2014 AFL Grand Final

2014 AFL Grand Final
2014 AFL Grand Final
	View of the Melbourne Cricket Ground, shortly after gates opened for the 2014 AFL Grand Final.
11.8 (74)	21.11 (137)
Date	27 September 2014, 2.30pm
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	99,454
Favourite	Sydney
Umpires	Simon Meredith, Mathew Nicholls, Matt Stevic
Coin toss won by	Hawthorn
Kicked toward	City End
Ceremonies
Pre-match entertainment	Tom Jones, Ed Sheeran, Mike Brady
National anthem	Olivia Newton-John
Post-match entertainment	Tom Jones, Ed Sheeran
Accolades
Norm Smith Medallist	Luke Hodge; (Hawthorn)
Jock McHale Medallist	Alastair Clarkson; (Hawthorn)
Broadcast in Australia
Network	Seven Network
Commentators	Bruce McAvaney (host); Dennis Cometti (commentator); Wayne Carey (expert commentator); Tom Harley (expert commentator); Leigh Matthews (expert commentator); Matthew Richardson (boundary rider); Tim Watson (boundary rider); Cameron Ling (analyst)

The 2014 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Sydney Swans and the Hawthorn Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 27 September 2014. It was the 119th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League),^[1] staged to determine the premiers for the 2014 AFL season. The match, attended by 99,460 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 63 points, marking the club's second consecutive premiership and twelfth VFL/AFL premiership victory overall. Hawthorn's Luke Hodge was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground.

^ In 1897 and 1924 there were no grand finals and instead the premier was decided by a finals play-off. In 1948, 1977 and 2010, there were grand final replays after initial draws.