| 2007 AFL Premiership season | |
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| Teams | 16 |
| Premiers | Geelong (7th premiership) |
| Minor Premiers | Geelong (10th minor premiership) |
| Pre-season Cup | Carlton (3rd pre-season cup win) |
| Matches played | 185 |
| Attendance | 7,051,733 (38,117 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 AFL Season was the 111th season of the Australian Football League, the highest-level professional Australian rules football league in Australia. 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.
| 2007 NAB Cup Grand Final | |||||
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| Saturday, 17 March (7:20 pm) | Brisbane Lions 0.10.12 (72) | def. by | Carlton 2.12.7 (97) | Telstra Dome (crowd: 46,094) | Report |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Melbourne | 9.8 (62) | St Kilda | 13.15 (93) | MCG | 49,490 | Friday, 30 March | AFL.com.au |
| Kangaroos | 10.19 (79) | Collingwood | 12.10 (82) | MCG | 44,760 | Saturday, 31 March | AFL.com.au |
| Fremantle | 16.9 (105) | Port Adelaide | 19.7 (121) | Subiaco Oval | 37,425 | Saturday, 31 March | AFL.com.au |
| Brisbane Lions | 9.15 (69) | Hawthorn | 6.8 (44) | The Gabba | 27,104 | Saturday, 31 March | AFL.com.au |
| Sydney | 10.13 (73) | West Coast | 11.8 (74) | Telstra Stadium | 62,586 | Saturday, 31 March | AFL.com.au |
| Adelaide | 10.14 (74) | Essendon | 16.9 (105) | AAMI Stadium | 43,064 | Sunday, 1 April | AFL.com.au |
| Western Bulldogs | 17.11 (113) | Geelong | 13.15 (93) | Telstra Dome | 42,626 | Sunday, 1 April | AFL.com.au |
| Carlton | 15.25 (115) | Richmond | 15.8 (98) | MCG | 59,847 | Sunday, 1 April | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Brisbane Lions | 15.12 (102) | St Kilda | 7.8 (50) | The Gabba | 28,266 | Thursday, 5 April | AFL.com.au |
| Richmond | 11.6 (72) | Sydney | 13.10 (88) | MCG | 37,985 | Saturday, 7 April | AFL.com.au |
| Geelong | 24.18 (162) | Carlton | 12.12 (84) | Telstra Dome | 41,113 | Saturday, 7 April | AFL.com.au |
| West Coast | 12.15 (87) | Collingwood | 11.9 (75) | Subiaco Oval | 40,413 | Saturday, 7 April | AFL.com.au |
| Port Adelaide | 17.20 (122) | Kangaroos | 15.14 (104) | AAMI Stadium | 25,054 | Sunday, 8 April | AFL.com.au |
| Essendon | 19.8 (122) | Fremantle | 17.10 (112) | Telstra Dome | 32,623 | Sunday, 8 April | AFL.com.au |
| Western Bulldogs | 11.6 (72) | Adelaide | 16.14 (110) | MCG | 27,199 | Sunday, 8 April | AFL.com.au |
| Hawthorn | 17.14 (116) | Melbourne | 14.10 (94) | MCG | 43,197 | Monday, 9 April | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Collingwood | 17.13 (115) | Richmond | 13.12 (90) | MCG | 70,569 | Friday, 13 April | AFL.com.au |
| Carlton | 18.17 (125) | Essendon | 17.20 (122) | MCG | 64,710 | Saturday, 14 April | AFL.com.au |
| Port Adelaide | 8.15 (63) | Adelaide | 13.9 (87) | AAMI Stadium | 36,959 | Saturday, 14 April | AFL.com.au |
| St Kilda | 17.14 (116) | Western Bulldogs | 9.12 (66) | Telstra Dome | 38,474 | Saturday, 14 April | AFL.com.au |
| Fremantle | 11.4 (70) | West Coast | 14.17 (101) | Subiaco Oval | 42,051 | Saturday, 14 April | AFL.com.au |
| Sydney | 13.18 (96) | Brisbane Lions | 10.9 (69) | SCG | 24,854 | Sunday, 15 April | AFL.com.au |
| Melbourne | 8.9 (57) | Geelong | 15.19 (109) | MCG | 38,438 | Sunday, 15 April | AFL.com.au |
| Kangaroos | 10.10 (70) | Hawthorn | 13.13 (91) | Telstra Dome | 28,481 | Sunday, 15 April | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Richmond | 14.16 (100) | Western Bulldogs | 20.12 (132) | MCG | 36,821 | Friday, 20 April | AFL.com.au |
