday, 16 April (2:10 pm)	Hawthorn 10.12 (72)	def.	West Coast 9.11 (65)	Aurora Stadium (crowd: 15,063)	Report
Saturday, 16 April (2:10 pm)	Carlton 11.13 (79)	drew with	Essendon 11.13 (79)	MCG (crowd: 78,605)	Report
Saturday, 16 April (7:10 pm)	Sydney 7.12 (54)	def. by	Geelong 11.15 (81)	SCG (crowd: 25,300)	Report
Saturday, 16 April (7:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 14.14 (98)	def.	Adelaide 9.12 (66)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 33,143)	Report
Sunday, 17 April (2:10 pm)	Gold Coast 9.15 (69)	def. by	Melbourne 23.21 (159)	The Gabba (crowd: 12,111)	Report
Sunday, 17 April (2:40 pm)	Fremantle 18.19 (127)	def.	North Melbourne 14.14 (98)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 34,779)	Report
	Bye: Brisbane Lions, St Kilda, Western Bulldogs
Collingwood's score of 24.17 (161) was its highest ever against Richmond. The draw between Carlton and Essendon was the third of the season. It was the first time since 1914 that there were three draws in the first four rounds of the season. Between the 2010 drawn Grand Final and this match, four out of the twelve matches played at the MCG were drawn. Darren Glass of West Coast played his 200th game. The longest and second longest active streaks of consecutive games played were both broken this weekend: Kane Cornes of Port Adelaide was omitted after 174 consecutive games, and Collingwood's Darren Jolly was injured after 142 consecutive matches. This was the first time that AFL games were played in every state of Australia during the same round, and only the third time since it opened in 2000 that no games were played at Etihad Stadium.

Round 5

	Round 5 (Easter and Anzac Day)
Thursday, 21 April (7:40 pm)	Brisbane Lions 11.10 (76)	def. by	St Kilda 13.11 (89)	The Gabba (crowd: 22,520)	Report
Saturday, 23 April (2:40 pm)	Port Adelaide 15.11 (101)	def. by	Gold Coast 15.14 (104)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 21,287)	Report
Saturday, 23 April (7:10 pm)	Carlton 11.19 (85)	def.	Adelaide 12.7 (79)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 37,607)	Report
Sunday, 24 April (4:40 pm)	North Melbourne 14.19 (103)	def. by	Richmond 17.10 (112)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 36,461)	Report
Monday, 25 April (2:40 pm)	Essendon 11.11 (77)	def. by	Collingwood 16.11 (107)	MCG (crowd: 89,626)	Report
Monday, 25 April (6:40 pm)	Fremantle 12.13 (85)	def.	Western Bulldogs 11.12 (78)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 37,551)	Report
Tuesday, 26 April (2:40 pm)	Hawthorn 15.8 (98)	def. by	Geelong 17.15 (117)	MCG (crowd: 78,579)	Report
	Bye: Melbourne, Sydney, West Coast
Gold Coast recorded its first victory at AFL premiership level, defeating Port Adelaide by three points. Gold Coast trailed by 40 points late in the third quarter, before recovering to win the match; Port Adelaide's Justin Westhoff missed a 45m set shot after the siren which would have won the game for the Power.

Round 6

	Round 6
Thursday, 28 April (6:40 pm)	West Coast 15.16 (106)	def.	Melbourne 6.16 (52)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 36,298)	Report
Friday, 29 April (7:40 pm)	Sydney 10.11 (71)	def. by	Carlton 12.15 (87)	SCG (crowd: 28,081)	Report
Saturday, 30 April (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne 18.25 (133)	def.	Port Adelaide 10.13 (73)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 16,014)	Report
Saturday, 30 April (7:10 pm)	Richmond 18.16 (124)	def.	Brisbane Lions 14.14 (98)	MCG (crowd: 37,438)	Report
Saturday, 30 April (7:10 pm)	Adelaide 13.12 (90)	def.	St Kilda 9.17 (71)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 33,854)	Report
Sunday, 1 May (1:10 pm)	Essendon 31.11 (197)	def.	Gold Coast 8.10 (58)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 33,710)	Report
Sunday, 1 May (4:40 pm)	Collingwood 15.15 (105)	def.	Western Bulldogs 8.9 (57)	MCG (crowd: 53,776)	Report
	Bye: Fremantle, Geelong, Hawthorn
Essendon's first quarter score of 15.4 (94) against Gold Coast was the highest score in a quarter of football since 1919, and is the highest-scoring first quarter of all time. Essendon's final score of 31.11 (197) was its highest since 2000, and its final winning margin of 139 points was its highest since 1989. Umpire Michael Vozzo qualified for AFL Life membership with his 300th match; Western Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade coached his 300th AFL match.

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Round 7

	Round 7
Friday, 6 May (8:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 10.12 (72)	def. by	Hawthorn 15.14 (104)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 21,819)	Report
Saturday, 7 May (1:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs 10.5 (65)	def. by	Sydney 10.13 (73)	Manuka Oval (crowd: 10,184)	Report
Saturday, 7 May (2:10 pm)	Geelong 19.13 (127)	def.	North Melbourne 9.7 (61)	Skilled Stadium (crowd: 23,669)	Report
Saturday, 7 May (4:10 pm)	Richmond 23.10 (148)	def.	Fremantle 14.15 (99)	MCG (crowd: 34,090)	Report
Saturday, 7 May (7:10 pm)	Gold Coast 18.16 (124)	def.	Brisbane Lions 17.14 (116)	The Gabba (crowd: 25,501)	Report
Sunday, 8 May (1:10 pm)	Essendon 16.10 (106)	def.	West Coast 12.18 (90)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 33,631)	Report
Sunday, 8 May (2:10 pm)	Melbourne 22.17 (149)	def.	Adelaide 8.5 (53)	MCG (crowd: 19,987)	Report
Monday, 9 May (7:20 pm)	St Kilda 12.9 (81)	def. by	Carlton 11.18 (84)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 41,576)	Report
	Bye: Collingwood
In a VFL/AFL first, two twin brothers, Chris and Brad Scott, went head to head as coaches in Geelong's victory against North Melbourne. Geelong's win was its 25th consecutive victory at Kardinia Park, breaking the VFL/AFL record for most successive wins at one venue. The record was previously held jointly by Richmond at Punt Road Oval (1932-1935) and South Melbourne at Lake Oval (1934-1936). Geelong would ultimately extend the streak to 29 wins before losing to Sydney in Round 23. The two Queensland teams, Gold Coast and the Brisbane Lions, played their first ever regular-season game against each other, known as the QClash. Gold Coast won the game by 8 points. This was the first round since Fremantle's admission to the AFL in 1995 that no match was played in Western Australia. Melbourne recorded its greatest winning margin against Adelaide, winning by 96 points. It was Melbourne's biggest ever win under Dean Bailey, and Adelaide's largest defeat since 2004.

Round 8

	Round 8
Friday, 13 May (7:40 pm)	Geelong 8.17 (65)	def.	Collingwood 9.8 (62)	MCG (crowd: 81,691)	Report
Saturday, 14 May (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne 19.10 (124)	def.	Melbourne 12.11 (83)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 23,536)	Report
Saturday, 14 May (2:40 pm)	Adelaide 20.10 (130)	def.	Gold Coast 9.19 (73)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 36,056)	Report
Saturday, 14 May (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions 9.12 (66)	def. by	Essendon 15.12 (102)	The Gabba (crowd: 24,921)	Report
Saturday, 14 May (7:10 pm)	Sydney 18.13 (121)	def.	Port Adelaide 9.5 (59)	SCG (crowd: 20,719)	Report
Sunday, 15 May (1:10 pm)	Hawthorn 14.15 (99)	def.	St Kilda 10.9 (69)	MCG (crowd: 42,453)	Report
Sunday, 15 May (2:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs 23.15 (153)	def.	Richmond 18.10 (118)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 39,141)	Report
Sunday, 15 May (2:40 pm)	West Coast 14.12 (96)	def.	Fremantle 9.9 (63)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 40,567)	Report
	Bye: Carlton
Geelong ended Collingwood's 10-game undefeated streak which had lasted since Round 22, 2010. Luke Power achieved AFL Life Membership by playing his 300th game for the Brisbane Lions. Essendon recorded its first win at the Gabba since Round 8, 2000, after seven consecutive losses. The Brisbane Lions recorded the club's worst ever start to a season, losing the first seven games. West Coast won its first Western Derby since Round 3, 2007, ending Fremantle's seven-derby winning streak.

