| 2012 Australian Football League Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
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 The Melbourne Cricket Ground (pictured), where the 2012 AFL Grand Final was played. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 29 September 2012, 2:30pm | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 99,683 | |||||||||||||||
| Favourite | Sydney | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Simon Meredith, Brett Rosebury, Matt Stevic | |||||||||||||||
| Coin toss won by | Hawthorn | |||||||||||||||
| Kicked toward | City End | |||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
| Pre-match entertainment | Paul Kelly, Tim Rogers | |||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Marina Prior | |||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | The Temper Trap | |||||||||||||||
| Post-match entertainment | Paul Kelly, The Temper Trap | |||||||||||||||
| Accolades | ||||||||||||||||
| Norm Smith Medallist | Ryan O'Keefe (Sydney) | |||||||||||||||
| Jock McHale Medallist | John Longmire (Sydney) | |||||||||||||||
| Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Network | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Bruce McAvaney (host and commentator) Dennis Cometti (commentator) Tom Harley (expert commentator) Leigh Matthews (expert commentator) Tim Watson (boundary rider) Matthew Richardson (boundary rider) Cameron Ling (analyst) Mick Malthouse (analyst) | |||||||||||||||
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The 2012 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and the Sydney Swans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29 September 2012. It was the 117th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League),[1] staged to determine the premiers for the 2012 AFL season. The match, attended by 99,683 spectators, was won by Sydney by 10 points, marking the club's fifth VFL/AFL premiership victory.[2] Sydney's Ryan O'Keefe was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground.[3]
- ^ In 1897 and 1924 there were no grand finals and instead the premier was decided by a finals play-off. In 1948, 1977 and 2010, there were grand final replays after initial draws.
- ^ "The official website of the Australian Football League - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.
- ^ Transformed star's Norm Smith - AFL.com.au