| Collingwood | 9.12 (66) | Port Adelaide | 12.12 (84) | MCG | 35,355 | Saturday, 21 April | AFL.com.au |
| St Kilda | 9.14 (68) | Essendon | 15.9 (99) | Telstra Dome | 47,605 | Saturday, 21 April | AFL.com.au |
| Adelaide | 9.7 (61) | Sydney | 5.14 (44) | AAMI Stadium | 43,752 | Saturday, 21 April | AFL.com.au |
| Kangaroos | 12.15 (87) | Brisbane Lions | 8.15 (63) | Carrara Stadium | 11,133 | Saturday, 21 April | AFL.com.au |
| Hawthorn | 10.16 (76) | Geelong | 9.18 (72) | Aurora Stadium | 17,120 | Sunday, 22 April | AFL.com.au |
| Melbourne | 13.14 (92) | Fremantle | 21.11 (137) | MCG | 16,654 | Sunday, 22 April | AFL.com.au |
| West Coast | 14.16 (100) | Carlton | 4.15 (39) | Subiaco Oval | 41,016 | Sunday, 22 April | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Essendon | 11.13 (79) | Collingwood | 12.23 (95) | MCG | 90,508 | Wednesday, 25 April | AFL.com.au |
| Port Adelaide | 14.12 (96) | St Kilda | 6.7 (43) | AAMI Stadium | 24,438 | Friday, 27 April | AFL.com.au |
| Richmond | 11.10 (76) | West Coast | 14.15 (99) | MCG | 27,326 | Saturday, 28 April | AFL.com.au |
| Carlton | 18.16 (124) | Brisbane Lions | 21.10 (136) | Telstra Dome | 33,598 | Saturday, 28 April | AFL.com.au |
| Sydney | 17.7 (109) | Melbourne | 8.12 (60) | SCG | 23,354 | Saturday, 28 April | AFL.com.au |
| Hawthorn | 13.15 (93) | Western Bulldogs | 16.14 (110) | MCG | 31,982 | Sunday, 29 April | AFL.com.au |
| Geelong | 15.12 (102) | Kangaroos | 18.10 (118) | Skilled Stadium | 20,906 | Sunday, 29 April | AFL.com.au |
| Fremantle | 7.16 (58) | Adelaide | 8.9 (57) | Subiaco Oval | 37,172 | Sunday, 29 April | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| St Kilda | 18.17 (125) | Carlton | 11.16 (82) | Telstra Dome | 45,513 | Friday, 4 May | AFL.com.au |
| Essendon | 15.6 (96) | Hawthorn | 20.11 (131) | MCG | 52,047 | Saturday, 5 May | AFL.com.au |
| West Coast | 10.17 (77) | Western Bulldogs | 9.8 (62) | Subiaco Oval | 40,668 | Saturday, 5 May | AFL.com.au |
| Kangaroos | 16.15 (111) | Sydney | 14.11 (95) | Telstra Dome | 27,045 | Saturday, 5 May | AFL.com.au |
| Adelaide | 9.8 (62) | Collingwood | 11.20 (86) | AAMI Stadium | 43,915 | Saturday, 5 May | AFL.com.au |
| Brisbane Lions | 17.18 (120) | Fremantle | 10.15 (75) | The Gabba | 27,175 | Sunday, 6 May | AFL.com.au |
| Melbourne | 9.17 (71) | Port Adelaide | 10.16 (76) | MCG | 16,266 | Sunday, 6 May | AFL.com.au |
| Richmond | 9.11 (65) | Geelong | 35.12 (222) | Telstra Dome | 34,584 | Sunday, 6 May | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Kangaroos | 18.9 (117) | Essendon | 13.17 (95) | Telstra Dome | 42,730 | Friday, 11 May | AFL.com.au |
| Collingwood | 17.17 (119) | Carlton | 14.11 (95) | MCG | 77,321 | Saturday, 12 May | AFL.com.au |
| Port Adelaide | 16.19 (115) | Richmond | 10.15 (75) | AAMI Stadium | 26,232 | Saturday, 12 May | AFL.com.au |
| Brisbane Lions | 9.15 (69) | Adelaide | 14.16 (100) | The Gabba | 26,978 | Saturday, 12 May | AFL.com.au |
| St Kilda | 15.7 (97) | Sydney | 11.5 (71) | Telstra Dome | 37,816 | Saturday, 12 May | AFL.com.au |
| Geelong | 16.13 (109) | West Coast | 10.10 (70) | Skilled Stadium | 22,014 | Sunday, 13 May | AFL.com.au |
| Western Bulldogs | 16.16 (112) | Melbourne | 16.10 (106) | Telstra Dome | 24,584 | Sunday, 13 May | AFL.com.au |
| Fremantle | 14.12 (96) | Hawthorn | 11.14 (80) | Subiaco Oval | 36,481 | Sunday, 13 May | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Adelaide | 14.15 (99) | Richmond | 14.6 (90) | AAMI Stadium | 40,742 | Friday, 18 May | AFL.com.au |