Round 9

	Round 9 (Indigenous Round)
Friday, 20 May (7:40 pm)	Carlton 14.16 (100)	def. by	Geelong 15.12 (102)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 48,429)	Report
Saturday, 21 May (2:10 pm)	St Kilda 16.10 (106)	def.	Melbourne 13.8 (86)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 28,863)	Report
Saturday, 21 May (2:40 pm)	Port Adelaide 14.6 (90)	def. by	Fremantle 21.16 (142)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 16,274)	Report
Saturday, 21 May (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions 10.13 (73)	def.	North Melbourne 8.11 (59)	The Gabba (crowd: 18,404)	Report
Saturday, 21 May (7:40 pm)	Richmond 16.9 (105)	def.	Essendon 13.11 (89)	MCG (crowd: 83,563)	Report
Sunday, 22 May (1:10 pm)	Collingwood 20.15 (135)	def.	Adelaide 14.8 (92)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 38,849)	Report
Sunday, 22 May (2:10 pm)	Sydney 8.12 (60)	def. by	Hawthorn 15.16 (106)	SCG (crowd: 33,136)	Report
Sunday, 22 May (2:40 pm)	West Coast 26.19 (175)	def.	Western Bulldogs 8.4 (52)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 37,308)	Report
	Bye: Gold Coast
West Coast set new records for the club's highest score, 26.19 (175), and greatest winning margin, 123 points, in matches against the Western Bulldogs. Josh Kennedy scored 10.3 (63), a record for any player in matches played at Patersons Stadium. It was the Bulldogs' worst defeat since Round 2, 1996, and the seventh worst defeat in the club's history.

Round 10

	Round 10
Friday, 27 May (7:40 pm)	Melbourne 6.10 (46)	def. by	Carlton 13.15 (93)	MCG (crowd: 47,464)	Report
Saturday, 28 May (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne 9.17 (71)	def. by	Sydney 10.12 (72)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 24,267)	Report
Saturday, 28 May (1:10 pm)	Fremantle 7.14 (56)	def. by	St Kilda 15.12 (102)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 35,483)	Report
Saturday, 28 May (7:20 pm)	Gold Coast 10.13 (73)	def. by	Geelong 21.13 (139)	Metricon Stadium (crowd: 21,485)	Report
Saturday, 28 May (8:10 pm)	Richmond 10.14 (74)	def. by	Port Adelaide 13.11 (89)	TIO Stadium (crowd: 11,506)	Report
Sunday, 29 May (12:40 pm)	Adelaide 8.13 (61)	def. by	Brisbane Lions 15.11 (101)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 34,583)	Report
Sunday, 29 May (2:10 pm)	Collingwood 16.9 (105)	def.	West Coast 7.11 (53)	MCG (crowd: 52,560)	Report
Sunday, 29 May (4:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs 9.8 (62)	def. by	Hawthorn 13.13 (91)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 30,747)	Report
	Bye: Essendon
Gold Coast played its first home game at the renovated Metricon Stadium, (formerly known as Carrara Stadium). The match set a new VFL/AFL attendance record for the venue of 21,485.

Round 11

	Round 11
Friday, 3 June (7:40 pm)	Essendon 10.8 (68)	def. by	Melbourne 15.11 (101)	MCG (crowd: 53,077)	Report
Saturday, 4 June (1:10 pm)	West Coast 13.7 (85)	def.	Gold Coast 10.7 (67)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 36,815)	Report
Saturday, 4 June (2:10 pm)	Geelong 23.10 (148)	def.	Western Bulldogs 13.9 (87)	Skilled Stadium (crowd: 25,078)	Report
Saturday, 4 June (7:10 pm)	Collingwood 16.12 (108)	def.	St Kilda 7.9 (51)	MCG (crowd: 62,991)	Report
Saturday, 4 June (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions 7.9 (51)	def. by	Sydney 17.14 (116)	The Gabba (crowd: 22,150)	Report
Sunday, 5 June (1:10 pm)	Hawthorn 17.9 (111)	def.	Fremantle 13.11 (89)	MCG (crowd: 31,925)	Report
Sunday, 5 June (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne 18.7 (115)	def.	Adelaide 10.8 (68)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 18,185)	Report
Sunday, 5 June (4:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 7.7 (49)	def. by	Carlton 16.15 (111)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 23,192)	Report
	Bye: Richmond
Leigh Brown played his 50th game for Collingwood, becoming the second man to play at least 50 games for three different clubs. The first was Glenn Coleman. Gary Ablett, Jr. (Gold Coast) played his 200th AFL game.

Round 12

	Round 12 (Women's Round & Queen's Birthday)
Friday, 10 June (7:40 pm)	St Kilda 12.9 (81)	def.	Western Bulldogs 8.9 (57)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 31,237)	Report
Saturday, 11 June (2:40 pm)	Adelaide 10.7 (67)	def. by	West Coast 15.16 (106)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 31,412)	Report
Saturday, 11 June (7:10 pm)	Gold Coast 9.9 (63)	def. by	North Melbourne 18.14 (122)	Metricon Stadium (crowd: 14,945)	Report
Saturday, 11 June (7:10 pm)	Geelong 13.10 (88)	def.	Hawthorn 13.5 (83)	MCG (crowd: 63,476)	Report
Sunday, 12 June (1:10 pm)	Carlton 19.10 (124)	def.	Brisbane Lions 9.9 (63)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 43,617)	Report
Sunday, 12 June (2:10 pm)	Sydney 9.21 (75)	def.	Richmond 9.11 (65)	SCG (crowd: 23,782)	Report
Sunday, 12 June (2:40 pm)	Fremantle 15.8 (98)	def.	Essendon 9.10 (64)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 35,824)	Report
Monday, 13 June (2:10 pm)	Melbourne 6.5 (41)	def. by	Collingwood 19.15 (129)	MCG (crowd: 75,998)	Report
	Bye: Port Adelaide
Brent Harvey played his 312th game for North Melbourne, breaking the club games record previously held by Glenn Archer. Geelong coach Chris Scott Geelong's broke the 1932 record of South Melbourne's Johnny Leonard by winning the opening 11 matches of his debut coaching season; Scott would win a further 2 matches to set the record at 13. Collingwood's 88-point victory over Melbourne is the biggest ever win in the Queen's Birthday clash since it commenced in 2001.

Round 13

	Round 13
Friday, 17 June (7:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs 14.16 (100)	def.	Adelaide 10.10 (70)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 19,363)	Report
Saturday, 18 June (2:10 pm)	Hawthorn 19.15 (129)	def.	Gold Coast 8.10 (58)	Aurora Stadium (crowd: 16,377)	Report
Saturday, 18 June (2:10 pm)	Essendon 12.18 (90)	def. by	North Melbourne 17.9 (111)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 42,329)	Report
Saturday, 18 June (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions 14.10 (94)	def. by	Richmond 18.17 (125)	The Gabba (crowd: 21,510)	Report
Saturday, 18 June (7:10 pm)	St Kilda 11.6 (72)	def. by	Geelong 15.10 (100)	MCG (crowd: 39,539)	Report
Sunday, 19 June (1:10 pm)	Melbourne 22.17 (149)	def.	Fremantle 8.12 (60)	MCG (crowd: 19,092)	Report
Sunday, 19 June (2:10 pm)	Carlton 15.10 (100)	def.	Sydney 10.6 (66)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 42,788)	Report
Sunday, 19 June (2:40 pm)	West Coast 15.20 (110)	def.	Port Adelaide 13.10 (88)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 35,059)	Report
	Bye: Collingwood
Stephen McBurney umpired his 350th match, and Shaun Ryan became the fastest umpire to officiate 200 AFL matches. Melbourne recorded its biggest ever victory over Fremantle, winning by 89 points.

Round 14

	Round 14
Friday, 24 June (7:40 pm)	Hawthorn 23.8 (146)	def.	Essendon 12.9 (81)	MCG (crowd: 64,537)	Report
Saturday, 25 June (2:10 pm)	Gold Coast 13.10 (88)	def. by	Western Bulldogs 17.8 (110)	Metricon Stadium (crowd: 16,149)	Report
Saturday, 25 June (2:10 pm)	Richmond 13.13 (91)	def. by	Melbourne 17.16 (118)	MCG (crowd: 61,900)	Report
Saturday, 25 June (7:10 pm)	Sydney 14.9 (93)	def. by	Collingwood 13.21 (99)	ANZ Stadium (crowd: 38,053)	Report
Saturday, 25 June (5:40 pm)	Fremantle 12.16 (88)	def.	Brisbane Lions 10.5 (65)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 30,330)	Report
Sunday, 26 June (1:10 pm)	Geelong 19.11 (125)	def.	Adelaide 10.13 (73)	Skilled Stadium (crowd: 23,246)	Report
Sunday, 26 June (2:10 pm)	Carlton 10.7 (67)	def. by	West Coast 15.13 (103)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 38,241)	Report
Sunday, 26 June (4:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 14.7 (91)	def. by	North Melbourne 21.10 (136)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 17,275)	Report
	Bye: St Kilda
Barry Hall qualified for AFL Life membership after playing his 300th match.

