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AFL grand final 2024

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Sydney's James Rowbottom kicks the ball. (Photo by Russell Freeman/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

The 2024 AFL grand final was won in emphatic fashion by the Brisbane Lions, thrashing the Sydney Swans by 60 points for their first premiership in 21 years.

20-year old Will Ashcroft’s 30 disposals and a goal saw him become the youngest Norm Smith Medallist since Wayne Harmes in 1979.

What happens if the grand final is a draw?

Unlike previous years where a rematch was played the next week, the AFL now uses extra time to decide the premier in the unlikely event of a tie.

The teams will play two five-minute periods of extra time if scores are level at the end of the fourth quarter. If scores are still locked after the two extra-time periods have concluded, the siren will not sound until one team gains the lead again – at which point the match will immediately end and they’ll be crowned premiers.

List of VFL/AFL Grand Final Winners

Season Premier Runner Up Score
2003 Brisbane Lions Sydney Swans 18.12 (120) – 9.6 (60)
2023 Collingwood Brisbane Lions 12.18 (90) – 13.8 (86)
2022 Geelong Cats Sydney Swans 20.13 (133) – 8.4 (52)
2021 Melbourne Western Bulldogs 21.14 (140) – 10.6 (66)
2020 Richmond Geelong 12.9 (81) – 7.8 (50)
2019 Richmond GWS Giants 17.12 (114) – 3.7 (25)
2018 West Coast Eagles Collingwood 11.13 (79) – 11.8 (74)
2017 Richmond Adelaide Crows 16.12 (108) – 8.12 (60)
2016 Western Bulldogs Sydney Swans 13.11 (89) – 10.7 (67)
2015 Hawthorn West Coast Eagles 16.11 (107) – 8.13 (61)
2014 Hawthorn Sydney Swans 21.11 (137) – 11.8 (74)
2013 Hawthorn Fremantle 11.11 (77) – 8.14 (62)
2012 Sydney Swans Hawthorn 14.7 (91) – 11.15 (81)
2011 Geelong Cats Collingwood 18.11 (119) – 12.9 (81)
2010 Collingwood St Kilda 1. 9.14 (68) – 10.8 (68)
2. 16.12 (108) – 7.10 (52)
2009 Geelong Cats St Kilda 12.8 (80) – 9.14 (68)
2008 Hawthorn Geelong 18.7 (115) – 11.23 (89)
2007 Geelong Cats Port Adelaide 24.19 (163) – 6.8 (44)
2006 West Coast Eagles Sydney Swans 12.13 (85) – 12.12 (84)
2005 Sydney Swans West Coast Eagles 8.10 (58) – 7.12 (54)
2004 Port Adelaide Brisbane Lions 17.11 (113) – 10.13 (73)
2003 Brisbane Lions Collingwood 20.14 (134) – 12.12 (84)
2002 Brisbane Lions Collingwood 10.15 (75) – 9.12 (66)
2001 Brisbane Lions Essendon 15.18 (108) – 12.10 (82)
2000 Essendon Melbourne 19.21 (135) – 11.9 (75)
1999 North Melbourne Carlton 19.10 (124) – 12.17 (89)
1998 Adelaide Crows North Melbourne 15.15 (105) – 8.22 (70)
1997 Adelaide Crows St Kilda 19.11 (125) – 13.16 (94)
1996 North Melbourne Sydney Swans 19.17 (131) – 13.10 (88)
1995 Carlton Geelong 21.15 (141) – 11.14 (80)
1994 West Coast Eagles Geelong 20.23 (143) – 8.15 (63)
1993 Essendon Carlton 20.13 (133) – 13.11 (89)
1992 West Coast Eagles Geelong 16.17 (113) – 12.13 (85)
1991 Hawthorn West Coast Eagles 20.19 (139) – 13.8 (86)
1990 Collingwood Essendon 13.11 (89) – 5.11 (41)
1989 Hawthorn Geelong 21.18 (144) – 21.12 (138)
1988 Hawthorn Melbourne 22.20 (152) – 6.20 (56)
1987 Carlton Hawthorn 15.14 (104) – 9.17 (71)
1986 Hawthorn Carlton 16.14 (110) – 9.14 (68)
1985 Essendon Hawthorn 26.14 (170) – 14.8 (92)
1984 Essendon Hawthorn 14.21 (105) – 12.9 (81)
1983 Hawthorn Essendon 20.20 (140) – 8.9 (57)
1982 Carlton Richmond 14.19 (103) – 12.13 (85)
1981 Carlton Collingwood 12.20 (92) – 10.12 (72)
1980 Richmond Collingwood 23.21 (159) – 9.24 (78)
1979 Carlton Collingwood 11.16 (82) – 11.11 (77)
1978 Hawthorn North Melbourne 18.13 (121) – 15.13 (103)
1977 North Melbourne Collingwood 1. 9.22 (76) – 10.16 (76)
2. 21.25 (151) – 19.10 (124)
1976 Hawthorn North Melbourne 13.22 (100) – 10.10 (70)
1975 North Melbourne Hawthorn 19.8 (122) – 9.13 (67)
