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Results - 2007 North Cheshire 5k Grand Prix spectrumstriders.org.uk | AREC 2006 - 2007 Results Page & Grand Prix arec-lb.com |
Further information: 2007 AFL Finals Series
The 2007 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 2007. It was the 111th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 2007 AFL season. The match, attended by 97,302 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 119 points, the biggest in VFL/AFL Grand Final History. The victory marked Geelong's seventh premiership win, and ended its 44 year premiership drought.
[edit] BackgroundMain article: 2007 AFL finals series This was Geelong's first appearance in a premiership decider since losing the 1995 Grand Final, whilst it was Port Adelaide's first since winning the 2004 Grand Final. At the conclusion of the home and away season, Geelong had finished first on the AFL ladder with 18 wins, 4 losses, and a percentage of 152.76, thus winning the McClelland Trophy. Port Adelaide, three wins behind Geelong, had finished second with 15 wins, 7 losses, and a percentage of 113.54. Geelong had lost only one game since Round 5: a five point loss to Port Adelaide at Skilled Stadium in Round 21. Geelong defeated the Kangaroos in their qualifying final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground by 106 points, earning them a second week bye, before they met the Collingwood Magpies in a preliminary final showdown at the MCG. Geelong won a tightly fought contest with the Magpies by 5 points in front of a crowd of 98,002, a higher attendance than the actual grand final. Port Adelaide had hosted reigning premiers West Coast at AAMI Stadium in their qualifying final, winning by three points. Having also earned a second week bye, they proceeded to the third week and hosted the Kangaroos in a preliminary final at AAMI Stadium, winning by 87 points. [edit] Match summaryThe Cats outscored the Port Adelaide Power 5.7 to 2.2 in the opening term, before kicking five goals in the first 12 minutes of the second quarter to build a 52-point lead. Geelong excelled in their defence - which had been the best in the competition all season - keeping the Power to their lowest score of the year. The backlines, led by Matthew Scarlett at fullback, repeatedly turned defence into attack, rushing the ball forward to support the forward line. Half-forwards Paul Chapman and Steve Johnson kicked four goals each and set up numerous others. Johnson was awarded the Norm Smith Medal for best-on-ground in the Grand Final after the Cats’ triumph. Chapman's day included a sensational high mark over Port Adelaide captain Warren Tredrea during the third quarter. Key forwards Cameron Mooney (five goals) and Nathan Ablett (three) also performed strongly. Power players Kane Cornes and Domenic Cassisi performed reasonably well against Geelong stars Jimmy Bartel and Gary Ablett, Jr. respectively; however, Geelong was still able to dominate the midfield with Joel Corey, James Kelly, Joel Selwood and Cameron Ling all making solid contributions and Brad Ottens and Steven King both performing strongly in the ruck. The match ended with Geelong winning by the score of 24.19 (163) to 6.8 (44), recording the greatest winning margin in AFL Grand Final history, 119 points; this broke the previous record of 96 points set by Hawthorn against Melbourne in the 1988 VFL Grand Final. It ended a 44-year premiership drought for the Cats, whose last flag came in 1963, the club having lost five Grand Finals since. It was also the first premiership won by a team from Victoria since Essendon's 2000 victory. [edit] Scorecard
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