Round 15

	Round 15
Friday, 1 July (7:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs 19.13 (127)	def.	Melbourne 8.15 (63)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 29,516)	Report
Saturday, 2 July (1:10 pm)	Fremantle 17.10 (112)	def.	Gold Coast 9.8 (62)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 28,646)	Report
Saturday, 2 July (2:10 pm)	Richmond 12.9 (81)	def. by	Carlton 28.16 (184)	MCG (crowd: 59,650)	Report
Saturday, 2 July (7:10 pm)	Essendon 18.7 (115)	def.	Geelong 16.15 (111)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 43,806)	Report
Saturday, 2 July (7:10 pm)	Adelaide 8.9 (57)	def.	Sydney 6.14 (50)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 23,063)	Report
Sunday, 3 July (1:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions 15.9 (99)	def.	Port Adelaide 13.10 (88)	The Gabba (crowd: 17,276)	Report
Sunday, 3 July (2:10 pm)	Collingwood 15.16 (106)	def.	Hawthorn 9.11 (65)	MCG (crowd: 83,985)	Report
Sunday, 3 July (4:40 pm)	North Melbourne 10.10 (70)	def. by	St Kilda 12.7 (79)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 29,693)	Report
	Bye: West Coast
Carlton recorded its highest ever score against Richmond, kicking 28.16 (184). Essendon ended Geelong's thirteen-game winning streak. Adelaide recorded its lowest ever home crowd of 23,063.

Round 16

	Round 16
Friday, 8 July (6:40 pm)	West Coast 14.12 (96)	def.	Geelong 13.10 (88)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 40,164)	Report
Saturday, 9 July (2:10 pm)	Hawthorn 16.9 (105)	def.	Brisbane Lions 9.9 (63)	Aurora Stadium (crowd: 14,604)	Report
Saturday, 9 July (7:10 pm)	Gold Coast 4.12 (36)	def. by	Sydney 15.16 (106)	Metricon Stadium (crowd: 16,488)	Report
Saturday, 9 July (7:10 pm)	Essendon 15.15 (105)	def.	Richmond 9.12 (66)	MCG (crowd: 55,442)	Report
Sunday, 10 July (1:10 pm)	Collingwood 22.15 (147)	def.	North Melbourne 3.12 (30)	MCG (crowd: 53,601)	Report
Sunday, 10 July (2:40 pm)	Port Adelaide 8.5 (53)	def. by	St Kilda 17.7 (109)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 16,887)	Report
Sunday, 10 July (4:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs 14.12 (96)	def.	Carlton 9.15 (69)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 38,582)	Report
	Bye: Adelaide, Fremantle, Melbourne
Jonathan Brown became the Brisbane Lions' all-time leading goalkicker, surpassing Daniel Bradshaw's total of 496. Collingwood recorded its largest ever victory over North Melbourne, by a margin of 117 points.

Round 17

	Round 17 (Multicultural Round)
Friday, 15 July (8:10 pm)	Adelaide 10.13 (73)	def. by	Essendon 12.12 (84)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 38,118)	Report
Saturday, 16 July (2:10 pm)	Richmond 9.16 (70)	def. by	Gold Coast 12.13 (85)	Cazaly's Stadium (crowd: 10,382)	Report
Saturday, 16 July (2:10 pm)	Carlton 11.13 (79)	def. by	Collingwood 13.20 (98)	MCG (crowd: 85,936)	Report
Saturday, 16 July (7:10 pm)	St Kilda 13.4 (82)	def.	West Coast 9.7 (61)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 31,416)	Report
Saturday, 16 July (8:40 pm)	Melbourne 17.11 (113)	def.	Port Adelaide 14.8 (92)	TIO Stadium (crowd: 7,255)	Report
Sunday, 17 July (1:10 pm)	Sydney 13.9 (87)	def. by	Fremantle 15.8 (98)	SCG (crowd: 23,415)	Report
Sunday, 17 July (2:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions 15.14 (104)	def. by	Geelong 20.13 (133)	The Gabba (crowd: 19,906)	Report
Sunday, 17 July (4:40 pm)	North Melbourne 21.16 (142)	def.	Western Bulldogs 17.9 (111)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 22,754)	Report
	Bye: Hawthorn
For the first time, Cazaly's Stadium in Cairns played host to a premiership match when Richmond hosted the Gold Coast. This was the first time that two matches were played in Queensland during a single round. Essendon coach James Hird earned AFL life membership with his 300th game as a player and coach. Barry Hall became the first player to score more than 100 career goals with three different league clubs.

Round 18

	Round 18
Friday, 22 July (7:40 pm)	St Kilda 19.13 (127)	def.	Adelaide 3.6 (24)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 26,546)	Report
Saturday, 23 July (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne 17.20 (122)	def.	Brisbane Lions 11.11 (77)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 20,809)	Report
Saturday, 23 July (2:10 pm)	Sydney 16.18 (114)	def.	Western Bulldogs 11.9 (75)	SCG (crowd: 19,449)	Report
Saturday, 23 July (7:10 pm)	Gold Coast 11.9 (75)	def. by	Collingwood 19.15 (129)	Metricon Stadium (crowd: 23,302)	Report
Saturday, 23 July (7:10 pm)	Essendon 12.7 (79)	def. by	Carlton 24.9 (153)	MCG (crowd: 74,123)	Report
Sunday, 24 July (1:10 pm)	Geelong 17.11 (113)	def.	Richmond 7.9 (51)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 33,761)	Report
Sunday, 24 July (2:10 pm)	Melbourne 12.6 (78)	def. by	Hawthorn 20.12 (132)	MCG (crowd: 39,782)	Report
Sunday, 24 July (2:40 pm)	Fremantle 9.10 (64)	def. by	West Coast 8.17 (65)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 41,055)	Report
	Bye: Port Adelaide
Adelaide's score of 3.6 (24) set a new record as the lowest match score ever in club history, breaking the previous club record of 4.7 (31) set in Round 7, 1991, also against St Kilda; and, it set a new record as the lowest match score ever at Etihad Stadium. It was also the lowest score conceded in a match by St Kilda since Round 12, 1971. Following the loss, Neil Craig stepped down as Adelaide head coach, effective immediately, to be replaced by Mark Bickley as caretaker. A new record crowd for any event at Metricon Stadium was set when 23,302 spectators watched Gold Coast play Collingwood. Reportedly, 7,000 of those spectators were Collingwood supporters who made the trip from Melbourne to watch the match. Fremantle forward Hayden Ballantyne hit the post from 50 metres out on the boundary line after the siren against West Coast. A goal would have won the game.

Round 19

	Round 19
Friday, 29 July (7:40 pm)	North Melbourne 9.8 (62)	def. by	Carlton 11.14 (80)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 41,332)	Report
Saturday, 30 July (2:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs 15.5 (95)	def. by	West Coast 15.13 (103)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 28,883)	Report
Saturday, 30 July (2:10 pm)	Geelong 37.11 (233)	def.	Melbourne 7.5 (47)	Skilled Stadium (crowd: 22,716)	Report
Saturday, 30 July (7:10 pm)	Gold Coast 6.18 (54)	def. by	St Kilda 10.14 (74)	Metricon Stadium (crowd: 17,482)	Report
Saturday, 30 July (5:40 pm)	Fremantle 6.8 (44)	def. by	Hawthorn 13.17 (95)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 30,937)	Report
Sunday, 31 July (2:10 pm)	Collingwood 25.16 (166)	def.	Essendon 14.8 (92)	MCG (crowd: 73,163)	Report
Sunday, 31 July (4:10 pm)	Adelaide 16.15 (111)	def.	Port Adelaide 11.13 (79)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 40,586)	Report
	Bye: Brisbane Lions, Richmond, Sydney
Geelong's final score of 37.11 (233) was the second-highest ever scored by Geelong, the second-highest score ever conceded by Melbourne, the highest score ever at Skilled Stadium, the fourth-highest score of all-time, and the highest score by any team since quarters were shortened to 20 minutes in 1994. Geelong's final winning margin of 186 points was Geelong's highest ever, the highest ever at Skilled Stadium, the second-highest ever conceded by Melbourne, the second-highest of all-time, and the largest since quarters were shortened to 20 minutes in 1994. Geelong's second quarter score of 12.1 (73) was the highest ever by Geelong, and the equal-highest ever conceded by Melbourne. Geelong's leading margin at half-time of 114 points was the second-highest of all-time (the highest, 120 points, occurred in Round 8, 1993). Geelong's half-time score of 20.4 (124) was the second-highest in Geelong's history, and the highest ever conceded by Melbourne. Geelong's score of 37.11 featured 26 more goals than behinds, a new VFL/AFL record (the previous record of 23 was set by Geelong in Round 6, 2007). Geelong recorded 510 disposals through the game, a new record. Geelong became the first team to score more than fifty points in each of the four quarters of a match. Melbourne coach Dean Bailey was sacked by the club at an emergency board meeting on the day after the 186-point loss, to be replaced immediately by Todd Viney as caretaker. Darren Jolly (Collingwood), Adam McPhee (Fremantle) and Ryan Houlihan (Carlton) played their 200th AFL games.

