1995 AFL season

99th season of the Australian Football League (AFL) the 1995 season of the Arena Football League 1995 Arena Football League season 1995 ARL season October 2020 May 2011 December 2023AFL 1995 100px AFL logo 1990–1999 16 16 17 1 185 5712693 94,825 (round 4, vs. ) Gary Ablett () Paul Kelly () 1994 1996 The 1995 AFL season was the 99th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The league expanded to sixteen clubs, with the newly established Fremantle Football Club, based in Fremantle, Western Australia, joining the league. The season ran from 31 March until 30 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs. The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club for the 16th time, after it defeated by 61 points in the 1995 AFL Grand Final.Caffrey Oliver 2020-04-19 Parkin's 1995 Blues an unstoppable force https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6727578/parkins-1995-blues-an-unstoppable-force/ 2023-12-29 The Canberra Times en-AU AFL Draft See 1995 AFL draft. Ansett Australia Cup 1995 Ansett Australia Cup defeated 14.9 (93) to 8.15 (63) in the final. Home-and-away season Round 1 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 11.13 (79)10.16 (76)MCG24,882Friday, 31 March12.18 (90)12.13 (85)MCG26,219Saturday, 1 April20.7 (127)11.4 (70)Waverley Park14,653Saturday, 1 April12.15 (87)11.7 (73)Kardinia Park22,707Saturday, 1 April6.2 (38)16.16 (112)Whitten Oval17,869Saturday, 1 April18.13 (121)11.9 (75)WACA28,083Sunday, 2 April14.11 (95)9.12 (66)MCG87,119Sunday, 2 April15.12 (102)12.13 (85)Whitten Oval19,189Sunday, 2 April Round 2 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date11.16 (82)12.19 (91)WACA23,688Friday, 7 April12.15 (87)16.10 (106)MCG25,010Saturday, 8 April10.11 (71)14.11 (95)Waverley Park18,136Saturday, 8 April18.17 (125)8.8 (56)Princes Park16,586Saturday, 8 April18.18 (126)14.15 (99)Gabba9,334Sunday, 9 April11.10 (76)11.14 (80)MCG33,129Sunday, 9 April9.15 (69)14.11 (95)Waverley Park26,037Sunday, 9 April10.15 (75)11.14 (80)SCG12,973Sunday, 9 April Round 3 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date11.12 (78)18.13 (121)Whitten Oval7,561Saturday, 15 April 18.14 (122) 14.11 (95) Kardinia Park 27,057 Saturday, 15 April 8.12 (60) 23.20 (158)MCG 41,576 Saturday, 15 April 12.19 (91) 5.13 (43) WACA 16,586 Saturday, 15 April 5.4 (34) 4.16 (40) Waverley Park 24,820 Sunday, 16 April 15.14 (104) 14.15 (99) Gabba 8,460 Sunday, 16 April 13.14 (92) 3.8 (26) Football Park 38,046 Sunday, 16 April 14.14 (98) 12.10 (82) MCG 60,057 Monday, 17 April Round 4 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 12.22 (94)10.15 (75)WACA26,455Friday, 21 April10.10 (70) 16.10 (106) Waverley Park 24,972 Saturday, 22 April 17.14 (116) 12.12 (84) SCG 10,762 Saturday, 22 April 12.10 (82) 18.11 (119) Gabba 12,009 Sunday, 23 April 12.8 (80) 16.7 (103) Optus Oval 16,969 Sunday, 23 April 7.14 (56) 6.10 (46) Football Park 42,723 Sunday, 23 April 21.8 (134) 13.7 (85) MCG 62,606 Monday, 24 April 17.9 (111) 16.15 (111) MCG 94,825 Tuesday, 25 April This round featured the first Anzac Day match held between and , which famously ended in a draw. The crowd of 94,825 for the Anzac Day match was the second-largest crowd for a home and away game in AFL history. It is currently the third-largest crowd, having been surpassed by the crowd of 95,179 at the Round 6, 2023 Anzac Day match. Round 5 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 17.14 (116) 14.12 (96) MCG 24,379 Saturday, 29 April 28.13 (181) 13.14 (92) Kardinia Park 19,644 Saturday, 29 April 14.14 (98) 14.12 (96) Whitten Oval 16,800 Saturday, 29 April 13.12 (90) 11.8 (74) WACA 30,294 