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</tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><table class="nowrap" style="margin:0 auto; background: inherit; color: inherit;"> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th style="text-align:center; width:100px">1</th> <th style="text-align:center; width:100px">2</th> <th style="text-align:center; width:100px">3</th> <th style="text-align:center; width:100px">4</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right"><b>HAW</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#E0E6EB;">5.0 (30)</td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#E0E6EB;">9.3 (57)</td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#E0E6EB;">14.5 (89)</td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#E0E6EB;">16.11 (107)</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right"><b>WCE</b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#E0E6EB;">1.5 (11)</td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#E0E6EB;">3.8 (26)</td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#E0E6EB;">5.9 (39)</td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#E0E6EB;">8.13 (61)</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">3 October 2015, 2.30 p.m.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stadium</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">99,200</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Favourite</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Umpires</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brett_Rosebury" title="Brett Rosebury">Brett Rosebury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Stevic" title="Matt Stevic">Matt Stevic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Dalgleish" title="Jeff Dalgleish">Jeff Dalgleish</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coin toss won by</th><td class="infobox-data">Hawthorn</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Kicked toward</th><td class="infobox-data">City End</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: var(--background-color-neutral, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #fff);">Ceremonies</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pre-match entertainment</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Isaak" title="Chris Isaak">Chris Isaak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Adams" title="Bryan Adams">Bryan Adams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ellie_Goulding" title="Ellie Goulding">Ellie Goulding</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Brady_(musician)" title="Mike Brady (musician)">Mike Brady</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">National anthem</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kate_Ceberano" title="Kate Ceberano">Kate Ceberano</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Post-match entertainment</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Adams" title="Bryan Adams">Bryan Adams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ellie_Goulding" title="Ellie Goulding">Ellie Goulding</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: var(--background-color-neutral, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #fff);">Accolades</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Norm_Smith_Medal" title="Norm Smith Medal">Norm Smith Medallist</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Rioli" title="Cyril Rioli">Cyril Rioli</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Jock_McHale_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Jock McHale Medal">Jock McHale Medallist</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alastair_Clarkson" title="Alastair Clarkson">Alastair Clarkson</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: var(--background-color-neutral, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #fff);">Broadcast in Australia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Seven Network</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commentators</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_McAvaney" title="Bruce McAvaney">Bruce McAvaney</a> (host and commentator) <br /><a href="/wiki/Hamish_McLachlan" title="Hamish McLachlan">Hamish McLachlan</a> (host)<br /><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Cometti" title="Dennis Cometti">Dennis Cometti</a> (commentator) <br /><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Carey" title="Wayne Carey">Wayne Carey</a> (expert commentator) <br /><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Ling" title="Cameron Ling">Cameron Ling</a> (expert commentator)<br /><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Richardson_(footballer)" title="Matthew Richardson (footballer)">Matthew Richardson</a> (boundary rider) <br /><a href="/wiki/Tim_Watson" title="Tim Watson">Tim Watson</a> (boundary rider)<br /><a href="/wiki/Leigh_Matthews" title="Leigh Matthews">Leigh Matthews</a> (analyst)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><table style="font-weight:bold; width:100%; border:1px; border-collapse:collapse; background: var(--background-color-neutral, #efefef); color: var(--color-base, #fff);"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; width:25%; text-align:left;">← <a href="/wiki/2014_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2014 AFL Grand Final">2014</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; width:50%"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final" title="AFL Grand Final">AFL Grand Final</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; width:25%; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/2016_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2016 AFL Grand Final">2016</a> →</td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2015 AFL Grand Final</b> was an <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules football</a> match contested between the <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn Football Club</a> and the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles" title="West Coast Eagles">West Coast Eagles</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a> on 3 October 2015. It was the 120th annual <a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final" title="AFL Grand Final">Grand Final</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League" title="Australian Football League">Australian Football League</a> (formerly the Victorian Football League),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> staged to determine the <a href="/wiki/List_of_AFL_premiers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of AFL premiers">premiers</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2015_AFL_season" title="2015 AFL season">2015 AFL season</a>. The match, attended by 98,632 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 46 points, marking the club's third consecutive premiership and thirteenth VFL/AFL premiership victory overall. Hawthorn's <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Rioli" title="Cyril Rioli">Cyril Rioli</a> was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Norm_Smith_Medal" title="Norm Smith Medal">Norm Smith Medal</a> as the best player on the ground. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_AFL_Grand_Final&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2015_AFL_finals_series" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 AFL finals series">2015 AFL finals series</a> and <a href="/wiki/2015_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2015 Hawthorn Football Club season">2015 Hawthorn Football Club season</a></div> <p>With the <a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Dockers" class="mw-redirect" title="Fremantle Dockers">Fremantle Dockers</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles" title="West Coast Eagles">West Coast Eagles</a> finishing first and second respectively on the AFL ladder at the conclusion of the home and away season (and both subsequently winning their qualifying finals to set up two home preliminary finals in <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a> for the first time), it was anticipated that the 2015 grand final could be a <a href="/wiki/Western_Derby" title="Western Derby">western derby</a> between the two Western Australian teams for the first time at the MCG. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> experienced an average start to the year, with a record of 4–4 after eight matches (including losses to non-finals teams <a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greater_Western_Sydney_Giants" title="Greater Western Sydney Giants">Greater Western Sydney</a>), but lost just twice more for the remainder of the regular season to finish in the top three for the fifth consecutive year. The team then lost its qualifying final to <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles" title="West Coast Eagles">West Coast</a> at <a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Domain Stadium</a> by 32 points, but rebounded to defeat <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Adelaide Football Club">Adelaide</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Football_Club" title="Fremantle Football Club">Fremantle</a> (in Perth) in their semi and preliminary Finals, by 74 and 27 points respectively, to qualify for its fourth consecutive grand final.<sup id="cite_ref-preview_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-preview-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-roar_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>West Coast entered the season low on expectations after finishing ninth the previous year and losing key defenders <a href="/wiki/Eric_Mackenzie_(footballer)" title="Eric Mackenzie (footballer)">Eric Mackenzie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Brown_(Australian_footballer_born_1988)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitch Brown (Australian footballer born 1988)">Mitch Brown</a> to knee injuries early in the year. After losing two of the first three games, to the <a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Western Bulldogs</a> and Fremantle, the Eagles finished the season with a record of 16–5–1 to finish in the top two for the first time since <a href="/wiki/2006_AFL_season" title="2006 AFL season">2006</a>. The Eagles received the week off after beating Hawthorn in the qualifying final by 32 points, and subsequently defeated <a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> by 25 points in the preliminary final to progress to their first grand final since <a href="/wiki/2006_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2006 AFL Grand Final">2006</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-preview_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-preview-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-roar_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roar-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hawthorn and West Coast met once during the home-and-away season, in <a href="/wiki/2015_AFL_season#Round_19" title="2015 AFL season">round 19</a> at <a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Domain Stadium</a>, with Hawthorn winning by 14 points.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The grand final was held on the first Saturday in October, rather than its traditional date on the last Saturday of September, because the <a href="/wiki/2015_Cricket_World_Cup" title="2015 Cricket World Cup">2015 Cricket World Cup</a> delayed access to some AFL grounds early in the season.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game was held at the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a>, Hawthorn's main home ground for the home and away season: West Coast who had only played there once during the season compared with Hawthorn's 11 matches. It was the second time that the two sides had met in a grand final; the first was in <a href="/wiki/1991_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1991 AFL Grand Final">1991</a>, which Hawthorn won by a margin of 53 points.<sup id="cite_ref-preview_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-preview-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pre-match_entertainment">Pre-match entertainment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_AFL_Grand_Final&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pre-match entertainment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2015_AFL_Grand_Final_Hawthorn_banner.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/2015_AFL_Grand_Final_Hawthorn_banner.JPG/220px-2015_AFL_Grand_Final_Hawthorn_banner.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/2015_AFL_Grand_Final_Hawthorn_banner.JPG/330px-2015_AFL_Grand_Final_Hawthorn_banner.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/2015_AFL_Grand_Final_Hawthorn_banner.JPG/440px-2015_AFL_Grand_Final_Hawthorn_banner.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Hawthorn's banner. The message, "Our House, Our Rules", refers to the fact that the MCG is Hawthorn's home ground.</figcaption></figure> <p>Similar to previous grand finals, the grand final provided both pre-match and post-match entertainment, with English singer <a href="/wiki/Ellie_Goulding" title="Ellie Goulding">Ellie Goulding</a>, Canadian musician <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Adams" title="Bryan Adams">Bryan Adams</a> and American musician <a href="/wiki/Chris_Isaak" title="Chris Isaak">Chris Isaak</a> performing on the day.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australian singer <a href="/wiki/Kate_Ceberano" title="Kate Ceberano">Kate Ceberano</a> performed <a href="/wiki/Advance_Australia_Fair" title="Advance Australia Fair">the national anthem</a>, and musician <a href="/wiki/Mike_Brady_(musician)" title="Mike Brady (musician)">Mike Brady</a> performed his famous football song, "<a href="/wiki/Up_There_Cazaly" title="Up There Cazaly">Up There Cazaly</a>" as he had done at several grand finals before and since.