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2001 Ansett Australia Cup

FieldValue
year2001
imagesize180px
captionAnsett Australia Cup
teams16
winners
count1st
matches27
michael tuck medallistAdam Kingsley ()
prevseason[2000](2000-ansett-australia-cup)
nextseason[2002](2002-wizard-home-loans-cup)

The 2001 Ansett Australia Cup was contested by all sixteen clubs of the Australian Football League prior to the beginning of the 2001 AFL season. It ran for five weeks in February and March 2001. The competition took a round-robin format to provide all teams with at least 3 practice games to prepare for the 2001 regular season, with all clubs divided into four groups of four, and the group winners qualifying for the knockout semi finals. Group A comprised the defending premiers , , and . Group B featured , , and . Group C featured , , and while finally Group D comprised , , and .

In the group stages, the , , and finished top of their respective groups and qualified for the semi-finals. won Group A with 3 wins out of 3, qualifying ahead of and . The win over that secured a place in the semi-finals was marred however by a serious broken leg suffered by key ruckman Brendon Lade. In Group B, won their place in the semi-finals after a 28-point win in the final group game against . Group C was won by after they defeated by 13 points in the deciding game of the group. Group D was secured by after a 100-point thumping of meant they qualified ahead of on percentage.

In the knockout semi-finals, and beat and respectively to qualify for the Grand Final. trailed at three-quarter time but kicked the first 5 goals of the final term to secure a 16-point victory in front of their own fans at Football Park. In the other semi-final at Colonial Stadium, the kicked the final 4 goals of the game against to win by 15 points. The win by was significant. as it broke a finals hoodoo in Melbourne, and it set up the first grand final between two non-Victorian teams in VFL/AFL history.

Group stage

Group A

Group A Ladder

|- style=background:#FFFFBB | 1 || align="left" | || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 338 || 236 || 143.64 || 12 |- | 2 || align="left" | || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 237 || 205 || 115.61 || 8 |- | 3 || align="left" | || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 233 || 242 || 96.27 || 4 |- | 4 || align="left" | || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 191 || 316 || 60.38 || 0 |}

Group B

Group B Ladder

|- style=background:#FFFFBB | 1 || align=left | || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 312 || 220 || 141.82 || 12 |- | 2 || align=left | || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 258 || 241 || 107.05 || 8 |- | 3 || align=left | || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 272 || 287 || 94.75 || 4 |- | 4 || align=left | || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 222 || 316 || 70.25 || 0 |}

Group C

Group C Ladder

|- style=background:#FFFFBB | 1 || align="left" | || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 233 || 195 || 119.49 || 8 |- | 2 || align="left" | || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 252 || 219 || 115.05 || 8 |- | 3 || align="left" | || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 212 || 228 || 93.06 || 4 |- | 4 || align="left" | || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 216 || 245 || 88.24 || 4 |}

Group D

Group D Ladder

|- style=background:#FFFFBB | 1 || align=left | || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 278 || 181 || 153.59 || 8 |- | 2 || align=left | || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 288 || 234 || 123.08 || 8 |- | 3 || align=left | || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 211 || 274 || 77.01 || 4 |- | 4 || align=left | || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 180 || 288 || 62.50 || 4 |}

Knockout Phase

Semi-finals

Grand final

C. Cornes 3 K. Cornes, Francis 2 Ackland, P. Burgoyne, J Francou, Guerra, Montgomery, Stevens 1 1 Power

In the final, took out their first pre season title with a convincing 85-point thumping of the . After an even first 1/4, Port took control in the second term with an 8 goal to 0 blitz, during which Stuart Dew kicked 3 goals in 3 minutes, and comfortably held on to secure the first silverware the club had won since their 1997 entry into the AFL.

Knockout Chart

| score-width= | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=**** | RD1-score1-1=15 | RD1-score1-2=12 | RD1-score1-3=102 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2-1=13 | RD1-score2-2=8 | RD1-score2-3=86 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=**** | RD1-score3-1=14 | RD1-score3-2=10 | RD1-score3-3=94 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4-1=12 | RD1-score4-2=7 | RD1-score4-3=79 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=**** | RD2-score1-1=17 | RD2-score1-2=9 | RD2-score1-3=111 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= | RD2-score2-1=3 | RD2-score2-2=8 | RD2-score2-3=26

Practice Matches

The vs. match was originally scheduled to be played Friday 16 March (7:00pm) at Lavington Oval, Albury. The match was abandoned due to a torrential thunderstorm, despite approximately 8,000 people still attending the ground. The match was hastily rescheduled for the next morning at Trevor Barker Beach Oval in Sandringham.}}

References

References

  1. (Mar 17, 2001). "Port wins Ansett Cup in a canter".
  2. (March 8, 2001). "YOUR CLUB - DAILY NEWS ON EVERY CLUB; FOOTBALL". The Age.
  3. (March 12, 2001). "AFL". Central Coast Herald.
  4. (March 12, 2001). "Weekend Scoreboard". The Australian.
  5. (March 15, 2001). "YOUR CLUB - DAILY NEWS ON EVERY CLUB; FOOTBALL:". The Age.
  6. (18 Mar 2001). "Big storm washes out practice match". Sunday Herald.
  7. (17 Mar 2001). "The fly-in circus:". Herald Sun.
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