1996 AFL Lightning Premiership

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1996 AFL Lightning Premiership
Season	1996
Teams	16
Winners	Essendon (2nd title)
Runner up	Brisbane Bears
Matches played	15
Attendance	24,276 (average 1,618 per match)

The 1996 AFL Lightning Premiership was an Australian rules football knock-out competition, played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's main pre-season competition began. The Lightning Premiership was held for the only time in the modern era in 1996 - the Centenary Season of the AFL. It was a knock-out competition played from Friday, 9 February until Sunday, 11 February, with four games each evening at Waverley Park, each consisting of two 17.5-minute halves. The game trialled a number of highly experimental rules, including three points awarded both for deliberate rushed behinds and balls which hit the goalposts, and timekeepers not blowing the siren if scores were tied. However, the rule which altered play most significantly was the ball not being thrown in from the boundary line after travelling out of bounds, a free kick being awarded instead against the last team to touch the ball. Essendon won the title defeating Brisbane by 17 points in the Grand Final.

Rules

Each game consisted of two 17-minute halves, with a five-minute half-time break
In the case of a tie after normal time, the siren would not sound until another score had been registered
Four boundary and four goal umpires were used
Three points were awarded if the ball hit the post, signalled by a different coloured flag
Three points were awarded for a deliberately rushed behind
The last player to touch the ball before it went over the boundary line was penalised and a free kick awarded to the opposing team. When it could not be determined who touched the ball last, it was thrown back in
The defender kicking in after a score did not have to wait until the goal umpire finished waving his flags
No umpire would bounce the ball, instead it was thrown up on all occasions
Six-man interchange bench

Matches

Round 1

Match	Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Date	Time
1.	North Melbourne	3.5 (23)	Melbourne	3.4 (22)	Waverley Park	Friday, 9 February	6:30pm
2.	Fitzroy	2.5 (17)	Collingwood	6.4 (40)	Waverley Park	Friday, 9 February	7:30pm
3.	St Kilda	7.8 (50)	Hawthorn	3.2 (20)	Waverley Park	Friday, 9 February	8:30pm
4.	Brisbane	6.4 (40)	Carlton	3.8 (26)	Waverley Park	Friday, 9 February	9:30pm
5.	West Coast	4.8 (32)	Richmond	6.1 (37)	Waverley Park	Saturday, 10 February	11:00am
6.	Adelaide	6.6 (42)	Fremantle	8.7 (55)	Waverley Park	Saturday, 10 February	12:00pm
7.	Geelong	6.7 (43)	Essendon	10.7 (67)	Waverley Park	Saturday, 10 February	1:00pm
8.	Sydney	6.6 (42)	Footscray	6.4 (40)	Waverley Park	Saturday, 10 February	2:00pm

Quarter-finals

Match	Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Date	Time
9.	North Melbourne	5.6 (36)	Collingwood	6.7 (43)	Waverley Park	Saturday, 10 February	6:30pm
10.	St Kilda	3.3 (21)	Brisbane	6.7 (43)	Waverley Park	Saturday, 10 February	7:30pm
11.	Richmond	5.1 (31)	Fremantle	8.13 (61)	Waverley Park	Saturday, 10 February	8:30pm
12.	Essendon	7.13 (55)	Sydney	3.10 (28)	Waverley Park	Saturday, 10 February	9:30pm

Semi-finals

Match	Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Date	Time
13.	Collingwood	4.2 (26)	Brisbane	7.13 (55)	Waverley Park	Sunday, 11 February	6:30pm
14.	Fremantle	5.8 (38)	Essendon	6.11 (47)	Waverley Park	Sunday, 11 February	7:30pm

Grand final

Match	Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Date	Time
15.	Brisbane	2.9 (21)	Essendon	6.2 (38)	Waverley Park	Sunday, 11 February	9:30pm

Summary of results

Round One		Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Grand Final

North Melbourne	23
Melbourne	22		North Melbourne	36
Fitzroy	17		Collingwood	43
Collingwood	40					Collingwood	26
St Kilda	50					Brisbane Bears	55
Hawthorn	20		St Kilda	21
Brisbane Bears	40		Brisbane Bears	43
Carlton	26								Brisbane Bears	21
West Coast	32								Essendon	38
Richmond	37		Richmond	31
Adelaide	42		Fremantle	61
Fremantle	55					Fremantle	38
Geelong	43					Essendon	47
Essendon	67		Essendon	55
Sydney	42		Sydney	28
Western Bulldogs	40

References

Lovett, Michael, ed. (1997). AFL '97: The Official Guide To Australia's Greatest Game. Australian Football League. p. 307. ISBN 1-86330-629-3.

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