| 2006 AFL Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
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 Pre-match entertainment before the game. Giant banners were unfurled featuring the colours and emblems of all 16 clubs of the 2006 AFL Premiership season. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 30 September 2006 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 97,431 | |||||||||||||||
| Favourite | West Coast | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Michael Vozzo (2), Brett Allen (10), Darren Goldspink (32) | |||||||||||||||
| Coin toss won by | West Coast | |||||||||||||||
| Kicked toward | City End | |||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
| Pre-match entertainment | Brian Mannix, John Paul Young, Sean Kelly, Daryl Braithwaite, Shane Howard and Irene Cara | |||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Brian Mannix, John Paul Young, Daryl Braithwaite and Shane Howard | |||||||||||||||
| Accolades | ||||||||||||||||
| Norm Smith Medallist | Andrew Embley (West Coast) | |||||||||||||||
| Jock McHale Medallist | John Worsfold | |||||||||||||||
| Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Network | Network 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Stephen Quartermain (Host) Anthony Hudson (Commentator) Robert Walls (Expert Commentator) Malcolm Blight (Expert Commentator) Neil Cordy (Boundary Rider) Tim Gossage (Boundary Rider) | |||||||||||||||
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The 2006 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 30 September 2006. It was the 110th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League),[1] staged to determine the premiers for the 2006 AFL season. The match, attended by 97,431 spectators, was won by West Coast by a thrilling one point, earning the club its third premiership.
- ^ 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.