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The 2024 AFL Grand Final is an upcoming Australian rules football match to be contested between the Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Lions, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, 28 September 2024.[1][2] It will be the 129th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (AFL), staged to determine the premiers of the 2024 AFL season.
2024 AFL Grand Final | ||||
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Date | 28 September 2024, 2:30 pm | |||
Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia | |||
Ceremonies | ||||
Pre-match entertainment | Katy Perry | |||
National anthem | Cody Simpson | |||
Broadcast in Australia | ||||
Network | Seven Network | |||
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Sydney came into the 2024 season after a six-point 2023 elimination final loss to Carlton. They finished the season on top of the ladder in 2024 with a 17–6 win–loss record to claim the minor premiership for the tenth time.[3] They defeated Greater Western Sydney by six points in the first qualifying final to progress to a preliminary final in which they defeated Port Adelaide by 36 points. Sydney's last grand final appearance was the 2022 AFL Grand Final, which they lost to Geelong by 81 points.
Brisbane came into the 2024 season after a grand final loss to Collingwood by four points in 2023. They qualified for the finals with a 14–8–1 win–loss–draw record, finishing fifth on the ladder. They beat Carlton by 28 points in the first elimination final to advance to the semi-finals, in which they came back from a 44-point deficit in the third quarter to defeat Greater Western Sydney by four points. In their preliminary final, they came back from a 25-point deficit in the third quarter to defeat Geelong by 10 points to advance to the grand final.
Sydney is aiming to win its sixth premiership, and its first since 2012. Brisbane is aiming to win its fourth premiership, and its first since winning three in a row in 2001, 2002 and 2003.[4] This will be the first grand final meeting between Sydney and Brisbane, though South Melbourne (who relocated to Sydney in 1982) and Fitzroy (who merged their AFL operations with Brisbane in 1996 to become the Brisbane Lions) did meet in the 1899 VFL Grand Final, which saw the latter prevail by one point.
In the 2024 home-and-away season, the two sides met once, in which Brisbane 11.13 (79) defeated Sydney 11.11 (77) during round 19 at the Gabba. It will be the first grand final since 2006 in which both teams competing are from outside of Victoria, and the first ever between two teams from states traditionally dominated by rugby league.
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Time | Event |
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9:35 am | AFL Grand Final curtain-raiser: AFL Futures Match |
12:38 pm | AFL Grand Final Sprint—won by |
1:30 pm | AFL Grand Final motorcade |
1:36 pm | Mike Brady performs "Up There Cazaly" |
1:42 pm | Katy Perry performs |
2:13 pm | Teams enter the ground |
2:24 pm | Delivery of the premiership cup by Josh J. Kennedy |
2:25 pm | Welcome to Country—Wurundjeri Elder Uncle Colin Hunter Jr. |
2:26 pm | The Australian National Anthem performed by Cody Simpson |
2:30 pm | Game starts |
Half time | Half-time entertainment: |
All times are in Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT +10)
Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 28 September (2:30 pm) | Sydney | v | Brisbane Lions | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
Norm Smith Medal: Television broadcast: Seven Network National anthem: Cody Simpson | ||||
Seven Network will televise the final, both on Broadcast and their 7plus online platform.[5]
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