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| [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] || 4.4 || 6.15 || 8.15 || 8.22 (70) |
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North Melbourne were red-hot favourites and put the Crows to the sword in the first half, attacking constantly. However, due to nerves and Adelaide's tackling pressure, North returned a wasteful 6.15 for the first half to Adelaide's 4.3. Adelaide overcame the 24 point deficit to record a memorable 35 point victory for their second and back-to-back Premiership. The Crows took advantage of the Kangaroos' inaccuracy in front of goal where both teams had 30 scoring attempts, but the Crows finished at 50% and the Kangaroos at just 26%. |
North Melbourne were red-hot favourites and put the Crows to the sword in the first half, attacking constantly. However, due to nerves and Adelaide's tackling pressure, North returned a wasteful 6.15 for the first half to Adelaide's 4.3. Adelaide overcame the 24 point deficit to record a memorable 35 point victory for their second and back-to-back Premiership. The Crows took advantage of the Kangaroos' inaccuracy in front of goal where both teams had 30 scoring attempts, but the Crows finished at 50% and the Kangaroos at just 26%. |
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Revision as of 13:53, 29 July 2009
| 1998 AFL Grand Final | |
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| Home Team | Adelaide |
| Away Team | North Melbourne |
| Date | 26 September 1998 |
| Stadium | MCG |
| City | Melbourne |
| TV in Australia | |
| Network | Seven Network |
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The 1998 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Adelaide Crows and the North Melbourne Kangaroos, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1998. It was the the 102nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1998 AFL season. The match, attended by 94,431 spectators, was won by Adelaide by a margin of 35 points, marking that club's second premiership victory.
Background
This Grand Final saw the Kangaroos playing in their second Grand Final in three years (after their triumph in the 1996 AFL Grand Final, and reaching a preliminary final from 7th spot in 1997) and the Crows in their second straight, looking for back-to-back titles after winning the 1997 AFL Grand Final. Craig Sholl for the Kangaroos was to play his 200th game.
At the conclusion of the home and away season, North Melbourne had finished first on the AFL ladder with 16 wins and 6 losses, winning the McClelland Trophy. They had one their last nine matches. Adelaide had finished fifth with 13 wins and 9 losses.
Adelaide lost their qualifying final encounter against Melbourne at the MCG by 48 points, but still progressed on to play a semi-final against Sydney at the SCG, which they won by 27 points. They then progressed to the preliminary final against the Western Bulldogs at the MCG, which they convincingly won by 68 points against the same team they played the year before in the penultimate final.
North Melbourne won their qualifying final against Essendon by 22 points at the MCG, sending them to a home preliminary final against Melbourne, also at the MCG. They won that match by 30 points to send them into the Grand Final on the back of 11 straight wins.
Match summary
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
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| Adelaide | 3.2 | 4.3 | 9.11 | 15.15 (105) |
| North Melbourne | 4.4 | 6.15 | 8.15 | 8.22 (70) |
North Melbourne were red-hot favourites and put the Crows to the sword in the first half, attacking constantly. However, due to nerves and Adelaide's tackling pressure, North returned a wasteful 6.15 for the first half to Adelaide's 4.3. Adelaide overcame the 24 point deficit to record a memorable 35 point victory for their second and back-to-back Premiership. The Crows took advantage of the Kangaroos' inaccuracy in front of goal where both teams had 30 scoring attempts, but the Crows finished at 50% and the Kangaroos at just 26%.
Darren Jarman was sensational with 5 goals and Andrew McLeod was awarded the Norm Smith Medal for being judged the best player afield, for the second straight year. He became only the second player (after Gary Ayres of Hawthorn) to win the medal twice, and the first player to win it in successive years.
Adelaide are the only side to have won the premiership from outside the top four.
Pre-match entertainment
The 1998 Grand Final pre-match entertainment was particularly notable for the appearance of former World Heavyweight Boxing champion Muhammad Ali, as he did a lap of honour of the ground. Rob Guest performed This Is The Moment as the champion made his way around the ground.
The song performed at every Grand Final, Waltzing Matilda, was performed by Jane Scali and Michael Cormick.
In an unusual move, the teams ran out to the live performance of the club song, rather than the traditional recorded version played later on.
Teams
| B: | 28 Kane Johnson | 34 Ben Hart | 26 Mark Bickley (Capt) |
| HB: | 7 Nigel Smart | 44 Peter Caven | 13 Shane Ellen |
| C: | 30 Peter Vardy | 36 Simon Goodwin | 29 James Thiessen |
| HF: | 23 Andrew McLeod | 10 Matthew Robran | 11 Brett James |
| F: | 32 Mark Ricciuto | 15 David Pittman | 9 Tyson Edwards |
| Foll: | 52 Shaun Rehn | 3 Darren Jarman | 5 Kym Koster |
| Int: | 14 Matthew Connell | 19 Mark Stevens | 31 Ben Marsh |
| 33 Andrew Eccles | |||
| Coach: | Malcolm Blight | ||
| B: | 11 Glenn Archer | 4 Michael Martyn | 37 Adam Simpson |
| HB: | 28 Byron Pickett | 5 Jason McCartney | 8 Robert Scott |
| C: | 34 David King | 10 Anthony Stevens | 15 Winston Abraham |
| HF: | 22 Mark Roberts | 18 Wayne Carey (Capt) | 13 Martin Pike |
| F: | 29 Brent Harvey | 24 Craig Sholl | 6 Shannon Grant |
| Foll: | 31 Corey McKernan | 12 John Blakey | 26 Peter Bell |
| Int: | 33 Brett Allison | 16 Matthew Capuano | 17 Glenn Freeborn |
| 3 Anthony Rock | |||
| Coach: | Denis Pagan | ||
Match Details
| Date | Saturday, 26 September 1998, 2:30pm AEST |
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| Coin Toss | North Melbourne won and kicked to the Punt Road end in the first quarter |
| Goals (Adel) | 5: Jarman 3: Smart 2. Vardy 1. James, Pittman, Johnson, Thiessen, Ricciuto |
| Goals (North) | 1: Blakey, Pike, Abraham, Carey, Roberts, Bell, Allison, Simpson |
| Norm Smith Medal | Andrew McLeod (Adel) |
| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Attendance | 94,431 |
| Umpires | Andrew Coates, Hayden Kennedy, Darren Goldspink |
| National Anthem | Rob Guest |
| Australian TV Broadcaster | Seven Network |
| Commentators | Bruce McAvaney, Dennis Cometti and Sandy Roberts |