Round 20

	Round 20
Friday, 5 August (7:40 pm)	St Kilda 16.17 (113)	def.	Fremantle 10.12 (72)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 26,181)	Report
Saturday, 6 August (1:40 pm)	Geelong 29.14 (188)	def.	Gold Coast 6.2 (38)	Skilled Stadium (crowd: 24,588)	Report
Saturday, 6 August (2:10 pm)	Carlton 21.8 (134)	def.	Melbourne 7.16 (58)	MCG (crowd: 42,342)	Report
Saturday, 6 August (7:20 pm)	Essendon 15.10 (100)	def.	Sydney 14.15 (99)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 38,722)	Report
Saturday, 6 August (7:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 3.3 (21)	def. by	Collingwood 23.21 (159)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 21,863)	Report
Sunday, 7 August (1:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions 16.9 (105)	def. by	Adelaide 16.14 (110)	The Gabba (crowd: 17,930)	Report
Sunday, 7 August (2:10 pm)	Hawthorn 15.13 (103)	def.	North Melbourne 13.8 (86)	Aurora Stadium (crowd: 16,820)	Report
Sunday, 7 August (2:40 pm)	West Coast 22.15 (147)	def.	Richmond 14.6 (90)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 38,106)	Report
	Bye: Western Bulldogs
Geelong became the first VFL/AFL team to win 17 or more home and away matches in five consecutive seasons. Geelong became the first team since St Kilda in 2004 to win consecutive games by more than 100 points, and the first ever to win consecutive games by 150 points or more. The consecutive wins against Melbourne and Gold Coast, with a combined margin of 336 points, was the highest combined margin in consecutive wins of all time, breaking Sydney's record of 293 set in 1987. Gold Coast's defeat of 150 points was the club's largest in its inaugural season. Adam Goodes missed a shot after the siren for Sydney to defeat Essendon. Port Adelaide's final score of 3.3 (21) and its losing margin of 138 points against Collingwood were in both cases new records as the worst in club history; the new record-losing margin for the club lasted only until the following round. Port Adelaide's total of six scoring shots was the fewest in club history, and the fewest by any team since Round 12, 1971. For Collingwood, the winning margin was its highest since Round 4 1979, and the third biggest win in its history.

Round 21

	Round 21
Friday, 12 August (7:40 pm)	St Kilda 10.10 (70)	def. by	Collingwood 14.5 (89)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 46,505)	Report
Saturday, 13 August (2:10 pm)	Hawthorn 31.11 (197)	def.	Port Adelaide 5.2 (32)	MCG (crowd: 27,532)	Report
Saturday, 13 August (1:10 pm)	Fremantle 12.13 (85)	def. by	Carlton 16.19 (115)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 34,737)	Report
Saturday, 13 August (7:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs 15.11 (101)	def. by	Essendon 23.12 (150)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 38,986)	Report
Saturday, 13 August (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions 18.15 (123)	def.	Gold Coast 8.13 (61)	The Gabba (crowd: 23,565)	Report
Sunday, 14 August (1:10 pm)	Melbourne 9.8 (62)	def. by	West Coast 16.14 (110)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 15,740)	Report
Sunday, 14 August (2:10 pm)	Richmond 14.15 (99)	def.	Sydney 7.14 (56)	MCG (crowd: 34,337)	Report
Sunday, 14 August (4:10 pm)	Adelaide 12.13 (85)	def. by	Geelong 14.12 (96)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 33,576)	Report
	Bye: North Melbourne
Stephen Milne surpassed Matthew Lloyd's record of most goals kicked at Docklands Stadium by kicking his 300th goal at the venue. Hawthorn's winning margin of 165 points against Port Adelaide was the highest winning margin in Hawthorn's history (surpassing the previous record of 160 points set in 1992), the highest winning margin at the MCG and the highest losing margin in Port Adelaide's history (surpassing the record of 138 points set the previous week). Hawthorn's half time lead of 92 points was the biggest half time lead in Hawthorn's history and the biggest half time lead at the MCG. Port Adelaide's consecutive heavy losses against Collingwood and Hawthorn were by a total of 303 points, a new VFL/AFL record for the heaviest pair of consecutive defeats, breaking the record of 269 points set by Melbourne in 1979. Jimmy Bartel (Geelong) played his 200th AFL game. This was the last round coached for the season by Western Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade. His contract was not renewed for 2012, and he elected to stand aside immediately rather than complete the season. Paul Williams replaced him as caretaker for the last three matches.

Round 22

	Round 22
Friday, 19 August (7:40 pm)	Carlton 8.18 (66)	def. by	Hawthorn 10.18 (78)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 52,052)	Report
Saturday, 20 August (2:10 pm)	Gold Coast 9.10 (64)	def. by	Adelaide 18.17 (125)	Metricon Stadium (crowd: 16,168)	Report
Saturday, 20 August (1:10 pm)	West Coast 20.14 (134)	def.	Essendon 11.11 (77)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 38,253)	Report
Saturday, 20 August (7:10 pm)	North Melbourne 21.17 (143)	def.	Fremantle 6.9 (45)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 17,581)	Report
Saturday, 20 August (7:10 pm)	Collingwood 14.18 (102)	def.	Brisbane Lions 13.6 (84)	MCG (crowd: 47,788)	Report
Sunday, 21 August (1:10 pm)	Sydney 10.23 (83)	def.	St Kilda 10.8 (68)	ANZ Stadium (crowd: 25,025)	Report
Sunday, 21 August (2:40 pm)	Port Adelaide 15.7 (97)	def. by	Western Bulldogs 24.13 (157)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 14,169)	Report
Sunday, 21 August (4:40 pm)	Melbourne 17.8 (110)	def. by	Richmond 17.15 (117)	MCG (crowd: 36,321)	Report
	Bye: Geelong
Scott Thompson (Adelaide) recorded 51 disposals against Gold Coast, which at the time was the most since Greg Williams' 53 disposals in 1989. Antoni Grover (Fremantle) played his 200th AFL game. Sydney recorded its lowest ever crowd for a regular season match played at ANZ Stadium with just over 25,000 in attendance.

Round 23

	Round 23
Friday, 26 August (6:40 pm)	Fremantle 8.4 (52)	def. by	Collingwood 20.12 (132)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 31,985)	Report
Saturday, 27 August (2:10 pm)	Hawthorn 16.17 (113)	def.	Western Bulldogs 10.7 (67)	MCG (crowd: 42,198)	Report
Saturday, 27 August (2:10 pm)	Geelong 12.14 (86)	def. by	Sydney 15.9 (99)	Skilled Stadium (crowd: 25,900)	Report
Saturday, 27 August (7:10 pm)	St Kilda 19.21 (135)	def.	North Melbourne 10.10 (70)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 35,848)	Report
Saturday, 27 August (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions 11.15 (81)	def. by	West Coast 13.11 (89)	The Gabba (crowd: 13,500)	Report
Sunday, 28 August (12:40 pm)	Adelaide 15.9 (99)	def. by	Richmond 17.19 (121)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 38,023)	Report
Sunday, 28 August (2:10 pm)	Melbourne 17.10 (112)	def.	Gold Coast 12.10 (82)	MCG (crowd: 21,534)	Report
Sunday, 28 August (4:40 pm)	Essendon 17.18 (120)	def.	Port Adelaide 17.11 (113)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 34,849)	Report
	Bye: Carlton
Geelong lost its first match at Skilled Stadium since Round 21, 2007, ending a streak of 29 consecutive victories at Skilled Stadium, the most by any club at any venue. It was Sydney's first win over Geelong since Round 5, 2006, ending a nine-match losing streak, and its first win at Skilled Stadium since Round 8, 1999, ending a seven-match losing streak. After Geelong's loss to Sydney, Collingwood clinched the minor premiership (and the McClelland Trophy) for the second consecutive year. Additionally, West Coast clinched a top-four finish with its win over Brisbane. The Brisbane Lions and West Coast played in front of a crowd of 13,500, the second-lowest ever for a Brisbane Lions home game at The Gabba, and the second-lowest for a Brisbane-based club at the Gabba since Round 22, 1995.

