{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox Australian rules football season | competition = swl | image = StatewideLeague2000.png | year = 2000 | teams = 6 | premiers = [[Clarence Football Club|Clarence]] | minor premiers = [[North Launceston Football Club|Northern Bombers]] | mpcount = 7 | matches = 55 | attendance = 73042 | prevseason = [[1999 TSFL season|1999 {{small|(TSFL)}}]] | nextseason = [[2009 TSL season|2009 {{small|(TFL)}}]] }} The '''2000 SWL season''' was the 116th season of the [[Tasmanian Football League|Statewide League]] (SWL), the highest-level senior [[Australian rules football]] competition in [[Tasmania]]. This was the first and only season under the SWL name, replacing the [[Tasmanian State Football League]] (TSL) name that had been used during the [[1999 TSFL season|1999 season]]. The season began on 24 March and concluded on 9 September, comprising an 17-match home-and-away season, followed by a four-week finals series.
The SWL was sponsored to the tune of A$750,000 under a funding agreement with the [[Australian Football League]] which was overseen and managed by the sport's governing body in the state ([[AFL Tasmania|Football Tasmania]]) to control.
Shortly after the season had been completed, [[Burnie Dockers]] announced that they would be leaving the competition to rejoin the [[Northern Tasmanian Football League|NTFL]] in 2001, a short time later both [[North Launceston Football Club|Northern Bombers]] and [[Devonport Football Club|Devonport]] followed suit leaving an unsustainable three club statewide competition, with [[AFL Tasmania|Football Tasmania]] also under considerable pressure from both the [[City of Hobart|Hobart City Council]] over possible legal action against them for breaking a contract by moving the Grand Final away from [[North Hobart Oval]] to [[York Park]] this season and looming legal threats by the remaining SWL clubs over a restraint of trade, the statewide competition was abandoned by [[AFL Tasmania|Football Tasmania]] in January 2001, the remaining clubs resumed playing league matches in their regional areas in both the [[Southern Football League (Tasmania)|SFL]] and the [[Northern Tasmanian Football League|NTFL]] until the end of the 2008 season.
==Participating Clubs== *[[Burnie Dockers Football Club]] *[[Clarence Football Club|Clarence District Football Club]] *[[Devonport Football Club|Devonport Power Football Club]] *[[Glenorchy Football Club|Glenorchy District Football Club]] *[[North Hobart Demons|Hobart Demons Football Club]] *[[North Launceston Football Club|Northern Bombers Football Club]]
===2000 SWL Club Coaches=== *[[Michael McGuane|Mick McGuane]] (Burnie Dockers) *Grant Fagan (Clarence) *Dale Perry (Devonport Power) *[[Shayne Stevenson (footballer)|Shayne Stevenson]] (Glenorchy) *Darren Trevena (Hobart Demons) *[[Garry McIntosh]] (Northern Bombers)
===SWL Under-21s Grand Final=== *Clarence 9.13 (67) v Northern Bombers 8.14 (62) – [[York Park]]
===SWL Under-18s Grand Final=== *Glenorchy (A) 13.9 (87) v Hobart Demons (B) 4.3 (27) – [[York Park]]
===Leading Goalkickers: SWL=== *Scott Allen (Clarence) – 80
===Medal Winners=== *Nathan Howard (Northern Bombers) – William Leitch Medal *Scott Allen (Clarence) – Darrel Baldock Medal (Best player in SWL Grand Final) *Justin Cotton (Northern Bombers) & Heath Fox (Northern Bombers) – George Watt Medal (U-21s) *Jamie Walker (Glenorchy) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-18s)
===Intrastate Matches=== '''Intrastate Match''' (Saturday, 10 June 2000) *South 16.13 (109) v North 9.9 (63) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 2,302 at [[York Park]]
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===Round 1=== (Friday, 24 March & Saturday, 1 April 2000) *Hobart Demons 5.12 (42) v Clarence 3.13 (31) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,628 at [[North Hobart Oval]] (Friday Night) *Northern Bombers 17.10 (112) v Glenorchy 13.18 (96) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,343 at [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] (Saturday) *Burnie Dockers 14.20 (104) v Devonport 1.4 (10) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,930 at [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]] (Saturday)