Saturday, 29 April 7.8 (50) 12.12 (84) MCG 42,729 Sunday, 30 April 14.12 (96) 4.13 (37) Waverley Park 40,715 Sunday, 30 April 24.10 (154) 5.8 (38) Optus Oval 17,930 Sunday, 30 April 20.24 (144) 12.15 (87) SCG 15,491 Sunday, 30 April Round 6 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 11.11 (77) 10.9 (69) Football Park 40,406 Friday, 5 May 10.13 (73) 12.12 (84) Waverley Park 15,440 Saturday, 6 May 13.12 (90) 10.7 (67) Optus Oval 24,527Saturday, 6 May 8.14 (62) 22.18 (150) Whitten Oval 20,749 Saturday, 6 May 12.10 (82) 13.16 (94) MCG 59,954 Saturday, 6 May 25.13 (163)16.9 (105)WACA22,804Sunday, 7 May 22.12 (144) 14.13 (97) MCG 32,207Sunday, 7 May 19.14 (128) 14.16 (100) Optus Oval 17,646 Sunday, 7 May Round 7 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 10.12 (72) 9.4 (58) MCG 38,791 Friday, 12 May 10.15 (75) 9.13 (67) MCG 73,753 Saturday, 13 May 15.15 (105) 12.15 (87) Waverley Park 13,280Saturday, 13 May 9.19 (73) 11.12 (78) Kardinia Park 24,842 Saturday, 13 May 13.10 (88) 17.16 (118) Whitten Oval 11,082 Saturday, 13 May13.19 (97) 11.10 (76) Victoria Park 22,835 Saturday, 13 May 23.13 (151) 9.12 (66) Subiaco Oval 40,356 Sunday, 14 May 12.10 (82) 10.15 (75) MCG 12,783 Sunday, 14 May Round 8 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 21.6 (132) 8.12 (60) SCG 23,744 Friday, 19 May 14.7 (91) 24.19 (163) MCG 65,335 Saturday, 20 May 7.8 (50) 17.10 (112) Waverley Park 24,372 Saturday, 20 May 13.6 (84) 15.15 (105) Whitten Oval 17,741 Saturday, 20 May 20.11 (131) 14.9 (93) Victoria Park 22,466 Saturday, 20 May 9.12 (66) 15.9 (99) Football Park 39,888 Saturday, 20 May 17.13 (115) 14.10 (94) Gabba 7,648 Sunday, 21 May 13.12 (90) 16.12 (108) Subiaco Oval34,731Sunday, 21 May Round 9 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 12.7 (79) 20.20 (140) MCG 44,780 Friday 26 May 15.11 (101) 9.13 (67) MCG 38,719 Saturday, 27 May 11.14 (80) 3.6 (24) Waverley Park 17,902 Saturday, 27 May 8.6 (54) 12.10 (82) Bruce Stadium 11,282 Saturday, 27 May 9.6 (60) 7.16 (58) Football Park 38,740 Saturday, 27 May 14.6 (90) 17.14 (116) SCG 23,475 Sunday, 28 May 12.13 (85)7.16 (58) MCG 51,774 Sunday, 28 May 17.18 (120)8.6 (54)Subiaco Oval17,574 Sunday, 28 May Round 10 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 19.12 (126) 15.9 (99) MCG 59,354 Friday, 2 June 15.12 (102) 11.11 (77) MCG 26,630 Saturday, 3 June 9.6 (60)20.11 (131)Waverley Park14,890Saturday, 3 June 16.20 (116) 14.7 (91) Kardinia Park 26,314 Saturday, 3 June 13.15 (93) 10.19 (79) Victoria Park 23,356 Saturday, 3 June 17.10 (112) 10.7 (67) Subiaco Oval 26,261 Sunday, 4 June 9.10 (64) 13.18 (96) MCG 33,042 Sunday, 4 June 26.16 (172) 10.10 (70) Optus Oval 29,520 Sunday, 4 June Round 11 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 25.11 (161) 13.9 (87) MCG 36,528 Friday, 9 June 17.10 (112) 19.9 (123) MCG 77,643 Saturday, 10 June 18.15 (123) 9.9 (63) Optus Oval 17,041 Saturday, 10 June 12.18 (90) 6.10 (46) Football Park 36,955 Saturday, 10 June 17.30 (132) 10.14 (74) Gabba 8,209 Sunday, 11 June 11.6 (72) 22.11 (143) Subiaco Oval 28,013 Sunday, 11 June 12.8 (80) 16.16 (112) MCG 53,290 Monday, 12 June 17.11 (113) 9.17 (71) Waverley Park 19,737 Monday, 12 June Round 12 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 10.18 (78) 8.12 (60) MCG 47,237 Friday, 23 June 15.19 (109) 15.13 (103) MCG 26,403 Saturday, 24 June 10.11 (71) 10.11 (71) Waverley Park 27,421 Saturday, 24 June 16.16 (112) 15.19 (109) Optus Oval 30,843 Saturday, 24 June 16.9 (105) 12.12 (84) Football Park 40,981 Saturday, 24 June 13.11 (89) 20.13 (133) Gabba 11,996 Sunday, 25 June 11.7 (73) 13.12 (90) Waverley Park 18,390 Sunday, 25 June 11.7 (73) 10.12 (72) Subiaco Oval 24,574 Sunday, 25 June Round 13 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 24.8 (152) 7.14 (56) MCG 33,407 Friday, 30 June 14.11 (95) 12.12 (84) MCG 42,548 Saturday, 1 July 12.12 (84) 18.13 (121) Waverley Park 14,301 Saturday, 1 July 17.14 (116) 9.10 (64) Kardinia Park 23,743 Saturday, 1 July 9.15 (69) 8.5 (53) Whitten Oval 11,556 Saturday, 1 July 21.12 (138) 17.17 (119) SCG 21,853 Sunday, 2 July 7.10 (52) 21.25 (151) Optus Oval 12,503 Sunday, 2 July 7.7 (49) 15.16 (106) Subiaco Oval 25,465 Sunday, 2 July Round 14 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 18.17 (125) 10.13 (73) MCG 66,719 Friday, 7 July 27.20 (182) 8.12 (60)MCG 40,269 Saturday, 8 July 8.8 (56) 14.13 (97) Waverley Park 19,373Saturday, 8 July 15.21 (111) 15.8 (98) Kardinia Park 22,459 Saturday, 8 July 14.10 (94) 17.17 (119) SCG 14,979 Sunday, 9 July 17.13 (115) 12.13 (85) MCG 84,745 Sunday, 9 July 12.7 (79) 23.8 (146) Whitten Oval 16,745 Sunday, 9 July 7.8 (50)15.12 (102)Subiaco Oval16,161Sunday, 9 July Round 15 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 15.11 (101) 15.11 (101) MCG 76,628 Friday, 14 July 12.12 (84) 16.17 (113) MCG 22,524 Saturday, 15 July 18.10 (118) 11.8 (74) Waverley Park 14,167 Saturday, 15 July 20.13 (133) 15.10 (100) Optus Oval 22,543 Saturday, 15 July 7.8 (50) 20.11 (131) Whitten Oval 8,862 Saturday, 15 July 11.14 (80) 19.15 (129) Gabba 11,467 Sunday, 16 July 13.7 (85) 13.15 (93) MCG 37,382Sunday, 16 July 8.13 (61) 12.15 (87) Subiaco Oval 30,169Sunday, 16 July Round 16 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 9.11 (65) 7.12 (54) Football Park 34,301 Friday, 21 July 22.18 (150) 12.7 (79) MCG 25,295 Saturday, 22 July 9.10 (64) 19.8 (122) Waverley Park 13,490Saturday, 22 July 12.10 (82) 15.21 (111) Optus Oval 18,416Saturday, 22 July 12.7 (79) 21.8 (134) SCG 15,708 Saturday, 22 July 14.20 (104) 14.13 (97) Gabba 8,209 Sunday, 23 July 10.8 (68) 12.18 (90) MCG 78,934 Sunday, 23 July 9.13 (67) 10.14 (74) Subiaco Oval 18,723 Sunday, 23 July *Brisbane Bears came from 45 points down at 3 quarter time to beat Hawthorn by 7 points. Round 17 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 12.8 (80) 15.12 (102) MCG 28,838 Friday, 28 July 21.9 (135) 13.9 (87) MCG 29,102 Saturday, 29 July 9.8 (62) 15.17 (107) Optus Oval 15,715 Saturday, 29 July 23.13 (151) 11.8 (74) Kardinia Park 28,600Saturday, 29 July 8.9 (57) 7.10 (52) Whitten Oval 16,673 Saturday, 29 July 18.21 (129) 11.13 (79) Subiaco Oval 35,332 Sunday, 30 July 9.10 (64) 24.17 (161) Waverley Park 15,567 Sunday, 30 July 6.10 (46) 11.10 (76) Football Park 33,829 Sunday, 30 July Round 18 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 13.21 (99) 8.7 (55) MCG 37,543 Friday, 4 August 11.7 (73) 15.16 (106) MCG 52,523 Saturday, 5 August 10.8 (68) 14.14 (98) Waverley Park 13,141 Saturday, 5 August 15.16 (106) 7.2 (44) Optus Oval 11,822Saturday, 5 August 17.9 (111) 19.12 (126) SCG 8,150 Sunday, 6 August 15.9 (99) 14.11 (95) MCG 62,212 Sunday, 6 August 15.16 (106) 11.15 (81) Optus Oval 24,084 Sunday, 6 August 17.14 (116)9.10 (64)Subiaco Oval20,073Sunday, 6 August Round 19 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 16.14 (110) 15.10 (100) MCG 51,247 Friday, 11 August 16.14 (110)15.12 (102) MCG 77,448 Saturday, 12 August 14.13 (97) 16.9 (105) Waverley Park 19,852 Saturday, 12 August 16.10 (106) 12.11 (83) Kardinia Park 20,679 Saturday, 12 August 11.12 (78) 7.16 (58) Whitten Oval 17,697 Saturday, 12 August 26.21 (177) 5.12 (42) Subiaco Oval 30,507 Sunday, 13 August 11.19 (85) 10.11 (71) Optus Oval 16,350 Sunday, 13 August 6.8 (44) 27.8 (170) Whitten Oval 7,426 Sunday, 13 August Round 