2017 AFL Grand Final

2017 AFL Grand Final
The view from the Great Southern Stand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground prior to the match.
Adelaide Richmond 8.12 (60) 16.12 (108)
1 2 3 4 ADEL 4.2 (26) 4.7 (31) 5.10 (40) 8.12 (60) RICH 2.3 (15) 6.4 (40) 11.8 (74) 16.12 (108)
Date	30 September 2017, 2.30 pm
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	100,021
Umpires	Matt Stevic, Simon Meredith, Shaun Ryan
Coin toss won by	Adelaide
Kicked toward	City End
Ceremonies
Pre-match entertainment	The Killers, Mike Brady
National anthem	Dami Im
Post-match entertainment	The Killers
Accolades
Norm Smith Medallist	Dustin Martin
Jock McHale Medallist	Damien Hardwick
Broadcast in Australia
Network	Seven Network
Commentators	Bruce McAvaney (commentator) Brian Taylor (commentator) Wayne Carey (special comments) Cameron Ling (special comments) Tim Watson (boundary) Matthew Richardson (boundary) Leigh Matthews (analyst) Nick Riewoldt (analyst) Daisy Pearce (analyst) Samantha Lane (reporter) Hamish McLachlan (host) Basil Zempilas (host)
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The 2017 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Adelaide Crows and the Richmond Tigers, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 30 September 2017. It was the 121st annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers of the 2017 AFL season. Richmond defeated Adelaide by 48 points, marking the club's eleventh premiership, their first since 1980. Richmond's Dustin Martin won the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground. The match was attended by 100,021 people, the highest crowd since the 1986 Grand Final.

Adelaide claimed the minor premiership for the second time in their history, finishing on top of the 2017 AFL ladder with 15 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw. The Crows recorded two dominant wins in the finals series, defeating Greater Western Sydney by 36 points in the qualifying final and then overwhelming Geelong to win the preliminary final by 61 points. Richmond had to overcome a tough first qualifying final against the higher ranked Geelong by 51 points, which earned them a week's break and a home preliminary final against Greater Western Sydney, which they won by 36 points. Both were played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before crowds in excess of 90,000, despite the first final being a home game for Geelong. The Tigers finished the home-and-away season in third place on the AFL ladder, with 15 wins and 7 losses, 3 of which were by less than six points.