| Essendon | 18.19 (127) | Brisbane Lions | 8.15 (63) | Telstra Dome | 35,034 | Saturday, 19 May | AFL.com.au |
| Geelong | 14.10 (94) | Fremantle | 10.9 (69) | Skilled Stadium | 20,435 | Saturday, 19 May | AFL.com.au |
| Hawthorn | 10.12 (72) | St Kilda | 6.8 (44) | MCG | 36,063 | Saturday, 19 May | AFL.com.au |
| Kangaroos | 22.15 (147) | Carlton | 20.10 (130) | Carrara Stadium | 11,649 | Saturday, 19 May | AFL.com.au |
| Sydney | 17.16 (118) | Port Adelaide | 13.9 (87) | SCG | 25,423 | Sunday, 20 May | AFL.com.au |
| Western Bulldogs | 20.15 (135) | Collingwood | 14.18 (102) | Telstra Dome | 46,990 | Sunday, 20 May | AFL.com.au |
| West Coast | 19.23 (137) | Melbourne | 9.6 (60) | Subiaco Oval | 40,068 | Sunday, 20 May | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Fremantle | 15.11 (101) | St Kilda | 6.19 (55) | Subiaco Oval | 39,034 | Friday, 25 May | AFL.com.au |
| Carlton | 12.14 (86) | Adelaide | 15.15 (105) | Telstra Dome | 27,504 | Saturday, 26 May | AFL.com.au |
| Hawthorn | 15.9 (99) | West Coast | 8.16 (64) | Aurora Stadium | 18,112 | Saturday, 26 May | AFL.com.au |
| Brisbane Lions | 13.9 (87) | Collingwood | 18.12 (120) | The Gabba | 32,225 | Saturday, 26 May | AFL.com.au |
| Richmond | 12.12 (84) | Essendon | 12.20 (92) | MCG | 61,837 | Saturday, 26 May | AFL.com.au |
| Western Bulldogs | 8.9 (57) | Sydney | 15.10 (100) | Manuka Oval | 14,517 | Sunday, 27 May | AFL.com.au |
| Melbourne | 11.12 (78) | Kangaroos | 10.19 (79) | MCG | 30,662 | Sunday, 27 May | AFL.com.au |
| Port Adelaide | 8.12 (60) | Geelong | 16.20 (116) | AAMI Stadium | 26,465 | Sunday, 27 May | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Collingwood | 15.13 (103) | Fremantle | 13.16 (94) | MCG | 44,480 | Friday, 1 June | AFL.com.au |
| Melbourne | 13.11 (89) | Adelaide | 10.12 (72) | MCG | 23,657 | Saturday, 2 June | AFL.com.au |
| West Coast | 18.13 (121) | Kangaroos | 7.13 (55) | Subiaco Oval | 40,751 | Saturday, 2 June | AFL.com.au |
| Richmond | 10.13 (73) | Brisbane Lions | 10.13 (73) | Telstra Dome | 28,093 | Saturday, 2 June | AFL.com.au |
| Sydney | 11.7 (73) | Essendon | 11.8 (74) | SCG | 26,647 | Saturday, 2 June | AFL.com.au |
| Port Adelaide | 10.15 (75) | Hawthorn | 17.7 (109) | AAMI Stadium | 23,945 | Sunday, 3 June | AFL.com.au |
| Carlton | 21.12 (138) | Western Bulldogs | 19.14 (128) | MCG | 37,535 | Sunday, 3 June | AFL.com.au |
| St Kilda | 9.11 (65) | Geelong | 19.11 (125) | Telstra Dome | 42,188 | Sunday, 3 June | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| [Essendon | 15.5 (95) | West Coast | 14.10 (94) | Telstra Dome | 48,913 | Friday, 8 June | AFL.com.au |
| Hawthorn | 9.12 (66) | Sydney | 11.9 (75) | MCG | 48,398 | Saturday, 9 June | AFL.com.au |
| Brisbane Lions | 10.12 (72) | Western Bulldogs | 13.17 (95) | The Gabba | 29,873 | Saturday, 9 June | AFL.com.au |
| Carlton | 22.9 (141) | Port Adelaide | 14.18 (102) | Telstra Dome | 29,678 | Saturday, 9 June | AFL.com.au |
| Adelaide | 9.8 (62) | Geelong | 9.15 (69) | AAMI Stadium | 43,108 | Sunday, 10 June | AFL.com.au |
| St Kilda | 8.10 (58) | Kangaroos | 11.14 (80) | Telstra Dome | 34,569 | Sunday, 10 June | AFL.com.au |
| Fremantle | 18.15 (123) | Richmond | 15.12 (102) | Subiaco Oval | 37,177 | Sunday, 10 June | AFL.com.au |
| Melbourne | 13.16 (94) | Collingwood | 11.15 (81) | MCG | 70,660 | Monday, 11 June | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Carlton | 12.8 (80) | Hawthorn | 27.18 (180) | Telstra Dome | 53,459 | Friday, 15 June | AFL.com.au |
