The 1990 AFL reserves season was the 71st season of the AFL reserve grade competition, the Australian rules football competition operating as the second-tier competition to the Australian Football League (AFL).
The premiership was won by after they defeated in the 1990 AFL reserves Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the 1990 AFL Grand Final at the MCG on 6 October.[1] [2]
This was the first season under the AFL reserves name, after the competition was renamed when the Victorian Football League (VFL) was renamed to the AFL.[3]
| Team | Qualification | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (P) | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2495 | 1882 | 132.57 | 64 | Finals series |
| 2 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2184 | 1751 | 124.73 | 64 | ||
| 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2664 | 1820 | 146.37 | 60 | ||
| 4 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2221 | 1822 | 121.90 | 50 | ||
| 5 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2076 | 1742 | 119.17 | 48 | ||
| 6 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2005 | 2001 | 100.20 | 40 | ||
| 7 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2200 | 2294 | 95.90 | 36 | ||
| 8 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1776 | 1998 | 88.89 | 32 | ||
| 9 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2227 | 2192 | 101.60 | 28 | ||
| 10 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1838 | 2080 | 88.37 | 28 | ||
| 11 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1863 | 2435 | 76.51 | 28 | ||
| 12 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1926 | 2418 | 79.65 | 26 | ||
| 13 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1685 | 2725 | 61.83 | 16 |