The 2006 grand final also marked the fourth time in VFL/AFL history that consecutive games between two teams were decided by the same total scores, with both the qualifying final and the grand final decided by 85-84. Watch Queue Queue Sun 21-May-2006 12:40 PM (1:10 PM) Att: 21,970 Venue: Football Park: Brisbane Lions: 5.3 9.8 18.11 22.15 : 147: Brisbane Lions won by 69 pts [Match stats] This was the second consecutive year that these two teams played in the premiership decider, with the Swans having won the In the week leading up to the grand final, Sydney's West Coast started the better, and outplayed the Swans in the first half and led by a convincing 25 points at half time. The 2006 Charles Brownlow Medal Presentation was held at the Palladium at The grand final parade took place on Friday 29 September 2006 and commenced on Pre-match entertainment before the game. On none of the four occasions have the goals and behinds tallies been identical (Sydney outscored West Coast by 13.7 (85) – 12.12 (84) in the qualifying final, whilst West Coast pipped Sydney by 12.13 (85) – 12.12 (84) in 2006). The match, attended by 97,431 spectators, was won by West Coast by a margin of one point, marking that … These records were further reduced in the grand final rematch in round 1, 2007, which was again decided by a single point, giving the pair the record for four games, five games and six games (5 points, 9 points and 13 points, respectively), and positioning them equal second for three games behind Brisbane vs Port Adelaide (2 points, 1997–98) and Hawthorn vs Footscray (3 points, 1956–57).
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. The 2006 Australian Football League season was the 110th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Giant banners were unfurled featuring the colours and emblems of all 16 clubs of the In 1897 and 1924 there were no grand finals and instead the premier was decided by a finals play-off.
This previously occurred between South Melbourne vs Melbourne (1903–04), St Kilda vs Collingwood (1913–14) and Melbourne vs Richmond (1954–55). With 12 points' total difference across five games, Sydney vs West Coast comprehensively beat the previous five-game record of 19 points, set by Hawthorn versus Collingwood in 1958-60. 2002 AFL Round 2 - Kangaroos v Western Bulldogs; 1970 WANFL Grand Final - South Fremantle v Perth; 1990 State Of Origin - Tasmania v Victoria; 2002 AFL Grand Final - Collingwood v Brisbane In 1948 and 1977 there were grand final replays after initial draws. Sign in. West Coast defeated defending premiers Sydney in the Grand Final to win their third premiership, in what was the first Grand Final since 1966 to be decided by one point.