2022 AFL Grand Final
| 2022 AFL Grand Final | ||||
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| Date | 24 September 2022, 2:30 pm | |||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||
| Attendance | TBA | |||
| Umpires | TBA | |||
| Coin toss won by | TBA | |||
| Kicked toward | TBA | |||
| Ceremonies | ||||
| Pre-match entertainment | Robbie Williams, Mike Brady | |||
| National anthem | Katie Noonan | |||
| Halftime show | G Flip, The Temper Trap, Ngaiire, Budjerah, Goanna, Christine Anu, Emma Donovan, Tasman Keith, William Barton | |||
| Accolades | ||||
| Norm Smith Medallist | TBA | |||
| Jock McHale Medallist | TBA | |||
| Broadcast in Australia | ||||
| Network | Seven Network[1] | |||
| Commentators |
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The 2022 AFL Grand Final will be an Australian rules football match contested between the Geelong Football Club and Sydney Swans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24 September 2022. It will be the 127th grand final of the Australian Football League (AFL), staged to determine the premiers of the 2022 AFL season.
Background
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during the season.[2]
Geelong entered their 2022 campaign after a demoralising 83-point defeat to eventual premiers Melbourne in the 2021 preliminary final. The Cats were inconsistent early, starting the 2022 season with five wins and four losses, but would not lose again for the remainder of the home-and-away season, earning their second minor premiership in four seasons with an 18–4 win-loss record. Geelong outlasted Collingwood by six points in a thrilling qualifying final encounter, before booking a second grand final appearance in three years after thrashing Brisbane by 71 points in the first preliminary final.
Sydney were coming off a heartbreaking one-point defeat to crosstown rival Greater Western Sydney in the previous year’s elimination final. The Swans built on their promising 2021 campaign, improving to finish third on the ladder with 16 wins and six losses. They defeated reigning premiers Melbourne by 22 points in the second qualifying final to book their first preliminary final at the SCG since 1996, before holding off Collingwood by one point to return to the Grand Final for the first time since 2016.
The two teams met only once in the regular season, in round two at the Sydney Cricket Ground, with Sydney winning by 30 points and Lance Franklin kicking his 1,000th career goal with six minutes remaining in the match.
Entertainment
Match summary
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Norm Smith Medal
| Voter | 3 Votes | 2 Votes | 1 Vote |
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Teams
The teams will be announced on 22 September 2022.
      Geelong
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  Sydney
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- Umpires
The umpiring panel, comprising three field umpires, four boundary umpires, two goal umpires and an emergency in each position is given below.
| Position | Emergency | |||||
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| Goal: |
Numbers in brackets represent the number of grand finals umpired, including 2022.
Scoreboard
| Grand final | |||||
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| Saturday, 24 September (2:30 pm) | Geelong | v | Sydney | MCG | |
| Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
Norm Smith Medal: Television broadcast: Seven Network National anthem: Katie Noonan | ||||
References
- ^ "2022 AFL Broadcast Guide". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "Ladder - 2022 Toyota AFL Premiership Season". Australian Football League. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
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