Australian Rules Football
- Australian Football League
- The Brisbane Lions win the 107th AFL premiership (Brisbane Lions 20.14 (134) d Collingwood 12.12 (84))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Nathan Buckley (Collingwood), Adam Goodes (Sydney Swans) and Mark Ricciuto (Adelaide Crows)
- Leigh Matthews Trophy awarded to Michael Voss (Brisbane Lions)
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