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the first time, the day before the grand final was declared a <a href="/wiki/Public_holiday" title="Public holiday">public holiday</a> in Victoria by the incoming <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Andrews" title="Daniel Andrews">Daniel Andrews</a> government, as promised during the campaigning for the <a href="/wiki/2014_Victorian_state_election" title="2014 Victorian state election">2014 Victorian state election</a>. As this reduced the number of workers in the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_City_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne City Centre">Melbourne City Centre</a>, the traditional route for the Grand Final Parade was changed to leave from the <a href="/wiki/Old_Treasury_Building,_Melbourne" title="Old Treasury Building, Melbourne">Old Treasury Building</a> and finish at <a href="/wiki/Yarra_Park" title="Yarra Park">Yarra Park</a>, adjacent to the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A record crowd of 150,000 people turned up to watch the parade.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Match_summary">Match summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_AFL_Grand_Final&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Match summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The game was played on a very hot day, with the temperature reaching 31.3°C at 3:28 pm. This broke the previous record high for a grand final of 30.7°C in <a href="/wiki/1987_VFL_Grand_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1987 VFL Grand Final">1987</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was thought that the conditions would favour West Coast, after Hawthorn had played a tough finals campaign of three successive finals, including travelling to <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a> twice, without having a week off. The Eagles, being based in Perth, were also generally more used to playing in warmer conditions than Hawthorn.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_quarter">First quarter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_AFL_Grand_Final&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: First quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2015_AFL_Grand_Final_opening_bounce.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/2015_AFL_Grand_Final_opening_bounce.jpg/220px-2015_AFL_Grand_Final_opening_bounce.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/2015_AFL_Grand_Final_opening_bounce.jpg/330px-2015_AFL_Grand_Final_opening_bounce.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/2015_AFL_Grand_Final_opening_bounce.jpg/440px-2015_AFL_Grand_Final_opening_bounce.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The ground moments before the first bounce. Hawthorn are in predominantly gold and West Coast are wearing predominantly blue.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Luke_Shuey" title="Luke Shuey">Luke Shuey</a> kicked the first goal two minutes into the game for West Coast from a free kick awarded against <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Lewis" title="Jordan Lewis">Jordan Lewis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-report_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hawthorn's <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Rioli" title="Cyril Rioli">Cyril Rioli</a> responded only 90 seconds later and the Hawks kicked the next four goals of the quarter, with <a href="/wiki/Ben_McEvoy" title="Ben McEvoy">Ben McEvoy</a>, Rioli, <a href="/wiki/Grant_Birchall" title="Grant Birchall">Grant Birchall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bradley_Hill_(footballer)" title="Bradley Hill (footballer)">Bradley Hill</a> each kicking goals. Meanwhile, the Eagles wasted opportunities, with Shuey ignoring a handball to an open <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Cripps" title="Jamie Cripps">Jamie Cripps</a> in front of goal in preference to a dribbled kick that missed. West Coast's <a href="/wiki/Jack_Darling" title="Jack Darling">Jack Darling</a> also missed a goal at the thirteen-minute mark. At quarter time, Hawthorn 5.0 (30) led West Coast 1.5 (11) by 19 points, despite having fewer scoring shots.<sup id="cite_ref-age_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-age-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_quarter">Second quarter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_AFL_Grand_Final&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Second quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hawthorn dominated the first half of the second quarter. Hawthorn captain <a href="/wiki/Luke_Hodge" title="Luke Hodge">Luke Hodge</a> kicked the first goal in the first minute of the term with a checkside kick from hard against the boundary line in the forward pocket.<sup id="cite_ref-report_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Eagles continued to waste opportunities, with captain <a href="/wiki/Shannon_Hurn" title="Shannon Hurn">Shannon Hurn</a> hitting the post from directly in front of goals at the six-minute mark. This was followed by a burst of three goals in seven minutes from the Hawks, with <a href="/wiki/Jack_Gunston" title="Jack Gunston">Jack Gunston</a> kicking two and <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Smith_(footballer)" title="Isaac Smith (footballer)">Isaac Smith</a> one.<sup id="cite_ref-age_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-age-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the 13th minute of the quarter, Hawthorn had kicked the last nine goals and held a 44-point lead, Hawthorn 9.2 (56) to West Coast 1.6 (12).<sup id="cite_ref-ats_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ats-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>West Coast finally kicked its second goal in the 16th minute, <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hill_(footballer)" title="Josh Hill (footballer)">Josh Hill</a> kicking the goal. Two more behinds followed, before <a href="/wiki/Elliot_Yeo" title="Elliot Yeo">Elliot Yeo</a> kicked another for West Coast from a set shot after the siren. West Coast's late scores narrowed the margin to 31 points; Hawthorn 9.3 (57), West Coast 3.8 (26).<sup id="cite_ref-report_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_quarter">Third quarter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_AFL_Grand_Final&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Third quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The two teams traded goals in the first half of the quarter as the Eagles made a challenge to get back into the game. Darling kicked the first goal of the third quarter for the Eagles in the 5th minute, before the Eagles squandered two good opportunities inside forward 50: one when Shuey turned the ball over by kick when he had a handball option available, and one when Darling dropped a simple chest mark which would have resulted in a set shot.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Schoenmakers" title="Ryan Schoenmakers">Ryan Schoenmakers</a> kicked a goal for Hawthorn in the 11th minute,<sup id="cite_ref-report_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hutchings" title="Mark Hutchings">Mark Hutchings</a> kicked a goal for West Coast in the 14th minute, narrowing the margin to 25 points.<sup id="cite_ref-ats_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ats-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hawthorn then dominated the latter half of the third quarter, kicking four goals in twelve minutes to extend the lead to a match-winning 50 points. Gunston kicked two goals in three minutes (17th minute and 19th minute), followed by Smith (22nd minute) and substitute <a href="/wiki/Matt_Suckling" title="Matt Suckling">Matt Suckling</a> (28th minute). At three-quarter time, Hawthorn 14.5 (89) led West Coast 5.9 (39).<sup id="cite_ref-age_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-age-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_quarter">Final quarter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_AFL_Grand_Final&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Final quarter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hawthorn kicked the first two goals of the final quarter, to <a href="/wiki/Jarryd_Roughead" title="Jarryd Roughead">Jarryd Roughead</a> in the 3rd minute and Smith in the 5th minute, extending the margin to 61. Hawthorn full-back <a href="/wiki/Brian_Lake" title="Brian Lake">Brian Lake</a> made a diving smother to prevent a certain Josh Hill goal for the Eagles soon after.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next fifteen minutes of the term were goalless before the Eagles added three goals in time-on (one to <a href="/wiki/Mark_LeCras" title="Mark LeCras">Mark LeCras</a> and two to <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_McGovern" title="Jeremy McGovern">Jeremy McGovern</a>) to reduce the final margin to 46 points. Hawthorn 16.11 (107) defeated West Coast 8.13 (61).<sup id="cite_ref-report_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overall_report">Overall report</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_AFL_Grand_Final&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Overall report"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cyril_Rioli.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Cyril_Rioli.jpg/170px-Cyril_Rioli.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Cyril_Rioli.jpg/255px-Cyril_Rioli.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Cyril_Rioli.jpg/340px-Cyril_Rioli.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1010" data-file-height="1226" /></a><figcaption>Cyril Rioli, winner of the Norm Smith Medal</figcaption></figure> <p>Hawthorn dominated the key statistical indicators across the ground, winning inside 50s 59–40, contested possessions 136–120, overall disposals 436–321 and tackles 59–45. West Coast largely tentative and used the ball poorly, leading clangers 50–44.<sup id="cite_ref-report_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hawthorn's goalkicking was very accurate when the game was still in the balance – at one point its score was 16.5 (101) to West Coast's 5.11 (41), before adding six behinds late in the final quarter.<sup id="cite_ref-ats_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ats-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the best for Hawthorn were Rioli (18 disposals, 12 marks, two goals and four goal assists), <a href="/wiki/Sam_Mitchell_(footballer)" title="Sam Mitchell (footballer)">Sam Mitchell</a> (34 touches, six clearances), <a href="/wiki/James_Frawley_(footballer)" title="James Frawley (footballer)">James Frawley</a> (22 disposals, 11 marks and kept Eagles forward <a href="/wiki/Josh_Kennedy_(footballer,_born_1987)" title="Josh Kennedy (footballer, born 1987)">Josh Kennedy</a> goalless), Hodge (30 disposals, 8 marks), Smith (three goals and 23 disposals), <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Burgoyne" title="Shaun Burgoyne">Shaun Burgoyne</a> (26 disposals), <a href="/wiki/Josh_Gibson" title="Josh Gibson">Josh Gibson</a> (29 disposals and 8 marks) and Gunston (four goals).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Gaff" title="Andrew Gaff">Andrew Gaff</a> was the best for the Eagles with 34 disposals.<sup id="cite_ref-report_12-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hawthorn became only the fifth club and sixth team in VFL/AFL history to win a <a href="/wiki/Hat-trick" title="Hat-trick">hat-trick</a> of premierships, and the first to do so since the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Lions" title="Brisbane Lions">Brisbane Lions</a> in <a href="/wiki/2001_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2001 AFL Grand Final">2001</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2002 AFL Grand Final">2002</a> and <a href="/wiki/2003_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2003 AFL Grand Final">2003</a>. Seven Hawthorn players became four-time premiership winners: Rioli, Lewis, Mitchell, Roughead, Birchall and Hodge all with Hawthorn, and Burgoyne adding a third Hawthorn premiership to the premiership he won with <a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a> in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Alastair_Clarkson" title="Alastair Clarkson">Alastair Clarkson</a> also won his fourth premiership as coach of Hawthorn, making him the 12th four-time VFL/AFL premiership coach.