2005 AFL Grand Final

2005 AFL Grand Final
The Sydney Swans walk onto the field before the game. The Swans would win the game with a 4-point margin, winning their first premiership in 72 years.
Sydney West Coast 8.10 (58) 7.12 (54)
1 2 3 4 SYD 3.0 (18) 6.3 (39) 6.5 (41) 8.10 (58) WCE 2.4 (16) 2.7 (19) 5.9 (39) 7.12 (54)
Date	24 September 2005
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	91,828
Favourite	Sydney
Umpires	Scott McLaren (11), Brett Allen (10), Darren Goldspink (32)
Coin toss won by	Sydney
Kicked toward	City End
Ceremonies
Pre-match entertainment	Delta Goodrem, Silvie Paladino, Michael Bublé, Dame Edna Everage, Melbourne Gospel Choir and Australian Girls' Choir
National anthem	Silvie Paladino
Accolades
Norm Smith Medallist	Chris Judd (West Coast)
Jock McHale Medallist	Paul Roos
Broadcast in Australia
Network	Network Ten
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The 2005 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24 September 2005. It was the 109th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 2005 AFL season. The match, attended by 91,828 spectators, was won by Sydney by a margin of four points. It was the club's fourth VFL/AFL premiership, and its first since 1933, breaking a league-record 72-year premiership drought.

As of 2024, the 2005 AFL Grand Final is the highest-rating AFL game of all time since the current OzTam measurement system was introduced in 2001. A total average of 4.449 million people watched the game on TV nationally, including 3.4 million metropolitan viewers.^[1][2] It is one of the most-watched television broadcasts in Australia since 2001, ranked 8th overall.