1998 AFL Grand Final
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The Melbourne Cricket Ground, where the 1998 AFL Grand Final took place.
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| Date | 26 September 1998 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 94,431 | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Andrew Coates (6), Hayden Kennedy (7), Darren Goldspink (32) | |||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
| Pre-match entertainment | Muhammad Ali, Mark Seymour, Rob Guest, Jane Scali and Michael Cormick | |||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Rob Guest | |||||||||||||||
| Accolades | ||||||||||||||||
| Norm Smith Medallist | Andrew McLeod (Adelaide) | |||||||||||||||
| Jock McHale Medallist | Malcolm Blight | |||||||||||||||
| Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Network | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Bruce McAvaney, Dennis Cometti and Sandy Roberts | |||||||||||||||
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The 1998 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Adelaide Crows and the North Melbourne Kangaroos, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1998. It was the 102nd annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 1998 AFL season. The match, attended by 94,431 spectators, was won by Adelaide by a margin of 35 points, marking that club's second consecutive premiership victory, and second premiership overall.
This Grand Final saw the Kangaroos playing in their second Grand Final in three years, after their triumph in the 1996 AFL Grand Final. The Crows were competing in their second consecutive Grand Final, and were seeking back-to-back premierships after winning the 1997 AFL Grand Final. Craig Sholl for the Kangaroos was to play his 200th game.
At the conclusion of the home and away season, North Melbourne had finished first on the AFL ladder with 16 wins and 6 losses, winning the McClelland Trophy. They had won their last nine matches. Adelaide had finished fifth with 13 wins and 9 losses.
Adelaide fell to a heavy loss in its qualifying final against Melbourne at the MCG by 48 points, but still progressed to play a semi-final against Sydney at the SCG, which they won by 27 points. Adelaide then progressed to the preliminary final against the Western Bulldogs at the MCG, and won convincingly won by 68 points.
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