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Revision as of 07:34, 1 October 2016

2016 AFL Grand Final

Sydney
Western Bulldogs
10.7 (67) 13.11 (89)
1 2 3 4
SYD 1.2 (8) 7.3 (45) 8.5 (53) 10.7 (67)
WB 2.0 (12) 7.1 (43) 9.7 (61) 13.11 (89)
Date1 October 2016, 2.30 pm
StadiumMelbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance99,981
UmpiresMatt Stevic, Simon Meredith, Scott Jeffery
Ceremonies
Pre-match entertainmentSting, The Living End, Vance Joy, Mike Brady
National anthemVika and Linda Bull
Post-match entertainmentThe Living End, Vance Joy
Accolades
Norm Smith MedallistJason Johannisen
Broadcast in Australia
NetworkSeven Network
CommentatorsBruce McAvaney
Dennis Cometti
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The 2016 Australian Football League Grand Final was an Australian rules football match contested between the Sydney Swans and the Western Bulldogs. It will be the 120th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, staged to determine the premiers of the 2016 AFL season. It was the Swans' sixth Grand Final appearance since 2005, while the Bulldogs competed in their first Grand Final since 1961. The match, played in front of a crowd of 99,981, was won by the Western Bulldogs by a margin of 22 points, with 20 free kicks to 8 marking their second premiership victory and first since 1954, breaking a 62-year premiership drought.

Background

See also: 2016 AFL finals series

Minor premiers the Sydney Swans managed to reach the mid-season bye with just three losses, including one after the siren against Richmond in round 8.[1] Ruckman Kurt Tippett was seriously injured during the round 12 loss to the Greater Western Sydney Giants and he subsequently missed the next two months.[2] Their ruck stocks took another blow with former West Coast player, Callum Sinclair injuring his knee forcing him to miss the remainder of the season.[3] Seven players made their AFL debut for Sydney during the season including Rising Star winner, Callum Mills[4] and Kenyan-born defender, Aliir Aliir.[5] Sydney lost just two more matches for the rest of the season, to finish with a 17-5 record and claim their ninth minor premiership.[6] They were defeated by the Giants in the qualifying final by 36 points,[7] but bounced back with a semi-final victory against Adelaide.[8] The Swans then qualified for their third grand final in five years with a 37-point win against Geelong at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).[9]

Injuries to key players featured throughout the Western Bulldogs' season, with captain Robert Murphy suffering a season-ending knee injury in round 3,[10] whilst also losing Jason Johannisen[11] and former Hawthorn player, Matt Suckling for extended periods of the season.[12] In the round 18 match against St Kilda, midfielder Mitch Wallis broke both bones in his lower leg, while key forward, Jack Redpath suffered a serious knee injury and both players missed the remainder of the season.[13] Despite the injuries, the Bulldogs managed to win 15 games to finish 7th on the home-and-away ladder and qualify for the finals for the second consecutive year.[14] Against the odds, they then defeated the two grand finalists from the previous year, West Coast and Hawthorn, in the elimination and semi-finals respectively.[15][16] The Western Bulldogs then travelled to Sydney to face Greater Western Sydney, who were competing in their first ever preliminary final, at Spotless Stadium. They defeated the Giants by six points to qualify for their first grand final appearance in 55 years.[17] In doing so, the Bulldogs became the first team to reach a grand final after finishing outside of the top four under the final eight system.[18]

Sydney and the Western Bulldogs met once during the home-and-away season, in round 15 at the Sydney Cricket Ground with the Bulldogs winning the match by four points; running defender Jason Johannisen, in his return game from injury, kicked the match-winning goal with just four seconds remaining.[19]

The Grand Final will be held on the first Saturday in October, rather than its traditional date on the last Saturday of September, due to the AFL introducing a pre-finals bye to avoid teams resting players en masse in the final round of the home-and-away season.[20] It will be the first time ever that the two clubs have met in a grand final (the Western Bulldogs have only competed in two grand finals, in 1954 and 1961).[21]

Media coverage

The match will be televised by the Seven Network. The match commentary will be conducted by Bruce McAvaney and Dennis Cometti for the Seven Network, marking the duo's eighth grand final appearance together as commentators since 2008 and their twelfth overall. Individually, it will be Cometti's eighteenth grand final and McAvaney's sixteenth. This will also be the final match of commentary by Cometti, after he announced that the 2016 season would be his last season of commentary after 30 years.[22]