===Round 2=== (Saturday, 8 April 2000) *Northern Bombers 21.10 (136) v Hobart Demons 7.10 (52) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 929 at [[North Hobart Oval]] *Clarence 15.13 (103) v Burnie Dockers 12.5 (77) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,067 at [[Bellerive Oval]] *Glenorchy 28.19 (187) v Devonport 5.6 (36) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 636 at [[Devonport Oval]]
===Round 3=== (Saturday, 15 April & Sunday, 16 April 2000) *Clarence 20.10 (130) v Glenorchy 14.15 (99) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,418 at [[Bellerive Oval]] *Burnie Dockers 13.7 (85) v Hobart Demons 5.13 (43) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,215 at [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]] (Night) *Northern Bombers 19.22 (136) v Devonport 2.4 (16) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 804 at [[Devonport Oval]] (Sunday)
===Round 4=== (Saturday, 29 April & Sunday, 30 April 2000) *Clarence 21.13 (139) v Hobart Demons 7.8 (50) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,056 at [[North Hobart Oval]] *Northern Bombers 10.12 (72) v Glenorchy 6.4 (40) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,184 at [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] *Burnie Dockers 22.17 (149) v Devonport 4.12 (36) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,035 at [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]] (Sunday)
===Round 5=== (Saturday, 6 May & Sunday, 7 May 2000) *Hobart Demons 23.10 (148) v Devonport 8.9 (57) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 633 at [[North Hobart Oval]] *Burnie Dockers 13.12 (90) v Glenorchy 9.12 (66) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 869 at [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] *Clarence 19.12 (126) v Northern Bombers 8.15 (63) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,406 at [[Bellerive Oval]] (Sunday)
===Round 6=== (Saturday, 13 May & Sunday, 14 May 2000) *Glenorchy 15.17 (107) v Hobart Demons 8.6 (54) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,274 at [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] *Clarence 17.14 (116) v Devonport 6.3 (39) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 614 at [[Devonport Oval]] *Northern Bombers 11.11 (77) v Burnie Dockers 5.14 (44) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,010 at [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]] (Sunday)
===Round 7=== (Saturday, 20 May & Sunday, 21 May 2000) *Hobart Demons 20.12 (132) v Burnie Dockers 13.6 (84) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 703 at [[North Hobart Oval]] *Glenorchy 13.20 (98) v Devonport 5.11 (41) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 675 at [[Devonport Oval]] *Northern Bombers 14.14 (98) v Clarence 13.7 (85) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 3,417 at [[York Park]] (Sunday)
===Round 8=== (Saturday, 27 May & Sunday, 23 July 2000) *Clarence 18.18 (126) v Hobart Demons 9.10 (64) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,053 at [[Bellerive Oval]] *Northern Bombers 18.10 (118) v Glenorchy 10.10 (70) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,108 at [[York Park]] *Burnie Dockers 15.16 (106) v Devonport 4.9 (33) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,026 at [[Devonport Oval]] (Sunday, 23 July) * <small>Note: This match was moved forward to be played on 23 July on the weekend of Round 14 for unspecified reasons.</small>
===Round 9=== (Saturday, 3 June 2000) *Hobart Demons 15.11 (101) v Glenorchy 14.7 (91) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 985 at [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] *Northern Bombers 18.15 (123) v Devonport 10.7 (67) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 521 at [[Devonport Oval]] *Burnie Dockers 14.15 (99) v Clarence 5.14 (44) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,075 at [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]]
===Round 10=== (Saturday, 17 June 2000) *Clarence 15.15 (105) v Glenorchy 9.9 (63) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,139 at [[Bellerive Oval]] *Northern Bombers 14.20 (104) v Burnie Dockers 4.8 (32) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,169 at [[York Park]] *Hobart Demons 22.13 (145) v Devonport 8.10 (58) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 641 at [[Devonport Oval]]
