1998 AFL Grand Final
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The 1998 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Adelaide Crows and the North Melbourne Kangaroos, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1998. It was the 102nd annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 1998 AFL season. The match, attended by 94,431 spectators, was won by Adelaide by a margin of 35 points. This was the second consecutive premiership for the Crows.
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Date | 26 September 1998 | |||||||||||||||
Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
Attendance | 94,431 | |||||||||||||||
Favourite | North Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
Umpires | Andrew Coates (6), Hayden Kennedy (7), Darren Goldspink (32) | |||||||||||||||
Coin toss won by | North Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
Kicked toward | Punt Road End | |||||||||||||||
Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
Pre-match entertainment | Muhammad Ali, Mark Seymour, Rob Guest, Jane Scali and Michael Cormick | |||||||||||||||
National anthem | Rob Guest | |||||||||||||||
Accolades | ||||||||||||||||
Norm Smith Medallist | Andrew McLeod (Adelaide) | |||||||||||||||
Jock McHale Medallist | Malcolm Blight | |||||||||||||||
Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Network | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||
Commentators | Bruce McAvaney (host and commentator) Dennis Cometti (commentator) Sandy Roberts (commentator) Tim Watson (expert commentator) Leigh Matthews (expert commentator) Peter McKenna (“sharp shooter”) Robert DiPierdomenico (boundary rider) Neil Kerley (boundary rider) | |||||||||||||||
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