| Kangaroos | 7.12 (54) | Adelaide | 15.10 (100) | Carrara Stadium | 11,178 | Saturday, 16 June | AFL.com.au |
| Western Bulldogs | 22.9 (141) | Fremantle | 16.19 (115) | TIO Stadium | 11,449 | Saturday, 16 June | AFL.com.au |
| Geelong | 12.13 (85) | Brisbane Lions | 5.5 (35) | Skilled Stadium | 21,212 | Sunday, 17 June | AFL.com.au |
| Port Adelaide | 19.12 (126) | Essendon | 13.17 (95) | AAMI Stadium | 25,242 | Sunday, 17 June | AFL.com.au |
| Richmond | 18.16 (124) | Melbourne | 11.9 (75) | MCG | 46,161 | Friday, 22 June | AFL.com.au |
| Sydney | 8.9 (57) | Collingwood | 10.16 (76) | Telstra Stadium | 64,222 | Saturday, 23 June | AFL.com.au |
| West Coast | 11.10 (76) | St Kilda | 15.9 (99) | Subiaco Oval | 39,401 | Sunday, 24 June | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Essendon | 19.11 (125) | Melbourne | 18.15 (123) | Telstra Dome | 47,552 | Friday, 29 June | AFL.com.au |
| Geelong | 13.9 (87) | Sydney | 10.9 (69) | Skilled Stadium | 23,040 | Saturday, 30 June | AFL.com.au |
| Fremantle | 27.11 (173) | Carlton | 13.8 (96) | Subiaco Oval | 36,307 | Saturday, 30 June | AFL.com.au |
| Brisbane Lions | 15.15 (105) | Port Adelaide | 17.10 (112) | The Gabba | 22,124 | Saturday, 30 June | AFL.com.au |
| St Kilda | 17.15 (117) | Richmond | 15.10 (100) | Telstra Dome | 38,689 | Saturday, 30 June | AFL.com.au |
| Adelaide | 10.14 (74) | West Coast | 14.11 (95) | AAMI Stadium | 42,127 | Sunday, 1 July | AFL.com.au |
| Kangaroos | 17.9 (111) | Western Bulldogs | 11.19 (85) | MCG | 39,433 | Sunday, 1 July | AFL.com.au |
| Collingwood | 12.15 (87) | Hawthorn | 15.5 (95) | Telstra Dome | 50,248 | Sunday, 1 July | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Essendon | 12.11 (83) | Geelong | 19.19 (133) | Telstra Dome | 51,156 | Friday, 6 July | AFL.com.au |
| Collingwood | 12.17 (89) | St Kilda | 12.8 (80) | MCG | 57,247 | Saturday, 7 July | AFL.com.au |
| Western Bulldogs | 20. 13 (133) | Port Adelaide | 17.11 (113) | Telstra Dome | 22,691 | Saturday, 7 July | AFL.com.au |
| West Coast | 9.10 (64) | Brisbane Lions | 13.13 (91) | Subiaco Oval | 40,763 | Saturday, 7 July | AFL.com.au |
| Adelaide | 15.12 (102) | Hawthorn | 4.7 (31) | AAMI Stadium | 34,733 | Saturday, 7 July | AFL.com.au |
| Sydney | 11.23 (89) | Fremantle | 9.7 (61) | SCG | 25,493 | Sunday, 8 July | AFL.com.au |
| Carlton | 14.17 (101) | Melbourne | 19.10 (124) | MCG | 33,085 | Sunday, 8 July | AFL.com.au |
| Richmond | 11.13 (79) | Kangaroos | 14.20 (104) | Telstra Dome | 33,583 | Sunday, 8 July | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| St Kilda | 11.16 (82) | Adelaide | 12.8 (80) | Telstra Dome | 32,210 | Friday, 13 July | AFL.com.au |
| Geelong | 11.14 (80) | Collingwood | 9.10 (64) | MCG | 85,497 | Saturday, 14 July | AFL.com.au |
| Port Adelaide | 22.21 (153) | West Coast | 9.8 (62) | AAMI Stadium | 27,879 | Saturday, 14 July | AFL.com.au |
| Essendon | 14.14 (98) | Western Bulldogs | 20.11 (131) | Telstra Dome | 45,283 | Saturday, 14 July | AFL.com.au |
| Melbourne | 12.10 (82) | Brisbane Lions | 18.18 (126) | The Gabba | 22,708 | Saturday, 14 July | AFL.com.au |
| Sydney | 25.12 (162) | Carlton | 15.10 (100) | SCG | 24,858 | Sunday, 15 July | AFL.com.au |
| Hawthorn | 19.15 (129) | Richmond | 11.10 (76) | MCG | 41,770 | Sunday, 15 July | AFL.com.au |
