The AFL Grand Final is one of the largest and most important annual events on the Australian sporting landscape. The AFL Grand Final is hosted at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and is historically staged on the last Saturday in September.
In 2018, it will be on Saturday, September 29.
At the 2017 AFL Grand Final, the Richmond Tigers won their first premiership since 1980 after a dominant performance against the Adelaide Crows saw them cruise home in the AFL grand final and claim a 108-60 victory.
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With the game in the balance at halftime, Richmond were a class above their opponents in the third quarter, piling on five goals to one to set up their premiership victory.
After Josh Jenkins was unable to convert a set-shot on the siren and the Tigers went into the final break 34 points up, the Crows had to be the first side to score to maintain any chance of claiming their first premiership since 1998.
But it was Richmond who hit the scoreboard first in the final term through Jack Riewoldt, and when Dion Prestia goalled three minutes later, it became clear – if it wasn’t already – that the Punt Road faithful would have a flag to celebrate at fulltime.
(AAP Image/Julian Smith)
List of VFL/AFL Grand Final Winners
| Season | Premier | Runner Up | Score |
| 2017 | Richmond | Adelaide | 16.12 (108) – 8.12 (60) |
| 2016 | Western Bulldogs | Sydney | 13.11 (89) – 10.7 (67) |
| 2015 | Hawthorn | West Coast | 16.11 (107) – 8.13 (61) |
| 2014 | Hawthorn | Sydney | 21.11 (137) – 11.8 (74) |
| 2013 | Hawthorn | Fremantle | 11.11 (77) – 8.14 (62) |
| 2012 | Sydney Swans | Hawthorn | 14.7 (91) – 11.15 (81) |
| 2011 | Geelong | Collingwood | 18.11 (119) – 12.9 (81) |
| 2010 | Collingwood | St Kilda | 1. 9.14 (68) – 10.8 (68) |
| 2. 16.12 (108) – 7.10 (52) | |||
| 2009 | Geelong | St Kilda | 12.8 (80) – 9.14 (68) |
| 2008 | Hawthorn | Geelong | 18.7 (115) – 11.23 (89) |
| 2007 | Geelong | Port Adelaide | 24.19 (163) – 6.8 (44) |
| 2006 | West Coast | Sydney | 12.13 (85) – 12.12 (84) |
| 2005 | Sydney | West Coast | 8.10 (58) – 7.12 (54) |
| 2004 | Port Adelaide | Brisbane | 17.11 (113) – 10.13 (73) |
| 2003 | Brisbane | Collingwood | 20.14 (134) – 12.12 (84) |
| 2002 | Brisbane | Collingwood | 10.15 (75) – 9.12 (66) |
| 2001 | Brisbane | Essendon | 15.18 (108) – 12.10 (82) |
| 2000 | Essendon | Melbourne | 19.21 (135) – 11.9 (75) |
| 1999 | North Melbourne | Carlton | 19.10 (124) – 12.17 (89) |
| 1998 | Adelaide | North Melbourne | 15.15 (105) – 8.22 (70) |
| 1997 | Adelaide | St Kilda | 19.11 (125) – 13.16 (94) |
| 1996 | North Melbourne | Sydney | 19.17 (131) – 13.10 (88) |
| 1995 | Carlton | Geelong | 21.15 (141) – 11.14 (80) |
| 1994 | West Coast | Geelong | 20.23 (143) – 8.15 (63) |
| 1993 | Essendon | Carlton | 20.13 (133) – 13.11 (89) |
