2015 AFL Grand Final
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2015 AFL premiership at MCG moments after the final siren
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| Date | 3 October 2015, 2.30 pm | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 98,632 | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Brett Rosebury, Matt Stevic, Jeff Dalgleish | |||||||||||||||
| Coin toss won by | Hawthorn | |||||||||||||||
| Kicked toward | City End | |||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
| Pre-match entertainment | Chris Isaak, Bryan Adams, Ellie Goulding, Mike Brady | |||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Kate Ceberano | |||||||||||||||
| Post-match entertainment | Bryan Adams, Ellie Goulding | |||||||||||||||
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| Norm Smith Medallist | Cyril Rioli | |||||||||||||||
| Jock McHale Medallist | Alastair Clarkson | |||||||||||||||
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| Network | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators |
Bruce McAvaney Dennis Cometti |
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The 2015 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football match contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and the West Coast Eagles at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 3 October 2015. It was the 119th annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 2015 AFL season. The match, attended by 98,632 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 46 points, marking the club's third consecutive premiership and thirteenth VFL/AFL premiership victory overall. Hawthorn's Cyril Rioli was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground.
Hawthorn experienced an average start to the year, with a record of 4–4 after eight matches (including losses to non-finals teams Essendon, Port Adelaide and Greater Western Sydney), but would lose just twice more for the remainder of the regular season to finish in the top three for the fifth consecutive year. The team then lost its Qualifying Final to West Coast at Domain Stadium by 32 points, but rebounded to defeat Adelaide and Fremantle in their Semi and Preliminary Finals, by 74 and 27 points respectively, to qualify for its fourth consecutive AFL Grand Final.
West Coast entered the season low on expectations after finishing ninth the previous year and losing key defenders Eric Mackenzie and Mitch Brown to knee injuries early on. Losing two of their first three games, to the Western Bulldogs and Fremantle, the Eagles finished the season with a record of 16–5–1 to finish in the top two for the first time since 2006. The Eagles received the week off after beating Hawthorn in the Qualifying Final by 32 points, and subsequently defeated North Melbourne by 25 points in the Preliminary Final to progress to their first Grand Final since 2006.
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