20 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 15.14 (104) 15.11 (101) MCG 51,746 Friday, 18 August 10.15 (75) 16.8 (104) MCG 24,874 Saturday, 19 August 10.15 (75) 23.13 (151) Waverley Park 34,121Saturday, 19 August 18.14 (122) 15.13 (103) Optus Oval 32,065 Saturday, 19 August 8.17 (65) 15.16 (106) Whitten Oval 9,196Saturday, 19 August 13.15 (93) 22.7 (139) Football Park 38,529Saturday, 19 August 24.16 (160) 13.5 (83) Gabba 11,524 Sunday, 20 August 17.14 (116)12.13 (85)Subiaco Oval18,175Sunday, 20 August Round 21 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 18.7 (115) 23.8 (146) MCG 22,800 Friday, 25 August 14.25 (109) 7.13 (55) MCG 70,809 Saturday, 26 August 9.14 (68) 17.11 (113) Waverley Park 21,513Saturday, 26 August 15.20 (110) 19.11 (125) Kardinia Park 25,057Saturday, 26 August 13.12 (90) 16.21 (117) Optus Oval 9,363 Saturday, 26 August 17.14 (116) 12.12 (84) Gabba 12,657 Saturday, 26 August 19.13 (127)20.24 (144)SCG10,410Sunday, 27 August 16.8 (104) 15.15 (105) Subiaco Oval 41,492Sunday, 27 August Tony Lockett kicked both his 100th goal for the season and his 1000th career goal during the Sydney Swans v Fremantle game at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The Brisbane Bears vs Essendon Bombers game at the Gabba is the first ever night game in Brisbane. Round 22 Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 16.14 (110) 13.11 (89) Gabba 11,842 Friday, 1 September 9.13 (67) 16.12 (108) MCG 87,984 Saturday, 2 September 15.12 (102) 23.10 (148) Waverley Park 32,747Saturday, 2 September 30.24 (204) 15.11 (101) Optus Oval 14,907 Saturday, 2 September 11.12 (78) 20.12 (132) Whitten Oval 19,442 Saturday, 2 September 12.14 (86) 19.9 (123) Football Park 40,168Saturday, 2 September 19.13 (127) 15.14 (104) SCG 18,191 Sunday, 3 September 8.10 (58) 16.15 (111) Subiaco Oval 39,844Sunday, 3 September Ladder (P) Premiers Qualified for finals |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 1 || align=left | (P) || 22 || 20 || 2 || 0 || 2357 || 1711 || 137.8 || 80 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 2 || align=left | || 22 || 16 || 6 || 0 || 2558 || 1939 || 131.9 || 64 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 3 || align=left | || 22 || 15 || 6 || 1 || 2096 || 1943 || 107.9 || 62 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 4 || align=left | || 22 || 14 || 6 || 2 || 2464 || 1931 || 127.6 || 60 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 5 || align=left | || 22 || 14 || 8 || 0 || 2079 || 1692 || 122.9 || 56 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 6 || align=left | || 22 || 14 || 8 || 0 || 2311 || 2013 || 114.8 || 56 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 7 || align=left | || 22 || 11 || 10 || 1 || 1879 || 2054 || 91.5 || 46 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 8 || align=left | || 22 || 10 || 12 || 0 || 2104 || 2207 || 95.3 || 40 |- | 9 || align=left | || 22 || 9 || 13 || 0 || 1938 || 1925 || 100.7 || 36 |- | 10 || align=left | || 22 || 8 || 12 || 2 || 2043 || 2111 || 96.8 || 36 |- | 11 || align=left | || 22 || 9 || 13 || 0 || 1749 || 2184 || 80.1 || 36 |- | 12 || align=left | || 22 || 8 || 14 || 0 || 2314 || 2299 || 100.7 || 32 |- | 13 || align=left | || 22 || 8 || 14 || 0 || 2051 || 2209 || 92.8 || 32 |- | 14 || align=left | || 22 || 8 || 14 || 0 || 1814 || 2258 || 80.3 || 32 |- | 15 || align=left | || 22 || 7 || 15 || 0 || 1857 || 1975 || 94.0 || 28 |- | 16 || align=left | || 22 || 2 || 20 || 0 || 1617 || 2780 || 58.2 || 8 |} Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points forAverage score: 94.4Source: AFL Tables Progression by round table y #ccffcc #aaa Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8. #99ccff #aaa Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round. #ffcccc #aaa Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round. #99ccff #ccffcc #ffcccc complete Carlton (P) 4F/8B/12B/16B/20B/24B/28B/28B/28F/32F/36F/40F/44B/48B/52B/56B/60B/64B/68B/72B/76B/80B Geelong 4F/8F/12F/12F/16F/20F/20F/24F/28F/32F/36F/36F/40F/44F/44F/48F/52F/52F/56F/60F/60F/64F Richmond 4F/8F/12F/16F/20F/24F/28F/28F/32B/36B/40B/44B/44F/44F/46F/50F/50F/54F/54F/54F/58F/62F Essendon 4B/8F/12F/14F/18F/22F/22F/26F/30F/30F/30F/34F/34F/38F/40F/44F/48F/52F/56F/60F/60F/60F West Coast Eagles 4F/8F/12F/12F/16F/16F/20F/20F/24F/28F/28F/32F/32F/36F/36F/40F/44F/44F/48F/52F/52F/56F North Melbourne 4F/8F/8F/8/8/12/16F/20F/20F/24F/28F/32F/36F/40F/40F/40F/40F/44F/48F/48F/52F/56F Footscray 4F/8F/8F/12F/16F/16F/16F/16F/16/16/16/18/22/26F/30F/34F/38F/38F/42F/42F/46F/46F Brisbane Bears 0/4/8F/8/8/8/8/12/12/12/16/16/16/16/16/20/24/28/28/32/36/40F Melbourne 0/0/0/0/0/0/4/8/12/16F/16/20/24/28F/32F/32F/36F/36F/36F/36F/36F/36 Collingwood 0/0/0/2/2/2/6/10/10/14/18/20/24F/24/28/28/28/32/32/36/36/36 Adelaide 0/0/4/8F/8/12/12/12/16/16/20F/24F/24/24/24/28/28/32/32/32/36/36 Sydney 0/0/0/4/8F/8/8/12/12/12/12/12/16/16/20/20/20/20/24/28/28/32 Fremantle 0/0/4/8/8/12F/12/12/16F/20F/20F/20F/20/20/20/20/20/24/24/28/32/32 St Kilda 0/0/0/0/0R/0R/4/4R/8/8R/8R/8R/8/12/16/16/20/20/24/24/28/32 Hawthorn 4F/4F/4/8F/12F/12F/16F/16F/16F/16/20/20/24F/24/28/28/28/28/28/28/28/28 Fitzroy 0R/0R/0R/0R/0/4/4R/8/8R/8/8/8/8R/8R/8R/8R/8R/8R/8R/8R/8R/8R Finals Qualifying Finals Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 12.12 (84) 17.12 (114) MCG 68,226 Friday, 8 September 11.8 (74) 8.7 (55) Waverley Park 36,102 Saturday, 9 September 24.11 (155) 10.13 (73) MCG 59,889 Saturday, 9 September 13.12 (90) 12.5 (77) MCG 52,092Sunday, 10 September Semi finals Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 11.7 (73) 12.14 (86) MCG 88,308 Saturday, 16 September 18.21 (129) 10.11 (71) MCG 53,759 Sunday, 17 September Preliminary Finals Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 20.9 (129) 6.4 (40) Waverley Park 70,321 Saturday, 23 September 18.10 (118) 8.8 (56) MCG 72,552Saturday, 23 September Grand final 1995 AFL Grand Final Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date 11.14 (80) 21.15 (141) MCG 93,102 Saturday, 30 September Awards The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Paul Kelly of . The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Wayne Carey of . The Coleman Medal was awarded to Gary Ablett of . The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Greg Williams of . The AFL Rising Star award was awarded to Nick Holland of . The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to . Notable events The Fremantle Dockers made their debut in the competition. They played their first game against at the MCG and won their first game against at Whitten Oval. The first ANZAC Day clash between and was held in round 4 which ended in a draw. won a record 16th premiership, winning twenty games for the home-and-away season, also a new record (subsequently surpassed by Essendon in 2000 and Geelong in 2008). They won their 16th consecutive match in the grand final, comfortably beating 21.15 (141) to 11.14 (80). Amidst these records, they also suffered the rare ignominy of losing to the bottom team () while atop the ladder in their Round 9 game. In this game, they failed to score a goal in the first half and became the fifth (and to date last) premier team to have kicked a season's lowest score (also in 1923, 1968, 1970 and 1992). reached the finals for the