| 1992 | West Coast | Geelong | 16.17 (113) – 12.13 (85) |
| 1991 | Hawthorn | West Coast | 20.19 (139) – 13.8 (86) |
| 1990 | Collingwood | Essendon | 13.11 (89) – 5.11 (41) |
| 1989 | Hawthorn | Geelong | 21.18 (144) – 21.12 (138) |
| 1988 | Hawthorn | Melbourne | 22.20 (152) – 6.20 (56) |
| 1987 | Carlton | Hawthorn | 15.14 (104) – 9.17 (71) |
| 1986 | Hawthorn | Carlton | 16.14 (110) – 9.14 (68) |
| 1985 | Essendon | Hawthorn | 26.14 (170) – 14.8 (92) |
| 1984 | Essendon | Hawthorn | 14.21 (105) – 12.9 (81) |
| 1983 | Hawthorn | Essendon | 20.20 (140) – 8.9 (57) |
| 1982 | Carlton | Richmond | 14.19 (103) – 12.13 (85) |
| 1981 | Carlton | Collingwood | 12.20 (92) – 10.12 (72) |
| 1980 | Richmond | Collingwood | 23.21 (159) – 9.24 (78) |
| 1979 | Carlton | Collingwood | 11.16 (82) – 11.11 (77) |
| 1978 | Hawthorn | North Melbourne | 18.13 (121) – 15.13 (103) |
| 1977 | North Melbourne | Collingwood | 1. 9.22 (76) – 10.16 (76) |
| 2. 21.25 (151) – 19.10 (124) | |||
| 1976 | Hawthorn | North Melbourne | 13.22 (100) – 10.10 (70) |
| 1975 | North Melbourne | Hawthorn | 19.8 (122) – 9.13 (67) |
| 1974 | Richmond | North Melbourne | 18.20 (128) – 13.9 (87) |
| 1973 | Richmond | Carlton | 16.20 (116) – 12.14 (86) |
| 1972 | Carlton | Richmond | 28.9 (177) – 22.18 (150) |
| 1971 | Hawthorn | St Kilda | 12.10 (82) – 11.9 (75) |
| 1970 | Carlton | Collingwood | 17.9 (111) – 14.17 (101) |
| 1969 | Richmond | Carlton | 12.13 (85) – 8.12 (60) |
| 1968 | Carlton | Essendon | 7.14 (56) – 8.5 (53) |
| 1967 | Richmond | Geelong | 16.18 (114) – 15.15 (105) |
| 1966 | St Kilda | Collingwood | 10.14 (74) – 10.13 (73) |
| 1965 | Essendon | St Kilda | 14.21 (105) – 9.16 (70) |
| 1964 | Melbourne | Collingwood | 8.16 (64) – 8.12 (60) |
| 1963 | Geelong | Hawthorn | 15.19 (109) – 8.12 (60) |
| 1962 | Essendon | Carlton | 13.12 (90) – 8.10 (58) |
| 1961 | Hawthorn | Footscray | 13.16 (94) – 7.9 (51) |
| 1960 | Melbourne | Collingwood | 8.14 (62) – 2.2 (14) |
| 1959 | Melbourne | Essendon | 17.13 (115) – 11.12 (78) |
| 1958 | Collingwood | Melbourne | 12.10 (82) – 9.10 (64) |
| 1957 | Melbourne | Essendon | 17.14 (116) – 7.13 (55) |
| 1956 | Melbourne | Collingwood | 17.19 (121) – 6.12 (48) |
| 1955 | Melbourne | Collingwood | 8.16 (64) – 5.6 (36) |
| 1954 | Footscray | Melbourne | 15.12 (102) – 7.9 (51) |
| 1953 | Collingwood | Geelong | 11.11 (77) – 8.17 (65) |
| 1952 | Geelong | Collingwood | 13.8 (86) – 5.10 (40) |
| 1951 | Geelong | Essendon | 11.15 (81) – 10.10 (70) |
| 1950 | Essendon | North Melbourne | 13.14 (92) – 7.12 (54) |
| 1949 | Essendon | Carlton | 18.17 (125) – 6.16 (52) |
| 1948 | Melbourne | Essendon | 1. 10.9 (69) – 7.27 (69) |
| 2. 13.11 (89) – 7.8 (50) | |||
| 1947 | Carlton | Essendon | 13.8 (86) – 11.19 (85) |
| 1946 | Essendon | Melbourne | 22.18 (150) – 13.9(87) |