1974 Richmond North Melbourne 18.20 (128) – 13.9 (87)
1973 Richmond Carlton 16.20 (116) – 12.14 (86)
1972 Carlton Richmond 28.9 (177) – 22.18 (150)
1971 Hawthorn St Kilda 12.10 (82) – 11.9 (75)
1970 Carlton Collingwood 17.9 (111) – 14.17 (101)
1969 Richmond Carlton 12.13 (85) – 8.12 (60)
1968 Carlton Essendon 7.14 (56) – 8.5 (53)
1967 Richmond Geelong 16.18 (114) – 15.15 (105)
1966 St Kilda Collingwood 10.14 (74) – 10.13 (73)
1965 Essendon St Kilda 14.21 (105) – 9.16 (70)
1964 Melbourne Collingwood 8.16 (64) – 8.12 (60)
1963 Geelong Cats Hawthorn 15.19 (109) – 8.12 (60)
1962 Essendon Carlton 13.12 (90) – 8.10 (58)
1961 Hawthorn Footscray 13.16 (94) – 7.9 (51)
1960 Melbourne Collingwood 8.14 (62) – 2.2 (14)
1959 Melbourne Essendon 17.13 (115) – 11.12 (78)
1958 Collingwood Melbourne 12.10 (82) – 9.10 (64)
1957 Melbourne Essendon 17.14 (116) – 7.13 (55)
1956 Melbourne Collingwood 17.19 (121) – 6.12 (48)
1955 Melbourne Collingwood 8.16 (64) – 5.6 (36)
1954 Footscray Melbourne 15.12 (102) – 7.9 (51)
1953 Collingwood Geelong 11.11 (77) – 8.17 (65)
1952 Geelong Cats Collingwood 13.8 (86) – 5.10 (40)
1951 Geelong Cats Essendon 11.15 (81) – 10.10 (70)
1950 Essendon North Melbourne 13.14 (92) – 7.12 (54)
1949 Essendon Carlton 18.17 (125) – 6.16 (52)
1948 Melbourne Essendon 1. 10.9 (69) – 7.27 (69)
2. 13.11 (89) – 7.8 (50)
1947 Carlton Essendon 13.8 (86) – 11.19 (85)
1946 Essendon Melbourne 22.18 (150) – 13.9(87)
1945 Carlton South Melbourne 15.13 (103) – 10.15 (75)
1944 Fitzroy Richmond 9.12 (66) – 7.9 (51)
1943 Richmond Essendon 12.14 (86) – 11.15 (81)
1942 Essendon Richmond 19.18 (132) – 11.13 (79)
1941 Melbourne Essendon 19.13 (127) – 13.20 (98)
1940 Melbourne Richmond 15.17 (107) – 10.8 (68)
1939 Melbourne Collingwood 21.22 (148) – 14.11 (95)
1938 Carlton Collingwood 15.10 (100) – 13.7 (85)
1937 Geelong Cats Collingwood 18.14 (122) – 12.18 (90)
1936 Collingwood South Melbourne 11.23 (89) – 10.18 (78)
1935 Collingwood South Melbourne 11.12 (78) – 7.16 (58)
1934 Richmond South Melbourne 19.14 (128) – 12.17 (89)
1933 South Melbourne Richmond 9.17 (71) – 4.5 (29)
1932 Richmond Carlton 13.14 (92) – 12.11 (83)
1931 Geelong Cats Richmond 9.14 (68) – 7.6 (48)
1930 Collingwood Geelong 14.16 (100) – 9.16 (70)
1929 Collingwood Richmond 11.13 (79) – 7.8 (50)
1928 Collingwood Richmond 13.18 (96) – 9.9 (63)
1927 Collingwood Richmond 2.13 (25) – 1.7 (13)
1926 Melbourne Collingwood 17.17 (119) – 9.8 (62)
1925 Geelong Cats Collingwood 10.19 (79) – 9.15 (69)
1924 Essendon No grand final
1923 Essendon Fitzroy 8.15 (63) – 6.10 (46)
1922 Fitzroy Collingwood 11.13 (79) – 9.14 (68)
1921 Richmond Carlton 5.6 (36) – 4.8 (32)
1920 Richmond Collingwood 7.10 (52) – 5.5 (35)
1919 Collingwood Richmond 11.12 (78) – 7.11 (53)
1918 South Melbourne Collingwood 9.8 (62) – 7.15 (57)
1917 Collingwood Fitzroy 9.20 (74) – 5.9 (39)
1916 Fitzroy Carlton 12.13 (85) – 8.8 (56)
1915 Carlton Collingwood 11.12 (78) – 6.9 (45)
1914 Carlton South Melbourne 6.9 (45) – 4.15 (39)
1913 Fitzroy St Kilda 7.14 (56) – 5.13 (43)
1912 Essendon South Melbourne 5.17 (47) – 4.9 (33)
1911 Essendon Collingwood 5.11 (41) – 4.11 (35)
1910 Collingwood Carlton 9.7 (61) – 6.11 (47)
1909 South Melbourne Carlton 4.14 (38) – 4.12 (36)
1908 Carlton Essendon 5.5 (35) – 3.8 (26)
1907 Carlton South Melbourne 6.14 (50) – 6.9 (45)
1906 Carlton Fitzroy 15.4 (94) – 6.9 (45)
1905 Fitzroy Collingwood 4.6 (30) – 2.5 (17)
1904 Fitzroy Carlton 9.7 (61) – 5.7 (37)
1903 Collingwood Fitzroy 4.7 (31) – 3.11 (29)
1902 Collingwood Essendon 9.6 (60) – 3.9 (27)
1901 Essendon Collingwood 6.7 (43) – 2.4 (16)
1900 Melbourne Fitzroy 4.10 (34) – 3.12 (30)
1899 Fitzroy South Melbourne 3.9 (27) – 3.8 (26)
1898 Fitzroy Essendon 5.8 (38) – 3.5 (23)
1897 Essendon No grand final

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