| Fremantle | 11.12 (78) | Kangaroos | 12.10 (82) | Subiaco Oval | 37,002 | Sunday, 15 July | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Geelong | 20.18 (138) | Western Bulldogs | 9.9 (63) | Telstra Dome | 44,688 | Friday, 20 July | AFL.com.au |
| Collingwood | 18.14 (122) | Essendon | 14.9 (93) | MCG | 65,531 | Saturday, 21 July | AFL.com.au |
| Adelaide | 15.11 (101) | Fremantle | 20.6 (126) | AAMI Stadium | 40,190 | Saturday, 21 July | AFL.com.au |
| West Coast | 16.16 (112) | Sydney | 15.10 (100) | Subiaco Oval | 40,014 | Saturday, 21 July | AFL.com.au |
| St Kilda | 14.11 (95) | Hawthorn | 11.12 (78) | Telstra Dome | 37,847 | Saturday, 21 July | AFL.com.au |
| Brisbane Lions | 25.13 (163) | Carlton | 6.10 (46) | The Gabba | 27,163 | Sunday, 22 July | AFL.com.au |
| Richmond | 15.10 (100) | Port Adelaide | 24.11 (155) | MCG | 22,395 | Sunday, 22 July | AFL.com.au |
| Kangaroos | 19.12 (126) | Melbourne | 9.8 (62) | Telstra Dome | 20,187 | Sunday, 22 July | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Western Bulldogs | 9.17 (71) | West Coast | 24.14 (158) | Telstra Dome | 30,900 | Friday, 27 July | AFL.com.au |
| Carlton | 15.11 (101) | St Kilda | 16.15 (111) | Telstra Dome | 32,327 | Saturday, 28 July | AFL.com.au |
| Fremantle | 10.12 (72) | Geelong | 20.20 (140) | Subiaco Oval | 36,741 | Saturday, 28 July | AFL.com.au |
| Collingwood | 7.14 (56) | Brisbane Lions | 22.17 (149) | MCG | 45,096 | Saturday, 28 July | AFL.com.au |
| Sydney | 21.12 (138) | Richmond | 10.12 (72) | SCG | 23,199 | Saturday, 28 July | AFL.com.au |
| Hawthorn | 10.11 (71) | Kangaroos | 16.12 (108) | Aurora Stadium | 19,144 | Sunday, 29 July | AFL.com.au |
| Essendon | 18.9 (117) | Adelaide | 16.9 (105) | Telstra Dome | 35,010 | Sunday, 29 July | AFL.com.au |
| Port Adelaide | 25.13 (163) | Melbourne | 11.8 (74) | AAMI Stadium | 23,485 | Sunday, 29 July | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Western Bulldogs | 12.13 (85) | St Kilda | 12.13 (85) | Telstra Dome | 33,600 | Friday, 3 August | AFL.com.au |
| Carlton | 14.12 (96) | Collingwood | 18.12 (120) | MCG | 56,341 | Saturday, 4 August | AFL.com.au |
| Geelong | 21.13 (139) | Richmond | 11.3 (69) | Skilled Stadium | 21,951 | Saturday, 4 August | AFL.com.au |
| Brisbane Lions | 10.17 (77) | Kangaroos | 5.10 (40) | The Gabba | 29,233 | Saturday, 4 August | AFL.com.au |
| Adelaide | 9.19 (73) | Port Adelaide | 10.5 (65) | AAMI Stadium | 42,335 | Saturday, 4 August | AFL.com.au |
| Melbourne | 9.10 (64) | Sydney | 17.10 (112) | Manuka Oval | 11,266 | Sunday, 5 August | AFL.com.au |
| Hawthorn | 17.17 (119) | Essendon | 7.14 (56) | MCG | 55,019 | Sunday, 5 August | AFL.com.au |
| West Coast | 14.13 (97) | Fremantle | 19.10 (124) | Subiaco Oval | 43,096 | Sunday, 5 August | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Richmond | 18.8 (116) | Collingwood | 14.12 (96) | MCG | 49,550 | Friday, 10 August | AFL.com.au |
| Hawthorn | 17.13 (115) | Brisbane Lions | 13.13 (91) | MCG | 39,007 | Saturday, 11 August | AFL.com.au |
| Port Adelaide | 17.14 (116) | Carlton | 14.9 (93) | AAMI Stadium | 27,603 | Saturday, 11 August | AFL.com.au |
| Melbourne | 19.15 (129) | Western Bulldogs | 12.15 (87) | Telstra Dome | 18,946 | Saturday, 11 August | AFL.com.au |
| Sydney | 12.10 (82) | St Kilda | 9.11 (65) | Telstra Stadium | 63,369 | Saturday, 11 August | AFL.com.au |
| Kangaroos | 15.12 (102) | West Coast | 17.17 (119) | Telstra Dome | 26,113 | Sunday, 12 August | AFL.com.au |
| Geelong | 15.13 (103) | Adelaide | 10.10 (70) | Skilled Stadium | 21,267 | Sunday, 12 August | AFL.com.au |
