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 View of the Melbourne Cricket Ground moments after gates opened for the 2013 AFL Grand Final. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 28 September 2013, 2:30pm | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 100,007 | |||||||||||||||
| Favourite | Hawthorn | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Brett Rosebury, Simon Meredith, Matthew Nicholls | |||||||||||||||
| Coin toss won by | Fremantle | |||||||||||||||
| Kicked toward | City End | |||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
| Pre-match entertainment | Birds of Tokyo | |||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Tina Arena | |||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Hunters and Collectors | |||||||||||||||
| Post-match entertainment | Hunters and Collectors, Birds of Tokyo | |||||||||||||||
| Accolades | ||||||||||||||||
| Norm Smith Medallist | Brian Lake (Hawthorn) | |||||||||||||||
| Jock McHale Medallist | Alastair Clarkson (Hawthorn) | |||||||||||||||
| Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Network | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Bruce McAvaney (host and commentator) Dennis Cometti (commentator) Tom Harley (expert commentator) Leigh Matthews (expert commentator) Matthew Richardson (boundary rider) Tim Watson (boundary rider) Cameron Ling (analyst) Nick Riewoldt (analyst) | |||||||||||||||
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The 2013 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between Hawthorn Football Club and Fremantle Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 28 September 2013. It was the 118th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League),[1] staged to determine the premiers for the 2013 AFL season. The match, attended by 100,007 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 15 points, marking the club's eleventh VFL/AFL premiership victory. Hawthorn's Brian Lake 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.