Round 24

	Round 24
Friday, 2 September (7:40 pm)	Collingwood 8.5 (53)	def. by	Geelong 22.17 (149)	MCG (crowd: 85,705)	Report
Saturday, 3 September (1:10 pm)	Gold Coast 14.13 (97)	def. by	Hawthorn 16.10 (106)	Metricon Stadium (crowd: 19,314)	Report
Saturday, 3 September (2:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs 15.17 (107)	def.	Fremantle 8.13 (61)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 18,128)	Report
Saturday, 3 September (4:10 pm)	Sydney 18.11 (119)	def.	Brisbane Lions 9.13 (67)	SCG (crowd: 27,721)	Report
Saturday, 3 September (5:10 pm)	West Coast 22.13 (145)	def.	Adelaide 7.8 (50)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 36,062)	Report
Saturday, 3 September (7:10 pm)	Carlton 9.12 (66)	def. by	St Kilda 13.8 (86)	MCG (crowd: 55,606)	Report
Sunday, 4 September (2:40 pm)	Port Adelaide 17.10 (112)	def.	Melbourne 15.14 (104)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 29,340)	Report
Sunday, 4 September (4:40 pm)	Richmond 13.13 (91)	def. by	North Melbourne 15.14 (104)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 32,890)	Report
	Bye: Essendon
For the second time, the final round of the season was given a floating schedule in order to reduce the likelihood of a team playing the first week of the finals after a Sunday game in the final round of the season. Geelong recorded its greatest ever winning margin against Collingwood by 96 points. It was Collingwood's greatest losing margin since Round 21, 2005, and their worst ever defeat at the MCG. The Port Adelaide vs Melbourne match was originally scheduled to be played at AAMI Stadium. On 30 June 2011, the AFL announced the match would be moved to the Adelaide Oval. This was the first AFL match to be played at the venue and only the second venue in South Australia to host an AFL home and away match. Port Adelaide's win over Melbourne ended a club record 11-match losing streak and lifted it off the bottom of the ladder. This ensured that Gold Coast finished its inaugural AFL season with the wooden spoon. Gold Coast are the first interstate team to ever win the wooden spoon on debut and the first team to win their wooden spoon on debut since Hawthorn in 1925.

Win/Loss table

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	F1	F2	F3	GF	Ladder
Adelaide	Haw 20	X	Freo 25	Port 32	Carl 6	StK 19	Melb 96	GC 57	Coll 43	BL 40	NM 47	WCE 39	WB 30	Geel 52	Syd 7	X	Ess 11	StK 103	Port 32	BL 5	Geel 11	GC 61	Rich 22	WCE 95	X	X	X	X	14
Brisbane Lions	Freo 2	WB 78	Melb 11	X	StK 13	Rich 26	GC 8	Ess 36	NM 14	Adel 40	Syd 65	Carl 61	Rich 31	Freo 23	Port 11	Haw 42	Geel 29	NM 45	X	Adel 5	GC 62	Coll 18	WCE 8	Syd 52	X	X	X	X	15
Carlton	Rich 20	GC 119	Coll 28	Ess 0	Adel 6	Syd 16	StK 3	X	Geel 2	Melb 47	Port 62	BL 61	Syd 34	WCE 36	Rich 103	WB 27	Coll 19	Ess 74	NM 18	Melb 76	Freo 30	Haw 12	X	StK 20	Ess 62	WCE 3	X	X	5
Collingwood	Port 75	NM 87	Carl 28	Rich 71	Ess 30	WB 48	X	Geel 3	Adel 43	WCE 52	StK 57	Melb 88	X	Syd 6	Haw 41	NM 117	Carl 19	GC 54	Ess 74	Port 138	StK 19	BL 18	Freo 80	Geel 96	WCE 20	X	Haw 3	Geel 38	1
Essendon	WB 55	Syd 5	StK 52	Carl 0	Coll 30	GC 139	WCE 16	BL 36	Rich 16	X	Melb 33	Freo 34	NM 21	Haw 65	Geel 4	Rich 39	Adel 11	Carl 74	Coll 74	Syd 1	WB 49	WCE 57	Port 7	X	Carl 62	X	X	X	8
Fremantle	BL 2	Geel 11	Adel 25	NM 29	WB 7	X	Rich 49	WCE 33	Port 52	StK 46	Haw 22	Ess 34	Melb 89	BL 23	GC 50	X	Syd 11	WCE 1	Haw 51	StK 41	Carl 30	NM 98	Coll 80	WB 46	X	X	X	X	11
Gold Coast	X	Carl 119	WB 71	Melb 90	Port 3	Ess 139	BL 8	Adel 57	X	Geel 66	WCE 18	NM 59	Haw 71	WB 22	Freo 50	Syd 70	Rich 15	Coll 54	StK 20	Geel 150	BL 62	Adel 61	Melb 30	Haw 9	X	X	X	X	17
Geelong	StK 1	Freo 11	Port 79	Syd 27	Haw 19	X	NM 66	Coll 3	Carl 2	GC 66	WB 61	Haw 5	StK 28	Adel 52	Ess 4	WCE 8	BL 29	Rich 62	Melb 186	GC 150	Adel 11	X	Syd 13	Coll 96	Haw 31	X	WCE 48	Coll 38	2
Hawthorn	Adel 20	Melb 45	Rich 63	WCE 7	Geel 19	X	Port 32	StK 30	Syd 46	WB 29	Freo 22	Geel 5	GC 71	Ess 65	Coll 41	BL 42	X	Melb 54	Frem 51	NM 17	Port 165	Carl 12	WB 46	GC 9	Geel 31	Syd 36	Coll 3	X	3
Melbourne	Syd 0	Haw 45	BL 11	GC 90	X	WCE 54	Adel 96	NM 41	StK 20	Carl 47	Ess 33	Coll 88	Freo 89	Rich 27	WB 64	X	Port 21	Haw 54	Geel 186	Carl 76	WCE 48	Rich 7	GC 30	Port 8	X	X	X	X	13
North Melbourne	WCE 4	Coll 87	X	Freo 29	Rich 9	Port 60	Geel 66	Melb 41	BL 14	Syd 1	Adel 47	GC 59	Ess 21	Port 45	StK 9	Coll 117	WB 31	BL 45	Carl 18	Haw 17	X	Freo 98	StK 65	Rich 13	X	X	X	X	9
Port Adelaide	Coll 75	WCE 18	Geel 79	Adel 32	GC 3	NM 60	Haw 32	Syd 62	Freo 52	Rich 15	Carl 62	X	WCE 22	NM 45	BL 11	StK 56	Melb 21	X	Adel 32	Coll 138	Haw 165	WB 60	Ess 7	Melb 8	X	X	X	X	16
Richmond	Carl 20	StK 0	Haw 63	Coll 71	NM 9	BL 26	Freo 49	WB 35	Ess 16	Port 15	X	Syd 10	BL 31	Melb 27	Carl 103	Ess 39	GC 15	Geel 62	X	WCE 57	Syd 43	Melb 7	Adel 22	NM 13	X	X	X	X	12
St Kilda	Geel 1	Rich 0	Ess 52	X	BL 13	Adel 19	Carl 3	Haw 30	Melb 20	Freo 46	Coll 57	WB 24	Geel 28	X	NM 9	Port 56	WCE 21	Adel 103	GC 20	Freo 41	Coll 19	Syd 15	NM 65	Carl 20	Syd 25	X	X	X	6
Sydney	Melb 0	Ess 5	WCE 13	Geel 27	X	Carl 16	WB 8	Port 62	Haw 46	NM 1	BL 65	Rich 10	Carl 34	Coll 6	Adel 7	GC 70	Freo 11	WB 39	X	Ess 1	Rich 43	StK 15	Geel 13	BL 52	StK 25	Haw 36	X	X	7
West Coast	NM 4	Port 18	Syd 13	Haw 7	X	Melb 54	Ess 16	Freo 33	WB 123	Coll 52	GC 18	Adel 39	Port 22	Carl 36	X	Geel 8	StK 21	Freo 1	WB 8	Rich 57	Melb 48	Ess 57	BL 8	Adel 95	Coll 20	Carl 3	Geel 48	X	4
Western Bulldogs	Ess 55	BL 78	GC 71	X	Freo 7	Coll 48	Syd 8	Rich 35	WCE 123	Haw 29	Geel 61	StK 24	Adel 30	GC 22	Melb 64	Carl 27	NM 31	Syd 39	WCE 8	X	Ess 49	Port 60	Haw 46	Freo 46	X	X	X	X	10
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	F1	F2	F3	GF	Ladder