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The match was Hawthorn's last finals victory until 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Norm_Smith_Medal">Norm Smith Medal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_AFL_Grand_Final&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Norm Smith Medal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Norm Smith Medal Voting Tally </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Position </th> <th>Player </th> <th>Club </th> <th>Total Votes </th> <th>Voting Summary </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st (winner) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Rioli" title="Cyril Rioli">Cyril Rioli</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>3,3,3,2,2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Mitchell_(footballer)" title="Sam Mitchell (footballer)">Sam Mitchell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>3,3,2,1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Frawley_(footballer)" title="James Frawley (footballer)">James Frawley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>2,1,1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luke_Hodge" title="Luke Hodge">Luke Hodge</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th - tied </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shaun_Burgoyne" title="Shaun Burgoyne">Shaun Burgoyne</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th - tied </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Smith_(footballer)" title="Isaac Smith (footballer)">Isaac Smith</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Cyril Rioli was named the <a href="/wiki/Norm_Smith_Medal" title="Norm Smith Medal">Norm Smith Medallist</a> (best on ground). Rioli polled 13 votes out of a possible 15, beating his teammate Sam Mitchell who had nine votes. Rioli emulated his uncles <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Rioli" title="Maurice Rioli">Maurice Rioli</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Long_(footballer)" title="Michael Long (footballer)">Michael Long</a>, who had won the medal in <a href="/wiki/1982_VFL_grand_final" title="1982 VFL grand final">1982</a> and <a href="/wiki/1993_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1993 AFL Grand Final">1993</a> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chaired by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Bell_(footballer,_born_1976)" title="Peter Bell (footballer, born 1976)">Peter Bell</a>, the voters and their choices were as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><i>Voter</i> </th> <th><i>Role</i> </th> <th><i>3 Votes</i> </th> <th><i>2 Votes</i> </th> <th><i>1 Vote</i> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Peter_Bell_(footballer,_born_1976)" title="Peter Bell (footballer, born 1976)">Peter Bell</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/6PR" title="6PR">6PR</a> </th> <td>Cyril Rioli </td> <td>Sam Mitchell </td> <td>Shaun Burgoyne </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Dermott_Brereton" title="Dermott Brereton">Dermott Brereton</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Fox_Footy" title="Fox Footy">Fox Footy</a> </th> <td>Sam Mitchell </td> <td>Cyril Rioli </td> <td>James Frawley </td></tr> <tr> <th>Peter Lalor </th> <th><a href="/wiki/The_Australian" title="The Australian">The Australian</a> </th> <td>Cyril Rioli </td> <td>Luke Hodge </td> <td>James Frawley </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Guy_McKenna" title="Guy McKenna">Guy McKenna</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/ABC_Radio_Grandstand" title="ABC Radio Grandstand">ABC</a> </th> <td>Cyril Rioli </td> <td>James Frawley </td> <td>Sam Mitchell </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Mark_Thompson_(footballer)" title="Mark Thompson (footballer)">Mark Thompson</a> </th> <th>Former AFL Player </th> <td>Sam Mitchell </td> <td>Cyril Rioli </td> <td>Isaac Smith </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams">Teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_AFL_Grand_Final&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The teams were announced on 1 October 2015. Hawthorn made one change to its lineup from the previous week's preliminary final, with <a href="/wiki/Jack_Gunston" title="Jack Gunston">Jack Gunston</a> returning from an ankle injury and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Hartung_(footballer)" title="Billy Hartung (footballer)">Billy Hartung</a> omitted. West Coast named an unchanged team from its preliminary final.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Matt_Rosa" title="Matt Rosa">Matt Rosa</a> was the substitute for West Coast and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Suckling" title="Matt Suckling">Matt Suckling</a> filled that role for Hawthorn.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2015 grand final was the last AFL match to utilise <a href="/wiki/Interchange_(Australian_rules_football)#Substitutes" title="Interchange (Australian rules football)">substitutions</a> until the <a href="/wiki/2021_AFL_season" title="2021 AFL season">2021 season</a>, the AFL reverting to a four-man interchange bench from the 2016 AFL season onwards.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table width="92%"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="width: 100px; 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left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #823F00"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Kit_socks_hoops_gold.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><b>Hawthorn</b></div> </div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 100px; height: 135px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px; background-color: #062EE2;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Kit_body_wceagles19h.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="59" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Kit_body_sleeveless.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="59" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="38" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px; background-color: #062EE2"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Kit_shorts_goldsides.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #062EE2"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Kit_socks_goldtop.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="25" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="25" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><b>West Coast</b></div> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top"> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </caption> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Back_line" title="Australian rules football positions">B</a>:</b> </td> <td>24 <a href="/wiki/Ben_Stratton" title="Ben Stratton">Ben Stratton</a> </td> <td>17 <a href="/wiki/Brian_Lake" title="Brian Lake">Brian Lake</a> </td> <td>12 <a href="/wiki/James_Frawley_(footballer)" title="James Frawley (footballer)">James Frawley</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Half-back_line" title="Australian rules football positions">HB</a>:</b> </td> <td>14 <a href="/wiki/Grant_Birchall" title="Grant Birchall">Grant Birchall</a> </td> <td>6 <a href="/wiki/Josh_Gibson_(footballer)" title="Josh Gibson (footballer)">Josh Gibson</a> </td> <td>9 <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Burgoyne" title="Shaun Burgoyne">Shaun Burgoyne</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Midfield" title="Australian rules football positions">C</a>:</b> </td> <td>10 <a href="/wiki/Bradley_Hill_(footballer)" title="Bradley Hill (footballer)">Bradley Hill</a> </td> <td>5 <a href="/wiki/Sam_Mitchell_(footballer)" title="Sam Mitchell (footballer)">Sam Mitchell</a> </td> <td>16 <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Smith_(footballer)" title="Isaac Smith (footballer)">Isaac Smith</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Half-forward_line" title="Australian rules football positions">HF</a>:</b> </td> <td>33 <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Rioli" title="Cyril Rioli">Cyril Rioli</a> </td> <td>25 <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Schoenmakers" title="Ryan Schoenmakers">Ryan Schoenmakers</a> </td> <td>28 <a href="/wiki/Paul_Puopolo" title="Paul Puopolo">Paul Puopolo</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Forward_line" title="Australian rules football positions">F</a>:</b> </td> <td>22 <a href="/wiki/Luke_Breust" title="Luke Breust">Luke Breust</a> </td> <td>2 <a href="/wiki/Jarryd_Roughead" title="Jarryd Roughead">Jarryd Roughead</a> </td> <td>19 <a href="/wiki/Jack_Gunston" title="Jack Gunston">Jack Gunston</a> <br /> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Followers" title="Australian rules football positions">Foll</a>:</b> </td> <td>20 <a href="/wiki/David_Hale_(footballer)" title="David Hale (footballer)">David Hale</a> </td> <td>15 <a href="/wiki/Luke_Hodge" title="Luke Hodge">Luke Hodge</a> (<a href="/wiki/Captain_(Australian_rules_football)" title="Captain (Australian rules football)">c</a>) </td> <td>3 <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Lewis" title="Jordan Lewis">Jordan Lewis</a> <br /> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF; vertical-align:center" rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Interchange_bench" title="Australian rules football positions">Int</a>:</b> </td> <td>26 <a href="/wiki/Liam_Shiels" title="Liam Shiels">Liam Shiels</a> </td> <td>8 <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Duryea" title="Taylor Duryea">Taylor Duryea</a> </td> <td>7 <a href="/wiki/Ben_McEvoy" title="Ben McEvoy">Ben McEvoy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 <a href="/wiki/Matt_Suckling" title="Matt Suckling">Matt Suckling</a> (sub) </td> <td> </td> <td><br /> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Coach_(sport)" title="Coach (sport)">Coach</a>:</b> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Alastair_Clarkson" title="Alastair Clarkson">Alastair Clarkson</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td valign="top"> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles" title="West Coast Eagles">West Coast</a> </caption> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Back_line" title="Australian rules football positions">B</a>:</b> </td> <td>12 <a href="/wiki/Sharrod_Wellingham" title="Sharrod Wellingham">Sharrod Wellingham</a> </td> <td>31 <a href="/wiki/Will_Schofield" title="Will Schofield">Will Schofield</a> </td> <td>25 <a href="/wiki/Shannon_Hurn" title="Shannon Hurn">Shannon Hurn</a> (<a href="/wiki/Captain_(Australian_rules_football)" title="Captain (Australian rules football)">c</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Half-back_line" title="Australian rules football positions">HB</a>:</b> </td> <td>26 <a href="/wiki/Sam_Butler" title="Sam Butler">Sam Butler</a> </td> <td>20 <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_McGovern" title="Jeremy McGovern">Jeremy McGovern</a> </td> <td>5 <a href="/wiki/Brad_Sheppard" title="Brad Sheppard">Brad Sheppard</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Midfield" title="Australian rules football positions">C</a>:</b> </td> <td>7 <a href="/wiki/Chris_Masten" title="Chris Masten">Chris Masten</a> </td> <td>11 <a href="/wiki/Matt_Priddis" title="Matt Priddis">Matt Priddis</a> </td> <td>6 <a href="/wiki/Elliot_Yeo" title="Elliot Yeo">Elliot Yeo</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Half-forward_line" title="Australian rules football positions">HF</a>:</b> </td> <td>3 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Gaff" title="Andrew Gaff">Andrew Gaff</a> </td> <td>27 <a href="/wiki/Jack_Darling" title="Jack Darling">Jack Darling</a> </td> <td>15 <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Cripps" title="Jamie Cripps">Jamie Cripps</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Forward_line" title="Australian rules football positions">F</a>:</b> </td> <td>2 <a href="/wiki/Mark_LeCras" title="Mark LeCras">Mark LeCras</a> </td> <td>17 <a href="/wiki/Josh_Kennedy_(footballer,_born_1987)" title="Josh Kennedy (footballer, born 1987)">Josh Kennedy</a> </td> <td>33 <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hill_(footballer)" title="Josh Hill (footballer)">Josh Hill</a> <br /> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Followers" title="Australian rules football positions">Foll</a>:</b> </td> <td>9 <a href="/wiki/Nic_Naitanui" title="Nic Naitanui">Nic Naitanui</a> </td> <td>34 <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hutchings" title="Mark Hutchings">Mark Hutchings</a> </td> <td>13 <a href="/wiki/Luke_Shuey" title="Luke Shuey">Luke Shuey</a> <br /> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF; vertical-align:center" rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Interchange_bench" title="Australian rules football positions">Int</a>:</b> </td> <td>18 <a href="/wiki/Xavier_Ellis" title="Xavier Ellis">Xavier Ellis</a> </td> <td>22 <a href="/wiki/Callum_Sinclair" title="Callum Sinclair">Callum Sinclair</a> </td> <td>4 <a href="/wiki/Dom_Sheed" title="Dom Sheed">Dom Sheed</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 <a href="/wiki/Matt_Rosa" title="Matt Rosa">Matt Rosa</a> (sub) </td> <td> </td> <td><br /> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <td style="background-color:#EFEFEF"><b><a href="/wiki/Coach_(sport)" title="Coach (sport)">Coach</a>:</b> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Adam_Simpson" title="Adam Simpson">Adam Simpson</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Umpires</dt></dl> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Dalgleish" title="Jeff Dalgleish">Jeff Dalgleish</a>'s selection for his first grand final.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>2015 AFL Grand Final umpires </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Position</th> <th></th> <th></th> <th></th> <th></th> <th rowspan="4"></th> <th>Emergency </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><a href="/wiki/Umpire_(Australian_rules_football)" title="Umpire (Australian rules football)">Field</a>: </td> <td>8 <a href="/wiki/Brett_Rosebury" title="Brett Rosebury">Brett Rosebury</a> (7) </td> <td>9 <a href="/wiki/Matt_Stevic" title="Matt Stevic">Matt Stevic</a> (3) </td> <td>7 <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Dalgleish" title="Jeff Dalgleish">Jeff Dalgleish</a> (1) </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ray_Chamberlain_(umpire)" title="Ray Chamberlain (umpire)">Ray Chamberlain</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><a href="/wiki/Umpire_(Australian_rules_football)" title="Umpire (Australian rules football)">Boundary</a>: </td> <td>Nathan Doig (4) </td> <td>Ian Burrows (6) </td> <td>Chris Gordon (2) </td> <td>Matthew Tomkins (2) </td> <td>Michael Marantelli </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><a href="/wiki/Umpire_(Australian_rules_football)" title="Umpire (Australian rules football)">Goal</a>: </td> <td>Adam Wojcik (2) </td> <td>Chris Appleton (2) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Luke Walker </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Numbers in brackets represent the number of Grand Finals umpired, including 2015.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scorecard">Scorecard</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_AFL_Grand_Final&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Scorecard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Grand Final </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 3 October (2:30 pm) </td> <td style="font-weight:bold; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles" title="West Coast Eagles">West Coast</a> </td> <td style="font-size: 100%"><abbr title="31° Sunny. Hot."