The 2016 Australian Football League finals series was the 120th annual edition of the VFL/AFL final series, the Australian rules football tournament staged to determine the winner of the 2016 AFL Premiership Season. The series ran over four weekends in September and October 2016, culminating with the 2016 AFL Grand Final, between the Sydney Swans and the Western Bulldogs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1 October 2016. The Western Bulldogs defeated the Sydney Swans by 22 points to end the Western Bulldogs 62-year premiership drought, becoming the first team in AFL history to win the premiership from seventh place.
Geelong vs. Hawthorn. Both teams are lined up listening to the national anthem before the match commences.
Image: ANZ Stadium, Essendon
Image: Skoda Stadium Southern End
Image: Anzac Day 2011 game 3
Greater Western Sydney Giants
The Greater Western Sydney Giants are a professional Australian rules football team based in Sydney Olympic Park which represents the Greater Western Sydney region of New South Wales and Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
The AFL helped secure AFL Legend Kevin Sheedy as inaugural coach
Israel Folau, a high-profile recruit by the club. The former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer was from the Brisbane Broncos. Folau has been credited with helping to establish the Giants in Western Sydney.
Banner at the inaugural GWS game against the Sydney Swans
GWS and Richmond players ahead of the 2019 AFL Grand Final