| 1945 | Carlton | South Melbourne | 15.13 (103) – 10.15 (75) |
| 1944 | Fitzroy | Richmond | 9.12 (66) – 7.9 (51) |
| 1943 | Richmond | Essendon | 12.14 (86) – 11.15 (81) |
| 1942 | Essendon | Richmond | 19.18 (132) – 11.13 (79) |
| 1941 | Melbourne | Essendon | 19.13 (127) – 13.20 (98) |
| 1940 | Melbourne | Richmond | 15.17 (107) – 10.8 (68) |
| 1939 | Melbourne | Collingwood | 21.22 (148) – 14.11 (95) |
| 1938 | Carlton | Collingwood | 15.10 (100) – 13.7 (85) |
| 1937 | Geelong | Collingwood | 18.14 (122) – 12.18 (90) |
| 1936 | Collingwood | South Melbourne | 11.23 (89) – 10.18 (78) |
| 1935 | Collingwood | South Melbourne | 11.12 (78) – 7.16 (58) |
| 1934 | Richmond | South Melbourne | 19.14 (128) – 12.17 (89) |
| 1933 | South Melbourne | Richmond | 9.17 (71) – 4.5 (29) |
| 1932 | Richmond | Carlton | 13.14 (92) – 12.11 (83) |
| 1931 | Geelong | Richmond | 9.14 (68) – 7.6 (48) |
| 1930 | Collingwood | Geelong | 14.16 (100) – 9.16 (70) |
| 1929 | Collingwood | Richmond | 11.13 (79) – 7.8 (50) |
| 1928 | Collingwood | Richmond | 13.18 (96) – 9.9 (63) |
| 1927 | Collingwood | Richmond | 2.13 (25) – 1.7 (13) |
| 1926 | Melbourne | Collingwood | 17.17 (119) – 9.8 (62) |
| 1925 | Geelong | Collingwood | 10.19 (79) – 9.15 (69) |
| 1924 | Essendon | Richmond | No Grand Final |
| 1923 | Essendon | Fitzroy | 8.15 (63) – 6.10 (46) |
| 1922 | Fitzroy | Collingwood | 11.13 (79) – 9.14 (68) |
| 1921 | Richmond | Carlton | 5.6 (36) – 4.8 (32) |
| 1920 | Richmond | Collingwood | 7.10 (52) – 5.5 (35) |
| 1919 | Collingwood | Richmond | 11.12 (78) – 7.11 (53) |
| 1918 | South Melbourne | Collingwood | 9.8 (62) – 7.15 (57) |
| 1917 | Collingwood | Fitzroy | 9.20 (74) – 5.9 (39) |
| 1916 | Fitzroy | Carlton | 12.13 (85) – 8.8 (56) |
| 1915 | Carlton | Collingwood | 11.12 (78) – 6.9 (45) |
| 1914 | Carlton | South Melbourne | 6.9 (45) – 4.15 (39) |
| 1913 | Fitzroy | St Kilda | 7.14 (56) – 5.13 (43) |
| 1912 | Essendon | South Melbourne | 5.17 (47) – 4.9 (33) |
| 1911 | Essendon | Collingwood | 5.11 (41) – 4.11 (35) |
| 1910 | Collingwood | Carlton | 9.7 (61) – 6.11 (47) |
| 1909 | South Melbourne | Carlton | 4.14 (38) – 4.12 (36) |
| 1908 | Carlton | Essendon | 5.5 (35) – 3.8 (26) |
| 1907 | Carlton | South Melbourne | 6.14 (50) – 6.9 (45) |
| 1906 | Carlton | Fitzroy | 15.4 (94) – 6.9 (45) |
| 1905 | Fitzroy | Collingwood | 4.6 (30) – 2.5 (17) |
| 1904 | Fitzroy | Carlton | 9.7 (61) – 5.7 (37) |
| 1903 | Collingwood | Fitzroy | 4.7 (31) – 3.11 (29) |
| 1902 | Collingwood | Essendon | 9.6 (60) – 3.9 (27) |
| 1901 | Essendon | Collingwood | 6.7 (43) – 2.4 (16) |
| 1900 | Melbourne | Fitzroy | 4.10 (34) – 3.12 (30) |
| 1899 | Fitzroy | South Melbourne | 3.9 (27) – 3.8 (26) |
| 1898 | Fitzroy | Essendon | 5.8 (38) – 3.5 (23) |
| 1897 | Essendon | Geelong | No Grand Final |