><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Weather-clear.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Weather-clear.svg/16px-Weather-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Weather-clear.svg/24px-Weather-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Weather-clear.svg/32px-Weather-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a></span></abbr> <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> (crowd: 98,633) </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927230038/http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2015/27/haw-v-wce">Report</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.0 (30)<br />9.3 (57)<br />14.5 (89)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">16.11 (107)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;font-weight: bold;">Q1<br />Q2<br />Q3<br />Final </td> <td>1.5 (11)<br />3.8 (26)<br />5.9 (39)<br /><span>8.13 (61)</span> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top" colspan="2"><b>Umpires:</b> <a href="/wiki/Brett_Rosebury" title="Brett Rosebury">Brett Rosebury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Stevic" title="Matt Stevic">Matt Stevic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Dalgleish" title="Jeff Dalgleish">Jeff Dalgleish</a><br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Norm_Smith_Medal" title="Norm Smith Medal">Norm Smith Medal</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Rioli" title="Cyril Rioli">Cyril Rioli</a><br /> <b>Television broadcast:</b> <a href="/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Seven Network</a><br /> <b>National anthem:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kate_Ceberano" title="Kate Ceberano">Kate Ceberano</a><br /> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size:85%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size:85%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Gunston" title="Jack Gunston">Gunston</a> 4<br /><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Smith_(footballer)" title="Isaac Smith (footballer)">Smith</a> 3<br /><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Rioli" title="Cyril Rioli">Rioli</a> 2<br /><a href="/wiki/Luke_Hodge" title="Luke Hodge">Hodge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jarryd_Roughead" title="Jarryd Roughead">Roughead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grant_Birchall" title="Grant Birchall">Birchall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Schoenmakers" title="Ryan Schoenmakers">Schoenmakers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bradley_Hill_(footballer)" title="Bradley Hill (footballer)">Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_McEvoy" title="Ben McEvoy">McEvoy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Suckling" title="Matt Suckling">Suckling</a> 1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>Goals</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%">2 <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_McGovern" title="Jeremy McGovern">McGovern</a><br />1 <a href="/wiki/Jack_Darling" title="Jack Darling">Darling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hill_(footballer)" title="Josh Hill (footballer)">Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hutchings" title="Mark Hutchings">Hutchings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_LeCras" title="Mark LeCras">LeCras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luke_Shuey" title="Luke Shuey">Shuey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elliot_Yeo" title="Elliot Yeo">Yeo</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Rioli" title="Cyril Rioli">Rioli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Mitchell_(footballer)" title="Sam Mitchell (footballer)">Mitchell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Smith_(footballer)" title="Isaac Smith (footballer)">Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luke_Hodge" title="Luke Hodge">Hodge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Gunston" title="Jack Gunston">Gunston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Burgoyne" title="Shaun Burgoyne">Burgoyne</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Frawley_(footballer)" title="James Frawley (footballer)">Frawley</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>Best</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Gaff" title="Andrew Gaff">Gaff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luke_Shuey" title="Luke Shuey">Shuey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Butler" title="Sam Butler">Butler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hutchings" title="Mark Hutchings">Hutchings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Priddis" title="Matt Priddis">Priddis</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size:85%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size:85%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%"> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;font-size:85%"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Strikes_in_the_lead-up">Strikes in the lead-up</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_AFL_Grand_Final&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Strikes in the lead-up"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Z3_161_on_route_55_next_to_Melbourne_Bus_Link_number_354_(0354AO)_Scania_on_route_220,_with_Metro_Alstom_X%27trapolis_10M,_2013.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Z3_161_on_route_55_next_to_Melbourne_Bus_Link_number_354_%280354AO%29_Scania_on_route_220%2C_with_Metro_Alstom_X%27trapolis_10M%2C_2013.JPG/440px-Z3_161_on_route_55_next_to_Melbourne_Bus_Link_number_354_%280354AO%29_Scania_on_route_220%2C_with_Metro_Alstom_X%27trapolis_10M%2C_2013.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Various <a href="/wiki/Strike_action" title="Strike action">strike actions</a> by workers in Victoria, particularly those affecting <a href="/wiki/Transport" title="Transport">transport</a>, had potential to affect the 2015 AFL Grand Final</figcaption></figure> <p>More than 180 <a href="/wiki/Brewery" title="Brewery">brewery</a> workers at the <a href="/wiki/Carlton_%26_United_Breweries" title="Carlton & United Breweries">Carlton & United Breweries</a> (CUB) factory in <a href="/wiki/Abbotsford,_Victoria" title="Abbotsford, Victoria">Abbotsford, Victoria</a> voted to go on <a href="/wiki/Strike_action" title="Strike action">strike</a> in the lead up to the 2015 AFL Grand Final. It was feared that this could potentially affect the production of <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Draught" title="Carlton Draught">Carlton Draught</a> and <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Bitter" title="Victoria Bitter">Victoria Bitter</a> in the lead up to the game,<sup id="cite_ref-strike-hs_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-strike-hs-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the brewery stated that a strike would not cause any loss of production,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that Carlton & United could potentially request supplies from its other factories during a strike if production was lost.<sup id="cite_ref-strike-hs_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-strike-hs-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also affecting Melbourne in late 2015 was a series of transport strikes. Strikes by tram and train drivers against <a href="/wiki/Yarra_Trams" title="Yarra Trams">Yarra Trams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Metro_Trains_Melbourne" title="Metro Trains Melbourne">Metro Trains Melbourne</a> during finals were threatened, with <a href="/wiki/CFMEU" class="mw-redirect" title="CFMEU">CFMEU</a> Secretary <a href="/wiki/John_Setka" title="John Setka">John Setka</a> declaring that the finals were a "wonderful time to have some industrial action".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media_coverage">Media coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_AFL_Grand_Final&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Media coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The match was televised by the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Seven Network</a>. The match commentary was conducted by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_McAvaney" title="Bruce McAvaney">Bruce McAvaney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Cometti" title="Dennis Cometti">Dennis Cometti</a> for the Seven Network, marking the duo's seventh grand final appearance together as commentators since <a href="/wiki/2008_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2008 AFL Grand Final">2008</a> and their eleventh overall.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Individually, it was Cometti's seventeenth grand final and McAvaney's fifteenth.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The match was shown on Seven's main channel and also their high-definition channel, <a href="/wiki/7mate" title="7mate">7mate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total of 2,640,000 people across the two channels watched the match, making the Grand Final the most viewed television broadcast of the day.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_AFL_Grand_Final&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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Park">York Park</a> (2001–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#4D2004; color:#FBBF15; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FBBF15, inset -2px -2px 0 #FBBF15;;width:1%">VFL/AFL premierships (13)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1961_VFL_grand_final" title="1961 VFL grand final">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_VFL_grand_final" title="1971 VFL grand final">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_VFL_grand_final" title="1976 VFL grand final">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_VFL_grand_final" title="1978 VFL grand final">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_VFL_grand_final" title="1983 VFL grand final">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_VFL_grand_final" title="1986 VFL grand final">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_VFL_grand_final" title="1988 VFL grand final">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_VFL_grand_final" title="1989 VFL grand final">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1991 AFL Grand Final">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2008 AFL Grand Final">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2013 AFL Grand Final">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2014 AFL Grand Final">2014</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2015</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#4D2004; color:#FBBF15; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FBBF15, inset -2px -2px 0 #FBBF15;;width:1%">Runner-up (6)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1963_VFL_grand_final" title="1963 VFL grand final">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_VFL_grand_final" title="1975 VFL grand final">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_VFL_grand_final" title="1984 VFL grand final">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_VFL_grand_final" title="1985 VFL grand final">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_VFL_grand_final" title="1987 VFL grand final">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2012 AFL Grand Final">2012</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#4D2004; color:#FBBF15; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FBBF15, inset -2px -2px 0 #FBBF15;;width:1%">Men's seasons (121)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#4D2004; color:#FBBF15;">MJFA/MAFA (12)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1902_MJFA_season" title="1902 MJFA season">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_MJFA_season" title="1903 MJFA season">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_MJFA_season" title="1904 MJFA season">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_MJFA_season" title="1905 MJFA season">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_MJFA_season" title="1906 MJFA season">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_MJFA_season" title="1907 MJFA season">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_MJFA_season" title="1908 MJFA season">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_MJFA_season" title="1909 MJFA season">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_MJFA_season" title="1910 MJFA season">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_MJFA_season" title="1911 MJFA season">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_MAFA_season" title="1912 MAFA season">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_MAFA_season" title="1913 MAFA season">1913</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#4D2004; color:#FBBF15;">VFA (8)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1914_VFA_season" title="1914 VFA season">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_VFA_season" title="1915 VFA season">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_VFA_season" title="1916 VFA season"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: grey; text-decoration: inherit;">1916</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_VFA_season" title="1917 VFA season"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: grey; text-decoration: inherit;">1917</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_VFA_season" title="1918 VFA season"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: grey; text-decoration: inherit;">1918</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_VFA_season" title="1919 