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![]() The Gabba (pictured in 2019), where the 2020 AFL Grand Final was played. | ||||||||||||||||
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Date | 24 October 2020, 6:30 pm | |||||||||||||||
Stadium | The Gabba | |||||||||||||||
Attendance | 29,707 | |||||||||||||||
Favourite | Richmond | |||||||||||||||
Umpires | Matt Stevic, Simon Meredith, Craig Fleer | |||||||||||||||
Coin toss won by | Richmond | |||||||||||||||
Kicked toward | Wellington Street End | |||||||||||||||
Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
Pre-match entertainment | Cub Sport, DMA's, Electric Fields, Thelma Plum, Andrew Stockdale, Busby Marou, Mike Brady (Performed from the MCG) | |||||||||||||||
National anthem | Tim McCallum | |||||||||||||||
Halftime show | Sheppard with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra | |||||||||||||||
Accolades | ||||||||||||||||
Norm Smith Medallist | Dustin Martin | |||||||||||||||
Jock McHale Medallist | Damien Hardwick | |||||||||||||||
Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Network | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||
Commentators | Bruce McAvaney (host and commentator) Brian Taylor (commentator) Luke Hodge (expert commentator) Michael Voss (special commentator) Abbey Holmes (boundary rider) | |||||||||||||||
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The 2020 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football match contested between Richmond and Geelong at the Gabba in Brisbane, Queensland, on Saturday 24 October 2020. It was the 125th annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 2020 AFL season. The match was originally scheduled for the last Saturday of September but was delayed several weeks due to the suspension of the season stemming from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first AFL grand final to be staged outside the state of Victoria, and the first to be held at night.
The match was won by Richmond by a margin of 31 points, marking the club's thirteenth VFL/AFL premiership and their third in four seasons. Richmond's Dustin Martin won the Norm Smith Medal as the player judged best on ground, becoming the first player to win three Norm Smith Medals. The match was attended by 29,707 spectators, just short of the reduced capacity allowed at the venue under pandemic guidelines.