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Match Summary

This was the second consecutive year that these two teams played in the premiership decider, with the Swans having won the 2005 AFL Grand Final by a margin of 4 points. After the first half the game looked like it was destined to be nothing like the 2005 grand final with West Coast kicking away to a 25 point lead. Sydney came out and fought hard in the third quarter to peg that lead back to 11 points at 3 quarter time. The last quarter was set up for yet again, spectacular finish. It was goal-for-goal in one of the most intense final quarters of modern Grand Final history, with West Coast hanging on by a single point to win its first premiership since 1994 and avenge its heartbreaking 4-point loss to the Swans in the previous year’s Grand Final.

Norm Smith Medallist – Andrew Embley

Team Matchups

Sydney

Backs:
Sydney: Nick Malceski, Leo Barry, Ted Richards

H/Backs:
Sydney: Craig Bolton, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Tadhg Kennelly
West Coast: Adam Selwood, Adam Hunter, Brett Jones

Centres
Sydney: Luke Ablett, Brett Kirk, Amon Buchanan

H/Forwards
Sydney: Ryan O’Keefe, Michael O’Loughlin, Jude Bolton

Forwards
Sydney:  Ben Matthews, Barry Hall (C), Adam Schneider

Rucks
Sydney: Darren Jolly, Adam Goodes, Jarrad McVeigh

I/Change
Sydney: Nick Davies, Sean Dempster, Stephen Doyle, Nic Fosdike

Coach

Paul Roos

West Coast

Backs:
West Coast: Beau Waters, Darren Glass, Daniel Chick

H/Backs:
West Coast: Adam Selwood, Adam Hunter, Brett Jones

Centres
West Coast: Chad Fletcher, Chris Judd (c), Michael Braun

H/Forwards
West Coast: Rowan Jones, Ashley Hansen, Ben Cousins

Forwards
West Coast; Andrew Embley, Quinten Lynch, David Wirrpanda

Rucks
West Coast: Dean Cox, Tyson Stenglein, Daniel Kerr

I/Change
West Coast: Mark Seaby, Sam Butler, Steven Armstrong, Drew Banfield

Coach

John Worsfold