VFA season">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_VFA_season" title="1920 VFA season">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_VFA_season" title="1921 VFA season">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_VFA_season" title="1922 VFA season">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_VFA_season" title="1923 VFA season">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_VFA_season" title="1924 VFA season">1924</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#4D2004; color:#FBBF15;">VFL/AFL (101)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1925_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1925 Hawthorn Football Club season">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1926 Hawthorn Football Club season">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1927 Hawthorn Football Club season">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1928 Hawthorn Football Club season">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1929 Hawthorn Football Club season">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1930 Hawthorn Football Club season">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1931 Hawthorn Football Club season">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1932 Hawthorn Football Club season">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1933 Hawthorn Football Club season">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1934 Hawthorn Football Club season">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1935 Hawthorn Football Club season">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1936 Hawthorn Football Club season">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1937 Hawthorn Football Club season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1938 Hawthorn Football Club season">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1939 Hawthorn Football Club season">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1940 Hawthorn Football Club season">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1941 Hawthorn Football Club season">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1942 Hawthorn Football Club season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1943 Hawthorn Football Club season">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1944 Hawthorn Football Club season">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1945 Hawthorn Football Club season">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1946 Hawthorn Football Club season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1947 Hawthorn Football Club season">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1948 Hawthorn Football Club season">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1949 Hawthorn Football Club season">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1950 Hawthorn Football Club season">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1951 Hawthorn Football Club season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1952 Hawthorn Football Club season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1953 Hawthorn Football Club season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1954 Hawthorn Football Club season">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1955 Hawthorn Football Club season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1956 Hawthorn Football Club season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1957 Hawthorn Football Club season">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1958 Hawthorn Football Club season">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1959 Hawthorn Football Club season">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1960 Hawthorn Football Club season">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1961 Hawthorn Football Club season">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1962 Hawthorn Football Club season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1963 Hawthorn Football Club season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1964 Hawthorn Football Club season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1965 Hawthorn Football Club season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1966 Hawthorn Football Club season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1967 Hawthorn Football Club season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1968 Hawthorn Football Club season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1969 Hawthorn Football Club season">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1970 Hawthorn Football Club season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1971 Hawthorn Football Club season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1972 Hawthorn Football Club season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1973 Hawthorn Football Club season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1974 Hawthorn Football Club season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1975 Hawthorn Football Club season">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1976 Hawthorn Football Club season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1977 Hawthorn Football Club season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1978 Hawthorn Football Club season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1979 Hawthorn Football Club season">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1980 Hawthorn Football Club season">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1981 Hawthorn Football Club season">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1982 Hawthorn Football Club season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1983 Hawthorn Football Club season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1984 Hawthorn Football Club season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1985 Hawthorn Football Club season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1986 Hawthorn Football Club season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1987 Hawthorn Football Club season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1988 Hawthorn Football Club season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1989 Hawthorn Football Club season">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1990 Hawthorn Football Club season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1991 Hawthorn Football Club season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1992 Hawthorn Football Club season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1993 Hawthorn Football Club season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1994 Hawthorn Football Club season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1995 Hawthorn Football Club season">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1996 Hawthorn Football Club season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1997 Hawthorn Football Club season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1998 Hawthorn Football Club season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="1999 Hawthorn Football Club season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2000 Hawthorn Football Club season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2001 Hawthorn Football Club season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2002 Hawthorn Football Club season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2003 Hawthorn Football Club season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2004 Hawthorn Football Club season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2005 Hawthorn Football Club season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2006 Hawthorn Football Club season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2007 Hawthorn Football Club season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2008 Hawthorn Football Club season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2009 Hawthorn Football Club season">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2010 Hawthorn Football Club season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2011 Hawthorn Football Club season">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2012 Hawthorn Football Club season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2013 Hawthorn Football Club season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2014 Hawthorn Football Club season">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2015 Hawthorn Football Club season">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2016 Hawthorn Football Club season">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2017 Hawthorn Football Club season">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2018 Hawthorn Football Club season">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2019 Hawthorn Football Club season">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2020 Hawthorn Football Club season">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2021 Hawthorn Football Club season">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2022 Hawthorn Football Club season">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2023 Hawthorn Football Club season">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2024 Hawthorn Football Club season">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season" title="2025 Hawthorn Football Club season"><i>2025</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#4D2004; color:#FBBF15; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FBBF15, inset -2px -2px 0 #FBBF15;;width:1%">AFLW home grounds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Box_Hill_City_Oval" title="Box Hill City Oval">Box Hill City Oval</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankston_Park" title="Frankston Park">Frankston Park</a> (2022–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Community_Centre" title="Kennedy Community Centre">Kennedy Community Centre</a> (2025–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#4D2004; color:#FBBF15; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FBBF15, inset -2px -2px 0 #FBBF15;;width:1%">Women's seasons (8)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#4D2004; color:#FBBF15;">VFLW (4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_VFL_Women%27s_season" title="2018 VFL Women's season">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_VFL_Women%27s_season" title="2019 VFL Women's season">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_VFL_Women%27s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2020 VFL Women's season (page does not exist)"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: grey; text-decoration: inherit;">2020</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_VFL_Women%27s_season" title="2021 VFL Women's season">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_VFL_Women%27s_season" title="2022 VFL Women's season">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#4D2004; color:#FBBF15;">AFLW (4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_(S7)_Hawthorn_Football_Club_women%27s_season" title="2022 (S7) Hawthorn Football Club women's season">2022 (S7)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Hawthorn_Football_Club_women%27s_season" title="2023 Hawthorn Football Club women's season">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Hawthorn_Football_Club_women%27s_season" title="2024 Hawthorn Football Club women's season">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_Hawthorn_Football_Club_women%27s_season" title="2025 Hawthorn Football Club women's season">2025</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#4D2004; color:#FBBF15; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FBBF15, inset -2px -2px 0 #FBBF15;;width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beyondblue_Cup_(AFL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Beyondblue Cup (AFL)">Beyond Blue Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ribbon_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Ribbon Cup">Blue Ribbon Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boroondara_Football_Club" title="Boroondara Football Club">Boroondara Football Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kennett_curse" title="Kennett curse">Kennett curse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_in_the_Sand_Match" title="Line in the Sand Match">Line in the Sand Match</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Hawks" title="Melbourne Hawks">Melbourne Hawks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Box_Hill_Hawks" title="Box Hill Hawks">VFL affiliate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club_historical_racism_allegations" title="Hawthorn Football Club historical racism allegations">Racism allegations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#4D2004; color:#FBBF15; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FBBF15, inset -2px -2px 0 #FBBF15;"><div>VFA in recess from 1916–1917, 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text-decoration: inherit;">Luke Shuey</span></a></li> <li><b>AFL Coach:</b> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Simpson" title="Adam Simpson"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #F2AA00; text-decoration: inherit;">Adam Simpson</span></a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>AFLW Captain:</b> <a href="/wiki/Emma_Swanson" title="Emma Swanson"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #F2AA00; text-decoration: inherit;">Emma Swanson</span></a></li> <li><b>AFLW Coach:</b> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Prior" title="Michael Prior"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #F2AA00; text-decoration: inherit;">Michael Prior</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#003087; color:#F2AA00; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #F2AA00, inset -2px -2px 0 #F2AA00;;width:1%">AFL home grounds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a> (1987–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WACA_Ground" title="WACA