The season featured sixteen clubs, ran from 28 March until 27 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
The 2003 Wizard Home Loans Cup saw Adelaide defeat Collingwood 15.14 (104) to 10.13 (73) in the final.
The Sydney vs. Collingwood game is notable as it is the highest attended Australian rules football match ever played outside of Victoria.
This marks the first time that Fremantle played a finals match and the first, and only time to date that all non-Victorian teams played in a finals series.
The largest non-finals attendance was 72,393 people for the Sydney vs Collingwood game in round 21.