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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 .
They were only the 8th team in VFL/AFL history to finish last on the ladder after every round of the home-and-away season (and the first since 2008). [51] Melbourne won the minor premiership for the first time since 1964. Melbourne also won the McClelland Trophy for the first time since 1990 for finishing first.
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 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 ...
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.
Of the teams currently competing in the Australian Football League, only Fremantle, Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney are yet to win a premiership. As of 2024, Collingwood , Essendon and Carlton are all tied for winning 16 premierships, with Collingwood winning the most consecutive premierships, at four between 1927 and 1930.
In 2021, Pickett played all 25 of Melbourne's games through their finals campaign. Pickett earned a premiership medal as Melbourne won the Grand Final , though he was held to four possessions and three tackles in the game.
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]