Ground">WACA</a> (1987–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth_Stadium" title="Perth Stadium">Perth Stadium</a> (2018–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#003087; color:#F2AA00; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #F2AA00, inset -2px -2px 0 #F2AA00;;width:1%">AFL premierships (4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1992_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1992 AFL Grand Final">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1994 AFL Grand Final">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2006 AFL Grand Final">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2018 AFL Grand Final">2018</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#003087; color:#F2AA00; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #F2AA00, inset -2px -2px 0 #F2AA00;;width:1%">VFL/AFL seasons (35)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1987_West_Coast_Eagles_season" title="1987 West Coast Eagles season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_West_Coast_Eagles_season" title="1988 West Coast Eagles season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_West_Coast_Eagles_season" title="1989 West Coast Eagles season">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_AFL_season" title="1990 AFL season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_AFL_season" title="1991 AFL season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_AFL_season" title="1992 AFL season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_AFL_season" title="1993 AFL season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_AFL_season" title="1994 AFL season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_AFL_season" title="1995 AFL season">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_AFL_season" title="1996 AFL season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_AFL_season" title="1997 AFL season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_AFL_season" title="1998 AFL season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_AFL_season" title="1999 AFL season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_AFL_season" title="2000 AFL season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_AFL_season" title="2001 AFL season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_AFL_season" title="2002 AFL season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_AFL_season" title="2003 AFL season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_AFL_season" title="2004 AFL season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_AFL_season" title="2005 AFL season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_AFL_season" title="2006 AFL season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_AFL_season" title="2007 AFL season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_AFL_season" title="2008 AFL season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_AFL_season" title="2009 AFL season">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_West_Coast_Eagles_season" title="2010 West Coast Eagles season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_West_Coast_Eagles_season" title="2011 West Coast Eagles season">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_AFL_season" title="2012 AFL season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_AFL_season" title="2013 AFL season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_West_Coast_Eagles_season" title="2014 West Coast Eagles season">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_AFL_season" title="2015 AFL season">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_AFL_season" title="2016 AFL season">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_AFL_season" title="2017 AFL season">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_AFL_season" title="2018 AFL season">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_AFL_season" title="2019 AFL season">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_AFL_season" title="2020 AFL season">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_AFL_season" title="2021 AFL season">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_AFL_season" title="2022 AFL season">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_AFL_season" title="2023 AFL season">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_AFL_season" title="2024 AFL season"><i>2024</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#003087; color:#F2AA00; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #F2AA00, inset -2px -2px 0 #F2AA00;;width:1%">AFLW home grounds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lathlain_Park" title="Lathlain Park">Lathlain Park</a> (2020–)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#003087; color:#F2AA00; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #F2AA00, inset -2px -2px 0 #F2AA00;;width:1%">AFLW Seasons (5)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_West_Coast_Eagles_women%27s_season" title="2020 West Coast Eagles women's season">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_West_Coast_Eagles_women%27s_season" title="2021 West Coast Eagles women's season">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_West_Coast_Eagles_women%27s_season" title="2022 West Coast Eagles women's season">2022 (S6)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_West_Coast_Eagles_women%27s_season" title="2022 West Coast Eagles women's season">2022 (S7)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=2023_West_Coast_Eagles_women%27s_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2023 West Coast Eagles women's season (page does not exist)">2023</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#003087; color:#F2AA00; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #F2AA00, inset -2px -2px 0 #F2AA00;;width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles_draft_history" title="West Coast 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records</span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/All-Australian_team" title="All-Australian team"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">All-Australian team</span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coleman_Medal" title="Coleman Medal"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Coleman Medal</span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Rising_Star" title="AFL Rising Star"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Rising Star</span></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%">Clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Adelaide Football Club">Adelaide</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Lions" title="Brisbane Lions">Brisbane Lions</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Football_Club" title="Fremantle Football Club">Fremantle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Suns" title="Gold Coast Suns">Gold Coast</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Western_Sydney_Giants" title="Greater Western Sydney Giants">Greater Western Sydney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">Sydney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles" title="West Coast Eagles">West Coast</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Western Bulldogs</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Future</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tasmania_Football_Club" title="Tasmania Football Club">Tasmania</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Bears" title="Brisbane Bears">Brisbane Bears</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_University_Football_Club" title="Melbourne University Football Club">University</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1897_VFL_season" title="1897 VFL season">1897</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1898_VFL_season" title="1898 VFL season">1898</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1899_VFL_season" title="1899 VFL season">1899</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1900_VFL_season" title="1900 VFL season">1900</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1901_VFL_season" title="1901 VFL season">1901</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1902_VFL_season" title="1902 VFL season">1902</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1903_VFL_season" title="1903 VFL season">1903</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1904_VFL_season" title="1904 VFL season">1904</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1905_VFL_season" title="1905 VFL season">1905</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1906_VFL_season" title="1906 VFL season">1906</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1907_VFL_season" title="1907 VFL season">1907</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1908_VFL_season" title="1908 VFL season">1908</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1909_VFL_season" title="1909 VFL season">1909</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1910_VFL_season" title="1910 VFL season">1910</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1911_VFL_season" title="1911 VFL season">1911</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1912_VFL_season" title="1912 VFL season">1912</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1913_VFL_season" title="1913 VFL season">1913</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1914_VFL_season" title="1914 VFL season">1914</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1915_VFL_season" title="1915 VFL season">1915</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1916_VFL_season" title="1916 VFL season">1916</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1917_VFL_season" title="1917 VFL season">1917</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1918_VFL_season" title="1918 VFL season">1918</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1919_VFL_season" title="1919 VFL season">1919</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1920_VFL_season" title="1920 VFL season">1920</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1921_VFL_season" title="1921 VFL season">1921</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1922_VFL_season" title="1922 VFL season">1922</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1923_VFL_season" title="1923 VFL season">1923</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1924_VFL_season" title="1924 VFL season">1924</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1925_VFL_season" title="1925 VFL season">1925</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1926_VFL_season" title="1926 VFL season">1926</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1927_VFL_season" title="1927 VFL season">1927</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1928_VFL_season" title="1928 VFL season">1928</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1929_VFL_season" title="1929 VFL season">1929</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1930_VFL_season" title="1930 VFL season">1930</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1931_VFL_season" title="1931 VFL season">1931</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1932_VFL_season" title="1932 VFL season">1932</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1933_VFL_season" title="1933 VFL season">1933</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1934_VFL_season" title="1934 VFL season">1934</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1935_VFL_season" title="1935 VFL season">1935</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1936_VFL_season" title="1936 VFL season">1936</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1937_VFL_season" title="1937 VFL season">1937</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1938_VFL_season" title="1938 VFL season">1938</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1939_VFL_season" title="1939 VFL season">1939</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1940_VFL_season" title="1940 VFL season">1940</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1941_VFL_season" title="1941 VFL season">1941</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1942_VFL_season" title="1942 VFL season">1942</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1943_VFL_season" title="1943 VFL season">1943</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1944_VFL_season" title="1944 VFL season">1944</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1945_VFL_season" title="1945 VFL season">1945</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1946_VFL_season" title="1946 VFL season">1946</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1947_VFL_season" title="1947 VFL season">1947</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1948_VFL_season" title="1948 VFL season">1948</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1949_VFL_season" title="1949 VFL season">1949</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1950_VFL_season" title="1950 VFL season">1950</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1951_VFL_season" title="1951 VFL season">1951</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1952_VFL_season" title="1952 VFL season">1952</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1953_VFL_season" title="1953 VFL season">1953</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1954_VFL_season" title="1954 VFL season">1954</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1955_VFL_season" title="1955 VFL season">1955</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1956_VFL_season" title="1956 VFL season">1956</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1957_VFL_season" title="1957 VFL season">1957</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1958_VFL_season" title="1958 VFL season">1958</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1959_VFL_season" title="1959 VFL season">1959</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1960_VFL_season" title="1960 