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 The Melbourne Cricket Ground, where the 2002 AFL Grand Final took place. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 28 September 2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 91,817 | |||||||||||||||
| Favourite | Brisbane Lions | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Brett Allen, Mathew James, Stephen McBurney | |||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
| Pre-match entertainment | Killing Heidi, The Whitlams, Kate Ceberano, The Human Tide and Mark Seymour | |||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Kate Ceberano | |||||||||||||||
| Accolades | ||||||||||||||||
| Norm Smith Medallist | Nathan Buckley (Collingwood) | |||||||||||||||
| Jock McHale Medallist | Leigh Matthews (Brisbane Lions) | |||||||||||||||
| Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Network | Network Ten | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Stephen Quartermain (Host and commentator) Anthony Hudson (Commentator) Robert Walls (Expert Commentator) Malcolm Blight (Expert Commentator) Christi Malthouse (Boundary Rider) Gerard Whateley (Boundary Rider) | |||||||||||||||
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The 2002 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Brisbane Lions and the Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 2002. It was the 106th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League),[1] staged to determine the premiers for the 2002 AFL season. The match, attended by 91,817 spectators, was won by the Brisbane Lions by a margin of 9 points, marking the club's second consecutive premiership victory, as well as its second overall since being established 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.