===Round 11=== (Saturday, 24 June 2000) *Hobart Demons 9.24 (78) v Glenorchy 10.10 (70) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 892 at [[North Hobart Oval]] *Clarence 34.9 (213) v Devonport 7.8 (50) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 613 at [[Bellerive Oval]] *Northern Bombers 12.15 (87) v Burnie Dockers 6.11 (47) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,039 at [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]]
===Round 12=== (Saturday, 1 July 2000) *Clarence 21.19 (145) v Glenorchy 5.13 (43) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 998 at [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] *Northern Bombers 20.17 (137) v Hobart Demons 6.9 (45) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 854 at [[York Park]] *Burnie Dockers 23.14 (152) v Devonport 6.4 (40) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 766 at [[Devonport Oval]]
===Round 13=== (Saturday, 8 July 2000) *Hobart Demons 17.15 (117) v Devonport 10.5 (65) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 515 at [[North Hobart Oval]] *Northern Bombers 15.9 (99) v Clarence 11.7 (73) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,039 at [[York Park]] *Burnie Dockers 25.15 (165) v Glenorchy 7.8 (50) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 774 at [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]]
===Round 14=== (Saturday, 15 July, Sunday, 16 July & Saturday, 22 July 2000) *Glenorchy 24.16 (160) v Devonport 5.6 (36) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 904 at [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] (15 July) *Burnie Dockers 17.11 (113) v Hobart Demons 8.13 (61) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 562 at [[North Hobart Oval]] (16 July) *Clarence 12.8 (80) v Northern Bombers 6.10 (46) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 5,625 at [[York Park]] (22 July – Night) * <small>Note: This match set the all-time Statewide League attendance record.</small>
===Round 15=== (Saturday, 29 July & Sunday 30 July 2000) *Glenorchy 12.18 (90) v Hobart Demons 11.5 (71) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,002 at [[North Hobart Oval]] *Clarence 21.9 (135) v Burnie Dockers 7.8 (50) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,205 at [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]] *Northern Bombers 29.14 (188) v Devonport 6.10 (46) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,552 at [[York Park]] (Sunday)
===Round 16=== (Saturday, 5 August 2000) *Clarence 32.17 (209) v Hobart Demons 3.8 (26) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 1,210 at [[Bellerive Oval]] *Burnie Dockers 15.12 (102) v Devonport 6.6 (42) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 809 at [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]] *Northern Bombers 17.10 (112) v Glenorchy 10.15 (75) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 2,210 at [[York Park]] (Night)
===Round 17=== (Saturday, 12 August 2000) *Clarence 17.14 (116) v Glenorchy 8.6 (54) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 876 at [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] *Hobart Demons 15.14 (104) v Devonport 6.12 (48) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 459 at [[Devonport Oval]] *Northern Bombers 14.11 (95) v Burnie Dockers 7.5 (47) – [[Attendance|Att]]: 3,165 at [[York Park]] (Night)
===First Semi Final=== (Saturday, 19 August 2000) *Hobart Demons: 1.3 (9) | 6.7 (43) | 9.8 (62) | 17.9 (111) *Burnie Dockers: 6.4 (40) | 7.6 (48) | 10.7 (67) | 11.9 (75) *[[Attendance]]: 1,037 at [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]]
===Second Semi Final=== (Saturday, 26 August 2000) *Clarence: 4.1 (25) | 10.5 (65) | 17.10 (112) | 21.10 (136) *Northern Bombers: 3.3 (21) | 5.6 (36) | 9.7 (61) | 14.10 (94) *[[Attendance]]: 3,669 at [[York Park]]
===Preliminary Final=== (Sunday, 2 September 2000) *Northern Bombers: 3.7 (25) | 8.8 (56) | 14.12 (96) | 21.17 (143) *Hobart Demons: 4.1 (25) | 8.2 (50) | 10.2 (62) | 11.2 (68) *[[Attendance]]: 1,580 at [[North Hobart Oval]]
===Grand Final=== (Sunday, 9 September 2000) *Clarence: 4.0 (24) | 6.6 (42) | 8.13 (61) | 15.15 (105) *Northern Bombers: 1.4 (10) | 2.7 (19) | 4.7 (31) | 8.8 (56) *[[Attendance]]: 6,124 at [[York Park]]
Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury, Launceston Examiner and North West Advocate publications.
==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmabrRavhPs Youtube – 2000 SWL television advertisement]
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