VFL season">1960</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1961_VFL_season" title="1961 VFL season">1961</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1962_VFL_season" title="1962 VFL season">1962</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1963_VFL_season" title="1963 VFL season">1963</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1964_VFL_season" title="1964 VFL season">1964</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1965_VFL_season" title="1965 VFL season">1965</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_VFL_season" title="1966 VFL season">1966</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1967_VFL_season" title="1967 VFL season">1967</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1968_VFL_season" title="1968 VFL season">1968</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_VFL_season" title="1969 VFL season">1969</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1970_VFL_season" title="1970 VFL season">1970</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1971_VFL_season" title="1971 VFL season">1971</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_VFL_season" title="1972 VFL season">1972</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1973_VFL_season" title="1973 VFL season">1973</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_VFL_season" title="1974 VFL season">1974</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_VFL_season" title="1975 VFL season">1975</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_VFL_season" title="1976 VFL season">1976</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_VFL_season" title="1977 VFL season">1977</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1978_VFL_season" title="1978 VFL season">1978</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_VFL_season" title="1979 VFL season">1979</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_VFL_season" title="1980 VFL season">1980</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_VFL_season" title="1981 VFL season">1981</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_VFL_season" title="1982 VFL season">1982</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_VFL_season" title="1983 VFL season">1983</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1984_VFL_season" title="1984 VFL season">1984</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_VFL_season" title="1985 VFL season">1985</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_VFL_season" title="1986 VFL season">1986</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_VFL_season" title="1987 VFL season">1987</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_VFL_season" title="1988 VFL season">1988</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_VFL_season" title="1989 VFL season">1989</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_AFL_season" title="1990 AFL season">1990</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_AFL_season" title="1991 AFL season">1991</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_AFL_season" title="1992 AFL season">1992</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_AFL_season" title="1993 AFL season">1993</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_AFL_season" title="1994 AFL season">1994</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_AFL_season" title="1995 AFL season">1995</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_AFL_season" title="1996 AFL season">1996</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_AFL_season" title="1997 AFL season">1997</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_AFL_season" title="1998 AFL season">1998</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_AFL_season" title="1999 AFL season">1999</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_AFL_season" title="2000 AFL season">2000</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_AFL_season" title="2001 AFL season">2001</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_AFL_season" title="2002 AFL season">2002</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_AFL_season" title="2003 AFL season">2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_AFL_season" title="2004 AFL season">2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_AFL_season" title="2005 AFL season">2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_AFL_season" title="2006 AFL season">2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_AFL_season" title="2007 AFL season">2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_AFL_season" title="2008 AFL season">2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_AFL_season" title="2009 AFL season">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_AFL_season" title="2010 AFL season">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_AFL_season" title="2011 AFL season">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_AFL_season" title="2012 AFL season">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_AFL_season" title="2013 AFL season">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_AFL_season" title="2014 AFL season">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_AFL_season" title="2015 AFL season">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_AFL_season" title="2016 AFL season">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_AFL_season" title="2017 AFL season">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_AFL_season" title="2018 AFL season">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_AFL_season" title="2019 AFL season">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_AFL_season" title="2020 AFL season">2020</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_AFL_season" title="2021 AFL season">2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_AFL_season" title="2022 AFL season">2022</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_AFL_season" title="2023 AFL season">2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_AFL_season" title="2024 AFL season">2024</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2025_AFL_season" title="2025 AFL season">2025</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final" title="AFL Grand Final"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Grand finals</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:grey;">1897</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1898_VFL_grand_final" title="1898 VFL grand final">1898</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1899_VFL_grand_final" title="1899 VFL grand final">1899</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1900_VFL_grand_final" title="1900 VFL grand final">1900</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1901_VFL_grand_final" title="1901 VFL grand final">1901</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1902_VFL_grand_final" title="1902 VFL grand final">1902</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1903_VFL_grand_final" title="1903 VFL grand final">1903</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1904_VFL_grand_final" title="1904 VFL grand final">1904</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1905_VFL_grand_final" title="1905 VFL grand final">1905</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1906_VFL_grand_final" title="1906 VFL grand final">1906</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1907_VFL_grand_final" title="1907 VFL grand final">1907</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1908_VFL_grand_final" title="1908 VFL grand final">1908</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1909_VFL_grand_final" title="1909 VFL grand final">1909</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1910_VFL_grand_final" title="1910 VFL grand final">1910</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1911_VFL_grand_final" title="1911 VFL grand final">1911</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1912_VFL_grand_final" title="1912 VFL grand final">1912</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1913_VFL_grand_final" title="1913 VFL grand final">1913</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1914_VFL_grand_final" title="1914 VFL grand final">1914</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1915_VFL_grand_final" title="1915 VFL grand final">1915</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1916_VFL_grand_final" title="1916 VFL grand final">1916</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1917_VFL_grand_final" title="1917 VFL grand final">1917</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1918_VFL_grand_final" title="1918 VFL grand final">1918</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1919_VFL_grand_final" title="1919 VFL grand final">1919</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1920_VFL_grand_final" title="1920 VFL grand final">1920</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1921_VFL_grand_final" title="1921 VFL grand final">1921</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1922_VFL_grand_final" title="1922 VFL grand final">1922</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1923_VFL_grand_final" title="1923 VFL grand final">1923</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:grey;">1924</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1925_VFL_grand_final" title="1925 VFL grand final">1925</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1926_VFL_grand_final" title="1926 VFL grand final">1926</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1927_VFL_grand_final" title="1927 VFL grand final">1927</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1928_VFL_grand_final" title="1928 VFL grand final">1928</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1929_VFL_grand_final" title="1929 VFL grand final">1929</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1930_VFL_grand_final" title="1930 VFL grand final">1930</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1931_VFL_grand_final" title="1931 VFL grand final">1931</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1932_VFL_grand_final" title="1932 VFL grand final">1932</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1933_VFL_grand_final" title="1933 VFL grand final">1933</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1934_VFL_grand_final" title="1934 VFL grand final">1934</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1935_VFL_grand_final" title="1935 VFL grand final">1935</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1936_VFL_grand_final" title="1936 VFL grand final">1936</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1937_VFL_grand_final" title="1937 VFL grand final">1937</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1938_VFL_grand_final" title="1938 VFL grand final">1938</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1939_VFL_grand_final" title="1939 VFL grand final">1939</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1940_VFL_grand_final" title="1940 VFL grand final">1940</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1941_VFL_grand_final" title="1941 VFL grand final">1941</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1942_VFL_grand_final" title="1942 VFL grand final">1942</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1943_VFL_grand_final" title="1943 VFL grand final">1943</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1944_VFL_grand_final" title="1944 VFL grand final">1944</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1945_VFL_grand_final" title="1945 VFL grand final">1945</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1946_VFL_grand_final" title="1946 VFL grand final">1946</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1947_VFL_grand_final" title="1947 VFL grand final">1947</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1948_VFL_grand_final" title="1948 VFL grand final">1948</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1949_VFL_grand_final" title="1949 VFL grand final">1949</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1950_VFL_grand_final" title="1950 VFL grand final">1950</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1951_VFL_grand_final" title="1951 VFL grand final">1951</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1952_VFL_grand_final" title="1952 VFL grand final">1952</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1953_VFL_grand_final" title="1953 VFL grand final">1953</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1954_VFL_grand_final" title="1954 VFL grand final">1954</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1955_VFL_grand_final" title="1955 VFL grand final">1955</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1956_VFL_grand_final" title="1956 VFL grand final">1956</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1957_VFL_grand_final" title="1957 VFL grand final">1957</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1958_VFL_grand_final" title="1958 VFL grand final">1958</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1959_VFL_grand_final" title="1959 VFL grand final">1959</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1960_VFL_grand_final" title="1960 VFL grand final">1960</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1961_VFL_grand_final" title="1961 VFL grand final">1961</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1962_VFL_grand_final" title="1962 VFL grand final">1962</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1963_VFL_grand_final" title="1963 VFL grand final">1963</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1964_VFL_grand_final" title="1964 VFL grand final">1964</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1965_VFL_grand_final" title="1965 VFL grand final">1965</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_VFL_grand_final" title="1966 VFL grand final">1966</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1967_VFL_grand_final" title="1967 VFL grand final">1967</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1968_VFL_grand_final" title="1968 VFL grand