2010 AFL Grand Final

2010 AFL Grand Final
2010 AFL Grand Final
	The Melbourne Cricket Ground (pictured), where the 2010 AFL Grand Final was played.
9.14 (68)	10.8 (68)
Date	25 September 2010
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	100,016
Favourite	Collingwood
Umpires	Ray Chamberlain, Brett Rosebury, Shaun Ryan
Ceremonies
Pre-match entertainment	INXS, Matt Hetherington (for Collingwood) and Paris Wells (for St Kilda)
National anthem	Cam Henderson and Taylor Henderson
Accolades
Norm Smith Medallist	Lenny Hayes (St Kilda)
Broadcast in Australia
Network	Seven Network
Commentators	Bruce McAvaney (host); Dennis Cometti (commentator); Leigh Matthews (expert commentator); Tom Harley (expert commentator); Matthew Richardson (boundary rider); Tim Watson (boundary rider)

The 2010 AFL Grand Final was a series of two Australian rules football matches between the Collingwood Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club. They are considered the 114th and 115th grand finals of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League),^{Note 1} and were staged to determine the premiers for the 2010 AFL season. The premiership is usually decided by a single match; however, as the first grand final ended in a draw, a grand final replay was played the following week and was won by Collingwood.

Both grand finals were held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne. The first was held on 25 September 2010. The game was attended by 100,016 spectators. The match ended in a draw, with both teams scoring 68 points. This was the third draw for a grand final in the history of the VFL/AFL, with the previous two occurring in 1948 and 1977.

The premiership was decided by a full replay on 2 October 2010. It was attended by 93,853 people. Collingwood defeated St Kilda by 56 points, marking Collingwood's fifteenth VFL/AFL premiership victory and their first since 1990.^[1] It was the last grand final to be replayed prior to the introduction of extra time.^[2]

^ "AFL announces extra time for Grand Final replay". Herald Sun. Australian Associated Press. 25 September 2010. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
^ Twomey, Callum (19 April 2016). "No more Grand Final replays as AFL Commission agrees to 'golden score'". AFL.com.au. AFL Media. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.

[1] "AFL announces extra time for Grand Final replay". Herald Sun. Australian Associated Press. 25 September 2010. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2010.

[abolishiongfr-2] Twomey, Callum (19 April 2016). "No more Grand Final replays as AFL Commission agrees to 'golden score'". AFL.com.au. AFL Media. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.

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