Colour	Result
Green	Win
Red	Loss
Blue	Draw

Bold – Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder

2011 AFL Ladder
	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Collingwood	22	20	2	0	2592	1546	167.66	80
2	Geelong (P)	22	19	3	0	2548	1619	157.38	76
3	Hawthorn	22	18	4	0	2355	1634	144.12	72
4	West Coast	22	17	5	0	2235	1715	130.32	68
5	Carlton	22	14	7	1	2225	1700	130.88	58
6	St Kilda	22	12	9	1	1891	1677	112.76	50
7	Sydney	22	12	9	1	1897	1735	109.34	50
8	Essendon	22	11	10	1	2217	2217	100.00	46
9	North Melbourne	22	10	12	0	2106	2082	101.15	40
10	Western Bulldogs	22	9	13	0	2060	2155	95.59	36
11	Fremantle	22	9	13	0	1791	2155	83.11	36
12	Richmond	22	8	13	1	2069	2396	86.35	34
13	Melbourne	22	8	13	1	1974	2315	85.27	34
14	Adelaide	22	7	15	0	1742	2193	79.43	28
15	Brisbane Lions	22	4	18	0	1814	2240	80.98	16
16	Port Adelaide	22	3	19	0	1718	2663	64.51	12
17	Gold Coast	22	3	19	0	1534	2726	56.27	12
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.
• Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during 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	23	24
1	Collingwood	4	8	12	16	20	24	24	24	28	32	36	40	40	44	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	80
2	Geelong	4	8	12	16	20	20	24	28	32	36	40	44	48	52	52	52	56	60	64	68	72	72	72	76
3	Hawthorn	0	4	8	12	12	12	16	20	24	28	32	32	36	40	40	44	44	48	52	56	60	64	68	72
4	West Coast	4	8	8	8	8	12	12	16	20	20	24	28	32	36	36	40	40	44	48	52	56	60	64	68
5	Carlton	4	8	8	10	14	18	22	22	22	26	30	34	38	38	42	42	42	46	50	54	58	58	58	58
6	St Kilda	0	2	2	2	6	6	6	6	10	14	14	18	18	18	22	26	30	34	38	42	42	42	46	50
7	Sydney	2	6	10	10	10	10	14	18	18	22	26	30	30	30	30	34	34	38	38	38	38	42	46	50
8	Essendon	4	4	8	10	10	14	18	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	26	30	34	34	34	38	42	42	46	46
9	North Melbourne	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	8	8	8	12	16	20	24	24	24	28	32	32	32	32	36	36	40
10	Western Bulldogs	0	4	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	16	20	24	28	28	28	28	28	28	32	32	36
11	Fremantle	4	4	8	12	16	16	16	16	20	20	20	24	24	28	32	32	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36
12	Richmond	0	2	2	2	6	10	14	14	18	18	18	18	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	26	30	34	34
13	Melbourne	2	2	6	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	18	18	22	26	26	26	30	30	30	30	30	30	34	34
14	Adelaide	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	20	24	24	28	28	28
15	Brisbane Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16
16	Port Adelaide	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12
17	Gold Coast	0	0	0	0	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Finals Series

Main article: 2011 AFL finals series

	Qualifying / Elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals				Grand final
		QF1: Sep 10, MCG
	1	Collingwood	12.10 (82)
	4	West Coast	9.8 (62)			SF1: Sep 17, Patersons Stadium
						West Coast	15.11 (101)
		EF1: Sep 11, MCG				Carlton	15.8 (98)					PF1: Sep 23, MCG
	5	Carlton	21.23 (149)									Collingwood	10.8 (68)
	8	Essendon	13.9 (87)									Hawthorn	9.11 (65)			GF: Oct 1, MCG
																Collingwood	12.9 (81)
		EF2: Sep 10, Etihad Stadium										PF2: Sep 24, MCG				Geelong	18.11 (119)
	6	St Kilda	8.9 (57)									West Coast	10.9 (69)
	7	Sydney	12.10 (82)			SF2: Sep 16, MCG						Geelong	17.15 (117)
						Sydney	13.8 (86)
		QF2: Sep 9, MCG				Hawthorn	19.8 (122)
	2	Geelong	14.14 (98)
	3	Hawthorn	9.13 (67)

Week 1 (Qualifying and Elimination Finals)

	Qualifying Finals
Saturday, 10 September (2:20 pm)	Collingwood 12.10 (82)	def.	West Coast 9.8 (62)	MCG (crowd: 67,379)	Report
Friday, 9 September (7:45 pm)	Geelong 14.14 (98)	def.	Hawthorn 9.13 (67)	MCG (crowd: 73,400)	Report

	Elimination Finals
Sunday, 11 September (2:20 pm)	Carlton 21.23 (149)	def.	Essendon 13.9 (87)	MCG (crowd: 90,161)	Report
Saturday, 10 September (7:20 pm)	St Kilda 8.9 (57)	def. by	Sydney 12.10 (82)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 39,205)	Report
For the first time since the current AFL finals system was implemented in 2000, all four games were played in Melbourne. The elimination final between Carlton and Essendon had an attendance of 90,161, the largest crowd for an elimination final in VFL/AFL history. This record stood until 2013.

Week 2 (Semi Finals)

	Semi-Finals
Friday, 16 September (7:45 pm)	Hawthorn 19.8 (122)	def.	Sydney 13.8 (86)	MCG (crowd: 55,198)	Report
Saturday, 17 September (5:50 pm)	West Coast 15.11 (101)	def.	Carlton 15.8 (98)	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 42,803)	Report

Week 3 (Preliminary Finals)

	Preliminary Finals
Friday, 23 September (7:45 pm)	Collingwood 10.8 (68)	def.	Hawthorn 9.11 (65)	MCG (crowd: 87,112)	Report
Saturday, 24 September (2:20 pm)	Geelong 17.15 (117)	def.	West Coast 10.9 (69)	MCG (crowd: 59,455)	Report
West Coast was the first non-Victorian team to reach the preliminary finals since 2007.

Week 4 (Grand Final)

Main article: 2011 AFL Grand Final

	Grand Final
Saturday, 1 October 2:30pm	Collingwood	def. by	Geelong	MCG (Crowd: 99,537)	Report
	4.2 (26) 9.3 (57) 12.6 (78) 12.9 (81)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.3 (27) 8.6 (54) 13.7 (85) 18.11 (119)	Umpires: C Donlon, B Rosebury, S Ryan Norm Smith Medal: Jimmy Bartel (Geelong) Television broadcast: Network Ten National anthem: Vanessa Amorosi
T Cloke, A Krakouer 3 S Sidebottom 2 L Ball, L Brown, B Johnson, S Wellingham 1		Goals	4 S Johnson 3 J Bartel, T Hawkins, T Varcoe 2 J Selwood 1 M Duncan, C Ling, M Stokes
S Pendlebury, D Thomas, S Sidebottom, C Tarrant, L Ball, L Brown, T Cloke		Best	J Bartel, J Selwood, T Hawkins, C Ling, S Johnson, P Chapman, B Ottens, T Varcoe
Nil		Injuries	J Podsiadly (shoulder)
L Davis		Reports	Nil
This was the sixth Grand Final contested between Collingwood and Geelong, and the first since 1953. Collingwood finished its season with only three losses, all against Geelong. Mick Malthouse coached his 50th finals match Chris Scott became the 13th person to coach a VFL/AFL team to a premiership in his debut coaching season, and the first since Alan Joyce in 1988

Awards

• The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Dane Swan of Collingwood, who received 34 votes.
• The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Jimmy Bartel of Geelong
• The AFL Rising Star was awarded to Dyson Heppell of Essendon, who received 44 votes.
• The Coleman Medal was awarded to Lance Franklin of Hawthorn, who kicked 71 goals during the home and away season.
• The McClelland Trophy was awarded to Collingwood.
• The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to Gold Coast.
• The AFL Players Association Awards were as follows:
  • The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Chris Judd of Carlton, for being the Most Valuable Player throughout the premiership season.
  • The Robert Rose Award went to Jonathan Brown of Brisbane Lions, for being the Most Courageous Player throughout the premiership season.
  • The Best Captain award went to Chris Judd of Carlton.
  • The Best First-Year Player award was won by Dyson Heppell of Essendon.
• The AFL Coaches Association Awards were as follows:
  • The Player of the Year Award was given to Marc Murphy of Carlton, who received 94 votes.
  • The Allan Jeans Award was given to John Worsfold of West Coast.
  • The Assistant Coach of the Year Award was given to Darren Crocker of North Melbourne.
  • The Best Young Player Award was given to Nat Fyfe of Fremantle.

Best and fairest

Club	Award name	Player	Ref
Adelaide	Malcolm Blight Medal	Scott Thompson
Brisbane Lions	Merrett-Murray Medal	Tom Rockliff
Carlton	John Nicholls Medal	Marc Murphy
Collingwood	Copeland Trophy	Scott Pendlebury
Essendon	Crichton Medal	David Zaharakis
Fremantle	Doig Medal	Matthew Pavlich
Geelong	Carji Greeves Medal	Corey Enright
Gold Coast	Club Champion	Gary Ablett, Jr.
Hawthorn	Peter Crimmins Medal	Sam Mitchell
Melbourne	Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal	Brent Moloney
North Melbourne	Syd Barker Medal	Daniel Wells Andrew Swallow
Port Adelaide	John Cahill Medal	Travis Boak Jackson Trengove
Richmond	Jack Dyer Medal	Trent Cotchin
St Kilda	Trevor Barker Award	Sam Fisher
Sydney	Bob Skilton Medal	Adam Goodes
Western Bulldogs	Charles Sutton Medal	Matthew Boyd
West Coast	Club Champion Award	Darren Glass

Notable events and controversies

Betting scandals

The issue of betting became prominent during the 2011 season. The previous few years had seen other sports compromised by major spot-fixing scandals – most notably the Pakistan cricket spot-fixing controversy – so the issue was already well publicised at the time. The AFL had in place a strict policy prohibiting anyone involved in the AFL from placing any bet on any AFL outcome.

