2005 AFL Grand Final
| 2005 AFL Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
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The Sydney Swans walk onto the field before the game. The Swans would win the game with a 4-point margin, winning their first premiership in 72 years. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 24 September 2005 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 91,828 | |||||||||||||||
| Favourite | Sydney | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Scott McLaren (11), Brett Allen (10), Darren Goldspink (32) | |||||||||||||||
| Coin toss won by | Sydney | |||||||||||||||
| Kicked toward | City End | |||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
| Pre-match entertainment | Delta Goodrem, Silvie Paladino, Michael Bublé, Dame Edna Everage, Melbourne Gospel Choir and Australian Girls' Choir | |||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Silvie Paladino | |||||||||||||||
| Accolades | ||||||||||||||||
| Norm Smith Medallist | Chris Judd (West Coast) | |||||||||||||||
| Jock McHale Medallist | Paul Roos | |||||||||||||||
| Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Network | Network Ten | |||||||||||||||
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The 2005 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24 September 2005. It was the 109th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 2005 AFL season. The match, attended by 91,828 spectators, was won by Sydney by a margin of four points. It was the club's fourth VFL/AFL premiership, and its first since 1933, breaking a league-record 72-year premiership drought.
As of 2024, the 2005 AFL Grand Final is the highest-rating AFL game of all time since the current OzTam measurement system was introduced in 2001. A total average of 4.449 million people watched the game on TV nationally, including 3.4 million metropolitan viewers. It is one of the most-watched television broadcasts in Australia since 2001, ranked 10th overall as of 2025.