All four radio partners, 1116 SEN, 3AW, ABC Grandstand, and Triple M will broadcast the match live,[23] with Triple M simulcasting nationally to their local channels and to 92.5 Gold FM in the Gold Coast and Mix 94.5 in Perth.[24]

International coverage

Region[23][25] Rights holder(s)
Asia Australia Plus, Eurosport
Canada TSN2
Caribbean ESPN
China CCTV5
Europe Eurosport
India Australia Plus
Ireland BT Sport, Eurosport
Latin America Claro Sports
Middle East Orbit Showtime Network
New Zealand Sky Sports, TVNZ
United Kingdom BT Sport, Eurosport
United States Fox Soccer Plus

Pre-match entertainment

Sting

Similar to previous grand finals, the 2016 AFL Grand Final will provide both pre-match and post-match entertainment. On 31 August 2016, it was announced that Melbournian musicians Vance Joy and the band The Living End would perform.[26] British rocker Sting was then announced as another performer during the pre-match show.[27] It was then announced on 23 September that sister duo Vika and Linda Bull would be performing the national anthem, while well-known musician Mike Brady would perform a new version of his famous football song, "One Day in September".[28]

Teams

The teams were announced on 29 September 2016. Sydney made two changes to its lineup from the preliminary final, with co-captain Jarrad McVeigh and Rising Star winner Callum Mills both returning from injury. They replaced Aliir Aliir, who suffered a knee injury in the preliminary final, and Harrison Marsh, who was omitted. The Bulldogs remained unchanged from its preliminary final.[29]

Sydney
B: 44 Jake Lloyd 39 Heath Grundy 40 Nick Smith
HB: 14 Callum Mills 11 Jeremy Laidler 24 Dane Rampe
C: 15 Kieren Jack (c) 12 Josh Kennedy 3 Jarrad McVeigh (c)
HF: 6 Tom Mitchell 23 Lance Franklin 26 Luke Parker
F: 41 Tom Papley 8 Kurt Tippett 21 Ben McGlynn
Foll: 35 Sam Naismith 4 Dan Hannebery 5 Isaac Heeney
Int: 16 Gary Rohan 10 Zak Jones 29 George Hewett
42 Xavier Richards
Coach: John Longmire
Western Bulldogs
B: 39 Jason Johannisen 30 Joel Hamling 5 Matthew Boyd
HB: 24 Shane Biggs 38 Dale Morris 10 Easton Wood (c)
C: 7 Lachie Hunter 4 Marcus Bontempelli 42 Liam Picken
HF: 11 Jackson Macrae 12 Zaine Cordy 9 Jake Stringer
F: 29 Tory Dickson 17 Tom Boyd 14 Clay Smith
Foll: 23 Jordan Roughead 6 Luke Dahlhaus 21 Tom Liberatore
Int: 16 Toby McLean 18 Fletcher Roberts 20 Josh Dunkley
35 Caleb Daniel
Coach: Luke Beveridge
Umpires

The umpiring panel, comprising three field umpires, four boundary umpires, two goal umpires and an emergency in each position is given below. The most notable appointment was field umpire Scott Jeffery's selection for his first grand final.[30]

2016 AFL Grand Final umpires
Position Emergency
Field: 9 Matt Stevic (4) 21 Simon Meredith (4) 29 Scott Jeffery (1) Justin Schmitt
Boundary: Ian Burrows (7) Chris Bull (1) Rob Haala (3) Michael Marantelli (2) Matthew Konetschka
Goal: Chris Appleton (3) Adam Wojcik (3) Chelsea Roffey

Numbers in brackets represent the number of grand finals umpired, including 2016.

Scorecard

Grand Final
Saturday, 1 October (2:30 pm) Sydney def. by Western Bulldogs MCG (crowd: 99,981)
1.2 (8)
7.3 (45)
8.5 (53)
10.7 (67) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		2.0 (12)
7.1 (43)
9.7 (61)
13.11 (89) 		Umpires: Matt Stevic, Simon Meredith, Scott Jeffery
Norm Smith Medal: Jason Johannisen
Television broadcast: Seven Network
National anthem: Vika and Linda Bull
Kennedy 3
Mitchell 2
Smith, Rohan, Parker, Franklin, Hewett 1 		Goals 3 Dickson, T. Boyd, Picken
1 Smith, Cordy, McLean, Stringer

See also

References

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  3. ^ Curley, Adam (27 July 2016). "Big Swan could be out for a month after knee surgery". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
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