| Fremantle | 21.14 (140) | Essendon | 11.11 (77) | Subiaco Oval | 38,274 | Sunday, 12 August | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Collingwood | 11.15 (81) | Melbourne | 9.16 (70) | MCG | 46,277 | Friday, 17 August | AFL.com.au |
| Essendon | 18.10 (118) | Carlton | 16.12 (108) | MCG | 48,638 | Saturday, 18 August | AFL.com.au |
| St Kilda | 19.12 (126) | Fremantle | 14.12 (96) | Telstra Dome | 24,041 | Saturday, 18 August | AFL.com.au |
| Brisbane Lions | 9.9 (63) | Sydney | 8.15 (63) | The Gabba | 33,077 | Saturday, 18 August | AFL.com.au |
| West Coast | 18.9 (117) | Richmond | 12.14 (86) | Subiaco Oval | 39,752 | Saturday, 18 August | AFL.com.au |
| Hawthorn | 12.10 (82) | Port Adelaide | 12.15 (87) | Aurora Stadium | 15,264 | Sunday, 19 August | AFL.com.au |
| Kangaroos | 13.13 (91) | Geelong | 17.16 (118) | Telstra Dome | 48,501 | Sunday, 19 August | AFL.com.au |
| Adelaide | 15.17 (107) | Western Bulldogs | 11.7 (73) | AAMI Stadium | 41,437 | Sunday, 19 August | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| St Kilda | 14.14 (98) | West Coast | 16.10 (106) | Telstra Dome | 38,183 | Friday, 24 August | AFL.com.au |
| Carlton | 11.13 (79) | Kangaroos | 24.17 (161) | Telstra Dome | 29,334 | Saturday, 25 August | AFL.com.au |
| Fremantle | 22.12 (144) | Melbourne | 12.13 (85) | Subiaco Oval | 34,549 | Saturday, 25 August | AFL.com.au |
| Collingwood | 15.11 (101) | Sydney | 11.10 (76) | MCG | 63,842 | Saturday, 25 August | AFL.com.au |
| Adelaide | 12.14 (86) | Brisbane Lions | 8.12 (60) | AAMI Stadium | 46,507 | Saturday, 25 August | AFL.com.au |
| Western Bulldogs | 10.7 (67) | Hawthorn | 22.19 (151) | Telstra Dome | 32,734 | Sunday, 26 August | AFL.com.au |
| Geelong | 15.11 (101) | Port Adelaide | 16.10 (106) | Skilled Stadium | 24,331 | Sunday, 26 August | AFL.com.au |
| Essendon | 13.14 (92) | Richmond | 17.17 (119) | MCG | 88,468 | Sunday, 26 August | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Collingwood | 11.9 (75) | Adelaide | 14.10 (94) | Telstra Dome | 47,915 | Friday, 31 August | AFL.com.au |
| Richmond | 13.14 (92) | St Kilda | 14.18 (102) | MCG | 42,472 | Saturday, 1 September | AFL.com.au |
| West Coast | 21.6 (132) | Essendon | 19.10 (124) | Subiaco Oval | 42,761 | Saturday, 1 September | AFL.com.au |
| Port Adelaide | 17.15 (117) | Fremantle | 12.13 (85) | AAMI Stadium | 39,270 | Saturday, 1 September | AFL.com.au |
| Brisbane Lions | 15.13 (103) | Geelong | 22.13 (145) | The Gabba | 34,107 | Saturday, 1 September | AFL.com.au |
| Sydney | 22.9 (141) | Hawthorn | 10.9 (69) | SCG | 27,498 | Sunday, 2 September | AFL.com.au |
| Western Bulldogs | 14.9 (93) | Kangaroos | 23.19 (157) | Telstra Dome | 29,261 | Sunday, 2 September | AFL.com.au |
| Melbourne | 21.13 (139) | Carlton | 15.18 (108) | MCG | 26,156 | Sunday, 2 September | AFL.com.au |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
| 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 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Port Adelaide | 9.14 (68) | West Coast | 9.11 (65) | AAMI Stadium | 37,750 | Friday, 7 September | AFL.com.au |
| Hawthorn | 15.15 (105) | Adelaide | 15.12 (102) | Telstra Dome | 36,534 | Saturday, 8 September | AFL.com.au |
| Collingwood | 18.17 (125) | Sydney | 13.9 (87) | MCG | 64,645 | Saturday, 8 September | AFL.com.au |
| Geelong | 23.18 (156) | Kangaroos | 8.2 (50) | MCG | 77,630 | Sunday, 9 September | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| West Coast | 10.14 (74) (aet) | Collingwood | 13.15 (93) (aet) | Subiaco Oval | 43,627 | Friday, 14 September | AFL.com.au |
