2012 AFL Grand Final 2012 AFL Grand Final The 2012 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and the Sydney Swans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29 September 2012. It was the 116th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 2012 AFL season. The match, attended by 99,683 spectators, was won by Sydney by 10 points, marking the club's fifth VFL/AFL premiership victory. Sydney's Ryan O'Keefe was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground. Hawthorn entered the
1976 SANFL Grand Final 1976 SANFL Grand Final The 1976 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the Sturt Football Club, held at the Football Park in Adelaide on the 25 September 1976. It was the 55th annual Grand Final of the South Australian National Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1976 SANFL season. The match, attended by 66,897 ticketed spectators, was won by Sturt by a margin of 41 points, marking the clubs twelfth premiership victory. The Grand Final sold a state record 66,987 tickets but when the SANFL ran