list of australian football league pre - season and night series premiers 

Statements about this table:
grand finalist hawthorn achieve a valuable score of 7.10 (52) in 1979
grand finalist essendon meet the hawthorn winner in 1985
year
winners
grand finalist
scores
venue
crowd
margin
season result
1977
hawthorn
carlton
14.11 (95) - 11.5 (71)
waverley park
27407
24
preliminary finalist
1978
fitzroy
north melbourne
13.18 (96) - 2.8 (20)
waverley park
26420
76
9th
1979
collingwood
hawthorn
12.8 (80) - 7.10 (52)
waverley park
37753
28
grand finalist
1980
north melbourne
collingwood
8.9 (57) - 7.12 (54)
waverley park
50478
3
elimination finalist
year
winners
grand finalist
scores
venue
crowd
margin
season result
1981
essendon
carlton
9.11 (65) - 6.5 (41)
waverley park
42269
24
elimination finalist
1982
sydney swans
north melbourne
13.12 (90) - 8.10 (58)
waverley park
20028
32
7th
1983
carlton
richmond
14.16 (100) - 10.6 (66)
waverley park
32927
34
elimination finalist
1984
essendon
sydney swans
13.11 (89) - 5.8 (38)
waverley park
30824
51
premier
year
winners
grand finalist
scores
venue
crowd
margin
season result
1985
hawthorn
essendon
11.11 (77) - 10.8 (68)
waverley park
24812
9
grand finalist
1986
hawthorn
carlton
9.12 (66) - 5.6 (36)
waverley park
19627
30
premier
1987
melbourne
essendon
8.10 (58) - 8.6 (54)
waverley park
26860
4
preliminary finalist