Early in the season, it emerged that there were several suspicious plunges on players who were usually defenders to kick the first goal of a match; in each case, the player unexpectedly started in the forward-line, indicating that the plunges may have been caused by team information somehow leaking to punters. Five suspicious plunges on defenders for the first goal were identified during the season:

• Round 7, Port Adelaide vs Hawthorn – Hawthorn midfielder/defender Brent Guerra
• Round 7, Gold Coast vs Brisbane Lions – Brisbane defender Daniel Merrett
• Round 8, Brisbane Lions vs Essendon – Brisbane defender Matt Maguire
• Round 9, Adelaide vs Collingwood – Collingwood defender Nick Maxwell
• Round 24, Gold Coast vs Hawthorn – Gold Coast defender Nathan Bock

Nathan Bock was the only of the five players to kick the first goal of his respective match. The cases all raised concerns about "exotic bets" and the risk of spot-fixing, although in no case was a deliberate attempt at spot-fixing ever implicated.

The controversy deepened prior to Round 17, when the investigation into the Maxwell plunge revealed that Heath Shaw was implicated in bets placed on Maxwell's first goal. Shaw and a friend from outside the Collingwood Football Club were found to have placed a shared $20 bet on Maxwell for first goal at a TAB venue, using Shaw's knowledge from team meetings that Maxwell would be starting forward; that friend had later placed two more bets on Maxwell worth $15, shared with another friend. Shaw was penalised by the league under the anti-gambling code, receiving a suspension of eight matches, with a further suspended sentence of six matches, and was fined $20,000.

In their respective investigations, it was found that both Nick Maxwell and Nathan Bock had informed family members and friends that they would be starting in the forward-line before their respective plunges, and, unbeknownst to the players, those family members and friends then placed bets. Maxwell was fined $5,000, with a further suspended fine of $5,000, and Bock was fined $10,000 and suspended for two matches.

Following Round 24, Essendon assistant coach Dean Wallis was found to have placed three separate FootyQuad bets worth a total of $400 during the latter half of the season, one of which included a leg which involved an Essendon match. Wallis was fined $7,500, and suspended for fourteen matches (the suspension prevents him from participating on match-day, and from interacting directly with his players during training, until the suspension is complete).

Club leadership

Club	Coach	Captain(s)	Vice-captain(s) and/or "leadership group"
Adelaide	Neil Craig (Rds 1–18); Mark Bickley (Rds 19–24)	Nathan van Berlo	Scott Stevens, Ben Rutten, Michael Doughty and Scott Thompson.
Brisbane Lions	Michael Voss	Jonathan Brown	Daniel Merrett, Jed Adcock, Tom Rockliff
Carlton	Brett Ratten	Chris Judd	Kade Simpson (vc), Andrew Carrazzo, Bryce Gibbs, Michael Jamison, Marc Murphy, Jordan Russell
Collingwood	Mick Malthouse	Nick Maxwell	Scott Pendlebury (vc), Dane Swan (deputy vc), Luke Ball, Darren Jolly, Harry O'Brien, Heath Shaw
Essendon	James Hird	Jobe Watson	Dustin Fletcher, Heath Hocking, Mark McVeigh, Brent Stanton, Andrew Welsh (vc)
Fremantle	Mark Harvey	Matthew Pavlich	Aaron Sandilands, David Mundy, Paul Duffield, Luke McPharlin, Garrick Ibbotson, Chris Mayne and Matt de Boer
Gold Coast	Guy McKenna	Gary Ablett, Jr.	Nathan Bock (vc), Campbell Brown (deputy vc), Michael Rischitelli, Daniel Harris, Maverick Weller, Zac Smith and Marc Lock
Geelong	Chris Scott	Cameron Ling	Joel Selwood(vc), Jimmy Bartel, Joel Corey, Corey Enright, James Kelly, Harry Taylor
Hawthorn	Alastair Clarkson	Luke Hodge	Jarryd Roughead, Jordan Lewis
Melbourne	Dean Bailey (Rds 1–19); Todd Viney (Rds 20–24)	Brad Green	Aaron Davey, Jack Grimes, Nathan Jones, Brent Moloney and Jared Rivers
North Melbourne	Brad Scott	Brent Harvey	Brady Rawlings (vc) and Drew Petrie (vc)
Port Adelaide	Matthew Primus	Domenic Cassisi
Richmond	Damien Hardwick	Chris Newman
St Kilda	Ross Lyon	Nick Riewoldt	Lenny Hayes
Sydney	John Longmire	Adam Goodes, Jarrad McVeigh
West Coast	John Worsfold	Darren Glass	Beau Waters (vc) Scott Selwood, Andrew Embley, Mark Lecras, Dean Cox, Adam Selwood, Matt Priddis, Josh Kennedy and Shannon Hurn
Western Bulldogs	Rodney Eade (Rds 1–21); Paul Williams (Rds 22–24)	Matthew Boyd	Daniel Giansiracusa (vc) and Adam Cooney (vc)

Umpiring and rule changes

• The AFL introduced a new interchange rule. The standard interchange system was reduced from four players to three players. A fourth player is named as a substitute, and begins the game wearing a green vest. The substitute can be brought on at any point in the game, permanently replacing any player on the bench or the field. The player being replaced must wear a red vest when leaving the ground. This rule was predominantly introduced to keep the number of players able to participate in the game for each team equal, even if a severe injury occurs.
• The rules for calling "advantage" after a free kick were amended, to allow the players, rather than the umpires, make the decision on whether or not they see an advantage in continuous play.

Club membership

Club	Members	Change from 2010	% change from 2010
Adelaide	44,719	826	−01.81
Brisbane Lions	20,792	5,987	−22.36
Carlton	43,791	3,311	+08.18
Collingwood	71,271	13,863	+24.15
Essendon	42,559	1,970	+04.85
Fremantle	42,762	2,908	+07.30
Geelong	39,343	983	−02.44
Gold Coast	11,141	N/A	N/A
Hawthorn	56,224	2,246	+04.16
Melbourne	36,937	3,579	+10.73
North Melbourne	28,761	1,808	+06.71
Port Adelaide	32,581	3,489	+11.99
Richmond	40,184	4,224	+11.75
St Kilda	39,276	255	+00.58
Sydney	27,106	1,565	−05.49
West Coast	43,216	944	−02.14
Western Bulldogs	29,710	2,367	−07.38
Total	650,373	36,122	+05.88

Team changes

Debuts

Main article: List of AFL debuts in 2011

A total of 132 players made their début in the Australian Football League in 2011. The new Gold Coast played 34 new players and helped make 2011 the highest number of début players since West Coast and Brisbane Bears both joined the league in 1987. Each of the top 10 draft picks and 29 of the first 33 selections in the 2010 AFL Draft made their début.