final">1968</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_VFL_grand_final" title="1969 VFL grand final">1969</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1970_VFL_grand_final" title="1970 VFL grand final">1970</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1971_VFL_grand_final" title="1971 VFL grand final">1971</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_VFL_grand_final" title="1972 VFL grand final">1972</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1973_VFL_grand_final" title="1973 VFL grand final">1973</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_VFL_grand_final" title="1974 VFL grand final">1974</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_VFL_grand_final" title="1975 VFL grand final">1975</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_VFL_grand_final" title="1976 VFL grand final">1976</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_VFL_grand_final" title="1977 VFL grand final">1977</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1978_VFL_grand_final" title="1978 VFL grand final">1978</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_VFL_grand_final" title="1979 VFL grand final">1979</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_VFL_grand_final" title="1980 VFL grand final">1980</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_VFL_grand_final" title="1981 VFL grand final">1981</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_VFL_grand_final" title="1982 VFL grand final">1982</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_VFL_grand_final" title="1983 VFL grand final">1983</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1984_VFL_grand_final" title="1984 VFL grand final">1984</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_VFL_grand_final" title="1985 VFL grand final">1985</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_VFL_grand_final" title="1986 VFL grand final">1986</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_VFL_grand_final" title="1987 VFL grand final">1987</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_VFL_grand_final" title="1988 VFL grand final">1988</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_VFL_grand_final" title="1989 VFL grand final">1989</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1990 AFL Grand Final">1990</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1991 AFL Grand Final">1991</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1992 AFL Grand Final">1992</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1993 AFL Grand Final">1993</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1994 AFL Grand Final">1994</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1995 AFL Grand Final">1995</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1996 AFL Grand Final">1996</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1997 AFL Grand Final">1997</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1998 AFL Grand Final">1998</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1999 AFL Grand Final">1999</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2000 AFL Grand Final">2000</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2001 AFL Grand Final">2001</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2002 AFL Grand Final">2002</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2003 AFL Grand Final">2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2004 AFL Grand Final">2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2005 AFL Grand Final">2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2006 AFL Grand Final">2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2007 AFL Grand Final">2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2008 AFL Grand Final">2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2009 AFL Grand Final">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2010 AFL Grand Final">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2011 AFL Grand Final">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2012 AFL Grand Final">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2013 AFL Grand Final">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2014 AFL Grand Final">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2016 AFL Grand Final">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2017 AFL Grand Final">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2018 AFL Grand Final">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2019 AFL Grand Final">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2020 AFL Grand Final">2020</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2021 AFL Grand Final">2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2022 AFL Grand Final">2022</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2023 AFL Grand Final">2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2024 AFL Grand Final">2024</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%"><abbr title="Venues that hosted matches during the 2024 season">Venues</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval">Adelaide Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bellerive_Oval" title="Bellerive Oval">Blundstone Arena</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Showground_Stadium" title="Sydney Showground Stadium">Engie Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Gabba" title="The Gabba">The Gabba</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">GMHBA Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manuka_Oval" title="Manuka Oval">Manuka Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eureka_Stadium" title="Eureka Stadium">Mars Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Marvel Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norwood_Oval" title="Norwood Oval">Norwood Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Stadium" title="Perth Stadium">Optus Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carrara_Stadium" title="Carrara Stadium">People First Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Summit_Sport_and_Recreation_Park" title="Summit Sport and Recreation Park">Summit Sport and Recreation Park</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Cricket_Ground" title="Sydney Cricket Ground">Sydney Cricket Ground</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marrara_Oval" title="Marrara Oval">TIO Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Traeger_Park" title="Traeger Park">TIO Traeger Park</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/York_Park" title="York Park">University of Tasmania Stadium</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%">Other awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Coaches_Association_awards" title="AFL Coaches Association awards">AFL Coaches Association awards</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Players_Association_awards" title="AFL Players Association awards">AFL Players Association awards</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leigh_Matthews_Trophy" title="Leigh Matthews Trophy">Leigh Matthews Trophy</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Goal_of_the_Year_(AFL)" title="Goal of the Year (AFL)">Goal of the Year</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_of_the_Year" title="Mark of the Year">Mark of the Year</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%">Major recurring<br />events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Football League Draft">AFL draft</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_finals_series" title="AFL finals series">AFL finals series</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Futures_match" title="AFL Futures match">AFL Futures match</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final" title="AFL Grand Final">AFL Grand Final</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anzac_Day_match#Other_ANZAC_Day_fixtures" title="Anzac Day match">Anzac Day Eve match</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anzac_Day_match" title="Anzac Day match">Anzac Day match</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dreamtime_at_the_%27G" title="Dreamtime at the 'G">Dreamtime at the 'G</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rivalries_in_the_Australian_Football_League#Hawthorn_v_Geelong" title="Rivalries in the Australian Football League">Easter Monday clash</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/E._J._Whitten_Legends_Game" title="E. J. Whitten Legends Game">E. J. Whitten Legends Game</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gather_Round" title="Gather Round">Gather Round</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Birthday_match" title="King's Birthday match">King's Birthday match</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anzac_Day_match#Len_Hall_Tribute_game" title="Anzac Day match">Len Hall Tribute game</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rivalries_in_the_Australian_Football_League#Richmond_v_Carlton" title="Rivalries in the Australian Football League">Opening game</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/QClash" title="QClash">QClash</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Showdown_(AFL)" title="Showdown (AFL)">Showdown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Derby_(AFL)" title="Sydney Derby (AFL)">Sydney Derby</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Western_Derby" title="Western Derby">Western Derby</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%">Second-tier and<br />junior competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_National_Championships" title="AFL National Championships">AFL National Championships</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Talent_League" title="Talent League">Talent League</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South_Australian_National_Football_League" title="South Australian National Football League">South Australian National Football League</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Football_League" title="Victorian Football League">Victorian Football League</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/West_Australian_Football_League" title="West Australian Football League">West Australian Football League</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_reserves" title="AFL reserves">AFL reserves</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_under-19s" title="AFL under-19s">AFL under-19s</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_East_Australian_Football_League" title="North East Australian Football League">North East Australian Football League</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/VFL_Sub-Districts" title="VFL Sub-Districts">VFL Sub-Districts</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Coaches_Association" title="AFL Coaches Association">AFL Coaches Association</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Commission" title="AFL Commission">AFL Commission</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Players_Association" title="AFL Players Association">AFL Players Association</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/AFL_Record" title="AFL Record">AFL Record</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Umpires_Association" title="AFL Umpires Association">AFL Umpires Association</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Women%27s" title="AFL Women's">AFL Women's</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFLX" title="AFLX">AFLX</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club_salary_cap_breach" title="Carlton Football Club salary cap breach">Carlton salary cap breach</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Australian_Football_League_coaches" title="List of current Australian Football League coaches">Current coaches</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club_supplements_saga" title="Essendon Football Club supplements saga">Essendon supplements saga</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final_location_debate" title="AFL Grand Final location debate">Grand final location debate</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_AFL_Grand_Final_pre-match_performances" title="List of AFL Grand Final pre-match performances">Grand Final pre-match performances</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Australian_Football_League" title="History of the Australian Football League">History</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_individual_match_awards_in_the_Australian_Football_League" title="List of individual match awards in the Australian Football League">Individual match awards</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/International_Rules_Series" title="International Rules Series">International Rules Series</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/McClelland_Trophy" title="McClelland Trophy">McClelland Trophy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club_tanking_scandal" title="Melbourne Football Club tanking scandal">Melbourne tanking scandal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_VFL/AFL_premiership_captains_and_coaches" title="List of VFL/AFL premiership captains and coaches">Premiership captains and coaches</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/VFL/AFL_premiership_and_grand_final_statistics" title="VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics">Premiership/grand final statistics</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Proposed_VFL/AFL_clubs" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposed VFL/AFL clubs">Proposed clubs</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_AFL_bid" class="mw-redirect" title="Tasmanian AFL bid">Tasmanian AFL bid</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_VFL/AFL_records" title="List of VFL/AFL records">Records</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League_reserves_affiliations" title="Australian Football League reserves affiliations">Reserves affiliations</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rivalries_in_the_Australian_Football_League" 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