The 2018 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the West Coast Eagles and the Collingwood Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29 September 2018. It was the 123rd annual grand final of the Australian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 2018 AFL season. The match, attended by 100,022 spectators, was won by West Coast by a margin of five points, marking the club's fourth premiership and first since 2006. West Coast's Luke Shuey won the Norm Smith Medal as the player judged best on ground.
Panorama of the Melbourne Cricket Ground, five minutes prior to the start of the match
Dom Sheed, who kicked the winning goal, with the premiership cup after the grand final
Luke Shuey, winner of the Norm Smith Medal, celebrating West Coast's victory
The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known as the Victorian Football League. The club plays its home games at Optus Stadium and has its headquarters at Lathlain Park. The West Australian Football Commission wholly owns the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Football Club, the AFL's other Western Australian team.
Michael Gardiner contests a boundary throw-in against Collingwood during the 2005 season.
Daniel Chick and Tyson Stenglein in a marking contest against Sydney in the 2005 Grand Final.
Round 20 2014 – West Coast vs Collingwood at Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval during a match against Fremantle in the 2008 NAB Cup.