Optus Stadium (pictured) where the 2021 AFL Grand Final was played at the moment Simon Goodwin and Max Gawn raise the premiership cup together.
Melbourne
Western Bulldogs
21.14 (140)
10.6 (66)
1
2
3
4
MEL
4.5 (29)
5.9 (39)
12.11 (83)
21.14 (140)
WBD
1.2 (8)
7.5 (47)
9.5 (59)
10.6 (66)
Date
25 September 2021, 5:15pm AWST
Stadium
Perth Stadium
Attendance
61,118[1]
Favourite
Melbourne
Umpires
Matt Stevic, Brett Rosebury, Jacob Mollison
Coin toss won by
Melbourne
Kicked toward
Train Station End
Ceremonies
Pre-match entertainment
Baker Boy, Eskimo Joe, John Butler, Abbe May, Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse, Stella Donnelly, Vikki Thorn & Donna Simpson, Colin Hay (Performed from Los Angeles), Mike Brady (Performed from Melbourne)
National anthem
Amy Manford
Halftime show
Birds of Tokyo with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Accolades
Norm Smith Medallist
Christian Petracca
Jock McHale Medallist
Simon Goodwin
Broadcast in Australia
Network
Seven Network
Commentators
James Brayshaw (host and commentator) Brian Taylor (commentator) Luke Hodge (expert commentator) Daisy Pearce (expert commentator) Abbey Holmes (boundary rider) Basil Zempilas (master of ceremonies) Nathan Fyfe
(analyst) Nic Naitanui (analyst)
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The 2021 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football match contested between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs at Optus Stadium in Perth, Western Australia, on Saturday 25 September 2021. It was the 126th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (AFL), staged to determine the premiers of the 2021 AFL season. As the top-placed side on the ladder at the end of the 2021 home-and-away season, Melbourne finished minor premiers; conversely, the Western Bulldogs faded in the final four home-and-away games to finish 5th, thus needing to win all of their finals games to qualify for the grand final.
The match was played at Optus Stadium in Perth because an ongoing COVID-19 lockdown prevented the match from being played with spectators at its contracted ground, the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Victoria.[2] It was the first grand final played in Perth and the second consecutive grand final to be played outside Victoria.[3] The event set a new attendance record for Australian rules football in Western Australia, despite not featuring any Western Australian teams and being played during the COVID pandemic.
Melbourne won the match by a 74-point margin, defeating the Western Bulldogs 21.14 (140) to 10.6 (66). Christian Petracca won the Norm Smith Medal. The win was Melbourne's first premiership since 1964.
^"Saturday night lights: Massive TV audience for Perth Grand Final". Australian Football League. 26 September 2021. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^"Western Australians rewarded as Perth hosts historic AFL Grand Final". mediastatements.wa.gov.au. 31 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
^"AFL grand final moves to Perth, will be played at Optus Stadium". The Age. Nine Entertainment. 31 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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