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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 .
The premiership was won by the Melbourne Football Club for the 13th time, after it defeated the Western Bulldogs by 74 points in the 2021 AFL Grand Final, which was played at Optus Stadium in Perth. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic
In their long history, Melbourne have had long periods of success but also long periods of failure. During the nine VFA premiership seasons in which Melbourne took part, they never won the premiership. They have won the AFL premiership 13 times, most recently in 2021, which was the club's first premiership since 1964. After their 1964 ...
This page is a collection of VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics. The Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990, is the elite national competition in men's Australian rules football. Each year, the premiership is awarded to the club that wins the AFL Grand Final. The grand final has ...
Melbourne has won 13 VFL/AFL premierships, the latest in 2021. The club was a foundation team of the AFL Women's league (AFLW), and won its first AFLW premiership in 2022 season 7. The football club has been a sporting section of the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) since 2009, having previously been associated with the MCC between 1889 and 1980. [7]
In 2021, Petracca starred in Melbourne's 2021 Grand Final victory with a 39-disposal game, Melbourne's first premiership in 57 years. Petracca equalled Simon Black 's record for most disposals in a grand final and won the prestigious Norm Smith medal for his best-on-ground performance.
Bowey made his AFL debut in the Demons' 98-point victory against Gold Coast at Marvel Stadium in round 20, 2021. [4] Bowey held his spot in the best 22, which propelled Melbourne to its first premiership since 1964.
Melbourne remained undefeated and on top of the ladder at that time conceding the fewest points (434) of any team at that point in the season. May won his first AFL Premiership with Melbourne as his team defeated Western Bulldogs in the 2021 AFL Grand Final, despite having to play with a serious hamstring injury. [9] [10]