| Kangaroos | 14.9 (93) | Hawthorn | 8.12 (60) | MCG | 74,981 | Saturday, 15 September | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Geelong | 13.14 (92) | Collingwood | 13.9 (87) | MCG | 98,002 | Friday, 21 September | AFL.com.au |
| Port Adelaide | 20.13 (133) | Kangaroos | 5.16 (46) | AAMI Stadium | 43,953 | Saturday, 22 September | AFL.com.au |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Crowd | Date | Report |
| Geelong | 24.19 (163) | Port Adelaide | 6.8 (44) | MCG | 97,302 | Saturday, 29 September | AFL.com.au |
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On Friday 24 August, the Seven Network broadcast some details obtained from players' confidential medical records on its nightly news program. It allegedly purchased these details for $3000 from a woman who found them in a gutter outside a medical clinic in Melbourne. The network said that these records contained details of illicit drug-taking by players at a particular club in the AFL, including both the name of the club and the players involved.[21]
The woman in question and a male accomplice have since been charged with "theft-by-finding" and faced Heidelberg Magistrates' Court on 6 December 2007.[22] They subsequently pleaded guilty and were sentenced to a 12-month good behaviour bond and ordered to pay the money they received from Channel 7 into a court fund.[23]
The AFL currently has a "three-strikes" drugs policy (for non-performance-enhancing drugs),[24] under which only the player and the club doctor are aware of any positive tests until a "third strike" is received. After the third strike, the club is made aware of the situation and the player may face disciplinary action. This policy has faced criticism for leniency[25] from anti-doping bodies, particularly the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA),[26] and as such has attracted much media scrutiny and public debate.
In this case, the name of the club involved was revealed by Seven on air, but not the names of the players. 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 will also continue to prevent the publication of any part of the records, including the name of the club (even though it had already been released) and players involved.[27]
At first, Seven vigorously defended its broadcast and stated that it had done only for the purpose of "highlighting" the issue of drugs-in-sport. It challenged the injunction, then faced a backlash both from the AFL and the AFL players themselves. For the whole of the last round of the season, the AFL players boycotted Seven, refusing to answer any questions posed by its journalists.[28] In one case, Seven was not invited to (and, had it still arrived, would have been actively denied entry to) an AFL Players' Association (AFLPA) press conference.[29]
Shortly after the completion of Round 22, faced with ongoing player boycotts and the possibility of a Brownlow Medal snub,[30] 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.[31]
The AFLPA, which had previously demanded an apology from the network over the incident, said that it understood why Seven could never issue a full apology "for legal reasons" and that it would be taking the "statement of regret" as an apology instead.[32] The player boycott has since been lifted.
The scandal has come to be known in the popular media as "Guttergate"[33] (referring to the Watergate scandal).
