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 The Melbourne Cricket Ground, where the 2001 AFL Grand Final took place. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 29 September 2001 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 91,482 | |||||||||||||||
| Favourite | Essendon | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Matthew James, Scott McLaren, Martin Ellis | |||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
| Pre-match entertainment | Vanessa Amorosi Men At Work INXS | |||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Julie Anthony | |||||||||||||||
| Accolades | ||||||||||||||||
| Norm Smith Medallist | Shaun Hart (Brisbane Lions) | |||||||||||||||
| Jock McHale Medallist | Leigh Matthews | |||||||||||||||
| Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Network | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Bruce McAvaney (host and commentator) Sandy Roberts (commentator) Jason Dunstall (expert commentator) Gerard Healy (expert commentator) Robert DiPierdomenico (boundary rider) Matthew Campbell (boundary rider) | |||||||||||||||
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The 2001 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Bombers and the Brisbane Lions, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 2001. It was the 105th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League),[1] staged to determine the premiers for the 2001 AFL season. The match, attended by 91,482 spectators, was won by Brisbane by a margin of 26 points, marking the club's first premiership in their history since their inception in 1997.
- ^ In 1897 and 1924 there were no grand finals and instead the premier was decided by a finals play-off. In 1948 and 1977 there were grand final replays after initial draws.