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 Panorama of the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the national anthem prior to the start of the match | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 30 September 2017, 2.30 pm | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 100,021 | |||||||||||||||
| Favourite | Adelaide | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Matt Stevic, Simon Meredith, Shaun Ryan | |||||||||||||||
| Coin toss won by | Adelaide | |||||||||||||||
| Kicked toward | City End | |||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
| Pre-match entertainment | The Killers, Mike Brady | |||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Dami Im | |||||||||||||||
| Post-match entertainment | The Killers | |||||||||||||||
| Accolades | ||||||||||||||||
| Norm Smith Medallist | Dustin Martin | |||||||||||||||
| Jock McHale Medallist | Damien Hardwick | |||||||||||||||
| Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Network | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Bruce McAvaney (host and commentator) Hamish McLachlan (host) Brian Taylor (commentator) Wayne Carey (expert commentator) Cameron Ling (expert commentator) Tim Watson (boundary rider) Matthew Richardson (boundary rider) Leigh Matthews (analyst) Nick Riewoldt (analyst) Daisy Pearce (analyst) | |||||||||||||||
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The 2017 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Adelaide Football Club and the Richmond Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 30 September 2017. It was the 122nd annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League) staged to determine the premiers for the 2017 AFL season.[1] The match, attended by 100,021 spectators, was won by Richmond by a margin of 48 points, marking the club's eleventh VFL/AFL premiership and first since 1980. Richmond's Dustin Martin was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground.
- ^ 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.