The 2015 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football match contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and the West Coast Eagles at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 3 October 2015. It was the 120th annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 2015 AFL season. The match, attended by 98,632 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 46 points, marking the club's third consecutive premiership and thirteenth VFL/AFL premiership victory overall. Hawthorn's Cyril Rioli was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground.
2015 AFL premiership at MCG moments after the final siren
Hawthorn's banner. The message, "Our House, Our Rules", refers to the fact that the MCG is Hawthorn's home ground.
The ground moments before the first bounce. Hawthorn are in predominantly gold and West Coast are wearing predominantly blue.
Cyril Rioli, winner of the Norm Smith Medal
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawthorn, making it the youngest Victorian-based team in the AFL.
Hawthorn Football Club
John Kennedy Sr. is the Hawks' first premiership coach. Hawthorn honoured him with a bronze statue in front of Waverley Park
Statue of former Hawthorn player, Leigh Matthews, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Hawthorn playing North Adelaide in the 1971 Championship of Australia final.
