2016 AFL Grand Final
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The 2016 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between Sydney and the Western Bulldogs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1 October 2016. It was the 121st annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League),[1] staged to determine the premiers of the 2016 AFL season. The match, attended by 99,981 spectators, was won by the Bulldogs by a margin of 22 points, marking the club's second VFL/AFL premiership victory and first since 1954. It was the first time in VFL/AFL history that a team won the premiership from seventh place on the ladder. Jason Johannisen of the Bulldogs was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground.
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Date | 1 October 2016, 2.30 pm | |||||||||||||||
Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
Attendance | 99,981 | |||||||||||||||
Favourite | Sydney | |||||||||||||||
Umpires | Matt Stevic, Simon Meredith, Scott Jeffery | |||||||||||||||
Coin toss won by | Western Bulldogs | |||||||||||||||
Kicked toward | City End | |||||||||||||||
Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
Pre-match entertainment | Sting, The Living End, Vance Joy, Mike Brady | |||||||||||||||
National anthem | Vika and Linda Bull | |||||||||||||||
Post-match entertainment | The Living End, Vance Joy | |||||||||||||||
Accolades | ||||||||||||||||
Norm Smith Medallist | Jason Johannisen | |||||||||||||||
Jock McHale Medallist | Luke Beveridge | |||||||||||||||
Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Network | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||
Commentators | Bruce McAvaney (host and commentator) Hamish McLachlan (host) Dennis Cometti (commentator) Cameron Ling (expert commentator) Wayne Carey (expert commentator) Matthew Richardson (boundary rider) Tim Watson (boundary rider) Leigh Matthews (analyst) Luke Hodge (analyst) | |||||||||||||||
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