2018 AFL season

The 2018 AFL season was the 122nd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured eighteen clubs, ran from 22 March until 29 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.

2018 AFL premiership season
Date22 March – 29 September
Teams18
PremiersWest Coast
4th premiership
Runners-upCollingwood
(27th runners-up)
Minor premiersRichmond
9th minor premiership
Brownlow MedallistTom Mitchell
(Hawthorn – 28 votes)
Coleman MedallistJack Riewoldt
(Richmond – 65 goals)
Attendance
Matches played207
Total attendance7,595,165 (36,692 per match)
Highest (H&A)91,440 (round 5, Collingwood v Essendon)
Highest (finals)100,022
(Grand Final, West Coast vs. Collingwood)

The premiership was won by the West Coast Eagles for the fourth time, after it defeated Collingwood by five points in the AFL Grand Final.

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