Three years later, the AFL suspended the first ever player to be charged under its "three-strikes" drugs policy. On 31 August 2010, Hawthorn's Travis Tuck was suspended by the AFL Tribunal for 12 matches and fined $5,000 after he was found in a car by police suffering from what appeared to be an alleged drug overdose.[34]
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.[41] |
| Darren Gaspar | Richmond | 4 May | To help Richmond's younger players and go for a youth policy.[42] |
| Brett Montgomery | Western Bulldogs | 25 May | Disk bulge in neck.[43] |
| Rhys Archard | Adelaide | 29 July | Return to family in rural Victoria.[44] |
| Luke Darcy | Western Bulldogs | 30 July | Frustrated and angry at game due to knee injuries.[45] |
| Anthony Koutoufides | Carlton | 31 July | Hip injury; had already planned to retire at the end of the season.[46] |
| Mark Ricciuto | Adelaide | 16 August | Body could no longer cope with AFL football.[47] |
| Matthew Robbins | Western Bulldogs | 24 August | Struggled throughout the year despite having a ripping 2006 season.[48] |
| Josh Mahoney | Port Adelaide | 24 August | Unable to hold down a regular position.[49] |
| Troy Cook | Fremantle | 24 August | It seemed the right time for him to leave the game.[50] |
| Shane Parker | Fremantle | 24 August | Was always going to struggle to play the year out and there was no way he could continue.[50] |
| Chris Scott | Brisbane Lions | 25 August | Injury.[51] |
| Ray Hall | Richmond | 28 August | Serious hip injury that had sidelined him for the entire 2007 season.[52] |
| Trent Knobel | Richmond | 28 August | Persistent ankle injury.[52] |
| Kent Kingsley | Richmond | 28 August | Injury.[52] |
| Darryl Wakelin | Port Adelaide | 29 August | Struggled with injury.[53] |
| Matthew Lappin | Carlton | 29 August | To help his club focus on playing younger players.[54] |
| Nathan Brown | Melbourne | 29 August | Ready to start the next chapter of his life.[55] |
| Clint Bizzell | Melbourne | 29 August | Right time to do so.[55] |
| Byron Pickett | Melbourne | 31 August | Waning passion for the game.[56] |
| Chris Johnson | Brisbane Lions | 31 August | Decided to leave the game – he was the last ever Fitzroy player in the AFL.[57] |
| Andrew Thompson | St Kilda | 1 September | Right time to do so.[58] |
| Matthew Clarke | St Kilda | 1 September | One year contract expired; he decided to leave the game.[58] |
| James Hird | Essendon | 1 September | Right time to do so. |
| Josh Wooden | West Coast | 5 September | Nagging hip injury.[59] |
| Richie Vandenberg | Hawthorn | 6 September | Due to a troublesome back injury, his body could not cope any more.[60] |
| Brett Voss | St Kilda | 18 September | Made the most of his time as an AFL footballer.[61] |
| Ben Dixon | Hawthorn | 19 September | Inability of his body to prepare well enough for senior football.[62] |
| Rowan Jones | West Coast | 19 September | Right time to do so.[63] |
| Glenn Archer | Kangaroos | 22 September | Right time to do so.[64] |
| James Clement | Collingwood | 23 September | Family health; right time to do so.[65] |
| Joel Smith | Hawthorn | 25 September | Thought the time was right, it was time to move on.[66] |
| Kasey Green | Kangaroos | 26 September | Wanted to move back to Perth.[67] |
| Chris Heffernan | Essendon | 2 October | His opportunities to play senior football beyond 2007 were limited.[68] |
| Scott Camporeale | Essendon | 2 October | Injury.[69] |
| Chris Grant | Western Bulldogs | 2 October | Injury and right time to do so.[70] |
| 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.[71] |
| Mark Bolton | Essendon | 3 October | Had been struggling to make the starting 22 in 2007 and recognised the right time to do so.[72] |
| Nathan Buckley | Collingwood | 5 October | Chronic hamstring injuries had curtailed his ability to remain fit for selection.[73] |
| Paul Licuria | Collingwood | 5 October | Battled injury and form problems this season.[74] |
| Nathan Ablett | Geelong | 5 October | Ending career after winning 2007 Premiership.[74] |
| Justin Longmuir | Fremantle | 31 October | Chronic knee injury.[75] |
| Stephen Doyle | Sydney | 31 October | Series of knee injuries.[76] |
| Lance Whitnall | Carlton | 12 November | Knee injury.[77] |
| Name | Club | Date | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neale Daniher | Melbourne Demons | 29 June | Decision that he could take the club no further.[100] |
| Chris Connolly | Fremantle | 17 July | Quit after run of poor results.[101] |
| Denis Pagan | Carlton | 23 July | Fired after five heavy losses in a row.[102] |
| Kevin Sheedy | Essendon | 25 July | Contract would not be renewed at end of season.[103] |
| Brett Ratten | Carlton | 20 August | Interim coach Ratten was given a two-year contract.[104] |
| Dean Bailey | Melbourne | 31 August | Dean Bailey was appointed Melbourne coach.[105] |
| Mark Harvey | Fremantle | 17 September | Fremantle appointed Harvey senior coach.[106] |
| Matthew Knights | Essendon | 27 September | Knights promised a new direction at Essendon.[107] |
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