first time since 1982, finishing 3rd and making the preliminary finals. They won their first 7 games, winning their first five games for the first time since 1982. They were on top of the ladder for the first time since 1982 (from rounds 9 to 12). made an exceptional late season charge to reach the finals for the first time in team history. The Bears sat 14th after 15 rounds with a win–loss record of 4–11 and a percentage of 83.2%. In Round 16 at the Gabba against Hawthorn, the Bears trailed Hawthorn by 45 points at three-quarter time, but scored nine goals to one in the final quarter to pull off a seven-point victory. It set a new record as the largest three-quarter time deficit ever overcome in VFL/AFL history, a record which stood until 2025.https://www.afl.com.au/news/1375643/st-kilda-saints-reel-in-biggest-ever-3qt-margin-to-sink-stunned-melbourne-demons Saints produce biggest comeback EVER to sink Dees after the siren Gemma Bastiani 27 July 2025 27 July 2025 Australian Football League The Bears were still in 14th place at the end of the game. Brisbane won its next two games against bottom eight opposition to reach 12th place, but were to face Carlton, Richmond and Essendon (who then held the top three places respectively) in the following three weeks. Against all odds, Brisbane lost to Carlton by only 14 points, then thrashed the Tigers by 77 points and beat Essendon by 32 points. At the start of the final round, Melbourne, Collingwood and Brisbane sat 8th, 9th and 10th respectively, all on nine wins. Brisbane needed to beat Melbourne, and rely on Sydney (13th place) beating Collingwood to reach the finals. Brisbane beat Melbourne by 21 points on Friday night, then watched on Sunday as Sydney scored eight final quarter goals to overhaul Collingwood by 23 points. The Bears finals appearance was short-lived, as the eventual premiers Carlton beat them by 13 points in the first week of the finals in a very high standard game. However, the 10 wins and 12 losses of Brisbane in 1995, remains the worst record of a team in VFL/AFL history which qualified a team for the finals (excluding those seasons where more than half of teams qualified for the finals). Tony Lockett transferred from St Kilda to . , VFL and State of Origin legend Ted Whitten died. He had been given a "lap of honour" during the 1995 State of Origin match between Victoria and South Australia. The State of Origin saw Victoria win against South Australia in Melbourne and Allies win against Western Australia in Perth. The Western Oval would be renamed the Whitten Oval in his memory. missed out on the finals for the first time since 1981. The team finished second last, failing to register a win for its last seven matches. continued to decline, failing to register a win from round 9 and finished on the bottom of the ladder with just 2 wins. There were many significant changes to incumbent AFL team coaches: After round 19, the coach Bernie Quinlan was sacked and replaced by caretaker coach Alan McConnell for the remaining three games of their season (Michael Nunan later was signed as coach for 1996). Peter Knights was sacked as coach of . John Northey resigned from (he became coach of in 1996). Robert Walls resigned as coach of and joined as coach in 1996. Ron Barassi coached his last VFL/AFL match, resigning as coach of at the end of 1995. The first ever (and to date only) AFL game was played at Bruce Stadium in Canberra, between Fitzroy and West Coast Eagles in round 9. Sources 1995 AFL season at AFL Tables 1995 AFL season at Australian Football 1995 Category:1995 in Australian men's sport Category:1995 in Australian rules football