Retirements, sackings and delistings

Players

Show list
Name	Club	Date	Notes
Albert Proud	Brisbane Lions	10 February 2011	Sacked, continuous breaches of contract.
Brendan Fevola	Brisbane Lions	20 February 2011	Sacked, continuous breaches of contract.
Craig Bolton	Sydney	24 March 2011	Retirement, due to ankle injury.
Tom Hunter	Collingwood	31 March 2011	Retirement, due to neck injury.
Daniel Bradshaw	Sydney	17 June 2011	Retirement, due to knee injury.
Scott Stevens	Adelaide	21 June 2011	Retirement, because of multiple head knocks.
Dean Brogan	Port Adelaide	28 June 2011	Retirement, at end of season.
Barry Hall	Western Bulldogs	19 July 2011	Retirement, at end of season.
Marcus Drum	Geelong	21 July 2011	Retirement, due to ongoing injury problems.
Mark Williams	Essendon	25 July 2011	Retirement, due to degenerative knee condition.
Chad Cornes	Port Adelaide	3 August 2011	Retirement, at end of season.
Jamie Charman	Brisbane Lions	3 August 2011	Retirement, effective immediately.
Darcy Daniher	Essendon	13 August 2011	Retirement, due to ongoing groin injuries.
Daniel Harris	Gold Coast	17 August 2011	Retirement, due to ongoing injury.
Cameron Mooney	Geelong	23 August 2011	Retirement, at end of season.
Brady Rawlings	North Melbourne	24 August 2011	Retirement, at end of season.
Mitch Hahn	Western Bulldogs	24 August 2011	Retirement, at end of season.
Ben Hudson	Western Bulldogs	24 August 2011	Retirement, at end of season.
Luke Power	Brisbane Lions	27 August 2011	Retirement, effective immediately.
Byron Schammer	Fremantle	29 August 2011	Retirement, at end of season.
Brad Moran	Adelaide	31 August 2011	Retirement, effective immediately.
Roger Hayden	Fremantle	31 August 2011	Retirement, due to ongoing injury.
Tadhg Kennelly	Sydney	1 September 2011	Retirement, at end of season.
Leigh Brown	Collingwood	1 September 2011	Retirement, at end of season.
Nathan Ablett	Gold Coast	5 September 2011	Delisted.
Michael Coad	Gold Coast	5 September 2011	Delisted.
Marc Lock	Gold Coast	5 September 2011	Delisted.
Jack Stanlake	Gold Coast	5 September 2011	Delisted.
Roland Ah Chee	Gold Coast	5 September 2011	Delisted.
Jake Crawford	Gold Coast	5 September 2011	Delisted.
Jack Stanley	Gold Coast	5 September 2011	Delisted.
Joel Tippett	Gold Coast	5 September 2011	Delisted.
Clayton Hinkley	Fremantle	7 September 2011	Delisted.
Joel Houghton	Fremantle	7 September 2011	Delisted.
Tim Ruffles	Fremantle	7 September 2011	Delisted.
Ben Bucovaz	Fremantle	7 September 2011	Delisted.
Hamish Shepheard	Fremantle	7 September 2011	Delisted.
Ryan Houlihan	Carlton	8 September 2011	Retirement, effective immediately for AFL games, and at end of season for VFL-affiliate games.
Ed Lower	North Melbourne	8 September 2011	Delisted.
Ben Ross	North Melbourne	8 September 2011	Delisted.
Brayden Norris	North Melbourne	8 September 2011	Delisted.
Marcus White	North Melbourne	8 September 2011	Delisted.
Matthew Scott	North Melbourne	8 September 2011	Delisted.
Michael Gardiner	St Kilda	10 September 2011	Retired.
Steven Baker	St Kilda	10 September 2011	"Retired."
Robert Eddy	St Kilda	10 September 2011	"Retired."
Andrew McQualter	St Kilda	10 September 2011	Retired.
Matt Austin	Brisbane Lions	11 September 2011	Delisted.
Xavier Clarke	Brisbane Lions	11 September 2011	Delisted.
Broc McCauley	Brisbane Lions	11 September 2011	Delisted.
Bart McCulloch	Brisbane Lions	11 September 2011	Delisted.
Tom Hislop	Richmond	12 September 2011	Delisted.
Robert Hicks	Richmond	12 September 2011	Delisted.
Nick Westhoff	Richmond	12 September 2011	Delisted.
Tyson Slattery	Essendon	19 September 2011	Delisted.
Taite Silverlock	Essendon	19 September 2011	Delisted.
James Webster	Essendon	19 September 2011	Delisted.
Marlon Motlop	Port Adelaide	22 September 2011	Delisted.
Matthew Westhoff	Port Adelaide	22 September 2011	Delisted.
Callum Hay	Port Adelaide	22 September 2011	Delisted.
Danny Meyer	Port Adelaide	22 September 2011	Retired.
Brett Jones	West Coast	27 September 2011	Retired.
Daniel Bass	Port Adelaide	29 September 2011	Delisted.
Tim Houlihan	West Coast	4 October 2011	Delisted.
Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls	West Coast	4 October 2011	Delisted.
Cameron Ling	Geelong	5 October 2011	Retired.
Andrew Welsh	Essendon	7 October 2011	Retirement, due to ongoing injury.
Chris Schmidt	Adelaide	7 October 2011	Delisted.
Jake von Bertouch	Adelaide	7 October 2011	Delisted.
Lachlan Roach	Adelaide	7 October 2011	Delisted.
Jay Neagle	Essendon	8 October 2011	Delisted.
Wayde Twomey	Carlton	10 October 2011	Delisted.
Joseph Dare	Carlton	10 October 2011	Delisted.
Jaryd Cachia	Carlton	10 October 2011	Delisted.
Darren Milburn	Geelong	11 October 2011	Retired.
Daniel Pratt	North Melbourne	17 October 2011	Delisted.
Gavin Urquhart	North Melbourne	17 October 2011	Delisted.
Mark Austin	Carlton	18 October 2011	Delisted.
Setanta Ó hAilpín	Carlton	18 October 2011	Delisted.
Troy Taylor	Richmond	18 October 2011	Delisted.
Pat Contin	Richmond	18 October 2011	Delisted.
Jamie O'Reilly	Richmond	18 October 2011	Delisted.
Mitch Farmer	Richmond	18 October 2011	Delisted.
Ben Nason	Richmond	18 October 2011	Delisted.
Ben Jaokbi	Richmond	18 October 2011	Delisted.
Michael Pettigrew	Port Adelaide	18 October 2011	Retired will nominate in the pre-season draft.
Jason Davenport	Port Adelaide	18 October 2011	Delisted.
Daniel Motlop	Port Adelaide	18 October 2011	Delisted.
Paul Bevan	Sydney	19 October 2011	Delisted.
Max Otten	Sydney	19 October 2011	Delisted.
Chrissy McKaigue	Sydney	19 October 2011	Delisted.
Daniel Currie	Sydney	19 October 2011	Delisted.
Byron Sumner	Sydney	19 October 2011	Delisted.
Campbell Heath	Sydney	19 October 2011	Delisted.
Addam Maric	Melbourne	19 October 2011	Delisted.
Robert Campbell	Melbourne	19 October 2011	Retired.
Cameron Johnston	Melbourne	19 October 2011	Delisted.
Tom McNamara	Melbourne	19 October 2011	Delisted.
Jordan Jones	West Coast	19 October 2011	Delisted.
Callum Wilson	West Coast	19 October 2011	Delisted.
James Sellar	Adelaide	19 October 2011	Delisted.
Myke Cook	Adelaide	19 October 2011	Delisted.
Will Young	Adelaide	19 October 2011	Delisted.
James Craig	Adelaide	19 October 2011	Delisted.
Mark Blake	Geelong	19 October 2011	Retired.
Michael Quinn	Essendon	20 October 2011	Delisted.
Rick Ladson	Hawthorn	20 October 2011	Delisted.
Jordan Williams	Hawthorn	20 October 2011	Delisted.
Jordan Williams	Hawthorn	20 October 2011	Delisted.
Jack Mahony	Hawthorn	20 October 2011	Delisted.
Riley Milne	Hawthorn	20 October 2011	Delisted.
Sam Menegola	Hawthorn	20 October 2011	Delisted.
Will Thursfield	Richmond	24 October 2011	Retired.
Joseph Daye	Gold Coast	24 October 2011	Delisted.
Lewis Broome	West Coast	24 October 2011	Retired.
Clancee Pearce	Fremantle	26 October 2011	Delisted.
Casey Sibosado	Fremantle	26 October 2011	Delisted.
Justin Bollenhagen	Fremantle	26 October 2011	Delisted.
Tom Collier	Brisbane Lions	28 October 2011	Delisted.
Will Johnson	St Kilda	28 October 2011	Delisted.
Ryan Gamble	St Kilda	28 October 2011	Delisted.
Paul Cahill	St Kilda	28 October 2011	Delisted.
Nicholas Heyne	St Kilda	28 October 2011	Delisted.
Alistair Smith	St Kilda	28 October 2011	Delisted.
Brad Ottens	Geelong	31 October 2011	Retired.
Leon Davis	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Retired.
Austin Wonaeamirri	Melbourne	31 October 2011	Delisted.
Brad Dick	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Delisted.
John McCarthy	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Delisted.
Daniel Farmer	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Delisted.
Trent Stubbs	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Delisted.
Brennan Stack	Western Bulldogs	31 October 2011	Delisted.
Tom Gordon	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Delisted.
Declan Reilly	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Delisted.
Jack Perham	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Delisted.
Jye Bolton	Collingwood	31 October 2011	Delisted.
Michael Newton	Melbourne	31 October 2011	Delisted.
Ben Johnson	Geelong	4 November 2011	Delisted.
Jack Weston	Geelong	4 November 2011	Delisted.
Anthony Long	Essendon	16 November 2011	Delisted.
Jayden Schofield	Western Bulldogs	30 November 2011	Delisted.
David Gourdis	Richmond	30 November 2011	Delisted.
Rex Liddy	Gold Coast	30 November 2011	Delisted.

Coach changes

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Coach	Club	Date	Notes	Caretaker	New coach
Neil Craig	Adelaide	25 July 2011	stepped down following the Round 18 loss to St Kilda.	Mark Bickley	Brenton Sanderson
Dean Bailey	Melbourne	31 July 2011	sacked following the Round 19 loss to Geelong.	Todd Viney	Mark Neeld
Rodney Eade	Western Bulldogs	17 August 2011	will not have contract renewed at end of season.	Paul Williams	Brendan McCartney
Mark Harvey	Fremantle	15 September 2011	Sacked at end of season.	N/A	Ross Lyon
Ross Lyon	St Kilda	15 September 2011	Left to coach Fremantle.	Robert Harvey (interim)	Scott Watters
Mick Malthouse	Collingwood	1 October 2011	Succession plan established in 2009, Malthouse quits Collingwood after Grand Final.	N/A	Nathan Buckley

Club overviews

• 2011 Adelaide Football Club season
• 2011 Brisbane Lions season
• 2011 Carlton Football Club season
• 2011 Collingwood Football Club season
• 2011 Essendon Football Club season
• 2011 Fremantle Football Club season
• 2011 Geelong Football Club season
• 2011 Gold Coast Football Club season
• 2011 Hawthorn Football Club season

• 2011 Melbourne Football Club season
• 2011 North Melbourne Football Club season
• 2011 Port Adelaide Football Club season
• 2011 Richmond Football Club season
• 2011 St Kilda Football Club season
• 2011 Sydney Swans season
• 2011 West Coast Eagles season
• 2011 Western Bulldogs season