Grand final of the 2006 Australian Football League season
Further information: 2006 AFL finals series
2006 AFL Grand Final
Pre-match entertainment before the game. Giant banners were unfurled featuring the colours and emblems of all 16 clubs of the 2006 AFL Premiership season.
Sydney
West Coast
12.12 (84)
12.13 (85)
1
2
3
4
SYD
1.4 (10)
4.6 (30)
8.11 (59)
12.12 (84)
WCE
4.2 (26)
8.7 (55)
10.10 (70)
12.13 (85)
Date
30 September 2006
Stadium
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance
97,431
Favourite
West Coast
Umpires
Michael Vozzo (2), Brett Allen (10), Darren Goldspink (32)
Coin toss won by
West Coast
Kicked toward
City End
Ceremonies
Pre-match entertainment
Brian Mannix, John Paul Young, Sean Kelly, Daryl Braithwaite, Shane Howard and Irene Cara
National anthem
Brian Mannix, John Paul Young, Daryl Braithwaite and Shane Howard
Accolades
Norm Smith Medallist
Andrew Embley (West Coast)
Jock McHale Medallist
John Worsfold
Broadcast in Australia
Network
Network 10
Commentators
Stephen Quartermain (Host) Anthony Hudson (Commentator) Robert Walls (Expert Commentator) Malcolm Blight (Expert Commentator) Neil Cordy (Boundary Rider) Tim Gossage (Boundary Rider)
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The 2006 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 30 September 2006. It was the 110th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League),[1] staged to determine the premiers for the 2006 AFL season. The match, attended by 97,431 spectators, was won by West Coast by a margin of one point, marking the club's third premiership victory.
^In 1897 and 1924 there were no grand finals and instead the premier was decided by a finals play-off. In 1948 and 1977 there were grand final replays after initial draws.
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