the last time adelaide was in a grand final was 2012.
the last time adelaide was in a grand final was 2012.
when was the last time adelaide was in a grand final?
2012
the melbourne storm qualified for their sixth grand final in ten years after appearing in the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2012 deciders, although their only recognised premiership was in 2012 after their 2007 and 2009 titles were withheld due to systemic salary cap breaches. only coach craig bellamy and halfback cooper cronk have been involved on each occasion. the cronulla sutherland sharks had never won a grand final in the club's preceding 50 seasons, with their last grand final appearance in a unified competition being in 1978 when they lost to the manly warringah sea eagles through a grand final replay. the sharks had also appeared in the 1997 super league grand final, losing to the brisbane broncos. the last time melbourne and cronulla had faced each other in a finals series was in 2008 when the storm denied the sharks with a decisive 28-0 win to claim a spot against the sea eagles in the grand final.
2016 nrl grand final
entering as wooden spoon favourites, remained undefeated by the end of 2017 season, conceding only a draw with out of the season's seven games. after defeating the in round six and securing their sixth straight win, brisbane mathematically qualified for a place in the 2017 afl women's grand final. after , the second placed team, lost their sixth round match against , brisbane pulled away with two wins ahead of adelaide at the beginning of the final round, securing the minor premiership and the right to host the grand final. for melbourne to qualify for the grand final, they would have had to win their round seven match against and due to adelaide's advantage on points for/against, adelaide would have had to lose their match against . while melbourne succeeded in defeating fremantle by 54 points, the largest margin of the 2017 season, they were still behind adelaide on point percentages. adelaide secured their place in the grand final after a come-from-behind victory against collingwood, noted for sarah perkins' four-goal performance. both adelaide and melbourne finished the season with five wins and two losses, with adelaide finishing with a 16.3 point percentage lead over melbourne. the only match up between adelaide and brisbane before the grand final was adelaide's 3-point loss to brisbane in round five, which knocked adelaide off the top of the ladder.
2017 afl women's grand final