| 2021 AFL Women's Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Adelaide Oval, venue for the 2021 AFL Women's Grand Final, as seen in 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 17 April 2021 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Adelaide Oval | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 22,934 | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Nicholas McGinness, Michael Pell, Nathan Toner | |||||||||||||||
| Coin toss won by | Brisbane | |||||||||||||||
| Kicked toward | Hill end | |||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Chloe Bremner | |||||||||||||||
| Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Network | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Jason Bennett, Nigel Carmody, Abbey Holmes, Mark Soderstrom, Sam Lane | |||||||||||||||
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The 2021 AFL Women's Grand Final was an Australian rules football match held at the Adelaide Oval on 17 April to determine the premiers of the fifth season of the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition.[1] The match was contested by the Adelaide Crows and Brisbane Lions. It was the second grand final between the two clubs after the 2017 Grand Final which was won by Adelaide. Both clubs were appearing in their third grand final, following Adelaide's premierships in 2017 and 2019, and Brisbane's losses in the 2017 and 2018 grand finals.[2]
The match was won by Brisbane, who defeated Adelaide by 18 points and claimed their first senior women's premiership.[3] It was the first AFLW grand final since 2019, as there was no grand final match staged during the 2020 season following the cancellation of the latter stage of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
- ^ "Adelaide Crows to host AFLW grand final after defeating Melbourne Demons by 18 points". ABC Sport. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ Waterworth, Ben (10 April 2021). "AFLW grand final locked in: Lions hold off Pies in thriller... and now the champs await". Fox Sports. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Brisbane Lions stun Adelaide Crows in AFLW grand final". Guardian Australia. 17 April 2021.
- ^ Valencich, Glenn (22 March 2020). "AFLW players react to 'heartbreaking' cancellation of 2020 finals series". 7news.com.au.