2004 AFL Grand Final
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| Date | 25 September 2004, 2:40pm | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 77,671 | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | #5 Mathew James, #10 Brett Allen, #30 Shane McInerney | |||||||||||||||
| Coin toss won by | Michael Voss (Brisbane Lions) | |||||||||||||||
| Kicked toward | City End | |||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
| Pre-match entertainment | Guy Sebastian, The Ten Tenors and David Hobson | |||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Guy Sebastian | |||||||||||||||
| Accolades | ||||||||||||||||
| Norm Smith Medallist | Byron Pickett (Port Adelaide) | |||||||||||||||
| Jock McHale Medallist | Mark Williams (Port Adelaide) | |||||||||||||||
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| Network | Network Ten | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators |
Anthony Hudson (Host) Tim Lane (Commentator) Robert Walls (Expert Commentator) Christi Malthouse (Boundary Rider) Andrew Maher (Boundary Rider) |
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The 2004 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the Brisbane Lions, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 2004. It was the 108th annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for 2004 AFL season. The match was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 40 points, marking that club's first AFL premiership victory. It was attended by 77,671 spectators (the lowest grand final attendance since 1991, and the lowest at the MCG since 1948), with the MCG's capacity being reduced due to construction work prior to the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
This was the first ever AFL Grand Final in which both competing teams were based outside the state of Victoria. Port Adelaide were appearing in their first ever AFL Grand Final, while the Brisbane Lions were attempting to win their fourth consecutive premiership to equal Collingwood's feat of 1927-30.
At the conclusion of the home and away season, Port Adelaide had finished first on the AFL ladder with 17 wins and 5 losses, winning the McClelland Trophy for the third successive year, while Brisbane had finished second with 16 wins and 6 losses. During the 2004 season, Port Adelaide's captain was ruckman Matthew Primus, however he was injured in Round 3 and missed the rest of the season, which meant that forward Warren Tredrea acted as captain.
Port Adelaide beat Geelong by 55 points in the Qualifying Final at AAMI Stadium, which gave them a week off and a place in the Preliminary Final; Port Adelaide then defeated St Kilda by 6 points in a tight Preliminary Final to advance to the Grand Final.
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